Post game without DLC

[INSULTKARI]

I played the game on release and finished it on hard with no party members.

Really liked the combat though gear was useless before I hit chaos mode. Then after finishing the game, chaos mode is unlocked and seeing how much you have to grind just to start trying out actual builds I put the game on shelf until later.

Thinking of jumping back into it. Doing chaos mode proper. Though one thing to mention I am not planning to purchase the DLCs as they are even more grind focused and have some stupid difficulties spikes.

What content is available for me since I don't have DLCs, is it just all stages on chaos difficulty with 300 level cap? Is it even worth doing? I am not the type of player who likes a lot of grind just to try new builds.

Thanx

[Katitoff]

This is a gear grinding game.
Main goal of the end game is to grind gear and make your own builds.

There is a reason why we can have 5000 items in storage.

If you like grinding gear and gameplay, then there is your answer.

It literally is nothing else but diablo or poe at the end.

[⭕TheSodaman]

Originally posted by INSULTKARI:

I played the game on release and finished it on hard with no party members.

Really liked the combat though gear was useless before I hit chaos mode. Then after finishing the game, chaos mode is unlocked and seeing how much you have to grind just to start trying out actual builds I put the game on shelf until later.

Thinking of jumping back into it. Doing chaos mode proper. Though one thing to mention I am not planning to purchase the DLCs as they are even more grind focused and have some stupid difficulties spikes.

What content is available for me since I don't have DLCs, is it just all stages on chaos difficulty with 300 level cap? Is it even worth doing? I am not the type of player who likes a lot of grind just to try new builds.

Thanx

* 3 new side missions
* replay existing content at higher mission levels

There is a misconception about the difficulty spike. It is very reasonable unless you neglect your job levels, stats, and game mechanics - which most of the players that have issues with the spike did, including a number of vocal Nioh veterans. The RPG was ignored and/or mechanics forgotten or neglected from the first playthrough.

As for builds on Chaos difficulty, if you build anything, would recommend only planning around:
* 6 pieces of 120% job affinity (where artifacts have only one job affinity you might want)
* changing and upgrading the effects on gear
* stats you can allocate via master points

Even though artifacts with two job affinities exist, the min/max is for the DLCs where you have a Fuse feature and dramatically mitigate the RNG to get ahead of the power curve.