ipitydatfu
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yeah intermediates. there are some characters that doesnt have intermediate ones, or are those dependent on restoring colony 6?
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yeah intermediates. there are some characters that doesnt have intermediate ones, or are those dependent on restoring colony 6?
Diddy Kong
Banned
I finished the game today! I loved it <3
Yeah, i just completely restored Colony 6, and a lot of shops open with intermediate books. Still dont have all of them though... gotta find them.
SecretMoblin
Member
Keep in mind that when you get the advanced books for any given art, that art's bar is maxed out - no intermediate book required.
Late in the game, it's generally more worth it to focus on finding the advanced books for the arts you use rather than getting the intermediate books.
Late in the game, it's generally more worth it to focus on finding the advanced books for the arts you use rather than getting the intermediate books.
I'm around level 53, just finished with
. Am I able to start searching for advanced arts books yet, or does that start happening later on? I'd kinda like to know if I can go find a unique and reset it's treasure, but I don't really want to look at guides for spoiler concerns. If I have all the party members, would that even matter?
Gallahad Fortress
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Probably ZR + Down.
I found my first advanced book not much farther than where you are now. I wouldn't worry about hunting them down though. You aren't going to have the points to advance your arts much anyway.
SecretMoblin
Member
SecretMoblin
Member
No, but if you watch through to the end it will ask you to make a "clear" save.
Is there a post credits scene?
SecretMoblin
Member
I.... forget, honestly. Whenever it asks you to start migrating items over for the New Game + (or create a new save, whichever comes first), just restart the system. There won't be any scenes after that.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Wow, the end of (mid game)
This game, man. It just keeps impressing me.
Valak Mountain was pretty incredible. The whole showdown with Mumkhar was great, and Dunban's dialogue during that whole scene was really stirring. He's a straight up boss.
This game, man. It just keeps impressing me.
I'm traversing
now with my characters at level 51; I forgot to check the exact total after my last play session but I'm over 60 hours into the game. The whole
escapade was much shorter than I anticipated though I suppose there will be
. In terms of what went down during my visit,
Now that the more predictable twists are out of the way I'm really open to enjoy the plot and the later areas in the game. I'm guessing the party will get to
at some point so I'd love to see how that turns out visually. The environments are still extremely impressive and I feel like if any game has the potential to showcase a completely mind-blowing final area, it's this one. Not that I'll see this final area for quite some time however, since I figure I've only passed the halfway point not too long ago. Anyone have a percentage estimate at this point? I'm guessing based on level and progress I'm around 55-60% ish but that's just my gut feeling.
Also, some sixty hours into the game I finally realized that if you pull up a quest it will show you the closest landmark to the NPC who gave it to you. Now I know how the people who played through Resident Evil 4 without using the Run button must've felt; this definitely helps make the "return" quests much more reasonable even if you do still have to track down NPCs the quests themselves tell you to hunt down. The maps linked earlier are huge helps though, and overall I'm finding quests for large areas easier to manage at this point.
To finish my post, I have a minor question about the name of a major antagonist to refresh my memory (not looking for new details). The name has already been mentioned but I didn't want to Google it and accidentally catch a glimpse of plot details surrounding the character. So without further ado: what is the name of
? The last time it was explicitly mentioned was
but I can't remember it and it's been bothering me for a while but especially when
. Thanks to whoever humours my request!
Valak Mountain
Prison Island
a return trip there given all those deactivated contraptions lying around, much like how the Bionis' Interior seems like it will be revisited
the Faced Mechon being a contraption to counter the power of the Monado is a pretty good twist within the game's universe, and the game hints at this earlier when Shulk can't damage the assassins. I wasn't surprised to see Fiora in the female Face suit, but I guess there's more to this; the soul transfer seems to have possibly made her someone else. I don't really know what's going on here but at the same time I'm glad they got that "twist" over with along with letting Dunban know who was in Metal Face.
