Just keep running missions. You can see which officers will show up in the description of that mission, aim for the ones you want and eventually you'll get them to join.
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Dynasty Warriors 8 + XL (PS3) / CE (PSV/PS4) |OT| Don't Pursue Lu Bu (In Next Gen)
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Just keep running missions. You can see which officers will show up in the description of that mission, aim for the ones you want and eventually you'll get them to join.
NoirVisage
Banned
Yeah, ambition mode I can see being a favorite long before I played it, I enjoyed the "Fame" missions, as well as owning officers into submission..I think I'll take it online..after they patch it so that it doesn't overwrite my progress! -__-
Pirzolaman
Banned
Nooooooo! Just got a mail from the shop I pre ordered that the game has been delayed a bit cause of delivery issues from the supplier (EU), so I won't get it till monday they said 
*cries like beaten by the mighty Lu Bu*
*cries like beaten by the mighty Lu Bu*razgriz417
Member
Man Wing Swords and Striking Sword is so much fun
Pirzolaman
Banned
Umm by the way, does anyone know why we the EU PSN update today gave us all those pre order costumes for free? I thought it was a mistake or something maybe, but they didn't remove it yet so I've downloaded them all!
dakkumauji
Member
Man Wing Swords and Striking Sword is so much fun
The new weapons are definitely lots of fun and creative.
I also like the hookswords, all that camera movement.
I knew Toei Kecmo EU was better but not this better. :x
pancakesandsex
Member
Been having trouble trying to get an answer out of anyone regarding this but here goes.
Can anyone tell me what the strategy layer is like in this game? It was largely absent in DW7 in lieu of having a more story focused approach. If I fail to achieve Huang Gai's fire attack on Chi Bi, do I lose the stage, or do I have to find a way to beat the level without the fire attack? I miss that level of flexibility.
Can anyone tell me what the strategy layer is like in this game? It was largely absent in DW7 in lieu of having a more story focused approach. If I fail to achieve Huang Gai's fire attack on Chi Bi, do I lose the stage, or do I have to find a way to beat the level without the fire attack? I miss that level of flexibility.
Dead Prince
Banned
are the DLC region locked?
dakkumauji
Member
Can't say for Chibi, but I do believe if you fail to do certain things, you can still power through the stage.
I know I basically failed all the plans that Zhou Yu was wanting us to do in the Wu stage vs. Cao Ren and I basically just ran through and killed everything.
I also assume that you could fail to prevent the flood attack at Fan Castle and still win assuming you somehow prevent Lu Meng from killing himself.
It probably depends on what's the lose objectives are and what you have to do to fail the fire attack.
Pirzolaman
Banned
Yeah AFAIK. By the way I did read that the reason for getting these free was because of the delay of the game in EU. So glad they are compensating, thanks KOEI
pancakesandsex
Member
I just want to confirm that the structure is less rigid than 7, which in my example above, puts you in control of Huang Gai for that segment, so failing the attack is literally dying and failing the stage.
RockTurtle
Member
Can any character play with any weapon? whats the weapon drop system like?
as someone who has played since DW 2 and was disillusioned with the series after DW 6, i need to know! (my faves are dw4/5)
as someone who has played since DW 2 and was disillusioned with the series after DW 6, i need to know! (my faves are dw4/5)
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Talked to a good friend about this game and was left wondering why Koei isn't pushing Ambition mode. Like, I didn't even know about it until I heard people in here referencing it and he had no idea either. Great alternative to Story and Free modes.
Mmmmm, fame...
Mmmmm, fame...
dakkumauji
Member
Well I think it's rigid in that certain things have to happen on the stage, like the fire attack has to go. But, you could still fail some missions on the stage and still complete it.
Yes, but each character has their own level of compatibility with each weapon type (there's a total of four).
Named officers and sometimes Unit Commanders will drop weapon boxes when defeated which will either give you a random weapon of what they use (if named and playable) or any random weapon you can use.
pancakesandsex
Member
NoirVisage
Banned
While I was playing the earlier levels, I was thinking to myself..I sure would like a mode where the objectives were random and dynamic..then low and behold..FAME
/David Bowie
Black Door
Banned
They basically had to do this once Sengoku Basara came out and people started getting bored when the action wasn't CURAZHY enough in Koei's games and started switching sides
And then Sengoku Basara bombed.
