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[Incitemaybe]

For the first part are you asking if you need to have the context to the hex's mission from gossip heard in NLA to complete it? Cause you don't.

Tyrants are marked by the purple cloud/circle around their level indicator. Or the admittedly dope music that plays during their fights.

Thank you, that clears up some stuff for me

 

[TheGrue]

Still at work. I just want to be home playing this.

Imagine you had to go out of town for work for the week and you can't play it until Saturday. That's my life right now.

 

[mrpallyguy]

Does anyone know where Elma's first heart to heart is? I see segments on the map for her second and third but I can't do them unless I find her first.

First one I got was next to the west gate in the industrial district.

 

[toastyToast]

Just started this and I have no idea what's going on with the battle system. Played Chronicles and this shit is confusing me still

 

[zroid]

Here's my character

 

[Zafir]

Does anyone know where the Tectinsulas are in Oblivia? Can't find one for the live of me, despite the fact I've apparently killed one according to the Enemy Index.

Edit: Nevermind I went to one in Noctilum, since I remembered seeing some and they dropped the item I needed.

 

[Vecks]

Just started this and I have no idea what's going on with the battle system. Played Chronicles and this shit is confusing me still

Yeah, it takes some figuring out. Aside from some UI similarities, it's pretty different.

 

[MechaX]

I fell for it.

It's like you swim out there thinking "hm... maybe something will happen." But you swim closer, nothing happens, so you're just like "huh, I guess I was getting paranoid for nothing."

But then it totally happens.

 

[eaise]

This game has consumed me. I can't put it down.

24 hours clocked in and I only beat chapter 5

29 hours in and haven't even started chapter 5 yet...
Loving this game! Can't get enough of it!

 

[Dad]

I think I made a huge mistake rolling with a tank build over something more DPS oriented. It makes Lin redundant, and all I can do for the most part in combat is wait around while my teammates throw out basic attacks or die from AoE spam. Anyone else go more tank oriented? Tips?

 

[Vena]

I went and gave Oskar a Skell visit. Ha!

 

[finalflame]

Guys I'm pretty confused. I did the first "quest" I believe for BLADE where I

Spoiler

found Tatsu.

Now I just have a prompt saying "Notice from Blade HQ: To comment a story mission accept it at the BLADE barracks!", but it seems everything in there has requirements I don't yet meet (explore % of Primordia/Level).

At this point, am I just supposed to go do whatever and pick up quests throughout NLA? Explore and install probes? I loved XCX but this all seems so overwhelming.

Also, I am being asked to join a squad every time I start the game up, and just go for the "immersive single-player experience" one. Now I have a "squad mission"on the bottom right of my screen with a timer and apparently members, but I have no idea what that means. Help?

I want to love the game but so far it does not at all have the same charm as XC. It's really weird to see cars and whatnot in the game. The battle system is top notch though, and the world outside of NLA seems nice.

 

[Chaos17]

Just started this and I have no idea what's going on with the battle system. Played Chronicles and this shit is confusing me still

Listen to your companions, they will order you something then you will have to press the highlighen button/skill. That's the easiest way to start, imo.

Later, when you will have more skills, you can take the initative doing a skill yourself. It will trigger randomly the B button and when you successfully press it, your character will give an order to your companions.

Try to have different arts of different colors in your bar, so you can reply to your companions often.

 

[Beats]

Where do you get ebony evello eggs? The quest description says they're from wasteland evellos, but I haven't gotten a single one from them after 20 minutes. I've broken their parts too. Is the drop rate just bad?

 

[Azuran]

Does anyone have a list with a location for all the caves in Primordia? I been running around for hours looking for one I've been to before but now I have no idea how to get there again.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

where do I see who much money I have?

 

[Chaos17]

Guys I'm pretty confused. I did the first "quest" I believe for BLADE where I

Spoiler

found Tatsu.

Now I just have a prompt saying "Notice from Blade HQ: To comment a story mission accept it at the BLADE barracks!", but it seems everything in there has requirements I don't yet meet (explore % of Primordia/Level).

At this point, am I just supposed to go do whatever and pick up quests throughout NLA? Explore and install probes? I loved XCX but this all seems so overwhelming.

