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Xenoblade: Definitive Edition |OT| It's Reyn Time, again!
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Finally finished the main game yesterday, on my third attempt. It was a good experience but the game does not go anywhere near my top 5 jrpgs.
- the game looks great and after a while I even stopped noticing the pop in (grass and flowers etc)
- absolutely loved the music
- Melia destroys everything but she really breaks the game when paired with the right characters
- Riki is hilarious especially given that his voice drives my partner mad
- so many fetch quests...
When I find the time I'll give Xenoblade 2 another go as well.
- the game looks great and after a while I even stopped noticing the pop in (grass and flowers etc)
- absolutely loved the music
- Melia destroys everything but she really breaks the game when paired with the right characters
- Riki is hilarious especially given that his voice drives my partner mad
- so many fetch quests...
When I find the time I'll give Xenoblade 2 another go as well.
Got to Bionis' Leg today. It's impossible not to be hyped by that theme. Sharla's looking well these days.
The only times Riki has done nothing in my fights are when I make the mistake of wading into knee high water for battle and the poor guy is stuck swimming for his life
Yes. You get more exp if you're a couple of levels lower than the enemies you fight.
And then if I turn off expert mode/level up back to max, am I losing anything?
if you are 6 levels lower than an enemy you get 150% more Experience than normal
Shouldn't do. I've been keeping my level just below enemies and where enemies are about level 38, I can level my entire party up to 48 if I so wanted to.
The exp you get per kill will be higher, and you'll also still have all your higher level equipment/arts etc. I don't know if it'll be that noticeable though, haven't tried it myself. (Not that equipment has levels, but stuff that is "higher tier" than the current area)
Got a question. Slight spoilers for locations and character builds
I'm encountering a problem I ran into when I played the game on my first playthrough back in the day. I just got to Sword Valley, and I found that Dunban isn't cutting it as a dodge-tank anymore. I'm maxed out at +50 agility on Gems, but I can't really figure out a way to increase it anymore. It was at this point last time round that I ended up switching back to Reyn, but I don't really want to do that. Anyone got any tips for increasing his agility at around lv 45ish?
What armor is he wearing? You want to keep him at light (because of his skill) or medium and make sure his weight is at 0. Besides that you could link some skills that increases agility. Linked skills stat boosts are added on top of the +50 agility limit.
I'll check the weighting. When you say keep it at zero, are there armors that have a zero weight, or shall I just go nude? I've unlocked the agility up when no armor equipped skill but was always too scared to use it because it sounds like I'll get killed in one hit by the rng.
Dunban has a skill that reduces weight and you can link Shulk's skill to him which does the same. Less weight = more agility.
No armor Dunban IMO isn't worth the loss of Gem slots, since they are so impactful.
Regarding the arm, it's actually pretty simple:
A random NPC in the Hidden Machina Village says that Egil repaired it.
Ah cool, thanks I didn't realise that! I'll get those linked!
Talking about the standard (and very effective) Melia glass cannon build:
You need someone to hold aggro, and a healer. Riki is probably the best to pair with Melia in general (IMO), because he can fill either role in a pinch. But basically any party comp like Melia + Reyn/Dunban + Riki/Sharla should work. Shulk is DPS (like Melia tends to be), so he probably needs Riki in the party, at least for a while. Late game you can build your team around getting heal bonuses in various ways, or just go full DPS to kill things immediately. At which point Shulk is a good enough healer to be the only healer on the team (Riki can switch into a support role if you want to keep him around... Sharla... rip).
There are some Melia support builds, but they aren't as fun (IMO)
Refresher you may not need, but just in case:
Both Melia and Sharla will give Dunban agility from skill links. Also, make sure you have Dunban's agility skill tree selected for battles when you need it, you only get the stat bonus for the skill tree when you have it "equipped".
Also, if you max out Serene Heart, you can basically have it constantly active
oooh, that's what they're saying? I thought it was "we never! Find the treasure!" and felt kinda bad for them...
That's hilarious, I only knew what they were saying because if you check out the ponspectors report and press A on any of their names, they repeat the line.
My game just crash right before fighting Zanza the third time... Now I'll just rekill it with over-leveled team instead of 8 levels lower to save time. :/
Cool thanks! The skill tree thing seems to be getting a lot of contradictory information. So you do need to have a branch equipped/active in order to get the bonuses from it?