Now that the more predictable twists are out of the way I'm really open to enjoy the plot and the later areas in the game. I'm guessing the party will get to
venture onto the Mechonis
Also, some sixty hours into the game I finally realized that if you pull up a quest it will show you the closest landmark to the NPC who gave it to you. Now I know how the people who played through Resident Evil 4 without using the Run button must've felt; this definitely helps make the "return" quests much more reasonable even if you do still have to track down NPCs the quests themselves tell you to hunt down. The maps linked earlier are huge helps though, and overall I'm finding quests for large areas easier to manage at this point.
To finish my post, I have a minor question about the name of a major antagonist to refresh my memory (not looking for new details). The name has already been mentioned but I didn't want to Google it and accidentally catch a glimpse of plot details surrounding the character. So without further ado: what is the name of
"the Wolverine claws guy" who is now part of Metal Face
in the intro when he was fighting "alongside" Dunban and Dickson
Dunban just stopped short of saying his name on Prison Island
AlphaDragoon
Member
Prison Island is about 40% from what I understand (I'm just a bit further than you are), both of us still have over half a game left.
Ah, great. Thank you! Seeing it now, it's not surprising at all that I couldn't come up with that name. Probably doesn't help that
it was the only one of the three that doesn't start with a D
Wow, really?
I had thought I was past the halfway point... I suppose I still have a lot to see! Then again, these assessments are pretty subjective but it's nice to compare.
AlphaDragoon
Member
I do pretty much every sidequest I can find in each area. My characters are mid-50s at the moment. XD
And yeah, I don't feel like the game is dragging at all.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Damn, that's mind blowing. I hadn't realized that at all, and it was some times a pain to track down a specific NPC for finishing a quest. I'm just a bit further than you are, but I really can't believe I put in 64 hours or so without knowing this.
Yeah, quest says the landmark, but that can still be pretty broad with the size of these areas. I've been looking at the quest then double checking the person on the affinity chart to see the time and I've still had issues with it. Still helps atleast.
Sounds like our playstyles are quite similar then! I've been doing pretty much the same thing, which of course means that I've been somewhat overlevelled at times. My characters should be in their mid fifties sometime once I reach
Sword Valley
Valak Mountain
I actually was going to cut down on quests for a bit but fell right back on my old habits after clearing
Prison Island
I can't count the number of times I've pulled up the quest listing the last sixty or so hours to find what enemy I need to kill. To think that I could have maybe cut out an hour or two by thinking to look at these quests for another second or two... The revelation is not my proudest gaming moment to say the least.
I still think it would be best if the NPCs showed location (or landmarkwhichever is closer) on the Affinity Chart unless they wander across a large area. Some of the areas in this gamereally, most of the areas in this gamecan get quite large and when you take into account the time-based system and the fact that many NPCs wander a bit it can be tricky to track them down and remember who's who. It's a learning process for sure, but I can understand how some people could be turned off by the system.
What I've found is it's generally best to acdept and finish quests at the same time in the middle of the morning and nightthat way you have the NPCs available and you get a sense of where they should end up. But even that's a flawed system; I encountered at least one NPC who was active starting at 3 in the morning if I recalljust by chance.
OH MY GOD!
first, spoiler alert for pretty far in the game :
where?
actual spoiler
I'm nearing 100hrs and this happened :
I didn't care for the characters in a rpg in a long time and they actually did it!
It's perfectible with the animations and all but by god the script/VA is good and the story is interesting.
first, spoiler alert for pretty far in the game :
where?
After you see the destruction of Meinas
I'm nearing 100hrs and this happened :
Finally reached the Mekonis capital, learned what Zanza did.
Then you learn that people from Bionis are food supply for Bionis.
Fucking hard fight against Gedoe
I expected the destruction of the Upper Capital from where Melia is from but not like this, it's masterfully done. The game did a total flip since I expected Eghil to be the last foe and seeing the whole of Mekonis but in the end Zanza appears and all.
