Unlocking Moves

[natebud]

Well I've been playing this game for around 5 hours, I've reached level 23, I've got one Cairn to go and the only move I've unlocked is a scissor kick. I see the little pips of experience building towards unlocking eacy moves and I understand blocking and parrying moves helps you unlock them, but is it supposed to be this slow? I'm learning 50 moves at the same time and none of them are more than halfway done. Is there something I'm missing or am I just extremely unlucky?

It's like playing the entirety of God Hand with the starter moveset.

[Tristran]

It does go quite slowly, you have to find NPCs with the moves you want, beat them within an inch of their life, then spend like 5 mins sitting there blocking their moves until you learn it. A little tedious sure, but I found it atleast somewhat immersive in the sense that it helped me practice my parrying. In case you dont know, if you die or run from the fight you lose all experience gained during it.

[slcp_vanguard]

Hey natebud,

It sounds like you're focusing on killing your opponents more than learning the moves they have to offer. As Tristran suggested, try not to kill them so fast if they have a move you want. Get the experience for the move, then finish them off to lock it in.

[obliviondoll]

My usual recommendation:

1. Find NPC with a move you like.
2. Kill the OTHER enemies nearby.
3. Get the NPC 1 or 2 hits from death.
4. Gain as much XP as you can get away with on the move(s) you want to learn without dropping below 1/4 HP.
5. Finish them off before you're too weak to be sure of landing the last few hits.

You can also learn moves from using a school deck, which makes "just kill things fast" a more valid approach to learning moves.

[Daigoji Gai]

Originally posted by natebud:

Well I've been playing this game for around 5 hours, I've reached level 23, I've got one Cairn to go and the only move I've unlocked is a scissor kick. I see the little pips of experience building towards unlocking eacy moves and I understand blocking and parrying moves helps you unlock them, but is it supposed to be this slow? I'm learning 50 moves at the same time and none of them are more than halfway done. Is there something I'm missing or am I just extremely unlucky?

It's like playing the entirety of God Hand with the starter moveset.

I always smile when God Hand is mentioned. Reviewed it for UGO.com back in the day. Love that Absolver uses a similar "build your moveset" system (Soulbringer also had a similar system.) This is honestly the game I've been waiting for for decades.

[natebud]

OK, so my problem has been that I haven't spent enough time focusing on a particular move. Also I didn't know that you lost progress if you ran from a fight. There were a few times where I'd try blocking or parrying moves for a while, get low on health and run out of the AI's range to heal. I might be losing progress doing that.