I think it's only the top-level bonus. Each tree has like a specific bonus (in its description), and that I think is dependent on which of the trees you've got selected, whereas the unlockable skills under all of them are unlocked "globally".
Thanks. With it only being the one quest I might just say screw it and keep chugging. I think though if I do all of them there it gives me access to some other area in the capital, not sure.
Edit: I took a couple more stabs at the monster and was able to beat him. So i got up in the secret area (not much reward for it otherwise) and I'm done and can move on. This was the first boss fight were Spike damage was a huge role and I needed to just auto attack and purge as much as possible. And get lucky with chain links. The remaining boss battles for this chapter were inconsequential, I have no problem running through them again.
It does look quite a bit different from the one that was there before, just thought that would at least get a mention in dialogue somewhere and not just some random NPC chatter, but I'm probably the only person that cares about this.
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Can someone hit me up with a gif of LATE GAME SIDEQUEST SPOILER Tyrea flying off with her head wings because that will never not look hilarious.
Finally at Galahad Fortress, exploring Valak Mountain drained me with its repetitive, grey, ugly environment and boring mobs. Please tell me that this was the worst part of the game and nothing to come is this bad.
At least I got the Ice Cabbages from just exploring.
At least I got the Ice Cabbages from just exploring.
In the X menu, in the Affinity Chart. Each area is rated from 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) stars depending on how many people you talked to and how many quests you did.
Also it seems that yes, you can in chapter 15 make the hike all the way back up to where chapter 14 ended (no fast travel). There isn't anything new to do it seems but there is a sidequest you can get to get a new weapon for Seven back in the factory.
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Xenoblade: Future Connected |OT| On the Shoulders of Titans
THIS OT IS SOLELY FOR THE FUTURE CONNECTED EPILOGUE XENOBLADE: DEFINITIVE EDITION HAS ITS OWN OT (linked at the bottom of this OP) Genre: GOAT Desert Multiplayer: It's still just you. But for a comfy 10-20h. You'll deal. Potato Mode aka Tatsu Mode: Still. Dual Audio?: Just like the main game...
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I know the spoiler post is just a joke thing but it seems you got turned around on the way to the FC thread.
I've completed this game twice before in the past (about to be a third) and have gotten to Prison Island at the very least on 4 different playthroughs before tapping out; each of those times only ever playing Shulk. I've maybe only ever flirted with Dunban once and that wasn't even more than an hour, tops. This playthrough I decided I'll at least put a few hours into each character and at 80 hours I've come to this conclusion:
Shulk is by far the most boring character to play in this game.
I've gone on record, numerous times, saying that I prefer the combat in XBC2 and while I still believe that to be the case, the combat in XBC1 is much deeper than I initially thought and is woefully underutilized when you just play as Shulk. Even Sharla, while far from the best character, is much more interesting to play than Shulk. Once you learn how to deal with the Mechon without Shulk's help, I find it hard to think of a reason you'd use him outside of pure DPS.
Shulk is by far the most boring character to play in this game.
I've gone on record, numerous times, saying that I prefer the combat in XBC2 and while I still believe that to be the case, the combat in XBC1 is much deeper than I initially thought and is woefully underutilized when you just play as Shulk. Even Sharla, while far from the best character, is much more interesting to play than Shulk. Once you learn how to deal with the Mechon without Shulk's help, I find it hard to think of a reason you'd use him outside of pure DPS.
I also didnt use Shulk much. I used Reyn, Melia, Dunban, and then seven. Occasionally also Riki. All in all I think Riki is the most versatile fighter, can do both ether and physical, more straightforward than melia and can heal better than Sharla. Enel has just made a guide and he basically suggests putting fire, ice and poison plus, and boost ether. Pretty straightforward.
Well there you go! As someone accurately said before, it probably *feels* like you did everything hehe. But you barely scratched the surface when it comes to secondary quests!
Yea honestly since I learned how to play Melia, I only use Shulk when fighting Meckons. Even other characters like Reyn and Dunban are more fun to play. Shulk is fine but only playing as him is ignoring a big part of the gameplay and fun imo.
I know some folks like sticking to Shulk (a "newbie mistake" in some ways), but I got sooo sick of setting up positioning for it all the time. :P
Wow, where are they all? I guess i need start the game again on ng plus?
Reyn is my favorite character but he is absolutely the least engaging to play as. Love having him on the team, though. Doing all the sneaky sneaky positioning is great when you have Wreck-It-Ralph's hot son soaking up all the aggro