They're meant to be patching in proper pvp 4 free at some point.

That said, if they patch out the elixir duping glitch I'll never play again. They just need to make it Estus. You start with 8 every time you die. There is no skill, only time-tax in grinding and the game wants you to die a lot.

You've probably not died as much as me but I've found I need about 80 in the storehouse at the start of each region. They restock from there, but only if you've an exces, over your carry limit of 8.

There's a way of tricking more in to the storehouse:

- deselect elixir from shortcut menu
- put all elixirs in storehouse

Do this from the starting point on the world map by going to the storehouse there, clicking L3, then transferring all.

- load quickest map, best I've found is Invitation Warrior of the West

-instantly use himirogi branch

-repeat

Those are some strange sentences. I love how viedogamey and weird Nioh is.

Ha nice. Remind me that guy?

I love jolly coop on this. Reminds me of when i used to stay up til daybreak playing Demon's.

You're in for a brutal treat. Be prepared for a long haul if you're intending to finish it.

Can I ask something. Does this play anything at all like Bayonetta? I.E a clunky fucking mess but somehow the reviewers jizz all over it like its lucy pinders tits covered in baby oil. OR is it infact a modern game that feels modern instead of being too japanese. The japs seem to like clunky controls.

If it's like Dark souls then thats ok. Theres a shift between standing still, swinging a weapon or diving in Dark souls. In Bayonetta you're either stood still or slammed into a movement. It's like the entire set of animations between standing still (pressing a button) and the attack have been removed. On or off, clunky as fuck. It's responsive because there are no animations between button press and action.

Scotswahey wrote:

If it's like Dark souls then thats ok. Theres a shift between standing still, swinging a weapon or diving in Dark souls. In Bayonetta you're either stood still or slammed into a movement. It's like the entire set of animations between standing still (pressing a button) and the attack have been removed. On or off, clunky as fuck. It's responsive because there are no animations between button press and action.

Yeah, it's responsive. Wind ups in Bayonetta are incredibly small and animations are fast with lots of time to cancel either side of the hit. It allows you to do dodge offset and perform move-cancelling during certain windows in the animation, which broadens then move-set immeasurably. It allows you to be incredibly expressive with the combat system because it's designed entirely around player empowerment and rewards experimentation and learning. 

In Dark Souls you press a button and are committed until the swing ends. The windup times are huge, forcing you to plan your strikes. Your mastery comes from learning how to manage that against enemies that move, and how to not over commit to chains of moves. It is rigid and inflexible, which gives it weight.

Nioh is slightly between the two, like Bloodbourne. You can cancel out of some moves in lower stance, but are locked into most moves in higher stance because they have a bigger stamina drain. Mid stance move's cancellation depends on the ability. Lower stance moves are as quick as moves in Bayonetta, high stance are closer to Dark Souls commited swings.

All three have their strengths but to call Bayonetta clunky is to misunderstand it completely. You might not like it, but it's quite probably the deepest action combat system committed to code.

If you start swinging a massive fucking sword there is no cancelling. You either chop a limb off or you miss. Bayonetta just doesnt look elegant. It feels completely digital and to me thats clunky. Animations should have a start middle and end.

At last! Nioh is getting the female NPC skins we've all been craving, as part of the next free update which drops May 2nd.  

Not very.

And probably. I don't remember that at all initially.

And now I have to choose a "Guardian Spirit". Fuck. I get the feeling I need to read up on all viable builds before even starting this proper. 

Tower of London was fun though.

Well, that's good to know. Since I definitely want to try it all before commiting.

But anyway, thinking about going sword and spear, with the strength spirit. Mainly used axe in Tower of London but the axe's inherent lack of elegance always makes it a no go in the long run.

Yeah I was just wondering what I should spend all my accumulated souls on. Nice to know it doesn't matter that much. 

There seems to be skill trees as well. Anything you guys recommend that I pick first? From my own limited experience Ki seems to be key.