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How are your quests coming along Anons?Sequel when?
>>320425665
Alright
I'm trying to farm enough squad tickets to dress Hope like the biggest slut to exist
>>320425665
I CAN'T HEAR YOU
I CAN'T SEE YOU
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/12/xenoblade_chronicles_x_creator_tetsuya_takahashi_prefers_western_games_to_japanese_ones
>I tend to get bored with things pretty easily, so I'd like to keep creating things with different approaches every time. Along those lines, I'd definitely like my next project to look and feel pretty different from this one. The 'Xeno' name, by the way, really just exists to make it clear that these are Tetsuya Takahashi productions.
> I'd definitely like my next project to look and feel pretty different from this one
PLEASE be a sequel, you can't cock block us like this
>>320425665
Still on chapter 6 because I love doing dem sidequests. Been mostly avoiding Xenoblade threads as to not get spoilered, which has worked so far. Chapter 5 was such a trip.
>>320426235
Doesn't sound like it will be a direct sequel to XCX's storyline at this rate, so many questions I still need answers to
>meet Yardley
>asks me to bring him some shit
>20 some odd hours later
>still haven't found a California Sunset
I swear to Christ I had an easier time finding the Sword of Kings.
>>320426235
Bro, he's just gonna make a Wild Wild West version of XCX
It'll be amazing
I just got a FILE-USP something or other and I can't find it n my inventory. What the fuck is this?
>>320426235
>He's going to reboot Xeno again
TAKAHASHI PLS
>>320426467
Unlocks something to craft at the AM shop. A ground weapon or Skell Weapon probably.
>>320426368
They're in caves in Primordia.
>>320426467
Blueprint for weapons development. Go to the AM terminal and go to Develop New Weapons.
are there exploits in this game yet?
Should I even bother with level 50 skells if I'm just going to get level 60 ones soon after? I really don't want to drop ten million on something I'm going to use for three hours
>>320426612
Thanks.
>>320426235
In a way I kinda respect this. But in the same way, Chronicles was a complete story. X feels like the prelude to humanity getting rebuilt.
>>320426284
I'm on chapter 8 lvl 40 doing every side quest too. Also bringing everyone up to lvl 30 so they can board skells.
>>320426717
There are levels 60's ? Tought you got 50's and it eas done outside special ones
>>320426593
>>320426612
Oh shit nigga it was a skell super weapon.
>tfw so bored by the story and lack of variety in areas that you''re replying the first one
I'm actually having more fun than my first playthrough.
Maybe because I'm not just running straight to quest markers.
I'll finish this game someday.
I hope that a possible third xenoblade game goes back to the style of the first game however.
>>320426710
>look at time attack world record
>2 seconds for everything
Seems legit
>mfw chapter 8
T R E E H O U S E
WHOLEDIFFERENTPLANET
>>320427070
Isn't there like an Ares 50, 60, and 90?
Holy shit,Chimera Laowas an ASSHOLE. Hardest boss I've fought, easily. Didn't lower difficulty cause fuck that, but WHY did he hit half my health when he was near death?
>Xenoblade
Why -blade again? The Monado is nowhere to be seen outside of a reference in a silly Nopon quest. Was the brand recognition of the first Xenoblade that strong?
Personally I would've named it something more fitting, like Xenocore or Xenoworld
>>320427070
You unlock a whole bunch when you beat the last story mission in the develop new gear category.
Ares 50, Ares 90, and lv60 versions of each of the other frames.
However you'll want the lv 50 frames since the shit you need to make those frames is rough to get.
>>320427702
The lower difficulty mechanic is dumb, they should have let you toggle it off in the settings
>>320425665
Still at chapter 7. Just got my Skells so I'm having too much fun steamrolling every motherfucker that gets in my way with my huge swords and my superior firepower, rolling around while I do side quests and leveling up my teammates so they all can get mechs too.
>>320427837
Nintendo wanted the name
Originally it was only going to be X
>>320427837
Don't forget Lin's hairclips
>>320427702
Bosses I had the most trouble with were the Tainted Sphinx, the cat mechs, andthe Vita's second form
>>320427837
Does the cat lick his balls all the time and nothing more? I just got the little puss.
>>320427837
Marketing.
Hell, Xenoblade wasn't even going to be called "Xenoblade", they just renamed it for the same reason.
>got first level 50 Skell
>farmed Phoenix and G-Buster
>Leveled group to 60 and plowed through several classes
>Finished collectopedia in Primordia, Noctilum, Oblivia and Sylvanum
>maxed final arms manufacturer
>blade level reached 9
Busy day it was. Shame I'm probably hopelessly overleveled for the story by now. 2 chapters to go.
>>320427837
Marketing purposes.
Rather shameless as far as I'm concerned.
>>320428068
They change positions and poses periodically from what I've seen
why is breaker crush so hilariously op
60 second cool down is a bitch but if you roll cockpit time you two hit everything
>>320426235
What the fuck. The next game is looking more and more like it isn't going to be a sequel with every interview he does (he said he wanted the next game to be a new genre as well).
Why the fuck would you leave so many cliffhangers then? Why not just make a simple story about humanity crash landing onto a planet and having to survive, wrapping it up at the end with no threats and with humanity settling into life on Mira?
Fuck you Takahashi.
>>320427837
Did you forget that the military organization you belong to is called BLADE? And that you are technically Xenos on Mira?
You are the Xenoblade anon.
>>320428049
I got through theVitaeasy-mode cause I had made the Megaflame Launcher, but then, yeah.
Anyone have a link to the previous thread? There's an image from it I forgot to save
What's a good way to farm the four million I need for a good lvl 50 skell?
>>320428425
Fuck I didn't think of it that way
>>320428068
I think each individual animal has a set amount of places they hang out over the day.
Personal favorite is the cat on the briefing table though.
>>320428404
Dude is an overambitious idiot anyway.
I have never played Xenosaga but how did that work out with only 3 games out of 6?
>>320425665
Waiting for wii U emulator. No way I'm playing this in sub headech inducing 720p resolution after experiencing Xenoblade in glorious 1080p with proper AA.
>>320426235
Two pharagraphs in and he is already adressing a Nintendo problem: excesive pandering to Japanese audiences. Pretty based tbqh. Xenoblade X at least didn't turn out as another Skyrim wannabe.
Just got to post-game.
What do I do now?
>>320428717
They had to condense a lot of it into 3.
redid my frontier nav - here's my layout if anyone cares to take a gander
i'm sure it can be more optimized but I need to get more probes, i'd especially like more research probes
I'm waiting on a fucking island in the middle of a lake for it to start raining. Apparently, this Tyrant that I have to fight only comes out when it rains.
It's been four days without rain.
I am becoming delirious.
The end is near...
Dear God, send the... rain....
>>320429385
Fast travel should change up the weather.
>>320429337
The storage probes let you carry more reward tickets? I can only hold like 400.
ON A SEA OF DARK MATTEREVERY MINUTE MATTERS
>>320428696
Cat wants a piece of that intel too.
>>320429385
Continuously fasttravel to an area nearby until it rains, brosef.
>>320429507
Blade Rank.
Once you hit 10 you get 9999 cap.
>>320427837
Speaking of the first game, I skipped it. Is it completely unrelated? Can somebody summarize it or something?
Yo niggas let's compare soul voices and argue about what options are best.
>>320429709
I'm playing with Elma and Gwin most of the time, so melee all the way
>>320429595
Should I save them up? I use them to be lazy in quest but I still have 900 of them
>>320429043
Work on getting everything 100% surveyed
>>320429556LIVING WHILE OTHER LIVES SHATTER
SEEING GHOST SCATTER
AS THEY POUR OUT
WE CAN HANDLE THEM
>>320429614shulk was dead all along and was a husk being controlled by a god but then shulk kills the god who was controlling him, who also killed the god of the mechonis making it a double god, then shulk said gods are dumb and then the universe restarted with no godsthat's about it
>>320429614
It's unrelated but you'd be tool to skip it and just read a summary. Its a great game.
>>320429784
When you start getting close to 60 start hording them.
If you don't want to farm enemies for a lv 60 Skell Frame you're going to need thousands probably to buy all the drops.
>>320429614
If you were ever going to play it, you're fucked having played XI went back yesterday for a quick play of the 3DS version and FUCKING HELL the gameplay of that game is awful at times
Apparently I have almost 32 million credits. Money sure lost it's value in the post game.
It would be nice if I could buy late game augments for 5-10 mil a piece just to have a reason to even be collecting money.
I've yet to reach 0 insurance on my Ares and I doubt it's that expensive.
>>320429996
It's literally impossible.You can't sprint,no Hulk jump,battles are fucking slog.Did I mention NO HULK JUMP?
Have a cellphone pic of my first Skell until I can get home and do a proper screenshot.
Meet L0C-Kd0W1V
>Defend against the Milsaadi for three minutes
Mercy, mercy please.
>>320430217
That fucking tyrant turkey miiverse post.
Also Press L+R.
I never played the first one, just bought X and haven't started it yet. Is there anything I should know, any tips, etc before i start playing?
Also it's been a while since I've played an RPG, the last one I played was FFX.
