That's the Norak line - the weakest variant of it is identical to Elma's default gear.
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That's the Norak line - the weakest variant of it is identical to Elma's default gear.
Inquisitive_Ghost
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Ugh, I thought Boze would be the only party member I would actively dislike, but I can at least laugh at what a condescending jackass he is. Then I met Hope.
Smiles and Cries
Member
I feel like there is so much of this game that goes unused like they ran out of time
so much of Cauldros feels like this with those
teleport spots
maybe they just did not want to offend people by having stuff go down inside the Church they do have a smaller place like the water treatment place you can go inside so not sure why they kept those doors closed
How i desperately wish i could disable the Skell flight music, i'd absolutely love to fly around Noctilum at day time with that theme playing. Exploring the Great Nail for the first time and the the surrounding areas on foot at day time with the Noctilum theme playing is possibly my gaming moment of 2015. So good!!!
Smiles and Cries
Member
FML I'm traveling all weekend and can't play this amazing game
Luckily I can at least talk about it - so hey are Photon Sabers any good in the endgame? Loving mine right now but don't want to invest my BP if it ends up being weak. Thanks!
I was thinking of taking my Wii U with me and at least do some useless grind on the gamepad not side quests stuff where I have to read text lol
got it thanks
so at about 20 hours in the game really had its hooks in me, but now sitting at 40 hours, I've lost most interest. Only a few more missions to go, I guess.
This game's really weird. It just keeps getting less interesting. The skell really ruined a lot of the game for me. It's cool when you get it, but then it's another whole set of armor and weapons to juggle, it makes the world feel smaller and less significant, and it just doesn't control well quite frankly.
This game's really weird. It just keeps getting less interesting. The skell really ruined a lot of the game for me. It's cool when you get it, but then it's another whole set of armor and weapons to juggle, it makes the world feel smaller and less significant, and it just doesn't control well quite frankly.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Thanks.
But is there any website that can give more information about completing missions? A more detailed map?
I've been reading parts of the manual but there's just a lot in the game it's getting overwhelming .. I can barely give an hour or so a day for the game. Don't wana spend it reading about it ! lol
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who does this. I would have liked this Fashion Gear feature in Chronicles for the Wii as well. I expect this will hopefully be a standard feature in their games from now on.
Benzychenz
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Definian Downfall quest:
What happens if you kill/spare Fortun?
Option 2:
The quest continues on with messing with her personality matrix or w/e to get her to spill the beans. You wrap things up and the next quest involves Fortun going missing.
I did that when I first started but now I pretty much just make them wear random casual outfits
except for Lin, she's still dressed like the Pink Ranger lol
Same. I can tolerate the cheesy music elsewhere but in flight it's a total mood killer.
So...I'm trying to do the Affinity Quests for Chapter 11
The first one
The second one
The first one
was just awful. A fucking cat? Seriously? Tranq the damn cat. On better thought? Shoot the guy, cuz he's an idiot. And fuck the cutscenes in this are long as hell.
The second one
I can't even do because the guy I needed for the first quest I haven't used before doing that one. What the hell. I barely have L to a half a heart, how am I supposed to get this chucklefuck to a full heart?
Inquisitive_Ghost
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Chapter 9
The hell is going on with Tatsu's eyes?!
I don't retain the default for anyone except Elma, but I do usually find a single outfit I like and stick with it for the entirety of the game - I really don't like some of the default outfits. The armour they gave Lao in particular is awful; it's a shame
fashion gear no longer applies to him from Chapter 9-12.
I just rotated party members throughout the game when doing normal missions between chapters. Never had a problem with affinity requirements.
The music itself isn't great, (I'm not fond of Aimee Blackschleger at the best of times, and those lyrics are abhorrent) but the way it cuts in every time you jump to ensure you never hear more than 20 seconds of the ground or air themes is a terrible design decision; it'd get grating regardless of how good the music is.
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
After 114 hours, flight module get! 
bargeparty
Member
Can anyone please tell me where the oblivia fn 317 sight seeing location is?
Benzychenz
Member
A cave directly under the probe if you jump off the cliff.
Smiles and Cries
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I have to go to sleep 4am here
but the addiction makes me want to turn my Wii U on just one last time to check global rankings
what time do they update rankings anyway?
but the addiction makes me want to turn my Wii U on just one last time to check global rankings
what time do they update rankings anyway?
Benzychenz
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K I'm at 95 hours and 65% overall completion and I think it's time for me to do the last story mission.
Was going to recruit Mia first but Cauldros is at 61% and I can't find anything else I can manage there at this stage so she can wait until post game.
