Yeah follow the lines to your goal, took me a little while to figure that out too.
104 hours played, just a few more optional quests to do then time to go for tempered. Started using Lance around hour 95 and I really like it, using a mix of Diablos and Uragaan for guard/bludgeoning bonus. Awesome being able to block everything between guard and super guard.
I tried dual swords for a few hours and not my thing(though being sick might be hindering my outlook), I still have yet to put any time into any type of switch weapon or Insect Glaive.
Top weapons of choice for me are:
Hammer
Lance
Bow
Greatsword would be up there too but the highs and lows of that weapon are insane, sometimes I just smash the face and win way faster than any other weapon other times I seem to miss all the time and it feels bad man. That and after using the Baezul blast lance tier 8 I can sever break and sever limbs just as efficiently.
I check out my history of hours played, I have never hit over 100 in such a short amount of time. Between PS4 and PC though Darksouls 3 and Nioh likely have 120-160 hours played each.
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