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[#Phonepunk#]

I saw Nioh on sale and decided to pick it up. I kept seeing the name in talk surrounding Sekiro and I really enjoyed that game's atmosphere and themes, so I am looking forward to this.

Any tips for a first timer? I absolutely love Sekiro and have beaten all the Souls games & Bloodborne so I am down for a challenge.

So far I am just in the first tutorial area. Really enjoying this so far. Combat is pretty fun. What are the best weapons? I am using a battle axe right now cos hell yes.

It has a nice atmosphere and im super down for tons of loot and equipment i can try out and all the glowy demons ill be fighting. This gonna be fun...

 

[Vawn]

If you want the game to be easy, get the spell that slows enemies movements in half. It's been a while, I don't remember the name.

 

[bati]

If you want something unique make a set focused on throwing weapons. One of the few games of this type that allows something like this.

It's endgame viable too.

 

[Clear]

The 3 most important things to doing well at Nioh are:

1. Do not underestimate how useful Onmyo magic and Ninjutsu are, doesn't matter what weapon you choose they always help.
2. Weapon skill trees contain passive abilities, most apply regardless of what weapon you are using, they are very helpful.
3. Build matters. Just building your gear set based on levels and attributes is fine to begin with, but the further you get the more those set-bonuses come into play.

Other than that the main thing to note is the level of a mission isn't indicative of how hard it is, its just the cap for loot level found on it. There's quite a bit of variety because some require far less effort than others to complete, this is especially true later on when Ninja stealth skills can be employed to avoid many encounters.

Lastly, don't be disheartened by the second boss. Hino-Enma might feel like a brick wall at first but she's actually very easy. Note the anti paralysis needles found just before her boss room, and ideally try and level sufficiently so she can't one shot you with a dash attack before taking her on. Her moves are clearly telegraphed and very predictable, and she's especially susceptible to rangy weapons like the spear.

Abuse revenants for easy hq gear early on, but don't neglect learning about weapon crafting as you go and don't be afraid to toss any gear if it isn't useful to you. You will rarely find yourself cursing that you failed to keep something because the loot flow is constant.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Use every tool at your disposal. Magic, ninjutsu, guns, consumables. The game's difficulty isn't a curve, it's a beach that the Nazis spent 3 months fortifying.

And then you hit the DLC.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

thanks for the tips. the game is hella fun so far! i chose kusarigama as my main weapon, i love the speed & range, and with the low stance it has this insane combo with quick attack.

the steady stream of new gear is quite satisfying. i'm going to have to make some suicide runs on the red ghosts laying around.

haven't hit the difficulty wall yet...

 

[Clear]

Reddit is best source of advanced info btw. The Wikis are ok, but they are missing lots of important stuff like the hidden damage bonuses etc.

One more thing, don't be afraid to change your mind about your chosen build. Unlike Souls' games which really want you to commit to the strategy you start with, Nioh is very friendly about re-speccing as you go. You can reset your levels, your skill points, your perks etc. If you feel you could have planned better.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

If you want the game to be easy, get the spell that slows enemies movements in half. It's been a while, I don't remember the name.

Sloth talisman. I think they nerfed it, though.

 

[DonF]

this game kicked my ass, bad.

I got to the ...third boss I believe? a vampire that scream in a cave and I just can't beat. I simply cant.

I've seen youtube tutorials how to beat it and I can't. The past stages werent that hard, but this one is impossible to me.

Any tips?

 

[Virex]

Take your time and enjoy the game #Phonepunk# . NioH is a phenomenal game.

 

[Kamina]

Learn the combat system
Level up
Dont be greedy
Git gut

If you know dark souls, then you know the basic concept of nioh.

 

[Vawn]

Sloth talisman. I think they nerfed it, though.

Oh really? I haven't played since launch. I imagine it's a lot more difficult now then.

 

[lame gag1990]

I prefer Nioh to the Souls series. It's fast paced, responsive and has an option to prioritise 60FPS. Great game.

this game kicked my ass, bad.

