Level stats equally

[Infamous Geezer]

Doing this basically means you can use anything effectively. When you find better gear in your current mission you can equip it and benefit from higher stats throughout the whole game.

Tbh the whole loot system in this game is pants.

[Anzuvere]

I'm not sure I could personally get through dream of the strong or later doing that. Anything before that the game really wasn't designed to make you think too hard on gear so anything will in fact just work.

Edit: Definitely not beating Hayabusa that way for sure, personally anyway.

[{5LINE}Cows with Guns]

I am not sure how far you are in the game... but it seems like you're not even in NG++.

You can build your character however you want, but here are my guidelines.
It should be obviously, but play the game the way you want to.

in NG/NG+, you will want all your stats to be at least 10 (the first break point for all stats).

Dexterity and Magic should be at 30 by the end of NG because at 30 the 2 stats gives you max capacity for ninjutsu and spells respectively until NG+++ (Wise).

Bump stamina up whenever you need that little point for heavier armor, but stats requirement for armor is minimal if you craft instead of looting. This seems to be a legacy from the older game builds, as looted drops have higher stats requirement than crafted items despite having the same equip stats). The higher stats requirement from drops I think changes after you reach NG+++.

You'll want around 200 toughness (A) for blocking purposes, which is easily obtainable with heavy armor equipped in head, gloves, legs, and feet slots - slap whatever light armor in chest piece to balance the weight and keeping your character in the B agility range (<= 70%).

[Angel]

that is generally what is recommended for early game yes

[Infamous Geezer]

Originally posted by {5LINE}Cows with Guns:

I am not sure how far you are in the game... but it seems like you're not even in NG++.

You can build your character however you want, but here are my guidelines.
It should be obviously, but play the game the way you want to.

in NG/NG+, you will want all your stats to be at least 10 (the first break point for all stats).

Dexterity and Magic should be at 30 by the end of NG because at 30 the 2 stats gives you max capacity for ninjutsu and spells respectively until NG+++ (Wise).

Bump stamina up whenever you need that little point for heavier armor, but stats requirement for armor is minimal if you craft instead of looting. This seems to be a legacy from the older game builds, as looted drops have higher stats requirement than crafted items despite having the same equip stats). The higher stats requirement from drops I think changes after you reach NG+++.

You'll want around 200 toughness (A) for blocking purposes, which is easily obtainable with heavy armor equipped in head, gloves, legs, and feet slots - slap whatever light armor in chest piece to balance the weight and keeping your character in the B agility range (<= 70%).

This is very informative. Thanks! I think I will take a break from this game once I beat the game for the first time. I'll consider doing NG+ later.