General

[quote=vKouya]The whole body count thing adds every time you hit a critical. It stacks up to 5 counts and it'll never reset unless you either rebuff or use those bodies when using assassinate. When landing a critical, a body is accumulate instantly and allows you to earn 6att(I think) per count on your next buff with shadower's instinct. Your range however does not fluctuate with body counts unless using assassinate. In short, always rebuff with max 5 body counts to get your full range.
I may have forgotten key points, feel free to fill in any holes

Edit: ninja'd-read above post[/quote]

Not crits, just regular attacks from skills give body counts. I think you got mixed up with flip the coin, cause that one requires crits to activate.

OT:
To add to what was mentioned:
-using nate when you have 5 body counts gives 150% total damage, using DS also gives another 150% total damage
-if you have 5 body counts and you use the first nate, the bonus will be applied to the first and final nate (both nates), you can see the body count icon stays even after the first nate
-if you have 5 counts and you use with the final nate, the bonus only applies for the final nate, therefore the body count icon will always disappear once you complete the final nate
-by using meso explosion, if there are 5 or more coins that hit a monster, you can immediately gain 5 body counts since each hit is separately as opposed to being one single attack. This is a useful way to rebuff your shadow instinct.

The whole body count thing adds every time you hit a critical. It stacks up to 5 counts and it'll never reset unless you either rebuff or use those bodies when using assassinate. When landing a critical, a body is accumulate instantly and allows you to earn 6att(I think) per count on your next buff with shadower's instinct. Your range however does not fluctuate with body counts unless using assassinate. In short, always rebuff with max 5 body counts to get your full range.
I may have forgotten key points, feel free to fill in any holes

Edit: ninja'd-read above post

Two ways to use Shadower Instinct:
1. Accumulate Body Counts with attack skills, max Body Count is 5. Activate Shadower Instinct for a weapon attack buff. 6 attack for each Body Count accumulated + current level, so level 1 Shadower Instinct can give you 31 attack. Level 20 gives 50 attack.
You will see two Shadower Instinct buff icons at the top right, the one without the little numbers is the buff. The other one shows the amount of Body Count you have.
2. Using Assassinate after accumulating 5 Body Counts gives Assassinate extra damage(I think it's like 50% more damage or something, correction needed). Dark Sight also gives more extra damage. Both 5 Body Counts and Dark Sight can stack.

Well just farm leaves for mesos and then buy items with the mesos earned