Ok, this is extremely frustrating. How the fuck do you start a chain attack? I have 3 full bars. Tooltip says I need to chain attack. Thanks tooltip, but HOW DO I DO THAT?
Press down on your talent arts til you see a blue icon
Ok, this is extremely frustrating. How the fuck do you start a chain attack? I have 3 full bars. Tooltip says I need to chain attack. Thanks tooltip, but HOW DO I DO THAT?
I've already accepted that I'm going to miss some quests based on timelines, but I can't just skip ones that are right infront of me.
My advice for quests is this... Just accept every quest that you get, then explore every possible inch of the map. You'll complete some along the way, and F the rest. Exploring is the best part of this game, once I've fully explored an area, I move on to the next. I haven't over leveled very much and each new area has monsters around my level which keeps combat interesting.
The ONLY side quest that you should definitely do is the one to get the portable gem crafting station. It's obviously presented to you, some won't even spoiler tag that for more detail. But yeah getting the portable gem crafting simply saves you a loading screen back to colony 9.. That's it! Lol
So I played a tiny bit more.
I'm not sure if I'm going to do a complete second playthrough. I guess I should ignore most of these side quests. I'm playing with Wii remote this time for a different experience. The camera control is frustrating...
I noticed they changed Fiorung's name to Fiora. That's weird. I wonder why they did that and if they changed others too. It must be weird for people playing with the Japanese dub. It's not like "Shulk" is a particularly normal name either. So why change Fiorung?
So I played a tiny bit more.
I'm not sure if I'm going to do a complete second playthrough. I guess I should ignore most of these side quests. I'm playing with Wii remote this time for a different experience. The camera control is frustrating...
I noticed they changed Fiorung's name to Fiora. That's weird. I wonder why they did that and if they changed others too. It must be weird for people playing with the Japanese dub. It's not like "Shulk" is a particularly normal name either. So why change Fiorung?
Shulk doesn't really have an analog to another name like Fiorung has to Fiora. Plus Fiorung sounds really weird. I think that was a change for the better, the changes in Last Story seem more questionable to me from what I've heard.
Her name is pronounced Fiorun in Japanese, with the g being silent, so it isn't a huge difference between Fiora and that in audio. That said, I expect most of the people playing with the Japanese track aren't even trying to comprehend it.
At any rate, Fiorung is an ugly as sin name.
It's a real drag for those of us whose AVRs don't upscale component video. It means that I have to plug my Wii directly into my TV and use my lame TV speakers for Wii games. I could run RCA extenders, but that gets ugly and messy fast.Nintendo is so wrong for not including HD output on wii lol
Damn I'm at exactly 50 hours in, the story just got A LOT more interesting, and the game overall. There are a lot of things that the game does at this point of the game that probably should've been done earlier. Hearing people's early complaints about the story, like the girl who was on Weekend Confirmed two weeks ago, who basically said "This story isn't as interesting as Xenogears, it's really a basic anime 'revenge story' " obviously did not play up until this point in the game.
Story Spoilers for ~50 hours/Lv 55+
So yeah just landed on Fallen Arm. The sequence before that was really intense and interesting. Shulk's reunion with Fiora is really touching. I JUST started this area so I haven't seen how that's going to play out, but I'm definitely more interested.
Things that the story does at this point that needed to be done earlier:
1. Establish a clear villain, Gold Face or whatever he is. He seems to be the god of the Mechanois. For most of the story there wasn't a clear villain, it was just "I'm going to kill all of the Mechanois and that Face Guy who started this whole thing in Colony 9. Now the game is like: alright this Gold guy is the one in charge. The story needed that sooner, I think.
2. The game FINALLY splits up your party forcing you play other party members. Why didn't the game do this sooner? Granted you always had the option to switch and play characters, I feel like if they had done this sooner we wouldn't be HAVING to tell players who are new to the game "hey, try out other characters". This is a really organic way to have players keep the combat fresh.
