>>558961810
I think it's another bugged effect again

>>558965183
Will Smith and?

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>>558968849
Tommy Lee Jones

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Another one from my photoshoot with Kasha.

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I kinda miss nioh 1 PVP it sure was a different beast (in both geared and balanced mode)

The more I play NG+ the more I realize Nioh 3 is the smallest scope Nioh game if not Team Ninja game in years. RotR commercially bombing despite having clearly several times the project scope and budget has had drastic consequences. Team Ninja will never be afforded more than breadcrumbs if they don't know what to do with it.

Compared to nioh 2 the skill balancing is pretty bad
>Reverse Impact doing 2x Iai Quickdraw for the same speed for no reason
>Earth Carver damage is like 2x the Nioh 2 version, despite the fact that it was the best axe poke back then too (now it's like a nuclear bomb)
>Tornado Edge just outclasses most axe charge skill outside of Rumbling Earth, which is a ki damage tool
>Ninja Katana kick combo deals insane HP AND ki damage (it feels like it was only meant to do good ki damage, like most kick skills)
>Odachi skills got gutted (Bolting Boar can't knock yokai down, Moonlit Snow Redux basically deals 0 damage), also bounce off enemy guards in mid stance now, and it has the worst mid stance Frost Moon
I guess we'll have to wait for DLC before some major shakeups happen but goddamn I miss Nioh 2 making most skills matter in one way or another. Here I spam some skills too much.

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>>558971346
people REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY like killing yokai over humans

>>558972097
>Your Gweilo character enters a burning boat
>Giant ass Yokai taking up half the space inside lumbers around with iron chains
>BWEE BWEE BWEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tup-JjG1ls
Still unmatched in atmosphere

>>558970251
wtf it had pvp?

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>>558972837
ye

>>558971346
Not the first time an open world title from Koei Tecmo wasn't well received, people didn't like how that turned out in Dynasty Warriors 9 either. Nioh 3's attempt was more well received not only because it's world was more compact, but also because it's designed better and is more chock full of life and content around every corner.

>>558977023
i've liked Nioh 3's "open zone" well enough, but i wish i wish there were neutral zones populated with friendly npc's and such to make it feel more alive, and i wish NG+ was enhanced by default, and had new stuff to loot so re-exploring feels both new and worthwhile, right now it's kinda useless not grinding a crucible, outside of clearing off spikes and wraiths

>>558978646
>but i wish i wish there were neutral zones populated with friendly npc's and such to make it feel more alive
Same. You do come across a number of friendlies in each timeline, but for the most part they're spread thin with a few story related characters hanging around near each other, and a few masters here and there. As the DLCs get released, I'm hoping more permanent human NPCs will fill up the Eternal Rift at least, all we got in there right now is Toyo, the Tea Guy, and the Dung Lover.

>>558978646
Funny how the demo had more NPCs because it had guards at the gates

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>>558970251
You know, this would probably be more fun if you could pick the human bosses.

>>558969425
Should have taken this without your character in it.

Replayed the older games, holy crap is there even one new enemy type in 3? They even reused major bosses i forgot about. And only 2 dlcs coming, probs just a new boss each and reuse assets for all else. They really did the bare minimum.

>>558982883
Also the biggest nerf in general are those umbrella enemies. Add in a few spinning around constantly paralyzing you. Meanwhile in 3 dont think they ever ailed me.

>>558980774
They likely cut all npcs because of jeetgers with trash old CPUs can't run the game

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>>558982883
Also replaying 1 and yeah I'm surprised to see enemies I thought were new in 2.
Nioh 1 still has bad enemy variety but the encounter design makes up for it, spawning 3 enemies at once sometimes and then locking you up, they really need more of that in 3.

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I just know reading the comments to this will inflict mental damage.

>>558983779
Yeah i had to adjust a bit with my style. These dont have as much bullshit as i remember it, but they can really get to you in some of those long stages or when they add a bunch of cannon skeletons and stuff. I think in general 3 is also not optimized for the jump mechanic gameplay wise but it did add more freedom in how you do certain stuff. Some levels in 1 and 2 were really cryptic also, proper oldschool.

If you add a jump in 1/2 locking up would be much less of an issue. Its too OP.

>>558982883
I'm thinking what are the new enemies. Shunobon, jailer oni, lightning monk, mermaid, horseman, yamabiko, yamainu, nozuchi and kyokotsu. not sure who I'm missing but I don't count any reskins. They just put way too many jailer oni everywhere instead of other enemies.

>>558984529
That is true. I wonder why i disregard it. It likely has to do with the easy factor, they tickle you and ya rape em. That fear factor adds into remembering them. Ill never forget that first oni encounter in 1, that moment was legendary.

>>558982264
nah, I want to show that kasha just got nothin' personnel'd

>>558961810
From my experience it does work, at least the divine affix for it. The thing is that it's not really worth it right now unless you want more immediate (On Life Recovery) buffs, we don't hit hard enough for the lifesteal to let us health-gate in ways Amrita couldn't do. It does work on all weapon attacks, quick/light/martial arts.

>>558980774
The guards still exist in-game if you go to that gate in the very early game while exploring.

I just wanna talk to TN, just a nice friendly chat over at a hibachi where I'll be dining on their fucking balls. I hold TN to respectable standards, especially coming from Nioh 2 but here? HERE? Absolute, unapologetic, unrepentant spaghetti the likes of which causes spiritual damage (even worse than Ninjitsu getting some of the melee-damage bonuses). Last I checked this boots up with a Team Ninja logo, not GEARBOX
>>Preamble
>Kagetoki
Why does his set not tie into summoning seals? The one bastard in the fight that uses them and yet unacknowledged here.
>Enduring Burst
No clue how this works, I can't throw biggest bombs after I get a burst and that shouldn't be classified as a Shadow Art by any definition. Might be bugged as I couldn't get a free shuriken in testing either.
>Thrown Blade Counter
Actually procs ninjitsu hit effects so there's cool synergy here between Wrathful Dragon and Faster Movement procs. Good on ya TN.
>Accessories
Why can't we reroll them? You already have their affixes tagged for Embracite, we're in DotD rules with graces/160+10, let us reforge accessories in Shogun's Journey.
>Kurama Tengu
Wind application where? It's so slow and only just as good as Uncanny Breeze (4 to apply wind w/ the 24% buff).

