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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.

bubnbob said:
RPGCrazied, what is that on your Wii? A skin?

i was wondering the same thing. It looks like a Wii, but at the same time it doesnt. And why does your sensor bar have headlights? Is that whats underneath those shiny black ends?
 

bubnbob

Banned
JumpingTheGun said:
i was wondering the same thing. It looks like a Wii, but at the same time it doesnt. And why does your sensor bar have headlights? Is that whats underneath those shiny black ends?

Cameras pick up the IR from the sensor bars, that's why it shows lights. Any other electronic does the same thing.
 

grumpy

Member
RPGCrazied said:
I finally got it! I know most of you have beat it by now, or just don't care, but I did promise a picture. :p

Thanks gaffer!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/RPGCrazied/Picture628.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]


[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDajqW561KM&feature=related"]Congratulations![/URL]

Really happy for you, buddy!
 

Mudo

Member
RPGcrazied, I am really glad you got the game as scheduled today so you know that I was not scamming you lol! And I'm VERY glad I was able to help you out. Now make sure you keep us updated with your progress =)
 

Kaizer

Banned
RPGCrazied said:
Thanks all. This game is awesome. Why isn't this coming to the states again? Shame NoA! I feel an all nighter coming on, just how awesome it is. I haven't done one of those in a very long time.
I'm glad you finally get to experience the awesomeness. Btw I think we have the same tv.
 

Ledsen

Member
Salih said:
i would say it looks kinda like a NES.

wii-nes-revolution-skin.jpg
 

RPGCrazied

Member
Yes, its a Wii skin, the NES one.

My TV is a samsung 32" 720p

My sensor bar just came out like that from my webcam. lol I don't know why its so bright. I'm still playing! Is that a shock?
 

Mudo

Member
Nope! First time I played I think I logged around 8 hours, which is CRAZY for me. And I was still in the first area! Just remember to get up and take a break every couple hours. I don't wanna see you on the 9 o'clock news having keeled over from GAME ADDICTION =)
 

RPGCrazied

Member
Nah. I have breaks for dinner and bathroom breaks. I'm not that addicted to gaming. :p Been playing all day. Just reached the plains and omg its huge.
 

McNum

Member
RPGCrazied said:
My sensor bar just came out like that from my webcam. lol I don't know why its so bright. I'm still playing! Is that a shock?
Your webcam is able to see infrared lights. Most digital cameras can do that. Those lights are what the Wii Remotes uses to aim.
 
Haha, nice one you got it!
Glad you're enjoying it
I'm taking a few days break from it while TGS is on, so you don't have to worry about missing out on the ride, there's still plenty of us playing through it :D
 

LProtag

Member
Yeah I'm taking my time with this. I don't think I'm going to complete all the quests... I just can't do it.

Question about skills though.
Are the 4th and 5th skill trees really worth it? Or only in certain cases?
 

Mudo

Member
Yeah the Guar Plains were o_O the first time I ran up that hill to them. And then you keep on trucking and will be continually blown away by each successive area like that (at least as far as I have gotten).

Has NOA said a word about the game since it's European release? I remember there being a cryptic remark by them that they were going to watch and see what happened etc etc. Not that it matters at this point to many of us in the U.S., but I'm interested to see if they will ever publicly have anything at all to say about the game.
 

RPGCrazied

Member
Mudo said:
Yeah the Guar Plains were o_O the first time I ran up that hill to them. And then you keep on trucking and will be continually blown away by each successive area like that (at least as far as I have gotten).

Has NOA said a word about the game since it's European release? I remember there being a cryptic remark by them that they were going to watch and see what happened etc etc. Not that it matters at this point to many of us in the U.S., but I'm interested to see if they will ever publicly have anything at all to say about the game.

I think that's all they said. They were just going to watch sales. If it does get released, it probably won't be until next year. They don't want anything to go against skyward sword.
 

Zornica

Banned
InsertNameHere said:
Question about skills though.
Are the 4th and 5th skill trees really worth it? Or only in certain cases?

if you just want to finish the main story, you wont need them. but if you are planing on killing those lvl 100+ uniques they really come in handy


endgame 100+ boss question

today i killed that lvl 108 boss 3 times without any problems, that lvl 105 mechon too, but the lvl 115 boss on valak mountain still refuses to die. is he the hardest? or is the lvl 120 dragon stronger? also: does day/night time matter? (like all the other enemies in that area which gain some strengh at night.)
 

