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Nioh 2 Closed Alpha - May 24 (or 22?)-June 2 (gameplay trailer inside)
- Thread starter SolidSnakex
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I probably won't be able to play this until Monday at the earliest but nonetheless, if someone has code... PM me plz? ;v;
Noticed I have a US key sitting in my email, I'm not going to have time to use it, first person to respond with a picture of a katana drawn in MS Paint can have it.
Performance mode is the way to go. I was playing locked 30 fps and getting my ass whooped. The timing of rolls never clicked. It got a lot better when on performance mode.
Absolutely. I tried out movie mode after playing in performance mode and it didn't feel great. My monitor doesn't upscale too well so I looks a bit rough but I think the smoothness is worth it.
Nioh ultraveteran here. No its not just you. They are probably going to retune that boss based on the feedback. I was having more trouble than i expected as well.
The first boss was just right in terms of balance, the second one not so much..
Still nothing a bit of slight grinding and weapon matching couldn't fix.
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I wish the damn thing didn't have so much health. I do pretty okay during the normal phase, but once it goes into Yokai relam and splits apart, I just can't find any safe spot to work either the arms or main boss. I just been running around at that time waiting it out cause the alternative is getting destroyed. By the time I've used up my weakness talismans and elemental buffs, its not even half way dead.
For what it's worth, i beat it at level 20 after investing primarily in heart, courage stamina and strength with a sword and odachi combo. if you bring an AI partner along, it can take the focus off the boss for a little while as well. If you do nothing but focus on attacking the arms, it will debuff the main body for a short while. Once he does yokai realm, just do nothing but focus on beating the two snakes. your focus should be completely off of the main body outside of avoiding its charge. If you manage to defeat them, it takes him a bit of time to regenerate them, and you can wail on him.
The snake boss is infuriating. When he just charges slowly and tracks like crazy it pretty much feels like a coin flip whether he'll stop or magically drain your entire health bar immediately. Damage is so low atm. Was fighting him for a good ten minutes just to get to 30%.
So beautiful! Your gifs - the absolute best. I love that second form visual shift, you captured it brilliantly.
So, right after I commented, I beat it lol. What I did was found two safe attacks the boss does and used that to my advantage. The first was the slithering attack, which will miss as long as you are moving left or right. I noticed that I could attack pretty safe here. The other was when he dug the two little ones into the ground, which gave me time to work the head. I took the Odachi and used the high stance two hit combo whenever I had these two free spots. When the boss went into Yokai, I went into low stance and focused on staying far away strafing and purifying. I had too much trouble trying to take the little ones out, so I did this instead to wait out Yokai. It took a little bit, but it was a very safe option for those like me who couldn't take out the little ones and got creamed.
This boss is still broken af though lol. One hit grab, draining your health with slithering combo, poison on the field, multiple enemy etc. Its a cool design though I'll say.
Edit: lighting talismans did help speed up the fight. It also helped that I had the soul for undead bowman to help attack from a distance once and a while.
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Ya he gets chunked aswell
The condition is actually
- If boss has no ki + Snakes are dead -> Critical blow state
Wow, you're CAC looks awesome! Didn't realize there was so many customize options.
The more I read about this the more I want to play. Dammit. Why couldn't it have been a Open Alpha again.
Dodging the sweep with the yokai skill, beautiful. It's kind of crazy how easy it is to get discord going with these skills being so strong, and once that happens, you basically have infinite yokai force from all the amrita to keep discord applied easily.
Yeah, it's unfortunate; a strange decision, really, after the alpha and beta for the previous game were open to everyone. Guess all we can do is hope for better luck next time.
That's just a preset too. All the character editing is grayed out in this alpha. I'm really exited to see what people make because it looks like we have a decent amount of options. The armor, of course, is obtained as you go along.
In their GDC talk, they mentioned that they almost had too much feedback from the first games demos, so they were considering ways to reduce the player size.
What happens if the surveys are sent out to the emails where the codes were sent? So many of us got codes from others.