... oh and the music overall, battle themes just changed and got A LOT better, in my opinion. Like the past five hours before this point I was playing this game with headphones, listening to Podcasts and such because the music was just... the same. Finally a switch and I'm back to being engaged by the music.
Anyways, I do like the pacing of the story... it has it's spikes, but right here at 50 hours, I feel as excited about the story as I did in the first two hours. It's back to that "Okay, I cannot put this down, I need to know what happens next". Most of the story between 2 hours and 50 hours has had its spikes in being interesting, but I'd say the story has really shifted and has re-engaged me before I started to become disengaged.
I didnt expect (big early spoilers)Fiora to die so soon. At least they didnt pull an Aeris where i gear a character for a good part of the game for nothing. Although i wonder why i see her in the backcover with other characters i have yet to meet... Hmm.
Damn I'm at exactly 50 hours in, the story just got A LOT more interesting, and the game overall. There are a lot of things that the game does at this point of the game that probably should've been done earlier. Hearing people's early complaints about the story, like the girl who was on Weekend Confirmed two weeks ago, who basically said "This story isn't as interesting as Xenogears, it's really a basic anime 'revenge story' " obviously did not play up until this point in the game.
Story Spoilers for ~50 hours/Lv 55+
So yeah just landed on Fallen Arm. The sequence before that was really intense and interesting. Shulk's reunion with Fiora is really touching. I JUST started this area so I haven't seen how that's going to play out, but I'm definitely more interested.
Things that the story does at this point that needed to be done earlier:
1. Establish a clear villain, Gold Face or whatever he is. He seems to be the god of the Mechanois. For most of the story there wasn't a clear villain, it was just "I'm going to kill all of the Mechanois and that Face Guy who started this whole thing in Colony 9. Now the game is like: alright this Gold guy is the one in charge. The story needed that sooner, I think.
2. The game FINALLY splits up your party forcing you play other party members. Why didn't the game do this sooner? Granted you always had the option to switch and play characters, I feel like if they had done this sooner we wouldn't be HAVING to tell players who are new to the game "hey, try out other characters". This is a really organic way to have players keep the combat fresh.
... oh and the music overall, battle themes just changed and got A LOT better, in my opinion. Like the past five hours before this point I was playing this game with headphones, listening to Podcasts and such because the music was just... the same. Finally a switch and I'm back to being engaged by the music.
Anyways, I do like the pacing of the story... it has it's spikes, but right here at 50 hours, I feel as excited about the story as I did in the first two hours. It's back to that "Okay, I cannot put this down, I need to know what happens next". Most of the story between 2 hours and 50 hours has had its spikes in being interesting, but I'd say the story has really shifted and has re-engaged me before I started to become disengaged.
Yeah, I tried to tease, not spoil anything. But I deleted it anyway.That is really unneeded. You're basically spoiling stuff for no reason.
I can't beat the bossspider boss
So now I'm grinding
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Just ordered the lens cleaning kit from Nintendo ... hope it works
As a tip, traditional grinding is almost completely unnecessary in this game.
Also, for that boss,learn to use Shulk's Shield Monado Art. That's what that battle exists for, and if you time it right it is very difficult for the boss to do serious damage to you. Just remember, however, that in order to refill the talent gauge for the Monado, YOU MUST AUTO ATTACK.
It's a real drag for those of us whose AVRs don't upscale component video. It means that I have to plug my Wii directly into my TV and use my lame TV speakers for Wii games. I could run RCA extenders, but that gets ugly and messy fast.
Depends on whether and how well it can upscale (and whether it does a better job than your TV). Wouldn't hurt to try. Hard to do a direct comparison. And really the differences would probably be minor anyway. But give it a shot.Hmm, I don't have it plugged into the AVR (Sony). Could that improve things for me?
Anyone have any good strategies for Dunban, Rikki and 7th - I've heard they are among the best. What are their best skills to use? I've pretty much cemented that Melia is my main, but I want two good supporting characters that the AI can handle. Up to this point Dunban has been pretty good, his agility is high.
Any pointers would be appreicated. Thanks!
