XBCX General

I'll say this, it's too bad I played BotW before this. XBCX feels kinda jank comparatively.

However,
>cool mechs

>>384837032
Nah

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I like the female body proportions on this game.

>too

>much

>text

>>384837442
If you like these, you gotta give nier automata a try. You won't regret it.

>>384837442
Why you posting Automata in here?

>>384837285
I was around Chapter 7 and stopped playing it once BotW was released. Once I'd finished BotW, I went back to XBCX. It took an hour or so to get back into it, but I'm starting to really enjoy it again.

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>>384837547
It's a JRPG I honestly have no idea why you didn't expect lots of text.

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>>384837582
She's real, unlike those shitty avatar bodies Elma and her pals have.

>>384837547
>Text font is also fucking tiny

>>384837586
I started XBCX by itself, and have never played any other XBC game. Toom some time to get used to everything, manual or not.

I dunno, it's a very herky-jerky game. Lots of work for the payoffs. And mah gawd so much fucking weeaboo dialogue.

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>>384837735
Ayylma's real body is better than her mim anyway

>>384837764
Should of played the first game instead.
Better story, no necessary farming shit, and a better party

>>384837032
Switch port when?
I'd get the console and rebuy the game in a heartbeat

>>384838032
Open world? Flying mechs? World-nemesis gigantihuge monsters? dat ass?

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I fucking LOVED this game. I never played XBC, bought this one on a whim and fell in love with it straight away. I'm finally playing through XBC now and I'm enjoying it, though not as much as I did with X. I prefer exploration over story so that's not a surprise, i guess.

>>384838149
Hopefully Monolith will juggle between numbered and X series for Xenoblade because I too preferred the open world exploration of X and would really like to play X2.

>>384838149
I got it when I got my Wii U and it was probably other then Sm4sh the most played game I had on it.

I just wish that it was replayable, because not only is there no NG+, but the skells and the flight make going back almost impossible.

>>384837764
>fucking weeaboo dialogue
That Tatsu stuff could have been cut. In fact, the Nopon in general could have been cut.

>>384838352
>the Nopon in general could have been cut
Fuck. Yes.

>>384837032
Are you stupid? There's own section for generals. Get off you fucking faggot. Please erase this thread.

>>384838116
I'll give you open world.
Flying mechs are cool for the open world, but they balanced how they work in combat terribly, and their arts are so boring to use.
World-nemesis kinda doesn't mean much, its a post-game thing that is easy enough to trounce in mechs from what I've seen.
Xeno 1 girls were hotter

>>384838435
Nah. We'll talk about it here. In the video game channel.

Literally the worst "online" I've ever seen in a video game.

>>384838474
>Xeno 1 girls were hotter
Proove it.

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>>384838352
>not liking the best side mission

>Sold my WiiU for my Switch

Hope this comes to Switch desu.
They said they might after XC2 is out.

That or wait till CEMU pick themselves up.
1.8.X is great and makes the game run at 30fps no problem but theres tonnes of crashes. Random crashes too like could crash 30 seconds into the game or 30 minutes.

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>>384838548
the side missions in X were so fucking good

>>384837032
>>>/vg/

>>384838816
post the gurren lagann one

>>384838863
>>384838435
Yeah, we heard you the first time.

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>>384838863
we used to have a /vg/ general but it died

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>XCX thread
>People don't post their mims

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>>384839007

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>>384839224

I haven't changed my look for the longest time.

Mims themselves don't help, lets get some names in here. Anyone from the old general?

I really hope they port this game to the switch. I was super close buying wii u for this game but couldnt justify purchasing a console for only 1 game (that I wanted to play)

>>384839224
Unfortunately I borrowed it from a friend so I don't have it anymore or the Wii u but this game was a fucking fun

It was hard not to use he six star heavy armor because it makes girls thick as shit

>>384837032
I've been playing Zodiac Age recently and it's been making me realize that one of the reasons I loved XBX so much was that it's essentially an upgraded FF12.

Which in turn makes me wish we had a game with the open world of XBX but set in Ivalice with something like the Tactics A2 race/job system.