CoolS

Member
Made it through the mountains and now reached
Sword Valley
.
I am level 53 now and about 55 hours. And after being overleveled for the last 3 or 4 zones, suddenly the enemies are on my level again. Ist that normal?
Got killed by a huge level 53 enemy just now.

As for the story bit at the end of Valak Mountain:

Finally confirmation that Mumkhar is alive and he is the Metal Face. Why can he remember everything though when others can't? And the encounter with the golden Mechon Egil was also very impressive. Holy shit impressive.
But what I loved most was Dunban action and his dialogue. SO good, I just love his character :)
 
InsertNameHere said:
Question about skills though.
Are the 4th and 5th skill trees really worth it? Or only in certain cases?
There are a few nice skills on them (these all 4th tree: equipment weight -10, Ether+75, all double attacks become critical hits) and they are much quicker to master than the main 3 but it depends on how you're playing, if its get to the end ignore quest, keep doing that as some of them are down various sidequest trees which is annoying if you've not kept up on doing the quests. As for 5th tree. Nearly all of them need you to be at postgame levels to complete them so if you want the final dungeon or final bosses to have any difficulty whatsoever, ignore those.

I can't remember your party
so can't comment on whose to go for without potentially spoiling you (also not fully recalling the trees doesn't help).
 

Salih

Member
the armor-designs in this game are awesome. so i took some time and made some screenshots via Dolphin of my favourite armor-sets - spoilers, for those who care! some of them you can only get from ~ lvl90+ bosses.

Shulk
http://i.imgur.com/rUWdX.jpg

Reyn
http://i.imgur.com/uKMRN.jpg

3rd party member
http://i.imgur.com/kfx6Z.jpg

4th party member
http://i.imgur.com/LIaTY.jpg

5th party member
http://i.imgur.com/7Np6C.jpg

6th party member
http://i.imgur.com/05Km0.jpg

7th party member
http://i.imgur.com/qjdAp.jpg
 
Netto-kun said:
Woho, by chance I passed by a store which had several copies of the game. :D But I probably won't touch the game for some time since I am getting Tales of Xillia tomorrow.

Japanese import of Tales of Xillia? Or does EU get another game that the US wont get? I swear i may turn into an import fiend if this keeps up, i'm waiting for my copy of WKC: Origiins from 365game right now, and checking their site every day for an update on Xenoblade.
 

Haunted

Member
JumpingTheGun said:
Reached Valak Mountains last night and my god, such beautiful music coupled with the way the
environment changes to that yellow color was yet another jaw dropping moment for me
Yes! Was completely unexpected for me.
It looked so dreary when I arrived during the daytime, with overcast weather and bad visibility. Then nighttime came and I was all woah - same with Satorl Marsh.
 
I've decided to circumnavigate Eryth Sea


worst idea ever. Place is so immense it took me 55 minutes to finally reveal the entire map. I actually wished for an autopilot feature

but I found a secret location! Woo
 

KarmaCow

Member
CoolS said:
I still Need a landmark in Eryth but i have no idea where. Also found that secret cave.

I'm guessing it's the
Bionis' Occipital which is on the west part of the map near well, the Bionis' occipital bone.

BlazingDarkness said:
What's the secret location?

Bottom of the map, around the 8 o'clock position IIRC. Just hug the south wall and you should find it.
 
BlazingDarkness, the secret location is
a cave in the southwest, Faras Cave



ElTopo said:
You may want to
check that secret location at night if you didn't already
.


:0 thanks mate, will surely go there to recheck. Thank god I can teleport
Salih, I don't think i've ever crafted a Speed gem. Now I see I probably should have
 
I have a question about characters' skill trees:
do all of them have as more than 3? So far I have found a fourth for Melia in the Lighthouse. If anyone knows where Sharlas, Dunbans and Shulks are Id appreciate it
 
Bah, I just spent $110 to import this, and it will probably take a month to get here.