>>320430217thanks doc
>>320429826
That sounds kinda dumb, and they totally recycled thehuskpart. Where the hell does it take place? Some random planet with humans in it just because?
>>320429904
This is why I'm not gonna play it: >>320429996
I hate that pseudo MMO bullshit combat system. The only reason I deal with it is because of the awesome setting, the exploration, characters and mechs. There's no way in hell I'm gonna go play a game with worse gameplay and not even a sprinting feature, sorry.
My internet connection keeps dropping, and it's rare that, while playing XCX, "X - OFFLINE" isn't in the upper left corner.
Am I missing much? Doesn't feel like I am, but I could be.
>>320430321
>Take them all down
>Whew, that was a bit rough
>Surely they won't all spawn at once again and rape me in secondsThey do.
Is Oblivia the best spot to focus research probes on? Trying to get more revenue.
hoxtinator follow me quickly!
>>320430389
>Where the hell does it take place?
On two gods.
>>320430342
Here's a big tip. Read the fucking in-game manual. It'll help you a lot.
>>320430217
I'm glad I bought the skell with the G-Buster. That sword is fucking great.
>>320430402
Nothing worth the trouble. If anything being online gives you squad coupons that you can exchange for some items, so they can come in handy sometimes if you're only missing one or two to complete a quest, but other than that, nothing.
has anyone made a list of blueprint drop locations yet
I desperately want to see what photon sabers you can build
>>320430473
Happened to me too. Wasn't expecting to run into something like that for that quest.
Luckily I said fuck it and jumped in my skell and repeatedly one shot them all every respawn with phoenix.
>>320430342
Be ready to see the sites of Mira, because it is a big world.
>>320430635
The tickets are more than somewhat handy. They can remove a good chunk of item grinding when you're trying to make high tier stuff later in the game/post game.
>>320430738
I tried to do that.
But on the 2nd wave they all oneshot my party members and focused fired my Skell down in a second because I wasn't expecting another 10 to spawn.
>>320429337
What happens if every single probe spot is a red line combo?
>>320430510
Oh, shit it's true.
>Xenoblade Chronicles takes place on the frozen bodies of two warring gods
What the fuck man? I'm glad they went with a more traditional sci-fi approach this time, even if weird things end up happening or whatever, at least the setting is initially coherent.
>>320430389
>He doesn't like the Xenoblade X combat system
Shit son, what a shame
>>320430389
>Where the hell does it take place?
In the bodies of two gods
>>320430389it takes place on two gods, the bionis and the mechonis, bionis having biological life and mechonis having mechonic life, and you basically travel across all of the bionis then shoot up the mechonis inside with shit tons of elevators and whatnot
>>320430938
You unlock the secret MGS5 ending.
>>320430938
it gets a boost in performance, I don't think it goes over 80% though
>>320430970
There was something Lovecraftian about climbing the bodies of two sleeping gods in XBC. Don't knock it until you play it.
>>320431039
I'm one of those guys who hopes the Squeenix building suddenly collapses and everybody working there dies.
Seriously, MMO combat is the worst shit ever. If you want an action game, make an action game. Otherwise stick to turn based combat.
MMO is some sort of shitty middle ground that only translates into characters moving around doing nothing, awkward pauses for no reason, hits that never connect, and a shitty camera that never focuses on what it should be focusing. It's the worst shit ever.
>>320431501
>RRRRREEEEEEEE i hoap u dy bcus i dont lik thing!!!!
>you mistyped the captcha. Please try again.
Eat a dick, moot.
>>320431501
>Squeenix
What?
>>320432128
You know, the ones that turned a perfectly fine JRPG franchise into literal MMO and MMO-like crap one. Sure, that's only part of the problem, but still they're like the ones that started that trend, and the ones that keep doing it.
Also, Takahashi used to work for Square.
>>320425665
>lv 40
>walk into cave
>lv 12 enemy still initiates combat
why?
fuck devils colony
>>320432367
Because they're wild animals that don't know any better?
>>320426235
Read the full interview.
>We decided that trying to balance that with an epic theme-laden story would pose difficulties. Our hope is that we can start by creating the core system, then expand on the story and thematic elements in our future project.
>>320426235
>>320432559
>I'd definitely like my next project to look and feel pretty different
>expand on the story and thematic elements in our future
Next game will take place mostly in space, and be centered in mech combat. You head it here first. It'll be glorious.
Anyone know what drops the best fastest DW swords ?
>Doing Alex's Last Stand mission
>The enemies are like 3-4 levels below me, no problem
>Level 200 Assfucker supreme sees me from the other side of Mira, comes over and OHKOs everyone
>I have to run in, kill one enemy real quick and then fuck off until the Tyrant murdermachine leaves then repeat until all the enemies are dead.
IT'S RIKE I'MU WRASHING ARWAY
MY PIISIFU DAYS
ANYWRAY ANYHOW
NAHSING REFT OF THA SEE
IF YOU'U RUSING YOUR WRAY
YOU NEED SHUM PROTECTION
>>320432559
What is he saying here, expanding on the story of XCX, or just that his next project will have more story elements than XCX, or both
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaxqFIi-5zY
Love this song
>>320432908
>creating the core system, then expand on the story
>Ultimate price mission
>think Gus is just bullshitting me so I take care of his shit for him
>dies
fuck, I feel bad now
Some things are necessary in a playthrough like making Hope watch as Alex thins out the Xeno scum.
>>320433118
If you help him,he calls you an idiot who exists only to 'feed' the 'smart ones' and runs off with the gem, Quincy asks why the hell you decided to help him, and you get rewards for the first job you did, but not the second.
can somebody tell me wtf the item is i get every time i kill a tyrant?? it looks like some orb thing and they drop almost every time i kill them but i have no idea what they are
>>320426235
Oh so Nintendo has it's own Hideo Kojima huh?
>>320433461
Holographic display thing for when you go up in BLADE rank.
>>320432752
I don't think I've gone from outright hating to eventually loving a theme quite as dramatically as I have this one though.
NLA Night is still awful though.
>>320433730
UH UH UH UH
YEAH
>>320433091
Is core system necessarily the plot though, earlier in the same paragraph he says "The design focus for this game was on map exploration and character builds during battle"
Where the fuck are the 2 sightseeing spots on FN 315 in Oblivia?
>>320434009
http://imgur.com/a/n7zxi
How's the game compared to Xenoblade Chronicles? Is it a good time waster or is it a bit more mediocre?
>>320434105
It's a better time waster than the original, so long you don't mind a lack of an actual storyline.
The story is just mostly there to drive the actual gameplay.
Where are Yelv's partner's legs? I got notes from NLA citizens of their general location but I can't find shit.
>>320430509
that was fun ;)
>>320434105
It's miles better imo.
>>320431501
I agree with everything you said and i still like it. What the fuck is wrong with me?
>>320425907
I've hit my cap for squad tickets, I'm level 35 at Chapter 5 and none of the side quests need items I can buy with them.
What do?
Just got my skell license. I love how trivial they make 95% of all combat encounters
>>320434079
Oh shit, thanks anon.
>>320434442
Buy items that need like 200+ squad tickets.
You'll need them.
Should I even bother equipping a ranged weapon on Amdusias? All the bonuses are for melee.
>>320434201
Is the gameplay satisfying? The combat system, mecha driving, the side quests and all that fuzz?
>>320434545
ye
>spend 1 million credits on god skell
>can two hit enemies 11 levels above me if i get cockpit time
why cant i just put breaker crush in every slot? itd make combat much more 'exciting'
>>320434558
Just random bits and pieces?
Whats special about the classes?
All the stuff I see say the same things
>>320434648
Stuff for the high end crafted Skell later in the game.
Should be able to look up exactly what you want on your own.
>>320434638
>1 million credit skell
I await the day.
>>320427437
Not really it show me that the story doesn't have much depth
>>320426235
Great let's fuck Xeno more
>>320434769
Cheers.
>>320434105
Much better. Tons more stuff to do, exploration is much more fun than just finding a secret location once per map. Side quests don't overlevel you, in fact they are required to keep up with the main storyline. Game is hard, and you can fight higher level enemies if you want straight from the start.
>>320434637
I find it surprisingly addictive, actually. But it's somewhat overcomplicated and has a lot of things to take into consideration, and the game's difficulty doesn't fuck around.
The feeling of exploration dies out slightly after you get your giant robot, too, which is a shame (but it's entirely understandable and feels like a decision that actually respects your time, unlike many open-world RPGs where you get shit base movement speed and can't do much about it).
It'sfunin all.
Is there a way I find out what I will need for my level 60 skells ?
I remember someone posting a badass webm of nagi fighting and teleporting and shit
does anyone have that saved?
>>320434796
well i bought a 500k level 30 frame (i forget the name, you prob know the one) and then i bought like 500k of weapons
breaker crush is op as fuck but so expensive, god
>Some higher level missions are appearing on the board
>Some of those clothing prizes
Fuck. I might be stuck with tank tops now, but pretty soon I'm gonna have a pretty sweet wardrobe
>>320435027
I also found the wonder of exploration was kinda ruined by skells but I also appreciate blasting across a hex in about 3 seconds. Plus, by abusing jumping I've managed to get to a lot of probes / artifacts I shouldn't have due to placement & enemy levels etc, so I appreciate their benefits.
