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[Red]

I really like the tunic of the wild. Brown and green has always been my favorite tunic combo, never liked the white sleeves or tights. I wish the tunic would lose or redesign the elf hat though.

 

[JimPanzer]

ok, I've got 3/4 beasts and still no tier 2 armor upgrades...where do I get them?

 

[MGrant]

Breath of the Wild is still much more challenging than most RPGs in its advanced phases. Lightnings can still destroy you, guardians can still destroy you especially if they get close enough (not to mention there are several parts of the map where there are many of them that attack you at the same time), lynels still take a lot of time to go down and have dangerous movesets (even more so the buffed ones), and even buffed lizalfos can be a problem considering how broken some of their weapons are (try to go in one of their camps when it rains, enjoy getting fucked by lightning arrows). And obviously weapon degradation has its weight in this as well.

But aside from this, going from being a scrub that risks getting 1shot by a fucking blu bokoblin to gaining the powers of the Hero, the only person on Hyrule that can actually defeat the Calamity Ganon, is called sense of progression, and the entire premise of the game needs this to happen. It doesn't make any sense for the game to keep throwing at you more and more buffed scrubs that can easily kill you. At some point, it kinda have to make sense that you're strong enough to stomp enemies, otherwise how the fuck are you supposed to beat "a primal evil that has endured over the ages".

Guardians are a joke with the

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Master Sword

, and even more of one when you have

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Ancient Arrows

or learn to parry lasers. Lynels are the hardest enemies in the game, but they're damage sponges more than anything. Their attacks are easy to backflip and crit arrows interrupt their projectile attacks. If you don't feel like farming them,

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Ancient Arrows will drop one in one shot, but you lose the drops

.

I agree with you about a sense of progression, but perhaps it goes too far here. It's not like Morrowind or Shin Megami Tensei, where you have to really plan and exploit the games' systems to break them; the game is trivialized simply by playing as intended, at a fairly early point in its content. I'm really looking forward to the DLC, though, and I hope for a SMT-style optional megaboss in addition to a good hard mode.

 

[Red]

ok, I've got 3/4 beasts and still no tier 2 armor upgrades...where do I get them?

I think you have to

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find a great fairy who upgrades them using monster parts

. At least, that's the only way I've found. I haven't been to any towns yet.

 

[Anteo]

That's it thought ain't it? I think it would better serve folks to finish the game the intended way and then have a second account to access that after the game is complete.

Idk of its because of enemy scaling or just how its programed but

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the attacks were different in the boss rudh compared to the fighy in the divine beasts. Fireblight projectiles were smaller in hyrule castle for whartever reason. It was also posible to cheese with bomb arrows because there was no heat stoping you from using them.

 

[Kinsei]

ok, I've got 3/4 beasts and still no tier 2 armor upgrades...where do I get them?

Great Fairy locations

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In the forest beside Kakriko
Beside Tarrey Town
In the leviathan skeleton in Gerudo Desert
No clue where the fourth is yet.

 

[TheGoreMagala]

Where's the Hylian Shield and tunic of the Wild at?

Also what are all the Kakariko sidequests? I'm trying to do them all but I have and don't see any more exclamation points

 

[AppleSautts]

Blood Moons are glitched, right? I just had 4 in 2 nights.

 

[Kinsei]

Where's the Hylian Shield and tunic of the Wild at?

Hylian Shield:

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In Hyrule Castle

Tunic of the Wild:

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It's the reward for finishing all 120 shrines.

 

[Deku Tree]

Blood Moons are glitched, right? I just had 4 in 2 nights.

It's RNG but you have a higher chance to get it the more enemies you killed since the last one.

 

[JonCha]

Just had a really cool moment: I glided into the

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water divine beast

without being able to go in it and got blasted away from it and into the water.

 

[Red]

Idk of its because of enemy scaling or just how its programed but

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the attacks were different in the boss rudh compared to the fighy in the divine beasts. Fireblight projectiles were smaller in hyrule castle for whartever reason. It was also posible to cheese with bomb arrows because there was no heat stoping you from using them.

Could all be true; I went to Hyrule castle before fighting any bosses but reloaded my save once the

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Ganons

appeared. Didn't want to do the end game. Still haven't gone into a dungeon, so I have no idea what the differences are. I still think there is more value in having

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boss rush as a post-game bonus, which requires some extra work in BotW but can be done by creating a separate account and saving outside the sanctum before defeating any bosses

 

[MGrant]

Where's the Hylian Shield and tunic of the Wild at?

Also what are all the Kakariko sidequests? I'm trying to do them all but I have and don't see any more exclamation points

Hint:

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Try visiting people in their homes at night.

 

[Red]

Great Fairy locations

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In the forest beside Kakriko
Beside Tarrey Town
In the leviathan skeleton in Gerudo Desert
No clue where the fourth is yet.

Wait wait wait

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is the leviathan skeleton the giant ribcage sheltering three moblins and some lizalfos patrols? I went there very early in my game and did not see a great fairy.

The only fairy I've found was by Tabantha (?) tower, inside a cactus. Hard to miss from the tower.

 

[The Lamp]

I kind of wish that in future titles they'll put companions and a more distinct antagonist back in. It fits Calamity Ganon but I still miss my big bad monologue before the final fight.

I also want a real damn Zora water temple and water gameplay with unlimited swim stamina/underwater swimming. The waterfall feature of the tunic is boring.

 

[TheGoreMagala]

If you leave weapons on the floor of your house will they stay there?