>>The Seals
>max untouched seals
66.2% with Fujiwara + Purifying Presence + Mysterious of Summoning, you can't roll this on armor pieces/accessories so I hope you weren't planning on using any of the 1x boss seals like the Demon of Pride, Hiruko, Bloodedge Demon or Ibaraki Doji unless you wanted to sack fast magic (and unlock a realm of infinite suffering). Why is it a 9 cost mastery option? Why does Onmyo have 3 masteries all tied up to itself? Why can't all boss cores start at 2x instead of this weird dichotomy? Why can't we set 2 soul cores per form? Yorimitsu and Kagetoki certainly had more than just 2 summons in their fights.
>DMG boosts
None work besides elemental damage on the elemental damage of seals. This includes the melee DMG vs poisoned if you ever thought Kyuzuryu was ever tested beyond a Sincere Buddha build Soon TM and even ATK Mastery for the most base of damage boosts. Despite scaling with weapon dmg, Attack Bonus (stat) doesn't work because fuck you. Debuffs do work like Weakness Talismans so there's that to really help throttle their damage (don't look at Hellshock's DMG).
>Wandering Shrine's final bonus
Cringe it doesn't work with Barrier talismans but you can buy infinite stock of the waters from Rift Sudama for 400 a pop, when enemies drop thousands before items. This triples your seal's ki dmg from what I can tell, further stacks with Berserk from Nuppeppo which is actually pretty cool for a high risk/reward setup alongside Wind. Note Berserk doesn't boost your spell damage while Carnage does but does stack with it for melee if you're ballsy.
>Affixes
So your armor doesn't matter and your weapon barely does for spells. Accumulation increase is the best we got, can't even put generic elemental damage on them, maybe spirit focus affix is decent if you've good GS skills. Nothing for seals.
>tl;dr
Without leaning on coinflips, seals are just ki dmg, onmyo/ninjitsu is dmg dmg.

Is there any other way of getting crucible weapons? Can they drop from the small crucibles scattered across the map?

>>559000575
I've never had one drop at a lesser crucible, maybe others can weigh in.

Doing nioh 1 dlc and the bosses feel pretty slop, like fuck you if you actually want a real fight they feel designed around cheese, I did kill Maria first try in about 20 seconds before I saw what she did but I’m sure it’s aids

>>559000575
Only actual crucibles.

When you kill a wraith and on the side it says item drop chance increased, what is that referring to?

>>559002984
I think it says how much drop chance you've accumulated in the sudama blessing menu.

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>underground cave
>anti-paralysis needles start dropping
>dead guy starts talking about a yokai with wings

>>559002984
It's specifically referring to the drop rates of rare soul cores for that yokai, it's weird but the game's trying to say "(x) Soul Core Drop Rates Increased".

The game locked out the Demon of Pride arena on my new save, I was in a solo expedition at the time to level sync it. I went there as early as possible, died once, came back and there's black, swirly fog blocking the entrance as if I were a visitor waiting for the host to start the fight. It probably uses the same logic as the master fights but there's a strange exception because the demons spawn by proximity instead of talking to an NPC. That is a fucked up soft lock though, I know I can just skip it and grab the skill on NG+ but now there's a possibility more things will break in solo expeditions, I'm just going to put the game down for now with how buggy it is.

>>559003365
I thought for sure it was going to be a nure-onna boss, I missed the amrita memory thing with the guy talking about wings first time around.

>>559003365
they nerfed the fuck out of paralysis, even if you manage to get paralyzed it lasts like 3 seconds

>>559003365
>>559004175
you can also break out of it using guardian skills

>>559004175
>>559004545
why is nioh 3 so ensloppified, I feel like so many of the design principles have been watered down

>>559004545
I had to make sure myself that I get grabbed by nure-onna and hino-enma, and joro-gumo, and kasha, and...

Can I beat Nioh 1 if I managed to beat all of 2, but got hard stuck at 1's Hino-enma?

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>>559004175
>they nerfed the fuck out of paralysis, even if you manage to get paralyzed it lasts like 3 seconds

You can blame tryhards for that. They complain endlessly about something being too easy even when they don't use it, all because they want everyone to play exactly like them. It isn't just a thing for Team Ninja games, it happens to all games where there are tryhards.

>>559004715
somebody told them to dumb the game down to appeal to a broader audience
100%

>>559007156
cmon its really not that bad

>>559009209
Stop talking nonsense. Team Ninja changes stuff because of many different reasons, with player outcry being one of them, from both casuals and tryhards.

>>559009675
my source is it was revealed to me in a dream
but i'm right

>>559007156
You can do it for sure.
I just did it again recently and basically she's way easier to beat if you spend ninjutsu points on anti paralysis pills and have some lightning onmyo, and just play super defensively. Enenra or the fucking snake weren't easier in 2 I think.

Nioh 1 gets easier once you have enough base stats for decent HP and Ki/Ki pulsing.

>>559007590
...guardian spirit paizuri

>>559007590
Wait, the beak is just a mask?

Is there a max power to the Bloodedge demon? Because I've been killing dozens of revenants, and now this motherfucker seems unbeatable.

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>>559012148
>Wait, the beak is just a mask?

We're just about done I presume? There's shockingly very limited content and replayability. Builds don't really matter either. I feel rather disappointed with Nioh 3 relative to Nioh 2. Why did they make another if they didn't try nearly as hard?

