Ahh. Ya... apparently there's a lot of mechanics that I don't even notice lol. Anyway I can do one more before I will start winding down for bed I think.
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Ahh. Ya... apparently there's a lot of mechanics that I don't even notice lol. Anyway I can do one more before I will start winding down for bed I think.
ultimalionbgh
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Funny thing is it never hurt us this bad till now.
victreeb3l
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Man walking into Oblivia for the first time during a sandstorm was amazing. Then it cleared up a little further in and then you see that giant chasm in the middle and then the music kicked in and I was just like man is this for real right now. So good.
Smiles and Cries
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I have so much more fun when I can beat whatever crosses my path XD
love it!
love it!
Is it maybe getting scaled by a third member/skell? This round was even worse.
ultimalionbgh
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Labrynian Rebel
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Well by the definition of fruit that I like to use, watermelons are fruits.
ChickenHunter
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Yeah, either we somehow got progressively worse/worse luck or his RP hit some threshold that increases difficulty. Either way, I don't remember ever seeing a gravity spike on top of his gravity. That was way more DoT than I was mentally ready to handle lol.
Anyways, Good runs guys. We should try this again some time.
Well thanks to today's runs. I am almost done with the Boost.EVA Frame Augment (the 25% boost) which means I will be able to move points out of eva to other things from my weapons. I'll also look into some Ether Res down weapons for these runs.
ultimalionbgh
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Definitely any time. I'll be on every night. Either on main or second char.
GG guys!
Man, when you first get the flight module and start flying around Primordia it just completely repeats that feeling you first had when you first stepped foot on the cliff at the start of "Holy shit, I can go anywhere."
Then you do start going everywhere and find that all the hidden locations are filled with high level enemies that can wreck your party in one hit >.>
Then you do start going everywhere and find that all the hidden locations are filled with high level enemies that can wreck your party in one hit >.>
My first Skell moment was immediately spiralling out of control into the middle water of NLA...
Also damn I hate the music when you fly. Or, the vocals moreso. I just want to fly around to the hum of the Skell's engine, dammit. So much ruined atmosphere.
Love the game but it mishandles a lot of things. Sloppy but in a sort of charming way I guess, haha.
Thanks
Is the skell license even required for story progression? Ch7 just seemed to have fairly standard affinity mission requirement.
ShinNoNoir
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LordOcidax
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Beat the chapter 5 too, man the story is getting a lot better too what a surprise, i was expecting something worse because some reviews. This game is really really good, cant stop playing.
bbkkristian
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I can relate: I normally despise Desert biomes in video games. Maybe because I grew up in the desert and didn't like it. But this game actually made exploring the desert very engaging and interesting. Plus the soundtrack for it is really good too.
TheLastFantasy
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Finally got the Ares 90.
My god...
My god...
truestatic
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So I just got into this game the last few days, having gotten back to my Wii U for the Christmas break. I did Chapter 5 last night, and I have to ask. Am I doing something wrong? Making my way past the
, was enormously more difficult than most of the stuff to come before it.
And at this point I feel like I don't know how best to get stronger, really. Most quests I pick up from the quest board either give paltry rewards, or seem far beyond my abilities. I could grind indigens but that's dull as hell. I feel like I'm not doing a good job keeping my gear up to date either. There just doesn't seem to be broadly useful upgrades like I found there usually were in Xenoblade wii. And when it comes to the status effects and bonuses on some if the gear and abilities - blackout, and Power Dive's buff come to mind - I have no idea what they do or even where to look to find out besides the internet, and I really don't want to have to google every obscure detail about the game.
I'm really enjoying it though. It's huge and beautiful and I missed this style of game, even if it is frequently a bit opaque and discouraging. Now to check every single affinity mission to see if I can't find A Friend in Need so that I might eventually start Chapter 6.
Prone skells, and even the prone themselves, all of whom seemed to pull in huge groups
And at this point I feel like I don't know how best to get stronger, really. Most quests I pick up from the quest board either give paltry rewards, or seem far beyond my abilities. I could grind indigens but that's dull as hell. I feel like I'm not doing a good job keeping my gear up to date either. There just doesn't seem to be broadly useful upgrades like I found there usually were in Xenoblade wii. And when it comes to the status effects and bonuses on some if the gear and abilities - blackout, and Power Dive's buff come to mind - I have no idea what they do or even where to look to find out besides the internet, and I really don't want to have to google every obscure detail about the game.
