Sometimes a game is too easy or too hard for any number of reasons. Thanks to our community-built port Severed Chains, we can make the Legend of Dragoon’s combat easier, or in this case more challenging in brand new ways. Let’s do a quick refresher on one of the longest-running combat mods for LoD and learn what’s new!
Dragoon Modifier, or DraMod for short, started as a simple difficulty mod for use in emulation many years ago. Its signature features are the tougher difficulty presets: Hard Mode and Hell Mode. Hard is a little tougher, while Hell is for people who, simply put, enjoy pain. DraMod is created by Zychronix, a longtime modder in the community.
For awhile players have had to stick with SC 2.1 if they wanted to use DraMod; missing out on all the incredible improvements in the ongoing devbuild of SC (native 4K60FPS, restored asset quality, and much more). The wait is over. Starting today, a beta build is ready and waiting… if you can handle it! See below for highlights, instructions, gallery, and more.
Dragoon Modifier V2.0 Beta
This beta – which will be compatible with the Severed Chains devbuild and its upcoming 3.0 release – solely covers the tougher of the two difficulty presets: Hell Mode. From the very first battles in Seles it is a grueling experience meant to test your mettle in combat. However, great struggles lead to great rewards. DraMod doesn’t just make the enemies tougher. It rebalances the player characters, making them all viable and giving them brand new abilities. There are also new items and equipment! Highlights and
Beta Instructions
- Download and extract DraMod Hell Mode Beta 1 here. It’s a modified build** of Severed Chains, so if you already have regular SC be sure to keep this modified build separate.
- Drop in your copy of the LoD game files and then run the game via the launch file (launch.bat for the Windows release)
- Start a new campaign.
- Find DraMod settings in the menu, under Options > Gameplay. They are marked with “[DM]”
- Documentation about Hell Mode can be found here.
- Issue Reporting: LoD Discord server. Go to the Modding>Dragoon Modifier channel, or take this link once you’re in the server. Known issues are posted on the DraMod Project page here on the website.
Highlights
- Max D’Level and turns as Dragoon raised from 5 to 7
- New Equipment & Items
- Item Magic and Guarding in Dragoon form
- Each player-character has a unique ability
- Ultimate Boss – fight tougher versions of bosses with new mechanics.
- Two more new combat features in development for final release
Gallery
That’s the news for today! All this information is now added to the Dragoon Modifier project page here on the community website. When telling others about DraMod in general, please use that link once this news has subsided. Thanks for reading, and happy modding!
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