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Vincent posted:So Omega Force finally went ahead and made Wei Yan Blanka, Huang Gai into Zhangief and Xu Shu into the three kingdoms-period assasin from china (all three of these things are awesome). Just finished the Shu storyline and decided to mess around with ambition mode. Got Lu Bu on the first battle Get the Barracks maxed out as soon as possible and spend 10k to send troops to Yi Province (I think) for materials. Do nothing but Skirmishes. Don't worry about getting Allies or Fame, you'll max those out incredibly easily. Unlock the Stables and get it maxed out. Stables can earn you materials as well. Also, max out the Smith. Order should be Barracks > Stables > Smith. Don't worry about getting max fame/allies and unlocking the Academy. Yes, you can buy stats/exp with gold, but there's a really simple exploit you can do to level characters up if that's your inclination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5wakhCbFeM (You can skip the first 10 minutes of this video or so. The way the glitch works is you go to Battle of Baidi Castle, which is unlocked doing the Wei Hypotheticals, stop the fire attack, then head down to where Yueying is. Beat her ASAP while all the battle message spam is going on. This'll glitch out the juggernaut spawning, and they'll keep spawning. Go around and pick off all the officers and do the other events, then go back and kill juggernauts. Equip the Throwing Axes to spam attacks in the corner and get mass EXP. The juggernauts won't spawn if there's any system messages, (100 KOs, officer praising you, battle text, etc.) but will as soon as the message has passed.) Chortles posted:who do you know from Dynasty Warriors who can shut children up with his name? Gan Ning? 
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Jul 27, 2013 01:14
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Are all the 5 star weapon unlocks heaven affinity or am I just pretty unlucky so far? I'd really like to roll with two.
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Jul 27, 2013 01:42
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Vincent posted:So Omega Force finally went ahead and made Wei Yan Blanka, Huang Gai into Zhangief and Xu Shu into the three kingdoms-period assasin from china (all three of these things are awesome). Just finished the Shu storyline and decided to mess around with ambition mode. Got Lu Bu on the first battle Funny, I thought - based on his 3rd Musou - that Meng Huo was Zangief. Also, you forgot Jia Xu, who's actually Hanzo Hattori in disguise.
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Jul 27, 2013 02:02
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Perdido posted:Get the Barracks maxed out as soon as possible and spend 10k to send troops to Yi Province (I think) for materials. Also, DON'T UPGRADE THE MERCHANT. When you start, it gives you 2 facility materials for every weapon material. But for some reason, after you upgrade it a bunch, it only gives you 1  (I mean, it lowers the facility->weapon conversion to 1:1, but who gives a gently caress about that?)
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Jul 27, 2013 03:03
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Chortles posted:At this point I suspect that it's deliberate character sabotage by a Wei fan on the writing team, that's how bad Shu is in DW7-8. (The point is, read The Ravages of Time dammit) Man, I don't know. I've read through the first six chapters and the translation is a million times worse than any dialog I've gotten from any Koei game, and some of it seems like the base writing is either really bad or whoever is translating is taking a lot of liberties with it. Some times it isn't so much bad as it is really strange though. 
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On Shuchat, as near as I can tell, each faction as interpreted by Dynasty Warriors tries to operate according to an ideal. Wei prioritises the kingdom through ruthless utilitarianism and the fetishism of merit. Wu prioritises the family and personal loyalty, with all of its officers serving as extensions of the Sun clan. Shu's 'benevolence', meanwhile, prioritises the people - they're characterised through mission objectives, camp dialogue, and so on as looking out for the little guy, the peasants trampled underfoot by the wars of the Later Han. All three eventually betray these ideals - Wei collapses into decadence and incompetence, Wu embarks on a marathon backstab-a-thon, and whilst Shu's crimes against its people are hard to list in their entirety, slaughtering thousands of them and ruining their country through their pointless grudgematch with Wei is probably a good place to start. Jin, meanwhile (again, as interpreted by Dynasty Warriors) renounces all these ideals in favour of straightforward, pragmatic ambition, and through this accomplishes them all far better than the other factions ever could. Their nation is mighty enough and sufficiently filled with talent to conquer China, the Sima clan is a strong, loving family (in their own affectionately bitchy sort of way), and they make life better for their citizens in a way Shu's hollow promises never could, which is why Liu Shan surrenders to them. drat, that's a lot of words about the story and themes of a series about anime Chinese dudes murderin' each other with gatling guns and drill-lances.
