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Xenoblade |OT| Sorry I Kept You Waiting!
- Thread starter SecretMoblin
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I am a completionist too, but Diablo 3 is 2 weeks away. Once that hits, this game won't be touched, nor will others, for at least 2 months I bet.
I'll have to hustle.
It's in the item menu, last tab to the right. You know all those little blue orbs you're collecting? That's the stuff you can give to other characters. So, if you have not been selling them, that's A LOT of stuff to give. :lol
zyxwvu4321
Member
Open up your Collectibles tab in the Inventory, select an item, and it gives the "Present" option. Then select the giver and the recipient.
Item menu, go to collectables, click on one. Boom.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
That's not even the highest level enemy!
But yes, you can kill them. In fact you can honestly do it pretty easily.
Spieler Eins
Member
Magic moment. Makes me lol at the ,,too ugly nowadays, must punch kitten'' crowd.
Omegasquash
Member
Oh, shit fucking penises that aren't even lubed.
So D3 is two weeks out, I've got this, I lost many of my 360 saves recently thanks to a USB drive that couldn't take the heat, and a baby due in September. I give up. Xenoblade, I'll work you over.
Love the one you're with, and all that.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Just keep loading that save. Had one I needed for a quest I'd killed hoouuuurs ago and that guy just wouldn't respawn for anything. Ended up going and doing other stuff, went back, still couldn't get him to respawn. Did more stuff again, came back, and after like 12 more tries he finally showed up.
So I guess sometimes you can just have runs of bad luck. Other times they respawn after you load the file the first time, which sucks if you save nearby after you kill them!
Yeah I'm getting 1-2 hours a night for gaming at best these days. Hopefully 2 weeks at that rate can get it done.
Omegasquash
Member
Yeah...Imma have to stop trying to level hard too. It's just...it's so much fun. Or I could just put the spare Wii in the bedroom and play there for many more hours.
Wait no, working out in the mornings. Fucking time.
The worst part is, as fun and as addictive as this game is, I can only imagine wtf D3 will do to us.
How far are you? Because even 30 hours doesnt seem like enough to finish it even if you rush it, because you could eventually hit a point where monsters and bosses are too hard to kill because you skipped too much quests or monsters.
How far I am is posted above. Just reached Nopon village in Makna forest.
is there a strategy to the gifts?
Huh uh. Then in about 30 hours, you'll probably be at 60% or something.
Even then i'm not so sure since i wasted a lot of time exploring shit and doing quests. What i'm sure is that 30 hours wont be enough.
Petrie said:
Look for a "xenoblade google spreadsheet" on google, and you will have a list of what items gives +3/+2/+1/-1 hearts. There is some obvious stuff like "Shulk loves parts and "Reyn hates flowers", but the list is still necessary i think.
Characters and zones spoilers are in there though.
I'd rather not risk spoilers. Appreciate it though!
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Assuming 2 hours a night for 2 weeks, that's 24 hours. Finishing in that time even if you rush it doesn't seem likely. If you skip cutscenes and stuff, maybe, but if you're sacrificing all the optional stuff, fighting as few battles as possible, and skipping cutscenes... you're not really even enjoying the game, you're just beating it for the sake of beating it.
And I don't think gifts are really worth the effort. You're better off abusing the encourage system in battle against unique monsters with certain spike effects than grinding for collectables. Abusing the sleep spike unique for example got me full affinity for the whole party within an hour.
Once you get the 7th character, you could check it. Zones names aren't as important anyway, and there is no omgwtfisthat names like "Mechonis Genitals" or "Mechonis and Bionis Kid's Arm".
Yeah, i totally made that up.
I've been skipping most NPC chatter for side quests anyway. They just aren't that interested. The only NPC chatter I caught that was interesting so far was,
The girl in Colony 9 whose name starts with a D I think it is, is the daughter of that metal face mechon with the hammer you fought at Colony 6 in the mines.
metal face clawn mechon was that dude from the start of the game who ran from Dunban and Dick.
A lot of the game up to now is pretty predicitble story wise, and I have a good feel for what I think will happen.
