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[Lexxism]

I don't think so.

I see. How many do I need to reach the 100k storage?

 

[Shahadan]

Aw crap I'm just starting Chapter 10. Is level 45 a safe bet? I got whooped hard in the Chapter 9 fight so I spent a good amount of time grinding

I was 45 when I fought the last boss ;(

 

[kuroneko0509]

Aw crap I'm just starting Chapter 10. Is level 45 a safe bet? I got whooped hard in the Chapter 9 fight so I spent a good amount of time grinding

i beat chapter 10 at lvl 36...... so 45 should be fine

 

[NeonZ]

Well shit. I thought this was a long running series (ala final fantasy). I had no idea chronicles was the first one. They knocked it out of the park that much? Damn.

Well, there are other "Xeno" games from the same director (Xenogears, then several "Xenosaga" games), but Xenoblade's combat system and overall focus on large worlds is pretty different from the previous games. It doesn't have any direct story connections to them either, just some similarities.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Does an 8 Storage, 2 Duplicator, 1 Booster G1 and 1 Booster G2 probes enough to get me 100k storage?

What quest ask for 100k ?

I got it to 112k storage but only made like 73k per tick
Got all probe spots full to produce 100k I would need to remove research probes

 

[j-wood]

:LOL

That's why I love those fights in that area, shit just happens and you've got to find a way to deal with it or lose. I also love that fight because it's one of those that permanently changes the landscape.



Yup, well these were the Xenogears guy so it's not like they had no experience.

Ah, that's the series I was thinking of when I picked up chronicles. I've never played those either.

 

[kuroneko0509]

What quest ask for 100k ?

I got it to 112k strange but only made like 73k per tick
Got all probe spots full to produce 100k I would need to remove research probes

A90 need 100k miranium to craft

 

[h0tp0ck3t]

That's way too high, you're gonna roll through that fight. It is a

Spoiler

skell fight

though so maybe it won't matter.

I was 45 when I fought the last boss ;(

i beat chapter 10 at lvl 36...... so 45 should be fine

Damn you flight module! Getting me into areas I had no business being in and then me not willing to back down from the challenge lol

 

[Smiles and Cries]

A90 need 100k miranium to craft

Oh cool thanks

 

[EhoaVash]

Aw crap I'm just starting Chapter 10. Is level 45 a safe bet? I got whooped hard in the Chapter 9 fight so I spent a good amount of time grinding

I was level 40. I needed to get 4 level 30 skells for my 4 party members to do that chapter. ..lots of shit just happens at once.

 

[Seik]

I finished playing yesterday at like midnight and I was at my 4th mission of Skell license...

SO NEEEAAAAR!!!! -___-

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I wish I could play five more hours before I get home

 

[zroid]

I finished playing yesterday at like midnight and I was at my 4th mission of Skell license...

SO NEEEAAAAR!!!! -___-

haha same here. I have 3 more to go...

 

[boxter432]

That's way too high, you're gonna roll through that fight. It is a

Spoiler

skell fight

though so maybe it won't matter.

I'm like 42 and haven't even done ch 7 yet....
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[NeonZ]

My vacation starts today! Really, it has been a long time since I've played a game that actually makes wake up before work just to put a few more minutes into it.

 

[BY2K]

I'm like 42 and haven't even done ch 7 yet....
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Jesus Christ, you're gonna stroll through the rest of the game.

Speaking of, any quick-ish way to level from from 40 to 50?

 

[Shahadan]

Jesus Christ, you're gonna stroll through the rest of the game.

Speaking of, any quick-ish way to level from from 40 to 50?

Destroy shit in a prone base with a full party of skells. Preferably 417 in sylvalum (iirc) so you get good skell wepaons in the process

If you already went there, choose a base with more powerful enemies. You can probably kill lvl45 enemies with your skells

 

[Fandangox]

Jesus Christ, you're gonna stroll through the rest of the game.

Speaking of, any quick-ish way to level from from 40 to 50?

This is what I did:

Probably not the fastests, but on the south western coast of Sylvanum on the wall that has an entrance guarded by two lvl 30 OrcServers you will find some lvl 60 Zigs positioned around the walls, you can kill them in aboht 4 seconds with a group of skells, and at lvl 56 you will get 1k experience per kill. They are a bit spread out, but if you kill all four and skip back to the entrance you should level up pretty quickly.

If you are taking lower leveled party members fighting on Skells they will level up pretty quickly.

So at level 40 you should be gaining a lot more experience than at level 56. Although some also say the Insectoid Tyrant at the Northwestern cave in Primordia is a good grinding spot too.

 

[Haunted]

I would have preferred squad members in NLA leveling alongside your active team (this setup would've been much more painless for the player and is completely supported by the lore), but since it's a necessity sometimes, don't forget to equip those low level members you want to get on par with your main party with as many EXP Boost augments as you can muster, or equipment that has those built in (I noticed they're more common in helmets/headgear). Makes the whole process go by much faster. At least they have decent scaling, beating lvl50+ enemies makes members in the low 20s level up every couple seconds. :lol

Leveling up a character 30+ levels in a matter of minutes is pretty fun.