>>384839810
>meme mim
insta-closed the image

>>384838275
I know they're planning on bigger explorable environments in XC2.

>>384838778
>They said they might after XC2 is out.
No, they didn't.

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>>384838019
>that scene in the ending when the camera off the mech zooms in on her ass

>>384839582
It isn't coming to Switch. It would compete with XC2

>>384838275
exploration is an even bigger focus on XC2 than XCX according to Takahashi

>>384840235
Lastly, I thought Xenoblade Chronicles X was a wonderful game, and also wonderfully different from Xenoblade Chronicles. But it feels like Mario Kart 8, in that it was constrained by the Wii U's limited audience. Any chance we might see it come to the Switch?
Thank you for that feedback. I think we're currently completely focused on creating Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and even after I go back to Japan, I have a mountain of tasks that I need to overcome. But I would love to think about it, after the development for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is completed.

http://time.com/4848935/xenoblade-chronicles-2-interview/

>>384839938
Rude

>>384838816
>Side quest of the Nopon cheating on her husband

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>>384841423

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>>384838548
That's not the best side mission. But the best side mission IS a Nopon one

I'm relatively close to 100% completion, though I've just finished the main story (around 86% done by then) and haven't really started working on OP setups that will carry me through the last few missions and Tyrants yet.

I was surprised to see how active the online seems to still be, I auto-completed squad tasks all the time over the past month. I wonder if some are bots.

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>>384839810
Poor Gwin, all he ever wanted was to lick Irina's brother's "weapon"

>>384842329
Also, I had heard nightmare stories about the Rexoskell fight in the Ganglion Antropolis, but after slapping some Beam-resistant armor on everyone it was a relatively straightforward fight, it just lasted like 15 minutes and I had a couple rather close calls throughout.

Is there an uncensor patch for this game? I want to play it on Cemu.

I never really got far in the aftergame because I was too stupid to full understand the combat system.
How does Overdrive Work and how do you abuse it? and what are the best ways to grind BP and the rack up class levels?
I've been meaning to get back into the game for a few weeks now and its about time I figured this shit out.

>>384842946
>How does Overdrive Work and how do you abuse it?
Overdrive is really simple, just build up 3000 TPs and activate it from the icon in the middle. It lasts several seconds, which you can increase through skills, augments and by using differently-colored arts in a certain order (you can find what each order does online). If you can build up 3000 more TPs while in Overdrive, you can hit its button again and refresh it, again and again keeping you in Overdrive indefinitely. Just search for infinite Overdrive builds to see what weapons, techs and skills you need to achieve that, there are many.

>and what are the best ways to grind BP and the rack up class levels?
If you're in postgame, just go to the online Division Terminal in the BLADE Barracks and repeatedly do the Support Missions that unlocked after chapter 12, their entire purpose is easy grinding.

>>384837032
Why is the fint so tiny

>>384837658
I love this game

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>tfw they're probably already working on XCX2

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>>384843339
Thanks for the advice anon.
I never went to the division terminal because I thought they were multiplayer only, but I guess they're not. Good to Know.

Anyone here still actually play? I thought the majority stopped ages ago

>>384844828
I was thinking of picking it back up and doing a no fast travel run once I'm done with BotW Master Mode

>>384844732
They usually are, but that set of missions you get post-game isn't. Also, do you mean you never went to that terminal at all? Because that's where you can exchange the reward tickets you get from squad tasks (and you'll have completed at least a few automatically unless you never played with the online active) for any enemy drop that you can then use to complete quests and for crafting. You can also receive a unique item every day depending on how well your division ranked, ranging from a prize that can be sold for 30.000 credits, items you can use in-battle like full repairs for the party or Skells or extra Skell repair tickets. It's definitely worth checking.

>>384844828
I bought the game at launch, sank some 50 hours in it, got Skells, and then I had to stop playing because of university deadlines. I just failed to pick it back up when I would've had time again a few months later because other games I wanted to play had come out since, but graduating and the Xenoblade 2 E3 gameplay finally lit a fire under my ass, so I started it over and played it a ton over the past month. I'll play it for a little longer, but my goal was to finish it before Xenoblade 2 is out.