The initial exploration of Primordia and Noctilium was amazing though.
>>320434243
north lake basel
east ibra ravine
both in oblivia, former is FN316, latter is northish of FN318
I've got the game but I haven't downloaded any of those packs that Nintendo talked about a while ago, what are the benefits? At this point am I better off just playing?
>>320435389
>Limited tank top
>Bargain tank top
>Ultra-limited tank top
>Redesigned tank top
>just plain tank top
Make it stop
MASTERMIND VS GALAXY KNIGHT
BOTH SOUND COOL
I just accidentally changed the difficulty down while fighting the sexy alien. Can I change it back? I haven't saved in ages.
>>320435540
FMJ.
>>320435451
There are so many little nooks and crannies as well as things you'll just zoom right over if you're in a Skell so exploring on foot is still pretty helpful.
But they are a godsend if you're attempting to nip into areas to find specific objectives like field actions or probe spots.
>>320428425
Damn, that's good. That's really good.
>>320435389
im not usually one for plainclothes paladins but hipster gwin is godtier
>>320435529
better load times and model loading in the general. Even then the view distance is still pretty shitty but it's not gamebreaking bad. It's more noticeable in NLA.
>>320435027
>The feeling of exploration dies out slightly after you get your giant robot
Much more then slightly for me. Prior to getting mine I loved running around the huge world just dodging monsters and looking at shit.
Now, I just run between objectives, sometimes stopping to crush something enroute.
So, I decided to park my machine when i'm doing affinity missions or story missions. Only use it for the jank ass collecting or run around missions. And everything feels great again! Plus, I know I can always just grab extra fire power if i feel I need it!
>>320426235
So does that mean Xeno is Takahashi's "Final Fantasy" in that the games are loosely connected through references?
Does that make the nopon the "moogles" of the series of titles from now on?
>>320427880
Thanks for clarifying. I was thinking about skipping out on level 50 frames since they're so expensive if level 60 frames were just right there. I'll be sure to enjoy the grind
>>320435705
That's a pretty badass MC.
>TFW X was a dumbed down, westified aberration of Chronicles and people are just eating it up
>>320435467
Thanks for telling me what I already know so that doesn't help at all. Is there a quest I have to wait for, any enemy that drops them or is a tressure spot? I've looted all but the lvl4 bio stuff near those places and nothing so far.
>>320435808
Cauldros is pretty much designed to be explored with a Skell and the flight pack, though, at least outside the coastal areas.
Anyone know what the song is that starts at 10:36 here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um0yf2xC2MU&feature=youtu.be&t=636
I've asked this in another thread but I figured I'd try one more time
>Give L the Party Suit
>Realize it is about the most perfect option I could have chosen for him specifically
It just works.
>>320436020
Party Suit AND round sunglasses, bro.
>>320433091
Seems like he's mastered the exploration and battle system, which could be the "core" he refers to.
I wish he'd just come out and say whether or not he's talking about the story and characters
>>320431441
Really reminded me of a Monster Hunter map that is inside a huge monster carcass.
>Most missions in Primordia and Noctilum now use enemies 10-15 levels above me
>Shitton of missions want me to go to Sylvalum or Cauldros
I should be okay if I have a skell or two, right? Trying to reach Cauldros on foot for Hope's mission was a pain
Also is dual guns/lances a good weapon combination? Or is the standard FMJ just better?
>>320435868
thanks man, was hard to make a good face with all the bases being irredeemably anme
also that gwin looks great. what shirt is that?
also you should finish the mystery man quest. it's amazing, probably the best questline in the game (though i'm only at 40 hours so i can't say yet)
>>320434593
It's always fun at least setting up some drones before binding an enemy for consistent damage while holding them down
>Thought Ryzz and Dhaghan were going to get development
>Nope, dead
Pretty much every villain so far in this game, except for the cat people who were barely even villains in the first place.
>>320436236
I believe it's the yellow camo tank.
And yeah I finished that quest. The pic is from a few days ago
>>320436412
i mean irina im retarded
AAAUGH
have you done the second quest
>>320435705
You can take better screenshots by
Hitting the home button
Go to imgur and upload
Download image to computer
Also nice guy.
>>320436480
no internet senpai ;_;
>>320436475
Oh I'll get back to you on that one. She isn't currently in my party.
You think you're retarded? I don't even remember that quest. Refresh my memory
>>320426235
>literally a westaboo
Only thing I don't like are his sentiments every game needs to have a massive open world.
>the best characters in XCX are the male characters
>that you can never play with because every mission requires elma + lin and no fourth character
>you can only use the best characters in the game during side missions where, at best, only one of them talks
>>320436901
oh, there's a second quest you can pick up at the mission board which continues professor b's thing
>>320437129
I haven't seen it come up yet. Cool, I'm looking forward to that
>>320436031
>that heart
She's into it
>>320437280
>heavenly beach
>you're up on a mountain staring at trees
wew
tfw you spent 20 minutes swimming to sylvanium when if you had waited ~5 hours more you would have had a skell and could do it in 5
>>320437601
You get that just for doing the heart to heart
>>320434638
How does cockpit works anon kun.
I just got my skell and i dont understand what it does besides recharging all my arts.
Also, is it random? or there is a way to trigger itiy?
>>320430497
There a good 5 chain in the south-middle oblivia with lots of sightseeing spots.
>>320437678
>squad member
>>320437951
It resets the cooldowns and it's 100% random
>>320437957
>>320430497
Noctilum *
>>320437951
Random whenever you use an art. Recharges all your arts, including the triggering one and makes you invincible while in cockpit time.
>>320437951
manual says it randomly triggers when you use an art
and yeah it just recharges your skills. which is why it's so powerful, it skips the 60 second wait on breaker crush so you can completely fuck enemies
Does the game get better when you finally get a Skell? Been playing for about 20 hours now and while the feeling of grandeur of the world was amazing at first it's starting to wear on me now.
>>320426235
Basically the same things he's said already, in fact some of these things like respecting Western development like Bethesda is old news.
should i play as girl or boy
>actually decide to do squad tasks since they're plausible this time and don't consist of really hard enemies or collectibles
>disconnected
Thanks game
What would you like to see in a sequel?
>More focus on story
>Have party members actually talk during cutscenes if you drag them along
>Voiced Protag
literally GOAT game if anything like that comes into the sequel
how do you get past the red forcefields that are in some of the caves, I don[t understand what they are why they are there and why they wont let me go spelunking more
>Having problem fighting a guy
>Reload
>8 cockpit times in row during overdrive that never seemed to end
Holy fuck I guess that is one way to win.
>>320439278
Interplanetary travel
>>320439278
no elma
ok fine, elma can stay...
as long as she isnt mandatory in every goddamn mission
>>320439372
>skells in space
yes
>>320439330
>8 cockpit times
someone hasnt been using breaker crush
>>320439278
>>Have party members actually talk during cutscenes if you drag them along
This so damn much.
I brought L along on the mission where you get the Ma'non. There is something supremely odd about having Lin talk about L like he's not there, and then have L grin slowly and nod sagely.
should i buy this game? Or should I wait for NX?
>>320436475
Ok here's Irina's current outfit.
The shorts are called combat stabilizers
>>320439278
Smaller cast of characters with more development. More along the lines of the original where all characters have affinity with each other and have heart-to-hearts instead of just main character and everyone else.
Maybe more linear? The originals world just feels so much more memorable than this one, maybe a smaller open world filled with more complex caves and dungeons.
Keep mechs but improve the combat. Relying on a random chance to reset the cooldown of the two powerful attacks you have is not very fun.
>>320439694
That is the reason I got 8 of them.
Why is GBuster so broken ?
>>320439827
nice
thanks broseph, i dig that color scheme
>>320439784
L is never really there
>fighting final boss
>pop Verus overdrive
>swing my level 30 orange E-Scythe and cleave off a quarter of its health
>cockpit procs
>>320435027
Depends on the person really.
On one hand you are clearly empowered. Even without flight, vehicle mode just cruises over the landscape and everything.
On the other hand if you are like me, you already explored all the continents and everything possible without the flight module long before you get your first Skell. At that point it wasn't really ruining anything. It just opened up more places I could reach now.
>>320439934
No prob
>>320438941
>disconnected
Every time
>>320439278
less nigger music, preferably same music as xenoblade 1
>>320440215
>Makin Doug a furry
Fuck you, Doug is a good man
Doug + Nagi + L best characters
>>320440210
>you already explored all the continents before you got your first skell
how the fuck did you get through cauldros
>>320439278
>Voiced Protag
pls no
X gets roleplaying so well it'd be a shame to see it gone, and sidequest choices would take a terrible hit thanks to that.
I'd much rather have Cross than another Shion or Shulk.
>>320440363
I'm sorry. It's just too funny to see him like that in cutscenes
>>320439278
Remove the affinity system.
It was shit in Xenoblade Chronicles. It is shit in X.
It's nothing but restrictive and actively discourages you from trying out new characters.