 

[MGrant]

Wait wait wait

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is the leviathan skeleton the giant ribcage sheltering three moblins and some lizalfos patrols? I went there very early in my game and did not see a great fairy.

No,

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the Great Fairy is further to the west. If you see a sandstorm, you're going the right way.

 

[victreeb3l]

Accidentally dropped a shield close to my horse instead of removing it and we all got struck by lightning. Somehow we survived the ordeal.

Fed him mad apples to say sorry lol

 

[Matbtz]

Will that set by chance make you better at climbing when it rains or is Link still fucked?

The bonus set

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reduce the amount of stamina used when you jump so in the sense yo can climb a little more easily minor cliffs when it's raining...

 

[Red]

No,

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the Great Fairy is further to the west. If you see a sandstorm, you're going the right way.

I hauled ass riding a sand seal through a sandstorm down there to scout things out, but I had like no weapons and really hurried through. Probably went right past it.

 

[Dice]

Can't play to check right now: I haven't used map markers (not pins) yet but probably should. You get infinite amount, right?

 

[Matbtz]

Huh? They never gave me clothes. How?


You can see it on the map

No nobody gave me the clothes, you have to find them

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in shrines

(for the climbing set) or

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hidden treasure chest /sidequest for the Zora

set

 

[RPGCrazied]

Finished. At least 70 hours. The ending was rather weak in my eyes. Still in my top 3 Zelda games. Wish it had a new game plus feature.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Blood Moons are glitched, right? I just had 4 in 2 nights.

It happens more often in the Mt Lanaryu region.

I'm pretty sure it's a glitch.

 

[Addi]

Haha, the arms of Lizaflos skeletons are actually boomerangs!

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

So because a lot of you have played the game for like a lot of hours and I'm still in the early stages of the game, any best strats yet on farming rupees the quickest/easier way yet?

 

[Deku Tree]

Can't play to check right now: I haven't used map markers (not pins) yet but probably should. You get infinite amount, right?

You get 100 of them.

 

[Rodin]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Shocking.

 

[Exterminieren]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Ooh, that'll cause a stir.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Shocking.

There's a potion for that

 

[Wyndstryker]

Can't play to check right now: I haven't used map markers (not pins) yet but probably should. You get infinite amount, right?

100 markers which is at least more than enough for me. Dunno who would actually have 100 markers up at once

 

[dh4niel]

Pretty sure I get a blood moon every 3 or so hours. It's not a big deal but I hate having to watch the cut scene every time.

 

[Markitron]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

The score is low. but I'd agree with all of his issues with the game. I detest the durability and stamina systems.

 

[Matbtz]

Pretty sure I get a blood moon every 3 or so hours. It's not a big deal but I hate having to watch the cut scene every time.

Yeah it's pretty bad we can't disable it at all but you can at least pass it after 1-2s

 

[WrenchNinja]

So because a lot of you have played the game for like a lot of hours and I'm still in the early stages of the game, any best strats yet on farming rupees the quickest/easier way yet?

If you're early game, you've probably got Kakariko and Hateno village. There's a farm a little north of Hateno with a dude with a minigame who wants you to kill as many deer in a minute. Kill as many as you can and you'll get prime meat or whatever.

Go to a cooking pot and cook two of those meat together, you'll get a meat skewer that's worth 60 rupees.

If you don't want to waste your weapons and arrows on deer, just spam bombs on them.

There are also boar in the minigame. Meat from them, when cooked, is worth 20 rupees

 

[Rodin]

Pretty sure I get a blood moon every 3 or so hours. It's not a big deal but I hate having to watch the cut scene every time.

Can't you just skip it?

Anyway i don't get it that often either.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Mining ore and completing side quests

Thanks for that also found this video on it.
Apparently this minigame is best way to farm as well?

If you're early game, you've probably got Kakariko and Hateno village. There's a farm a little north of Hateno with a dude with a minigame who wants you to kill as many deer in a minute. Kill as many as you can and you'll get prime meat or whatever.

Go to a cooking pot and cook two of those meat together, you'll get a meat skewer that's worth 60 rupees.

If you don't want to waste your weapons and arrows on deer, just spam bombs on them.

There are also boar in the minigame. Meat from them, when cooked, is worth 20 rupees

Yeah I'm in that area thanks for the tips!

 

[dh4niel]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Lol.

 

[RichiRamjag]

I really like the tunic of the wild. Brown and green has always been my favorite tunic combo, never liked the white sleeves or tights. I wish the tunic would lose or redesign the elf hat though.

Isn't it the only hat like that in the game?

 

[JoeM86]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Oh boy.

I wonder how this'll affect the metacritic score haha

 

[Aldric]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Obviously.

 

[Majukun]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

there it goes the metacritic average.
I must say, I agree with very little of what he said in his review, but it's his opinions so, who cares.

 

[Lilo_D]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Always welcome as long as he speak his opinion loud
We do have a lot of praise already
Need more balance here

 

[13ruce]

Oh boy.

I wonder how this'll affect the metacritic score haha

It won't.

 

[Totakeke]

Cool, finally a review that gives a number of people what they want.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Oh damn, I did not expect that at all. I didn't read any reviews of this game but what are his main complaints?

 

[Anteo]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

Its 97 all over again

 

[Ocarina_117]

Quite late, but Jim Sterling has his review now up

http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-review/

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7/10

A fair review. It was clear a while ago he didn't quite take to the game as well as the majority have.

No doubt this shall be the review championed as the only fair review in a few months time.

 

[LotusHD]

Cool, finally a review that gives a number of people what they want.

Lol everybody wins