>>384844521
God I hope so, XB2 looks like an absolute mess.

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>>384839224

>>384845681
nah looks fucking amazing. They just need to fix that grass pop in

>>384845938
I disagree very strongly.

>>384845739
>filename
If you had no shame you'd also be parading around in diving bottoms rather than shorts.

>>384846189
Those shorts look cuter on her in my opinion than the diving bottoms. I also tried the casual jean shorts, and while those show a lot more of her lower belly, they don't come with the cute boots.

I've considered anything, do not disrespect me.

>>384845354
I used the division terminal for materials, but nothing else in my play through. It goes that really need to pay more attention to the manual in games like this. Those skell repair tickets would come in handy with how reckless I am with my skells.

>>384838435
In the first Xenoblade nopons were adorable, in X nopons went full jew

>>384846484
clearly you didn't do the side quests in XC1

>>384846456
The manual is good but doesn't quite explain everything, I preferred regularly checking the Xenoblade wiki when new mechanics got introduced to make sure I was always up to speed and had prior knowledge on how to make everything work out optimally. It's certainly a complex game, but I don't find it overwhelming or needlessly complicated.

>>384838275
Nah they're combining them

>>384846779
I know what he said about 2's exploration, but he also said this: https://mynintendonews.com/2017/06/14/monolith-soft-talk-xenoblade-chronicles-2-for-nintendo-switch/

>“It’s a completely different world, with completely new characters. It’s a different game. The way I see it, I feel as though Xenoblade 1 and 2 are connected and linked in the sense that they’re linear and story-driven games, whereas Xenoblade Chronicles X was more focused on open world and exploration, and maybe an online aspect. I feel like I’d like to continue to create games separating those two aspects out.”

Which I think makes it clear Xenoblade X is considered a different style of game altogether and he wouldn't just be content with making bigger areas in more linear games like 2.

>>384846484
They were always jew

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So now that Square remembered Xenogears exists again what would happen if Square actually makes a new Xeno- game on their own? It's not like Monolith/Nintendo actually controls the Xeno- prefix.

>>384847361
It either takes the better part of a decade to come out after its announcement yet it's somehow still as incomplete as Xenogears (look at FFXV and tell me it isn't structured exactly like Xenogears due to time constraints and budget cuts) or they give it to one of their minor studios who puts out a good but not terribly interesting nostalgia-bait game.

>>384847648
>they give it to one of their minor studios who puts out a good but not terribly interesting nostalgia-bait game.
That's more along the lines of what I'm thinking, XG showing up in WoFF, the Figureheads skins, now this, it might be Square is looking for properties from their back catalog that people might still remember.

I guess it would be like Far Cry 2 being made by Ubisoft after Crytek went off to make Crysis.

Where the fuck is Phog?

>>384848331
Maybe Tokyo RPG Factory could finally move on from apeing Chrono Trigger and start taking from Xenogears instead. Although I'm sure no plot in a game will ever come anywhere close to Xenogears again, just like it hasn't in the past twenty years.

>>384848886
Residential district, construction site west of Deliverance Park. I forgot if you can always speak to him or if he only starts showing up after a recruitment mission though.

>>384848886

His regular location? West of the park in the residential area, next to the construction materials.

>>384848886
He's located at exactly this game is garbage and dead stop playing it. Hope that helps!

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is there any other game that take the XBCX approach and just lets me be the goofy sidekick of the main character and be a rude nerd to people on my off time?

>>384849037
Oh, by the way, if he's not there, he must be at the location of one of his heart-to-hearts.

Oh, if anons are in a helpful mood:

I usually keep Elma in my party. I just finished CH.9 and the Flight Module missions, however I can't find her at her usual spot in the barracks. Is she somewhere else? Can I put her in my team, or is there some story block against her in my party atm?

>>384837032
What was the best affinity mission so far?

>>384849414

Same case as >>384849216

>>384849206
FXII. Though that game has a good story and characters (combat kind of sucks though)..

>>384849941
Yeah I just googled this and now have to figure out what heart to hearts are. Yet another new thing I know nothing about.

