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Homura is one of the ways to pronounce the character Honoo (炎), meaning fire.
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Dec 5, 2017 19:56
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I'm thinking of just trying to write up all the names - at least the Titan and Blade names - and what they reference in Japanese and English. The things that always get me is the random parts that aren't "translated." Tora is a Nopon and Nopon are traditionally left alone, so that's fine. Azami is a one-off rare Blade who's left for no reason I'm aware of, and Zeke Genbu is just out of place (plus they took out the "Ultimate" which is the best part of his name).
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Dec 5, 2017 19:56
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Caphi posted:I'm thinking of just trying to write up all the names - at least the Titan and Blade names - and what they reference in Japanese and English. It’s a little weird in English sure, but makes sense in Japanese when his lore counterparts, Seiryu, Byakko and Suzaku are present. He even has a pet turtle and a turtle design on his eyepatch
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Dec 5, 2017 19:58
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8-bit Miniboss posted:It’s a little weird in English sure, but makes sense in Japanese when his lore counterparts, Seiryu, Byakko and Suzaku are present. It's the English part that doesn't make sense to me. They translated everything else so aggressively, especially names, why leave "Genbu"?
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Dec 5, 2017 20:00
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DLC Inc posted:Game is pretty great so far. The combat took a while to acclimate to with the combo and cancelling but I do like it so far. The areas are beautiful and the music is fantastic, definitely worthy of succeeding XC1. So far the characters and story are merely "ok" since Shulk/Reyn/Sharla/Dunban are an infinitely better and more capable bunch than Rex/Nia/Tora/Gramps and whoever comes next. The game's party so far just feels like we're a bunch of doofuses who somehow can fight these ungodly warriors mainly through luck and our deus ex monado. I agree with this, with the exception that Rex oddly seems to be the most competent person in the party. Like, the guy is obviously really skilled from living on his own as a salvager for a long time, so it's not that strange that he is agile and can fight and what have you. I feel like, at least from the party members I've seen so far (which I think is only at most half of the total number that will show up), they tried to fit a lot of them into anime archetypes. It's not so much a bad thing as a "lack of a good thing" from XB1, though. The story is compelling enough that I feel compelled to play and find out what happens next, though I thought XB1's "literally just out for revenge" starting motivation was a lot more unique, at least for the JRPG genre.
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Dec 5, 2017 20:03
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Caphi posted:It's the English part that doesn't make sense to me. They translated everything else so aggressively, especially names, why leave "Genbu"? Dunno, the localization has been strange and I guess I don’t let it bother me that much? Maybe because he comes from a totally different country on account of being a prince?
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Dec 5, 2017 20:03
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So uh, abandoned factory chapter 4 Found a keycard by some idiot giant lizardman. Walked down some stairs and there's a giant level 81 spider blocking the only way out, a handful of level 31 nests and some level 70-80 snakes just sitting around. Am I uh, in the right place or what the hell is this.
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Dec 5, 2017 20:04
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Shin became jin
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Dec 5, 2017 20:05
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:So uh, abandoned factory chapter 4 It was for me, I just booked it. There’s probably a better way.
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Dec 5, 2017 20:06
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I know about Suzaku, Seiryuu, Byakku and Genbu because they're been referenced countless times in other rpgs. It's a phoenix, dragon, tiger, and turtle God respectively right
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Dec 5, 2017 20:11
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It's just a bird. China has its own separate basically phoenix.
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Dec 5, 2017 20:15
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Ytlaya posted:I agree with this, with the exception that Rex oddly seems to be the most competent person in the party. Like, the guy is obviously really skilled from living on his own as a salvager for a long time, so it's not that strange that he is agile and can fight and what have you. Given the one off lines that for some reason nobody follows up on really early in the game (Rex mentioning he was trained by Gramps, who clearly knows Pyra well, to fight; Torna specifically requesting him because of where he's from; and him needing to be the one to open the doors to Pyra's chamber, including some weird poo poo going on around his feet between them) I'm assuming that he's got some chosen one/descendant poo poo going on that they're going to drop on us later in the game. Also because that's anime/jrpg as hell.
