MikeIsGood wrote:MikeIsGood wrote:ReasonablySober wrote:I'm starting NG++ on Nioh 2, (level 279, 440 hours played) and after looking at the latest endgame Youtube videos, I still somehow feel like a complete novice.
Lol what
This wasn't clear, but I'm legitimately curious about how this game works if you don't mind indulging. I just googled it and max level is 750? What in the hell.
I started writing something to sum up how complicated and insane the build combinations (which are everything in this game) are, but it got to be too long. Short answer is it's like Diablo where your gear and skills can dramatically change how you play, but there's just a laughably larger amount of usable items, weapons, armor, skills, abilities, and systems. You combine that with the fact that gameplay wise it's very, very hard and you end up with a game where you spend so many hours in the menus just so you can optimize everything as much as possible.
One thing I heard in a video recently that was interesting was a well known guide/walkthrough dude said that in your first play through you literally don't need to worry about anything. The game didn't even start until NG+ because of how many new things really opened up. And he's totally right. But what's hilarious/maddening is that since that video came out, you can now say that about NG++, or even NG+++. They added three new DLC packages with new missions, enemies, and stages, raised the level caps three times, added another unique item slot for something called Demon Paradise Picture Scolls and I have no idea what that's about.
I watch endgame videos from dudes with levels three times higher than mine and they look like they're playing a completely different game.
Tonight I spent a few hours farming for a gear set and weapons so I could craft equipment that comes with additional Luck and Item Drop Rate. I'm gonna have to Temper the skills they individually come with so I add additional Equipment Drop Rate and Life. I'll have to change the level scaling on all 11 items in the build so they scale with my preferred attributes of Strength and Stamina. I'll have to change my Clan to something that provides a bonus to Luck. I'll also have to change my Guardian Spirit and Soul Cores for the same reason.
This all will very much change how I play and it's all so I can more efficiently farm enemies for the Smithing Texts (basically the recipes for gear) I don't have. According to the in-game stat counter I have 52%, which is higher than I thought. Here is a spreadsheet of all the Smithing Texts in the game.
