I'm curious, what made you prefer Xenoblade Chronicles 2 more?
I'm curious, what made you prefer Xenoblade Chronicles 2 more?
Characters. Tone. Perhaps because it was my first experience with the Chronicles series. I look forward to an X port. Both Switch games are now in my top favorite RPG list.
First time player currently 39 hours in. This has quickly become one of my favorite games ever. I notice I'm always 2-3 levels above the enemies so I decided to play in expert mode the rest of the way unless I hit a roadblock with a boss or whatever.
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there is no order. play what belongs together in the order it came out. Torna is an expansion to 2, so play that after. FC is the epilogue to 1. nothing more to that. (this is also addressed in the OP btw)
And thus he became a wise person.
I just began and I plan on remaining at level 3 for a while lol.
I've been super overleveled in my playthrough lol. I figure I played the game at normal levels by skipping most of the side quests when I originally played the game on Wii. This time I'm actually enjoying the quests and trying to build up affinity with the regions and everything as I go. I'm sure it's fine if I'm level 45 in chapter 8.
Maybe around the tower, lower part. There's a location just beside the tower, try to look there ?
Yeah, that's the ideal order to play the games. Torna is a prequel story but it's best played after 2 due to spoilers and contextual reasons.
Just stay on expert mode and tune your levels up or down as necesary, no need to go back out of expert at any point imo.
I just got Sharla and Im playing as her. Im surprised how in long battles I dont have my heals up in the most critical moments. If a fight starts going wrong is hard to recover.
I believe it's around the church, but honestly so rare, you're better off just randomly wandering around and picking up any collectables you see. If you managed to get to one of the secret areas, then jumping off that area into the exit pool then that sometimes spawns Ice Cabbages too.
Are you guys using your AP to level her arts? Those usually reduce CDs as well as increase healing potency. Also, maxing out her Devotion skill tree helps because the last skill reduces Healing CDs, too.
My thoughts on Expert Mode and levels as a beginner on the franchise and the game:
I probably do around 80% of the available quests on an area before moving on. I know you can get more quests by getting more affinity with places but haven't tackled that yet. Sometimes I advance the story and go back to a previous area to finish off some quests. I was getting over leveled and I love the combat and a challenge.
I have turned on Expert Mode when I arrived at Gaur Plains and decreased my level to match the monsters then. Since then I have left the Expert Mode on and I am usually around the enemies levels when I advance the story.I just arrived at Makna Forest and have Shulk at level 26/27 and have banked Exp that could get me to level 35. I feel that I could also further decrease my level by 1 or 2 for some extra challenge but I am enjoying it as is right now.
I know that when you get new characters they won't get the banked EXP. For me that is not an issue because I don't need to raise my level unless there is a big spike in difficulty. I know it can also be an issue for completionists as they would have to grind to further advance the EXP on the new characters.
I probably do around 80% of the available quests on an area before moving on. I know you can get more quests by getting more affinity with places but haven't tackled that yet. Sometimes I advance the story and go back to a previous area to finish off some quests. I was getting over leveled and I love the combat and a challenge.
I have turned on Expert Mode when I arrived at Gaur Plains and decreased my level to match the monsters then. Since then I have left the Expert Mode on and I am usually around the enemies levels when I advance the story.I just arrived at Makna Forest and have Shulk at level 26/27 and have banked Exp that could get me to level 35. I feel that I could also further decrease my level by 1 or 2 for some extra challenge but I am enjoying it as is right now.
I know that when you get new characters they won't get the banked EXP. For me that is not an issue because I don't need to raise my level unless there is a big spike in difficulty. I know it can also be an issue for completionists as they would have to grind to further advance the EXP on the new characters.
Lol does anyone else get like sympathy tickles in their stomach when jumping from a large cliff into water?
This "Secure the Radio Tower" quest is some bullshit.
Without even getting into VR stuff...
Any game with falling really.
Without even getting into VR stuff...
I think there's a few of these. I got the OG One Who Gets In Our Way for the cutscene at the beginning of Chapter 15. It's a little jarring after hearing see much of the remix.
I've been hunting for it for two hours. I have one piece already. I just need one more. This is torture.
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OT2 subtitle: Ice, Ice Cabbage
Some people just have the gift for OT titles and I'm weirdly jealous
Do you know the secret area in Valak with high level enemies? You can drop off it on the opposite side from where traveling to the landmark puts you. There's a circular pond of water there. Set the time to night and collect orbs in the water. Save and reset (or however you force respawns in this version, on Wii it was a soft reset). It really shouldn't take all that long. The water there has the highest chance to spawn it at night.
I'm not sure. I think the only secret area I've found so far is the altar.
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Ice Cabbage Fan Club (Helpful video inside)
We know it, we know it...
(just made it today, lol)
This video helped me:
The one I'm talking about has extremely high level enemies. I believe it is called Valak Peak but I'm not 100% sure going just on memory.