Yuuuup. The game goes out of its way to make you feel small before you get your Skell, and once you do, you feel so big.

That being said, I really wish you'd gotten it 10-15 hours earlier. Also, a free skell is a free skell, but as soon as you hit 30 I highly recommend upgrading to the Amdusias.

I think there's value in giving the player so much time to get intimately familiar with many of Primordia's and Noctilum's areas - on foot, towards chapter 6 I had explored most of the first continent and knew exactly where I could and, more importantly, couldn't go. So getting that Skell and opening up all those new possibilities was a really powerful moment where the radical traversal, exploration and combat changes in-game reinforce the story importance of that moment.

And then they do it all over again when the player gets the flight module.

 

[Astral Dog]

Well shit. I thought this was a long running series (ala final fantasy). I had no idea chronicles was the first one. They knocked it out of the park that much? Damn.

What do you mean? No plot connection, i would say just keep playing Xenoblade 3DS, its a massive and very good game with its own qualities even compared to this one, there is no point in worrying to change games soon.

 

[Kyzon]

Is there any weather effect worse than spores?
Can't see shit with that.

 

[Vena]

Is there any weather effect worse than spores?
Can't see shit with that.

Get the augment for Skell's that makes you see clearly under any weather condition.

 

[Haunted]

Is there any weather effect worse than spores?
Can't see shit with that.

I don't know what you're talking about.


Also, some of the cutscenes in this game are just gorgeous.

OH WAIT

Get the augment for Skell's that makes you see clearly under any weather condition.

oh right, I actually wanted to ask about that stuff. Do the various weather augments have to be installed on the main Skell I'm using, or can it just be on one of the squad member's?

Since I'm doing like 90% of the work in every fight, I'd like the party leader Skell to be focused on combat as much as possible.

 

[UncleSporky]

I was reading on reddit that if your Skell gets down to 1 insurance, you should consider removing your parts from the frame and sell it since the sell price is the same as repair cost if it's destroyed again. Then simply buy another Skell which will give you another 3 insurance. If you wait until you have no insurance left, you have to repair FIRST to then be able to remove the individual parts which is a pretty high cost.

I've been grabbing the salvage tickets here and there but thought the above advice was pretty smart.

0 insurance. When you have 1 left, you still get a free repair.

I just did this myself, hit 0 insurance, stripped it and sold it for most of the purchase price back.

 

[Vena]

oh right, I actually wanted to ask about that stuff. Do the various weather augments have to be installed on the main Skell I'm using, or can it just be on one of the squad member's?

Since I'm doing like 90% of the work in every fight, I'd like the party leader Skell to be focused on combat as much as possible.

Its per Skell. And since you're the one in control, it really only matters for you. But remember that weather affects have debuffs for everyone/thing caught in them.

 

[Haunted]

What are some good spots to get Light/Medium Skell Armor drops?

Depends on the level you're at and level of drops you're aiming for.

Generally, enemy Pugiliths and Skells (predictably) drop the most Skell equipment, so clearing out some of those bases in southern Oblivia, or for higher level enemies, uh, pretty much everywhere you look in Cauldros p) net you a lot of that stuff.

 

[-MB-]

I'm like 42 and haven't even done ch 7 yet....
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Same here, level 41 and just started doing chapter 7. Spent so much time exploring and fighting and collecting. Already spent like 65 hours on this game, and loving every minute of it.

 

[Haunted]

Its per Skell. And since you're the one in control, it really only matters for you. But remember that weather affects have debuffs for everyone/thing caught in them.

Makes sense.

I haven't actually seen one that gives vision yet, only ones that reduce damage from weather, but I've only skimmed through the billion possible skell augments, so I'm sure it's in there somewhere.

I was reading on reddit that if your Skell gets down to 1 insurance, you should consider removing your parts from the frame and sell it since the sell price is the same as repair cost if it's destroyed again. Then simply buy another Skell which will give you another 3 insurance. If you wait until you have no insurance left, you have to repair FIRST to then be able to remove the individual parts which is a pretty high cost.

I've been grabbing the salvage tickets here and there but thought the above advice was pretty smart.

I'll one up that advice and say that you should consider giving 1 insurance Skells to your squad members. Since they always perfectly hit the eject, they'll never use up that final insurance.

 

[AppleSautts]

Man, some of these side quests are so damn dark. Just did the

Spoiler

--seminar--

one and now I just started the one where

Spoiler

the Man-on falls out of the sky with a splatter of blood.

 

[Kyzon]

Get the augment for Skell's that makes you see clearly under any weather condition.

They have that? lol 140 hours and I've not made one augment.

I don't know what you're talking about.

fast travel inside sylvalum a bit until it appears. It basically looks like a super intense blizzard.

 

[Haunted]

Yeah the game just pretty nonchalantly drops some racism/xenophobia issues with real consequences and not always happy endings in some of the missions.

I like the absurd contrast between fun/quirky and deadly serious, even if it means that no one can take any of it seriously.

fast travel inside sylvalum a bit until it appears. It basically looks like a super intense blizzard.