>>320440476
>X gets roleplaying so well
never mind that half the choices are either "boast" or "say you barely got through the mission"
>literally a single player mmo
why should i care about this garbage again
>>320440476
Bitch, Shulk is better than any of the main characters in X
We posting characters?
>>320440638
shulk was kind of boring but it was nice to have an actual protagonist instead of a half-assed "choose your own protagonist"
every other character was arguably better than him besides riki
>>320440490
The bunny face suits Nagi better as it makes him look even more pissed off.
>>320440497
What is the affinity system for? Like... I don't get what its doing in the game? I go in to check it from time to time, but it seems worthless. Unless its actual only point is to show how much a person likes you via the hearts things. But then why have all the rest of the npcs on there?
WE GOTTA GET HIGH ENOUGH TO TRY
OVER THE WORLD WE GOTTA FLYNear the end of the game I stopped fast traveling just so I could fly to this damn song
Should I bother with the missions that are kill this many things or collect these apples? should I just stick with tyrant missions and the main story?
>>320440750
>every other character was arguably better than him besides riki
Outside of Dunban and Melia I disagree
>>320440913
eh, can't argue with taste
i just found him a semi-generic anime character. not bad, but not the most interesting imo
also sharla was more fun to play
i feel bad i never properly played reyn... i only got to hear his ALLEY OOP basketball noises for like an hour in the prologue
>>320440597
That's not even true, those are only the choices you get after you've completed the quest.
For example, in X's version of the Nopon drug ring, you're just a courier and you can decide to whether inquire on what the fuck the cargo even is and turn in the Nopon that gave you that shit, or just deliver it.
>>320440638
That's just wrong. The little of what we see for X's characters actually make them far more mature and pragmatic than half the bullshit Shulk pulled.
>>320440750
>half-assed "choose your own protagonist"
I bet your imagination must be as nonexistent as your love for actual RPGs.
>>320435916
>X
>Dumbed
The story is simpler maybe but X is literally better than Chronicles in every other meaningful facet.
>>320441030
i was exaggerating, but really in most cases there's two option and neither of them are ones -I- want my character to do
i usually have to say something i don't want to and read a character reacting negatively to the thing closest to what i wanted to say
for example in hope's affinity mission, at the end where the options are 'grumble' or be positive or something.
Mastered the shield, so what ranged weapon should I get next to combo with shield?
Currently working on sniper. Might be a good mix, but whats everyone else's take?
>>320440883
I usually do the normal missions and do any of the lesser missions if I pass by them.
>>320441030
>''Cheer Lin'' option, who just dropped some massive spaghetti
>Literally cheering
God damnit
Also, that nigger who says hes the best at Frontier Nav, was so satisfying calling him a little shit
>welcome to New Los Angeles!
Oh god I'm in hell.
>>320441217
Then your reading comprehension must be lacking, because the choices you get in X are vague enough to actually allow a few bunch of stories or character types to fit within each.
I mean, I would like more choices than the usual two or three, but it still works well enough. And it actually makes the game feel like it's your personal adventure, something I've dearly missed in RPGs.
I'd much rather have that feeling than another Shulk or Shion, as I said before.
Anyone else notice at the end of the game Doug carries off Elma's lifeless mimeosome once they beat Lao.
>>320437951
To be more clear every art you use has a ~10% chance of activating cockpit time. So generally the more arts you have the better chance you have of getting it. Of course if you're using a super weapon or anything that takes more then 1 weapon slot up you'll see the amount of cockpit times you get decrease but that's the bakes.
Stuck on chapter 10.
Do I need four skells or something?
>>320441524
not really??????
they're not vague enough. they're usually strongly one personality type or another. like all those times when you can choose to either boast about your achievements or say you were lucky to get out alive
but, alas, got to walk 2 miles home so i'm gone
>tfw i only found out about sprinting and vehicle mode when I got the flight module
>>320441576So you can choose between having mim Elma or real Elma running around behind you.
Hope the next one expands the shooting and sword play mechanics greatly.
>Same combat system
>New weapons modding, customization and tweaking adds a new layer of stats and gear to use
>Aiming is done ala a 3rd person shooter, weak spots and limbs are only able to be locked on with an art
>Sword combat is similar to Ninja Gaidan
>>320441826>Implying Doug isn't gonna use it as the world's most advanced blowup doll
Say what you will, but the humor in this game is spot on. I just finished a quest where an Orphe was reunited with his Prone, Manon, and Nopon friends, and the affinity charts went
>Prone - can be his strength
>Manon - can be his wisdom
>Nopon - can be his wallet
Actually laughed out loud.
>>320441801
I only found out about sprinting some dozen hours into the game.
I mean I knew it existed, the button prompt is on screen all the time. But the font being so tiny I thought it meant to just tilt the stick instead of toggling it, and that I was already doing it the whole time.
>finally discover it
>mfw those jumps
>>320441524
It'd be a bit more personal if you could actually take who you wanted through the whole game instead of being forced to use Lin and Elma the whole goddamn time. At least in the original you could roll with any combination of the characters you wanted.
>>320440730
>Right arm
>Notleft
>>320441919
>>Same combat system
>>Aiming is done ala a 3rd person shooter, weak spots and limbs are only able to be locked on with an art
>>Sword combat is similar to Ninja Gaidan
That wouldn't be the same combat system anon
>>320442280
>The whole goddamn time
Only in main quests, though...which are, like, a really really fucking small part of the whole game.
>>320441919
I just want the camera to not be 100% ass and fashion gear for weapons and skells.
>>320442490
That, I like the simplicity of human weaponry, and some of the xeno shit is too weird for me.
>>320442415
I mean keep the arts and and skill and all the other shit.
I fucking hate the auto lock auto attack shit.
>>320442472
I must have been imagining all of those affinity quests then
>>320442629
You only need Lin and Elma for eachother's affinity quests and maybe L's and Nagi's, though.
You can pretty much do every other character's affinity quests without them.
>>320442472
Literally 50% of the affinity quests involve Elma and Lin, and those affinity quests are the ones that really delve into the character's personalities.
I would have killed for a Gwin/Irina/Doug affinity mission but instead it's Elma and Lin every time. None of the side characters get to interact with each other much aside from Phog and Frye. Hope is completely removed from everyone else pretty much. I thought she was a DLC character almost.
>Spores
Whoever thought this was remotely okay should be shot
>>320442593
I wouldn't count on that going away
>>320442748
>Dougs
>Gwins
>Irina's
>Nagi's
>Lao's
>L's
I'm looking at the map right now and all of those require Elma + Lin.
Hell, the mission to recruit Celica requires Elma and Lin too, if that's what 'New in NLA' is.
>>320428425
The Xeno BLADE isElmaand she's the main character to boot.
It makes sense.
Whats the best ability in the game and why is it ghost walker
Not really my forte
But if you insist
Alright the one thing that's really bugging me about end game is augments, I'm honestly not a big fan of them. How they work is identical to gems in the original Xenoblade, and they even have a better variety to choose from, but how you go about crafting them is really annoying.
You just spend so much time grinding for the materials, it gets boring. It doesn't help that a fair number of mats you'll be lucky to see drop once per enemy and you could need anywhere from 12 to 48 of them. And then once you have everything you just press a button and it's all done. It has all the grind of Monster Hunter but very little of the payoff.
Xenoblade Chronicles did gems much better. You find ether crystals from mining nodes and enemy drops and each crystal has a certain attribute from 1-99. Once you have enough you played a cool sort of minigame where you paired teammates off to basically combine crystals into gems. There was strategy and planning involved in it and the mechanic felt very rewarding when you got a worthwhile gem out of it. There was still grinding involved in order to get good crystals, but I felt like I had more agency over the whole thing.
It's just one of the things I hope they improve in the future.
>>320443137
Because the game loves throwing you into areas that are much higher level then you. Outside of story missions it's probably the best reason to keep Elma with you.
>>320442748
But my point is that more Story/Affinity quests require Elma/Lin than any other character or combination of characters. It's not that I dislike Elma/Lin, it's just super disappointing there isn't more to be done with the others.
>>320442114
I think the game has a great sense of humor when it's not an eating Tatsu joke. Hell, I even find Tatsu pretty funny outside of that.
True Elma's outfit is much too lewd
>>320442114
This game basically goes as far as possible as making the Nopon seem like complete jews and I love it
>>320442798
>>320442906
I just checked, and yeah, you're right. I guess it didn't bother me that much and all the affinity quests for the characters I actually liked didn't require them.
>>320439278
Keep gameplay, add more narrative. Elma can stay. There's no need for the pseudo-MMO elements either as neat as they are. Maybe have Cross as a bonus party member if you transfer your XBX save but they've done enough setting establishment to start weaving plot threads.
>finally beat game
>can now enter these threads without fear of spoilers
>first game in years I beat without accidentally spoiling myself
Pretty fuckin' jazzed.
I think I liked Xenoblade Chronicles better for that story and the catchy violin/guitar riffs, but this game does its stuff pretty good in its own regard too. I like how your character is and stays just a Regular Joe throughout the whole game, made the story feel genuine, though I wish the VA's had some pre-recorded comebacks during big cutscenes/affinity missions. Either way, good game, definitely the best on Wii U.