Also, I am being asked to join a squad every time I start the game up, and just go for the "immersive single-player experience" one. Now I have a "squad mission"on the bottom right of my screen with a timer and apparently members, but I have no idea what that means. Help?

I want to love the game but so far it does not at all have the same charm as XCX. It's really weird to see cars and whatnot in the game. The battle system is top notch though, and the world outside of NLA seems nice.

Yes, you're free to do things at your own pace and what you like : that's freedom
The icons you see about squads are missions shared through the whole "saquad/server".
Don't bother yourself with them, they're usually for high level players.

 

[Aeana]

where do I see who much money I have?

Press start, bottom right corner "Funds"

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Press start, bottom right corner "Funds"

ok cool

does anyone know how often you get paid?

 

[Vecks]

Guys I'm pretty confused. I did the first "quest" I believe for BLADE where I

Spoiler

found Tatsu.

Now I just have a prompt saying "Notice from Blade HQ: To comment a story mission accept it at the BLADE barracks!", but it seems everything in there has requirements I don't yet meet (explore % of Primordia/Level).

At this point, am I just supposed to go do whatever and pick up quests throughout NLA? Explore and install probes? I loved XCX but this all seems so overwhelming.

Also, I am being asked to join a squad every time I start the game up, and just go for the "immersive single-player experience" one. Now I have a "squad mission"on the bottom right of my screen with a timer and apparently members, but I have no idea what that means. Help?

I want to love the game but so far it does not at all have the same charm as XC. It's really weird to see cars and whatnot in the game. The battle system is top notch though, and the world outside of NLA seems nice.

I recommend doing the probe quests from kirsty to start. She's at a building near the blade terminal/barracks. She'll tell you about probes and "force" you to explore the map. After that, yeah, go look for quests you get from NLA npcs. They'll show up on the minimap as a red "?" icon.

 

[Dad]

ok cool

does anyone know how often you get paid?

Every thirty minutes of active play

 

[finalflame]

Yes, you're free to do things at your own pace and what you like : that's freedom
The icons you see about squads are missions shared through the whole "saquad/server".
Don't bother yourself with them, they're usually for high level players.

Yah, feels like Xenoblade but the whole "story mission revolves around BLADES" thing just feels weird because at first it wasn't clear what BLADES really is and it seems to tie into the online stuff.

Another question: there are hexagons on the map that show a probe icon, but I've explored them entirely and no probe to activate/beam of light. Am I missing something?

 

[Azuran]

Guys I'm pretty confused. I did the first "quest" I believe for BLADE where I

Spoiler

found Tatsu.

Now I just have a prompt saying "Notice from Blade HQ: To comment a story mission accept it at the BLADE barracks!", but it seems everything in there has requirements I don't yet meet (explore % of Primordia/Level).

At this point, am I just supposed to go do whatever and pick up quests throughout NLA? Explore and install probes? I loved XCX but this all seems so overwhelming.

Also, I am being asked to join a squad every time I start the game up, and just go for the "immersive single-player experience" one. Now I have a "squad mission"on the bottom right of my screen with a timer and apparently members, but I have no idea what that means. Help?

I want to love the game but so far it does not at all have the same charm as XC. It's really weird to see cars and whatnot in the game. The battle system is top notch though, and the world outside of NLA seems nice.

Just head out to Primordia and have fun exploring. You can increase survey rate by completing missions and installing probes.

 

[Vena]

Takahasi wrote such a peculiar story with how *you* are a part of it. In as of so far I love the fact that I am effectively playing as a random red shirt.

 

[SoraanTribal]

I'm so boring. I still have the same "fashion gear" on that I did at the beginning. Black tank top and black pants, lol.

Spoiler

My FFXV cast cosplay.

 

[Zombegoast]

Hearing Melancholia in the cutscene.

Mgs5 barely had a soundtrack but somehow gets nominated.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Every thirty minutes of active play

ok the Wii U is going to stay on while I sleep tonight and every night

so glad it has low power use lol

 

[Dad]

ok the Wii U is going to stay on while I sleep tonight and every night

so glad it has low power use lol

I think ti's confirmed that you have to be actively playing. It'll stop handing you resources if you just idle for long enough.

 

[Azuran]

Yah, feels like Xenoblade but the whole "story mission revolves around BLADES" thing just feels weird because at first it wasn't clear what BLADES really is and it seems to tie into the online stuff.

