Wyndstryker
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Luckily I did almost no sidequests before ch5 so it was a pleasant surprise.
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Luckily I did almost no sidequests before ch5 so it was a pleasant surprise.
victreeb3l
Member
Yup. I love her design and armor. Her concept art is pretty sweet too. Need to find a nice image to make an avatar out of.
Speaking of concept art, I just noticed that the artbook that came in the LE spoils the Millesaur. Good thing I just skimmed through it and didnt bother reading the text blurbs lol.
Well
Full admittance
I'd been following the theory since the second trailer
so
when everyone who is in the know on plot doesn't instantly deconfirm it at JPN launch, it's the same thing as a confirm
Laughing at
rexwhatever
I'm a solo tank, almost 20k HP and dishing out that much. jeez.
edit:
oh
15% hp
did a thing that made it temp invincible, killed my whole team except me, killed me almost on invincibility
LOVELY
Vincent Alexander
Member
So, I just finished Chapter 6.
Good stuff!
I'm not dying to buy anything I don't have money for, but just to see if I can make it work I got my controller setup with a fan downstairs at moment generating me some revenue and such. We'll see how this goes.
That big damn bird Bahamut thing coming from sky and wrecking the beasts was pretty dope. At first it was cool. Then it dragged on a little long as he wrecked 'em and I was like "OK. Let's wrap it up." Then it went more, and somehow become even better. Like watching a messed up snuff film as he gobbled the last one.
I'm not dying to buy anything I don't have money for, but just to see if I can make it work I got my controller setup with a fan downstairs at moment generating me some revenue and such. We'll see how this goes.
Thank ya!
I feel you, and I'm not even that far in. I keep thinking about my huge backlog, and that I could finish 2-to-infinity more games in the time it is going to take to complete Xenoblade. I'm not in love with this game....yet I can't put it down. Is this what meth is like?
Jim_Cacher
Member
Elma's affinity mission. I did it after playing Chapter 4, but I overlooked that dialogue.
victreeb3l
Member
OMG! There is a follow up to The Miracle Water sidequest... Im expecting a lot of this:
But is in Cauldros and rn I have my hands full of mess in Sylvalum, and speaking of Sylvalum I hate those giants robots roaming all over the place... let me explore T_T
Oh dude. You gotta play that one.
Chapter 6 was interesting. It's like they suddenly got a budget for proper cutscenes and stuff. And said 'let's blow it on a
Cool, though. The mission itself was also short, well paced and fun, which is a rarity.
The overall story is a complete disaster, though. Just... so bad. I've taken to doing something I've never done before in a game, and that's skipping dialogue scenes when they start to drag. At least you have the option.
Of course, after Chapter 6 I decided to explore the east of Obilvia for the first time, and it was two absolutely glorious hours of orgasm-enducing eye-candy. To say the experience is uneven is putting it lightly.
fuck huge dragon ripping the shit out of a bunch of purple zombie wolf monsters!
The overall story is a complete disaster, though. Just... so bad. I've taken to doing something I've never done before in a game, and that's skipping dialogue scenes when they start to drag. At least you have the option.
Of course, after Chapter 6 I decided to explore the east of Obilvia for the first time, and it was two absolutely glorious hours of orgasm-enducing eye-candy. To say the experience is uneven is putting it lightly.
yeeeepp
hey guys, for downfalls boss, how do i do the final part? ground fight (aka phase 1), cant hit after 85% dealt?
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
Laughing at the very noticeable difficulty spike in Chapter 5. Even having done sidequests, I'm level 19 facing off against level 30 enemies. The sidequests required to get to Chapter 5 was like a level 16 quest if I remember correctly. Is this a notorious troll section of the game? Don't tell me I have to grind levels. Please.
Vincent Alexander
Member
I just finished Chapter 6 myself and maybe I'm being way too lenient, but my conclusion is that Xenoblade doesn't suffer from bad plot/story...kind of. I mean, it isn't great. But I feel like the story is good. It's interesting, and piqued my curiosity. However, when you compare the main story to all the side shit you can do, suddenly it feels nonexistent. I don't know how developers can overcome this, but somehow they have to find a way to have all this extra, awesome stuff without it overshadowing the main plot.
Just run away from that shit. I was about your same level and beat the section fine, but anything level 30 like that I ran away from. It wasn't always easy, and was definitely annoying. But heck...I just finished Chapter 6, and none of the plot bosses it threw at me were even 30 yet.
Or you could have just
looked at the sign above the hospital and realize it says "maintenance center"
Stratosphere
Member
I just avoided them as best I could. Just finished Ch.5 at 18.
Benzychenz
Member
Nah the stuff you need to kill is your level, you're meant to sneak around the higher levelled enemies.
I'm hesitant to group her as a 'woman of colour' when she's portrayed as a generic brown anime girl with no specific background; but I do love the outfit. The combination of flowing fabric and armour; the way it's intricate and elegant without being overdesigned - it's probably my favourite costume design in the game; it's striking and cohesive in a way that nobody else's default is, with the partial exception of Ga Jiarg.
A shame the male version of the set is so ugly - it and the Corpus set are so much better on female characters. Since they were trying to conserve budget, I can't help but think making so many armour sets heavily dimorphic was a waste of resources...
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
I never hit a snag level wise doing story quests, but I also probably spent a good 20 hours on side stuff on between...