Space Beagles cutest race.
>>320440828
I fly everywhere, even along the ground so it can continue.
>>320435640
I think difficulty only lasts for the boss you fight
I just started and so far I love it.
>>320443407What does ayy lmao's bootyhole taste like?
>>320441671
I had 4 skells but my party members were useless the entire fight and did nothing. If you activate overdrive and spam skills while only attacking the big thing you win easy.
>>320444038
Do not hover over any spoiler you see.
>>320444112
What skell type(s) did you have?
>>320440828
I used to fast travel into NLA if I was ever in Primordia but now I just fly back into the city so I can OVER THE RAINBOW GLORIOUS SIGHT
>>320439278
Well the good news is that Takahashi already said that the next title will have a much higher focus on story.
is this a sequel to the game on the wii or can I play this without having played the other one?
>>320444237
I use in a Lailah, Elma in Wels, Lin in Urban and Celica in Inferno.
>>320444109I wish I knew
>>320442114
>crazy faggot Homer comes along
>hijacks some Gorkwa dude's voltant truck
>throws the voltant into the reservoir to poison everyone in New LA
>scene played out to be as dramatic as humanly possible
>same Gorkwa dude comes along and eats up all the voltant
>fucks off after saying he got lazy and just felt like taking a walk
>Homer just stands there stunned
>"Wow. I just don't care anymore. Turn me in, whatever, I'm done."
Takahashi knows his comedic timing.
>>320444371
It's a spiritual successor, it shares similar mechanics from the first Xenoblade but besides a handful of easter eggs it's an entirely new entry that you can jump into worry free.
>>320444612
great, thanks anon
>>320441237
Shield and Gatling Gun kind of seem like the combo that wants to stick together since Gatling Gun gives you Enhanced Stand. If I were to think of any other gun, maybe Assault Rifle, specifically the Ramjet Rifle which generates 900 TP per burst but has a 10 CD. This way you can just topple fuckers all day by juggling between Wild Down and Assault Hammer with the Extend Topple skill.
Sniper is a weapon that is pure DPS but also wants a melee weapon like Javelin or Knife which has buffs which are extremely good with Sniper, Javelin if you want to go the Electric route, Knife if you want the Ether route. Shield doesn't really provide anything good for the Sniper.
>>320444221
Definitely anon. i have played every other Xeno game. im excited!
>>320445001
Dang.
Though, I do primarily stay in melee mode, and I'm looking for a ranged weapon to deal more dps.
Assault rifle was going to be my second choice as well.
My problem with Gatling was I hate every model for it i've found so far. I admit its arts work well with the shield though.
I just want to be a tank. Its the style I enjoy best, but you literally get characters thrown at you that can also use shields. Hell, for a bit, my team was 4 shield users!
>>320445174
Your character looks cool
>>320445580
Have you considered rayguns?
They have some long cooldown attacks that splash multiple enemies in a line. Perfect for switching to them, letting off an attack or two and then going back to melee.
Should I have a support character or is pure dps team fine?
Full Takahashi interview
http://time.com/4149809/xenoblade-chronicles-x-director-tetsuya-takahashi/
what do /v/
>>320443368
>Drop your weapons, you are surrounded
>Tatsu put his glasses on the ground
I chuckled
this is it, this is the closest you can get to having your own personal wrothian whore
>>320445726
I hadn't. Which is why i was asking here. I have no experience with them, so had no idea how good the abilities are. Long cool down AoE you say? That does sound useful. What kind of buffs does it get?
>>320427837
Why was Xenoblade called Xenoblade?
The Monado wasn't ever called the xenoblade.
>>320445580
I think Shield with Assault Rifle is solid if you don't want to use the Gatling Gun anymore. You can generate so much TP with the Ramjet Rifle it isn't fair for people who don't use one. It'll probably boost your DPS a lot since you can use all the TP Arts you want. It's also perfect for tanking, since the Assault Rifle has Decoy Round for taunting and Medic Free which is literally autolife.
4 questions that no one has ever been able to fucking answer until now *HUGE SPOILERS*:
1.Can I fucking recruit Lao after the ending or is he gone forever?"
2. Can I redo the last chapter if I want to show a friend the final boss + cutscenes?
3. I heard that you get a missable reward if you don't travel before you meet Tatsu or something...was that bullshit or what?
4. Do the choices you make during small quests affect the deaths of NPCs? I did the 3 thundercats quest where they ask you 2 questions about weakness, told them total bullshit and they died. Can they be saved? I feel like restarting my game just because they show dead on my affinity chart.
>>320446036
it was originally be called Monado beginning of the world, but than they changed it to Xenoblade as a tribute to the creator of the xeno franchise
>>320446036
To honor Takahashi.
>>320446182
>3. I heard that you get a missable reward if you don't travel before you meet Tatsu or something...was that bullshit or what?
Obviously and you're just as retarded as the people that started that rumor.
>>320445907
When can I use her as a party member?
>>320445838I kept it so they could make more from the droplet
>>320446050
>Manon trying to understand emotion
>Some gal ask a guy out, he accept her love is so strong it destroys his detector
>Ask fearfuly if you too have that much love energy in you
>Choice 1 : I am FULL of love
>Choice 2 : I'm dead inside
They had some fun doing these manon quests,you can tell
>Installing Downloadable content
>1:59 remaining
post on /v/ for 5 minutes
>0:49 remaining
post on /v/ for 10 minutes
>0:54 remaining
da fuq?now says 1:02 remaining
>>320446376
After chapter 9
>>320446376
CHapter 9 or so. She joins late.
>>320446376
Celica you don't get until you beat Chapter 9 and do two affinity quests, the second one requiring you to be at least level 44
>>320445783
The core of MC Elma Lin is fine throughout the game but I'd picking up Irina whenever you get and give her the Ramjet Rifle and max out Last Stand + give her Enery Source. Last Stand converts 1000 of her TP into 2000 TP for the entire team at max level and she will spam that shit whenever she can, Energy source is 1000 TP transfer. This way your team will always have near max TP and makes things so much easier. I actually don't even use my Skell to fight because I'm so much stronger in Overdrive mode.
>>320446376
chapter 9
you must be level 44 and have finished the manhunt affinity mission near blade tower.
Than you unlock another one after which you get her.
She has that one Riki move where she removes enemy debuffs for extra damage, which was really awesome in the original
>>320445907
What is that outfit? I have all but one manufacturer unlocked but don't have that available
So how did you guys like that awesome multicultural mission where you have to educate the bigoted racist shopkeeper who didn't want to let xenotrash into her shop?
>>320446597
>the second one requiring you to be at least level 44
I figured I needed to do that one, guess it will be a while then, thanks.
>>320446876
Alex's cultural enrichment more than makes up for it.
>>320446853
a new challenger affinity mission after chapter 10, than boost the AM to level 3
>>320446876
she was pretty racist though, Manons did literally nothing wrong. At least keep the Nopon out
Alright, so. Finished the story. Now it's time for infinite grinding.
This is, what the fuck do I grind?
I'm going to spend the next dozen hours finishing the Normal Missions, getting to 60, etc. Then I have to build up affinity with everyone and do Affinity Missions.
But what about skells? What the fuck do I grind for them?
And why is it that I never find armor better than mine on the shop?
>All these people thinking XCX is gonna get a sequel.
Yall dont know the Xeno series very well. Only reason Xenosaga even had multiple games is cuz its too big for one disk and had to be made FF7 level Episodic
>>320447318
I'm fine if it's a Xeno- game made by Monolith that has the same quality as the other games.
>>320445698
Thank you anon! I was wondering if I should have added something else like a face paint or crazy eye colors.But ultimately I decided to make her look like me as best I could.[/spoiler}
So what's the difference between the Skell's vehicle modes?
I tried Veerus and it is very weird to control
>>320447458
Oh, well thats a given thenI just want dlc adding the rest of Mira
>>320447318
Thats why all 3 games had the same graphical style and gameplay, oh...wait..
Don't get me wrong, it was episodic in that it was meant to be 6 episodes, but not in the way FF7 had 3 discs
>>320426235
This is all just talk to get a western interviewer to be excited and write a positive article. Nintendo knows how to keep their studios under control.
He said he wanted to be like Bethesda well before X was finished. Yet it's nothing like Skyrim and still maintains its Xenoblade and Japanese roots.
Saying something is completely different to actually doing it.
>>320447318
Well I meanthe game ends on a massive fucking cliffhanger with the database wrecked and Lao in a field approached by some dudeand Xenosaga, Xenogears, and Xenoblade were all different because of different companies and IP ownership, but I wouldn't be surprised if Monolith Fire Emblems this with different settings, but same races and same gameplay.
>>320430617
>recently got a Intergalatic G-Buster drop
My mech is pretty much ready now for long-time Skell combat. Previously I couldn't pull off enough Soul Voices to keep the fight going at a steady pace and keep my HP up. Now I can.
Just need to get enough good stuff for my party and it's all set for end-game monsters.
