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[ivysaur12]

holy fucking lol at the probe location in the last area literally like 5 steps away from a level 60 tyrant that 1-shots me in my skell that is also surrounded by lava.

It's like the game is telling you "YEAH YOU FUCK JUST TRY TO GET THIS ONE"

lol, I love that so much.

 

[Astral/H3X]

Having the monado be a secret ultimate weapon would be amazing. It looks so cool.

Monado as a Skell weapon would be AMAZING.

 

[Lexxism]

Don't do Blade gathering quests, just grab them when you've actually the items on you.
Npcs fetch quests, talk again to the npc, sometime he can tell you where to get his item.

Is this really how it is for BLADE gathering quest? Pretty lame. I guess I can at least get an info from an NPC.

 

[Evilkazz]

Erhmmm you wanna save up. A single level 50 Skells cost 3-4.5 million.

That's a bit more than I was led to believe but I suppose that's reasonable.
Thanks.

 

[Soul Lab]

Feeling dumb for asking this but does the gear from the am's you invest show up in the normal shop terminal or am I missing something?

guys??

 

[Aim_Ed]

Yeah. I really like her design but she seems to be too distant most of the time. I guess she is a commander so it makes sense but still.

I really like how mellow she is, it's a nice break from all the eccentricity surrounding my party. I understand she can be a bit dull sometimes though.

 

[Astral/H3X]

Wow 5 mil for a single Skell later on?

Uhm, where are some good places to get resource probes haha.
EDIT:

guys??

Yes.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Yeah. I really like her design but she seems to be too distant most of the time. I guess she is a commander so it makes sense but still.

She'd be great if she was more aggressive and assertive, she's way too neutral.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

For beating the story, LV30 Skells are enough (I took the best heavy one and never looked back). After you get Skells there are only a few occasions where you can't abuse Skells .

if for beating the game a level 30 skell is enough then awesome. whole team has level 30 skells. Well except the fourth dude, but why buy one for him when apparently a party member later on has his own skell.

 

[Klyka]

She'd be great if she was more aggressive and assertive, she's way too neutral.

Yeah, she's just not really giving me that human element I need in a protagonist

 

[Sitrus]

Wow 5 mil for a single Skell later on?

Uhm, where are some good places to get resource probes haha.
EDIT:


Yes.

Don't worry, there are ways to get 5 millions really fast. I got 15 millions during 1,5 hours spamming Scouting Antropolis. Each run takes about 1min, but it has to load, aftter the mission I dump the miranium on fuel for the skell then the rest on some AM then restart the mission.

 

[R0ckman]

ah yes, Shulk, the walking exposition.

XB is an amazing game but it's so overrated by its fans.

Compared to this? Meh... This is probably the epitome of overrated, which led me to my episode. I had a feeling something was wrong when the Japan players were upset when it released there, but I ignored it by listening to the fans here and on other boards, "surely it can't be that bad". To be honest, from lack of a less offensive term I think a lot of it has to deal with being starved or thirsty for a JRPG on the Wii U, anything one can get their hands on. Nintendo did string us along on nothing more than gameplay and battle footage for about 2 years through directs and that seemed to be enough for some people but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way.

I think the mechanics are a bit weird too, overly complex, not in terms of understanding, but functioning and how the AI fights around it. When I was hitting difficulty spikes and getting "walled" the wall was more of a problem with the AI on my team, I ended up soloing almost 3 bosses because the team just couldn't stay up.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Is this really how it is for BLADE gathering quest? Pretty lame. I guess I can at least get an info from an NPC.

best way to do blade gathering quests is to just find shit and pick it up as you're travelling around areas, then go to the mission board, press R, and scroll down to see which one you have all of the shit for. Then choose those and insta-finish the mission. Gathering missions clogging up your mission list when so many are "grab this rare item". Lol fuck that.

 

[sora87]

Oh look another impossible boss I have to die and run back to 3 times to even stand a chance of beating. Stupid as hell.

 

[Whizkid7]

Same, it just seemed smarter to watch her

Welp, I clearly am a dumbass then because I figured "What could go wrong?!" with letting her clean up. I clearly need to watch more horror movies.

 

[Astral Dog]

Little story spoiler:

Spoiler

There is a reason for why she is that way.