I'm really enjoying it though. It's huge and beautiful and I missed this style of game, even if it is frequently a bit opaque and discouraging. Now to check every single affinity mission to see if I can't find A Friend in Need so that I might eventually start Chapter 6.
victreeb3l
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Holy crap at the difficulty spike in chapter 9. Doesnt help that Lao is usually my 4th guy and I cant use him this mission so Im stuck with an underlevelled Irina. Ugh.
Time to grind to 40 :/
Time to grind to 40 :/
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
all the babes in bikinis please
So tacky
Kadin
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I really hate that I'm struggling with grasping various stats in the game. I've read through the manual and have the Prima e-guide (which isn't all that great) and yet I still feel... confused. Comparing stats on gear is just a clusterfuck for me. It's so hard determining when one piece is better when some stats are red and others are blue - and which take priority, etc.
Any tips on how to understand this all better cause I'm clearly not getting it. Also many augmented gear has stuff I have no clue what it means and I can't seem to find a definition list anywhere.
Any tips on how to understand this all better cause I'm clearly not getting it. Also many augmented gear has stuff I have no clue what it means and I can't seem to find a definition list anywhere.
BUT I STILL LOVE THIS GAME!!
the lack of any descriptions for what the battle traits do is so bizarre
you basically need to go to the augment engineering menu and if it's available to make you can see what the thing does...
in other words ¯\_(ツ
_/¯at least most of them are pretty self-explanatory, but you still can't see the minutiae without looking at the augment itself
truestatic
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Not so bizarre after it was basically the same in last game. Still just a touch opaque.
. Thanks, this is super helpful and exactly (one of the things) that I was looking for!victreeb3l
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The flight music is pretty good but yeah the vocals ruin it. I wish there was no flight music, the respective continent themes are much better.
Yeah, there are missed opportunities all over this game. Its an excellent game but these little things prevent it from being truly incredible.
toastyToast
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Use the shield wall skill for Lin and I think ghost walk for Elma. Made a big difference
Kissenkopf
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Kadin
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Well I had no clue you could do that. I mean I knew the info was there, just didn't put 2 and 2 together. Thanks!
KittenMaster
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Still doing later game side quests
I have just witnessed two prone marriages in a row and I'm sure I have at least one more romance related quest in my backlog somewhere.
I kind of prefer the leather pants for Murderess. Not the most original, but it does fit her image.
I've said this before, but I think the best way to handle it would have just been to have "Skell" and "ground" versions of each continent theme that seamlessly transition between each other, with no separate track for flying. Really, this game could have benefited so much from dynamic instrumental layers.
I guess - but what makes it worse is that a lot of the sound direction problems here weren't really issues in the first game. The cutscene music and audio mixing in the original Xenoblade weren't anywhere near as unfitting or invasive, and you were never really in a position to have the area themes get cut off and repeated as much as when in a flying Skell. Though I do prefer how they handled the alternate 'ambushed' battle theme here.
SolicitorPirate
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The more I play this game, the more I feel it came out of the PS1/PS2 era. Obviously not in terms of scope or game design, but moreso in its approach to communicating the authors' intent.
Modern AAA gaming is basically defined by focus tested polish. Everything is incredibly polished but devoid of individual identity.
XBX however takes an opposite approach. Everything about the game is exactly how Takahashi wanted it, regardless of whether it would be popular or not. Don't like the music? The party management? The way the story unfolds? All the game has to say to that is CAN'T HEAR YOU CAN'T SEE YOU
Modern AAA gaming is basically defined by focus tested polish. Everything is incredibly polished but devoid of individual identity.
XBX however takes an opposite approach. Everything about the game is exactly how Takahashi wanted it, regardless of whether it would be popular or not. Don't like the music? The party management? The way the story unfolds? All the game has to say to that is CAN'T HEAR YOU CAN'T SEE YOU
Xane
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What happened to Xenoblade Chronicles X [OT2] Welcome to New L+A!?
KittenMaster
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Somebody suggested that after I made that post.
In case you're still searching: A Friend in Need is very well hidden, right next to the story mission table.
SparksterMeta0
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So quick question for all Skell owners.
Gloss or Matte?
Now that I have the Ares should I start killing monsters for the really good ground gear and for augment mats or just grind Joker with scouted people and bash on the global boss? I assume I also need NegEther since I noticed that thing loves to cast reflect on certain elements.
