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Lessail posted:Seriously how do you avoid feeling like you're dying inside each time you're forced to fight non-bosses in the late game The new ability you get in chapter 8 is so ridiculously powerful that it feels op. Trash monsters are not a problem if you use it.
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:16 |
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I am extremely salty about using all the cores I've been hoarding for half the game on the new party member not getting poo poo from them
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:19 |
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That gatcha feel
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:30 |
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Andrast posted:I am extremely salty about using all the cores I've been hoarding for half the game on the new party member not getting poo poo from them I got the rare blade Vale on my first core crystal I've used on the last party member you get. Also don't count common blades out, they can get very strong skill combos. I got a common blade with orb master AND the skill that hits two adjacent orbs at a time and it's one of the strongest blades I have period.
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:31 |
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nerdz posted:I got the rare blade Vale on my first core crystal I've used on the last party member you get. On the other hand I already have the rest of the party who all have pretty good blade setups so this doesn't exactly make me want to try the new person out
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:36 |
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Might be a longshot, but I'm working on finishing XCX1 before I dig into this and I could use some party advice. I'm about 40 hours in and Crossing the sword arm now. I'm looking for what's the most busted rear end party loadout - characters, arts, skills, gems - basically I want to mainline the story and knock it out as fast as possible so I don't get sidetracked and fail to finish it again.
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:42 |
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I just received a copy of this which I expect to be playing later this evening. I've been following the thread though scrolling past anything that looks to be plot-heavy. I have a sense as to how combat may work though it's hard to keep everything straight without having experienced it concretely. I have also decided (for now) that krabble farming ruins Xenoblade much like fast travel ruins Skyrim -- I intend to try to use mostly what I'm given and not grind things out too much. I'm aware that I should save a few extra core things for potential additional plot members. I'm also aware that I should pay close attention to the tutorials as they come up and that if I'm not owning the opponent I'm probably doing something wrong. Are there any other things I should know before going in blind?
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:46 |
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Has anyone figured out what breaking the elemental sealstones does? I've broken the fire, wind, earth and water seals, and I found what look like light, dark, ice and lightning sealstones in Temperantia, but those ones can't be interacted with. Is this something I can complete now (Chapter 6) or does something happen later?
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 22:51 |
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I don't know what this is but it looks like a spoiler I don't want to read about.
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 23:06 |
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IcePhoenix posted:I don't know what this is but it looks like a spoiler I don't want to read about. (and honestly I assume it is exactly that)
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 23:11 |
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Andrast posted:I am extremely salty about using all the cores I've been hoarding for half the game on the new party member not getting poo poo from them I read this, used a common core for the hell of it, and got a rare blade thanks for giving me your luck, friend
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 23:18 |
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I've been doing sidequests and Perun still won't unlock affinity lvl 2, stiil at 1/3
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 23:25 |
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Calaveron posted:I've been doing sidequests and Perun still won't unlock affinity lvl 2, stiil at 1/3 It's really specific and loving stupid, look up a video and save yourself the annoyance. Gotta be around mid ch4.
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 23:29 |
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IcePhoenix posted:I don't know what this is but it looks like a spoiler I don't want to read about. Nothing spoilery at all there's stones scattered around various maps that you need to pass skill checks to interact with, there's one in the first zone. Bland fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Dec 9, 2017 |
# ? Dec 8, 2017 23:37 |
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Fuuuuck, I just had the Percival quest bug out and it seems unrecoverable. Some enemies I had to fight showed up in a cutscene, but when it ended they just never appeared. There are no current steps for it in the quest menu either. As far as I can tell I can't even abandon it and start over. The quest involves a lot of running around to obscure locations and no fewer than 6 merc missions. Be sure you save before initiating the part on the Argentum salvage deck...
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# ? Dec 8, 2017 23:56 |
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Salty Soil, where
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 00:17 |
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Calaveron posted:Salty Soil, where Uraya, find a spot that drops minerals. Reload with fast travel and farm. Use a Blade with Mineralogy to speed up the process.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 00:21 |
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They should've had different icons for the different collection spots on the map
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 00:25 |
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I have this game, but haven't had the chance to play it yet, mostly because my only TV has been hijacked for reasons related to an obscure holiday involving trees and a really old dead guy. Also sickness, but mostly the first thing. How much of a graphical hit is playing the game in handheld-mode? Is it okay or is it '3DS Hyrule Warriors' bad?
