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[saveweyard]

Anyone have a good explanation of what benefits the different armor types have? Like light armor vs. heavy armor vs. blade armor?

 

[Anfang]

So when you get Skells and start fighting with them, does your class still gain levels or just the normal level only?

 

[diablos991]

I have a question for those that own the game.
I read up about the whole mechs getting destroyed and paying to get them back thing.

Is the currency for them hard to come by? Is the currency finite?
I would hate to be in a position where I don't have a mech because I was killed too many times.

 

[Myriadis]

FREEDOME!

Kinda unrelated, but what is it with the huge percentage number on the tower? I seem to have missed it, or does it get explained later? Chapter 3 for now.

 

[Sylas]

Kinda unrelated, but what is it with the huge percentage number on the tower? I seem to have missed it, or does it get explained later? Chapter 3 for now.

It is explained later.

 

[Baliis]

Kinda unrelated, but what is it with the huge percentage number on the tower? I seem to have missed it, or does it get explained later? Chapter 3 for now.

Keep playing

I have a question for those that own the game.
I read up about the whole mechs getting destroyed and paying to get them back thing.

Is the currency for them hard to come by? Is the currency finite?
I would hate to be in a position where I don't have a mech because I was killed too many times.

Infinite, you get revenue from the probes you place so you get a steady income as youre just out doing things. You might run out for a bit if you die a ton, but money seems pretty easy to come by.

 

[Blues1990]

Kinda unrelated, but what is it with the huge percentage number on the tower? I seem to have missed it, or does it get explained later? Chapter 3 for now.

All I can say, is some crazy shit happens down the road. Keep playing to find out why.

 

[Myriadis]

It is explained later.

Keep playing

Will do, cause this really intrigues me.

 

[brinstar]

So what characters are you guys using. Last I played I had MC, Elma, Lin and Irina.

I've been swapping between Irina and Lao. When I'm doing side stuff I use a party made up of my friends' characters or Irina and Gwin.

I still haven't seen Doug hanging around anywhere lol

 

[shoryukens]

That Chapter 6 boss was no joke geez.

I'm starting the Skell exam quests now, I'm so close ;_;

 

[cand]

I finished Chapter 5 now... HOLY SHIT! Why people don't like the story of this game. Until now everything is amazing. I love the affinity quests too.

Spoiler

finally an explanation for the dead eyes XD

 

[SixMachine]

Meant to fight 3 humanoid enemies, mission objective, i'm like 5 levels below them. Only option is to grind on enemies around there, but keep getting killed by them too lol.

You can actually beat enemies above your level, remember to spend battle points to upgrade arts and skills, it took me 10 hours till I noticed that . It helps cooldowns on skills a lot so you have skills ready for soul voices. Really crucial for combos also, i chose tge bottom classes and I get guaranteed criticals comboing into the spin flip which lets me activate soul voice. Buff heal is also a decent skill early because it is on demand healing whenever I need it (500 hp whenever I apply a buff).

Between Irina and Lao, I find that Lao meshes with my soul voice much better, since he seems to do a lot of melee skills. He also seems to talk to Lin after battles a lot, while Irina just asks Elma to go shopping.

 

[ChetWilson]

Meant to fight 3 humanoid enemies, mission objective, i'm like 5 levels below them. Only option is to grind on enemies around there, but keep getting killed by them too lol.

Make sure you are picking the skills and leveling up the arts for you, and your teammates. I couldn't figure out how to level up arts for the longest time, and the first few ranks drastically lower the cooldown on your abilities.

 

[hoserx]

oh, that

Spoiler

Tatsu.

Spoiler

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Someone here said they had Hope and weren't sure how useful she is... Now I'm considering getting Frye for now. Seems like a decent damage dealing tank, which is what I'd need. But I'm really struggling. I think that what I might do is get Frye, get him to level 21, test things out with Hope and see which of the two works the best.

But I technically already have a tank that takes the attention from enemies. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuugh decisions. Fucking game forcing me to take Elma with me for basically everything.

Meant to fight 3 humanoid enemies, mission objective, i'm like 5 levels below them. Only option is to grind on enemies around there, but keep getting killed by them too lol.

what mission/chapter are you in?

Because if it was one of those question mark quests you can get around the world, those don't appear based on your level. I'm currently stuck with one of those missions (you can't remove them) because the last location for it requires you to fight TWO level 30+ enemies to get an item. I got this mission when I was like level 10. So it's been sitting there on my list taunting me

 

[Jolkien]

So I almost maxed my class I'm wondering should I level others or keep my battle points to push my arts higher levels... Any recommendations ?

 

[Plum]

I think I spoiled the Identity of the final boss to me while I was looking for the Locations of the other Party Members in the Wiki.

And here I thought I was finally able to play a game without being spoiled in any way again

Now you know to never look up anything about a game before you finish it, EVER, under ANY circumstance.