I think whats her tits who died is gonna be the Mechon I saw being built in a cut scene just a bit ago. I feel also at some point you'll use the Monado to travel back in time to save her from dying.
I'll have to get in 4+ on the weekend days. I'll see what I can come up with. I want to complete this and enjoy its story as I find it to be its best part.
fallingdove
Member
I finished the game last night.
Lvl - 79, Around 60 hours
Overall, I enjoyed the game quite a bit. I thought that the story built up nicely and ended well. With the exception of Valkaria Chronicles, I haven't enjoyed an RPG this much since the PS2 era.
That said, while I thought the companion AI in battle was decent early on, it completely collapses late it the game. While it is likely due to more complex levels and larger, uniquely shaped enemies, companion AI is absolutely pathetic for the last 10 hours of the game.
Lvl - 79, Around 60 hours
Overall, I enjoyed the game quite a bit. I thought that the story built up nicely and ended well. With the exception of Valkaria Chronicles, I haven't enjoyed an RPG this much since the PS2 era.
That said, while I thought the companion AI in battle was decent early on, it completely collapses late it the game. While it is likely due to more complex levels and larger, uniquely shaped enemies, companion AI is absolutely pathetic for the last 10 hours of the game.
I can't tell you how much I LOVE watching my team run against the enemy's leg instead of coming to my aid or witnessing them fight while standing in an either pool. While in Bionis Interior, there were multiple battles where my team ran off ledges while trying to help me out when there was a clear path of shorter distance between the enemy and I.
Alright. Will avoid till I have all 7. Since my party is currently a party of 2, it'll be a bit I imagine!
People always complain about
party members standing in the ether pools. I don't get it. Just issue a party command to make them regroup by you. Problem solved.
They always run back into them because that is where the enemies like to go, half the time they die in them while you're spamming the button to have them come back. It's a hassle.
Personally I'd rather have had full party control which is how I played FF12 (and Dragon Age:O for that matter) anyway. Pretty much the only gambits I ever set up were to attack the same target as myself and then I paused to dish out commands myself, you always get better control that way.
Specifically with Xenoblade though I don't think that is the exact answer to the problem. It would of been better if you could just have the AI do what they normally do but set aside a black list of abilities that they were not allowed to use without your command and then being able to activate those when you saw fit. It would of made stuff like healing and topple/daze a lot better than they were.
fallingdove
Member
This. Even if they had built party management into the affinity skill system.
Strength - attack without player input
Aid - Heal + Cure without player input
Attack Support - Attack logic based on break/topple/daze characteristics
Buff/Debuff - buff/debuff assist based on battle conditions
They could have even been character specific.
Starwolf_UK
Member
According to that Japanese page a level 94 enemy (
I think the Bunnivs in Tephra Cave
also in the cave
In general it seems all advanced books can drop from 3 enemies.
Edit: That boss battle was tedious (level 36)
The Telethia...thought it was a good idea to remove Shulk's battle ability (to stop the AI from killing itself with it as it likes to use it too often)...it was Dunban sitting there dodging everything (drawing agro) while Freeze damage from Riki slowly got us there for long enough for the music track to finish .
.http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=wii+component+cables
Alright GAF, which of these should I buy. I'm looking at the first result due to that cheapness, but which do you all recommend?
Alright GAF, which of these should I buy. I'm looking at the first result due to that cheapness, but which do you all recommend?
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Funny that such a useless art would be hard to get the book for. It's like they're telling you not to use it. Less than 2.5% seems pretty crazy since I got all the books I needed relatively easily on my first playthrough. Must have had much higher percentages.
Anyway, anybody have any idea how the stacking works for buffs? Let's say for example I have a stat boost maxed out with gems. Then I have a skill that increases it at the beginning of battle. Then I have an aura that further increases it. Then I have a skill that activates yet another increase after a burst affinity.
Will the game accept all those increases, or does it top out somewhere?
35 and a half hours, level 44, and just beat Prison Island.
Holy shit!
Percentage wise, how far am I into the game?
I did skip some side quests because I was interested on where the story was going, but now i'm going to go back and spend a lot of time on side quests and gaining some affinity.
