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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
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Starwolf_UK
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I liked the little touch that happens in Area 15 (or was it 16, my tiredness is making it hard to recall), which is
As previously said quest givers are ! on the map. You might like to have a notepad and jot down the time you found the person for those NPCs which walk round (but you end up with some redundant info since not all quests require you to return to the NPC). Since most people are active daytime or night it might be better to find their spwan points at those times. Though in the case of others they are active at unusal times or stand in the same spot for a few hours.
use it for most/nearly all(?) of their artes (
says in a cutscene
). As for agility. Its accuracy and evade with weight reducing the stat (you could use agility+ gems to counteract heavier equipment).
I should have a look and see if the instruction manual mentions these...
new battle theme. Given the context of the area it kind of makes sense
I've ordered from Gamestop.com and UPS shipping to the UK was fully tracked, cost $15 and was in my hands within 48 hours. #rubbingsaltinwoundSecretMoblin said:
There are some skills which grant 30 second buffs if it pressed at the correct time. I think it also boosts tension.Ulthwe said:
For the second oneTorraz said:
there is a beach/cave/water area which I think was in a cave which is near the park area. Jump off and swim round to it. The monster is found in that area.
As previously said quest givers are ! on the map. You might like to have a notepad and jot down the time you found the person for those NPCs which walk round (but you end up with some redundant info since not all quests require you to return to the NPC). Since most people are active daytime or night it might be better to find their spwan points at those times. Though in the case of others they are active at unusal times or stand in the same spot for a few hours.
My understanding is Ether is basically magic, (character names)Quote said:
Sharla and Melia
Sharla
she has to load it into the gun, unlike Melia who can summon it naturally
I should have a look and see if the instruction manual mentions these...
CruxisMana
Member
gamingeek said:
I used Firefox and the 70mb pause method worked the first time.
Same here. Sometimes an objective can be very vague, some hints in what general direction I should be looking for would help.sublimit said:
Or sometimes I just can't find it and need to search every nook and cranny
. Like the granny wanting to give her grandson cookies; where in the world in the residential area is he? I feel like going in circles sometimes.Otherwise; splendid game! Also; ordered from Amazon.co.uk, took 3 working days to arrive (I'm in the Netherlands).
Lord Ghirahim
Member
gamingeek said:
Pause it every few seconds, it will work on firefox.
CruxisMana said:
Why the hell should we have to pause the file? It should bloody work from the get go.
They have this stupid time limit period of when you can download it too and the UK contact email form doesn't even work so you can't even submit a help contact request.
I even contacted the webmaster to tell them about the tech fault with the form. The website as a whole is running like shit.
It's definitely broken.
I just read this:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960564-xenoblade-chronicles/60055585
I just read this:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960564-xenoblade-chronicles/60055585
pancakesandsex
Member
Nice avatar change sac.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
Delivery today. Believe. The magic 8 ball said so three times yesterday.
InternHertz
Member
Damn got to do the shopping for the week now (otherwise I wouldn't eat and that I can't do).
But I want to play so bad...hopefully in 2 hours max I'm back!
89:40, level 71 for now, got one named to pwn before advancing the story and kick someone's butt to the ground. Hope I'll beat it because if I go too far he's going to go away.
But I want to play so bad...hopefully in 2 hours max I'm back!
89:40, level 71 for now, got one named to pwn before advancing the story and kick someone's butt to the ground. Hope I'll beat it because if I go too far he's going to go away.
waytofailself
Neo Member
I hope you all get it. I'm doubtful I get mine just because I'm pessimistic like that and I have yet to hear of anyone who ordered from ASDA getting theirs. But they were the people who would accept my CC info to even make an order, so what can I do, right?
If I had to guess, I'd say my package is probably sitting in my local post office while the people there drool. They HATE dealing with international stuff and will just let it rot, I've had it happen before with other stuff.
If I had to guess, I'd say my package is probably sitting in my local post office while the people there drool. They HATE dealing with international stuff and will just let it rot, I've had it happen before with other stuff.
RPGCrazied
Member
Wow. Is this Zavvi rep this dumb?
First she says:
Then I ask if she could please do this earlier, just so I can be at peace. Then she says:
So, which is it? You can or you can't? ;/
First she says:
Then I ask if she could please do this earlier, just so I can be at peace. Then she says:
So, which is it? You can or you can't? ;/
slaughterking
Member
They probably can't. 5/9/11 is when you can contact them for an additional delivery and such.
They don't have a tracking number, but if you haven't received it by that given date, I believe they will try to find where it is located by contacting the post offices. I believe it's something like that.
And at least Zavvi answers your inquiries. GAME hasn't even responded to mine.