I got to the ...third boss I believe? a vampire that scream in a cave and I just can't beat. I simply cant.

I've seen youtube tutorials how to beat it and I can't. The past stages werent that hard, but this one is impossible to me.

Any tips?

Not much of a tip but keep playing. Practicing anything will make you better the more you do it. Keep trying dude. Don't give it up.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

I prefer Nioh to the Souls series. It's fast paced, responsive and has an option to prioritise 60FPS.

that's odd, Sekiro performs way better for me, and combat seems much quicker. then again im only a few hours in.

so for combat, are there just the three stances and blocking? i kept seeing the combat was complex, is parrying a thing in this or special moves? or will there will be more tutorials later?

EDIT: ah, looks like they aren't explained, and are unlockable under skill trees. this is kinda like Souls after all lol.

I got to the ...third boss I believe? a vampire that scream in a cave and I just can't beat. I simply cant.

aw man, a vampire screaming in a cave? so glad i got this game =)

 

[KiteGr]

Any tips for a first timer? I absolutely love Sekiro and have beaten all the Souls games & Bloodborne so I am down for a challenge.

1. MASTER YOUR KI PULSE! Pressing a trigger at the right time as you recover stamina will fill it instantly, clear corruption and give you buffs depending on your skills. Learning it well is paramount.
2. Master Stance changing! There are 3 stances, High, medium and low, with high often being the strongest and low the fastest. You should consider which one is better for each situation.
3. You should choose 2 primary weapons to invest your stats in. You shouldn't completely neglect the rest of your stats, even if you don't plan to use their respected weapon.
   • Single Katanas are balanced
   • Spears have better range
   • Dual Katanas are for faster attacks
   • Axes are slow but strong
   • Kusarigama are complicated
4. Bows, Guns, Ninja skills and Magic are secondary skills you shouldn't base your build entirely on them, as ammo runs out, and the skills and magic take the form of item similar to bloodborne, that recharge at save points. If you play exclusively with them, you'll often run out.
5. There is no real PVP. You shouldn't base your build on dealing with other players (I don't know if they added anything of the short in the expansion though). Touching their gravestones/bloodstains will summon an AI version of them selfs as an enemy to fight you for a chance to take a piece of their gear.
6. Do the side missions! Many often unlock merchants, character skins, and entire game futures.
7. There is plenty of Co-OP. Beating each mission will allow you to help other players, and unlock it's twilight version where there are new enemies and everything is harder.
8. Find the Kodama. They are small creatures that are hidden in stages as secret collectibles, they are to useful to be ignored.
9. Don't forget to unlock new skills. As you play you get skill points for weapons, ninja and magic, and with them you can unlock new skills. Weapon skills are often tied to a stance with that weapon, and ninja and magic most of the time are used as items. Some are OP. Many skill points come by using certain items.
10. Loot is randomized, and so is crafting. The gear you find has random stats. Using better crafting materials will increase the chance for higher tier weapons.
11. Leveling and progressing can make your old weapons obsolete. There is lots of leveling in this game. Techicaly you can enhance and upgrade your favorite weapon to follow you to the end, but I think it's better to find and focus on new ones. Weapons where you increased their familiarity have a better chance to transfer some of their traits to the new one.
12. Wall demons and doppelgangers require an emote! Doppelgangers and Wall demons will require you to do an emote to bypass them. Doppels will request a specific emote, and in Wall Demons you'll just need to focus on the color of the emote.
13. The Sloth Magic is OP! You gain access on Ninja and Magic after a few stages, but this spell in particular is ridiculously useful, as it also works on bosses. I don't know if it has been patched, but you should ether focus or avoid it depending on how much challenge you want.
14. The game is Big! There might not be an interconnected world, and the side missions heavily recircle areas, but the main stages are plenty, they are big, they are (mostly) varied, and they always have at least one boss!
15. Be prepared to give a damn about a Japanese story. Your character might be western, but besides the tutorial mission (and a secret final mission) the rest of the game takes place in Japan, in a real historical conflict, with real historical heroes, that you are supposed to be impressed with their appearance in the game.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

1. Find the Kodama. They are small creatures that are hidden in stages as secret collectibles, they are to useful to be ignored.

what's the deal with these guys? i have been finding them around the forest. what do they do?