>>559017094
Did you play Nioh 2 at launch? 3 still doesn't have it's expansions yet, it's always like this.

>>559017094
same as always

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>tfw treasure room in the underworld

>>559017917
nioh 2 wasn't this bad, cmon now

>>559018931
i just think it's pretty

>>559019017
it was exactly this bad. so was nioh 1.

>>559017917
Nioh 3 is still a much smaller game overall. It feels worse off.

>>559017094
i was holding out a little bit of hope that they would have some early depths equivalent on release but otherwise this is pretty much what i expected after 2

>>559019109
no it wasn't
t. played both niohs on release

>>559019017
Yes it was. You nigga never played nioh 1 and 2 on release and it's painfully obvious

>>559017094
At least it isnt launch WoLong level of unpolished.

>>559019298
Both of those games launched with one (1) NG+, just like this one.

>>559019219
This

>>559019298
either el retardo or bad memory

>>559019219
it's smaller because there aren't 50 almost featureless labyrinths to get lost in over and over

>>559020062
by on release he meant when it released on pc

Personally, I am honest about never playing a Team Ninja game without its DLCs. So I guess I'm still just waiting.

>>559020204
that is another possible scenario

>>559019027
Do you also break all of the boxes at once and leave the loot so you can admire it all on the ground together?

>>559020210
You can always play RotR, it is never getting a DLC, haha.........

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>>559020507

>>559019017
>>559019219
Launch is always like this, the games always add new difficulty levels that fully revamp things alongside the expansions. I've been playing Nioh since the very first alpha of 1, I wonder if some of you guys are used to playing them when they launched on PC after they got all their expansions. They did a simultaneous console+PC releases this time which is a first for the series. The only thing I will say is that it sucks that there's no twilight missions.

>magoichi
faggot

>>559021037
>The only thing I will say is that it sucks that there's no twilight missions.
If they were smart they'd tease them in like April or May and launch them as a free update in say June or July, give everyone stuff to do to get them playing again before the first DLC in September. But what do I know, I'm just a consumer.

>>559020210
Nigga you do ng+ and you drop it till next dlc. It is more fun like this. Most people i know burned out on 2 after completing the game and moving on. It is much more likely and more fun that everyone comes back on dlc day. Sure, this thread will slowly die and probably be done next week, but we can all do ng++/+++ on dlc day and ++++/+++++ next year without getting burned out.

>>559020210
That means you'll play NG4 soon, right

>>559021724
nta but i aint buyin that shit full price since im probly only gonna play it once

>>559021724
that's platinumslop, not TN

>>559020210
I did that for the second game and it was so much better than waiting for DLC like I did with Nioh 1.

>>559022001
I want to see a Nioh spinoff by Platinum then.

>>559022001
>Slop this, slop that
That word has been thoroughly run through the dirt. Just letting you know that I think less of you, and anyone else who uses that term unironically.

>give all the shit to the Dung Eater
>surprinsingly, he gives me the key to the storehouse on the second floor
>it's all random loot trash
some doors should stay closed

>>559021478
>he dares mocking me as I die
aiieee fuck you

>>559022317
The eternal rift was kinda lame, half of the people vanish half way through the game, there's new spots you get access to with basically nothing going on there, AND THAT ONE SPIRIT VEIN WON'T REGISTER THAT I'VE USED IT SO THE MAP ALWAYS LIES AND SAYS THERES SOMETHING NEW THERE AAAHHHHHHH

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>>559021037
I've been playing since the whatever demo it was where you had to repair gear. I don't remember much from so long ago though.

>>559021724
>buying a Platinum game full price
I'm waiting for $30 for the full package.

>>559022261
Same, but for "unironically".

>>559021627
Its the mindset of people that play live service games, the game needs to constantly be giving you incentives and roadmaps and drip fed content to play for 3,000 hours otherwise its shit. Doesn't matter if they enjoy playing it, as long as they can get their shiny shiny jpegs they'll clap and cheer that the game is good.

I give us 3 more days

>Onmoraki
I'm THIS fucking close to just summoning a visitor to nuke this fucking bird to oblivion and never see it again.

>>559023965
the demonic chinese chicken filters another

>Kuzuryu after stress testing
Can I please just become a demon? I don't care about whatever bad ending Yokai Itemistu gives because this complete failure needs help, a lot of help, more help than me and I see leashes as a wedding ring worn on the neck. If anyone has got advice, let me know because from my testing on combat scenarios in NG+ it is completely unsatisfying (at best decent burst down a 1v1 because of the onmyo spells you're still using here, seals bully humans on ninjas?).
>>Problems
>Frame data
Every step in this grace is pain and suffering, multi-second long animations of no dodging that it expects you to do continuously with no worthwhile animation cancels. Seals are sluggish because of the 3 second delay for the attack + 2 second cooldown after its done. Sacred Waters are sluggish because of the casting animation you can't speed up even with Guardian Spirit animation cancels (go through 80% of it to get the buff). All of which while accounting the need for positioning just so your seal isn't wasted. Permanent Lightning/Sloth helps with all of this but you don't start missions with full ninja and you want to wait for dark realm to dump onmyo spells so the confusion might last. And this frame data means even trying to splash this as "Sam Ninjitsu" for ki-regen is folly.
>Quality/Quantity
Either you get too little to work with that even a NINE cost mastery + 60% untouched doesn't fix, or trying to empty it out isn't worth it because of the extreme whiff potential they have and long delays in every step of casting them.
>Advice
Otorashi and Onmoraki are the best for this if you hate yourself. Both have easy positioning requirements (ranged/flying), former is solid lingering ki DMG while the latter is Poison application so your hatchets can do more damage when trying to play the range game this can't fucking support. Alternatively just use go for some Kato+ Ninjitsu build and never look back.

At least I can say hatchets are cool after using them.