Matte totally.
Matte totally.
Kadin
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Depends on the color for me. I went mostly black with one so I chose matte for that.
KittenMaster
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Matte all the way.
Starwolf_UK
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I finally got Mia. Talk about being obscure and it is not like the last quest is a red ? either but just a white dot in the
once you've got 65% Cauldros (done the last 4) and I guess cleared the
quest.
So there is a lot of her level up quote
in my future. Well when the audio doesn't glitch up. I've has post battle banter playing over the top of cutscenes
Ganglion Antropolis
Definian Downfall (at the very least you'll need the keys)
So there is a lot of her level up quote
Whos a winner? This girl
In chapter 12 I died to that the first time
(as I've said before my ground combat is terrible) the chimeras that showed up slowly took everyone out before we could beat "Lao". When I respawned I noticed my Skells were refueling but entered the fight anyway and they went back to 0 fuel but upon exiting they were refueling. I don't know if they were the first time and I just didn't pay attention but this time I got to the chimera summons phase re-entered Skell and used my 400 accumulated fuel to finish it off (one blast of phoenix followed by a scythe to the back...as always )
)I appreciate simple affinity missions like that from time to time.
Remove trash talk from Lin now! AoE taunt is a trash tier art in a game that commonly puts you in close proximity to thing you don't want entering the pray.
That game effectively had two types of damage, physical and ether. Yes Fire, Ice and Lightning (and any other I forget) existed (and had gems to boost) but there ultimately physical or ether. While here you have 6 types of damage; physical, beam, ether, thermal, electric and gravity. The OP has a good list of what is good against what which gives the game a slight Vagrant Story feel (outside of the whole weapon stats going down confusion).Not so bizarre after it was basically the same in last game. Still just a touch opaque.
I was wondering if someone could help me.
Despite finding this excellent build, I can't seem to mix and match the various arts of other classes for this, despite maxing those specific classes. Also, I seem to be limited with just three skills, despite the build requesting that I need five of them. What's going on?
Despite finding this excellent build, I can't seem to mix and match the various arts of other classes for this, despite maxing those specific classes. Also, I seem to be limited with just three skills, despite the build requesting that I need five of them. What's going on?
kuroneko0509
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the arts still limited to the weapon type. so there's no way you could use for example longsword arts & photon saber arts at the same time. to use the weapon itself, you need to master the branch path up until the final class in that path. as for skill slots, use the 1st basic class as that's the only class with 5 skill slots
Inquisitive_Ghost
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Need help with the Normal Quest (available after Chapter 5)
Edit: Found it. Was some distance off to the side of where you would expect.
No Ma-non Need Apply. I've grabbed the information from the first and third locations, but the sports complex one doesn't seem to exist. There's nobody there giving me anything. I've tried different times of day, too. What am I missing?
Edit: Found it. Was some distance off to the side of where you would expect.
So, for the first class, you mean the Drifter Class? I have maxed out the necessary branches to get those skills, so at least that's one less thing to worry about.
Just for reference, this is the thermal build I'm building:
Rifle Set-up:
Offensive Stance>Magnum Edge>Power Dive>Blossom Dance>Burning Blade>True Stream Edge>Incendiary Blade>Defensive Stance.
Ranged weapon: Ramjet Rifle
Dual-Gun Set-up:
Offensive Stance>Primer>Magnum Edge>Blossom Dance>Burning Blade>Incendiary Blade. (Ghost Walker and/or Ghost Factory).
Longsword Skills:
Iron Knuckle (Samurai Gunner) (Physical Damage+%)
Conflagrant Blade (Duelist) (Thermal Damage+%)
Inner Search (Enforcer) (Potential+%)
Zero Zero (FMJ) (Auto-attack delay reduced)
Secondary Accelerator (Mastermind) (Secondary Cooldown reduced delay)
kuroneko0509
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this should help i think
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/72946258
i guess you missed it due to how the npc didn't load fast enough since you already run past the possible location.... that happens several times for me makes me hate info search type quest post-game... end up hating it more than item collection >.>
edit: ahh you found it already
yes drifter class....
as for art setup, some arts are from party characters which you need to do their affinity quest first before getting the skill (such as blossom dance)
edit: ditch iron knuckle since it is useless for thermal build... also zero zero is dual gun art, not skill
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