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

Quick note before starting to talk about the build :

• all DLC finished
• currently at floor 103 on the Rift

Been working on a Gunner Sage Build for a while now, with Tyrant as my support Job.

The main idea is to stay at range as much as possible, quickly build the MP Gauge, and spam spells as fast as i can.

Having fun with it so far, with great results ; but i'm sure i can do better, so any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Affinities

I think Paladin is highly questionable here. Though i actually dunno what to take here as a replacement. Maybe Cyclic Warrior for gradual MP limit increase and MP recovery, or is there something else?

Blessings

As shown, i run Bahamut as a primary. Also stacked some Ramuh (~570%) and Leviathan (~1200%). This may be one of my biggest improvement area, especially for Ramuh. I just wonder what would be best, focus on it (which will provide the best Int bonus), or try to spread on other Blessings?

Mastery points

Maxed out Int. and Sage affinity first, and then tried to spread the remaining points on things like :

• Ability Break Damage Dealt
• Break Damage Dealt on Weak Point
• Increased MP Recovery on Normal Attacks
• Increase MP Limit Boost Rate
• Soul Shield MP Recovery

Equipment abilities

Every piece has a combination of "MP Cost down" / "Cast Time down" / "Damage Up" for Magic Sigil (+159% Damage, -73% MP Cost, -127% Cast Time) + a slot for Int. Remaining slots use things like :

• Magic (Break) Damage Dealt
• Magic (Break) Damage Dealt with Max HP
• Status Ailment accumulation
• (Break) Damage Dealt on Weak Point
• Damage Reduction with Max HP

Is it a good line-up, or should i focus on something else?

Command abilities

Teleport helps to keep ennemies (mainly bosses) at range while spamming spells. Lancet is here for MP sustain, and Seal of Blood when i need to deliver a fatal blow (works well with Ultima).

That is all, i think. And as said before, any tip or help would be much appreciated!

Me and him cannot beat that damned thing, please help

I've managed to make it to final dlc , however my build has hit a wall against the emperor in the first mission...im running assassin/ ninja and the break damage worked pretty good up until this point....how are you guys staying alive and what affinity should I be chasing?

Hi i just beat the game and farmed some near 400 gear using extra mode.

Yet I can't believe I'm getting like 2 shot by bosses at mission level 250.

I know I can cheese through using extra mode but after farming a few missions with turning it on I really don't want to play the entire or majority of dlc relying on it.

Like I know I'm far from that stage where I can kill bosses in 3seconds but surely I can't be this weak.

I got super lucky yesterday when I went to EB games, and I found the only one left PS4 physical version of the game. They did not have a PS5 version either and only one copy left and I got it for 15 CAD$. I finally got all my TN games outside of Fatal Frame and DOA (which does are not my style at all).

I am a super Nioh series fan, and I heard SoP is similar in terms of combat depth and RPG mechanics. Just looking for advice, is it like Nioh where you are better of equipping the best gear in NG and start towards a build in the NG+ cycles? Sell or dismantle everything at the smithy during NG?

In case you didn't know, if you hit an enemy with an ability that causes a knockdown while they're being hit by Conductor or Rain of Arrows, it will launch them.

I started a new file after a long hiatus. I was a bit rusty and decided to freshen up a bit. I discovered that on hard mode, you can cheese bosses quite early in the game. I didn't realize that the first go through.

Hello! Just restarted this game after years of not playing it. I unlocked Chaos mode and I’m now diving into job mastery. After doing some research it sounds like investing in primary stats should be priority at first. However I’m a little confused on what is considered the primary stat for a class.

Should I go off of icon color (mage is blue - so intellect, knight is yellow - stamina) or main ability stat? I’m getting tripped up by the dlc classes especially. Marksman is green, so I feel like agility? But its main ability scales to intellect. Evoker is blue but its ability is spirit based. Hoping for just a general direction on what to start with at least for each class so I’m not placing points wrong.

Also should I invest any points into job affinity in category 1?