Im surprised they didnt do a mission mode so they could rehash and pad with nioh 1/2 missions.

im starting to get the hang of using flash attack in nioh 2. feels nice

>>559023965
legit one of the easiest bosses in the game, it's a big lump that just sits there for you to use one of those hold triangle skills that do 100000 damage to big lumps

Just a little bit before crimson desert, the GOTY. Patience.

>>559025584
ive seen like 30 seconds of trailers for it and it already passed my vibe check

Anyone know how to fix the game looking like blurry dogshit on an Nvidia card please?
It's like this regardless of graphics settings. Nioh 2 didn't have this issue for me, it looked very clear.

>Hold Y on axe
>Everyone dies
Legit how do you even lose playing axe?

>>559025584
Looks like shit

>>559025584
wasn't that a korean mmo that came out years ago

>>559025584
I'm still not sure if I trust what I've seen. Seems too good to be true.

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>>559025729
force Preset M if you have an rtx4000/5000.

>>559025576
I thought it was the hardest boss in NG+

>>559026521
Ah it's a 2000 sadly, hope there's still some way to fix it.
Makes me not wanna buy it if i can't which would be very sad...

>>559026845
Then force preset K or J and just increase your resolution (you can select the res in percent in the game menu).
It shouldn't be blurry at least. Make sure to turn off all post processing except "subsurface", too (they sometimes turn themselves back on for me)

>>559025584
>>559025656
typical all style no substance gookslop

>>559025584
I saw some videos, is it a dynasty warriors game or a shadow of mordor/batman arkham press x to awesome game?

>>559028053
a bit of both actually

>>559026317
it's by the BDO devs but it's a single player game with no microtransactions

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I don't remember but does the final area drop Crucible weapons?

>>559029458
yup

>>559028126
sounds like it's kingdoms of amalur: reckoning 2026 edition

Do Kappas still kancho the player in Nioh 3? I don't think they've tried to do that to me yet

Is there a way to change interact back to circle/B without also moving ki pulse?
They're so fucking retarded for making interact R1, who wanted this?

>>559034018
I've seen them do a grab animation that looks like it but it never hit me, so not sure

>>559034018
they made them do it less i think

>>559034320
me.

>>559034571
No you didn't.

>>559034635
yes i did
i got the carpal tunnels
autoloot is letting me play a lot more without my hand hurtin

and shoulder buttons are easier on the fingers

>>559028346
>by the BDO devs
>no microtransactions
I'll believe that when I see it.

the dlc will fix the eternal rift (including a light source in the change appearance area)

>>559036139
granted, but that will be the entire DLC

>>559035694
it's such an easy to disprove claim i can't imagine they are lying

>>559026521
Preset M does help but Nioh 3 still looks "muddy" textures wise. It was also a problem in RotR but seems to have worsened here.

why is tangle strike lightning the only mve that does damage on kusa

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>>559037768
post chinkgod kinos

is there a tell for what kagetoki is about to summon or is it just random? think i hate this stupid fucking boss either way though

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RotR was mid as hell so why do I want to replay it?!?

>farm that room in A Sinister End until my item box is full
>one level 168 item and 0 yasakani
>soul match limit is still 160
Well this isn't any fun.

>>559037032
crimson flurry deletes kit on both human and yokai

I hope the DLCs confirm that Hiddy took Mumyo as a wife. He's the only one who hasn't scored yet

whats nice about having shit specs is that the demon summoner guy's demons take like 20 seconds to spawn after he whips the box out and he can't summon more until they do their attack

>>559042727
>he

>>559043162
Unless someone can confirm his benevolent grave in Nioh 3 looks like your Nioh 2 design, he's pretty much male by default.

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>>559043391
Just looked into it, he does default to this

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>>559044302
>one of the Ni-Oh buddhist statues poses
Does he do that after the tutorial boss is dead?

>>559045093
Yes

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>>559045505
nice

>>559037032
kusa is the only ACTUALLY shit weapon in the game. and still pretty viable

Got some sets so here's some numbers
>Himiko's set
DMG buff is 10% like the others and the ki regen I think is around the 15% mark? Hard to eye it but I wouldn't be shocked if it was the same as the other ki-regen boosts. Really good set to splash a grace on for ninja, main weakness is that you aren't getting a boost on top of the amrita DMG boost but easy ki-regen on ninja's nice as can the little extra damage/status (7%-ish on 99 Magic) for the guardian spirit skill if you lean on it.
>Shock Troops
Prepare to be disappointed. The agility is about 2.5% more damage even with a light helmet because this is medium armor and no, 99 STA won't let you have A Agility. Now for the enhanced bonus. It seems to be over 1% per enhancement you have (I got 2.8% more damage on two on-amrita buffs, elemental weapon is considered a buff).
>Last Ninja
So baseline is over 20% when you have Stealth from the title, what about adding on more stealth from your gun and accessory? AA Stealth is a nice 25% more damage, and technically you could get more stealth as I didn't max the familiarity on my bow, just baseline with the accessory (2 c- stealth boosts). Think I found what I'll do for a hatchet build because fuck Kuzuryu with Date's Infinite Living Weapon Hat.
(1/2)

Hmm, looks like I've died about 151 times so far, and I'm still playing through the Warring States period in NG+

>>559043957
>>559044302
why didnt he help us in nioh 3

Is it possible to beat Kunimatsu without parrying/deflecting?

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>>559046952
Just dodge around and bomb his ass.

