ChickenHunter
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Pretty sure that thing spawns after you finish the story.
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Xenoblade Chronicles X |OT2| Welcome to New L+A a.k.a. Read the Frakkin' Manual!
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Pretty sure that thing spawns after you finish the story.
Mockingbird
Member
Yeah, I think it only appears if you fly...too high. Apparently you need permission to fly in Sylvalum's airspace.
Nah, I saw it before I finished the story. Maybe after chapter 10.
Nostremitus
Member
150h in and this is the first time I'm seeing this huge mf. D:
Well now, that's a penis...
Phog's "I don't belong in a battlefield..." it's funny when you consider that his signature art is Rising Sky which lets him do some crazy acrobatics mixing a series of kicks that raise the enemies from the ground.
Oops!
Post Chapter 9 here and they appear on Sylvalum and in Cauldros... I thought they were structures and got close only to activate him and while escaping he destroyed all my team skells.
Oops!
And_Gignac
Member
Nope. Its always there. Claudros has another three.
So I've been to three continents so far. Primordia first, of course. Then I went to Sylvalum. And last night I went to Noctilum, exploring the south and north ends. And all three continents have been incredible. I wish everyone on this board could be handed a controller and this game and plopped down in the Primordian highlands or the deepest depths of Noctilum at night and just told to explore. Even in this age of open-world games, nothing quite compares to the wonder of Mira in XCX.
wild wild rice
Member
Im hearing ch. 9 can be rough. Whats a good level to be at?
SkeptiMism
Member
Are you sure that particular tyrant is there too?
Any build involving ghost walker + primer + a shitton of potential will do great. The most popular is the longsword one but it works well with other weapons too.
I was brutally murdered by that Tyrant while exploring Cauldros and I am in Chapter 10.
It is certainly there before the end of the game.
StarStabbedMoon
Member
That's why people like the Zenith Cannon, it ignores attribute resistances.
ChickenHunter
Member
Oh weird, guess I somehow managed to avoid seeing the thing until after I beat the game. lol. I remember the ones in Cauldros at the very least.
ActStriker
Member
I'm still kind of disappointed that Wels was changed to Verus.
StarStabbedMoon
Member
Finally decided to do the trading card quest and it's pretty awesome to finally talk to NPCs a lot. Got some unexpected recon info (didn't know there are other ways to get those than the yellow talk bubbles) and met Murderess three times in her heart-to-heart spots by pure luck 
Lord Azrael
Member
Not sure if it's Luxaar's Xern specifically since I never targeted it, but a monster of that "species" floats by the Banshee Cavern in Sylvalum or whatever it's called throughout the entire duration of the game.
Finally decided to do the trading card quest and it's pretty awesome to finally talk to NPCs a lot. Got some unexpected recon info (didn't know there are other ways to get those than the yellow talk bubbles) and met Murderess three times in her heart-to-heart spots by pure luck
Yeah, I really like how fun it feels to explore even in NLA.
I'm surprised you haven't been to Oblivia yet considering how close it is.
Not sure where Oblivia is. I just strike out in a random direction and keep going. It's how I found Sylvalum and Noctilum!
wild wild rice
Member
I can't join random squads just fine, but joining a friend's squad gives me a "timed out" message.
KittenMaster
Member
Yeah. I was wanting to do Dual Blades + Assault Rifle but I accidentally bought the wrong weapon awhile back so I just ended up with a Longsword, and Dual Guns paired better than the Duelist's default Assault Rifles. It stuck.
Smiles and Cries
Member
From what I can gather, 11 is the max, unless there are more hiding from me. I'm more interested in where the hell I can find more booster probes, as I only have a G1 and two G2s.
To add to this, here is my current probe setup. I'm nearing capacity on my earning potential, and hopefully those boosters I mentioned should help push me higher. It's still fun to try to squeeze as much out of the probes as possible.
Primordia
Noctilum South
Noctilum North
Oblivia
Sylvalum
Cauldros
I have most of the research and mining probes I'll get, I think. Most remaining probes are likely from quests.
best setup I've seen so far but I don't think I have that many boosters or duplicators
need to find them
don't really need them at this point but just want to reach my max in all stats
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
Dang when you focus on leveling up it takes forever.
I was talking to Chadboban about this in PMs, but my GOODNESS is Noctilum AMAZING.
The scene: Nopon Braidbridge. Down below. Nighttime in Noctilum. The trees are glowing green. The air is filled with purple pollen and golden fireflies. A mossy tree spirals skyward, lined with warmly glowing lanterns. Great apes sit atop oversized stumps and fungi in the shade of the canopy.