Holy shit!
Fiora and Mumkhar resurrected! Shit blew my mind!
Percentage wise, how far am I into the game?
I did skip some side quests because I was interested on where the story was going, but now i'm going to go back and spend a lot of time on side quests and gaining some affinity.
Bahaha, almost feel like the thread title should be Xenoblade |OT| Prison Island is about halfway through the game!
But yeah, you're about halfway through.
Yeah i think everyone has asked that question once here.
DarkChronic
Member
I'm making my way to Prison Island now. Very excited.
35 hours in, and I haven't seen ONE Heart-to-Heart yet, except that mandatory first one. How do I see these things? I've been doing sidequests and getting those hearts to appear between my characters but I can still never see them.
35 hours in, and I haven't seen ONE Heart-to-Heart yet, except that mandatory first one. How do I see these things? I've been doing sidequests and getting those hearts to appear between my characters but I can still never see them.
The people involved have to be in your current party in order to be activated. They don't need to be the leader; just present.
They are all character specific and require specific affinity levels. If you have the appropriate characters when you click on a heart to heart it will tell you the 2 characters names and what affinity is required.
They are literally everywhere. Walk around a bit more. When i played the game i couldn't go a few minutes without seeing one especially the first half of the game.
Haha, I didn't realize it was asked, sorry about that guys.
I just try to avoid this thread as much as I can and pop in every now and then and ask some questions.
Well anyways, off to do some side quests now.
DarkChronic
Member
Oh no, I've "found" them, I just can never activate them.
And that's probably why. Didn't realize the two people had to be in the party. Thanks bros.
And that's probably why. Didn't realize the two people had to be in the party. Thanks bros.
There is one particular area where there are additional conditions that need to be met outside of having party members and their affinity up high enough, but it should be obvious as to what that needs to be once you get started working on it.
Question regarding Shulk's skill tree.
4th one, to be exact.
So I'm reading up online and according to everything I'm reading I need 4 star affinity with Colony 9 area and to complete Jackson's Awakening to be able to do Desiree's quest. I have both of those completed but I still can't get the quest from her (and Shulk is my party leader too). Am I missing something?
You might need a little extra Colony 9 affinity. Although it might say you just need level 4, the actual amount is probably somewhere between 4 and 5.
Is there any other way to get affinity besides quests (and talking to random people)? I've gone through the quest list on another site and I'm almost positive I've done everything I can at this point. There were some other quests on the list I haven't done but the reward was some very large amounts of exp so I'm assuming they don't open up until later on.
Edit: N/m, talked to a random person and I got just 1 more affinity star thing (not the whole Colony 9 level, just an individual one) which apparently raised it enough to get that quest from her.
This game is so good. I'm approaching the big showdown with
, and I've been running with
. You know, for old time's sake.
Is it me, or is the most monstrous thing about the plot the fact that
? And no one in the party calls them on it, either. So weird.
Egil in Agniratha
Shulk, Reyn, and Fiora the whole way up Mechonis
Is it me, or is the most monstrous thing about the plot the fact that
Vanea and Meyneth butchered Fiora to manipulate Shulk
AlphaDragoon
Member
Jesus, what the FUCK is wrong with the English version of
voice?! That shit is horrible. Tried English voices for kicks (since most of the characters seemed okay in English when I had it on for a bit at the beginning) and got my ears assaulted with...that.
Anyway, I wish the Eryth armor set for Shulk was his endgame gear. It looks so badass.
Riki's
Anyway, I wish the Eryth armor set for Shulk was his endgame gear. It looks so badass.
my reaction to 7th initially:
my reaction to 7th after
oh so it's female shulk with less armor and no healing. THIS SHOULD BE FUN.
my reaction to 7th after
maxing out double-attacks, quick movement, and bumping agility, as well as unlocking the auto-crit skill for hitting with a double attack, and then maxing out her haste spell:
i am a living god
seriously, melia, sharla, and 7th are an unholy trinity of murder
i am a living god
seriously, melia, sharla, and 7th are an unholy trinity of murder
Uh huh. It's pretty amazing.