Wuthering Waves Hands-On GDC Preview: "Another Open-World ARPG With A Very Strong Hook"

While combat was a showcase of improvements and innovations, the brief amount of open world traversal/hub navigation available in the hands-on indicates that Wuthering Waves exploration will be a solid bedrock of what already works in the genre. Grappling hooks, gliders, and sprinting were all options, and each was implemented smoothly. There's also a parkour system that lets characters run up walls/cliffsides, which is a nice touch and an improvement on the slow climb other titles tend to h


As mentioned above, you have two main mechanics to prevent damage from enemy attacks apart from shields. You can either dodge at the right time or use an attack when the enemies' attack shows a Weakness Halo . However, the second method is far better whenever possible as it also deals massive damage to the enemy's Vibration


Sonance Casket is a crucial resource in Wuthering Waves . Players can exchange it with a Relic Merchant in Jinzhou city for various rewards. The more you collect, the more the merchant will offer rewards. Luckily, Central Plains has many Sonance Caskets that will surely help Rovers satisfy the Relic Merch


Danjin heavily relies on her Heavy Attack to heal and deal damage, so bringing along Mortefi is a great choice. Mortefi's Outro Skill increases the next character's Heavy Attack damage by a massive 38 perc


Head northeast towards Jinzhou City and grab the relic from the hill. If it’s not there, you've probably picked it up during the tutorial when heading to Jinzhou for the first time with the other characters in Wuthering Wav


Tutorials & Mechanics Guides How to Unlock Dailies How to Skip Cutscenes How to Increase Player Union Level How to Fast Travel How to Test Run Characters How To Take Photos & Where to Find Saved Photos How To Change Time How to Play In Co-Op Mode How To Get Money (Shell Credits) How To Get Astrite How to Lower Difficulty How to Increase The Data Bank How to Use Echo Pity How to Super Jump How to Upgrade Weapons How to Increase Stamina Daily Reset Time Intro & Outro Skill What are Waveplates? How to use Sensor and Levitator Combat System Guide How to Farm Data Bank EXP How to Find Chests How To Use Gilded Ginkgo Golden Eternal Weapons How To Fly In Rinascita How To Get And Use Mon


You can get used to the combat and attack sequence in the game after a little practice, but they won't be of any use if you don't know what your enemies can do. As you reach different areas and move around the map, you'll find various enemies belonging to different groups . Each one of these enemy types has something special about t


Other important items for the various shops available in Wuthering Waves are both Oscillate and Afterglow Coral, alongside Waveplates and Crystal Solvents. Coral is a resource accumulated during convenes that is given out in greater excess when acquiring a character or weapon the player already had; it's most obvious use is accumulating more Tides but it can be spent on other things for more patient players. Waveplates are tied to the game's energy resource system, allowing players to complete more content by topping up their Wavematt

You either add Sanhua to maximize the DMG of their Basic ATK or Jianxin to do the same for their Ultimate. Danjin can give them a 23% Havoc DMG, but you’re going to lose a great DPS just to Outro buff Havoc Ro


This prevents you from smashing all your ability buttons as soon as they're ready and actually forces you to pay attention to the enemy's movement . You might get past early-game combat without too much thinking, but it'll be a detriment to not learn to take it slow during the late g


Both Calcharo and Xiangli Yao are practically free characters to an extent, so it's unfortunate for Calcharo that Xiangli Yao is much better than him. Unlike Calcharo's unforgiving rotations and frequent interruptions, Xiangli Yao is much easier to use and more forgiv


While the environment and scenery are visually fairly indistinct from what we saw, they were interesting enough, with materials to gather, enemies to defeat, and puzzles to solve. We played through a brief logic puzzle that was just above the boss fight demo, and it was a Tetris block-style conundrum that was a fun distraction. Obviously, one puzzle isn't enough to judge an entire game's worth of open world content so it's mostly speculation at this point, but based on other closed beta impressions/streams it **looks like the world of Wuthering Waves updates Waves will have more than enough on offer to keep people interested in its early days


As a Havoc damage-dealer, the best Sonata Effect set to use with Danjin is the Sun-Sinking Eclipse set. This set will provide increased Havoc damage , as well as increased Havoc damage after using Basic and Heavy Attacks, which are the bread and butter of Danjin's


For example, different types of Prisms have immunity to their respective type of damage, and you won't be able to do much if your DPS belongs to that type . Whenever you get close to an enemy type for the first time, you'll see a tutorial giving you their basic description. It's highly recommended to read these before moving forw