Affinity Quest related
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Affinity Quest related
Crap, I shouldn't have read that one. I haven't done her affinity quest yet.
Maybe it was a FF13 joke
edit: decided to be reasonable and will treat myself to 5hr of sleep
aka 9 when alarms fail
see you guys tomorrow, ill do 12 then
Wyndstryker
Member
Just gotten the Ares90
I didn't know I released the destroyed of worlds with this thing. It's so freaking powerful.
I didn't know I released the destroyed of worlds with this thing. It's so freaking powerful.
Starwolf_UK
Member
For those find a yellow speech bubble missions the dot is the middle of the search radius so anywhere in that. Usually I just look up videos for these (play back at 2* speed otherwise it is no better than you looking).
Uh-huh from what I understand the quests involve the same people going to the same places so are just alternative dialogue and of course (ending of the quest)
no Fortun being left on the roof of BLADE tower.
It is fun when you decide to take on really strong stuff and get it trashed. Even the Telethia nenesis if its puts up reflect ether; bring appropriate augments (neg.reflect.ether XX for Telethia nemesis). Also in general slayer augments don't hurt and are sometimes required for one shotting (well one art) things with the cannon. Accuracy up helps too (as always for Skells).
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Oh wow, I did not expect to get an arms manufacturer out of (character)
Professor B.
Yeah, I learned that after taking on the Telethia Nemesis with two other players, both using Ares 90. I don't think either realised what happened since they immediately posted free reports saying "why is it so strong?"
I didn't know about his reflect either when I fought too, so when I saw the "Telethia is going to reflect ether" prompt, I was like "Oh shit, I'm dead", but then I remembered I put some negates reflect on my Ares before to go fight some tyrant before, so I was ok in the end. Can say the same about the other players who got trashed
Benzychenz
Member
Uhh isn't this just a normal enemy? I'm sure it went down in like 5 seconds for me.
How did you manage to beat the bosses in chapters 9 and 10 to unlock this mission??
brainchild
Banned
I finally figured out what hit scaling is. Basically, it's the multiplier applied to the base attack power before that number is then multiplied by the number of hits that the art performs. It's pretty important for figuring out which arts do the most damage.
It's the thing on the floating islands in Oblivia. Chapter 9 and 10 bosses are chumps in comparison. I get it down to 10% and it unleashes a fire rain that wipes my skells. Tried breaking its parts too, no help. I fight it on land I get adds. I fight it in the sky and well... You lose when your skell blows
Twinguistics
Member
Got this game for Christmas and loving it so far, as I knew I would. I can't stop playing!
I have some questions if someone could oblige.
How do I get more data probes? I have lots of basic ones that I want to turn into a different type to get my revenue up but I've only got 4 I can use. I've read all about linking them etc but don't know how I get more - there's not much I can do with just 4.
I'm thinking about taking on my first affinity quest with some dude (can't remember his name) and one of the objectives is to get 3000 from one return from a research probe and I'm wondering how to do that. I've only got one research probe and can't figure out how much revenue I get on each return from that.
Also, how often do I get payments from these probes?
Lastly, I've heard that you get extra revenue near a research probe by finding the scenic views. How do you find these? I've scaled some big mountains etc but have not found one in my whole time exploring so far,
Thanks!
I have some questions if someone could oblige.
How do I get more data probes? I have lots of basic ones that I want to turn into a different type to get my revenue up but I've only got 4 I can use. I've read all about linking them etc but don't know how I get more - there's not much I can do with just 4.
I'm thinking about taking on my first affinity quest with some dude (can't remember his name) and one of the objectives is to get 3000 from one return from a research probe and I'm wondering how to do that. I've only got one research probe and can't figure out how much revenue I get on each return from that.
Also, how often do I get payments from these probes?
Lastly, I've heard that you get extra revenue near a research probe by finding the scenic views. How do you find these? I've scaled some big mountains etc but have not found one in my whole time exploring so far,
Thanks!
- From treasures, and some few quests.
- You have to generate 3000 revenue from your whole grid, not a single probe. Your current revenue is displayed on the lower right of the map. 3000 should be easy, just put the research probe on the best graded revenue spot.
- Once every 30 minutes iirc.
- Explore, you'll know when you find one. A lot are only accessible with the flight module.
You find them from treasures in the field, some come from quests (like the ones from I forgot her name, well the ones where you have to explore Mira). And a few come from completing the collectopedia. Make sure to get your mechanical field skill up to level 4 first and open as many mechanical treasures as possible for probes.
About 30 minutes.
They are very specific spots, just keep on exploring and you will eventually find them (or reading a guide on their exact location).
1. You get other probes from treasures scattered on different parts of the planet (comes a lot from mechanical ones) and sometimes from quest rewards.