And at least Zavvi answers your inquiries. GAME hasn't even responded to mine.
Yeah that's been my experience with a few online stores, they claim they'll try and chase it up. Of course I'm not entirely sure if they actually do or it's just a "say whatever to get this pestering customer off our backs and hope it arrives in that time", but either way, seems like they won't do anything until that date.MicH said:
RPGCrazied
Member
MicH said:
You are in EU right? How can you be waiting so long? Some dude in here is from Texas, got his from GAME in like 6 or 7 days.
Starwolf_UK
Member
I don't think they even do that. It far more time/cost effective to just write it off as a loss. Their insurance or Royal Mail will refund them anyway. When running such businesses you have to account for a small percentage of orders getting lost like this.MicH said:
It is also why orders above a certain cost automatically going to couriers as I recall Royal Mail limiting claims at a certain cost (it was below £100).
RPGCrazied
Member
legend166 said:
They are just inconsistent from what I'm gathering. Cause SecretMoblin is from the states and got his from Zavvi 2 day ago. I don't eve think its been a week in shipping.
HiddenAway
Member
sublimit said:I think i was searching for about 2 hours for her damned grandson until i eventually gave up.
I'm gonna give it another try when i'll play the game later today.
Residential Area - at night, usually punching a tree (IIRC)
JumpingTheGun
Banned
RPGCRazied for the love of God I hope you get yours delivered today.
Same with me. I sat and just stared at my Homebrew screen with the Gecko icon on it last night while "Fields of Machinae" played in the background. Almost shed a tear. Almost.
Same with me. I sat and just stared at my Homebrew screen with the Gecko icon on it last night while "Fields of Machinae" played in the background. Almost shed a tear. Almost.
Well, you aren't listening either, are you? People are telling you for a week that a delivery from Europe can take up to two or three weeks. What is Zavvi supposed to do? You have chosen a free shipping service without a tracking number. Why do you think you could suddenly demand one? What did you expect? If you wanted the game as quickly as possible, then why have you chosen a free service?RPGCrazied said:
Katana_Strikes
Member
Just got to the top of
Holy cow, it keeps on going and going and going. I managed to level up from bottom to top lol
Currently at lvl 38 now. Not really doing many of the side quests TBH, there's a lot of fetch quests and going backwards and forwards so it's not really that fun for me. Game's pretty darn easy so doing the quests aren't essential.
Gotta say though, this is definitely one of my fave RPGs, not just this gen but ever. Somewhere in the Top 10 for sure. Well worth buying a Wii for alone if you in anyway love RPGs. It's a beautiful game, that's huge in size and scale with a lot going for it. I thought it was a bit of a slow start but once you get in, it hooks you. Also warming to the characters more, where before they didn't feel all that likeable.
Nopon Village.
Currently at lvl 38 now. Not really doing many of the side quests TBH, there's a lot of fetch quests and going backwards and forwards so it's not really that fun for me. Game's pretty darn easy so doing the quests aren't essential.
Gotta say though, this is definitely one of my fave RPGs, not just this gen but ever. Somewhere in the Top 10 for sure. Well worth buying a Wii for alone if you in anyway love RPGs. It's a beautiful game, that's huge in size and scale with a lot going for it. I thought it was a bit of a slow start but once you get in, it hooks you. Also warming to the characters more, where before they didn't feel all that likeable.
So I started writing this because I'm 20 hours in and it feels like I'm quite often discovering new things that aren't explained properly, or that I simply forgot after reading the tutorial once. Please guys, write stuff I can add and we can link to this post for new players to read. No spoilers guys!
Less Obvious Things About Xenoblade aka The Stuff You May Have Missed FAQ
General
- You can fast travel to any landmark on any map by going to the menu, then Area Maps.
- When monsters drop loot, you can tell by the chest they drop if you got normal junk loot or "rare" loot (the ones you usually need for quests and collectopedia). Brown wooden chest = normal loot. Blue/grey chest = rare loot. Gold chest = Unique Monster loot.
- You can set the quest menu to only show incomplete quests by pressing Y and choosing "current" (quests where you have finished at least one objective) or "new" (quests where you haven't finished any objectives).
- Quests with a clock in front of them will become unavailable after certain points in the story, but apparently this is nothing to worry about and happens far into the game.
- In the Affinity Chart menu, you can see which times certain NPCs will be out and about. It won't show you exactly where they are though.
- There is a clock around the mini-map.
Items
- If you go into the Item screen, then to the "Collectables" tab, you can gift items to your party members to increase affinity. Just choose an item, press A, and then "present".
- In the Item screen, a blue "!" on top of an item means that item will be useful in a future sidequest. Save it!
