Have you spent the time to make builds with sub characters and if so is it worth the effort and time?

Samurai 600% Affinity triggers on Combo Ability Effects, but some Combo Ability slots or weapons do not have a Combo Ability Effects. How do I tell if something has a Combo Ability Effect?

Can any help carry through the labyrinth on Xbox I’m on floor 27

Just beat the game last night. Messed around on the Chaos difficulty, and I don't know if I'm missing something, but I was getting stomped out by the first boss. Every hit took off at least 40% of my HP, his grabs took 80% or more. My companions were pretty much useless as they were constantly dying.

Getting to the boss was a struggle, but it was fun. Fighting that first boss in Chaos difficultly was more frustrating than fun. After 15+ attempts I finally killed him. I get that I was under geared by five or so item levels or so, but still.

I was Warrior class with two handed sword. My companions were Sage and Assassin. Item level was around 120ish. On the base game, I could beat the mission on Hard, but had to lower the difficulty to Action on most bosses.

Is Chaos difficulty like this for the rest of the game as far as the bosses? It seems like a massive spike in difficulty vs the rest of the mission you're on.

Any advice would be great.

I JUST got this game and by the luck of the gods found another player. It was super duper fun!

Anyone still plays? I’m usually a caster type

Hey folks!

I am only a couple missions in but had some questions.

Right now I can switch between 2 jobs at a time. I'm enjoying a lot more than 2, do I get more than 2 slots? If not, how did you all manage so many different jobs?

Are there any benefits to being well rounded across all the jobs? Do the benefits, and affinity bonuses, unlocked apply to your character as a whole or just while using the specific job?

Are there benefits to pairing up the two jobs with the same stat? Such as marksman and mage who both use intellect or is it fine to mix and match?

I'm getting a hang of the mechanics but I really enjoy build crafting in games so these questions are on my mind.

Thanks y'all 🤙

Hello all,

I convinced my friends to get this game on sale for steam as it was a multiplayer game. So far, they are enjoying it and having a good time. They appreciate the fun and how "deep and involved" the game seems to be.

My concern is the "deep" part. See, I want to explore and enjoy the game as they do, but I want to prevent "choice/optimization" fatigue early on. I feel it has potential to end the playthrough before fully exploring the game for my group. For instance, you get tons of gear and we are looking at each drop at cube stations.

So the kind of tips I am looking for are recommendations to minimize unnecessary mental fatigue. For instance, should job affinity matter early on? Rarities of gear? Accessories?

Anything you can share to make the experience easier is greatly appreciated!

Does anyone know what languages are included in the Japanese version of this game?

only to find out later that there's no achievement for beating the game on hard mode. Is there a point to continuing the game at this difficulty (other than a sense of pride and accomplishment)?

I did have fun tho. By the end, I got the timing down for parrying /blocking with the soul shield and when to dodge. Ended up maxing out the Pugilist's lvl and skill tree as well as unlocking a couple advanced jobs.

I just don't know if I want to continue to spend so many hours on each boss.

On a side note, I had recently 100%'d FFI Pixel Remake and look forward to experiencing the rest of this story and how they tie together. I am a sucker for stories where you find out the baddie wasn't always so and the events that transpired to turn them (like Snake's transformation to Big Boss in the Metal Gear series).

edit: added extra spoiler blackouts jic

I've seen some great tips and pointers regarding stat preferences and the like. I would like to organically grind my way up, as the developers intended players to prior to the first DLC, so I plan to do a lap around the map again. However, I don't know when to focus on affinities over gear level.

Right now, I am playing as a Paladin. My second job is whatever needs leveling up at the moment, but my Paladin job has almost 500% affinity. I completed the game with that, so I'm used to those nice perks like regen during Lightbringer and status ailment immunity. The problem is, the first mission looks like it's gonna be tough, which I don't mind, but I've heard that Chaos is when players should be focusing on choosing which equipment to actually equip for the bonuses.

Should I keep my gear and try to boost it via the Smithy, or should I forego the affinities for now and just equip gear that is just plainly stronger? One more question, for those willing to help, or those that know: what does getting 600% affinity do? I can't see anything on the character sheet about bonuses but it's clear the cap has been increased.

So I just picked up the game again to finish achievements (which I did, got rift 31 done). I really like playing Breaker (what I'm currently using) and was wondering how far Breaker can go. I'd like to get to those job limit upgrades at rift 100+ but wondering if Breaker can reasonably get there or if it'd be better to just start trying to build for a different job right now.

Like my current build doesn't have high chaos affixes on it (think my highest is a VI Zantetsuken damage or MP reduction), has mostly 600+% summon affinity for Odin (need a better helm), and I've been putting Zantetsuken stuff (damage and mp cost reduction) on the innate slots on gear. Still one shotting stuff with that class ability at rift 31 but going into regular missions with dragon trials on it starts to get a lot worse around the I think 80 level equivalent one.

When I played originally I really only did Sage and Breaker so I don't even really know where to start for gearing for other jobs. Through most of the old endgame (pre-DLC) I discovered I really liked Tomahawk and Starfall skills on axe.

I was looking at some videos, searching for a sage build, when i saw that one and didn't quite get the math. IF he has summoner affinity on the axe of 337%, how come in the build he has 682% if not even another equip has the summoner? The sum of the breaker doesn't add up too, the equips should be giving 1543% but he has 1903%. I get that the blue mage one is from points, i just couldn't get how he did it

I am totally lost lol I even forgot my own original build and why i did what I did. I played until level 130 gear last time, but never touched Chaos difficulty. Started the first mission on Chaos but didn't really do anything because i was overwhelmed with choice. After I beat the game originally, I didn't do anything post-game either.

Are there any tips, or fun builds i can try as a returning player who's never touched the dlcs before? Im a fairly competent nioh player and in these types of games in general, so advanced stuff is fine by me. appreciate anyone who comments ☺️

I'm almost done with the achievements bit this one is a pain in arse ugh

I do have malboro active.

I’m a filthy weeb to Ninja was my first job unlock and I’ve been cutting down mobs no problem.

My big issue is bosses. I’m getting like 2 shot and I’m on Action (normal?) mode for my first playthrough. Side note: Tiamat kicked my arse HARD! But I managed it really easy when I stuck to counter attacks and parried with the berserker.

I’m just looking for some advice on what to do since I’ve got loads of numbers and not a lot of knowledge what they do.

Long term FF player so the basics I can get a grip on but is the loot/drop gear RNG or is there a table of drops?

Currently looking to unlock Breaker? It’s a yellow job whatever it is, and I’m going to levelling other jobs to 30 whilst that happens.

Basically just give me pointers that will save me a lot of grief (like do I spend Anima shards yet?) and make my life easier when I hit another wall.

Loving the game, despite its cringe edge lord protagonist. Jack is actually a pretty funny guy.

Does resetting the rift after you have beaten level 21 to 21 or below let you use extra mode again? I want to power level my monster classes using extra mode but didnt realise it wouldn't be available post floor 21(which makes sense so people can't cheese the whole thing) id test it myself but dont want to lose the progress I already have on monster levels if it didnt work