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[iamaustrian]

boy, I just love all the little movie references.
The beach you (70-80h spoilerish)

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wake up at after the fight with Fiona-Mechon in Galahad Fortress

is clearly constructed after

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the beach in Planet of the Apes with the destroyed Statue of Liberty stuck in the sands

such an awesome game. kicked off FF3 from the top spot in my fav RPG list.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I'm 72hours.

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just got the replica manado quests, going to go for those.

 

[daakusedo]

I was on quest stand by cause of my level but getting to 92, that was violent.
95,97,99 monsters beating, intense! That how you see the combat system is awesome.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Just about to hit 90 hours. This is the longest I've played a game in my life before completing it.

Runners up would probably be Persona 4 with 70's hours and FFIX with roughly 72 hours.

On to the final boss!

 

[Zafir]

I sort of prefer the first battle theme. I suppose the latter one fits fighting mech's but I'm not a massive fan.

Level 60-65 mob spoilers -

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Just got to the mechonis capital, backstory was pretty interesting, pissed off that I've got to do yet ANOTHER go to blah blah to open the door though. I'd gotten sick of doing it in the previous two dungeons, nevermind more! Wouldn't mind if they'd atleast try and hide it a bit. I suppose atleast the music in the capital is kinda nice.

Just about to hit 90 hours. This is the longest I've played a game in my life before completing it.

Runners up would probably be Persona 4 with 70's hours and FFIX with roughly 72 hours.

On to the final boss!

Not played Persona 3? I was on 110 at the end of that!

This game is surreal. I'm 7 hours in and still messing around in colony 9.

I see there's a soundtrack that's sent when you register the game in Europe. Is it possible for us stateside to take advantage of this?

You download it from the EU nintendo site. Just make an account on the site with a fake address, register the game, and you'll have the option to download it. Runs out on the 30th though I believe, so you might want to do it asap.

 

[Gvaz]

Soundtrack was phenomenal, I don't think it's quite on par with Final Fantasy XII on the whole, but there are some stand out tracks here.

I just tilted my head so much that it spun back around.

I've been listening to the soundtrack on its own since I beat it, and the composition of it is extremely fucking good, and one of the worst problems of FF12 was the sound by far.

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I'd say see if you can get a few more 4th skill trees, the 5th ones are not really worth the effort.

haha

One of

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riki's trees

give him like +3% chance for rare chests to drop though. Anything but not worth it.

 

[Aveyn Knight]

Whoa, didn't know/forgot about the digital soundtrack. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[chaosblade]

Forget-you-nots are driving me crazy. Does anybody trade those? Looks like the best places to get them are from the cave in the marsh (no luck after several attempts) and the house at

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Colony 6

. Been resetting for like 15 minutes and haven't gotten one yet. Not even for my collectopedia.

Edit: HAHA Got one! Of the three I need...
Edit2: Finally got all of them, after spending like 25 minutes I got all three (2 for quest, 1 for collectopedia) within a few minutes of each other.

Also not sure how to start the one of the later colony 9 quests, I think it's

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Betty's Gift - and yes, Desiree is a soldier.

? Maybe you need 5 star affinity? Probably can't get that until the really late quest for

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Shulk's last skill tree

.

Edit: Talked to somebody and it got Colony 9 to five stars, ha. And yeah, I can confirm that opened up the quest I couldn't get.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Things that I should know after 63 hours of playtime, but do not:

What does the "S" and "U" letters in front of certain equipment items stand for?

 

[chaosblade]

Things that I should know after 63 hours of playtime, but do not:

What does the "S" and "U" letters in front of certain equipment items stand for?

S means it has slots. U means it's unique, which basically just means it has gems built in that you can't take out.

 

[hlhbk]

Crap I didn't know about the digital soundtrack running out on the 30th! I just ordered the game Friday night from game in the UK and live in Nashville, TN. Any idea how long its going to take for the game to get here? Any chance before the 30th?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

What's the deal with the digital soundtrack?

 

[Extra Sauce]

thanks chaosblade.

One more question: I just got to

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Central Factory after Mechonis Field

. Am I very close to a point of no return?

 

[Dascu]

thanks chaosblade.

One more question: I just got to

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Central Factory after Mechonis Field

. Am I very close to a point of no return?

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When you reach the Mechonis capital (next area), go and finish up any quests in Alcamoth before continuing onwards.

 

[Aveyn Knight]

thanks chaosblade.

One more question: I just got to

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Central Factory after Mechonis Field

. Am I very close to a point of no return?

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After Central Factory, there's one more area "A", which at the end of it all timed quests in Alcamoth disappear.

After that, there's still "B" and "P" and at the very of "P" is an actual point of no return.