Another question: there are hexagons on the map that show a probe icon, but I've explored them entirely and no probe to activate/beam of light. Am I missing something?

They may be located underground in caves or above in really high areas.

 

[SoraanTribal]

I think ti's confirmed that you have to be actively playing. It'll stop handing you resources if you just idle for long enough.

I idled a while today and kept getting resources... but it wasn't like hours and hours or anything. Probably an hour or so tho.

 

[Malus]

Squad Select screen music is amazing. It plays in some cutscenes too, but I didn't realize it played in Squad Select since I never stuck around long enough.

So far the only song I don't like is the one that plays in enemy bases. It's not bad, but it just screams "inoffensive atmospheric music." I guess it kinda sounds stealthy which is fitting.

 

[Zafir]

I wish I'd find more storage probes, keep finding mining ones and well. My mining income is higher than what I can hold, lol. :|

 

[Aaronrules380]

They may be located underground in caves or above in really high areas.

Yep. One Probe in primordia even seems completely inaccessible without flying upgrade to skell. It taunted me as I looked at it in my skell

 

[finalflame]

They may be located underground in caves or above in really high areas.

Makes sense, thanks! Back to trying to get my bearings with this game.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I think ti's confirmed that you have to be actively playing. It'll stop handing you resources if you just idle for long enough.

oh that sucks, I saw a guide that said you could stay idle

I'll test it then try a rubber band to keep run on

I don't want money issues

 

[tonyh24613]

ok cool

does anyone know how often you get paid?

IIRC you get paid every "day" in game, so every 24mins.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Is it just me, or is mechanical far, far superior to the other two skills? Not only is it used for setting data probes, but I feel like I find far more mechanical treasure boxes than biological or archeological

 

[Dad]

Is it just me, or is mechanical far, far superior to the other two skills? Not only is it used for setting data probes, but I feel like I find far more mechanical treasure boxes than biological or archeological

Yeah, it's REALLY lopsided

 

[Aaronrules380]

Yeah, it's REALLY lopsided

I'm glad I chose to max mechanical quickly. Also, archeological seems significantly more common than biological as well. Granted I haven't explored sylvanum or cauldros at all yet, so maybe it's different when you get there

 

[alvis.exe]

I'd like a list of people who didn't cluelessly wander out there.

I didn't!

But then again I watched the Nintendo Minute where they fell for it ahaha.

Totally fell for the damn statue things in Sylvalum though.

 

[Kureransu]

Is it just me, or is mechanical far, far superior to the other two skills? Not only is it used for setting data probes, but I feel like I find far more mechanical treasure boxes than biological or archeological

that's why i've only upgraded mechanical. It only took one time of me snaking past super high level baddies to get to a probe spot and see i wasn't a high enough mechanical level to know i'm only leveling that one first. I'm so glad i did too, because missions become so more accessible for me when i know i can FT right to where i need to be to get the mission going.

 

[flatearthpandas]

Is it a bad idea to start playing this game on a week night? Am I gonna go to bed before even getting to the actual game?

I would worry more about not getting to bed.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

IIRC you get paid every "day" in game, so every 24mins.

cool I just taped my L stick to run against a rock I'll go have dinner and check back in a few hours

I am always greedy for money in RPGs

at least now I won't worry about investing funds

 

[Auto_aim1]

Mechanical caps out at 4 btw, you have to do a mission to unlock the 5th one.

 

[Jetku]

Amazon has the collectors guide for $22 - 25% with code bookdeal25! $17 for me after tax, ships on December 13th!

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Yo can you upload screenshots out of your album?

 

[Silent_Ocarina]

Just met Tatsu and he's already getting on my nerves.

 

[flatearthpandas]

I wish I'd find more storage probes, keep finding mining ones and well. My mining income is higher than what I can hold, lol. :|

Is your storage clustered with a booster?

 

[SoraanTribal]

Just met Tatsu and he's already getting on my nerves.

He's definitely no Riki.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Also: Fun moment earlier today. Was fighting mech enemies for a quest in Noctilum. Was using my mech and winning, when suddenly a giant monkey enemy barreled in and one shot my mech (Luckily I easily got the save, so my insurance is in tact) Found out afterward the monkey ignores you if you're not in a skell