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Xenoblade Chronicles X |OT2| Welcome to New L+A a.k.a. Read the Frakkin' Manual!
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
All are required for story progression. His Heart to Heart convo's are missable. But don't count towards survey completion.
I think it's reasonable to expect no further support, considering how far back the Japanese release was.
I'll aim for 130 resistance and just know I'll heal with overdrive active. Then got to get accuracy. Guess I'm gonna have to farm for armor since augs won't be enough since I have to have slots for reflects
Running around holding off doing Chapter 7. Man some of these sidequests got dark.
On the plus side, I've bought every single level 30 Skell now
. I'd like to do Chapter 7 but the game seems to throw even more sidequests at me every time I complete some! Damn my OCD.
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The Water Plant research team aka ALIEN THE MOVIE
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Woman making up a religion to poison and make money off the Ma-Non
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Murderess being a straight bitch and nearly killing me for the sake of money (seriously why is she alive)
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3 Con artists and the White Gold
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Lots of BLADE members basically super corrupt and want to stab me
On the plus side, I've bought every single level 30 Skell now
. I'd like to do Chapter 7 but the game seems to throw even more sidequests at me every time I complete some! Damn my OCD.KittenMaster
Member
The difficulty spikes heavily during the last three or so chapters (especially compared to how much easier Level 30 Skells make the game) so you really wouldn't want to rush anyway unless you are willing to have a challenge.On the plus side, I've bought every single level 30 Skell now
Still, they might want to do Chapter 7 on foot; seeing as how having more than one Skell is enough to break it. And any difficulty spike could probably be argued to start from Chapter 9 instead of 10 - at least as many people complain about
the Wrothians
Zu Pharg.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Looks like I've completed every mission except "A Fateful Choice." It's also the last hexagon for me to survey in NLA.
KittenMaster
Member
EDIT: Oh, I counted wrong, I meant to include Chapter 9 in my estimate.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Silent_Ocarina
Member
I've hardly ever used the online component because my Wii U constantly disconnects from my wi-fi network (probably because of the distance). How much am I missing out? I really want to try the global nemesis, but I kinda suck at the game, and I have no tickets or whatever is required. Currently stuck on Chapter 10 at Level 41. That boss is just really not fun with the wacky camera angles.
I keep taking screenshots of Luxaar. It's like a sickness I can't stop. Most hilariously awesome (or awesomely hilarious?) character design ever. I took a close-up of his face that can be the new wat.jpg.
I just like the variety of villains in general. This feels like Power Rangers or something.
I just like the variety of villains in general. This feels like Power Rangers or something.
theprodigy
Member
I don't think it matters that much until postgame, where getting everything without online will become a pain.
Myoclonic Jerk
Member
Just completed chapter 7
Do I need to bother with the ground skills and gear? i'm mainly using the Skells for all my team members
Do I need to bother with the ground skills and gear? i'm mainly using the Skells for all my team members
KittenMaster
Member
It would be good to keep your ground gear and build fairly up to date even if you plan on going Skell most of the time, yeah.
Myoclonic Jerk
Member
I kinda miss on-foot battles. They were more fun.
KittenMaster
Member
Ground builds are definitely viable even against the strongest enemies in the game, Overdrive is basically how you fight things without a Skell.
Sometimes you'll need a Skell though, particuarly for flying enemies and they're very helpful during the main story chapters.
Myoclonic Jerk
Member
Currently I just can't feel it. The difference between skells and without is massive! I see no reason, unless forced, to go on foot. It could change when I progress more in the game, so I don't know
theprodigy
Member
That's because unoptimized skell combat>>>unoptimized ground combat.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ground combat is still leagues better. I only use Skell combat for clutch.
Mild villain spoilers: Just made this in hopes it will become the dankest of memes.
Myoclonic Jerk
Member
I see..
I don't even know how to use augments and stuff.. don't know the real effect of half of the arts and skills..
This game is just so deep! i don't have time for everything lol
Benzychenz
Member
None of it matters outside of endgame tyrants and stuff.
Finished final Story chapter of the game. That ended up being quite a (fun) challenge with my part at 50 and three of my four skells at 30. The save setup for the final run is really bad though, so be warned - there's a point of no return where losing a skell means you don't get it back for retries, which was really annoying. Ended up winning the final fight with just my level 50 skell and then the rest of the crew on foot.
Time to start maxing everyone out...
Time to start maxing everyone out...
Finally grinding a bunch of sidequests. Geez, such hard swings in this game between funny hijinx sidequests and fucked up sidequests.
It's like (chapter 6-ish sidequest spoilers)
It is kind of great.
It's like (chapter 6-ish sidequest spoilers)
Give this alien frozen pizza and he gives you technology! Ha HA! Oh, you got some aliens to follow the super duper space racist who then started executing them. Oops. Get the aliens measurements for fashionable underwear! Teehee. Oops, someone was trying to poison all the aliens to get them to believe in religion.
It is kind of great.
lucablight
Member
Apologies for the dumb questions
1.) Are your party members restricted to using the arts they have equipped or is that only if you're controlling them?
2.) Is there a way to check what art a piece of skell gear will have before buying it?
3.) Is money plentiful post game? (Up to chapter 11 and debating whether to buy 3 level 50 skell or save up for post game).
1.) Are your party members restricted to using the arts they have equipped or is that only if you're controlling them?
2.) Is there a way to check what art a piece of skell gear will have before buying it?
3.) Is money plentiful post game? (Up to chapter 11 and debating whether to buy 3 level 50 skell or save up for post game).