>>559046517
not uncommon for honorable playthroughs

>>559046792
Lets see here...
-In 1572, he would have been busy working with Nobunaga and Tokichiro, I don't think Hide has ever interacted with Ieyasu
-Heian period in this game takes place a year after the events of the Tengu's Disciple DLC, so he would have already left that time period
-Bakumatsu is so far into the future that there ain't no telling what even happened him nor Mumyo

>>559047909
lots of sex and shiftling babies

>>559046952
yes, simply don't get hit

>>559046507
>>Hiruko's set
>7pc
This boosts most instances of elemental damage, sadly I can't find too much a rhyme or reason onto what this fucking himbo works with but here goes. First some numbers because he only deals with BIG NUMBERS. The elemental boost? 125% to both damage and accumulation, 553 goes to 1249. The spirit force cost? Also a lot, typically 25% of your bar but that's if its boosting a big number versus something smaller. Shami-choro's light GS skill had a 50% price increase, Tengen Kujuku was almost the entire bar, but elemental weapon was much less in comparison. And yes, you need to pay the spirit force to actually get the boost, can't commit tax fraud.
>Doesn't work with
Hellspark Talisman/Thunderous Calamity (either bug or just the cost too damn high for 129.5 to pay out), heavy guardian spirit skills, even if they have a physical component to it, and summoning seals (because fuck you). Paralysis/Poison aren't counted as elements so no accumulation there.
>What it does boost
The splash from imbue weapon/talismans/shadowclad/tengen/elemental martial arts work. So do light guardian spirit attacks even if they don't have a physical damage component. There's also the other onmyo spells like Thunderbolt, hellfire, hellgust, and both parts of the familiars (the contact damage, which brings you back to Nioh 2 accumulation, and the heavy attack, where 4 boosted balls equates to Hellspark but requires nigh a full bar of spirit force to do). Lastly Ninjitsu. Shadow arts that isn't Thunderous Calamity (uncanny bolt works) get boosted with glacial calamity being pretty efficient (quarter of a bar instead of half like the others). Also applies to all fiery explosions (fire shurikens, biggest bomb, shrapnel bombs), with smaller explosions asking for less while big bomb is spirit force hungry.
(2/2)

>>559049917
>final addendum
It does the damage boosting while in Living Artifact, AT NO COST (this means 125% more magic/ninjitsu damage with free boosted guardian skills on the side). So if there's ever a Living Artifact build, good shot this is the place to look at even if it doesn't help you get there (and the best way to get there is mostly through samurai abusing the charge amrita gauge on guardian skill hit + Guhin's multi-hit beauty).

>install that nude female body mod from nexus just so I can see nudes on a select few female npcs if I encounter them
>come across Blood-Spurting Ogin in NG+ and her breasts are just straight up clipping out of her top
kek

>>559051306
I kind of want to do a Rikimaru playthrough. 1kat only, only ninjutsus he would have access to, stealth kills as much as possible.

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Do you guys think they will reuse the Ethereal Graces in the DLC or change some effects/add new ones in?

>>559052641
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOXg970_W3Y

>>559051306
>>559052641
Didn't mean to quote there, sorry.

>>559052864
im still upset we never got rotr dlc i wanted something silly like going west to america with ryoma and being a cowboy samurai

how does the Abyss work in 2? is it perma death or is it just random dungeons?

>>559055637
Underworld are 108 set dungeon floors and bosses, depths are after that. Depths have the first 5 floors change daily, the next 25 floors are random every time you go in. After floor 10 your boss fights are two bosses one after the other, after floor 20 its three bosses in a row. In the underworld you can get the orange graces to drop, and some Grace's can only drop on certain numbered floors.

Hide is female because I say so.

>>559052760
New colors are exciting
As long as we don't have retarded shit like "better medicine" I don't care what they do

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>summon remnant with axe for amrita before boss
>paralyzes me with 1 shuriken
>walks over to me
>charges up lumber chop
>kills me in 1 hit
is this real life

>>559059869
He's a shiftling, he can be whatever you want him to be

>>559061121
Better think twice next time you wanna mess with an axe chad.

am I crazy for thinking that the autopickup is the best new gameplay addition in 3

>>559061691
That and auto sell/offer/dismantle.

>literally 0 current players
it's fucking over

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>want to look at new high res textures on armor
>disappear
like I know its troublesome if someone find the gooner outfits for females, but I want to appreciate your texture work you silly devs

>can't delete saved character creation codes
But why.

>>559065464
Where do you even see steam players currently/over time for a game?

>>559071740
game is still in beta, balance is waack pls undersatn

>>559071938
steamdb and steamcharts

I liked the verticality and layered layout of some places in Bakumatsu, but the crucible just takes that way too far

>start new playthrough with dual swords after they fixed deflect timings
holy shit you guys have been playing on easy mode all this time

>>559076057
yeah it's kinda crazy

>>559075896
hot take spirit veins (how they are used in 3 at least) ruin level design

Been farming shinsengumi 5 and I've realized how bullshit okita soji is. If you play perfectly and immediately confuse and deplete purple ki, he can still do attacks while actively being hit by the player at 0 ki (should stagger). This is what anons have been talking about with the retarded hyperarmor and "not playing by the rules" and wow, it's really blatant and I don't really see why they made it like this... The three demons don't do this, it's just him and maybe some other humans. What a load of shit.

>>559076069
i was still enjoying deflect on dual swords pre-fix, but it's so much easier now, feels like i can deflect everything after small amounts of practice

did they fix deflection expert not doing anything as well? can we go all the way to 13 frames?

>>559051036
that's pretty awesome actually

>>559076143
him and axe fucker

>>559076221
luckily it only takes me 3-4 seconds to kill him when he's winded BUT if he breaks out of it and kills me with the follow-up instantly then I have to redo the whole thing.

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>second playthrough
>cheat myself 9999 ninja and samurai skill points
>skip all side content except skill unlocks and save the rest for NG+
>rush main story shit
actually looking forward to NG+ this time cause there will be meaingful stuff to do, sort of

>>559040660
I think if you look past the open world checklist crap, it's really fun.

