Nioh 3 patch finally makes summons useful in boss fights, brings free armour for everyone

Group Ninja continues to work on Nioh 3. The developer has been releasing common updates for the motion RPG since its launch in early February. Earlier patches have addressed main bugs like healing item use inconsistencies, and extra have arrived since to deal with varied steadiness and loot-related points.

Right now’s patch, model 1.04, is a significant one, coming in at properly over 1GB. There’s lots right here price getting enthusiastic about, so let’s dig in.

To start with, that is the patch that provides the promised free armour units for each Ninja, and Samurai. When Nioh 3 reached one million sales, Group Ninja mentioned it might present each participant the Thunderous set in celebration, and the set’s two variants are actually accessible in-game.

The extra fascinating facet of the patch is, unsurprisingly, its change log. There seems to be a deal with online co-op and AI summons on this one, with varied tweaks to the make the method extra rewarding, and, in some instances, worthwhile.

The quantity of Glory obtained once you full a mission in multiplayer has been elevated, no matter which participant was the host. The opposite main change primarily impacts AI Benevolent Grave summons, making it so bosses will not goal a single participant for nearly the whole thing of the combat.

Whereas summoning AI helpers has at all times been helpful in Nioh 3, they didn’t at all times assist in boss fights, particularly as a result of the boss tended to deal with the participant who summoned them, leaving the AI to run round consuming AoE hits earlier than dying.

Patch 1.04 makes a few welcome gameplay tweaks to the texture of fight. Ninjutsu, and Onmyo Magic will now hit their targets extra constantly in conditions the place there’s a distinction in elevation between the participant and the enemy.

In the identical vein, you’ll now have the ability to assault (fast/sturdy) proper after leaping, which removes the pause that beforehand buffered the assault as an alternative. This might imply much more air combos that don’t particularly require Martial Arts.

You’ll be able to sit up for a few high quality of life tweaks on this patch, too, such because the change that permits the sport to routinely ship any Sudama Soul Cores dropped by retailers to your merchandise field. This occurs from the second onwards, which implies you received’t have to choose half a dozen every time you go to promote a batch of things.

Talking of the merchandise field, the restrict of forging supplies has been elevated for a few of them. For those who’ve been working Battle Scroll missions and Expeditions for gear, you’ll be completely satisfied to know that you may now exit the session from the primary menu instantly.

There’s lots extra to patch 1.04, together with fixes and steadiness tweaks for a number of weapons, resembling Samurai twin swords, odachi, and extra for a couple of Ninja weapons, too. The patch additionally brings a number of bug fixes to the sport.

You’ll be able to learn the total set of patch notes on Steam.