Everything is magic.
Elsewhere in the wood: Thunderous waterfalls girdled by giant vines. Fields of blue grass under a pastel pink sky. Prehistoric marshlands wreathed in steamy fog. Deer-like creatures sipping nectar out of massive flowers. Plants that glow like red neon signs.
Wow wow wow wow wow wow.
And all of this, coming off of exploration of the Primordian highlands, climbing an ominous skull-like mountain (Unicorn Peak?) and seeing ruins on the cliffs below, and winding my way along the serpentine path, blindsided by one breathtaking, gravity-defying rock formation after another, and drop-offs so high that it'd take an eternity to reach the bottom.
And in this game, you can safely do just that, since there's no fall damage!
The game just compels you onward and onward and onward. I've been playing for many hours already, yet Primordia is just at 25% surveyed, while Noctilum and Sylvalum are in the mid-teens. And I haven't even arrived in the other two continents yet.
I keep finding caves. Some of them go forever. One was swarming with Grexes several times my level. I snuck past all of them and looted a ton of material.
I like the emergent "maze" formed by all of the high-level monsters. Some are alert and roaming; others are sound asleep. Some strand at bottlenecks and straight-up bar you from continuing, but in most cases you can weave a fine line between them and slip past unnoticed, or run away if you are.
This game has, straight up, the coolest-looking bestiary I've ever seen. Bloodborne had many amazing monsters, but stuff like the tall elephants and fat angler fish flying around the lake in Sylvalum is just out of this world (pun intended). I wish there was a dedicated screenshot button like on the PS4. I'm too impatient to fiddle with the HUD and Home --> Internet Browser --> Abload.de. The wilderness begs to be explored!
The scene: Nopon Braidbridge. Down below. Nighttime in Noctilum. The trees are glowing green. The air is filled with purple pollen and golden fireflies. A mossy tree spirals skyward, lined with warmly glowing lanterns. Great apes sit atop oversized stumps and fungi in the shade of the canopy.
Everything is magic.
Elsewhere in the wood: Thunderous waterfalls girdled by giant vines. Fields of blue grass under a pastel pink sky. Prehistoric marshlands wreathed in steamy fog. Deer-like creatures sipping nectar out of massive flowers. Plants that glow like red neon signs.
Wow wow wow wow wow wow.
And all of this, coming off of exploration of the Primordian highlands, climbing an ominous skull-like mountain (Unicorn Peak?) and seeing ruins on the cliffs below, and winding my way along the serpentine path, blindsided by one breathtaking, gravity-defying rock formation after another, and drop-offs so high that it'd take an eternity to reach the bottom.
And in this game, you can safely do just that, since there's no fall damage!
The game just compels you onward and onward and onward. I've been playing for many hours already, yet Primordia is just at 25% surveyed, while Noctilum and Sylvalum are in the mid-teens. And I haven't even arrived in the other two continents yet.
I keep finding caves. Some of them go forever. One was swarming with Grexes several times my level. I snuck past all of them and looted a ton of material.
I like the emergent "maze" formed by all of the high-level monsters. Some are alert and roaming; others are sound asleep. Some strand at bottlenecks and straight-up bar you from continuing, but in most cases you can weave a fine line between them and slip past unnoticed, or run away if you are.
This game has, straight up, the coolest-looking bestiary I've ever seen. Bloodborne had many amazing monsters, but stuff like the tall elephants and fat angler fish flying around the lake in Sylvalum is just out of this world (pun intended). I wish there was a dedicated screenshot button like on the PS4. I'm too impatient to fiddle with the HUD and Home --> Internet Browser --> Abload.de. The wilderness begs to be explored!
Funny. I raised my characters ten levels, by accident, because I was testing out how to use a Skell. I had one character go from lv 16 to 40 in just under an hour in a half.
Ahh is that why? Fascinating.
just finished chapter 3 and got the ability to select party members. I found and added the first two party members that were originally with me, Elma and linn i think. Where do I find the other party members? The strat guide says Doug should be added automatically but he wasnt and im not sure where to go to find him or the others.
Back off brownhands or the curators will need to step in.
Jim_Cacher
Member
Click the "ticks" within the grid on your gamepad. Irina is close to the barracks, Doug in the hanger (a level below the administrative district), Gwin in division drive.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I was going to purchase this on the eshop, but I don't have enough space. Why. I need to expand my storage. Or buy retail...Any benefit to digital vs retail?