2. You earn like twice per whole day game cycle. And you get higher revenues from increasing the probes you plant. Higher profits can be obtained in each probe spot by using research probes with scenic spots.
3. Many of these scenic spots come from places where you travel using a skell. But some are within caves that can be entered on-foot. Depending on the research probe level, a discovered spot gets a few thousand increase in revenue.
Benzychenz
Member
Ah ok must be the next affinity mission.
I thought you meant the one in the cave in Sylvalum
Planning to take on the final (?) chapter later this week.
So far I don't like how sometimes you don't have much choice in your answers or main char behavior. My character wasn't acting like I wanted in chapter 11.
I love the overall story in its sci-fi style, but on the opposite I find most of the human relationships/ characters writing pretty bad.
I mean as far as Mira/the human race background/technological things are concerned, it's great. But the individuals NPCs... Only a few stands out. Other have completely dumb storylines.
It's a shame because the game would have been even greater if those quests were more coherent. Several times you let a NPC live just because you're supposed to play a string of 2 or 3 quests and kill him only in the last one.
So far I don't like how sometimes you don't have much choice in your answers or main char behavior. My character wasn't acting like I wanted in chapter 11.
I love the overall story in its sci-fi style, but on the opposite I find most of the human relationships/ characters writing pretty bad.
I mean as far as Mira/the human race background/technological things are concerned, it's great. But the individuals NPCs... Only a few stands out. Other have completely dumb storylines.
It's a shame because the game would have been even greater if those quests were more coherent. Several times you let a NPC live just because you're supposed to play a string of 2 or 3 quests and kill him only in the last one.
Sammy Samusu
Member
lol this quest
Goodness me the text is small in this game. I'm finding it hard to enjoy the game like this
Yep, the game has a terrible UI. Pretty shocking they shipped it like this.
Hello fellow addicts, checking in with you!
I feel, after nearly 80 hours in, I need to look into artes and equipment more. I buy equipment by raw stats, but I feel picking electric or other attributes could be the key to finally help me defeat some real enemies.
To clarify this was me chapter 8:
First part: Oh my fucking god, I will die. (died twice - put all enhancements and skills to do more damage to the enemy type, then barely made it)
Second part: I am already dead. (survived on a sliver of health)
I am level 32, but level 30 missions wreck me. For example the 2 hearts affinity mission for Phog. I wrecked both my skells three times before the game asked me if it should lower difficulty. Fuck yes.
And the worst part: I still went ahead and accepted chapter 9. I am legit stuck now at a task way out of my league.
Time to grind.
I feel, after nearly 80 hours in, I need to look into artes and equipment more. I buy equipment by raw stats, but I feel picking electric or other attributes could be the key to finally help me defeat some real enemies.
To clarify this was me chapter 8:
First part: Oh my fucking god, I will die. (died twice - put all enhancements and skills to do more damage to the enemy type, then barely made it)
Second part: I am already dead. (survived on a sliver of health)
I am level 32, but level 30 missions wreck me. For example the 2 hearts affinity mission for Phog. I wrecked both my skells three times before the game asked me if it should lower difficulty. Fuck yes.
And the worst part: I still went ahead and accepted chapter 9. I am legit stuck now at a task way out of my league.
Time to grind.
Goodness me the text is small in this game. I'm finding it hard to enjoy the game like this
Do like us, get closer to your tv ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I still found some NPCs to be memorable - especially considering how many of this game's story-related characters are playable compared to the first game, that's more commendable than it sounds, but some of those aspects seemed like notable weak points to me as well. The greater shape of the world and the races, factions and places sketched out in the abstract were all pretty good, the playable supporting cast is endearing enough even if their potential wasn't fully realised; and the amount of variety in the types of scenarios explored by the normal missions was great.
Which only makes the main story and moment-to-moment writing more disappointing in comparison, along with understandable-but-still-regrettable concerns like the lack of interaction between non-essential party members.
As it is, I like the world they've built and the whole structure of normal, story, affinity and basic missions, but both have a lot more potential for narrative delivery which I hope is better-realised in the next game. Still, it seems like something that'd be a matter of refinement, rather than a complete reconceptualisation.
It is surprising that it made it through the whole development cycle with text this tiny.
At least they made an attempt to address the complaints about UI size, even if nothing was patched in the original version, and making such substantial changes in localisation could have been unfeasible. Hopefully their future games manage to improve.
ChetWilson
Banned
It's not really just levels as it may be gear and arts.