Finished Chapter 12 today. Overall, enjoyed XCX much more than Xenoblade. While XBC had a meatier story, it was very linear, and because its sidequests were abysmal, I just stuck to the story. I was surprised by how meaty some of the affinity/side missions are. Really big chunks of the game can be missed without them, but I love the choice. Some characters I don't like, so I skipped them. Others I liked, so I went as far down their stories as I could.
Others have said this, but XCX feels very slice-of-life. The hero isn't some grand foretold hero of legend. He or she she is just a BLADE, trying to survive day by day.
Others have said this, but XCX feels very slice-of-life. The hero isn't some grand foretold hero of legend. He or she she is just a BLADE, trying to survive day by day.
1) of course. but you can change/upgrade their arts in the arts menu
2) yes, click the R button to show the art
3) yes, if you set up decent research probes. mine isn't great but I get $160k every rotation. plenty of missions give you decent money too. can strip and sell old Skells as well.
lucablight
Member
Thanks mate! Appreciate it.
and also remember, during battle, you can command the whole team or individuals by clicking + and choosing a command (like use melee or use range attacks) saying Keep tension up kind of prevents them from using arts that consume TP but will make them build tension so if you die they might have enough to revive you.
for that fight you only have to take 5% of its HP, idk maybe you can just burst down that 500k or so HP real quick and save yourself the grinding for now
I asked around on gamefaqs and they said you need to kill it. Are you thinking about L's affinity mission?
tryagainlater
Member
Lowered the difficutly for the chapter 9 boss. Glad I did, I never would have beaten it. 60 hours in, I barely understand the combat. The d-pad and movement analog stick being on the same side is bothering me a lot, it worked better with the wiimote and nunchuk on the first one. I'm just looking at the bottom of the screen most of the time now. I really just wanted to get my flight module anyway. Would rather explore than deal with the combat.
Yeah the D-Pad to switch arts thing was one of the only complaints I had about combat. It's logical, but in the heat of battle trying to switch arts while moving practically requires a third hand.
Thankfully it never really caused an actual problem or caused me to die, just the occasional missed soul voice.
Thankfully it never really caused an actual problem or caused me to die, just the occasional missed soul voice.
theprodigy
Member
StarStabbedMoon
Member
- Pretty sure there aren't repeats to basic quests. According to various guides there are a finite amount of them.
- Not sure myself. I figure it's either something you do as you go while questing or you'll need to research how to track each quest down. Tyrants and treasures are usually easy to find by just exploring though.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_...rch_probesstorageduplicator_probes_in_all_my/
Those list treasure locations. I would search the excel doc for quests that will reward probes as well. That said, as long as you can finish Tobias' quests and get 100k storage, probes aren't that important anymore beyond that.
Wyndstryker
Member
Basic quests can repeat. They have a checkmark at the front if they've been completed
Holy shit, this final boss is complete bullshit.
I'm not going to cave and lower the difficulty now, but... I actually think I might have to grind more. Which means undoing nearly 4 hours of progress...
A William Birkin ripoff who randomly shuts my skells off with barely any indication, who comes at the end of an entire gauntlet of difficult fights. I even brought in a level 50 skell and thought I was overdoing it, but I don't even get the luxury of using it. It wouldn't even be so hard if it wasn't for the Chimera Queen he summons, who just ends up aggroing my main character and ignoring everyone else until I'm dead. And no matter how many times I tell people to build TP so they can revive me later on, they end up wasting it almost instantly.
I'm not going to cave and lower the difficulty now, but... I actually think I might have to grind more. Which means undoing nearly 4 hours of progress...
I died once, but won the second time, this was how I pulled it off:
(Minor final boss battle spoilers)
After my first death to final-final boss I was down to my Level 50 skell only. I had Celica, who mostly had a support setup but tended to die.
My method was to lead with a G-Buster, and hop out immediately (knowing I'd lose my fuel soon anyways) and fight the boss on foot. Fuel would eventually start recovering, and at around 50% health boss summoned one Chimera Queen. I immediately directed everyone to attack it, ran over to my skell, hoped in, and got off one G-Buster on the Chimera, then got out an finished it on foot.
Once it was dead I went back to the boss and a second Chimera never got summoned. Basically fought him on foot the rest of the way but would jump in the Skell for a single G-Buster when I had enough fuel.
I'm not sure why only one Chimera got summoned, but I had targeted the boss' right arm at the very beginning and destroyed the arm not long after killing the Chimera.
Party was all level 50 during the battle. Had to do one or two revives but not much.
My method was to lead with a G-Buster, and hop out immediately (knowing I'd lose my fuel soon anyways) and fight the boss on foot. Fuel would eventually start recovering, and at around 50% health boss summoned one Chimera Queen. I immediately directed everyone to attack it, ran over to my skell, hoped in, and got off one G-Buster on the Chimera, then got out an finished it on foot.
Once it was dead I went back to the boss and a second Chimera never got summoned. Basically fought him on foot the rest of the way but would jump in the Skell for a single G-Buster when I had enough fuel.
I'm not sure why only one Chimera got summoned, but I had targeted the boss' right arm at the very beginning and destroyed the arm not long after killing the Chimera.
Party was all level 50 during the battle. Had to do one or two revives but not much.
I almost considered going back to my last save, but managed to pull it out thankfully.
The Awesomest
Member
Okay, I'm finally at level 50. Now where are my Lv. 50 skells? They're not at the shopping terminal!