Spoiler

Ok, but that is not really a reason they would design such, stoic, generic or boring characters, its like that guy who said there was a clever reason they get their health back after battle when that was already on the original game.,

Anyways, as much as some people complained that most of the character human designs are a bit generic, i have to say, im not sure whats up with the Alienns, Goetia is a sexy Octopus, a sexy Octopus who has some ass shoots and all, and i am not even sure what the other girl is supposed to be, overall the humanoid female designs are very weird. even compared to the first game. character design is something they have to revaluate imo.

 

[MihowZa]

How do I get more storage probes?

 

[Evilkazz]

impossible boss

Are you all of appropriate level or higher? Are all of your arts/skills leveled up? Are you using augments at all?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Oh look another impossible boss I have to die and run back to 3 times to even stand a chance of beating. Stupid as hell.

it's even better when they force you to use a party member you never used so he/she is underleveled as fuck haha. The design around party in this game is stupid.

 

[sora87]

Are you all of appropriate level or higher? Are all of your arts/skills leveled up? Are you using augments at all?

Yes to all. My low level party member i was forced to use though died in one or two shots

 

[R.D.Blax]

Man, that zone at the north of Noctilum is ominous as hell

 

[JulianImp]

guys??

Leveling up AMs to levels 2-3 give you additional gear you can purchase in the terminal to the left of the AM one, and levels 4 and 5 just upgrade the rarity of equipment and give it extra effects (but stats and resistances are the same AFAIK).

Oh look another impossible boss I have to die and run back to 3 times to even stand a chance of beating. Stupid as hell.

The same thing has happened to me with the large monkey boss early on, the one in the desert and Goethia on her skell (I only died once to regular Goethia). The game asking me to lower the boss' difficulty was a bit sad, but some bosses felt like really large difficulty spikes in terms of their damage output and abilities compared to everything else around them.

 

[MilkBeard]

Compared to this? Meh... This is probably the epitome of overrated, which led me to my episode. I had a feeling something was wrong when the Japan players were upset when it released there, but I ignored it by listening to the fans here and on other boards, "surely it can't be that bad". To be honest, from lack of a less offensive term I think a lot of it has to deal with being starved or thirsty for a JRPG on the Wii U, anything one can get their hands on. Nintendo did string us along on nothing more than gameplay and battle footage for about 2 years through directs and that seemed to be enough for some people but it kind of rubbed me the wrong way.

I think the mechanics are a bit weird too, overly complex, not in terms of understanding, but functioning and how the AI fights around it. When I was hitting difficulty spikes and getting "walled" the wall was more of a problem with the AI on my team, I ended up soloing almost 3 bosses because the team just couldn't stay up.

I don't think X is overrated...in fact, I'd say the reviews between 7 and 9 are pretty spot on. Of course if the game doesn't gel with you, you will feel differently. And yes, it is a little bit different experience from the first game so if you were expecting that, it would be a disappointment.
As for the AI, they can be annoying, but they were the same way in Xenoblade for me as well. The thing is, once you get your team to the right level, have the right gear and augments, and level up their skills and artes, then they will stop dying. Except for Irina. She always seems to die, lol.

 

[Aaronrules380]

I love how distinct and unique each alien race is. They a all have really distinct and elaborate cultures and it's fantastic

 

[MilkBeard]

I love how distinct and unique each alien race is. They a all have really distinct and elaborate cultures and it's fantastic

Pretty cool, except the Prone. They are the most generic enemy I've seen in a game in a long time. Their dialogue is completely vapid.

 

[Mental Atrophy]

The rabbit-eared mecha is pretty cool. I went with white, gold, orange, and purple.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Pretty cool, except the Prone. They are the most generic enemy I've seen in a game in a long time. Their dialogue is completely vapid.

Their whole goal life is kill all humans.

That's been the goal of every alien since like movies in the 50s.

 

[ivysaur12]

I love how distinct and unique each alien race is. They a all have really distinct and elaborate cultures and it's fantastic

Is there any confirmation on what actual races L,

Spoiler

Luxaar, and Goetia

are? Because I don't think that

Spoiler

Ganglion is a race, just a group.

 

[Pancakes]

Don't worry, there are ways to get 5 millions really fast. I got 15 millions during 1,5 hours spamming Scouting Antropolis. Each run takes about 1min, but it has to load, aftter the mission I dump the miranium on fuel for the skell then the rest on some AM then restart the mission.

Can I get some details? What level do you need to be to do that mission?

