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Xenoblade |OT| Sorry I Kept You Waiting!
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Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I'm used to following.... the... story.... *goes after shiny green objects*
Vane_MagicCity
Banned
Nintendo will fix Wii's that can't play dual layered discs for free. My shipping label is on the way.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Did you do it online or call?
Do you just have to send the console?
Please let me know.
I pretty much sold off everything but Unique equips (since some have nice skins). However, I'd just get rid of armor you're absolutely sure you're not gonna use again. Some slotted armor is nice to around to for customization.
Sorta...
The first set of Timed Quests are only available until you do an certain event. You have to do it eventually I think, though you can put it off for a while.
The second set of Timed Quests are available until a good chunk into the game. (Maybe like 80% through the story?) You'll probably have a good idea when this occurs.
Anything else that falls under it after that point means there's something else that could cause that quest to become unavailable. (Like if you get quests from two different people regarding the same objective.)
I too am curious. My Wii had a tough time playing the XB disc. It's a launch Wii and I just assumed that the lens was dirty. I had to "jump start" it by booting SSBB as well.
Vane_MagicCity
Banned
I called their 800 support number. They will send you a shipping label with instructions. You have to send them the Wii and the game. They can send the shipping label via email if you like too but I have two Wii's and I wanted to play the game a few days before shipping it off to Nintendo so I opted for them to send the shipping label through the mail.
Always better in 4:3 but it sucks using 4:3 on a 16:9 display so I just put up with the pixel stretching.
Splash Wave
Member
Hmm, I had no idea. Maybe I'll give this a shot later, because this game looks awful on my LCD (which, to be fair, isn't great to begin with).
wait so its better to play it with wii set on 4:3 even in 16:9 TV?
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qizah
Unconfirmed Member
That's been me mostly so far. I've played 10 hours of it but I've barely progressed in the story.
Mikey Jr.
Member
I play the game on my 51" plasma at 16:9. Yeah, I don't give a fuuuuuuuuuck.
Surprisingly addictive, aren't they ? I probably got lost half the time just trying to search for the right npc despite using the affinity chart. It really helped to look it up online so you don't have to constantly check the affinity chart and quest log as much.
10:30 on the clock, just got to
. I'm doing the "accept everything, complete whatever happens to be completed as I walk around the maps" method this go around, and it's proving to be perfectly sustainable. I'm on track to beat it even faster than last time, I think. It'll be interesting to see where I am at the end.
Frontier Village
The music basically gets repeated everywhere, but it's still so beautiful. It's a small price to pay to get to explore such huge environments at your leisure.
If you need money, by all means. You can also trade them with NPCs for new stuff, and present them to your party members for affinity boosts, though.
Satori Marsh. Night. Music. Sometimes I just warp there and change the time just to listen to the music.
I'm surprised you aren't playing it in Dolphin.
I'm surprised you aren't playing it in Dolphin.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Sounds like my wife. Except more polite. Mine said, "That looks like a piece of shit."
SecretMoblin
Member
Make sure you prioritize filling your Collectapedia. Your inventory is huge and money is almost worthless throughout most of the game, so you can keep most of the stuff you find. You never know when you'll need something for a quest.
Old equipment you can jettison, though.
Does giving presents and npc trading apply to both or only collectibles?
SecretMoblin
Member
Only collectibles.
Before deciding to sell/discard a blue orb collectible item/monster material, it's a good idea to remember the following:
- Try to frequently keep several of the same type of collectibles and monster material in your inventory. That way, you'll be able to conveniently accept future sidequests and have an npc reward you for finishing them by unkowing having already collected the right type and amount of material. If you find that you're still hanging on to a really old item that no npc has asked for yet, then it's probably safe to dump it. However, it's still a good idea to filter the list of items by rarity so you know which ones are more rare and harder to come by.
- As an option, collectibles can be used to fill in the slots of each new map. Filling in all of the required collectibles will earn you a reward in the form of equipment. However, from what I can remember, these rewards were mostly useless stuff.
