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Jun. 15th, 2012 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsWO blather- So I've found Rescue at Yi Ling to be a good level for grinding, lots of peons (I got the 3000 kills trophy on it last night get max compatibility for Xiahou Dun), lots of officers, its a 9 star stage so you get good stuff. The only thing I don't like about it is you only get missions from Guo Jia, Guo Huai, and Xing Cai. That's the one thing I liked about the Ueda and Odawara castles I've been using, there's several generals there who give you missions, so there's a variety of people you can raise bonds with. But, since they're low star stages, you get crap for drops, and its not really good for weapon compatibility.
Speaking of, I've been maxing out compatibility for those characters I got big star weapons for, so they're back at full strength. I think I've done Xiahou Dun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Musashi, Kojiro, Akechi and Zhou Tai. I can't remember if I actually maxed Achilles' or Lu Bu's big stars. Also maxed out Keiji's four star (since he's one of the folks who's four star at max compatibility is still more powerful than his big star at max). Musashi and Lu Bu's are the same way, but their big stars have way better reach, so I went with those. I did get Tonbo Giri for Honda (which isn't his big star, but he's one of the ones with a better four star), and Nu Wa's big star, so I can work on those two. Thankfully, it only takes a couple of passed through Yi Ling to max weapons out, and despite being a 9 star level, its easy enough even with the low starting attack power.
I was a little disappointed at some of the big stars not being the exact same weapon type as their normal weapon- Xiahou Dun's big star is a broadsword looking weapon rather than his signature scimitar, while Kojiro's big star is a bastard sword instead of a nodachi. But they at least have cool names (Lord of Hell for Xiahou Dun and Dark Fire for Kojiro), and the weapon skins look cool (particularly the Lord of Hell one).
Other things I've discovered whilst level grinding- Zhou Tai's C6 is ridiculously good at filling the TTA gauge fast. I guess it fills up based on the number of kills, as well as your combo count from the kills, and all those little slashes from the C6 rack the combo count up high since its counting those as separate hits. His Ex-attack has that property too, but the C6 has the advantage of forward motion. So, the C6 seems to work best on crowds of peons, whereas the EX-attack is better for officers, though either work in the other situation really good too, just not as well as the other.
Huh, given Cao Pi's new C6 is like that, I wonder if he fills that gauge just as fast. Which speaking of, looking it up, it looks like Liu Bei kept the standard twin sword moveset, and they changed Cao Pi and Lu Xun's moves. I'm still disappointed that Cao Pi still has the same ex attack, as I like Liu Bei's and Lu Xun's much better. For one, I'm not a big fan of C1 charge attacks, as they start off slow since you're starting with a triangle attack. But while freezing everyone around you in ice and doing a strong slash works, it just doesn't have the style and panache of Lu Xun's ex, where he his hands become a blur and he carves an enemy up with a insanely quick flurry with the twin blades, or Liu Bei's, where he charges his swords up with electricity and does a forward double stabbing lunge. I guess I favor swordplay over magic- I mean, charging up your sword with magic and still using it as a sword is fine. But freezing the enemy and then striking, while a legitimate tactic, seems kinda cheap, it ruins the dance of the sword, because who can't not hit someone just stuck there unable to defend themselves?
Speaking of, I've been maxing out compatibility for those characters I got big star weapons for, so they're back at full strength. I think I've done Xiahou Dun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Musashi, Kojiro, Akechi and Zhou Tai. I can't remember if I actually maxed Achilles' or Lu Bu's big stars. Also maxed out Keiji's four star (since he's one of the folks who's four star at max compatibility is still more powerful than his big star at max). Musashi and Lu Bu's are the same way, but their big stars have way better reach, so I went with those. I did get Tonbo Giri for Honda (which isn't his big star, but he's one of the ones with a better four star), and Nu Wa's big star, so I can work on those two. Thankfully, it only takes a couple of passed through Yi Ling to max weapons out, and despite being a 9 star level, its easy enough even with the low starting attack power.
I was a little disappointed at some of the big stars not being the exact same weapon type as their normal weapon- Xiahou Dun's big star is a broadsword looking weapon rather than his signature scimitar, while Kojiro's big star is a bastard sword instead of a nodachi. But they at least have cool names (Lord of Hell for Xiahou Dun and Dark Fire for Kojiro), and the weapon skins look cool (particularly the Lord of Hell one).
Other things I've discovered whilst level grinding- Zhou Tai's C6 is ridiculously good at filling the TTA gauge fast. I guess it fills up based on the number of kills, as well as your combo count from the kills, and all those little slashes from the C6 rack the combo count up high since its counting those as separate hits. His Ex-attack has that property too, but the C6 has the advantage of forward motion. So, the C6 seems to work best on crowds of peons, whereas the EX-attack is better for officers, though either work in the other situation really good too, just not as well as the other.
Huh, given Cao Pi's new C6 is like that, I wonder if he fills that gauge just as fast. Which speaking of, looking it up, it looks like Liu Bei kept the standard twin sword moveset, and they changed Cao Pi and Lu Xun's moves. I'm still disappointed that Cao Pi still has the same ex attack, as I like Liu Bei's and Lu Xun's much better. For one, I'm not a big fan of C1 charge attacks, as they start off slow since you're starting with a triangle attack. But while freezing everyone around you in ice and doing a strong slash works, it just doesn't have the style and panache of Lu Xun's ex, where he his hands become a blur and he carves an enemy up with a insanely quick flurry with the twin blades, or Liu Bei's, where he charges his swords up with electricity and does a forward double stabbing lunge. I guess I favor swordplay over magic- I mean, charging up your sword with magic and still using it as a sword is fine. But freezing the enemy and then striking, while a legitimate tactic, seems kinda cheap, it ruins the dance of the sword, because who can't not hit someone just stuck there unable to defend themselves?
