I played Nioh in the first month of release and I really liked it...

I played Nioh in the first month of release and I really liked it, then I stopped playing it cause my backlog was growing fast and I never touched it since then.
Now I really want to jump back since the season pass is on sale on PSN but this seems a completely different game now, there are tons of new things and feels almost overabundant and I feel almost intimidated to start a new game or even continue with my previous saves.
Can someone enlighten me on the new stuff added and give me some tips to how don't be disoriented while playing this game?

Don't bother. They're porting it to PC, so we don't need to pretend it's good any more.

Honestly, you can just drop it now. Depending on how far through you are you've seen all the game has to offer. Its only redeeming factor is the combat.

The balance changes are mainly in regards to buffing and nerfing certain skills within magic and ninjitsu, as well as stats in NG+ and beyond. If you're still in NG, beyond some notable QoL improvements, you'll pretty much fare the same way you would've at launch.

I beat the main story and every sub quest in the first playthrough but I didn't touch the ng+ missions.
Since my character is pretty fucked up and I didn't understand how the fuck that blacksmith works, do you recommend me to start a new game or just play in NG+?

can't wait for nude mods

Is the season pass worth it for 15€?

Yes, all the dlc are quite good, especially the last one.

pc version comes with better graphics and all dlc and shit for less money

At launch Sword backstab damage, Living weapon and sloth seemed to cheese anything

I quit after like first 1-2 weeks after clearing everything and able to kill hardest bosses in 2 hits with broken build. I read recently that living weapon shit is still pretty much the top cheese build

Honestly it's better just to go in blind and not use any cheese shit I got so bored when I played because I minmaxed my build

Deluxe Edition is 40€ on PSN atm, how much it will cost on Steam?

>pc game
>cost

Worst case the game would be full price but it's the definitive way to play the game.

If you're getting it on PC i advise waiting at least 1 month or half. I got it for super cheap in April physical.

I wouldn't even bother with starting NG, since those respeccing books are so common. Just get started with NG+ and see how you go.

>no mudslim beauty for a gf
agony

>steam
i haven't bought a game on steam since 2013
keys are the way to go m8, games are 30 bucks on day of release, get with the times

>pc
>definitive way to play the game
its a KT port. hopefully its decent but I'm not holding my breath. Especially considering KT have said it has the same settings as ps4. 1080p 60fps or 4k 30fps, with no alternative as of yet but they will hopefully change this. all at a whopping fucking 100GB

>they patched all the fun exploits
>can't cheese Nobunaga+Yuki Onna now
REEEEEEEEEEEEE

> Especially considering KT have said it has the same settings as ps4
They said the opposite.

How do we even know how the game runs yet? It might not be any better.

Still in the denial phase, huh.

proof?

How did they patch that one?

Do you need to buy the dlc to use the new weapons? What exactly am I missing out on besides the levels themselves if I don't get the dlc?

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>Do you need to buy the dlc to use the new weapons?
Yes

Either full price or 40.
I'm personally leaning towards 40.

I'll be getting the free repack that's 1/10th the download size lel

Since I don't see an actual answer:

>-Sloth and LW builds got nerfed
>-Ninjutsu was buffed than nerfed to reasonable levels
>-New attacks for all the weapons, new Onmyo >--Magic, new Ninjutsu, new continents, new Guardian spirits

>-More amrita once you get into the higher difficulties
>-you can use an expandable to choose which ability you want to reforge onto a piece of equipment (with some limitations)
>-Two pvp modes (don't do these they're terrible and laggy)
>-Changed revenant equipment dropping logic
>-buffed and nerfed some clans
>-increased glory gain for playing bitch for another person

The new difficulties add things as well:
>-even more enemy affixes
>-more drop types
>-new loot

There are new weapons:
>-Tonfa
>-Odachi

Oh and they added some else:
>-Abyss added
>- Remixed versions of parts of stages with differing objectives
>- Do those versions to make the boss of the zone easier
>- kill the boss to go further
>- Exclusive equipment set bonuses
>- exclusive items


I would tell you to get this game on the PC but unless it hits 1 million sales that will probably be a bad idea if you want to co-op at random at end game. Currently it's nigh impossible to co-op anything but the abyss on way of the nioh because people simply don't get this far. Hope you have friends.

Do the new weapons justify the price? Are they fun?

Odachi's great. Honestly my favourite weapon type.

I play the shit out of the tonfa. But the Tonfa really is a build exclusive weapon. You're going to have to get intimate with min maxing for it not to be bad.

Still, they were easily worth every penny. Really the game's just good fun and the DLC made it better

Ok.

What's a tonfa build look like anyway?

CTA: Skill A (at a minimum)
CCA + 20%
some set that has good modifiers (I use a full set of susano)
Light equipment to take advantage of the Tonfa's equipment lightness bonus
Probably Kato for it's CCD

Things like that. The same as every weapon but you have to milk everything for what it's worth for it to not be subpar

Post Nioh webms.

...

Wait what the fuck is that. What weapon gets that ability. I'm over here still unsuccessfully getting the ninjutsu from him

>sale is only for EU
Guess I won't be getting that season pass.

Critical mode builds never got nerfed

Explain.

crits still do massive damage on stunned enemies so if you've spent a lot of points in that you'll probably be OP.

Were the beta rewards useful at all?

Kingo set, + saoirse, + a really good weapon and you're essentially a god the second your health falls into red. On top of the modifiers you get for back attacks and special +critical health charms and armor abilities it gets really silly.

The new Spirit with this latest DLC lets you get into critical health even easier since it gives you a single 1 shot forgiveness state

No. Neat cosmetically though

Nah, they were pretty much just stylistic rewards. Though TN eventually caved in and added them to general circulation because people bitched and moaned so much about them being locked behind actually clearing the demos, which kind of defeated the purpose of them a bit.

what is the consumable for reforging called?

I use this but with Itokuri for that sweet permanent paralysis and Sarutobi which in addition to its lightweight damage bonus and making your tonfa unparryable, also makes everything 30% quicker to paralyze. Slap on winter dawn buff from Kusarigama and you'll tenderize Ki meters.

Hikoemon (that sword from the fanatic set) with the yasakani gives you a further 20% damage boost when at crit

Umbracite, comes in 4 levels.

>iai stunlock chaining is still in the game
>it's still got ez broken builds
Why did people keep playing this after umi bozu

It's not quite as one size fits all as it was before and most of the most broken builds require end game whatnot.

fpbp