>>384849414
when she is not in the barracks try to search her in the industrial or residential district its a heart to heart conversation

>>384850289
>>384850196
>>384849414
https://www.gamefaqs.com/wii-u/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/faqs/72913

>>384847361
it'd be shit like FFXV. The talent that made xenogears is almost all gone or transferred to MS

are we getting story dlc or a followup game?

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why XBCX world feels so alive?
is it the artstile, unique landscape, or the fact your choices on side missions reflect on the npcs?

>>384838314
You can make another profile to replay it.

Born in a world of strife,
Against the odds we chose to fight,
Blossom dance.

Nagi was cool as fuck but he wasn't as likeable as Dunban.

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>>384839158
I couldn't afford the game on release and didn't get it till christmas, so I hung around the threads a lot around release, back before we got kicked out to /vg/. Then I got the game and was too busy playing it/doing school to browse the threads, so I missed out on the /vg/ community and didn't get my avatar included in that picture and I'll forever be salty about it.

If any of you are still here, I"m the Sagafag who complained about not even having enough food money

Also, if anybody cares about xenosaga anymore I made this into a wallpaper

>Tatsu wants to be a pacifist and support the humans through diplomatic means
>gets ridiculed throughout the game
>Rock wants to be a pacifist and support the humans through manual labor
>everyone supports him and fights for his right to be a pacifist
Tatsu did nothing wrong

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>>384839224
How does one take screencaps with WiiU? Maybe I can get mine in if the thread doesn't die first.

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>>384852714
;)

>>384839470
Well if >>384839158 is any indication you've made minor changes at least. I assume that's you towards the upper left of the image anyway. Who made this? was it vanaris or somebody else? I missed out on the /vg/ community for the game

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>>384853369
son of a bitch you little gremlin

>>384853483
Vanaris made some of the Faqs stuff, but was not the artist

>>384839470
Roka?

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>>384839158
>still have the last thread favorite'd so I can work my way backwards through the threads

I miss talking about this game.

>>384853903
If you like circle-jerking ;). Most of the threads were that anyway, rather than actual gameplay discussion

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>>384853368
1. Have the game open on the screen you wish to cap
2. Press the Home button on the gamepad, then open the web browser
3. Go to 4chan, find the thread, make a post, and you'll be able to upload whatever was on your TV or Gamepad screen as an image attached to your post
This also works for image hosting sites like imgur and the like.

>>384854097
Not sure it works for imgur anymore. Try picpaste or something

I've played this game twice. I miss it, haven't played for 6 months because my WiiU is back home.

I wanna play it a third time.

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>>384853567

Man this game disconnects far too often..

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>>384839224

>>384854182
Yeah I've been trying with imgur and it's less than cooperative

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>>384853483

I was there when they started to do them, but I was never in any of them.

I just post webms.

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>>384839224
Here's my current mim after getting back into it recently, haven't played much of it and so I'm wondering if I should progress the story?

Trying to level up my Astral Crusader to max might be a mistake if I'm overleveled for the story content, but playing the class was alot of fun so far.

Should I just continue the main story?

>>384846484
In the original Riki was the hero because he had a lot of debt and his wife wanted him to go make money.

They were always jews bro.

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>>384854813
My character levels for reference.

>>384854904
>>384854813
Get to class rank 4 to get hair trigger (green -> yellow/red = double OD count), then continue story.

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thre we go, finally

>gamepad dies the moment I started getting into the game
I guess I'll play Xenogears.

>>384847361
Maybe you'll get a crappy phone social game

>>384854097
Finally figured it out, thanks man. Results in >>384855209

>>384855218
Damn nigga you lazy

>>384855259
Or a pachinko machine

>>384855029
Sounds incredibly useful.

I'll go ahead and do that real quick then.

Thanks for the tip.

>>384855218
>what is a charger

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The Conquest meter is a few days away from filling up. I'm still new to all this, so.. could someone help me? I'm assuming that when the meter fills, a huge world-killer boss with multiple lives shows up, and we have to kill it?

