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What is up with this new Wendy's "W" burger? Between it and the Big King, why are these restaurants ripping off the Big Mac?
Dynasty Warriors blather: So I know they tweaked some characters moves (like Xu Huang's 2nd musou attack does 2 big hits instead of 1), but I'm trying to figure out if you could always chain Lu Bu's c6 off his c5. Because yikes, that's a monster of a combo (and basically eliminates the concerns about turtling enemies in the higher difficulties) - its the main reason I've been using Lu Bu to get people's chaos level weapons. Also, I said I've been equipping the Dragon's Eye Halberd and Eternal Agony Great Axe, but I realize since I rarely switch weapons, once I got the Divine Qingang Rapier, I switched to that, since its a higher level death element. The power difference is significantly noticeable- even on chaos enemy officer's die pretty quick.
Playing some more of the legend stages, I didn't realize Ma Chao and Ma Dai were once troops of Cao Cao. It was interesting to see them two and Pang De established as elite cavalrymen of his forces. In any case, I think I realize another reason I like the Wei. I think they're the best because their people ARE the best. The recurring theme in the Wei story is that Cao Cao recruited the best talent of the land, regardless of their past associations or if they were once enemies. And despite that, once they joined they stayed loyal. They're similar to the Shu in that way. Liu Bei similarly took in a lot of heroes of the land, inspiring them with his dream of a land of benevolence. If you look at the Wei story, Cao Cao never babbled about benevolence as much as Liu Bei had, but he did want to unite the land and end the chaos. And while he did often get these troops through extortion (there are at least two plots were Jia Xu frames someone for being a traitor, so the Wei are all, your people think you've betrayed them to us already, so why not join us for realz?) in the end Cao Cao treats them with respect and acknowledges their skill.
Which is why I've always felt the Wu were the odd men out. They just don't seem as goal oriented as the Shu and Wei.
Did play through Guo Jia's story stage in legend mode. He's definitely a great addition to the Wei. He's played off as a tragic character- secretly hiding the fact that he's dying (I assume a reference to him dying on the way to the South before Chi Bi in real history), so he's trying to live life to the fullest, constantly having fancy parties, loving fine wines and beautiful women. And he's this amazing talent. He may get on the nerves of the more stuffy characters who don't think he takes things seriously, even though he does the job with supreme ability. As a Wei strategist, he is definitely a different personality than the sinister and cunning Jia Xu, or the arrogant but ingenious Sima Yi.
Dynasty Warriors blather: So I know they tweaked some characters moves (like Xu Huang's 2nd musou attack does 2 big hits instead of 1), but I'm trying to figure out if you could always chain Lu Bu's c6 off his c5. Because yikes, that's a monster of a combo (and basically eliminates the concerns about turtling enemies in the higher difficulties) - its the main reason I've been using Lu Bu to get people's chaos level weapons. Also, I said I've been equipping the Dragon's Eye Halberd and Eternal Agony Great Axe, but I realize since I rarely switch weapons, once I got the Divine Qingang Rapier, I switched to that, since its a higher level death element. The power difference is significantly noticeable- even on chaos enemy officer's die pretty quick.
Playing some more of the legend stages, I didn't realize Ma Chao and Ma Dai were once troops of Cao Cao. It was interesting to see them two and Pang De established as elite cavalrymen of his forces. In any case, I think I realize another reason I like the Wei. I think they're the best because their people ARE the best. The recurring theme in the Wei story is that Cao Cao recruited the best talent of the land, regardless of their past associations or if they were once enemies. And despite that, once they joined they stayed loyal. They're similar to the Shu in that way. Liu Bei similarly took in a lot of heroes of the land, inspiring them with his dream of a land of benevolence. If you look at the Wei story, Cao Cao never babbled about benevolence as much as Liu Bei had, but he did want to unite the land and end the chaos. And while he did often get these troops through extortion (there are at least two plots were Jia Xu frames someone for being a traitor, so the Wei are all, your people think you've betrayed them to us already, so why not join us for realz?) in the end Cao Cao treats them with respect and acknowledges their skill.
Which is why I've always felt the Wu were the odd men out. They just don't seem as goal oriented as the Shu and Wei.
Did play through Guo Jia's story stage in legend mode. He's definitely a great addition to the Wei. He's played off as a tragic character- secretly hiding the fact that he's dying (I assume a reference to him dying on the way to the South before Chi Bi in real history), so he's trying to live life to the fullest, constantly having fancy parties, loving fine wines and beautiful women. And he's this amazing talent. He may get on the nerves of the more stuffy characters who don't think he takes things seriously, even though he does the job with supreme ability. As a Wei strategist, he is definitely a different personality than the sinister and cunning Jia Xu, or the arrogant but ingenious Sima Yi.