I remember being level 25 and it took my team like an entire minute to kill a monster that was level 25. Then I spec'd up my arts and skills, min/max'd my gear etc, learned how to insert augs, etc...and just because of that I was able to make my team kill a monster of equal level in only 10 seconds, and a monster 5-6 levels above my team in about a minute.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Everyone plays the game the same way.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Does anyone know when a global nemesis will return?
Well, shit. After all this time (over 100 hours into the game) I end up saving at the beginning of an affinity quest I thought I could do,
Elma tells me this first boss is pretty tough, it's not, so I felt safe in saving (I know I'm an idiot). Next thing I know I have to save some people getting attacked by two level 80 indigens. They take my whole team of 4 level 50 skells out in under a minute, and instantly target the arm on my mech with the evasion up. Someone help me with this please, will I have to grind or is there a build I can realistically get right now that can save me (I'm level 58, btw).
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Might just want to get an Ares90 now and 1 shot them...
That's actually my current plan, was hoping there was something else I could do to get it over and done with sooner, but I have around half the parts for the Ares at this point so we getting there.
Gormless Noodle
Member
I did those with my Ares. Do you have G-Busters and such equipped on your Skells and some good accuracy? I don't know how much damage those can take since I one shot them.
Edit: Can't you also fight them on foot? An Overdrive build with ghostwalker might still do the trick depending on your augments and weapon and such.
I was using a light skell, but my heavies have g-busters, I was struggling to hit them at all though as they have pretty good evasion, before I died I maybe did a quarter off one of their health bars. Will try with a buster tomorrow, thanks for the suggestion.
I couldn't get enough TP up on foot to start one overdrive since 95% of my attacks were missing.
pizzaparty
Member
The entire post-game is just grinding for mats.
Gormless Noodle
Member
Hmmm, well then if you max out your TP before the fight, weaken them with your skells beforehand and go right into overdrive when your Skells get taken out, you should be able to pull it off I think.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Serving casual holiday break.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Damn, new OT already?
I'm still mainly doing random missions, have yet to start Chapter 6. Already have Elena and Lin at max affinity, just playing with a few other chars that I'm interested in their affinity stories to get their levels up.
I'm still mainly doing random missions, have yet to start Chapter 6. Already have Elena and Lin at max affinity, just playing with a few other chars that I'm interested in their affinity stories to get their levels up.
Leaving the game on without inputting anything causes it to stop giving you resources after one cycle. It's not ideal, but playing through some normal missions while the probes are set should give you the required materials soon enough. Are all of your mining probes G1?
That mission was BS. Made the creature respawning something I hated more than ever. I killed one on foot and then as I was working on the other, the one I killed respawned and destroyed me.
Went in with level 50 Skells and killed one, but yet again the other one respawns and kills us. Finally managed to do it without the other one respawning with some Theroid Slayer and weakness exploit (ether?).
They're all G2 actually, though I don't know if that increases output of specific materials.
Guess I should have taped the analog stick down old school style.
It's not "not ideal" it's a stupid quest and has soured me on the entire game... I'm hoping there's nothing else this poorly designed going forward.
Luckily I actually enjoy the more banal aspects of the game (kill X things, kill named guy, get these pipes) but I'm locked into this bloody affinity quest until I complete it and having it tied to gathering from mining probes (that could not even give you the material you need) is, for some reason, infuriating to me. Not to mention the other parts of the quest which are poorly explained... but at least that is in line with the entire game.
Ugh, just want to get this POS done so I can get back to actually enjoying the game. :-/
Edit: I'm prolly just mad cause everything else up to this point has been so sublime.
Gotdatmoney
Member
That chapter 9 boss is legit hard as balls. I havent had any trouble with any bosses in the game up until then. Wrecked my team several times. Had to grind up my level and gear to beat.
I think one of my main issues of this game is how all the augments and gear are tied to materials making it necessary to grind monsters. In addition I find the vast majority of drops useless in terms of equipment. Everything is pretty middle of the road. I think O hear there was a quest that when you finish allows you to add slots to your gear? If so which one is it?
There are some quests that require a certain percentage surveyed to advance or start (including a couple main story missions I believe) which if you haven't explored much can stop you. The big thing is just to save before accepting an affinity quest or story mission. It's a major headache that shouldn't be there, but it's absolutely a necessity if you want to avoid this in the future. Luckily most affinity quests are fairly short so it isn't that big a deal to revert to your save.
That said I can't really remember any quests as bad as this one.
Yea, I figured it'd be a short jaunt but noooope.
Going to have to do the save scumming to avoid crap like this in the future, or just research the quests before hand on the net... which is crap.
I'm okay with having survey % gates because it's a good excuse to get out there and find some shit, something I like doing anyway.
Whatever, games real fucking good aside from this.
Twinguistics
Member
Thanks, and thanks Desu and Random25 too.