I think I'm on the final stretch and the game keeps getting better.
New places are available in the cave near the beginning but it's filled with lvl 90 monsters so I mostly run (lvl70).
I unlock another quest on the Giant's civilisation and I'm being given the task to get a key....which is behind a lvl 90 named monster and another lvl 90 monster but I couldn't sneak past the guy to get it....
Also went back to Valak mountain to see the link to sword valley which is blocked evidently and I see....a lvl 115 named monster?
Then you learn that people from Bionis are food supply for Bionis.
Fucking hard fight against Gedoe
I expected the destruction of the Upper Capital from where Melia is from but not like this, it's masterfully done. The game did a total flip since I expected Eghil to be the last foe and seeing the whole of Mekonis but in the end Zanza appears and all.
I think I'm on the final stretch and the game keeps getting better.
New places are available in the cave near the beginning but it's filled with lvl 90 monsters so I mostly run (lvl70).
I unlock another quest on the Giant's civilisation and I'm being given the task to get a key....which is behind a lvl 90 named monster and another lvl 90 monster but I couldn't sneak past the guy to get it....
Also went back to Valak mountain to see the link to sword valley which is blocked evidently and I see....a lvl 115 named monster?
I didn't care for the characters in a rpg in a long time and they actually did it!
It's perfectible with the animations and all but by god the script/VA is good and the story is interesting.
Liferebooted
Banned
Anyone able to tell me how much longer I have left in hours about?
I just went to prison island for the last time about 50 hours in
So I asked a few pages back about which component cables to buy for my Wii from the Amazon results for it.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=wii+component+cables
Cheapest ones okay?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=wii+component+cables
Cheapest ones okay?
Liferebooted
Banned
I got those exact ones from Amazon just for Xenoblade and they work perfectly.
SecretMoblin
Member
The second time? As in, you've done everything on the Mechonis and back on the Bionis? Then you're right at the end, as that is the final dungeon and the boss is at the end of it. Depending on your levels and given how fast you've played through the game so far, it should take you less than an hour and a half to see the ending.
Those should be sufficient, I use them and they work just fine.
Be aware, though, that component/composite signals are analog, so quality can matter, unlike HDMI cables. It shouldn't be enough of an issue to warrant spending $50+ on great cables, as you're obviously looking for the cheapest ones, but just know that those other options exist.
Liferebooted
Banned
I'm level 73, ty.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Way late on this, but this does the same thing for me as the other code I tried. Maybe it doesn't actually work with the NA version, since I get -21000 something experience and it instantly levels me to 99 as soon as I gain any at all.
Edit: No exp code works though, so I guess I'll just enable and disable that as I go for now.
You probably wont be able to kill the final boss at this lvl, i tried a few days ago at lvl 78, and even with Sharla as a healer, i couldnt defeat the boss. Was too hard.
Finally had time to continue my adventure in Xenoblade Chronicles. The past couple of weeks have been busy either with work or having family in town. I have about 33 hours of playtime now and just finished up with the
On a separate note I do have a question: Is there somewhat of a guide or listing out there that will show which shops have the talent art books for specific characters? I am in need of puchasing quite a few books for several characters but don't know where to even start looking.
High Entia Tomb. I absolutely loved walking into Alcamoth the first time and I found myself just running around checking the area and architecture out. The music is amazing also, but I have been enjoying all the music anyways. I am also getting more and more into the storyline and cannot wait to find out more about Tyrea, Yumea, and the Bionite Order.
On a separate note I do have a question: Is there somewhat of a guide or listing out there that will show which shops have the talent art books for specific characters? I am in need of puchasing quite a few books for several characters but don't know where to even start looking.
Conciliator
Banned
Can you guys help me out with some mechanical stuff? I'm sure it's in the thread somewhere but if you dont mind since the thread is infinity + 1 pages long.