Dead Prince
Banned
I like that going to psn store through the game option shows the old psn store
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
If people want crazy in their Musou games that's what the Orochi series is for.
Freezasaurus
Member
That's hardly a bad thing. The old store was 137.6% better than the pile of shit they have now.
Almost all games that link directly to the store do this. It's just so much better.
Dead Prince
Banned
Its not that bad outside of load time and Sony xperia z ad.
Starting story mode on normal. Hard chaos is just too much right now and the fuck is lu by coming after me
dakkumauji
Member
Hurray for the web store!
robotzombie
Member
...In the US because of zero marketing from Capcom, doesn't mean anything to the point you quoted
Black Door
Banned
...which is why the fourth game is coming out in a year. Yes.
NoirVisage
Banned
Kinda does, any musou fan knew it was coming out, if the majority wanted "CRAZYY" why didn't a majority buy it?
Pirzolaman
Banned
I love DW games to death, but I really like the DMC like gameplay of the Basara games more to be honest.
Black Door
Banned
Because "Devil Kings" was a macekered mess, and Crapcom didn't advertise it
NoirVisage
Banned
I thought the original post was referring to the PS3 game.
Its fun one character through, but the overlap kills it for me, it ends up becoming shallower than DW once you realize how limited your combat options are.. character designs are awesome though.
Black Door
Banned
Speaking of which, are there any dudes in this that fight with their sword behind their back, flipping the sword for basic attacks and shit? I loved that in Soulcalibur IV (although I hated the actual character)
dakkumauji
Member
Basara's huge in Japan mostly due to the fujioshis.
Though, it's pretty large having an anime, a stage play, a live action TV series, a magazine and a bunch of other things. Oddly enough, it's just lacking in the bulk of games that DW has.
Though, it's pretty large having an anime, a stage play, a live action TV series, a magazine and a bunch of other things. Oddly enough, it's just lacking in the bulk of games that DW has.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I do remember when getting over 1000 kills felt like a real accomplishment...I remember doing the Nanman Campain in 4 and having everyone on my side die except for me so I had to face the entire Nanman army alone...whooo...
Black Door
Banned
I got 4000 kills on the last stage of Jin with Yuanji and the game treats it as no big deal...o_o
dakkumauji
Member
To level one of your skills, you need to kill officers after reaching a certain amount of KOs or more (I think 1500), so the game probably expects you to reach that high.
Despite all the improvements, NPCs being able to guard entire musous/rage musous is fucking stupid. I can't believe someone let that pass.
Xu Shu. He comes off as super gary stuish
Xu Shu. He comes off as super gary stuish
tiggerkiddo
Member
Darn, when did Guan Yu's family get as big as the Sun family?
razgriz417
Member
I think alot are adopted? Dunno but Guan Xing and his Wing Blades are my fav so far
Guan Yu - Self explanatory.
Guan Ping - Oldest and adopted son of Guan Yu, died with Guan Yu at Fan Castle. Added in DW5.
Guan Xing - Second son of Guan Yu, aside from his role at Yiling in the novel he didn't do a whole lot either historically or in ROTK. Just added in DW8.
Guan Suo - Third son of Guan Yu but fictional (important point). In the novel, he helped with the southern Nanman Campaign. Added in DW7
Guan Yinping - Youngest child of Guan Yu and fictional I believe. Added in DW8.
So yeah, that is a rough summary on when Koei expanded the Guan family and some of their roles.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Thanks for the info...interesting all the fictional characters they add to this
Shu doesn't really have a lot of well known characters left they can add.
dakkumauji
Member
As evident by all the Guan and Zhang kids they just added in this game.
tiggerkiddo
Member
They can give Ma Su an unique look...just make sure he looks like a dope
Outside of Wang Ping, Ma Yunlu, Li Yan, Liao Hua, or Fei Yi maybe there really aren't that many Shu characters of major or absolutely important use left. Koei are pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel for Shu adds at this point if all the Guan kids being added are anything worth judging off of.