>>320447623
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Is there a difference visually between the bunnylinks and the bunnycuffs for the bunnygirl outfits? I just want them to complete my bunnybod outfit but if they are the same, I'll just get the cheaper to craft versions.
>we are the ma-non
>>320444038
Leave while you're not spoiled. Come back when you've finished the story.
>>320448023
I meant how theyre doing the FF7 Remake
>>320448385
Different companies, same writers and director.
>>320448492
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you had one job
>>320445838
I hope you chose to support him
>>320446416If you let him use the droplet, you would continue the quest by finding some more senirapa water, allowing Kun'luarb to "live on" and getting more water as well
What level should I be before I tackle chapter 12?
Should I grind to 50 and get level 50 skells much to my dismay? Or is it possible pre-level 50 with level 30 skells without a shit ton of conditional luck?
>>320445907
Doesn't suit her at all.
>>320435961
I finally found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAOS10Vi8YY
I can't think of any time that first half of the song ever plays
>>320447741
Mastema has some mad drifting. You can do some rad donuts with that thing. It's fucking nuts.
>>320448503
They're different.
>>320448783
L45 should be good enough with L30 skells with good weapons/armour.
If you don't know how to battle properly then you can grind but really, you should learn to battle if you plan on doing end game stuff.
Grinding to L50 will make it too easy and it won't be much of a challenge for a final boss.
>>320448702
Oh the remake, I get you, still a bit different since all the parts of the FF7 remake will most likely have consistent direction, graphical style and music.
Takahashi really got fucked over with episode II of Xenosaga
>>320448894
I remember it best from the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2PTVi7fl8
It's weird how the tracks in the soundtrack are really two tracks combined. A lot of the time, the two halves sound completely unrelated. Would've been nicer to have separate tracks at least for the day/night themes.
>>320449053
What level is the final boss?
WHOOOOooooaAAAoooAhhOne by one
>>320448783
I just grinded out my Level 50 Skells to make the first few parts easier. I had like literally 10 million credits because I never bought anything, so buying like 3 for me, Lin, and Hope with the weapons was great. Didn't have enough for Elma but she already had an OP as fuck move on the Verus I bought her.Dismount your Skell immediately after the Chimera fight and make sure all your Arts, Gear, and Weapons are buffed as fuck.
Amdusias or Mastema?
>>320449213
Oh yeah, I had forgotten all about this trailer
And yeah, Sawano is a bit weird with that, and his naming scheme is a bit weird too
>>320449256
L50. Doesn't mean you should match it. Bosses should not be on the same league as you, they're meant to be stronger.
>>320449349
Amdusias because fuel.
>>320449213
Also I just noticed this trailer has Gwin's line aboutbeing dead already
Also whats up with the glowy purple mech on the roof at 1:14, I kept waiting for it to show up in game
>>320449349
Amdusias for melee overdrive or Mastema for ranged overdrive
>>320449612
That's Prog Ares. The oneLao steals. You can craft it.
So uhWhat was up with the Telethia in Chapter 7? It just shows up and then it's gone. Did it know Elma was an alien or something? Responding to the Vita? It just bugs me that it's just a way to introduce the superboss and I hope the sequel expands on the Telethia, the Nopon, and Tatsu's little "Hom Hom" comment to link it to Shulk's game or something.
>>320449612
>>320449783
Oh nvm, different mech.
So I just picked up the game.
I am trying to a mission but I still need a certain Affinity with Elma
How do I get this up? I thought all you had to do was answer her Soul Voices (Do what she yells in combat)
>>320449837
I kinda assumed that Telethia was a life or something dragon and just hated the tainted
>>320449783
I guess I really meant 1:15, the much bigger mechanical enemy, I've completed the main story so I know Prog Ares is about the size of your Skell, sorry for confusion
>>320449947
Not sure. But make sure you get Gwin's affinity up too.
>>320449837
Shit tons of loose ends that's what.
The telethia lives north of Noctilum above the waterfall and it's also part of the multiplayer quest.
>>320449947
Yep, it just levels slowly. Finishing quest also gives some. Don't sweat it too much
>>320449837
There's an affinity quest that further looks into the Telethia. L's 4 heart one I believe.
Oh ok. Thats kinda what I decided to do anyway.
Relatedish question
Is there any "easy" way to answer the soul voices? I am ASSUMING that its when they should commands mid battle. Sometime I dont see/hear them
I am also assuming that the hit "B" button thing is my personal Soul Voice. Does that give affinity?
>>320449947
It takes like 50 soul voices to get piece of a heart so you should really try to get her heart to hearts or do quests instead,
>>320450432
Not that guy, but how do you get heart to hearts?
I'm just after chapter 6, and haven't seen any of them.
>>320450558
Well first off they're 100% random and second they only happen at certain times of day and if you have a dog/cat equipped.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g0YR4M8RAHiRhCbAvV4tjXXHLEhRMrARzZMYAUGmyZ4/htmlview?pli=1&sle=true#
Check the allies tab and pray they actually work.
>>320450306
even if you can't "see" the soul challenge, your arts will be glowing whatever color they are which tells you that you can use that soul art.
The B thing is a Soul Challenge, I don't think that one gives affinity because you initiate it.
>>320450306
The timed button press is called Soul Challenge and I do not believe it raises affinity, just heals you. For soul voice they'll call it out and you can actually see a chat bubble showing what art you should use. It's normally above there heads but if they're off screen it'll shit to the screen edge. Arts of the type they want will also be highlighted if they are ready to use.
>>320450692
>>320450306
The B prompt puts out one of your soul voices and if an ally responds you get a very tiny affinity boost.
>>320450675
>they're 100% random
Heart to Hearts aren't random.
>>320450692
>>320450791
Oh ok.
What level am I even supposed to be before chapter 4?
I'm level 29 right now and I only realized that there's a story to do yesterday.
As fucked up as this whole sniper situation is, it's kinda funny just to see Ma-non plopping down from the sky.
Especially that one that kinda just got up and was totally fine.
>>320450849
Tell that to my game then since Frye, Phog, Irina, Gwin and well everyone that isn't Lao won't move from their spots when I'm at the right time with the right animal.
>>320449704
Does someone have the list of what all the overdrives do?
>>320450975
Because you don't have a high enough affinity. You need to check your affinity chart and make sure you have enough hearts to trigger the next heart to heart.
>>320450975
They do need a minimum affinity though, are you meeting that?
>>320450892
Way below level 20.
>>320450675
>100% random
I assumed they unlocked as you reached each full affinity heart
>>320451168
>>320451151
>>320451139
Well if that's the case they're completely worthless
>>320450892
like 18 or some shit, go do your story missions senpai
>>320448749
That is bullshit, wtf. I'm gonna pretend not to have heard that shit because it makes the whole quest shit to me.
Farming for ares 90 and the meme longsword build, kill me now.
>>320448894
>quest ends with this song
>>320428135
100% marketing. Xenoblade's original name was something like Monado: Creation of the World.
But I dunno... like Final Fantasy games have little to do with each other except some lore and occasionally gameplay I'm okay with a Xeno* prefix.
I have no idea how Soul Voice works except I need to use the glowing Arts every now and then and that it heals me a bit. Can anyone explain them to me? I'm level 45 btw.
>>320425665
Honest question. Should I trade my ps4 to my roommate for his wiiu so I can play this? This shit looks so good. Is it as good as it looks?
>>320451694
Go to the Soul Voice menu and read the triggers and effects.
>>320428135
>>320451620
X is called Xenoblade because it shares similar gameplay and story elements. Like Final Fantasy. It's a progression.
I never understood why it's "X" though. Just cool I guess.
>>320451694
heals you and deals more damage(I think) and if you get a chain going your damage gets higher and higher. great for comboing
also breaks up the boring combat so you wont realize how monotonous it is
>>320451713
I mean, I wouldn't do a permanent trade for just this one game, but if it's a short term thing then go nuts.
Just look up gameplay, and know what you're getting into. People seem to either really love or hate this game, for a variety of reasons but the biggest one being that it wasn't what they were expecting.
Just keep and open mind and havefun
>>320451694
open your soul voices in the menu. When someone calls out for an art (soul voice), and you use the corresponding art, it heals and the art itself gets a bonus effect depending on the Soul Voice.
So if Elma starts going “Get in close and land a blow!” and you use a melee attack, it will do Effect: +100% damage (+200% from behind).
If Lin goes "“Gimme some cover fire!” and you use a ranged art, you get "Effect: +100 TP per hit."
Combine your arts with Soul Voice timings and you can do some crazy things.
>>320451889
X is the coolest letter bro
>>320451889
And to be precise, it's called Xenoblade CHRONICLES X here because, again, marketing
>>320451123
http://www.gameskinny.com/9m36l/xenoblade-chronicles-x-guide-skell-info-and-combat
Look near the bottom
>>320452014
Is triggering them random?
>>320451985
Thanks for the info, really appreciate it.
>>320451985
man, anime that goes full tacticool is just awesome
>>320452098
Yes there's a percent chance they happen when you do the trigger
>>320452098
There are triggers for soul voices which happen on chance, like "enemy gets toppled, x chance of soul voice will happen when enemy is toppled". You can get augments which improve these chances but those arent really worth it.