 

[Aaronrules380]

Pretty cool, except the Prone. They are the most generic enemy I've seen in a game in a long time. Their dialogue is completely vapid.

Prone become way better once you complete certain normal missions

 

[Evilkazz]

Yes to all. My low level party member i was forced to use though died in one or two shots

Well I certainly wont defend the practice of forcing optional party members on you and forcing you to use them even if you hadn't before. After the first time this happened to me I paid more attention to what party members would be required/restricted from certain story situations and trained them up accordingly before taking them into a big battle.

It's annoying but gets the job done if you run into one of those situations and would rather not pull the boss level down.

 

[Parfait]

I went with Maria and Seibzehn. Now I'm off to postgame, and I have to find a way to level up classes quickly.

 

[LurkerPrime]

Their whole goal life is kill all humans.

That's been the goal of every alien since like movies in the 50s.

For some reason they remind me of vogons. That alone redeems them, in my eyes.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Their whole goal life is kill all humans.

That's been the goal of every alien since like movies in the 50s.

Not exactly, they're really just following ganglion orders

 

[RagnarokX]

This game.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

The game doesn't even have the decency to kill off tatsu and give me a sassy female noppon.

If I have to fucking hear

Tatsu: What Linly cooking?

Lin: DUUUUUUUUUUR TATSU

Tatsu: TATSU NOT FOR EATING

one more fucking time I'm gonna go kill myself via death by tyrant

 

[ivysaur12]

Do the Marnuck ever get more to do? They're not even really explained in the game's story like the Prone or

Spoiler

Worthians or Ma-non

, they're just there.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Anyone want to join a squad with me and fight the Telethia Plume with me?

 

[MilkBeard]

Prone become way better once you complete certain normal missions

I figured that there would be a twist at some point. I just got through a large chunk of chapter 6, so some things are starting to get clearer. However, their dialogue was still pretty silly.

 

[R.D.Blax]

Well, I guess I just meet the strongest tyrant of the game..

Spoiler

When another song that Uncontrollable is playing, you just know shit got real

 

[QisTopTier]

http://www.twitch.tv/qistoptier

Streaming!

on chapter 11

 

[Evilkazz]

Anyone want to join a squad with me and fight the Telethia Plume with me?

I'm up for it.

 

[Parfait]

The game doesn't even have the decency to kill off tatsu and give me a sassy female noppon.

If I have to fucking hear

Tatsu: What Linly cooking?

Lin: DUUUUUUUUUUR TATSU

Tatsu: TATSU NOT FOR EATING

one more fucking time I'm gonna go kill myself via death by tyrant

I wouldn't want a sassy female nopon because who would be the emergency rations?

 

[okita]

Need some help:

I have invested in one AM up till lvl4 , but items don't show up to buy , Do i need to unlock something further to show up?

Spoiler

It's the nopon one , I'm in chapter 7

 

[Aaronrules380]

I'm up for it.

Ok, now we just need two more. I'd like to gather at least 3 people before we start entering the waiting room

 

[R.D.Blax]

Ok, now we just need two more. I'd like to gather at least 3 people before we start entering the waiting room

I'm up for it too

 

[WanderingWind]

I think I ran into a game ending glitch. I'm supposed to meet Lao to start the Chapter 4 story mission. When I meet him, I can have him join my party or decline. No other options. If I decline, nothing happens. If he joins, the quest doesn't update. The marker stays where he was and no further instructions pop up in the journal. It still says "meet Lao at the place." I even wandered around Nocturis and fast traveled to see if it would trigger something.

Is there something I'm missing here?

Guize halp. I want to play more but I literally can't.

 

[Aaronrules380]

I'm up for it too

k, join my squad (char name is Aaron). I'll set up the mission, so go to active missions in the barracks

 

[Golnei]

Anyways, as much as some people complained that most of the character human designs are a bit generic, i have to say, im not sure whats up with the Alienns, Goetia is a sexy Octopus, a sexy Octopus who has some ass shoots and all, and i am not even sure what the other girl is supposed to be, overall the humanoid female designs are very weird. even compared to the first game. character design is something they have to revaluate imo.

After Vanea, I wasn't surprised. Goetia is tacky, but not 'drill-shaped nipple tassel' tacky.

 

[CAAAAAAAAAAAW]

Got three hours of sleep, then spent seven hours cleaning out a vacant house. Time to spend the next ten hours wandering Mira!

Spoiler

and documenting all those baby lobster locations