Fuck you NOA.

Thank you NeoGAF for convincing me to spend double the price of a new game... it sounds like it is worth it.
 

ramyeon

Member
Salih said:
the armor-designs in this game are awesome. so i took some time and made some screenshots via Dolphin of my favourite armor-sets - spoilers, for those who care! some of them you can only get from ~ lvl90+ bosses.

Shulk
http://i.imgur.com/rUWdX.jpg

Reyn
http://i.imgur.com/uKMRN.jpg

3rd party member
http://i.imgur.com/kfx6Z.jpg

4th party member
http://i.imgur.com/LIaTY.jpg

5th party member
http://i.imgur.com/7Np6C.jpg

6th party member
http://i.imgur.com/05Km0.jpg

7th party member
http://i.imgur.com/qjdAp.jpg
That's sad, only like 2 or 3 of these look any good to me :/ I was hoping the designs would get better, not just crazier.
 

KarmaCow

Member
JumpingTheGun said:
I have a question about characters' skill trees:
do all of them have as more than 3? So far I have found a fourth for Melia in the Lighthouse. If anyone knows where Sharlas, Dunbans and Shulks are Id appreciate it

Yes everyone has more than 3 skill trees.

You get Sharla's in Frontier Village. There are prerequisites but the Nopon who has the quest should be on the main floor.
Dunban is in Valak Mountains. Again, some perquisites, it should be at the second Nopon camp.
Shulks is in Colony 9. Desiree who should be around the Gem Man's stall at night has it, but it requires 4.5ish stars in Colony 9.

It's full of spoilers for party members, quests, locations, etc but this google docs file is pretty filled out with most of the worthwhile stuff in the game. So if you don't care or in the end game, it's a great resource.
 
Yeah, I'm late to the party here as well, but I'd like to import a European copy...I suppose I'm SOL? Seems to be out of stock in all the places listed in the OP and I'm not familiar with many other euro shops that will ship to Canada.
 
Did an intern sneak into the office late at night and program the spike damage parametres? I can't see what the hell it adds to the battles other than dumbfuck annoyance.

Also I'm trying no armour/no gems with Dunban, not sure if it's doing much at the moment. Trying to find link skills to boost his stats more.
 

KarmaCow

Member
Die Squirrel Die said:
Also I'm trying no armour/no gems with Dunban, not sure if it's doing much at the moment. Trying to find link skills to boost his stats more.

You can almost as much agility from using gems even at level 99. I think the 30% agility boost comes out to just under 60 at level 99.
 
Another thought. I kinda wish they'd worked more affinity coin gains into each playthrough. Seems like skill linking could be a fun system to get crazy with but there just aren't enough coins and by my reckoning it'd take a further 5 or so playthoughs to max it out.

^^^^^^
Yeah, it's not doing much for me. Seems like a fun idea but in the balance the gains aren't really worth it (I miss having double attacks for Dunban).
 
amazon.it still has it in stock. Worth it if you're looking for a place to shop from, and since it's Amazon it should be reliable enough


ElTopo said:
Speed gems were among the first thing I crafted since it ...well...speeds up traversing the areas. Also don't expect too much from visiting that area, it's just a bonus I found kinda nice.


ha, i'm a sucker for little surprises, no worries :)
 

Gvaz

Banned
Salih said:
the armor-designs in this game are awesome. so i took some time and made some screenshots via Dolphin of my favourite armor-sets - spoilers, for those who care! some of them you can only get from ~ lvl90+ bosses.

Shulk
http://i.imgur.com/rUWdX.jpg

Reyn
http://i.imgur.com/uKMRN.jpg

3rd party member
http://i.imgur.com/kfx6Z.jpg

4th party member
http://i.imgur.com/LIaTY.jpg

5th party member
http://i.imgur.com/7Np6C.jpg

6th party member
http://i.imgur.com/05Km0.jpg

7th party member
http://i.imgur.com/qjdAp.jpg


I've tried recolors of some of those already (full sets) and I am amazed at how many of those are Gundam-esqe.

Also disappointed that the 7th party member doesn't have a
kos-mos
type armor :|

edit: Question, why does the monado look like that in the first one? Story element?
 
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