So what the hell happened to this chick?
>>320452404
She runs away and you explode her later
>>320452404
Died
>>320452375
>>320452208
Cool, thanks.
>these skell licence missions
jesus, I just want my fucking skell, not playing with the miranium setup for an hour
>>320449837
>>320450143The Telethia apparently culls the impure, as L says in his 4 heart affinity mission. I feel like that element ties in with Mira being a sort of Bermuda Triangle weird planet where no-one can leave once they get there (a fucking time traveller can't even leave Mira, shit is that goddamn serious). People get drawn to Mira, the Telethia kills them if they're impure, leaving Mira 'pure' or purging the universe of 'impurity' or something.
>>320452404
Dicked by a gang of blades, she couldn't beat the dick
>>320452508
its training you for later senpai, you're going to need to maximize your research probes if you want to purchase Skells
SENPAI YOU HAVEN'T LET ME DOWN YET.
BATES JUST CALLED IN FROM CAULDROS AND WANTS TO HEAD WEST OR SOUTH.
WHICH ONE DO I PICK?
>>320452450
>>320452478
>>320452525
Fuck, I completely forgot she was piloting that giant mech.
>>320452514
>he actually thinks he's a time traveler
lel
>>320451435
Getting the water is too important. It's to be expected that you would be able to find more somewhere and somehow
>>320452404
A lack of character development, that's what.
I know the game expected you to think it was her when you go find Celica but come on. It should have been her. Not a new underdeveloped character.
The bad guys in this game have barely any variety of motivation outside of humans will be the end of them.
>>320451889
>>320452015
"Cross" is cooler imo. I realize that's the Japanese reading for the game but I wish it was the English one too.
>>320452630
>doubting Professor B
I shiggy diggy
>>320452598
Does he die either way? Because I ended up killing him.
>>320452598
I think I remember an anon saying to send him south
>>320452575
yeah but I dont want to fuck up that pristine setup I already have just to meet some retarded benchmark
>>320452720
Maybe it means the crossing of paths because Mira is sort a trapped world.
>>320452649
I was seriously expecting her to make a heel turn somewhere down the game. "They're not going to repeat 'evil alien slut' like with Goetia again, nah. Takahashi's better than that."
Not only did she was a Goetia repeat with lug in tow, she also died in a mech explosion. Like come on.
All the villains were fucking awful. Luxxarr actually made me laugh when he was shitting all over the Wrothians. So fucking cliche.
QUESTION:
I am exploring in Primordia an I came across a sector that was supposed to have a probe, but I cant seem to find it.
It also seems to be one of the few sectors without a hard/bright border around them.
What gives?
>>320453018
Look up
>>320452845
If you couldn't reach that benchmark in the first place I highly doubt your setup was so pristine
>>320453018
The one next to NLA? Just north of it? Need a flight pack.
Just finished chapter 4 and Im already feeling the game pushing me to do story missions
level 27 and all the missions I get want me to kill stuff that's XL or 10 levels higher than me.
>>320434593
quick cooldowns mostly. Also battling in the sky can be kind of annoying without ranged. Melee in general is way better though.
>>320453114
yeah its because I have no probes. how do I acquire more easily?
>>320452630
He is. Everyone who leaves Mira will end up on that secluded island in Oblivia. Same happens toLao.
>>320453137
RAMIREZ SHOOT THAT INDIGENcall of xeno duty when
>>320425665
>"This planet.. theres something about this planet!"
Soo, if Takahashi is planning on re-doing the Perfect Works, does this mean the collective unconscious and U-DO will make a return?
Every being on Mira has the ability to communicate with one another, and understand one another. so they're probably all talking on a subconscious level.
Which probably means Mira itself is sentient, and is understanding the wishes of the people sort of like how U-DO wanted to communicate with humans.
>But earth
Eternal reccurence, Wilheim reset the clock god knows how many times, this could just be one of many timelines where earth got blown up and there was no Lost jerusalem.
>>320453137
>27 on chapter 4
bro play the story. I know this game is fun as hell to dick around in but you really miss out on content by not playing the first chapters
>>320453237
You're meant to find them in treasure points. Stop bitching. It's like you haven't paid attention to the game at all.
>>320453137
The terminal missions are pretty fucky in regards to difficulty. I've seen a 2 star quest that was clearly more difficult then a 6 star one.
With that said you can freely accept and abandon these quests, so just grab everything you can and when you find something too hard just ignore it. I'd say most of the experience can be found naturally by just exploring and fighting cool stuff.
>>320453370
>it's meant to gate progress behind RNG bullshit
So did they ever give a reason why Tatsu isn't a playable character? All they had to do was recycle riki's animations.
I really hope there's more Xeno party members in the next game,
>>320453318
Xenosaga is shit. We know that, Monolith know that. Stop trying to tie it together. Sure it's influential but there won't be a direct reference to any of it.
>Fighting low level shit
>Impossibly high level shit placed right next to it
>All me Skell weapons are all AOE
>>320453370
take a chill-pill brosephus. and yeah I haven't this story is ass right now, and nothing they've said to me is at all valuable since reading the manual
>>320453552
Your best bet is to just auto attack and lead it out of the aoe zone.
Just make sure to spam the "to me" command for your teammates, those fuckers love to aoe right off the bat.
>>320453664
>It's an enclosed space
Is there a way to get blade medals from things other than hire random player characters? I want to play some online to take a break from L's godawful 'farm enemy x for 6 hours for 3 drops' mission but I can't remove anyone from my party.
I also have no tickets so don't just tell me to buy the shit because believe me I really wish I could.
>>320453360
I can't help myself, in my first 10 hours I never went to new LA once.
>>320453432
Yeah I noticed that too, most of the collect quests in dangerous areas I was sneaking past enemies to get the collectibles can sneak past enemies
>>320453480
I guess they didnt want to make Tatsu a BLADE
>>320454081
so when Elma told you to go to NLA, you just dicked around with her for 10 hours in Primordia instead?
>>320453552
>Sylvalum
>the Xe-Dom Grand Prix track where you'll be fighting bugs and get driven over by a giant fucking robot before you can say "Start your enginges"
Fuck that shot
>>320454081
I definately respect that, but you dont even have overdrive yet mang. plus spending miranium often is always a good idea
>Locked into Lins quest until my mining probes find 4 more rare materials
I guess i'll just leave the system on and do something else
does treasure sensor increase drop rates, also does it still work in skells
>>320453664
>Mfw trying to pick off high level enemies and Lin aggros every living thing in a 10 meter radius.
>>320453857
Heh, that reminds me.
>Have to kill a level 40 monster inside a cave for a quest
>GIANT FUCKING XE-DOM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
>Literally no way to get to enemy without aggroing Xe-Dom
>In a spot that needs flying to get to, so shadow sneak is out of the question
>It's a fucking level 80 tyrant
So I do what any good man would do
>Rush up to enemy
>Dragon's Maw right to the face
>Kill it in one hit, cutscene victory just as the Xe-Dom finishes killing my entire party
Felt pretty good.
>>320454254
>Xenogears and Xenoblade both have finished stories that make you feel great after beating them
>Xenosaga and X are unfinished pieces of crap that will never get finished and leave you forever wondering how they're supposed to end.
Why.
>>320454184
no, more like as soon as the tutorial cut me loose I wandered off and never looked back
>>320453552
>Doing Phogg's first mission
>going to fight the ganglion squad
>A 80ish tyrant vigent pops out and kills me
fuck that thing.
>>320453552
>>320454247
>Cauldros
>all those quests in White Phosphorous Lake next to that giant fucking plant tentacle thing
>some of them need you to stand right next to it to talk to an NPC
>>320454491
Man I can't even remember what art that was but i threw it off her as soon as I realized what a liability it was.
It;s not reducing damage if you're now fighting 10 enemies Lin!
Sorry I have such stupid questions but
What probes should I plant at the start of the game so i dont get fucked later?
Also where can i get my Division Spoils?
>>320453552
>Doing Enforcer first
>All my beam attacks keep pulling unwanted fights
Had to switch to Blast Fencer out of paranoia. At least only the debuffs are AoE.
>>320454631
>Not chessing everything with FMJ
>Not having Ghost walk
Come on now.
>>320454825
Probes can be replaced, so don't worry about it.
>>320454491
That's actually a good thing for my build since True Stream Edge gains more TP if it hits more enemies. Maintain overdrive and multiplier goes crazy.
>>320454825
Division spoils are recieved in the barracks at one of the terminals
as for probes, mining mining mining, but make note of places with precious resources or scenic views so you can rake in the cash once you get more research probes
>>320454631
>When you finally kill that fucking plant
>>320454920
Same for my FMJ build where I Primer into Violent Strike into Seventh Edge for 3000 TP and then do the same and get to 100 stacks in overdrive is seconds.
>>320454087
Well L's not a BLADE is he? He's just a blue faggot who runs a shop that he abandons occasionally.
>Need one heart affinity with Gwin to move on in the story
Fuck you game.
>>320453480
My guess is because Tatsu is completely useless at it. And he probably doesn't want to be fighting.
