For those wanting to understand the combat changes, its all about mastering the new trigger attack system which flows into extended combos. Watch carefully for enemy glows that signal your opening to start chains - hitting trigger right as they flash lets you smoothly transition into flow attacks for big damage. Keeping track of your stamina is crucial since it gates your special moves, and positioning matters way more in these wider spaces.

The real trick is maintaining combo pressure while staying mobile across the open terrain. Your bread and butter will be launching foes with a well-timed trigger, following up with aerial flow chains, then finishing with either a ground slam or musou attack depending on your resources. Environmental hazards like oil barrels can create nice openings, and the grappling hook helps you quickly reposition or escape when things get dicey. Maybe interesting - elemental effects from weapon attributes can stack up nicely if you time your flow attack transitions right.

Getting used to the reactive dodge timing takes practice but its essential for harder fights when enemies start throwing out unblockable attacks. Keep an eye on stamina management and dont blow everything on one combo string unless youre sure you can finish them off.