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Dec 5, 2017 20:27
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IcePhoenix posted:Given the one off lines that for some reason nobody follows up on really early in the game (Rex mentioning he was trained by Gramps, who clearly knows Pyra well, to fight; Torna specifically requesting him because of where he's from; and him needing to be the one to open the doors to Pyra's chamber, including some weird poo poo going on around his feet between them) I'm assuming that he's got some chosen one/descendant poo poo going on that they're going to drop on us later in the game. Also because that's anime/jrpg as hell. Where I’m at in the game, Chapter 5, I was treated to a cutscene of this fabled Addam, Pyra/Mythra’s last Driver but his face was obfuscated with a hood. I’m already anticipating that Rex is Addam’s descendant and looks like him.
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Dec 5, 2017 20:31
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8-bit Miniboss posted:It was for me, I just booked it. There’s probably a better way. why did the game just make me run through a field of level 80 monsters what even is this hellzone
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Dec 5, 2017 20:37
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The devs laugh everytime you get one-shot by a hilariously overpowered monster in your babby zone.
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Dec 5, 2017 20:39
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Internet Kraken posted:The devs laugh everytime you get one-shot by a hilariously overpowered monster in your babby zone. The zone is nothing but level 80 things. Like they're just the common mobs there. If you get spotted you better fuckin book it
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Dec 5, 2017 20:57
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I'm early on and I feel dumb but how do I turn off the second steam vent in the enemy airship? I turned off the first one with the switch right beneath it but I've been running around the map in circles and can't find a second one
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Dec 5, 2017 20:59
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goferchan posted:I'm early on and I feel dumb but how do I turn off the second steam vent in the enemy airship? I turned off the first one with the switch right beneath it but I've been running around the map in circles and can't find a second one There's a gate to the right of it under the stairs
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Dec 5, 2017 21:01
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Under the ladder up to it, if I recall is a nook you can slip into for the other vent.
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Dec 5, 2017 21:01
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Yeah you can't see the prompt until you're right next to it.
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Dec 5, 2017 21:04
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DLC Inc posted:There are several of them, IIRC they are members of the Twelvebrothersister Nopon shop you find in the first salvager hub you begin the game within. No idea where it's going to lead to but I always like finding another of them off on their adventure. That's actually a seperate thing. That's right there's two seperate hidden, global 'Find the Nopon' subquests running concurrently. The guy I was talking about is called Foorara and I found where he went, if anyone's interested: Behind the overgrown Ivy at the Mercenary Camp, then atop a house in the Uraya capital, then at the loading bay at the Mor Ardain palace. The hunt continues. e; Also I just got a new party member half way through Chapter 5 and tried to get them some rare blades with my big bag of saved up core crystals. 34 Commons and 6 Rares, 0 Rare Blades. Someone please tell me there's an overdrive thingy somewhere in this zone. Bland fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Dec 5, 2017 |
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Dec 5, 2017 21:13
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Wulfric is such a big dumb softy. A heart to heart involving him is pretty adorable. 
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Dec 5, 2017 21:19
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:The zone is nothing but level 80 things. Like they're just the common mobs there. If you get spotted you better fuckin book it this still sucks to some extent especially when a big fuckin bird who is level 70 butts into your battle but it's nowhere near as obnoxious as XCX was, which lietrally made you wade into nightmare territories of these enemies to plant your dumb mining equipment. I will say that one of my chief complaints about XCX was "where the gently caress are all the Nopon" and XC2 definitely bumped up the Nopon ratio to an insane degree. I still hope there's some kind of passing reference to XC1, given how the concept of living on the backs of giants is once again a prevailing theme. DLC Inc fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Dec 5, 2017 |
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Dec 5, 2017 21:25
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Bland posted:That's actually a seperate thing. That's right there's two seperate hidden, global 'Find the Nopon' subquests running concurrently. The guy I was talking about is called Foorara and I found where he went, if anyone's interested: Behind the overgrown Ivy at the Mercenary Camp, then atop a house in the Uraya capital, then at the loading bay at the Mor Ardain palace. The hunt continues. Did you get the Overdrive in the Hot Springs? There's also one in the Mercenary camp. Also there's a Legendary Core Crystal back where the climax of Chapter 3 took place that almost always gives a rare (though it gave me a common  )
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Dec 5, 2017 21:32
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Got two rare cores from crabs last night, got a rare blade from both. Agate (Rex) and Nim (Nia).