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Jul 27, 2013 09:30
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Her alternate is a single-target grab, and it does...middling damage on that target, kind of a waste of several seconds if you're pressed to complete an objective quickly. If nothing else, I appreciate the almost casual nutshot she adds to the grab.
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Perdido posted:Gan Ning?  Jibo posted:Man, I don't know. I've read through the first six chapters and the translation is a million times worse than any dialog I've gotten from any Koei game, and some of it seems like the base writing is either really bad or whoever is translating is taking a lot of liberties with it. According to the reviewer thereof, the first few volumes suffer from "the author obviously didn't think it would last very long and tried to cram a whole lot of stuff into a single battle against Dong Zhuo, introducing characters and situations who properly shouldn't have shown up until later. Plus there was a larger focus on the fighting, as opposed to the later volumes which had more character and strategy bits. When the series became popular, he ended up having to fix a whole lot so that the story could continue as it did in the novel, but by the time they get to the death of Dong Zhuo it's all pretty much back on track". Jibo posted:Some times it isn't so much bad as it is really strange though.
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Stelas posted:If nothing else, I appreciate the almost casual nutshot she adds to the grab. It's true, that musou does rank up there for "most personal attack" of the game. Chortles posted:Not so much... the guy in question worked for Lu Bu. On the other hand, we get a Gan Ning and Huang Zhong team-up against the forces of Wu. I wouldn't have gotten the real answer to this if I wasn't just reminded of it the other day in Ambition Mode dialog. It's Zhang Liao! 
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:I wouldn't have gotten the real answer to this if I wasn't just reminded of it the other day in Ambition Mode dialog. It's Zhang Liao!
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abagofcheetos posted:Also, DON'T UPGRADE THE MERCHANT.
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Okay, which one of you is hiding out on Tumblr?  quote:Anytime I think “Wow some of these outfits are bad" in a game, I remember Kessen 2 was still an amazing, dumb, beautiful, stupid thing that happened and think “You know at least it’s not that."
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Chortles posted:Not so much... the guy in question worked for Lu Bu. On the other hand, we get a Gan Ning and Huang Zhong team-up against the forces of Wu. I forgot about that part. I said Gan Ning because of the story about his murdering a servant boy under Lu Meng's protection. EDIT: Also, for those of you mucking around in Ambition Mode, it seems that assigning supervisors does have a benefit. You can sometimes get materials from them. The only one that has worked thus far has been Xu Zhu in charge of the Farm. Perdido fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Jul 27, 2013 |
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Jul 27, 2013 22:54
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Could I get a clarification on how to level up Rage Springs? I've killed a lot of officers in Rage mode so far, and the thing is still level 1. Do you have to kill them in a specific manner?
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Try using the Musou in Rage mode if you haven't already. Most of the time a lot of other skills are going to get in the way and get raised instead, and also the RNG often flips us the bird and doesn't give any skill-up at all despite fulfilling a condition.
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Chortles posted:Okay, which one of you is hiding out on Tumblr? Gee I wonder. And Kessen 2 is still an amazing, dumb, beautiful, stupid thing that people should play in my opinion.
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Man I think Wang Yi's air musou is one of my favorite moves in the game. I especially love it when it's the last attack on an Ambition officer. "Sure, I'll join your army! Er... could you un-staple me from the ground first? Please?"
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OatmealRaisin posted:Man I think Wang Yi's air musou is one of my favorite moves in the game. I especially love it when it's the last attack on an Ambition officer. It's a shame though that for her ground musous it's either "Kinda Okay" or "Looks Cool But is poo poo".
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Well, the copy I finally broke down and bought showed up today. Whoever suggested I ignore those videos and buy it anyways is a wonderful, wonderful person. I've barely noticed any slowdown, and any slowdown I've noticed is when I'm doing co-op. This game is so over the top, even for a Dynasty Warriors game. I'm in love 
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I will consider it over the top when they finally have an opening movie with Zhao Yun kick-flipping a horse like it was skate 3.
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Zhang He weapon unlock: Run out and kill Zhao Yun and Zhang Bao, then Ma Dai, not Wei Yan like that unlocks thread says.
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chunkles posted:Zhang He weapon unlock: Run out and kill Zhao Yun and Zhang Bao, then Ma Dai, not Wei Yan like that unlocks thread says.
