Kodar

Definitely in late game now. I made more of an effort to use ninja mode and weave it in more with samurai since I have been defaulting to samurai more often than not. Man, I have been underestimating ninja's potential, especially when used with samurai.

In the 2nd major area now and enjoying the game so much man :lol:
Dual Swords on Samurai feel so good to use with the new arts prof mechanic. Ninjutsu has also felt much better to use than I thought it would at first

Completed the base demo although there's some remaining things to do.

So far I'm having a blast with it. They took parts from Ronin which I enjoyed and upped the ante as usual with the game mechanics. I'm been sticking to Samurai a lil too much, but Ninja has felt fantastic! I'm already looking forward to full release

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God did not make us defective out of the womb.

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He also did not make us incapable of rational thought, but the contrary. Do you think it's a coincidence that some of the greatest minds in recorded history are Christians? Do you think carrying out science is an act against God when He gave us the means to do so? Covid was certainly an issue with too much political hammering affecting it, but do you suppose we should just throw the baby out with the bath water due to it? All vaccines are a waste of time as a result of the errors in how Covid was handled?

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cheaters will find and share a loophole in this system and be back to playing within hours. it’s what they do. it’s what they enjoy. the actual cheating is just their victory lap.

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While true, severe barriers mitigate their ability to actively cheat. The reason they're back to cheating so quickly is they just make a new account and grab the game again. All you need for that is a throwaway email and maybe some money since free games are a thing.

Having to go through an ID verification is a much more complex layer since I assume any implementation of this is checking that the person entered is actually real. So they would need another person's information, but using that enters the world of fraud. Actual legal trouble could pop up at that point (in theory anyway).

Cheating in video games to my knowledge has never had a barrier remotely close to that in the west.

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As for min-maxing the gear in Nioh, it's fun but I found it largely irrelevant at the end of the day because the stat bonuses are so small relative to the damage going on, it doesn't make much of a real difference. You are either good at the combat in which case your gear largely doesn't matter, or you're bad at the combat in which case your gear largely doesn't matter.

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Just for context, but in base game the gear basically is bigger base number and go.
As you go through the NG cycles, you have to start getting picky heavily since maintaining a proper gear set becomes critical. Not just due to numbers but also due to new mechanics etc in the NG cycles.

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HOLY shite NIOH 3 ANNOUNCED!!!! Demo (PS5 only) out now too!!!

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I'm so excited for it man :cheers:

From what I'm seeing, it's not as simple as just kill XYZ. It's more about hitting specific points of interest with a thought out strategy behind it since you get various passives, chunks of runes, and other rewards. Lot of hauling arse and knowledge of various abilities will go a long way. I can tell this is going to be an incredibly polarizing game, but it appeals to me a little more due to the extra abilities creating some degree of meaningful strategy along with the roguelike build on the fly with co-op.

Sounds like your awareness of great games out there is quite limited in my opinion. There is a lot, and I mean a lot if you're willing to explore and branch out.

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would you rather them live in the hood?

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Nope. Neither are good answers. Is there not a reasonable middle ground? I ask genuinely as I see a problem, but I do not pretend to be knowledgeable enough to know the answer. I don't expect anyone here to know the answer either frankly :lol:

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wow...the horror!

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You say this but a 1 hour commute is a large ordeal for anyone.
Assuming my schedule of 9s, I'm effectively adding 2 hours to my workday in that scenario. I'm pulling 11s at that point due to commute time. If I want to also have a healthy lifestyle and hit the gym, I'm adding at least 30, closer to 45 mins on top of that. Tack on shower and something simple like a small meal and we can round it to an hour. I've hit 12 hours of the day and I haven't even factored sleep into this yet.

I haven't even touched numbers for basic chores, grocery runs, a social life, entertainment life to just unwind, and other things that will all be competing for a very small chunk of hours you have left before you need to hit the hay. All of these are also very tight estimates assuming nothing pushes those numbers at all.

I have it great right now where my commute is incredibly small, and I've seen the effects of larger commutes on people. It's not a small deal like you seem to think. I intend to move from my apartment into my own home in the future, and a commute >30 mins is out of the question if I can help it. It doesn't have to be 5 minutes, but I really don't want to bring 8+ hours of my life being stuck in the car into my life on a weekly basis.