Was going to recruit Mia first but Cauldros is at 61% and I can't find anything else I can manage there at this stage so she can wait until post game.
finalflame
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Played a few more hours the last couple of days. Finally got my Skell license and honestly don't think the quest comprised of 8 sub-quests was too bad. They were all pretty easy to complete, and a couple I had already done.
Anyhow, I kind of hate how the motorcycle-Skell handles, and that it's the default for sprint. I wish there was an option to just make the Skell run faster instead. It's super janky in vehicle mode.
Also, I was really happy to find the
high roads and
bridges, but didn't find a
Can anyone answer if there is one in the game? That was one of my favorite parts of XC and it would be a bummer if there's no proper one in this game :/
Anyhow, I kind of hate how the motorcycle-Skell handles, and that it's the default for sprint. I wish there was an option to just make the Skell run faster instead. It's super janky in vehicle mode.
Also, I was really happy to find the
nopon
nopon
nopon village.
Starwolf_UK
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Oh boy, I'm starting to run low on Bonjelium. Time to bring all 6 sites that drop it online. RIP battle probes.
Speaking of materials the spreadsheet lists the wrong quantities for Custom.WP-SPEED XX. It is 12 of each of the 3 materials (Quality Fuse, Spathi Glyph, White Yggralith Nut) and the 16 Bonjelium. I just hope this agni gatling spamming turns out to be worth it (apparently you can get the cooldown down to such an extent that you have to animation cancel the end of it by massing B...don't try that during overdrive though)
*-Only location I've found with enemies that drop this (the are not many infinite drops in general due to the enemy level required) are the level 64/67 Conjurer Cervus found inside the foot-only Bestial Utopia in north Caludros.
Speaking of materials the spreadsheet lists the wrong quantities for Custom.WP-SPEED XX. It is 12 of each of the 3 materials (Quality Fuse, Spathi Glyph, White Yggralith Nut) and the 16 Bonjelium. I just hope this agni gatling spamming turns out to be worth it (apparently you can get the cooldown down to such an extent that you have to animation cancel the end of it by massing B...don't try that during overdrive though
)With two duplicators and boosters you can get over 100,000 storage (sadly the G2 are critical here for going over 100k, more storage might help without though) so I'd say four duplicators is not worth it. I used three G2 boosters and am currently sitting on 120600 sotrage (my storage is a 5 combo, 3 combo, rest individual). Yes you can view it that the boosters are being sacrificed but I'd prefer that to the duplicators.So is it worth putting all 4 duplicator probes in Noctilum for the storage as shown here?
That would be GG light armour. The enemy drop only infinite version* is a a sort of gold colour.
*-Only location I've found with enemies that drop this (the are not many infinite drops in general due to the enemy level required) are the level 64/67 Conjurer Cervus found inside the foot-only Bestial Utopia in north Caludros.
Benzychenz
Member
There is a small Nopon caravan on every continent other than Primordia.
NLA is the only proper town.
finalflame
Member
Wow, that's insanely disappointing. I honestly might stop playing the game.
Thanks :/
Smiles and Cries
Member
nopons are still very charming in this game with the crazy shit they get into
and teases of
the first game
spend time with muimui and moimoi before you quit
finalflame
Member
Thanks!
Despite my knee-jerk reaction I'll probably still finish the game, as I'm already 40 hours in. However, I really can't believe NLA is the only proper town. Despite the improved/expanded systems, I'm not sure how anyone in their right mind can compare this game favorably to the original XC. It's just quite honestly feels like something completely different knowing that NLA is basically the only real settlement.
Benzychenz
Member
I was just doing it but halfway through the cave the enemies jump from 53 to 58 and I couldn't continue ;_;
Well yeah, it is really different. It's its own thing.
Smiles and Cries
Member
it is pretty good and hard work just to get that far lol
well worth it
this game has some amazing Xenos
finalflame
Member
One could might be led to believe otherwise considering it shares 100% of the original's name, "Xenoblade Chronicles X".
I'm still enjoying the game for what it is, but man does the dumbed down story feel like even more of an afterthought now. It's like they just put NLA in as a hub so you can go explore a mostly barren Mira, with no real story-driven locations.
I suppose it's jarring because the story and locations were such a strong aspect of XC.
Smiles and Cries
Member
those prones took over all of Mira and the only ones they really fear are humans so NLA's theme as the last refuge plays out well
the way each xeno group makes themselves at home there is pretty cool
If they gave the nopons a city I would want all the xeno groups to also have a town
I really wanted that to be honest
finding the caravans around the world still worked for me but I do wish everyone had a proper city not just a world full of prone bases
finalflame
Member
I guess that narrative "fits" and is convenient, but kind of feels like a cop-out. Not to mention the prone bases are super boring and feel thoughtlessly copy-pasted in a way to be annoying to traverse rather than interesting to explore.