Explain what tension does exactly? I know if I initiate a battle, I get that QTE thing and if I press B at the right time, that's good, but what happens? Does my defense increase? My attack? Both? Am I faster? By how much? Is it important or does it make a big difference? Similarly, I know sometimes it happens during battle for certain characters(I guess that's 'affinity'), and if I press B at the right time their character portrait bursts into flames, which seems like a good thing. But what's it do exactly? And finally, what is 'burst affinity'?
Explain what tension does exactly? I know if I initiate a battle, I get that QTE thing and if I press B at the right time, that's good, but what happens? Does my defense increase? My attack? Both? Am I faster? By how much? Is it important or does it make a big difference? Similarly, I know sometimes it happens during battle for certain characters(I guess that's 'affinity'), and if I press B at the right time their character portrait bursts into flames, which seems like a good thing. But what's it do exactly? And finally, what is 'burst affinity'?
Tension affects hit/dodge rate. It's really important for higher-level enemies.
Burst affinity is the name of the QTE events during battle; they occur sometimes when you dodge an attack or get a critical hit. This also raises the tension (and increases character affinity). The character portrait denotes the current tension level of the character.
I'm pretty sure all this is in the manual
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Tension raises and lowers stats, so you want high tension and you want to avoid low tension. Not sure how big of a difference it makes, but I know at very low tension the agility penalty is big enough for you to start regularly missing attacks. Battle start affinity is the first B-button QTE you mention, it only affects tension and any skills that use it (some give temp stat boosts on battle start affinity).
Burst affinity is the B-button QTE that appears mid-battle. It raises tension, also has some skills that give boosts when you do it, and it increases affinity between party members. It also raises the party gauge.
Flames = high/max tension. The purple haze thing means very low tension. Then you have the standard portrait changes for levels inbetween.
And you can enter low tension when "bad" things happen battle. Missing attacks lowers tension. Some enemies have spikes that affect tension. If a character gets KOed and revived, they start at low tension. You can raise someone back to normal tension just by encouraging them if it's low.
On another note, Commander Oracion is kind of a dick. Lots of spike damage on that one, you definitely want to be controlling Shulk (purge) or something for him. Really struggled with a improperly setup party, won with less than 400HP left on all 3 characters in the middle of a chain attack. One more round for any of them would have been death to spike damage. Only 2 uniques left before all under level 60 are clear!
Conciliator
Banned
Tension affects hit/dodge rate. It's really important for higher-level enemies.
Burst affinity is the name of the QTE events during battle; they occur sometimes when you dodge an attack or get a critical hit. This also raises the tension (and increases character affinity). The character portrait denotes the current tension level of the character.
I'm pretty sure all this is in the manual
Oh, I don't have the manual because I got it from gamefly. It is in one of the tutorials, but I got some of the terms mixed up and I wasn't really clear on the actual effects. Thanks!
EDIT: There are a lot of mechanics in this game, and it's hard to keep up. I love that though, I like being challenged with complex mechanics, but I do wish the in-game tutorials went into more depth sometimes.
EDIT: Oh, the character portrait...I just notice that sometimes the portraits are on fire, and sometimes they're not. I assume that if you get to a certain level of tension you get the 'on fire' graphic, but is there more than one graphic? Is it fireier if I have higher tension? Thanks again!
The one with fire is already maxed tension, the lower levels are represented by different stages of, well, "shouting" portraits.
Conciliator
Banned
Oh, so if it's on fire you can't get any more tension than that? That's interesting to know. Thanks again.
Starwolf_UK
Member
In the case of 7th most are in a shop that requires
Colony 6 to be level 5 in commerce
Also there were some back in (area that gets locked off)
Sword Valley shop
Colony 6 commerce
Johnlenham
Member
Decided to picked this up after all the gaf hype and realizing I can play it via Dolphin now (new laptop) rather than the blurry mess on the wii
OH GOD ITS SO ADDICTIVE!
Ive not moved for four hours and the combat keeps getting better! all the random quests are going to be the death of me.