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 00:30 |
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Airspace posted:I have this game, but haven't had the chance to play it yet, mostly because my only TV has been hijacked for reasons related to an obscure holiday involving trees and a really old dead guy. Also sickness, but mostly the first thing. Not that bad. The dynamic resolution does get pretty low at times that require it, but I've spent almost half my playtime on handheld and I don't mind it all that much.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 00:33 |
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Airspace posted:I have this game, but haven't had the chance to play it yet, mostly because my only TV has been hijacked for reasons related to an obscure holiday involving trees and a really old dead guy. Also sickness, but mostly the first thing. I think it’s fine, and I know it’s not a Wii U to 3ds gap in quality.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 00:49 |
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victrix posted:Might be a longshot, but I'm working on finishing XCX1 before I dig into this and I could use some party advice. You are nowhere near close to the end. Just rock Shulk/Reyn/Sharla, or try using Melia. Dont let the AI control her though, as it cant make her gimmick work properly to reach Big Numbers.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 01:07 |
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The one thing about combat that totally isn't clicking for me is the Driver Combos. I don't think i've ever pulled one off in entirety. It never seems like I have the resources to somehow break, topple, launch, then smash something with the limited skills available at any given time. Is this basically where you are supposed to use non-rare blades to fill in gaps? For those only using rare blades, what party/blade combos are you using that have easy access to the full driver combo? My current party is Rex, Morag, Zeke.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 01:18 |
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BabyRyoga posted:The one thing about combat that totally isn't clicking for me is the Driver Combos. I don't think i've ever pulled one off in entirety. It never seems like I have the resources to somehow break, topple, launch, then smash something with the limited skills available at any given time. Is this basically where you are supposed to use non-rare blades to fill in gaps? The AI never seems to use it properly so the only way I can get them done is giving Rex Topple/Launch/Smash (Which I've done with Pyra/Agate/Roc.) I still have to wait for the AI to use break but they at least do that fairly frequently. Any attempts to give one of the middle attacks like topple or especially launch to the AI just ends up with them almost never using it. Aerox fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Dec 9, 2017 |
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Aerox posted:The AI never seems to use it properly so the only way I can get them done is giving Rex Topple/Launch/Smash Might want to spoiler Rex having Roc
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 01:32 |
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Just rock Shulk/Reyn/Sharla This is the worst possible advice for someone wanting to finish the game quickly. Don't use Sharla unless you're fighting something hard enough to actually need the healing, on 99% of fights her presence just makes things take longer for no reason. If you really want to kill big things quickly use Riki and Melia, build them for maximum damage on their "damage over time" abilities, and use those during chain attacks. Controlling Melia makes long chain attacks easier, because she can use the middle art on her bar up to three times if she has three elementals summoned, and because it's colourless it can link different coloured arts without breaking the combo. Combine this with the fact that DoTs douple-dip on the combo bonus*, and you can melt bosses' health bars in seconds. Melia can also do bonkers damage by herself if you gem her for bonus electric damage and discharge three electric elements in a row, but if the enemy survives it will be very angry at her and she will die before anyone else can get its attention again * (The damage per tick on a DoT is calculated as a percentage of the damage done by the initial hit. During a chain attack, the chain bonus is applied to the initial hit, and then also applied to the DoT portion after that, resulting in a bonus of up to 49 times the normal damage) Suaimhneas fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Dec 9, 2017 |
# ? Dec 9, 2017 01:34 |
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I got annoyed with a certain sidequest's battle the first of the three fights for leveling the Merc group to rank 3 and said gently caress it and finally spent the bonus EXP I've been saving for like 3 chapters. About 10 levels later, those fights were a lot easier. Anyway, for a random question, is there any guaranteed rare Katana blade cores out there available in Chapter 5? I have no rare Katana dudes and I want to put one on Four because she gets a Smash attack from it (she gets Smash from Wulfric, too, but he's bonded to Nia right now).
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 01:42 |
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BabyRyoga posted:The one thing about combat that totally isn't clicking for me is the Driver Combos. I don't think i've ever pulled one off in entirety. It never seems like I have the resources to somehow break, topple, launch, then smash something with the limited skills available at any given time. Is this basically where you are supposed to use non-rare blades to fill in gaps? My impression is that they were mostly a waste of time. Weapons that don't rely on positioning and deal non combo statuses like blowdown and knock back deliver a lot more cc overall. Also blade combos are infinitely more important for damage.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 01:47 |
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Shadow Ninja 64 posted:I got annoyed with a certain sidequest's battle the first of the three fights for leveling the Merc group to rank 3 and said gently caress it and finally spent the bonus EXP I've been saving for like 3 chapters. About 10 levels later, those fights were a lot easier. Not Chapter 5, but there is one in Chapter 6 you'll come across.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 01:50 |
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BabyRyoga posted:The one thing about combat that totally isn't clicking for me is the Driver Combos. I don't think i've ever pulled one off in entirety. It never seems like I have the resources to somehow break, topple, launch, then smash something with the limited skills available at any given time. Is this basically where you are supposed to use non-rare blades to fill in gaps? I also use that party in chapter 8, and I can pretty consistently get Break, Topple, and Launch at the beginning of a fight - make sure you set the Arts in the right slots so they are available right away. Sometimes Five switches afterward and does a Smash right after if their Blades aren't on cooldown. I wouldn't ignore it since it's free time where the enemy can't attack you and a straight damage multiplier, but it's easier in later chapters as your party becomes more developed.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 02:32 |
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I have no idea what’s going on, who this red head with the comically huge breasts is, or what to do in combat but I’m loving every minute of it. Music is dope though.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 02:59 |
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I have no idea what’s going on The proper approach to a Xeno game
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:20 |
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I'm pretty late in the game and haven't gotten any proper blade sidequests. Do I have to max their trust or something?
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:25 |
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Caesar Saladin posted:I'm pretty late in the game and haven't gotten any proper blade sidequests. Do I have to max their trust or something? It's in their Affinity Charts. There'll be one that'll say something like "Stay at the Inn at X/See their Heart-to-Heart, then go do their sidequest" as its criteria. Speaking of; Where the hell is Gorg's heart-to-heart?
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:26 |
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This game is so loving long
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:27 |
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look at these things they’re hilarious
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:34 |
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There will be several “very sad” cutscenes where those grand tetons take up so much of the screen youll be questioning if maybe thats where pyra talks from
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:36 |
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:look at these things they’re hilarious I don't know if it's more or less hilarious that they're completely static with zero jiggle to them. I'm pretty sure if Pyra turned fast and hit someone with them it'd be like swinging a sledgehammer.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:41 |
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They never stop being super funny, especially when the game spends so much time zoomed in on her Emerald Core Crystal.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 03:46 |
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I don't know if it's more or less hilarious that they're completely static with zero jiggle to them. I'm pretty sure if Pyra turned fast and hit someone with them it'd be like swinging a sledgehammer. I'm not sure what version of the game you got but "completely static" is very much not a word I would use to describe them.
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