But yah, it would have been nice to have gotten more.
I really hate NLA. It feels tacky and out of place in an alien planet. Also the music drives me nuts, even 40 hours in. I guess wanting to "mimic" the feel of LA makes... sense? But I just can't help but compare it to Colony 9 and it feels so poorly designed in comparison. The "residential" district feels pathetic, as does most of everything else. To me it just feels like a poorly designed hub just barely made to feel like a real "town". It's very utilitarian, but not very impressive.
I also live in California and hate LA, so I'm guessing that doesn't help.
skLaFarebear
Member
Its too different to compare other than its similarities in the battle system and some similar terms. The way the game is structured, paced, built and designed is far different than XC.
I don't make better/worse comparisons between Xenosaga III and Xenoblade because of how different they are, and I really can't do the same thing here.
finalflame
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I agree with you. However, I don't think comparing Xenosaga and Xenoblade Chronicles is the same as comparing Xenoblade Chronicles and its same-named successor, Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Kind of like you have certain expectations out of Final Fantasy games, even if all their stories are entirely separate from each other and the battle/other systems vary.
Smiles and Cries
Member
I like it, I like how it grows a lot and that
ma-non ship
not sure how far you got in 40 hours but there is a sci-fi theme to this game that the first one had less of the aliens you meet make NLA worth it for me
this world is still pretty huge with nice hidden surprises that make exploring fun
all the ruins in this game just tells a story of what could have been on Mira long ago
hopefully the next game on NX gives us more of what we want
instead of cities we got great planet with very different locations I love this game for what it is
Inquisitive_Ghost
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skLaFarebear
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Still technically a "Xeno" game made by Takahashi and Monolith Soft, but I get what you mean. A name carries some expectations, but it doesn't change how I view the content itself. If others wanna make the comparisons that's totally cool, but after playing for 60 hours I just don't see them. Outside of the combat and terminology of course.
Like Xenoblade is much more of a fantasy game than it is sci-fi, while Xenoblade X is much more of a sci-fi game than it is fantasy. The tones of the game couldn't be anymore different.
finalflame
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Yah, definitely very different tones and stories. I think the problem was still expecting some of what made me fall in love with XC out of XCX. I still like XCX in its own right or I wouldn't have played as much of it as I already have, but I guess I still want to compare them. You're right though, even though they share the same name, it's apples and oranges.
X lacks almost everything I loved in the first Xenoblade, but I enjoyed my time with X a lot more.
It's just doing what it tries to do a lot better. Projecting your expectations onto a game and then complain it isn't what you wanted is a bad idea imo.
Before it released I kept whining it wasn't anything like the first xenoblade (and was rebuked by believers who were fooling themselves) but not only that's a good thing, that's not at all what it's trying to do.
I prefer judging something for what it is rather than what I want it to be.
It's just doing what it tries to do a lot better. Projecting your expectations onto a game and then complain it isn't what you wanted is a bad idea imo.
Before it released I kept whining it wasn't anything like the first xenoblade (and was rebuked by believers who were fooling themselves) but not only that's a good thing, that's not at all what it's trying to do.
I prefer judging something for what it is rather than what I want it to be.
Is the
a town? I'd count it on the same level as the Refugee Camp, at least. And the
can only be counted with NLA by location.
While it's very different from the first game, all of that makes XCX's presentation really work for me. I'd like a better-told main story, but if it were a choice between seeing them experiment with the way they set up the world and narrative and Xenoblade 2; I'd pick the approach we got.
Since Takahashi's stated he wants to return to a more traditional approach with the next game, I hope they don't completely discard the elements they experimented with here to pursue a straight iteration of the first game.
Wrothian Stronghold
Ma-non ship
While it's very different from the first game, all of that makes XCX's presentation really work for me. I'd like a better-told main story, but if it were a choice between seeing them experiment with the way they set up the world and narrative and Xenoblade 2; I'd pick the approach we got.
Since Takahashi's stated he wants to return to a more traditional approach with the next game, I hope they don't completely discard the elements they experimented with here to pursue a straight iteration of the first game.
finalflame
Member
Sure, I guess I'm still in that phase where I was hoping to find some of what I loved in the original in XCX. But basically none of it is there, except for the combat, which I did love in the original.
Again, I think it comes down to the name. Xenoblade Chronicles X just sets up certain expectations by default in my mind. I am still bummed NLA is the only proper settlement/town in the game, but oh well. Life goes on.
Inquisitive_Ghost
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Lol @ Noctilum's Idyll Beach.
Someone got out there and set up umbrellas and beach chairs?