I honestly got stuck their for a long while played the alpha and decided to give it another go and I best him solo remember you can summon help so it would make it much easier.
For the alpha, all character creation is greyed out. We have access to four male and four female presets. No more.
Funny reading people here, I died like 10 or more times on the first boss and beat the snake in 3, I didn't have much of a strategy tho.
It's probably just that I'm a Nioh 1 vet, but I didn't have much trouble with any of the bosses this time around.
I definitely struggled more with the chained ogre in the first game's alpha and beta.
'Course, back then, I had little inkling of what a Ki Pulse was, and now it's just second nature.
I definitely struggled more with the chained ogre in the first game's alpha and beta.
'Course, back then, I had little inkling of what a Ki Pulse was, and now it's just second nature.
Ah, I see. Still looks good!
i think it just depends on the person, i've played an extreme amount of Nioh, but the second boss of this alpha was giving me a trouble until i grinded for a bit
Took me about 5 or 6 tries but I defeated the snake boss around LV17! I then did the twilight mission with my SO in coop and man it was such a good time! c:
Really looking forward to the next build of the game and eventually the full game. I'll have to redownload the first Nioh and try DLC2 and DLC3.
Really looking forward to the next build of the game and eventually the full game. I'll have to redownload the first Nioh and try DLC2 and DLC3.
I wish we had access to the full character creator but after finishing all 3 missions I loved what I played so far. I'm so glad they made it so you can create your own character. I need a release date for this game.
Makes me want to go back and play Nioh 1. I never finished the DLCs so I'll probably go back and do that.
Makes me want to go back and play Nioh 1. I never finished the DLCs so I'll probably go back and do that.
Sooo, is it worth using skill points to unlock the spirit passives, they don't seem that special to me. :T
Also can't find Guardian Talisman on the tree, I thought it was still in.
Also can't find Guardian Talisman on the tree, I thought it was still in.
Beat the first boss. He wasn't too hard but he seemed like a damage sponge. However, I think I was doing increased damage when he did his yokai shift or whatever it was. So maybe the fight was designed around this risk/reward system where you do increased damage to the boss in the yokai realm at the cost of your stamina. I dunno, I'm enjoying this game so far, but I feel like I haven't quite grasped everything yet.
Utilizing the falling barrels of water in the boss fight after using them to clear paths in the level was a pretty nice touch. And the boss itself was pretty cool.
Utilizing the falling barrels of water in the boss fight after using them to clear paths in the level was a pretty nice touch. And the boss itself was pretty cool.
Considering that the Moment talisman consumable is in the game, there is a high chance that the Guardian Talisman will be in the full game, but it definitely isn't available in the demo.
Getting summoned to help out is the absolute best. So many hilarious three person teams just wailing on Yatsu, so many magic spells cast, damage numbers flying, bosses dying - jolly good fun!
It's always the best to really think how much time you spent cautious and exploring alone, struggling and dying. And then after finishing it, helping others and just blasting through everything. I'm sitting around level 35, just having a great time baha.
It's always the best to really think how much time you spent cautious and exploring alone, struggling and dying. And then after finishing it, helping others and just blasting through everything. I'm sitting around level 35, just having a great time baha.
so is William going to be in this game or not? I wonder if he might be your created character mentor or something
Considering this is a prequel and thus he doesn't even know of this weird land of Zippang... I doubt it.
2nd Mission cleared. Got sick of the snake boss's bullshit and waited for the right time to unleash the guardian spirit and went ham. It was worth it.
The ultimate in penalties. Damn. Thanks
Going back to mission to with gear from twilightmission was cathartic. Snake boss didn't stand a chance. This just reminds me how much of a crutch raw numbers in Nioh can be...
When you start dying left and right to enemies that you easily beat earlier....it's time to rest.
I believe it cost an item, I abused it on the 2nd mission and suddenly I couldn't anymore. Lacked 1/2 things.
This shouldn't be a thing to tbh.
People summon for help usually, restricting that aid is silly.