
Proficiency levels are based on the characters, and will increase as the character levels up.It will also now affect attack power stat Weapon Proficiency is returning, this time with a maximum of 4 stars.Weapon Seals are gone and replaced with a new Weapon Tempering system that will allow more weapon customization & collection.
When getting a new weapon there is an information box at top left which specifies the name of weapon gotten the details would be at result page
Weapons are gotten from dropped weapon boxes just like DW7E and pre-DW6 games. It will be no longer possible to change equipped weapons during battles changing weapons would be only allowed before a battle starts (such as in pre-battle menus or pausing at battlecamps). All DW7 weapon types up to DW7E will be returning along with more brand-new weapons. Weapon switch system from DW7 is returning. Such feature is named "Reverse Scenario" and will be unlockable after completing certain requirements. Playing on Liu Biao's side in Wu's Battle of Xiangyang stage) Also returning is a feature from DW3 where it will be possible to play as the opposing sides in the stages (eg. The mode where it is possible to play any story stages with any characters is back. Callable horses will be fixed depending on the character and stage. Wu: Battle of Xiangyang (Assault on Liu Biao) Wei: Luoyang Escape Battle (Failed Assassination on Dong Zhuo) Unlike past games where most storylines start at Yellow Turban Rebellion, this time each kingdom stories will start at different stages. (For example in Wei's Luoyang Escape Battle, playing as Cao Cao starts inside the castle, while playing as Xiahou Dun instead starts from outside castle).
Selecting different POVs will also give different play points. Wei's Hefei may have selection between Zhang Liao, Yue Jin or Li Dian) There will be a selection of main characters to choose in some stages it will span around 2-4 characters (eg. Depending on the play condition in Story Mode, some generals who should've been already dead historically would become still alive, thus developing into a what-if scenario. There will be also what-if stories that consist of certain generals living beyond their actual lifespans (eg. The stories are being rewritten from scratch. (For example in the YTR stage there is a branch to 2 routes the Left route has phantom soldiers appearing and a mission to destroy the generating pots, while the Right route has magicians who drop ices and the mission is to defeat them). The multiple paths in Story mode refers to the different routes that can be taken in a stage. DW8 will have more freedom in the stage's progress route, unlike DW7 which had a quite preset progress route.
Story Mode is still faction-oriented and has seamless cutscenes.Zuo Ci - Weapon: Cards (Gloriously returns from DW5) Sun Jian - Weapon: Nine-Ringed Broadsword Seiyuu: Yuuki Ono (Zhao Yun Gundam in SD Gundam Sangokuden)Īll characters are officially decloned now. Seiyuu: Hiroki Takahashi (Eiji Kikumaru in Prince of Tennis, Ryu in SFIV series) Seiyuu: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Uso Ewin in Mobile Suit V Gundam, Sunohara in Clannad, Shinpachi in Gintama) Seiyuu: Hideyuki Tanaka (Leo Aoilia in Saint Seiya, Gilliam Yager in SRW) Seiyuu: Taiten Kusunoki (Antonio Lopez in Tiger & Bunny) Seiyuu: Kosuke Toriumi (Kiba in Naruto, Captain Ash in Gundam AGE, Yuri Lowell in Tales of Vasperia) Seiyuu: Kentaro Ito (Chouji in Naruto, Renji in Bleach)