It appears you stopped reading my post at exactly that sentence. :lol

 

[addyb]

Just ordered this from amazon uk. Never played a Xenoblade game before but it looks so good. Maybe it will break my bloodborne addiction.

 

[Dawg]

Finished chapter 5. Literally WAT.

Right when I was losing a tiny bit of interest in the main story, they pulled me back in HARD.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Man, some of these side quests are so damn dark. Just did the

Spoiler

--seminar--

one and now I just started the one where

Spoiler

the Man-on falls out of the sky with a splatter of blood.

How did it end for you?

 

[Xenoboy]

I did the quest with Sorana and wow. I really liked how the quest went on and the ending was the quite the pay-off.
I also did two of the May missions, nothing too special.

Is there anyway other way to refuel Skells without waiting and paying 5k miranium?
And what happens if you decide to not help the Ma-non person in Bozé's first quest?

 

[Shahadan]

Is there anyway other way to refuel Skells without waiting and paying 5k miranium?

Bind monsters wehn you can and do the qte. Also I think my overdrive replenished my fuel when I used weapons but I'm not sure since I still don't know wtf it does and why they have different names.

But, with the binding I rarely have to refuel. You'll have to do it eventually, but less often.

 

[Adam Prime]

Finished chapter 5. Literally WAT.

Right when I was losing a tiny bit of interest in the main story, they pulled me back in HARD.

Spoiler

I know right? It's like you're playing The Matrix where everyone is actually JACKED IN and they're looking for their bodies. Pretty cool! I wonder if the main characteres actually look like who they are IRL.

 

[shadow2810]

Spoiler

I know right? It's like you're playing The Matrix where everyone is actually JACKED IN and they're looking for their bodies. Pretty cool! I wonder if the main characteres actually look like who they are IRL.

Spoiler

Xenoblade X
Xeno = alien
BLADE = you know what
X = Cross = main character
mind = blown

 

[BorkBork]

Yeah the game just pretty nonchalantly drops some racism/xenophobia issues with real consequences and not always happy endings in some of the missions.

I like the absurd contrast between fun/quirky and deadly serious, even if it means that no one can take any of it seriously.


It appears you stopped reading my post at exactly that sentence. :lol

Hey find my missing cat! Oh also, and then someone is murdering aliens in the city. What.

I like it too, for some inexplicable reason.

 

[Chastten]

Well, after finishing Chapter 10 I've spent nearly 25 hours of just doing a bit of everything. Got 2 level 50 skells with Intergalactic weapons, a full party of well-equipped level 60 characters, and plenty of income for a while.

Guess I'll see if I can finish the remaining story chapters tonight.

 

[Dawg]

Spoiler

I know right? It's like you're playing The Matrix where everyone is actually JACKED IN and they're looking for their bodies. Pretty cool! I wonder if the main characteres actually look like who they are IRL.

Yup!

 

[Mat-triX]

What is the point exactly to recruiting random scouts found on the field?

 

[HawthorneKitty]

What is the point exactly to recruiting random scouts found on the field?

Blade Medals/they may be higher level than you and be useful.

 

[Not_Mario]

Spoiler

I know right? It's like you're playing The Matrix where everyone is actually JACKED IN and they're looking for their bodies. Pretty cool! I wonder if the main characteres actually look like who they are IRL.

Spoiler

I remember someone saying something about people having their mimeosomes look different from their real bodies. Stuff like having their mims look younger than their actual body.

 

[Ulysses 31]

What is the point exactly to recruiting random scouts found on the field?

You can get their division support or use them to farm blade madels if you lvl them up enough.

 

[LurkerPrime]

This game. It can be so evocative and beautiful--a testament to how great it is designed. It would be so easy for XBCX to be just another average game, but somehow it transcends the formula it walks along artfully, skillfully, and masterfully.

The beauty of design, and beauty of achievement caputered forever. It really doesn't get much better than this.

Took, like, 45 hours before I was ready to get a skell. Now it's just a matter of settling on a colour scheme that I like...

 

[Fandangox]

Spoiler

I remember someone saying something about people having their mimeosomes look different from their real bodies. Stuff like having their mims look younger than their actual body.

Spoiler

There's an 78 year old man in the body of a 20-30 year old, so yeah.

 

[R.D.Blax]

Finally got my Ares 90 ! But I think I will give it to Elma later on, I prefer being able to chose my own gear. Speaking of Elma, any place where a I can get cool dual blade weapon ?

 

[Dawg]

This is one of my favourite pictures I've taken so far. What makes it extra cool is that you can actually see the tyrant dinosaur in the distance.

 

[It's Reyn Time!]

Finally got my Ares 90 ! But I think I will give it to Elma later on, I prefer being able to chose my own gear. Speaking of Elma, any place where a I can get cool dual blade weapon ?

I'm doing the same with my Skells. I've got two Ares 90 at the moment, one for me and one for a team mate. The idea is I'm going to get three of them and then make a kickass, fully augmented level 60 frame for myself. I like that the Ares 90 doesn't require much thought when giving one to my team mates but I'm itching for something more customisable.