 

[Clear]

what's the deal with these guys? i have been finding them around the forest. what do they do?

As you collect them it allows you to apply a buff to the zone to modify weapon, armor and healing item droprates, improve amrita gain etc. Basically they are a reason to search the levels, and a couple of side missions involve rescuing them. The Kodama Sense effect on gear shows their position on the hud.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

kinda stuck at this first boss lol. i know what to do, it's just taking time getting used to the timing. sometimes i will dodge too late and get insta killed for instance when he picks up the canonballs and throws them. tho i have gotten him into a cheap loop at point, baiting the canonball throw, hugging the left leg, dodging it, and getting him to do it again. but i inevitably get caught by one attack or the other. time for me to git good.

what's the deal with elixirs? i can grind and get 8 but when i use them all, if i die, i come back with 4. 4 flasks just endlessly refill when i rest but not 8? how does this work? is this like estus flasks that i start w 5 or so and can upgrade?

 

[KiteGr]

kinda stuck at this first boss lol. i know what to do, it's just taking time getting used to the timing. sometimes i will dodge too late and get insta killed for instance when he picks up the canonballs and throws them. tho i have gotten him into a cheap loop at point, baiting the canonball throw, hugging the left leg, dodging it, and getting him to do it again. but i inevitably get caught by one attack or the other. time for me to git good.

what's the deal with elixirs? i can grind and get 8 but when i use them all, if i die, i come back with 4. 4 flasks just endlessly refill when i rest but not 8? how does this work? is this like estus flasks that i start w 5 or so and can upgrade?

Healing items are just healing items. If you want more, you'll have to grind them. That's the usefulness of the Kodama. They improve droprates. Choose on the savepoint the kodamas that improve drop rates of healing items to better grind them.

As for the boss, he isn't that hard once you get used to the game. Try using different stances, master the Ki pulse and use the living weapon when things turn to shit.

 

[12Goblins]

Dual swords and mastering ki pulse is a lot of fun

 

[Clear]

First boss strat is very straightforward.

2 phases, cannonballs attached and not.

He's slower in his first form but can pose problems in a small space due to his spinning attacks. Basically stand in front at a safe distance and circle to his rear as he commits himself to his attacks. Chip away at his health from the rear, and dont stay close too long in case he spins. Just patience. If you want to speed it up, improve your gear and stats.

2nd phase really depends on how strong you are. If you are very strong you can simply use LW to crush him during his stun period in phase change, or as he goes to fetch one of his cannonballs. If not bait his cannonball throw, focus on evading, and wait til he uses one of his other moves as they make bigger openings. Try and stay to his sides/rear always UNLESS he is going to throw, in which case you want to be in-front so as to dodge. Use LW to finish him off when you feel comfortable.

Early on, when boss moves really hurt, you always want to keep LW ready to finish fast. Don't forget you can recharge the gauge fast by chugging amrita crystals, or by using extraction talismans and the like.

Living weapons are not a "cheat" or a cheap win button, they are very powerful but need to be employed tactically. The Guardian Spirit and the Weapon currently in use can make a big difference because it alters the attacks available and their elemental property.

The single most powerful debuff in the game is called confusion, which occurs when a target has 2 elemental status effects active upon it simultaneously. For example chucking a firebomb at an enemy then hitting it with a weapon (or living weapon) with wind elemental property and inflicting "blustered" status is especially debilitating.

I know, this is more info than you need really for early game, I mention it only because the tutorials don't really stress the value of combinations of elemental damage, and it can be a huge difference maker especially during LW.