>using SRM-R550ME Meteor in a crowd of enemies
>cockpit modeHelped a lot against the chimeras in the last battle too.
>Ramjet
>What is this piece of sh-
>300TP gain
>99 Upgrade slots
>>320454860
What? You can't beat that giant monster on foot when you're 20 levels below it. FMJ or not.
You'd have to mess with augments and shit. By that time you'll be levelled enough to kill it without any optimisations.
>>320455835
>99 unusable upgrades
>wake up
>a new day
>eat
>turn on xenoblade
>let the intro music run through
>press a
>let the squad select music run through
>play
>eat
>play
>eat
>play
>sleep
>repeat
How do I even get downstone? None of the probe sides have it.
>>320455835
you cant actually upgrade the Ramjet tho
>>320456404
this game is like a quicksand box. I still haven't finished the Bloodborne DLC and the builds I've been working on and I can't break free of this game.
>>320456404
>tfw actually running out of Xenoblade
>>320456481
Dawnstone. They do. Check the docs.
Is there a way to complete Alexa's mission in sylvanum without aggroing the fuck huge robot?
>>320456705
Yeah.
How in the fuck do I afford the 50 skells? While I get 100k a tick from FN, it isn't nearly fast enough. I need another like 12 million for weapons and frames
How do you get the Wrothian AM? Is it a mission?
>>320456705
The one where you test pout the shitty assault rifle?
>>320456650
>There's aren't a dozen quests in NLA for me to pick up every time I visit now
Getting 100% is going to kill me in a completely different way than I expected.
>>320456848
You're probably better off waiting for L60 and crafting. It's cheaper but has more grind to it.
I just got 1 L50 skell for myself in the meantime so I can try out some drops.
>>320456848
You can farm level 50 skell weapons from puges in Badr Basin/Stronghold in Sylvalum
>>320456950
I have dead faceless people on my affinity chart so I'll never truly 100% the game.
>>320455962
When you pull high level stuff you dodge until you kill the thing you need and then run. When something is a high level and you need to get past it you can Shadow Walk right through it.
So you don't really kill them per say.
>>320456915
Yes. I know I can beat the turtle thing but the fucking robot aggros and it fucks my shit up.
>In the end we truly are....Xenoblade Chronicles X...
Goddammit why the fuck did Kojima ruin Elma's character like that?!
>>320456982
like this?
When you get weapon drops from enemies, sometimes the color of the font changes. I've seen blue, green and yellow, but i still can't find what's the meaning of the color. Help?
I'm a Sony Fanboy>>320426146
Best song since Sonic Battle Adventure 2
>>320457165
I know that. I thought you meant I should kill the thing which I can't. Or at least couldn't at the time. The monster doesn't aggro unless if you start a fight next to it so it's just a matter of being careful. It's just uncomfortable being next to it.
>>320457202
Just start the fight, move to a safer spot, and then call your teammates over to you and wait for the enemy to come over.
Something about Oblivia is making it one of my favorite desert areas. It's probably the thundersandstorms
>>320457202
It doesn't aggro if you're on the ground. It only aggros when youre in a skell. Why would you be using your skell in the first place?
>>320457134
The dead people don't really matter as they don't provide quests anyway.
>>320457270
Wow, I sure am glad I've never seen any of the movies and don't really care to. It's kinda nice to see all this salt and rage getting thrown around without being affected by it, it's like a trip to the zoo.
>>320457428
Yeah but they're faceless on my NPC chart. Meaning I didn't talk to them and get their faces on it.
It's just a small thing. Just a small thing.
>>320457380
It's open, the music is good, it has memorable landmarks and a huge ass river to guide you. My favorite area so far, but i have yet to fully explore Sylvalum and get to Cauldron.
>>320457380
>you'll never experience going into Oblivia for the first time
>music starts
>huge horses come running in and neighing
>see that giant ring
>go right and get destroyed by pugiliths and run back to Primordia
>>320457698
The daytime music there is worse than NLA
>>320457904
Okay.
>>320456404
Pretty much this since release. It's been a long fucking time since I've dedicated myself to a single game so much. I have yet to go to sleep before 4am this month.
And even though we are in the 17th, it's already my most played game of the decade.
>>320456404
this is me, I've got like 70 hours on this playthrough and I've only started exploring cauldros. My activity log says I've got just over 90.
DESU, this years been great for games that are pure time sinks. X, TW3, Fallout 4 and MGS V all have over 100 hours.
Fuck I feel like such a disgusting shutin, since I've spent alot less time socialising than I have the last couple of years.
>>320458030
Last time I played a game like this was the first Xenoblade. Sort of expected it which is why I took my Christmas leave early. Getting back to work is going to be a pain. I haven't seen natural sunlight for over a week.
>>320457904
I find Sawano overall really shit. I'm not familiar with his style since i don't watch anime, but Oblivia's song is the closest to encapsulate some grandiose feeling of exploring, at least for me. Primordia is good too. Everything else is pretty mediocre, and yeah, NLA is awful.
>>320458262
I remember the first Xenoblade also taking a lot of my time, and I was on total holidays, without even my parents in my house, but I found everything other than story missions to be boring, so I just focused on that. I finished it in 60 hours and didn't bother to do anything else after that.
I just finished the story of X in 100 hours and I plan to continue for a week or two full load
>>320458282
I agree that Sawano tends to make a lot of bad decisions in his tracks but I think each track is fitting and it never feels out of place outside of the first few minutes of taking in how bad the lyrics are.
>>320458073
Where in England are you from m8?
>>320457964
>>320458218
>liking DUN DUN DA DUN DA DA over and over with nothing else playing
>>320456404
Similar to me. I've been playing this since the digital launch and I'm clocked at 224 hours so far. Still haven't beaten it, but I just need to complete Chapter 12, so I'm almost there, but I'm still out exploring and stuff.
>>320458602
wat
>>320458672
What do you mean 'wat'? That's all that plays when I'm in Oblivia and it's annoying as fuck.
>>320458603
>224
How. HOW. That's pretty much 10 continuous days. And the game came out 13 days ago.
>>320458282
I liked the field tracks a lot, it's the same as KLK I ended up liking the minor tracks much better than the DONT LOSE MY WAY.
I wish gathering missions would at least tell me the general area I should be poking around, christ.
>>320458601
Nah m8, Straya
>>320458602
Anon, please tell me you're just shitposting or something. You're free to not like the Oblivia theme, but this statement literally says fucking nothing.
>>320458465
I managed to 100% Xenoblade in 2 weeks. I think this will be similar. I'm pretty much done. I can tell because I'm feeling empty inside.
>>320458603
That's insane. I've been playing around 12 hours a day. 3 hours total in breaks and the rest for sleep. 130hours total.
By your time, you've been playing 18 hours a day. That's barely enough time to eat and sleep properly.
>>320458529
The music had grow on me, even if i don't like it as stand alone musical pieces. I agree. I try to picture this game with the first Xeno music style and it just don't fit. Remove the out of place rap, remove the singing in the cutscenes and the overall soundtrack would improve a lot.
>>320458073
>70 hours
>Haven't even gotten the Skell
I like to fool around in these games and this game is like quicksand.
>>320457270
I totally called it as soon as the trailer came out with old ass han.
>>320458831
>Affinity mission
>Wants me to collect some tentacle
>The only place to find it is at the bottom of some cliff in a tiny ass area where only one of the enemy spawns
I hate fetch quests
>>320458763
>annoying as fuck
How? Its just a repeating melody like all the other songs in the soundtrack.
>>320458795
Before My Body is Dry is complete shit except for the catchy 3-second chorus part.
Seriously Sawano's lyrics are shit, but "I HAVE TO FIND WHO KILLED MY DAAAAAAAAD" combined with a boring song is just awful. Even Trigger knew that as they basically only used the "DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY" part in the show.
>>320458887
Do you shitpost on poll? It's your civic duty after all
>>320459014
It's loud compared to everything else and not enjoyable
>>320459003
>Do L's affinity mission
>Shit ton of fetch quests
>I've already fetched everything
Fastest affinity missions so far.
>>320457270
>All that cool ass extended universe
>for nothing
I can never not be mad, I can try but I will fail.
>>320459125
>loud
Are you okay Anon? They all have the same amount of audio levels.
>>320459132
The only good thing about fetch quests is when you have everything and then it satisfyingly finishes the quest as you exit the mission select.
>>320459021
It's weird, I usually agree when it comes to Sawano lyrics and yet for some reason it just works so well for Black Tar. Something about it slowly rising in intensity and getting insane by the end of it is so fun for normal battles.
>Completing a region in the collectopedia
>>320459125
Sounds like you might have your bass set too high, anon.
>>320459219
It is not on the same audio level as the other regions and the mixing in general for this game is awful.
>>320458963
to be fair, the quest to get a skell is needlessly long. Also I feel the game would be alot shorter if it wasn't for all these annoying gathering quests
>>320459282
I have all the regions done except for Cauldros. Does anyone know how to open up the caves? I'm in post game now and my OCD is killing me.
>>320459248
It's great but then falls apart halfway. That verse with the STUCK ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT PLANET and WITH THE GUNS AND CANNONS is hype as fuck for some reason.