 

[Oxx]

I think the fact that it's so easy to put so much time into the game without really noticing speaks very highly of the games quality.

I'm at 60 hours and it hasn't dragged at all.

 

[RPGCrazied]

That sux. I wanted to do those weapon quests, but some of the monsters are like lvl 85. Damn. I'm only 70.

 

[thefro]

Finally got another ice cabbage... just took about 2 hours.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

One of

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riki's trees

give him like +3% chance for rare chests to drop though. Anything but not worth it.

Yes but that skill is

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from the Innonence tree which is one of the trees he stars with

which kind of excludes it from the point of

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5th skill trees not worth mastering

.

 

[Man God]

5th Skill trees not worth it?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

One of the skill trees turns an already beastly character into a pure unstoppable one if you meet certain conditions.

 

[Gvaz]

Yes but that skill is

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from the Innonence tree which is one of the trees he stars with

which kind of excludes it from the point of

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5th skill trees not worth mastering

.

Derp. My bad. Still, all the trees are worth it.

 

[Man God]

One of my friends tried to argue that Shulk's fourth tree was crap when it has possibly the single best Skill in the game in it.

 

[ivysaur12]

Fuck. I want this game! I was hoping to get it before the weekend.

 

[Hiltz]

Level 70
174 hours
Currently at

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Mechonis Field past the lower bulkhead area

- Upgraded

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Colony 6's housing and commerce

to level 4. Need to go back to invite some npcs there too.

- Still need to do a couple of those quest item collections but don't remember which npcs to go to. Apparently, they only remind you a second time during those blue flashbacks. The inventory quest category just labels them as quest items but doesn't say who it is for.
Gotta go back to

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Machina Village

to finish one of them for Kazat and another npc that wants Rainbow Zirconia and a few others.

Once you get 5 stars in an area like Colony 9 (mine's at 4) do you stop receiving quests? I noticed that you can still improve npc affinity by talking to them.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Thanks for the responses guys. Here's hopefully my last question for today. Anyone knows where I can find a Taurus Plate? I have every piece but the chest one.

 

[Aveyn Knight]

Once you get 5 stars in an area like Colony 9 (mine's at 4) do you stop receiving quests? I noticed that you can still improve npc affinity by talking to them.

Don't worry, you still get quests. Some quests require 5 star affinity.

EDIT

Taurus Plate... Whereabouts in the game are you?

You can get it from a shop at

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Agniritha

or from the unique monsters at

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Central Factory (and one at Agniritha, name sounds like "Orobas")

 

[Oxx]

I don't think any of the locations are above 3* for me (60 hours).

 

[Cwarrior]

Have to say I like the 2nd battle theme better than the first. God, I wish there was a Xenoblade anime. I think it would kick ass if done right.

If the main character wasn't shulk it would be even better, shulk fits in the whiny anime main characters we have today.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Quest help on fallen arm!

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Food Delivery, just says at the base of digit 2. I've been all around and up it. All I found was a lvl 95 teradactyl.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

I have 3 locations at 5 star, one at 4 and one at 3, I'm at CF in the plot

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Quest help on fallen arm!

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Food Delivery, just says at the base of digit 2. I've been all around and up it. All I found was a lvl 95 teradactyl.

Go to the

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plain part, where it juts out to the west over the water, and go to the south side of it, there will be an icon that you can climb down the side, there's a large platform leading to the water, he's sitting at the end

 

[chaosblade]

Woo, about 85 hours in, level 62, every possible quest before

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Fallen Arm

is finished. Need to do quests there and collect stuff for

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upgrading Colony 6 to level 4

.

Got the vast majority of the quests on my own, but probably wouldn't have found 20-30 of them without that google docs quest list.

Story-wise,

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I'm not sure I trust Dickson anymore. It will be interesting to see what happens with him and some of the others like Alvis since Egil has become the big baddie for now. Also: Gadolt Face? Was obviously coming, looking forward to running into him.

 

[theskat]

7 hours in, and the side quests keep piling up!! Love it!!! (BTW, I didnt know that certain people had 2-3 quests to give you!).

 

[CoolS]

If the main character wasn't shulk it would be even better, shulk fits in the whiny anime main charaters we have today.

Wait what??

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Finished.

Gaming masterpiece.

Now to listen to the final boss music for all eternity.

 

[Dragon]

If the main character wasn't shulk it would be even better, shulk fits in the whiny anime main charaters we have today.

No. Hope from FFXIII is a perfect example of what you're talking about. Compare the events surrounding both Shulk and Hope and also compare how they reacted.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Go to the

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plain part, where it juts out to the west over the water, and go to the south side of it, there will be an icon that you can climb down the side, there's a large platform leading to the water, he's sitting at the end

lol, well that was easy. Thanks!