 

[Lanrutcon]

LW is like, the path to success. It's a huge huge deal. Get comfortable with it, READ the spirit descriptions, change as necessary.

Edit: Oh, shit. Almost forgot: the consumable items that give you xp also give you LW charge if used in combat. Save them, then spam LW on bosses.

 

[Jigsaah]

I saw Nioh on sale and decided to pick it up. I kept seeing the name in talk surrounding Sekiro and I really enjoyed that game's atmosphere and themes, so I am looking forward to this.

Any tips for a first timer? I absolutely love Sekiro and have beaten all the Souls games & Bloodborne so I am down for a challenge.

So far I am just in the first tutorial area. Really enjoying this so far. Combat is pretty fun. What are the best weapons? I am using a battle axe right now cos hell yes.

It has a nice atmosphere and im super down for tons of loot and equipment i can try out and all the glowy demons ill be fighting. This gonna be fun...

Make sure to adjust multiplayer settings to your liking. I don't think that was an option when I played it and jerks coming to "help" me beat the boss
(aka, one-shot the boss and clear all the adds so im just running behind him stopping to pick up scraps left in their wake) ruined the whole experience for me. I gave up probably too early, but I may give it a shot on PC now since I don't have a PS4 Pro.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Make sure to adjust multiplayer settings to your liking. I don't think that was an option when I played it and jerks coming to "help" me beat the boss
(aka, one-shot the boss and clear all the adds so im just running behind him stopping to pick up scraps left in their wake) ruined the whole experience for me. I gave up probably too early, but I may give it a shot on PC now since I don't have a PS4 Pro.

PC version lets you control when you want to MP and when you don't. People can't enter you game if you don't let them. PC only got the game late though, so this might have been a patch thing.

 

[Jigsaah]

PC version lets you control when you want to MP and when you don't. People can't enter you game if you don't let them. PC only got the game late though, so this might have been a patch thing.

From what I remember, I think I did ask for help...but they was clearly no level restrictions like what you would see in Dark Souls. Basically whoever just happened to be there could join your game and run through destroying everything if they were high enough level or had the best gear.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

thanks for all the tips i took down the first boss. didn't even need LW. what helped me most was, when he is raising his hand to throw the ball, you need to dodge when it gets to the very top, right before he throws it. if you are too close then you may not be able to see how high he's lifting.

now on the second. oof with this insta paralyze move. on the plus side the bigger yokai mini bosses are taking a lot less time to defeat.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I need to start this game soon myself. I have had a sealed copy sitting here for over a year. Subbing to this thread to read the tips.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

ugg finding the next boss very frustrating. the lady in the caves. feels like she has several attacks that kill me in one hit: the purple stunner, hawk rush, and umbrella. ideally a boss would have 1 or 2 fatal attacks and everything else i can work around, dodge, mess up and still get by with using health. it feels like if anything hits me, i'm dead, so i don't even get a chance to learn the fight.

i only have 10 body/heart, and at level 21, am i under-leveled? maybe i need to focus on getting the right gear to fight this paralyze stuff, it's a huge pain in the ass. as soon as you get paralyzed, you know you are dead, there is nothing you can do. arrrgh

 

[Lanrutcon]

ugg finding the next boss very frustrating. the lady in the caves. feels like she has several attacks that kill me in one hit: the purple stunner, hawk rush, and umbrella. ideally a boss would have 1 or 2 fatal attacks and everything else i can work around, dodge, mess up and still get by with using health. it feels like if anything hits me, i'm dead, so i don't even get a chance to learn the fight.

i only have 10 body/heart, and at level 21, am i under-leveled? maybe i need to focus on getting the right gear to fight this paralyze stuff, it's a huge pain in the ass. as soon as you get paralyzed, you know you are dead, there is nothing you can do. arrrgh

So this is the first boss where you need to learn which attacks are unblockable, and which are virtually undodgeble. Like, when she jumps back and does the massive swoop? blocks that shit. When she does the paralysis ranged blast? dodge, don't block. Make sure to switch to the right stance: low for dodging, mid for blocking, high for when you have an opening to hit her. This is a super valuable lesson that will apply to every boss you face from here on going forward: right stance for the job, right defense for the attack.