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This is exactly where I farmed my Ice Cabbages back in the Wii original, btw :)
It just clicked on me that Mythra in japanese is called Hikari and that the Monado is the sword of light. Light in japanese is hikari.
No it's Three Sage Peak. You'll have to go there eventually for a couple side quests, the main trick of getting there is having quick step gems and timing your jump.
Beat the game!
Lost a lot of steam at the end but generally still a top game. I definitely understand where all the praise for the last 10 years has come from.
Story was very good, characters very good, combat and areas(for the most part) good and music was also very good, though some tracks are played so often that it feels like the OST is small
Lost a lot of steam at the end but generally still a top game. I definitely understand where all the praise for the last 10 years has come from.
Story was very good, characters very good, combat and areas(for the most part) good and music was also very good, though some tracks are played so often that it feels like the OST is small
I wonder if Alvis and Malos teases Mythra that her sword looks different
This place did it. Got the two I needed in about 15 minutes. Thank GOD that's over.
So after a sidequest marathon I'm now at Mechonis Field, feeling pretty good about my current party of poor Melia, Shulk and Seven
I am 90 plus hours in, took a break from the main storyline to level up and get items. When you are at same level of the superbosses, its finally a fair fight.
I am mixed about this aspect of Xenoblade. You are heavily penalised for being at a lower level, but mainly in terms of accuracy. So its not just like you take heavy damage and give very little, but also your attacks will miss a lot.
Once you are in range of your enemy level, then you can have a fair fight. I like that the game warns you in advance, so you can start preparing for a big move. And I recognise so many of the systems in place in X and 2, for example, the idea of toppling an opponent and then initiating a chain attack to freeze time and dish out heavy damage. At this point, the fights flow like this: wait until your chain gauge is full, break or topple the enemy, start chain, and then do as much damage as you can, possibly extending the topple, while you can. Its exhilarating because you have limited opportunities, and you have to capitalise your openings.
One thing I cannot bring myself to do are the side-quests. I did some but because I felt like it, I don't want to grind them just to raise affinity levels. Now I am near the end of the game and I am unsure if I should try to get new skill trees for the characters or just wrap it up now and start a new game plus.
I am mixed about this aspect of Xenoblade. You are heavily penalised for being at a lower level, but mainly in terms of accuracy. So its not just like you take heavy damage and give very little, but also your attacks will miss a lot.
Once you are in range of your enemy level, then you can have a fair fight. I like that the game warns you in advance, so you can start preparing for a big move. And I recognise so many of the systems in place in X and 2, for example, the idea of toppling an opponent and then initiating a chain attack to freeze time and dish out heavy damage. At this point, the fights flow like this: wait until your chain gauge is full, break or topple the enemy, start chain, and then do as much damage as you can, possibly extending the topple, while you can. Its exhilarating because you have limited opportunities, and you have to capitalise your openings.
One thing I cannot bring myself to do are the side-quests. I did some but because I felt like it, I don't want to grind them just to raise affinity levels. Now I am near the end of the game and I am unsure if I should try to get new skill trees for the characters or just wrap it up now and start a new game plus.
I'm not really feeling the new Mechanical Rhythm, something sounds off. Maybe the violins sound more authentic but also more subdued? I don't know if it's even that, I cannot put my finger on it. :|
The remastered field theme of (late game location) Fallen Arm is truly amazing though.
The remastered field theme of (late game location) Fallen Arm is truly amazing though.
when you revisit Central Factory, the teleporter to Mechonis Field is gone, but you can still go back to Agniratha. Turns out I missed a UM there, lol
WTF, it's like unlocked on a system level rather than on each save file? That's amazing.
Don't have a guide, but I can tell you how to play Melia.
Melia's thing is that she casts buffs on the party while holding elementals and then discharges those buffs to deal damage. You can have three elementals active at once. Since agility is an extremely valuable stat in this game, you generally want to keep the agility buff active the longest. And as Melia is the game's only real mage, Ether is her most important stat. Summon Bolt grants an Ether buff and does her highest damage. So the general pattern when I play Melia is:
Summon Wind
Summon Bolt
Summon Blaze or Earth
Then while those are recharging, you can get in
Spear Break followed by Starlight Kick to topple stuff, or alternately, Mind Blast if it's available
Discharge two elementals
Summon Bolt
Summon Copy
Now you are back up to three elementals, and your party has had buffed agility the whole time. Wait until Summon Wind is ready to be summoned again, and then discharge all three elementals and immediately resummon Wind and start the cycle over.
Playing this way allows your party to have agility buffed by 20% almost constantly, while doing buffed Ether damage due to Bolt and random helpful other things like toppling and sealing enemy arts via Mind Blast, which also gives you enough time for her summons to recharge.
Also, if you're drawing too much aggro with her (as she can do quite a lot of damage), build up her affinity with Reyn and link the skill that allows her to wear heavy armour.