9 was a bit rough because I wasn't really paying attention to gear, but Elma finished the job
9 was a bit rough because I wasn't really paying attention to gear, but Elma finished the job
Stratosphere
Member
Aw damn, Overdrive! No idea wat this is....gamechanger? I want my skell ;_;
Vincent Alexander
Member
My fan experiment did not succeed! Where did I go wrong? Oh well! I shall try again some other time.
boss spoilers for downfall quest chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQa9icfShw
CLEARLY IM DOING THIS WRONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQa9icfShw
CLEARLY IM DOING THIS WRONG
DragonGirl
Member
Drat, I read in a FAQ that you could mix. Well, that would have been nice.
Man, the Orphean race has slowly become my favourite race in the game. I did some awesome missions from them that delved a bit into their race & culture.
I now have red-skinned (scaled?) Orpheans in NLA because their parents had extensive interaction with humans. These red Orpheans are known as "betaforms" & feel emotion like humans do, but they're still having trouble understanding the emotions they feel. I just love the fact that you actually get to experience the Orphean race evolve!
I love this game.
I now have red-skinned (scaled?) Orpheans in NLA because their parents had extensive interaction with humans. These red Orpheans are known as "betaforms" & feel emotion like humans do, but they're still having trouble understanding the emotions they feel. I just love the fact that you actually get to experience the Orphean race evolve!
I love this game.
We need to put up a warning for this quest
also save before accepting affinity missions, for your own sake. most of them won't have roadblocks but there's a few.
like it really isn't hard to get white cometites, but the game kinda assumes that you've been dropping mining probes on precious resource spots already. seems like most people haven't.
I love that thinking animation of theirs where they kind of bend over and fiddle wigh one of their antennas. That and the Ma-non dance in front of the pizza joint are some of my favorite idle animations.
Haha, yeah, I love that animation of theirs too!
victreeb3l
Member
Is that the sword blossom art thing?
I still havent run into any of their missions yet accept for the very first one. Where are they normally?
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Not bad, my record is 13.7 so far.
I found this one inside the Ma-Non ship. There was also another one near Ishmael Hills in the Residential District which was really, really good & involved a female Prone.
The antenna-twirling is adorable. If they stick with this universe for their next game, one of the party members has to be an Orphean.
I just had them show up on the mission board, but I think they're mainly on the Ma-non ship. By the first mission, do you just mean the one that introduces them?
And_Gignac
Member
So I am in the middle of an emotional breakdown after being done with chapter 11.
This is what happens when you don't elect Bernie Sanders, America. You blew it!
I don't blame Lao, I would have done the same. White and wealthy privilege gone terribly wrong
I don't blame Lao, I would have done the same. White and wealthy privilege gone terribly wrong
We need to put up a warning for this quest
also save before accepting affinity missions, for your own sake. most of them won't have roadblocks but there's a few.
like it really isn't hard to get white cometites, but the game kinda assumes that you've been dropping mining probes on precious resource spots already. seems like most people haven't.
I actually have ~10 probes or so set around and had 2/5 of the white cometites already but AFAIK I'm just waiting around until the rest come to me from it?
I also haven't been to Oblivia(actually I had no idea I could leave Primordia) so I have to do that atleast. But I'll keep it in mind to save more before this stuff, this is only the second one I've done, lol.
Reverend Funk
Comfy Penetration
This game is so good
.
I got rekt by them with a bad setup at first, but yeah
think SMT guys, setup matters a ton.
victreeb3l
Member
Oh interesting. I'm also looking for the Prone missions as well but I havent found them. I rarely ever go into the Manon ship and if I do its the same one or two spots required for some missions. I'll go explore, thanks!
Ah I see. I'll keep refreshing the board as well, maybe something will come up. Yup I meant the mission where they were introduced and they sent a distress call. They seemed like dicks to me so I'm interested in seeing how they develop.
Man I wish I was able to grasp the combat as well as you. I grinded for 6 levels, upgraded my weapons, added proper augments and I'm gonna attempt to beat the Rexoskell again. Its just out of sheer laziness really but I think its far too late for me since I'm at chapter 12 and 120 hours in.
Should have done Nagis affinity mission before clicking on Chapter 12 and saving like an idiot :x
I'm just about to do that chapter -
maybe I shouldn't have read the spoiler, but I'm glad Lao sounds like he's continuing to be the best character. Did you do his final heart-to-heart?
victreeb3l
Member
So are the
the second biggest villains in this game? I feel like every other normal mission involves them one way or the other.
I think I've been prepared for 12 for the last 20 hours or so. I just wanted to finish up Mia's quests first and then recruit her. Little did I know how fucking complex that chain was gonna be. One thing led to another, completed a few dozen missions and then got sidetracked and here I am flying from NLA to Cauldros because I like the scenery.
Definians
I think I've been prepared for 12 for the last 20 hours or so. I just wanted to finish up Mia's quests first and then recruit her. Little did I know how fucking complex that chain was gonna be. One thing led to another, completed a few dozen missions and then got sidetracked and here I am flying from NLA to Cauldros because I like the scenery.
They do tend to show up a lot, but they're very easy to fit into a range of scenarios due to their whole
shapeshifting thing.
Fortun
she's what I wanted the Delfinians to look like in the first place, completely alien and nonhuman.
Whatever you can't swing with, you need to burst down. Pretty much the rules of the game after chapter 8. Chapter 9 is a SMT check. If you've been going through the motions til then... the game will let you know real quick lol (also lin is a shitty tank)
Skell weapons you just really gotta experiment with. Outside of the Superweapons you can pick up, there are a LOT of really useful weapons out there that compliment easy to find setups well.
This lvl 50 Lailah I got has a B2-Gatling that pretty much mopped up everything in the game after I specced for range acc/atk, beam damage, and cooldown. Cheap and ez - Especially with the Lailah's overdrive that pretty much lets you cheese cockpit time.