>>559078640
i kind of like it, it's relaxing and any time i want you can engage in fun combat. the #1 problem is there's not even close to enough opportunities to get excoriated by a twilight mission and there are like 5 boss scrolls instead of 40 like there should be

RotR is pretty damn good despite its flaws, i loved it my first time through

>got to fish fucker
>now understand why people hate him
What an unfun bossfight.

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that took awhile, mostly duds sinister end and bakumatsu, but I got it from the 3demons

>>559079569
i despised him at first, but once i learned to deflect his shit and punish openings he's not bad

>>559079569
him, horseman and bird are shit for the same reason

>>559040660
It has ample content and production value unlike Nioh 3. You'll play it again and realize again why it failed. RotR failing led to painful austerity that's already apparent by Nioh 3.

>>559080557
it's not about being able to beat him, it's just not fun

>>559082537
>production value
it looks visually terrible though, outside of cutscenes

>>559082695
Anon there are literally a handful of characters and cinematics in this entire game in comparison

>>559082643
Yeah. Same with those other, similar bosses. They're just designed in a way that makes them annoying and tedious to fight.

>>559082825
can you please rewrite this sentence into english

>>559082968
Meds schizo

>>559082968
Nioh 3 has far fewer characters and cinematics, and the quality of those are lower than RotR's.

>>559037768
2katbros...

>>559083092
nobody said anything about amount of characters
nobody said anything about amount of cinematics
i literally already said that the cinematics look great in rotr you fucking illiterate RETARD

>>559082968
>>559083173
Retardbro...

>>559083284
he replied to my post regurgitating my points in bad english like it was an epic own

Even though this game is supposedly easier than 2, I have like three times more overall deaths in 3.

>>559083173
Don't get mad at me, I'm nta. I just translated what he said into a more grammatically coherent sentence.

>>559083459
I rarely died in 2, i took every encounter seriously and watched every step. In nioh 3 i mostly die cause i fall asleep pummeling with tonfas and bumrushing everything.

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90% of my Nioh 2 deaths were due to that this snake that I hate

>>559076101
That's not a hot take the overall world design noticeably deteriorated as more spirit veins AKA shortcuts became available until Bakumatsu was basically streamlined Nioh missions loosely connected together as corridors

>>559084182
El Filtro.

>>559084083
I've been playing naked with tonfas and I'm nearly getting the "i didnt beat the game" feeling, I can press circle to dodge literally everything and it feels I have infinite iframes, backstab does a million damage, the stupid humans that tries to block just get broken regardless and yokai are ridiculous passive and slow to turn.
I only die when I get too distracted and blow up all my ki mashing triangle square

>>559025819
I might have to stop using axe, it's making the game too easy for me.

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level 37 samurai who looks like a level 17 ninja

Almost finished with NG+ now and my thoughts are settling after playing the game for quite a bit
Nioh 1 with all DLC = 8.5-9/10
Nioh 2 with all DLC = 9.5-10/10
Nioh 3 with no DLC = 7.5-8/10
So I really hope the DLC doesn't pull any punches. I still like the game, it's very fun and there's lots of cool new stuff, but compared to the other games post DLC it's not as good.

>>559088237
That seems to be the emerging consensus. Nioh 3 isn't necessarily bad but it's aggressively disappointing.

>>559088670
I wasn't that disappointed, not every game can be Nioh 2 tier.

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I LOVE PARTICLE EFFECT ABUSE

>>559087874
He looks so young to be a shogun...

>>559022732
And don't forget:
>you can fly up the side of the house to get up on the balcony and onto the tree roots
>but you cannot fly from the blacksmith's balcony to the roots that aren't even far away
Need a different Spritit for that :^)

>>559026521
Does the nvidia driver preset adjust it dynamically? Because no amount of sliders is going to make it look good everywhere, the game has utterly FUCKED eye adaptation with shadows and lights

>>559051036
>the charge amrita gauge on guardian skill hit
Which one is this exactly?

>>559076191
Yeah I'm planning on going that way by pleaidas and tons amrita absorption but I just figured out, thankfully before spending money, the weapons will be bastards (want crucible Spirit force (Amrita)). So before I head back into to Kunimatsu's Grocery Store, I'm contemplating putting the shine onto another build.
>B1: Kuzuryu Redemption
Sam build with Sincere Buddha using it as the splash, 30 Poison resist + Onmoraki is the only way to recognize this piece of shit.
>B2: Der Mench ist Bose
Lilac + Daikoukuten

>>559093737
It's Spirit Ascension, from my understanding it's a flat amount per GS hit so multi-hit ones go really well. Murakumo for a ninja one is also not half bad even if a bit pricy/too slow to brute counter (tragically).

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>>559091915
He's complaining about the blurry picture, which you can fix somewhat with more res and sharpening and changing DLSS presets, contrast issues are a different thing, and yeah it's a bit fucked, the biggest issue is the crushed blacks, in SDR the best thing I've found is increasing the brightness a bit to around 55-60, but that'll reduce the overall contrast a bit.

in HDR mode you can tweak more settings there, and I found something that works for my strobed Oled and it fixes the crushed blacks without killing the contrast so that's the best way I found to fix it. There's renoDX's mod too which should be even better but I can't use it.
Honestly on a good hdr tv with the draw distance mod and dlss 4.5 it looks pretty good, works on my machine. Someone still need mod the game to reduce the anti soul gas a little bit, even Nioh 2 needed it and did get a mod for this.

I remember I could move with a controller while aiming a bow with my mouse and they worked together perfectly in Nioh 2.
In 3 it doesn't work.
Literally unplayable.

>>559094589
>Spirit Ascension
O sick, I totally forgot about that. Thanks!

Why the FUCK can't the Living Weapon transformation be rebind when using a controller? I keep fucking clicking the sticks in hectic situations by accident

>>559095118
That's weird it works for me. I even mapped the mouse to the controller's gyro, still works.