Anyone have any good strategies for Dunban, Rikki and 7th - I've heard they are among the best. What are their best skills to use? I've pretty much cemented that Melia is my main, but I want two good supporting characters that the AI can handle. Up to this point Dunban has been pretty good, his agility is high.
Any pointers would be appreicated. Thanks!
S means it has gem slots. U means it has gems on it that you can't remove or replace.I think this was asked before, but I can't remember the answer.
What do the "U" and "S" signify on certain items?
I think I might have gotten screwed over by Gamestop. I pre-ordered in the store. Go in to pick up the game yesterday, and this was my exchange:
- Clerk: Here's the game. Enjoy!
- Me: Thanks. What about the artbook?
- Clerk: What artbook?
- Me: ...the pre-order extra that you guys advertised? I was told when placing the preorder it comes with an art book.
- Clerk: There's no such thing. There's no freebie with a pre-order for this game. We didn't recieve anything from corporate.
I quickly try to find anything online via my phone that shows that I'm not making this up outta the blue. All I could find on the spot is an official tweet from Nintendo of America's account stating that every US preorder of Xenoblade from Gamestop comes with an exclusive artbook. I show it to the clerk,
- Clerk: We haven't heard anything about this, but lemme check the back.
Wait for a bit till he comes back...
- Clerk: Nope, sorry. We don't have anything. Sorry.
He was nice and genuinly seemed sorry (and if they didn't recieve it) there's nothing he can do so I dont' blame him, but this was pretty shitty.
I call Gamestops customer service line and they go
- Phone-rep: "Oh yeah, sorry, not sure what happened, you absolutely should recieve an art-book. Lemme just get your reciept info and we'll send you one. When did you pick it up?"
- Me: Game came out today, so picked it up today.
- Phone-rep: Oh...well, it takes a day for transactiosn to process and show up on our end. Sorry, but just call tommorow and we'll take care of this.
- Me: Oh...ok, sure.
Kinda lame, but whatever. I was just glad it was gonna be resolved.
So I call today,
- Phone-rep: Oh um, it looks like we might already be out of these, but I'm not sure yet. I put a request to send you one, but we won't know for sure until Monday. So call back Monday.
Honestly just what the hell. When placing the pre-order there was nothing said about limited quantities. I was told every pre-order gets one. And it's not like I waited a few days. I picked the freaking thing up on the day of release. It pretty much sounds like they took more pre-orders than they can accomodate for the pre-order-extra without stating otherwise. I think they should be held accountable but if it's all gone, there's nothing they can do.
NOA still has my game on backorder
Rushing through Final Fantasy XIII-2 so that I can play this game as soon as it arrives, which I hope to god is better than XIII-2
Would buying the component cables make a huge difference?
Huge difference. Dont forget to set to 480p.
Any comparison shots?
S means it has gem slots. U means it has gems on it that you can't remove or replace.
Yeah our store only had 2 preorders (mine and someone else) but we only got one book. Got 7 copies of the game though, so thats something. The game listing change to "no premium" or something like that a week or so ago, so maybe that has something to do with it.
Huge difference. Dont forget to set to 480p.
I will... once I can put xenoblade in my Wii without getting "unable to read disc"Sounds good. $5 from Amazon, how could I not order them?
I will... once I can put xenoblade in my Wii without getting "unable to read disc"
I think the Wii I'm using is just happy that's it's me using it and not that dead spider.
Similar thing happened to me with my local Gamestop. Preordered the game on the first day it was announced for a NA release and didn't receive the art book. They actually didn't receive any art books and there were around 10 preorders at the store. Very disappointing for sure since they were definitely pushing it as a preorder exclusive. It sounds like there is a huge shortage of the art books in comparison to the number of preorders that were made.
Yeah our store only had 2 preorders (mine and someone else) but we only got one book. Got 7 copies of the game though, so thats something. The game listing change to "no premium" or something like that a week or so ago, so maybe that has something to do with it.
Do your reserve party members gain exp?