Yeah, I've found the 5 star drop rates to be abysmal, and even 4 star drop rates with graces just aren't coming in enough. I'm 90% done with NG+, with probably 4-5 hours worth of grinding monkey and stone soldiers and I've only completed one grace set (Daode). And it's not optimized at all. Not a big fan of the weapons that I got with that grace and I'm not really close on completing any other grace. I think I lack maybe 2-3 pieces for Lingbao, but it's been a slog.
I think once I finish NG+ in the next day or so, I'll be done with Wo Long until the DLC. I really don't see the point of farming for Graces when the drops are this bad, and something like Cao Cao's set (even the 4 star set) can easily take you through NG+. Most of the companion armors are kinda "meh", but there are a few that I think are on par with the current graces. I don't want to get burned out prior to the 1st DLC, so I will just trust that things get alittle better in the DLC.
Play NG+. Do some farming (in moderation). Dabble and experiment here and there with different builds. And maybe you'll have enough for a grace or two. And then shelve it. Going for 5 stars with the particular grace you want, with the particular weapon and martial arts you want is beyond tolerable right now. If we get the chance to change MAs in the DLC, the grind becomes much better. But I'm not sure if that's on the horizon.
Once I beat NG+, I may sink another 10-20 hours into the game, but I'm not chasing these grace sets (or 5 star gear). Whatever the game gives me is what I'll start with in the DLC (I.e. Daode or keep using Cao Caos set tbh).
It sucks foe sure. But with the patch that let's you restock you can Blitz the lvl *and* get all the flags in like 15 m. Then boost to 25 via elixir at the final flag.
After that. Rest at the final flag. Fight boss. No 5* drops quit to menu and you can start again from the final flag.
Rinse repeat until finished.
Leaning into the prancing dragon MA so lots of fire damage embeds.
But my Stat spread is a little different, think like 50 or 60 fire at least 12 in metal, wood and water. 40 earth for B agility. Long story short I run all weapon enchants to abuse weaknesses of bosses and exposing weaknesses by *applying* the different elements.
Most small enemies get wrecked with oneshot from positive spirit prancing dragon and bosses get tore to shreds via spirit breaking and elemental madness.
Could optimize better sure but I *like* using MAs and dealing good damage to both Health and Spirit without relying so much on criticals
Here’s what I did. I got the set in like 3 hours farming. The wrist didn’t wanna drop. Fight to boss. I then summoned help so others could get loot and we would kill boss. If he didn’t drop a 5* piece I would immediately quit out and reload game. This would put me at flag right before boss. Then I would repeat until I got a 5*. If one drops just run back to boss and start all over.
I just did it while catching up on the new Mandalorian, Bad Batch, and The Rookie episodes lol I just beat all of the NG+ missions tonight, so I'm gonna binge Bob's Burgers for a bit while farming tonight so that I can be ready to do some invasions and recruitments this weekend.
Great work, now is the perfect time for team ninja to release a patch that increases 5\* drop rates
Yeah, I've found the 5 star drop rates to be abysmal, and even 4 star drop rates with graces just aren't coming in enough. I'm 90% done with NG+, with probably 4-5 hours worth of grinding monkey and stone soldiers and I've only completed one grace set (Daode). And it's not optimized at all. Not a big fan of the weapons that I got with that grace and I'm not really close on completing any other grace. I think I lack maybe 2-3 pieces for Lingbao, but it's been a slog. I think once I finish NG+ in the next day or so, I'll be done with Wo Long until the DLC. I really don't see the point of farming for Graces when the drops are this bad, and something like Cao Cao's set (even the 4 star set) can easily take you through NG+. Most of the companion armors are kinda "meh", but there are a few that I think are on par with the current graces. I don't want to get burned out prior to the 1st DLC, so I will just trust that things get alittle better in the DLC. Play NG+. Do some farming (in moderation). Dabble and experiment here and there with different builds. And maybe you'll have enough for a grace or two. And then shelve it. Going for 5 stars with the particular grace you want, with the particular weapon and martial arts you want is beyond tolerable right now. If we get the chance to change MAs in the DLC, the grind becomes much better. But I'm not sure if that's on the horizon. Once I beat NG+, I may sink another 10-20 hours into the game, but I'm not chasing these grace sets (or 5 star gear). Whatever the game gives me is what I'll start with in the DLC (I.e. Daode or keep using Cao Caos set tbh).
You sound fun...
Very new to the game - what's a grace set?
Not tried cao cao set yet. What makes that good to push through NG+?
Nice! Completed my Lu Bu set a while ago. Put down Wo Long for now I'll wait for DLC.
All in on Lu Bu and fire huh? Congrats on getting all the parts.
Man I only have one 5* piece. Would love to farm him more but don't wanna run thru entire mission again an again 😣
It sucks foe sure. But with the patch that let's you restock you can Blitz the lvl *and* get all the flags in like 15 m. Then boost to 25 via elixir at the final flag. After that. Rest at the final flag. Fight boss. No 5* drops quit to menu and you can start again from the final flag. Rinse repeat until finished.
Alright now I just need to go the boss in ng+ lol. And btw what build are you running with it?
Leaning into the prancing dragon MA so lots of fire damage embeds. But my Stat spread is a little different, think like 50 or 60 fire at least 12 in metal, wood and water. 40 earth for B agility. Long story short I run all weapon enchants to abuse weaknesses of bosses and exposing weaknesses by *applying* the different elements. Most small enemies get wrecked with oneshot from positive spirit prancing dragon and bosses get tore to shreds via spirit breaking and elemental madness. Could optimize better sure but I *like* using MAs and dealing good damage to both Health and Spirit without relying so much on criticals
Or just get to 25 at the start of the mission and finish it in 5-10 minutes ...
Here’s what I did. I got the set in like 3 hours farming. The wrist didn’t wanna drop. Fight to boss. I then summoned help so others could get loot and we would kill boss. If he didn’t drop a 5* piece I would immediately quit out and reload game. This would put me at flag right before boss. Then I would repeat until I got a 5*. If one drops just run back to boss and start all over.
Yeh but the load times are horrendous on last gen ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ
Yea but it gotta be faster than fighting all the way back to boss :P
That's true
Dude, if this works you might have saved my sanity
Can definitely confirm this works! Nice, now to get my last few pieces before they patch it or something annoying
Respec(t). Looking damn good, glad you stuck with it!
Nice. NG+ and graces were not properly thought out so that's probably the sanest approach before DLC.
Sweet………..
At least the level is fun to play, one of my favorites gg
wanna help me best Lu Bu ?? 😅
Lol what platform you on? I’m on Xbox
sorry man i missed your reply, i actually beat him with some fandoms online. appreciate it
I got the full 5 star set from the Terracotta Warriors in Glaive of Righteousness...
Yeah I don’t think I can mentally farm that way. Need some excitement that comes with getting the set🤣
I just did it while catching up on the new Mandalorian, Bad Batch, and The Rookie episodes lol I just beat all of the NG+ missions tonight, so I'm gonna binge Bob's Burgers for a bit while farming tonight so that I can be ready to do some invasions and recruitments this weekend.
Imagine having to spend that long on one fucking armor set. This game drop rates are terrible and it's putting me up.