Be honest, am I missing out for not reading any item descriptions or mission loading screens and stuff like that? In Souls games I know item descriptions by heart, but in Nioh I just can't get myself to care. And don't get me wrong, I'm loving the game, it's not like I'm yearning for more lore or whatever, just wondering if I'm missing out on great writing by not giving it a chance.

>>559095443
You can't, there's an hidden option so check again. I was triggering living weapon by mistake instead lol, so I reverted to the sticks

>>559095470
I mean I can aim with the mouse while moving around with the stick. But if I use left trigger for taking aim, I cannot shoot with mouse buttons. And if I take aim with M2, I cannot move with the controller.

>>559095443
You should probably learn to not death grip your controller anyway, your sticks will thank you.

>>559095592
*can

>>559084182
I assume this was severely nerfed over the years because I'm on my first playthrough and this was probably the only boss I beat on my first try except for like repeating bosses in side missions.

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>>559095443

why does ki fluxing make you turn your back to the enemy

>>559095686
Xbox should make sturdier controllers. Bring back the Duke!
Now that I think about it, when I play flight sims my hand does get sore after some time. Maybe I'm gripping too hard without even realizing

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>kites you for a little bit with some horse archery
imagine if he did only that like lubu

>>559095893
Probably, happened to me when I switched from the 8bitdo Pro 2 to the Ultimate 2, actually, so I think something about Xbox ergonomics just makes it easier to grip too hard. So I taught myself to not do it to not ruin the sticks. The first game I used it on was Ninja Gaiden 4, so the game being intense probably doesn't help getting used to being more gentle.

>>559095918
My unga bunga Sword of Meditation gimmick absolutely _suffers_ with enemies that keep moving in and out.
Just let me hit you!
I killed the bitch brother in five hits

>Bloodedge demon spawned
>scours the ages to try and find it
>still only gets 1 user grave despite it all
At least can confirm it's not Bakamatsu as it was the only player revenant I could kill despite traveling into three ages of Japan and its four corners. Unless... Don't tell me people are performing the bloodedge rituals in Antiquity, a quest only location.

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I FUCKING FOUND IT, FINALLY, FINALLY THE GRAVES SPAWNED AND I COULD GET HERE! Is there a way to fight the bloodedge demon offline?

>>559097768
Pretty silly if there isn't since the only valuable thing you get from that boss is the Soul Core, the drops are usually absolute trash and low level

>>559099090
Drops I think is decently find, it's like a kappa but scaled for NG+ (in that it drops divines), I have gotten a yasakani from one before. Got no clue on why I consistently get a random batch of level 11 weapons (challenge runners?). I also just wanted to fight one for the sake of stress testing my Swallowtail build (was fine, not too squishy and the onmyo was able to burst him down a bit after the half-way mark). Do hope they maybe place one on a battle scroll so that it's not a goose egg chase that you have to exit missions for.

Also for funny things on those more in-tuned with ki-DMG. Sam Murakumo could be something to look at, he extends your buffs when you final blow. If you can break shins consistently enough than this can be a way to have infinite uptime on buffs, also consider you could do it on Ninja if easier before style shifting to Sam to keep Ninja buffs active.

I feel like I should wait for a balance patch before I do another playthrough of this game. Every new weapon I try I just find the most overpowered move and start spamming it.

>>559101489
Odd choice to put final blow buffs on the samurai guardian spirit when the grapple damage skills are on ninja. I don't remember if those final blows on knocked down human bosses count as a grapple but if it does you could abuse constant knockdown parries and spear leg sweeps to make the most out of that.

>just unlocked Tornado Edge

Uhhh why does it do like double the damage of any other axe skill?

>>559104419
Because axe wasn't braindead enough already

>>559083459
Kunimatsu is harder than anything in 2

>>559095556
>am I missing out
only if you care about Japanese history

>1 piece of okita's set
>2 pieces of peerless combatant set
>3 pieces of eccentric's set
>maeda clan
>yagyo soul core
what else for "nothing but pokes" spear build?

>>559088237
>Game with no dlc isn't as good with game with dlc
what no way

>>559022732
Yeah the Interrim from 2 felt a lot more lively and fleshed out, even if most NPCs disappeared from there by the end as well.

>>559095556
Not at all. If you care about the lore you're good just reading the yokai illustrations and character dictionary. Item descriptions are not important at all, especially weapon/armor ones are a waste of time.

>thread on life support
>only halfway through NG+
oof...

>>559118101
I'm only halfway through NG lol

spears gods how do you use this thing? Triple Threat looks fucking silly

>>559118101
Its a single player game and many people in the thread are at the end game farming to fill in the corners of their builds, just the cycle. Once the first DLC comes out the thread will come back for a month or two while everyone works through it, update builds, and farms.

>>559104419
it's a new skill

>>559118101
not a live service

>>559102470
you control the buttons you press

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>>559130943
This meme makes me so mad

its too easy, let me atleast fight duos again.
fuckin nepo baby lack of challenges

>>559118101
They failed to deliver. I'm already finished NG+. There's nothing to do now but help other people in expeditions. Unless they release twilight missions and an underworld, Nioh 3 will go down as the least replayable Nioh. The open field was a mistake.

>>559141679
ehh have hope, they're probably just down in the dumps cause RoTR didnt sell the gang busters the whole bakumatsu fanbase pretended to like (who were mostly otome fans for the ikemen)

>>559118101
I got a week or two at least to go considering current build autism. And then return to Sparking Zero, partially hungering to return and also for mourning.

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It just gets worse and worse.

>>559141679
>The open field was a mistake.
I think the open field was conceptually a fine idea. The problem is the game only has like five structured missions, and one of them is just the caves from Nioh 1.

>>559143483
Welcome to attack bonus (stat), it's a healthy bonus to things when the stat's 99 (and I'd argue probably beats your crucible weapon martial arts dmg if you have other sources of it). Also 2% life steal looks questionable, experience is mainly on faster weapons but even on a build wanting to go for big healing, amrita absorb has done so much more even if delayed (unless the idea was fast procs on the (on Life Recovery) effects, then fair enough).

