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

"The amount of Glory obtained when you complete a mission in multiplayer has been increased, regardless of which player was the host. The other major change mainly affects AI Benevolent Grave summons, making it so bosses will no longer target a single player for almost the entirety of the fight."

"While summoning AI helpers has always been useful in Nioh 3, they didn't always help in boss fights, specifically because the boss tended to focus on the player who summoned them, leaving the AI to run around eating AoE hits before dying."

"Patch 1.04 makes a couple of welcome gameplay tweaks to the feel of combat. Ninjutsu, and Onmyo Magic will now hit their targets more consistently in situations where there's a difference in elevation between the player and the enemy."

Team Ninja released patch 1.04 for Nioh 3, a major update exceeding 1GB in size. The patch includes free Thunderous armor set variants for Ninja and Samurai classes, celebrating the game's one million sales milestone. Significant changes focus on multiplayer and AI summon improvements, including increased Glory rewards for cooperative missions and modified boss targeting behavior to prevent AI summons from being overwhelmed. Combat mechanics received refinements allowing Ninjutsu and Onmyo Magic to hit targets more consistently across elevation differences, and players can now attack immediately after jumping without animation delays, enabling more aerial combat combinations.

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