Been a long time since an RPG had clicked with me! I thought I was done with the genre but apparently.
OH GOD ITS SO ADDICTIVE!
Ive not moved for four hours and the combat keeps getting better! all the random quests are going to be the death of me.
Been a long time since an RPG had clicked with me! I thought I was done with the genre but apparently.
Is there ANY possible way, someone could send me a save file or instruct me on how to use one of the part of the game where you reach
? I've been asking the internet forever, but no one has come through to help me. I bricked my Wii, and lost all my save files so anyone who could hook this save file up, preferably at this boss battle would be FOREVER thanked and loved.
the city where you fight Gadolt for the 2nd time in the city with the dead Telethia on the floor
Liferebooted
Banned
ugh got all the way to the last boss's 2nd form and i get destroyed at level 77 =\
I beat the final boss at leve 80 with
Shulk, Sharla and, 7th
Controlled Shulk doing the Monado Armor thing and hitting Back Slash when the boss had its back turned, 7th also having a back slash style attack positioned on the opposite side of the boss so we could bounce aggro and always have a back attack ready, and Sharla on temp HP, status protection, and healing.
Hitting those QTE prompts in that fight is a very good idea, otherwise you won't get visions.
It was a decent fight, had to keep on my toes, but in the end, Shulk won the day with a Back Slash.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Melia, Riki, and 7 @ Lv 79.
Beat it on first try no problem. The last boss should've had topple immunity to make it more challenging. Whenever we had a vision, I would just Topple with Melia and beat the shit outta em, OTG.
The only boss in the entire game that I had to retry multiple times was
Gadolt in the long long
dealing with visions
Interesting strategies, makes me feel like I cheated the game even more so than I already felt like
. I can't really say I wish the final boss was immune to chain attacks but reinforces my thoughts that the game was reworked a bit.
Also really have to agree about the
fight.
Shulk/Riki/Dunban ~level 74, won with chaining chain attacks back to back
Also really have to agree about the
Gadolt
It was one of my favorites as well but it was another one of those fights where I had problems with the AI. MULTIPLE times one of my characters would go to the other side of a barricade and then would simply run into the barricade when I used the command to call them back, instead of simply walking around it. Made it pretty frustrating to be honest but it was still an awesome fight.
Can't you just hide behind the walls?
That fight reminded me of the 'Assault' game on American Gladiators, with having to duck behind barriers to avoid the 'turret' like boss.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Man, I've only turned my computer on like two times since I last posted in this thread. My schedule has pretty much been: go to work, come home, eat dinner, play Xenoblade, go to sleep. I absolutely love the feeling of being hooked on something (which is why I've never gotten drunk or high). I'm hooked on this game.
I had some trouble with (Ether Mines Boss)
and ended up just watching a YouTube video of someone beating him after I failed miserably twice. I hate having to do that (or consult GameFAQs) but there is a point where I'm just not having fun and I want to get on with the game. I promised myself I'd give the next difficult boss at least three tries before I do that again, though.
I'm now ~30 hours in and I'm at the part where
I pretty much spent all of my playtime last week doing quests on the Bionis' Leg, so I'm at a decent level. My current party is Dunban, Reyn and Shulk. Until recently I had been controlling Shulk and using Sharla instead of Dunban; I figured it was the perfect synergy because I had a damage-dealer, a tank and a medic. I was surprised when I tried out my current team setup and it was just as effective, if not better. Maybe the AI isn't that good at healing with Sharla? I dunno, I haven't tried controlling her yet.
Question: Do Ether Up gems increase healing? I've got Sharla decked out with them so I really hope so.
I had some trouble with (Ether Mines Boss)
Xord
I'm now ~30 hours in and I'm at the part where
Juju leaves to rebuild Colony 6 and you have to gather the 4 artifacts in order to progress from the Satorl Marsh.
Question: Do Ether Up gems increase healing? I've got Sharla decked out with them so I really hope so.