>>559141679
>doom posting about a nioh game before the DLCs
every release this happens lol

AHH FUCK why do I always get stuck tinkering meaningless shit on my gear instead of just progressing through the game

>>559118101
I've got a bunch of ideas for builds themed around respective spirit guardians. Nothing optimal that requires grinding but it will encourage me to use different weapons, elements and ninja weapons with other skills than what I am used to so I'll probably have reason to play the game for a while. I got 160+hours playing just spear, 1kat and splitstaff, there's a bunch of weapons to learn and experiment with

>>559144202
Actually, the axe's attack was already higher than the odachi's before the attack bonus magic. That was the point of the post, so that's a whoops on my part

As an aside, the attack bonus magic seems to be bugged: either it doesn't work at all or actually reduces the attack of all my weapons while I have the axe equipped. The displayed attack on my stats screen is lower for both my weapons than their displayed attack on the equipment screen. When I unequip the axe the stat screen attack comes up to match the equipment screen attack.

>>559148309
>comes up to match the equipment screen attack.
on my secondary weapon*.

And it bears mentioning that the displayed attack on the equipment screen doesn't change at all when I add or remove attack bones magic. So, yeah. Buddy as shit.

>>559144202
Oh, also, yeah, I'm convinced life drain melee doesn't work at all. They're only there because the available alternatives seem just as useless/ it'll already be there when TN fixes it.

>stack debuff duration
>elemental debuffs disappear when Confusion ends regardless of their remaining duration
>Confusion stacking is borderline impossible
fuck this gay earth

>>559012329
Yes. Too bad it doesnt make her shut the fuck up. I swear she always begins a lengthy, deep lore drop right in the middle of the most hectic fights.
>>559029458
Yes. Killing those 3 big dudes with the one rifleman and cannonboi under the Biwo Bokuboku is a really sweet loot spot. Also fun practice against 3 different human weapons.
>>559037768
rekt
>>559046105
I was a massive Kusarigama fan in 2. Really fell in love with the entire moveset. It was the first Ninja weapon I chose in 3. I miss my 3 stances and having actual choices in active skills. Why is Deadly Mark on "quick then heavy"? It is a gap closer. I shouldnt need to waste time and ki on a move that will miss. It also shares the slot with Tangle Strike and Retreating Strike - 2 moves that I liked to use after Deadly Mark.
>>559049917
A note to add to your fantastic write up. Fire Calamity will chew through the Spirit Force bar with the AoE DoT it leaves behind. I swapped it for Fire Shuriken. It does great damage with the buff, regens fast, and causes Burn quickly for Confusion purposes.
>>559095918
I would genuinely love a Lubu insert as a 1v1 mission in 3. Like how they did with Gozuki.

Why is there no fucking option to cancel out of character creation if you accidentally misclick "New Game" instead of "Continue"?

>>559149521
There's many similarly retarded things in the game. Like not being able to see how much soul fragments you have unless you go to the soul core view. Also no way to dismiss summoned acolytes, wtf?

>>559149521
>>559149667
You also can't name saves, so if you have two characters with a similar amount of playtime you have to just fucking guess which is which.

>>559149375
Just use the lilac set bonus and break the game.
The increase debuff duration actually means resetting debuff duration on ANY melee attack, even a quick light hit on low stance works.

>>559149903
Deflecting an enemy attack refreshes the durations too, it's silly as hell

>>559149903
They're gonna neef the fuck out of it. I put a set together with it but I don't want to get attached because God knows they're gonna kill it.

>>559149521
>>559149667
>>559149885
Japanese devs and awful UX design, name a more iconic duo

>>559149903
Is THAT what it does??? I thought it just made them last longer. Does this apply to elemental debuffs as well? Or just stuff like Sloth, Increased Damage Taken, etc?

>>559151595
All debuffs. If there's a red icon around the enemy's health bar, it can extend it.
It's incredibly broken with calamity ninjutsu arts and onmyo, since you can easily stack all 4 elements and keep them near permanently on the enemy. The only issue is when bosses go into the yokai realm since that removes all debuffs from them.

>>559151865
>>559151595
And elemental debuffs require way more effort after the first time, they get some sort of resistance to it

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>mfw calamity jutsus work with Carnage talisman and backstabs

>>559151865
That is so dumb. In the best way. I agree with >>559150050 it is gunna get nerfed for sure.

It reminds me of my Nioh 2 Ninjutsu build. I had Sloth, Defense Down, and Blind on Ninjutsu hit and would use the Caltrop Bombs and Hell feathers with the recharging Ninjutsu. All those debuffs were basically permanent because of how easy Caltrop Bombs were to hit. It was pretty fun. Lilac could be as fun too, I assume. Would be fun to mix Onmyo and Ninjutsu and swap to Sam. Seems like a good way to make use of both entire kits.

>>559152604
and the unarmed damage buff i believe

why wont red graves spawn consistently in nioh 3
I just want to find the bloodedgee demon

>>559148857
My experience (crucible affix, not purple), it does work and will heal you but our damage is too low for it to heal meaningful (2% of 1k damage is 20 health, can get more from amrita absorption).

>>559149420
My plan is to try a shrapnel bomb because I like booms.

>>559151865
Every debuff. Sloth, confusion, elementals, life leech, weakness, etc. all work.

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>>559152969
That is insane. After reading this thread I now understand how folks are nuking stuff in co-op.

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post ur hiddys

>>559154581
that is not hiddy

>>559152974
I have the same problem. I just started remembering NPC graves near shrines to check.

>>559160324
That, my dear Bilbo, is the Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug in Full IMAX 3D with Dolby Surround sound

>>559160324
Why did you give him piss eyes

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>>559156296
ok fine, this is