Equip gear with Paralysis resistance until it takes 3 hits to paralyse you. Hotkey the items that remove paralysis, you can use them even while paralysed.

Stay close to her. You cannot win in a ranged battle. Stay near her, bait her umbrella or kick-twirl attacks, punish her as she finishes. Be careful: each attack has 2 OR 3 hits. You gotta act fast.

The biggest killer when staying close to her is her grab. Recognize the starting animation, get the fuck out of the way. It buffs her, heals her and does insane damage.

Up until now you've been wearing light armor, I bet. Gotta wear some medium/heavy to avoid getting 1 or 2 shot by anything. You cannot take hits in this game with light armor. Light armor makes you fast, but frail.

If you have Kunai or Shuriken, save them (and hotkey them) for phase 2: when she's in the air, preparing to come down for the swoop, any projectile that hits her will knock her out of the air and leave her super vulnerable for a while. You gotta hit her after she does her attacks, as she's bracing to swoop down. A single hit does the trick. Open her up, and then drop the hammer when she's down.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

thanks. i think i am ill-prepared, need to grind equipment, get some anti-paralysis stuff. i did some fighting in the cave area before the boss and leveled up my health a bit & gained some extra stuff as well, like the talisman that lights your weapon on fire 2 times every life. for real excited about that one!

i kinda like how the weapons/armor level up system is: just fight some dudes. while i was grinding for armor i ended up bringing my kusarigama from 114 to 155.

 

[Clear]

Heh, Hino-Enma breaks people. But truthfully, she aint tough at all, she's just unforgiving and you really need to have learned a few things to successfully take her on.

Save your anti-paralysis needles for when she uses her aerial shots to lock you in place for a swoop.If you have them set on your shortcuts there's plenty of time to free yourself if you get caught.

I'm not 100% but I believe you should get a guaranteed drop of a paralysis resisting accessory in the caves before her room, this by itself should be enough to stop you getting frozen too easily.

Yes, you can knock her down by using ranged weapons when in the air, (and its a valuable skill for later when the same trick can snap bosses out of their LW mode) but you might find it easier to stay evasive and simply wait for her to expend all her KI from doing strong attacks. She drains fast, and when she does you can just smash her to bits until she recovers.

As always, you want LW ready to finish her quick, and the key barometer to measure whether you are undergeared is to see if she can one-shot you with a non-paralysis attack. Remember: Para zeroes your KI (red box on the bar) and in that state everything deals more damage. You shouldn't expect to survive a charge when paralyzed unless you are hugely overlevelled, however you should be able to survive at least some of her attacks.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

i was able to defeat her over the weekend. i had been using the kusarigama as my main weapon, for the low stance low attack wheeling death combo. i use it on most normal enemies, it is like a lawnmower, you can just start it up, a few steps from the enemy even, and start spinning that metal death machine as you walk forward. what an attack.

but it was getting me killed in this boss fight. it is easy to get greedy while chopping up baddies like this. i switched to my 2nd most used weapon, the spear, grinded some decent gear from the surrounding enemies, and used that instead. it was a good idea to go for harder hits, and when i used the fire talisman, it took a lot of damage. spear has a nice reach so i was able to stay just out of melee range of her while poking now and again w the spear. mastering the bird attack and paralyze attack are necessary: just dodge right. getting the timing down is tough tho. and when she's in the air, just keep holding block, in case she throws knives at you.

now im at the next boss, a cool glowy tiger demon thingy. he doesn't seem to hard so i am taking a break to explore & find stuff. the level is a large rainy area w lots of big yokai demons to fight, which makes it fun for farming. level design is pretty decent, if visually still kind of samey, levels are sort of flat and one idea over and over. but i'm not complaining, that is most games, and the combat is fun, and the loot is sweet.

