New Update Is Out

[FinalCataclsym]

Jin is here with 5 new characters and the DLC that goes with it adds 19 costumes for $11.99 which is a little bit more expensive than I expected. I figured it would have been $5.99 considering it was for 5 characters, but I guess this is a round about way to recoup development costs? Dunno.

[Trilkin]

Originally posted by FinalCataclsym:

Jin is here with 5 new characters and the DLC that goes with it adds 19 costumes for $11.99 which is a little bit more expensive than I expected. I figured it would have been $5.99 considering it was for 5 characters, but I guess this is a round about way to recoup development costs? Dunno.

I doubt this cost very much to make. It's standard Koei pricing practices. Not new.

[Bearfax II]

There goes my hopes at the remaining DW and SW characters getting added tbh. If they weren't going to add every Jin character in the Unofficial Jin Update coinciding with the Official Jin DLC there's no way they're going back for the remaining table scraps. Here's hoping we get good picks from the crossover characters, I suppose.

[VertVentus]

This post beat me to it...
https://www.reddit.com/r/dynastywarriors/comments/1ixn4yg/notes_on_the_5_characters_in_the_new_jin_update/

Jin Update Unique Weapons

• Zhang Chunhua's Divine Claws = Increases Assemble Gauge charge by 10% for every "Talent" Emblem. Replenishes Health by 20% after every 1000 enemies defeated.
  
• Sima Shi's Life Piercer = Increases Musou Gauge charge by 15% for every "Jin" Emblem. Increases Attack by 10% for every "Commander" Emblem.
  
• Sima Zhao's Space Shredder = Increases Assemble Gauge charge by 15% for every "Jin" Emblem. Increases Attack by 3% for every "Speed" Emblem.
  
• Wang Yuanji's Hail Blades = Increases Attack by 10% for every "Jin" Emblem. Sets up a barrier to block attacks for 10 seconds after you defeat 4 Sin Spewer enemies.
  
• Zhong Hui's Phoenix Blade = Slightly charges Musou Gauge when you acquire EXP. Increases EXP acquired by 100% when enemies are defeated with Musou Attacks.

New Caps

• Heroes = 100 > 105
  
• Max Lv. = 45 > 46
  
• Health = 100 > 107
  
• Attack = +50% > +51%
  
• Defense = +100% > +108%
  
• Wei = 18 > 19
  
• Wu = 15
  
• Shu = 16
  
• Dong Zhuo Army = 6
  
• Jiangdon Hero = 7
  
• Oda = 12
  
• Toyotomi = 14
  
• Tokugawa = 9
  
• Hojo = 3
  
• Uesugi = 3
  
• Takeda = 6
  
• Sanada = 6
  
• Brave General = 31
  
• Grace = 13
  
• Flower of War = 13
  
• Lu Bu Army = 5
  
• Azai = 4
  
• Torchbearer = 12 > 14
  
• Jin = 1 > 6
  
• Commander = 7 > 9
  
• Talent = 21 > 26

Any Emblem not mentioned doesn't have a stackable associated passive.

Zhang Chunhua can go for the fastest Assemble charge.
Sima Shi and Wang Yuanji have decent Attack boosts.
Zhong Hui needs to clear 17 phases with no damage for his 50% damage boost.
Sima Zhao only has Assemble charge.

I guess if they wanted to add everyone, they'd need to address the reroll bloat either by:

• Increase the heroes you can acquire per tree. As is, 7 phases x 4 stages is a little short.
  
• Extending the number of phases in a different dungeon, or even an endless one.
  
• Making separate DW or SW dungeons.
  
• Add a new piece of gear to influence certain Emblems like the passives on some heroes.

[Stalectos]

Originally posted by FinalCataclsym:

Jin is here with 5 new characters and the DLC that goes with it adds 19 costumes for $11.99 which is a little bit more expensive than I expected. I figured it would have been $5.99 considering it was for 5 characters, but I guess this is a round about way to recoup development costs? Dunno.

I will say that the cost for the DLC is priced according to the number of costumes included not the number of characters with available costumes in it. there are only 5 characters but the store page says it has 19 costumes so while the cost per costume has gone up (the other DLCs available are around 50 cents US per costume and this one is closer to 60 or 70) it hasn't gone up THAT much.

[Stalectos]

Originally posted by Bearfax II:

There goes my hopes at the remaining DW and SW characters getting added tbh. If they weren't going to add every Jin character in the Unofficial Jin Update coinciding with the Official Jin DLC there's no way they're going back for the remaining table scraps. Here's hoping we get good picks from the crossover characters, I suppose.

there's a non-zero chance they go back for the table scraps actually. DW and SW characters should be relatively easy to add to the game and would be great for padding update character counts so I wouldn't entirely discount it yet. we also still don't know how many more waves of playable characters will be added, how frequently, or if the size of this one is just because how soon after launch it was added.

[VertVentus]

In the Hall of Boded Souls, Zhong Jui, Wang Yuanji, Sima Zhao, and Zhang Chunhua filled in holes already in the tree, so we have:

• 1 character inbetween Guan Yinping and Kai
  
• 1 character inbetween Zhong Hui and Sun Quan
  
• 1 character inbetween Jia Xu and Zhang Liao
  
• 1 character inbetween Jia Xu and No
  
• 2 characters inbetween Sun Quan and Sakon Shima
  
• 2 characters inbetween Sakon Shima and Sun Jian
  
• 2 characters inbetween Sakon Shima and Pang Tong
  
• 1 character inbetween Cao Pi and Kanbei Kuroda

11 characters to fill the remaining holes for at least 2 updates with this pacing and to probably boost the level cap to 50. Sima Shi in the top left is the exception as he made his own spot between Dong Zhuo and Motonari Mori, so they could also just continue to build upwards.

[Everybody do the flop]

Originally posted by VertVentus:

In the Hall of Boded Souls, Zhong Jui, Wang Yuanji, Sima Zhao, and Zhang Chunhua filled in holes already in the tree, so we have:

• 1 character inbetween Guan Yinping and Kai
  
• 1 character inbetween Zhong Hui and Sun Quan
  
• 1 character inbetween Jia Xu and Zhang Liao
  
• 1 character inbetween Jia Xu and No
  
• 2 characters inbetween Sun Quan and Sakon Shima
  
• 2 characters inbetween Sakon Shima and Sun Jian
  
• 2 characters inbetween Sakon Shima and Pang Tong
  
• 1 character inbetween Cao Pi and Kanbei Kuroda

11 characters to fill the remaining holes for at least 2 updates with this pacing and to probably boost the level cap to 50. Sima Shi in the top left is the exception as he made his own spot between Dong Zhuo and Motonari Mori, so they could also just continue to build upwards.

I feel like they're going to add more characters from various factions, like adding Pang De, Yu Jin and Li Dian to Wei after removing one member from it.

[Lestrad]

Here's hoping Ginchiyo is next.