I need to expand my storage. Or buy retail...Any benefit to digital vs retail?Sammy Samusu
Member
From what I can gather, 11 is the max, unless there are more hiding from me. I'm more interested in where the hell I can find more booster probes, as I only have a G1 and two G2s.
To add to this, here is my current probe setup. I'm nearing capacity on my earning potential, and hopefully those boosters I mentioned should help push me higher. It's still fun to try to squeeze as much out of the probes as possible.
Primordia
Noctilum South
Noctilum North
Oblivia
Sylvalum
Cauldros
I have most of the research and mining probes I'll get, I think. Most remaining probes are likely from quests.
sjdf Not you TRASHING my layout.
I'm disgusted.
Let me copy your setup real quick.
Silent_Ocarina
Member
I think there was a chance it could have been an important character, but then he was relegated to the default Cross configuration.
You could just look up the required mats online and then once you get some it'll show.
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
LMAO Ares 90
My team of two heavy 50 Skells and two 30s could usually take out about 7 RP from the Telethia Plume. I switched in my first Ares 90 instead of one of the 30s and took out 64 bars.
My team of two heavy 50 Skells and two 30s could usually take out about 7 RP from the Telethia Plume. I switched in my first Ares 90 instead of one of the 30s and took out 64 bars.
Phew, just finished a roundtrip flight around primordia, oblivia, noctilum, and syvalum. Got all of the probe sites that weren't level 5 and their sightseeing points. I'm not afraid to say I googled a lot of those. Like Bloodborne levels of "hidden pasage right here oops you missed it".
Also the first time I've ever seen my fuel level drop so low (halfway) just from flying through 4 continents and even fast traveling at times.
I do have a question. I'm guessing there's supposed to be one more arms manufacturer but I have no idea how its unlocked. Anyone know what to do? Its the middle-ish one on the list.
Also the first time I've ever seen my fuel level drop so low (halfway) just from flying through 4 continents and even fast traveling at times.
I do have a question. I'm guessing there's supposed to be one more arms manufacturer but I have no idea how its unlocked. Anyone know what to do? Its the middle-ish one on the list.
Already Torn
Banned
Just got this game and made it to New LA. I honestly thought I would hate everything about this game based on my impressions from gameplay videos and how I felt about all of the big open world "game of the years" for the past few years, but I'm already loving it. I can't tell why it's different, but something about the graphical style makes me really want to explore this planet, and the gameplay is managing to be more enjoyable than I thought it was (way better than Witcher 3 at least). The menus gave me a little bit of anxiety but I'm encouraged to actually figure it out!
Seeing the palm trees in New LA was great and made me laugh. The dialogues also horrible but in a charming way, maybe it's just been too long since I've played a JRPG.
"This big war happened between these alien races and destroyed earth"
Probably not necessary since we just saw that giant cutscene but I guess our character has amnesia-
*Shows cutscene of aliens destroying earth*
We just saw that!
Seeing the palm trees in New LA was great and made me laugh. The dialogues also horrible but in a charming way, maybe it's just been too long since I've played a JRPG.
"This big war happened between these alien races and destroyed earth"
Probably not necessary since we just saw that giant cutscene but I guess our character has amnesia-
*Shows cutscene of aliens destroying earth*
We just saw that!
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Sounds like you're missing an alien race in NLA. Nopons or Wrothians maybe.
Get to sidequestin'
Affinity Quests chain that starts with the "Spy Game" one (which is close to the BLADE tower entrance) iirc.
thats what I figured, but all I can find are the required mats for 'XX'
I'm level 56 so i was surprised I hadn't acquired any mats for it yet, which is why I thought I had to unlock it some other way
I was going to purchase this on the eshop, but I don't have enough space. Why.
Well, if you get digital you won't need any further data packs to download. Also you won't have to hear the disc tray whirring away every other couple of seconds. Seriously, this game is gonna break my Wii U lol.
Got the nopon one. I guess I'm missing the
cat people
Didn't even know they were gonna make stuff. I guess there
somewhere in Oblivia if that chapter 9 cutscenes
How do you check a chain and see what comes next? Or is that not a thing? :/
I think they're the same. It's just more mats for the XX.
I don't think that's a thing, but when you finish an affinity quest, your FrontierNav will update with the next one in the chain (most of the time at least). For that particular one the quest following Spy Games is called "Prospective partners" and I think it's in the barracks.
oh okay thanks