 

[Lanrutcon]

i was able to defeat her over the weekend. i had been using the kusarigama as my main weapon, for the low stance low attack wheeling death combo. i use it on most normal enemies, it is like a lawnmower, you can just start it up, a few steps from the enemy even, and start spinning that metal death machine as you walk forward. what an attack.

but it was getting me killed in this boss fight. it is easy to get greedy while chopping up baddies like this. i switched to my 2nd most used weapon, the spear, grinded some decent gear from the surrounding enemies, and used that instead. it was a good idea to go for harder hits, and when i used the fire talisman, it took a lot of damage. spear has a nice reach so i was able to stay just out of melee range of her while poking now and again w the spear. mastering the bird attack and paralyze attack are necessary: just dodge right. getting the timing down is tough tho. and when she's in the air, just keep holding block, in case she throws knives at you.

now im at the next boss, a cool glowy tiger demon thingy. he doesn't seem to hard so i am taking a break to explore & find stuff. the level is a large rainy area w lots of big yokai demons to fight, which makes it fun for farming. level design is pretty decent, if visually still kind of samey, levels are sort of flat and one idea over and over. but i'm not complaining, that is most games, and the combat is fun, and the loot is sweet.

You've almost unlocked the next motherfucker. And when I say motherfucker, I mean it. It's an optional duel. 1 on 1, and the other guy is an incredibly angry man with a kitana.

The vampire lady is going to seem like a fond, comforting memory in retrospect.

 

[mcz117chief]

It is a very manageable game with minimum bullshit. The only boss I had major trouble with was Sakon Shima, other than that the bosses are fine. Some areas are more annoying, especially the part before Sakon Shima (so you got a bitch of an area followed by a bitch of a boss, major ugh).

 

[Clear]

i was able to defeat her over the weekend. i had been using the kusarigama as my main weapon, for the low stance low attack wheeling death combo. i use it on most normal enemies, it is like a lawnmower, you can just start it up, a few steps from the enemy even, and start spinning that metal death machine as you walk forward. what an attack.

but it was getting me killed in this boss fight. it is easy to get greedy while chopping up baddies like this. i switched to my 2nd most used weapon, the spear, grinded some decent gear from the surrounding enemies, and used that instead. it was a good idea to go for harder hits, and when i used the fire talisman, it took a lot of damage. spear has a nice reach so i was able to stay just out of melee range of her while poking now and again w the spear. mastering the bird attack and paralyze attack are necessary: just dodge right. getting the timing down is tough tho. and when she's in the air, just keep holding block, in case she throws knives at you.

now im at the next boss, a cool glowy tiger demon thingy. he doesn't seem to hard so i am taking a break to explore & find stuff. the level is a large rainy area w lots of big yokai demons to fight, which makes it fun for farming. level design is pretty decent, if visually still kind of samey, levels are sort of flat and one idea over and over. but i'm not complaining, that is most games, and the combat is fun, and the loot is sweet.

Nue (the next boss) can be cheesed super-easily in that fight by using the environment to block his lightning bolts. I'd recommend doing it that way as you need to get past him to unlock onmyo, which is the real way to fight him.

Bear in mind this is still a sort of tutorial boss, and in fact is only the mid-boss of that mission, so don't think you have seen everything the game has to offer.