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Dantes posted:You know the game tell you all the unlock conditions in the gallery right ? No I did not. 
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I have been playing DW7 for the campaign, and the way the story is structured really beats 8, though there are aspects of gameplay that I miss. I figure that I could play 7 for the story then 8 for the gameplay. Also, is it just me or does Musou charge faster in 7 than in 8?
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I was really happy to find that the new Storm Rush system made weapons like the Throwing Knives more useful for Wang Yuanji and pals, only to have my 7 year old PS3 sputter and die. I guess DW8 was a good send off. Looks like I'm working all the way through Story and Ambition modes again in a few weeks  Unlucky7 posted:I have been playing DW7 for the campaign, and the way the story is structured really beats 8, though there are aspects of gameplay that I miss. It might be a little faster since I would guess they tuned 8 to accommodate for the skill system, but I didn't notice too large of a difference.
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Dj Meow Mix posted:I was really happy to find that the new Storm Rush system made weapons like the Throwing Knives more useful for Wang Yuanji and pals, only to have my 7 year old PS3 sputter and die. I guess DW8 was a good send off. Looks like I'm working all the way through Story and Ambition modes again in a few weeks
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The GIG posted:It's a shame though that for her ground musous it's either "Kinda Okay" or "Looks Cool But is poo poo".
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Chortles posted:Not if the HDD itself is intact and recoverable! If I could actually boot the thing, I'd back the save up to PS+ in a heartbeat but no such luck. dj_de posted:The main point of her 1st ground musou is to just immediately follow up with the air musou Correct. If you're not breakdancing on the corpse of a foe to end a Wang Yi combo you shouldn't have even bothered.
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The GIG posted:Gee I wonder. I wholly second this endorsement. If you can't find a copy, find another way to enjoy this crazy son of a game. Also, anyone got any tips for using Chakrams? My main bnbs have been C2(one hit)>c4>switch C2(one hit) or C5>C6(ex if SSX)>Musou or Switch But I've not really been really finding anything else. Straight bow is def my 2ndary of choice, though
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Dj Meow Mix posted:If I could actually boot the thing, I'd back the save up to PS+ in a heartbeat but no such luck.
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Chortles posted:I'm referring to the physical HDD, throw it into a new PS3. It'll ask you to format it and refuse to boot otherwise.
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kirbysuperstar posted:It'll ask you to format it and refuse to boot otherwise. Yeah, situation blows and I should have been prepared for it. Oh well, more Three Kingdoms/Ravages of Time/PSO2 time I guess. Trollhawke posted:Also, anyone got any tips for using Chakrams? My main bnbs have been I generally stick with the latter, I prefer Ding Feng's Chakram now though since his EX attack is just poetic.
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So all I had to do to get Sima Shi's 5th Lightning Sword was ride out to the point where the javelin guy appears, then ride back to the base to reach the cutscene? Why did I not do this sooner arrgghhh so many of my other officers could have had a better time with their own weapons
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Trollhawke posted:I wholly second this endorsement. If you can't find a copy, find another way to enjoy this crazy son of a game. It's on PSN so anyone with internet and a PS3 has no excuse.
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Samurai Sanders posted:I still can't believe how badly that part of the game was designed. This game was well supported with patches and stuff for months after release, I kept expecting them to make that part not bullshit anymore, but they didn't. Its stuff like this that don't really make me want to give Ambition Mode a chance. Is it really that bad?
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Got Dynasty Warriors 8 the other day and that opening cinematic is ridiculous in all the best ways
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Hey, just wondering: is Sengoku Musou 3 import-friendly or am I poo poo out of luck? I liked the previous two games a lot but no way in hell am I getting a Wii for it.
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Doflamingo posted:Hey, just wondering: is Sengoku Musou 3 import-friendly or am I poo poo out of luck? I liked the previous two games a lot but no way in hell am I getting a Wii for it. There are translation guides.
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Unlucky7 posted:Its stuff like this that don't really make me want to give Ambition Mode a chance. Is it really that bad? Well, the purpose of the change in Merchant materials exchange rate is likely for convenience for maxing out weapons with your customized properties on them. Ambition Mode is basically grinding a lot of really short battles on maps you've already visited before in Story Mode, and its main use outside of itself is to serve as a weapon shop outside of having to play Story Mode stages (but you can just "Play All" a Chaos Mode stage with a base anyways, save then quit) and for customizing a 4-star weapon with all the good properties.
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