she is a finisherFinally got my party members back in chapter 8. Have to say, while the story is sublime, I've hated the gameplay in chapter 7 and 8 so far. Seriously annoying dungeons with a massively gimped party and OP enemies.
I thought Ch7 was bad without Mythra Pyra but chapter 8's first section where you have basically no one is even worse. Massive waves of enemies and a hugely gimped party is hardly fun times.
Now I've got the gang back together I'm gonna go do some side quests to power level and have some fun with the hysterically OP ascended Pyra. Seriously, that shit is nuts.
Best thing though? Rex has some sick ass threads now. As much as the gameplay wasn't the best in my view, the story beats have been utterly incredible. I loved the scene when Pyra finally awoke in the fight agains Jin and Malos and everything just went full fucking Anime - ROBOOOOTS!!!
Has anyone got any advice for how best to make use of? As in, is it best to build up orbs then use right before a chain attack? Do you get a huge boost from their specials if you do?ascended Pyra
Holy crap, didn't know that stuff about her orb busting potential. Awesome, cheers!she is a finisherher damage output is incredible, but you loose Critical Mythra, so save Miku for 1 last orb of whatever element you cant make other wise and tehn jump into Chain Attack. Miku also has the quality that she hits all Orbs on her Turn, so if you have 4 orbs, and do it right, you can get Full Burst by turn 3, and yes, her damage with Chain Attack multiplier is massive
60 hours in now and the game feels like it's coming to an end. XB1 is definitely much longer story wise without the inevitable dlc. My last 7 rare core crystals have been nothing but common blades. I'm convinced I won't get KOS-MOS before it ends :(
Chapter 9 spoilers below.
The whole thing with Mikhail dying was seriously very sad. I knew he was never really a bad guy from the way he talks with Patroka but yeah even though he was somewhat of a joke character it still was very sad. So now we've got a few of Torna left including Malos and then there's another bad guy in Amalthus. Man, some of the best scenes were in chapter 8! Loved the sky battle but I'm not sure how we can fast travel so much if Poppi can run out of boost quickly. I guess fast travel doesn't count haha but the game did say she has limited boosts to get to each Titan.
New Game+ and bug fixes.
Finally finished the game after 140 hours, and playing it since release. I have all but one rare blade. It was a pretty emotional ride through the end, but I absolutely loved it! I'm pretty burnt out, though, so I think I'll pass on end game mega bosses, and wait around for the story DLC.
Also, the guy who voiced the English VO for Malos needs an award. He did a phenomenal job.
My wife and I were blown away by the reveal of the connection between Chronicles and Chronicles 2; Klaus' second half of his body being Zanza, the final boss of Chronicles, and both games and final battles occurring at the same time in separate universes. We went back and re-watched Chronicles' ending afterwards.
any enemy that its level is higher than the party member with the item equipped onSo I got some of these Hero Vambraces and they look pretty damn great. The description says "Increases damage dealt to higher-level enemies by 60%". Bad ass, but what constitutes a higher level enemy?
Vampire Bride Marion in the Uraya Stomach. Equip your entire team with gold chips, then just keep smashing her over and over (eew, that sounds kinda wrong haha) to make her drop plenty of cores of all types including legendary. By pure luck, she happens to drop gold chips herself.Is there a good method for getting legendary cores with a party that's only around level 80? I've been going around refighting some unique monsters but only got one legendary so far.
7 are from sidequests. They areSo I'm 8 rare blades from a complete set. Any advice on how to get the last few?
Nope, I got KOS-MOS a while ago and I haven't completed the game. Perceval was one of the first rare blades I pulled, back in chapter 4 or 5.Right now the only two I'm missing are Percival and Kos Mos. Does Kos Mos not start appearing until after beating the game or something like that?
Nice to know I'm missing 1 blade via sidequest. Would it also help to stock up on boosters and increase idea levels?7 are from sidequests. They are. 20 Rare Blades come from random core crystals. For those, maximize your luck (luck accessories, also some Blades give a boost to luck if they are engaged) and grind legendary core crystals by smashing high level uniques with Gold core chips equipped. The remaining 11 come from the main story.Vess, Kasandra, Sheba, Theory, Praxis, Herald, Poppi QTpi
I'm not sure if those actually help all that much tbh. I know they influence what element of Blade you get and they might increase your chances of a Rare, but if you're grinding for the last several Rare Blades you'll need a *lot* of Boosters if you're going to be using them on every Core Crystal. You can only have so many Boosters at once, though, so that means getting more every couple of Crystals pulled.Nice to know I'm missing 1 blade via sidequest. Would it also help to stock up on boosters and increase idea levels?
The silhouette used in the animation is different from the artwork. When I got KOS-MOS I didn't recognize her.That's weird because for a while now Percival has been the only silhouette that appears when it shows like the preview of what could unlock when opening a blade. I haven't seen anything that looks like KOS-MOS
Yea. You should be popping that cooldown right before any chain attack. Just think of it as a finishing move.Holy crap, didn't know that stuff about her orb busting potential. Awesome, cheers!
I'm not sure if those actually help all that much tbh. I know they influence what element of Blade you get and they might increase your chances of a Rare, but if you're grinding for the last several Rare Blades you'll need a *lot* of Boosters if you're going to be using them on every Core Crystal. You can only have so many Boosters at once, though, so that means getting more every couple of Crystals pulled.
Also, which are you missing from sidequests? We can help you track down what sidequest needs to be done.
Well thanks to this, though I didn't get nearly that many cores, I managed to get Percival after 6 legendaries. Only one left nowVampire Bride Marion in the Uraya Stomach. Equip your entire team with gold chips, then just keep smashing her over and over (eew, that sounds kinda wrong haha) to make her drop plenty of cores of all types including legendary. By pure luck, she happens to drop gold chips herself.
In half an hour I had about 50 rares and 30 legendaries and they were enough to pull my final 3 rare blades.
She's level 65 and fairly tame initially but can become quite damaging when she rages so stay on your toes.
Indol has my absolute favorite field music in the game, and yeah the nighttime version is amazing. I need them to announce the OST already lolJust reached Indol...the music in this game man... *HHHNNNGGG*
EDIT: Just became night time .... *HHHNNNGGG*
Every rare blade has individual odds, there is no set chance for rares. Every rare you get means your odds of getting another rare decrease.OK THIS IS BULLSHIT SERIOUSLY. The final chapter seems to hand you rare core crystals and even the higher tier ones. I opened like 7 and GOT NOTHING BUT COMMON BLADES.
Once you have about half of the Rares from RNG, the odds for finding any more drops like a rock. It's bad and they need to fix this. Your best chance is maximizing your luck stat and grinding legendary core crystals.OK THIS IS BULLSHIT SERIOUSLY. The final chapter seems to hand you rare core crystals and even the higher tier ones. I opened like 7 and GOT NOTHING BUT COMMON BLADES