- Also as an option, collectibles can be used as "gifts" to give between characters in order very gradually raise the level of their affinity relationship. As many of you probably have found out by now, it takes a TON of collectibles to raise affinity this way, but you can still get affinity through battles, heart-to-hearts, and completing sidequests (just remember that affinity gets awarded to the currently assigned characters of your battle party (so it matters which character your playing as). In addition, every character likes a specific type of collectible (the ones they don't like will end up lowering their affinity!). You'll probably want to look through an online affinity guide to check out what collecibles every character likes. The more heart icons that appear above a characters head, the more affnity they receive. Of course, the collectible items that give out the most affintity is like 4-5 which appear as heart icons above a character's head. Again, the highest affinity-worthy collectibles aren't as easy to come by.
- Try to frequently keep several of the same type of collectibles and monster material in your inventory. That way, you'll be able to conveniently accept future sidequests and have an npc reward you for finishing them by unkowing having already collected the right type and amount of material. If you find that you're still hanging on to a really old item that no npc has asked for yet, then it's probably safe to dump it. However, it's still a good idea to filter the list of items by rarity so you know which ones are more rare and harder to come by.
- As an option, collectibles can be used to fill in the slots of each new map. Filling in all of the required collectibles will earn you a reward in the form of equipment. However, from what I can remember, these rewards were mostly useless stuff.
- Also as an option, collectibles can be used as "gifts" to give between characters in order very gradually raise the level of their affinity relationship. As many of you probably have found out by now, it takes a TON of collectibles to raise affinity this way, but you can still get affinity through battles, heart-to-hearts, and completing sidequests (just remember that affinity gets awarded to the currently assigned characters of your battle party (so it matters which character your playing as). In addition, every character likes a specific type of collectible (the ones they don't like will end up lowering their affinity!). You'll probably want to look through an online affinity guide to check out what collecibles every character likes. The more heart icons that appear above a characters head, the more affnity they receive. Of course, the collectible items that give out the most affintity is like 4-5 which appear as heart icons above a character's head. Again, the highest affinity-worthy collectibles aren't as easy to come by.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
So, I'm loving the game so far, still at the start and I have a quick question.
Will I have to use the Monado enchantment every time I fight mechon, or does everyone get weapons that can hurt them eventually (and by eventually I mean before I encounter them again because it's really annoying).
Will I have to use the Monado enchantment every time I fight mechon, or does everyone get weapons that can hurt them eventually (and by eventually I mean before I encounter them again because it's really annoying).
SecretMoblin
Member
There's no way to give you an answer without spoiling the game (unless that's what you want), so here's the best I can come up with: yes, you'll need to use Monado Enchant every timeunless you topple them, which allows all weapons to damage them. Ether attacks also damage mechon.
Keep playing.
Just take it at your own pace. You don't need to do every quest you come across or talk to everyone you see. There are occasions when you might want to spend an hour or two running around and doing quests, and that's when they should be done.
Same here. I get the basic idea, but boss battles still feel a little bit hectic, and I find it pretty difficult to pay attention to the attack and adequately prevent it. I usually just try to Topple it or heal when a vision pops up.
Phoenix_Apollo
Member
Hey guys, if you take a look, Gamestop currently lists Xenoblade Chronicles as the top-selling game on its website.
EDIT: Not really sure how impressive that IS, but that is something.
EDIT: Not really sure how impressive that IS, but that is something.
I know. I was just posting to highlight how terrible Canada is for games.
Elfforkusu
Member
Eventually you get weapons that can hurt mechon, and ether (magic) attacks that can hurt them, but at the start it's just enchant and break+topple.
There are a few (and I mean a few, it's pretty rare) places where jumping is necessary to reach certain areas when you're exploring. It also makes it easier to jump off of massive ledges (hopefully towards a body of water), which is the secret minigame of Xenoblade.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
There are like...fences some places I guess. And you can jump over them...I guess
jump_button
Banned
jump off cliff get exp just make sure they water good for getting too Colony 9 fast