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Dec 5, 2017 21:41
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Well gently caress, I just realized that overdrive transfers are super rare and I wasted it on a common by accident
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Dec 5, 2017 21:45
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Tae posted:Well gently caress, I just realized that overdrive transfers are super rare and I wasted it on a common by accident I did the same thing. However seeing as how you can theoretically hold up to 99 of them, I'm guessing there's going to be someway to farm them later on.
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Dec 5, 2017 21:47
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Caphi posted:I'm thinking of just trying to write up all the names - at least the Titan and Blade names - and what they reference in Japanese and English. Almost every rare Blade name is completely different. It's weird, because a lot of the common ones are unchanged. It actually seems like a great deal (way more than half) of all character names/important terms are different in Japanese. The English writers try to flavor the game up a bit too much, IMO, and stray away from classical allusion, to which the Japanese text has very strong ties. This is the same problem Dragon Quest typically has albeit in a different manner. It's charming in some ways, but cheesy and cringe-worthy in others as they try to work in bad puns and what not.
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Dec 5, 2017 21:50
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So who's Suzaku in Rex's United Kingdom band
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Dec 5, 2017 21:56
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Calaveron posted:So who's Suzaku in Rex's United Kingdom band Suzaku is Vandham's Blade.
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Dec 5, 2017 21:57
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Doing insane huge damage party chains is extremely satisfying and I can't wait until I have 3 Blade slots to cover all my bases
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Dec 5, 2017 21:58
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Caphi posted:Suzaku is Vandham's Blade. Duh, I forgot about him
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Dec 5, 2017 22:01
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Just hit a boss fight in Chapter 5 and I think I get the combos a lot better now. Just managed 300k in damage with three element bursts, which feels pretty solid for the high 30s.
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Dec 5, 2017 22:09
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Ornamented Death posted:I did the same thing. However seeing as how you can theoretically hold up to 99 of them, I'm guessing there's going to be someway to farm them later on. Hey did you know this game has a season pass with a challenge battle mode coming? Because I have a feeling I know where you're gonna be able to get huge amounts of legendary cores and overdrive things. 
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Dec 5, 2017 22:09
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Is there a "level cap" on weapon arts? I can see myself trying to max out a bunch of them because I want to use way more than three blades per person but it seems like it'll be an awful grind if I do.
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Dec 5, 2017 22:10
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IcePhoenix posted:Is there a "level cap" on weapon arts? I can see myself trying to max out a bunch of them because I want to use way more than three blades per person but it seems like it'll be an awful grind if I do. Not sure. Also beating enemies with a chain combo earns you way more SP FYI. Good Luck on your hellgrind 
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Dec 5, 2017 22:12
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Rainuwastaken posted:Hey did you know this game has a season pass with a challenge battle mode coming? Because I have a feeling I know where you're gonna be able to get huge amounts of legendary cores and overdrive things. Possibly. I'm thinking end-game (or post-game, if that's an option) areas will have them as rare drops from enemies and/or salvaging.
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Dec 5, 2017 22:12
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I recall the first game had visual indicators of whether or not monsters aggro without being attacked first. Does this game have something like that?
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Dec 5, 2017 22:15
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Zore posted:Not sure. Chain combo as in the thing I hit + for? drat, I usually Save It For Later™ but maybe I'll just have to bust it out on the poor idiots that aggro me while I'm picking flowers even though they're like five levels below me. I'm level 31 and have finally started getting to level 3 arts so maybe that's part of why I feel like I don't do as much damage as I should.
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Dec 5, 2017 22:15
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IcePhoenix posted:Is there a "level cap" on weapon arts? I can see myself trying to max out a bunch of them because I want to use way more than three blades per person but it seems like it'll be an awful grind if I do. I'd assume it'd be 5, anything higher would mean this game is way, way longer than I expected.
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Dec 5, 2017 22:15
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