Another problem with leveling. I'm 70 now. But since

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Mechon City and Alamocth seems locked out. I didn't know this would happen, so I really don't have to many quests. I have the replica manado ones, but some of the monsters for drops are like 80 something!

Please tell me I don't have to level grind on monsters.

 

[Man God]

lol, well that was easy. Thanks!

Another problem with leveling. I'm 70 now. But since

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Mechon City and Alamocth seems locked out. I didn't know this would happen, so I really don't have to many quests. I have the replica manado ones, but some of the monsters for drops are like 80 something!

Please tell me I don't have to level grind on monsters.

Play the game until the obvious point of no return, or do a bunch of Colony 6/9 quests that unlocked. Plenty of those send you against reasonable level foes. If you do the next few game sections you'll get up to the mid 70's easily.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Play the game until the obvious point of no return, or do a bunch of Colony 6/9 quests that unlocked. Plenty of those send you against reasonable level foes. If you do the next few game sections you'll get up to the mid 70's easily.

Oh. I did try an further the story.

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I'm in the bionis interior, i got to the boss, and it is 75. So all my hits are missing. Does this area have quests? I didn't know that about more quests unlocking tho, I'll check it out.

 

[HiddenAway]

Oh. I did try an further the story.

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I'm in the bionis interior, i got to the boss, and it is 75. So all my hits are missing. Does this area have quests? I didn't know that about more quests unlocking tho, I'll check it out.

If you like exploring, I'd head to the (very minor location spoiler)

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Windy Cave on the Bionis leg. The monsters are a high level but they're also things like Vangs and Caterpiles. Shouldn't pose much of a danger now.

 

[Wiseblade]

5th Skill trees not worth it?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

One of the skill trees turns an already beastly character into a pure unstoppable one if you meet certain conditions.

It's Dunban, isn't it? When I first looked at his skillset I drooled a little.

 

[Gvaz]

Oh. I did try an further the story.

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I'm in the bionis interior, i got to the boss, and it is 75. So all my hits are missing. Does this area have quests? I didn't know that about more quests unlocking tho, I'll check it out.

stick your dudes with agility gems, link agility things and tension lowering preventing things

 

[TDLink]

Oh. I did try an further the story.

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I'm in the bionis interior, i got to the boss, and it is 75. So all my hits are missing. Does this area have quests? I didn't know that about more quests unlocking tho, I'll check it out.

What I did at this point was go kill the level 70+ monsters on Bionis' Leg that I needed stuff from to advance Colony 6, that way it was like I had a purpose instead of just purely grinding. Ie, the Magnis Arduns, the Sloth Gogols, the Royal Caterpiles, etc.

If you are looking for more endgame quests basically you have stuff to do in Colony 6 if you have upgraded it/are upgrading it, some stuff in Satorl

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at the statues

, some stuff in Eryth at the

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Ether Plant

, some stuff in

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Fallen Arm

and some stuff in Valak. There is also a high level section of Tephra Cave that should be open to you now but all the stuff there is in the 90s.

 

[Gvaz]

Is there a ps3 thread? I can't find it.

 

[daffy]

How to defeat (Agniratha)

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Gadolt II

??

I'm lvl 65 and keep getting killed by the laser that inflicts daze on everyone. I tried to chain attack into Break but it bounced off!

Playing as Sharla w/ Shulk Reyn

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

I'm on

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Mechonis' Field

and enjoying for the first time Dunban in my party

god damn he's good

and shirtless, too. Don't know how far I can go without a main healer but Shulk (me) + Riki + Dunban are almost unstoppable right now. Only problem is that tentacular Mechon called Salvacion. First time I challenged it, we were on a bridge and one of the attacks made Dunban & Riki fly down several stories. Yeah, i'm totally killing you alone, Salvacion

 

[Hi2u]

Is there any point to chatting with non quest giver npc's?

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

yes, its actually a way to find out their relationships with other NPCS and build affinity. It also unlocks new quests

 

[Laughing Banana]

Is there any point to chatting with non quest giver npc's?

If you are talking about unnamed npcs like "Colony 9 citizens" or "Alcamoth citizens" then it serves no purpose whatsoever. Well, they do give gameplay tips every once in a while and they may flesh the world a bit but... other than that, no.

 

[chaosblade]

Named NPCs, yeah. I don't know about unnamed ones though. I haven't been talking to many of them.

But with named NPCs it's a good idea to talk to them regularly, they'll randomly have something new to say that could raise your affinity with the area, or change their affinity with another NPC that could affect quests.

Just earlier today one old lady in Colony 9 started talking about another NPC out of nowhere and built affinity with them, and the affinity bonus that gave me toward the area was enough for it to hit five stars, which opened up a new quest.