Youtube is especially bad for this, you'll just be looking up some gameplay or tips and "TATSU, TEDDY AND SCRAPPY DOO TAG TEAM FINAL BOSS" appears in the recommended videos.

The only place I feel relatively safe is here.

 

[CAAAAAAAAAAAW]

Anyone knows what drops a Beryl Aetrygon horn?

It says it's a level 1 gathering mission in oblivia but I don't see any enemy called like that.

If only there was a list of all the enemies and their locations somewhere out there

Spoiler

check the river running through Oblivia, and the hole that it empties out into

Was it the one in Oblivia? I eventually gave that one up, the tyrant didn't spawn next to me, but was running around in a big circle and kept pathing over the fight. He runs so fast that he kept reaching me before they were all dead even when I tried attacking right after he passed by. I might go back and try it again, I was pretty low level last time.

It only exists during the day, you can just change the time to night and he won't show up at all.

So what is the trade off of Heavy Armor vs. Medium vs. Light? Do you lose some mobility or something? Speed seems to be more tied to weapons than armor?

Armor classes have different numbers of enhancements available(for the affixes/"battle traits" that already exist on the equipment). Skell armor has the most, then light/BLADE, then medium, and heavy has the least.

btw, how's the probe app coming along? :v

Shhhh,

Spoiler

if nobody remembers I said anything, I won't feel bad about being lazy with it.

I spent most of the weekend working on the sheet, guess I should just hurry up with a barebones release of the probe thing and fix everything later :/

 

[Admiral Woofington]

If only there was a list of all the enemies and their locations somewhere out there

Spoiler

check the river running through Oblivia, and the hole that it empties out into

It only exists during the day, you can just change the time to night and he won't show up at all.

Armor classes have different numbers of enhancements available(for the affixes/"battle traits" that already exist on the equipment). Skell armor has the most, then light/BLADE, then medium, and heavy has the least.

Shhhh,

Spoiler

if nobody remembers I said anything, I won't feel bad about being lazy with it.

I spent most of the weekend working on the sheet, guess I should just hurry up with a barebones release of the probe thing and fix everything later :/

damn dawg, thanks for the list. The guide is useless in this regard. It just says "Oblivia" when I found the enemy type. I mean I had already killed it by then but thanks.

 

[sora87]

Hmm you might be missing something, im 31 hours in didn't stop to grind once, it all happens while exploring doing sidequests do you beeline the story mission ?

I only found one side quest so far and it was to help some guy in a skell. I leveled up and got a support TP skill that regens health and that helped big time, I'm past that bit now. It's pretty overwhelming compared to other JRPGs I've played

 

[SuperCambot]

Xeno Gaf is a cool section on Gaf and what would make Xeno Gaf better is if all of ya'll be mindful of spoilers and spoiler images. Not everyone on Gaf can trailblaze like some of you can.

This!

I have kept away from XenoGaf for this reason, and I would really like to visit more often.

 

[Leiru]

any advice against the chapter 6 tainted phoenix?

 

[Jolkien]

I only found one side quest so far and it was to help some guy in a skell. I leveled up and got a support TP skill that regens health and that helped big time, I'm past that bit now. It's pretty overwhelming compared to other JRPGs I've played

Yeah the vast majority of jRPG are really easy, glad you made it past where you were stuck. A bit later you can tackle stuff a lot higher than you. I've beaten two lvl 36 enemy while I was level 25.

The combat system at a glance looks really simple but it's pretty deep.

 

[MechaX]

I know this game did not just make me swim to a new landmass with level 20-50 enemies wandering around, make me run through all that shit and reach another place I am clearly not supposed to be at with level 40+ enemies only to make me fight some level 10 mooks at the very tip of the island as part of a quest.

 

[theprodigy]

Shhhh,

Spoiler

if nobody remembers I said anything, I won't feel bad about being lazy with it.

I spent most of the weekend working on the sheet, guess I should just hurry up with a barebones release of the probe thing and fix everything later :/

Maybe you can release a quick version and have other people finish it up

 

[TheJoRu]

Just started the game again. Turns out I had forgotten to save during my last session and lost about two hours of progress.

 

[brinstar]

oh, that

Spoiler

Tatsu.

I loved that quest

 

[Docpan]

Hey, guys. Update me.

Are you liking X over the original Xenoblade so far?

I only have time for one, unfortunately....

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Anyone here regularly use the Psycho launcher weapons? Are they any good?

 

[Jolkien]

Hey, guys. Update me.

Are you liking X over the original Xenoblade so far?

I only have time for one, unfortunately....

31 hours in so far I prefer the first. but the second one is damn good too. I'd say make time for both

 

[TheGamingBox]

so what is the best way of getting ancient allures

 

[Teuoxton]

Finally got my skell. Promptly lost it rolling into Sylvalum.