One appealing thing about Nioh for me was that you can sort of see Team Ninja feeling things out as they go. The first few areas are fairly standard, but the deeper you get the more imaginative and fantastical things get. The DLC areas in particular are a lot more creative and challenging.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

took down Nue after levelling up a few times, getting body up to 20. the trick is to ABM Always Be Moving when he starts shooting lightning. if you stall at all, if you get hit by one, you are doomed. luckily it is not that tough to do. just keep back and make sure you have plenty of space to walk. i died many times by walking into the geometry, getting stuck, and getting lightninged.

one trick is to stay back at first and get his lightning to destroy the buildings. this gives you room to move around. get to know what it looks like right before he shoots a laser beam: you want to run up towards him and start wailing away at his left side, behind the front arm, where his belly is exposed. you can get a critical hit here that will spin him around to the front where you can slash away at him for a bit for maximum damage.

fwiw i used the spear w 2 fire talismans.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

im lost again. just a big area that reminds me of the Bloodborne randomly generated dungeons with lots of closed doors everywhere. i found a corpse in front of one of them. it told me "The doors are all closed around here." lol

 

[Clear]

im lost again. just a big area that reminds me of the Bloodborne randomly generated dungeons with lots of closed doors everywhere. i found a corpse in front of one of them. it told me "The doors are all closed around here." lol

I'm assuming its the underground bit after Nue.

Yeah its a bit of a maze, there's a later map which is far larger and more convoluted though. The goal is pretty simple, just navigate around until you reach the raised ledge just behind where you start as there's a gimmick there that will allow you to unlock the central corridor doors and essentially walk straight forwards and through to the boss.

Basically you go forwards until you reach the large treasure room area where the second save point is. Think of this big room as basically the mid-point of a loop, if you exit to the far side of that (opposite from where you entered) you'll find yourself in a similar set of corridors to the ones you used to reach it, except that it'll terminate at the raised platform I mentioned. Which you can simply drop down from.

Along the corridors (not the big door at the start) you'll encounter locked doors, which are shortcuts you open by pulling scrolls off the wall (they are just nurikabe, wall-monsters) from the rear. I'd advise you to ignore them as it just makes the layout seem more complicated than it really is.

Like I said, the map is basically a loop. If it was a clockface, you start at 12, head around the clock to 6 (big treasure room with save point 2) and proceed clockwise from there back to 12.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

i can see some kind of glowy orange thing on the 2nd floor, when i was on the first. it was highlighted as something i should go to on the bridge behind me. but when i tried to go up, there was rubble blocking the path. there was rubble going the other way around on the 1st floor as well. welp.

 

[Clear]

i can see some kind of glowy orange thing on the 2nd floor, when i was on the first. it was highlighted as something i should go to on the bridge behind me. but when i tried to go up, there was rubble blocking the path. there was rubble going the other way around on the 1st floor as well. welp.

Yep, thats the goal. Essentially you're at 12-o-clock, but to get to the glowy thing you need to be at 11, but as you cant go anti-clockwise from 12 to 11, you need to go the other way, clockwise around to the 2nd save point at 6, then continue clockwise round from there; 7,8,9,10, and finally 11!

Hope that makes sense.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

i have tons of gold saved up. what should i spend it on?

 

[Clear]

i have tons of gold saved up. what should i spend it on?

Save it for later on. At high levels soul matching can be really expensive.

Funnily enough, Amrita is actually pretty cheap and easy to come by, so even losing millions isn't that big of a deal. Gold however, is another story. It doesn't scale up nearly so aggressively and so you need to be relatively cautious about how you're spending it.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

im fighting this giant centipede. i think i have a good strategy, using the high platform with the pillar, and chasing it around that, but it's still tough.

i'm down to only 3 flasks per run. all my elixirs are gone! after i got on the boat in that cutscene i guess i lost them all. the only missions available to me are not very good for farming. they are kinda tough.

this fight with Tachibana Muneshige was too tough for me. was giving me Sekiro flashbacks lol

 

[Clear]

im fighting this giant centipede. i think i have a good strategy, using the high platform with the pillar, and chasing it around that, but it's still tough.

i'm down to only 3 flasks per run. all my elixirs are gone! after i got on the boat in that cutscene i guess i lost them all. the only missions available to me are not very good for farming. they are kinda tough.

this fight with Tachibana Muneshige was too tough for me. was giving me Sekiro flashbacks lol

Giant Centipede is another tutorial-type boss. This time its drop attacks. Do that, and its easy. Works on the poison spewing rocks too.