Skills
- In the skill menu, you can choose one of three skill trees for a character to follow. You learn skills from top to bottom.
- If you press the "-" button on this screen, you will reach the Skill Links screen. Here, the character can "borrow" skills from other characters, to equip on him/herself. The number of skills you can borrow depend on the affinity level between the characters. Each skill you borrow costs a number of "affinity coins" which you get for, amongst other things, defeating Unique Monsters.
- The thin yellow bar under your characters HP shows how close you are to learning a new skill.
Battle
- There is something called "tension" in battle. You can see how high a characters tension is by looking at their portrait. If they look sad, they're low on tension. If they're angry, they're high. If they're burning, goddamn!
- Tension makes you more likely to score crits and less likely to miss.
- You increase tension by pressing the B button correctly at the beginning of and during battles.
Less Obvious Things About Xenoblade aka The Stuff You May Have Missed FAQ
General
- You can fast travel to any landmark on any map by going to the menu, then Area Maps.
- When monsters drop loot, you can tell by the chest they drop if you got normal junk loot or "rare" loot (the ones you usually need for quests and collectopedia). Brown wooden chest = normal loot. Blue/grey chest = rare loot. Gold chest = Unique Monster loot.
- You can set the quest menu to only show incomplete quests by pressing Y and choosing "current" (quests where you have finished at least one objective) or "new" (quests where you haven't finished any objectives).
- Quests with a clock in front of them will become unavailable after certain points in the story, but apparently this is nothing to worry about and happens far into the game.
- In the Affinity Chart menu, you can see which times certain NPCs will be out and about. It won't show you exactly where they are though.
- There is a clock around the mini-map.
Items
- If you go into the Item screen, then to the "Collectables" tab, you can gift items to your party members to increase affinity. Just choose an item, press A, and then "present".
- In the Item screen, a blue "!" on top of an item means that item will be useful in a future sidequest. Save it!
Skills
- In the skill menu, you can choose one of three skill trees for a character to follow. You learn skills from top to bottom.
- If you press the "-" button on this screen, you will reach the Skill Links screen. Here, the character can "borrow" skills from other characters, to equip on him/herself. The number of skills you can borrow depend on the affinity level between the characters. Each skill you borrow costs a number of "affinity coins" which you get for, amongst other things, defeating Unique Monsters.
- The thin yellow bar under your characters HP shows how close you are to learning a new skill.
Battle
- There is something called "tension" in battle. You can see how high a characters tension is by looking at their portrait. If they look sad, they're low on tension. If they're angry, they're high. If they're burning, goddamn!
- Tension makes you more likely to score crits and less likely to miss.
- You increase tension by pressing the B button correctly at the beginning of and during battles.
Starwolf_UK
Member
I'm missing something from there too. Anyway, did a quick look on Gamefaqs:JerkShep said:
Just remember that each ball of light has its own drop table with a certain of list of percentages.http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960564-xenoblade-chronicles/60104079 said:
The Japanese wiki has a full list of percentages for each (and you can find which NPCs you can trade for it with), not got time to check though. Sorry.
Just reached the
and I like it .
Got a question about 2 locked areas in Makna forest :
Valak mountain
so many caves, ledges overcrossing, walls to climb, it can make you dizzy with all the weird angles. And the skylamp crystals at night are a nice touch, though i would have chosen another glow than yellow, it reminds me too much of piss on snow >.<
Got a question about 2 locked areas in Makna forest :
the Orugal camp closed by a barrier, and the Agni tomb, are related to the main quest or are they for sidequests?
RPGCrazied
Member
JumpingTheGun said:
Thanks for wishing me luck! Don't get that much. I hope you get yours too!
Franchuzas87
Member
55 hours, level 69, and I'm just front of a level 70 boss (
).
I guess the final straight starts here and now. So excited. But I have to go out and probably can not play until the evening
Egil
I guess the final straight starts here and now. So excited. But I have to go out and probably can not play until the evening
pancakesandsex
Member
Kandinsky said:
Also lolrdmmelee
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
I'm kinda thinking today would be a beautiful day for it.
RPGCrazied
Member
Not that it means anything for America, but Gametrailers posted new videos from GC? What convention is that? Also its from the EU version. :lol
Salt to the wounds.
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/xenoblade/11433
Also, I'm sure there are spoilers in there, GT likes to do that in videos. Be warned.
Salt to the wounds.
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/xenoblade/11433
Also, I'm sure there are spoilers in there, GT likes to do that in videos. Be warned.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
DownLikeBCPowder said:
my thoughts exactly.
HiddenAway
Member
RPGCrazied said:
Gamescom in Germany (last week)