Thank ye gods for insurance haha. >.< I've got to be more careful.

 

[KingSnake]

then you walljump up there and Solid Snake past a gorillion level 55 enemies, drop down on the probe from above and mash the A button just fast enough to place it before they kill you.

Lol. This is the main gameplay mechanic during the first chapters.

 

[borghe]

Hey, guys. Update me.

Are you liking X over the original Xenoblade so far?

I only have time for one, unfortunately....

they both have their ups and downs, but both are still two of the finest jRPGs of the last 10 years.. I'd say play Xenoblade.. not because it's better... but simply because just like say FF VI and Chrono Trigger, both need to be played, even if some prefer one over the other.

 

[Super Stardust]

Anyone here regularly use the Psycho launcher weapons? Are they any good?

I started using them yesterday, theyre good but look ugly. They float above your shoulders which looks weird. The lightsabre is pretty sweet though.

 

[Kinsei]

so what is the best way of getting ancient allures

The lake near the entrance to Noctilum while it's raining.

 

[ivysaur12]

Hey, guys. Update me.

Are you liking X over the original Xenoblade so far?

I only have time for one, unfortunately....

They're very different games. I think X is much more refined than Xenoblade was, but Xenoblade feels a little more of an instant classic for a host of reasons. That being said, I only finished Chapter 4 and apparently X gets crazy better once you get Skells/the story picks up.

 

[Docpan]

31 hours in so far I prefer the first. but the second one is damn good too. I'd say make time for both

Did you play on Wii or 3ds? I want the absolute best one, period.

 

[Skilletor]

So I just got back to NLA...I ran around getting into battles trying to get a feel for them. It's not making much sense to me. I don't get the targeting, the timing window that seems to randomly pop up. I'm pretty much just letting things autoattack and don't feel engaged at all in the battle system.

I'm sure this is because it's the intro and these are trash mobs, but did I miss some explanations? Is there a decent video primer on the battle system?

 

[Chaos17]

Hey, guys. Update me.

Are you liking X over the original Xenoblade so far?

I only have time for one, unfortunately....

Roomate with 60 hours prefer this one.

So I just got back to NLA...I ran around getting into battles trying to get a feel for them. It's not making much sense to me. I don't get the targeting, the timing window that seems to randomly pop up. I'm pretty much just letting things autoattack and don't feel engaged at all in the battle system.

I'm sure this is because it's the intro and these are trash mobs, but did I miss some explanations? Is there a decent video primer on the battle system?

I've compiled on this webite different infos abut the game : https://fanofxenobladex.wordpress.com/category/faq/guide/
If the FAQ section isn't enough, you've the videos section too.
CTRL+F is your friend.

 

[Jolkien]

Anyone here regularly use the Psycho launcher weapons? Are they any good?

I find them terrible thankfully the way I play my Galactic Knight I don't use them much. The lightsaber is amazing.

Had one for a while that looked a lot like the energy sword from Halo.

 

[kizmah]

Only four hours in but the game has just clicked for me. The setting, the music, the battle system, the atmosphere in the Blade HQ. It all feels amazing. I mean, look at that!

 

[TGMIII]

Is there any downside to playing offline other than missing out on some of the BLADE recruitment stuff?

 

[CAAAAAAAAAAAW]

Maybe you can release a quick version and have other people finish it up

Well, I have it packaged up as an exe since it uses some libraries that don't come default with python(the gui parts), but I wouldn't say no to sharing source code and stuff.

 

[Jolkien]

Did you play on Wii or 3ds?

Money isnt a problem for me, its just time. Precious time. I want the absolute best one, period.

I played both, the Wii version is better.

 

[hohoXD123]

Enjoying it so far but is it just me or do the cutscenes seem...boring? I'm still at the beginning but I don't know what it is, maybe the lack of any background sounds and pauses between characters speaking which last a second or two too long, it feels off.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I started using them yesterday, theyre good but look ugly. They float above your shoulders which looks weird. The lightsabre is pretty sweet though.

I find them terrible thankfully the way I play my Galactic Knight I don't use them much. The lightsaber is amazing.

Had one for a while that looked a lot like the energy sword from Halo.

terrible in damage dealing/skills that use them?

I want a party member that her downside is that she uses psycho launchers/knife as her weapons.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Purchased two more Skells for Elma and Lin.

 

[JohnnyWestlake]

Just started the game again. Turns out I had forgotten to save during my last session and lost about two hours of progress.

Fuck. I've literally just done the same thing. Dammit other games and their bloomin autosaves putting me off D;

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Purchased two more Skells for Elma and Lin.

You're pretty far so quick question: How different looking are the different armor pieces you can get for skells?

Like could a medium weight skell not look as bulky if you put light armor pieces on it?