Tachibana is a bit of a bastard, I'd advise you to leave him until you get a bit stronger. Easiest way to cheese him is using paralytic groundfire traps, but otherwise its really a "git gud"deal, although as always sloth is a helluva equalizer.

 

[Yumi]

You have the right idea with the centipede boss. Luring him around and dking drop attscks is the safest way with patience. You cab travel back to the previous continents and do old missions if you wanna farm elixers.

Im actually playing this now too. a little ahead of you. Never beat it and played it when it came out. I also skipoed Tachibana for now

 

[#Phonepunk#]

im at The Ocean Roars Again. this may be my favorite level so far! at first it was annoying falling off the platforms but soon i just used it to knock the enemies off. i love the animation they have, where they are teetering over the edge before falling over. so good.

tbh i'm enjoying this level more than a lot of Dark Souls 2. i like how they have stuck to a lot of Souls traditions, like shortcuts you discover near a boss, as well as them designing levels so that you can always just run straight to a boss.

 

[Hinedorf]

This is the game I'm stuck on before I ever get to Sekiro which will hopefully be whenever it gets to the 20$ mark.

IMO this felt so BB/Souls'ish to me that I'm surprised it isn't raved about more. The visuals in this game are orgasmic. One particular scene fairly early on there's a grass field you have to fight an individual warrior who's extremely hard (at least for me)

I refused to give up on him and found a way to be real cheap running around a rock to poke him to death. My biggest problem though is the patience I require to master my way through a level before I proceed.

I've only watched Sekiro, how would somebody compare it to Nioh?

 

[Hinedorf]

im fighting this giant centipede. i think i have a good strategy, using the high platform with the pillar, and chasing it around that, but it's still tough.

i'm down to only 3 flasks per run. all my elixirs are gone! after i got on the boat in that cutscene i guess i lost them all. the only missions available to me are not very good for farming. they are kinda tough.

this fight with Tachibana Muneshige was too tough for me. was giving me Sekiro flashbacks lol

this is the scene I was referring to! There's a rock on the left from where you're standing you can run around and essentially poke-win

 

[#Phonepunk#]

I've only watched Sekiro, how would somebody compare it to Nioh?

Sekiro is really something special, i played through it 4 times before trying this. this has the weapon variety but i find combat a lot simpler. there are the three stances but you can entirely ignore them and just dodge/slash as usual. level design & enemy variety is a huge step down from Sekiro for me. still, it's a lot of fun, i would put Nioh above Dark Souls II. from time to time the art design is really nice.

anyone have tips for the giant slime? feel like i know what to do but there are these one hit moves that kill me. should i bother taking out the little slimes? feel like i should ignore them but everytime i do they creep up behind me and get me.

 

[Clear]

First question, is did you light all 3 braziers in the map? Each one of them weakens the boss substantially.

Assuming you have the braziers lit, in the arena you can use them to enfire your weapon, which naturally the boss is weak to.

Basic strat is simple: Boss emerges from the sea straight ahead, just dodge his shots until he moves to a side. When he does that quickly enfire your weapon, and get in his face. Just be careful of getting too close to the edge of the boss stage and fall in the water.

Learn the tells as his mega beam will almost certainly kill you, and go hard when you see the openings. Depending on how fast you smash him, he may jump to the opposite side, or land in his final form in the middle of the arena.

If he side-swaps you can re-enfire, and repeat. If he lands in the center be a bit more defensive and fill your amrita gauge on the minis before unloading on him with LW.

If you dont light all/any of the braziers its the same just tougher, you can just enfire with onmyo. But there is an in-game achievement for doing it without. Main danger I always find is falling in the drink.

Don't pass judgement on Nioh yet, btw. You still in the real early going.