>Can anyone participate?
>Any perquisites to participate?
>Suggested approaches?
>General need-to-know info?

>>384855305
Why not both?

>>384855209
>Best headgear
You're a good person.

>>384837741
My biggest gripe with the game, all the UI elements were too fucking small. I have shitty vision but never to the extent where reading stuff on the hud was an issue.

>>384855331
Actually you already have eagle eye but really, in od, sniper needs all the help it can get if you don't have afterburner/slayonet to build count. so more green arts are better, overwhelm is probably the highest hit count art you have so far

>>384855302
>>384855347
No, like the touch screen died and the buttons are fucked because of if for some reason.

>>384855439
I had to play most of the game on the Gamepad because the text was unreadable otherwise

>>384839224
I'd post mine, but uh
It's pretty easy to find in game even.
Just look at number 1 on the global heavy hitters. It was an accident.

>>384854813
Advice for 'getting back to it'.
Alternate story missions with Nornal missions. Dont bother with Basic missions, or even affinity missions outside the main characters, they will suck your time away.
The game has the problem that it has a fuckload of characters but you have to have Elma and Lin for most important scenes, leaving you only a single slot for your waifu/husbando. Oh, and most characters are pretty flat nonetheless. It kind of sucks.

>>384855362
Global Nemesis Telethia appears on the regular (hackers been around lately but latest Wii U update sort of fixes it). Yggralith Zero appears when that meter fills up. Both have appendages that you can break and sell for reward tickets. To enter requires a Blade Medal (level a scout to max and release). Telethia reflects certain elements. To explain everything and optimisation I would need a lot more space.

>>384855552
;)

>>384846093
Agree to disagree, I guess

>>384855434
I'm a sucker for anything that invokes butterflies really

>>384855803
No, I swear. I was fucking around with levels, and decided to see what would happen if I set it to 0. Stats underflowed, so I went to go see what would happen if I smacked gradivus like that.

>>384855507
Damn nigga I'm sorry

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>>384855707
Wait is the latest version not 5.5.1 anymore? I was hoping to get xcxgecko working so that I don't have to fear the servers shutting down anymore, but that's unlikely to happen anytime soon if they updated it

>>384856009
>0
5.5.2 blocked some internet exploits iirc. Latest version does not allow gecko

>>384856009
WiiU firmware spoofing is a thing, and it's apparently super easy. Just DNS block the update server and you'll be fine.

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>>384853747
Mine's Roka buddy

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>>384855942
To his credit, deciding to smack gradivus was the point it stopped being an accident, regardless of whether the scoreboard bit was intentional or not

>>384856130
I didn't think I was connected.

>>384855707
I think I can get most of it. But:

>Level a scout to max and release

?

>>384855362
Been a while since I've played, but IIRC, when the meter fills, one of two world bosses (sometimes both) will become available. Telethia is the easiest one of the two and the one you should go for for your first time.

The bosses have infinite lifebars, and you need to take down a maximum number of lifebars in a set time, or until you run out of your three global player revives (you all share the same three revives so be careful). You'll get rewards based on the number of lifebars you took down

Anyone with a ticket can join in. If I recall you gain tickets from training up other players' mims by recruiting them in your party or by helping out in squad missions (the missions that appear in the lower right portion of the HUD).

Remember that Skells are allowed in world boss fights so it's a good idea to have one registered to you. I think Telethia can sometimes cover itself with a Reflect [two specific element types] aura so it's a good idea to equip your Skell with Anti-reflect [your Skell's strongest attacks' element here] augments.

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>bought XCX because mechs looked cool and the trope of a bigass ship stranded on an alien planet makes my dick hard
>XCX is wayyyyy better than I expected
>try out original Xenoblade on dolphin
>character can only jump 2 feet into the air
>mfw
>immediately uninstall
did I make a mistake?

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>>384856056
dammit.

>>384856071
so I've heard, but I'm too paranoid to connect to some random DNS server that exists to serve a legal grey area. Even though my gut tells me there's little reason for the server to redirect to any malware

>>384856218
So around the world and outside the barracks (if you have friends) are other player characters. Speak to them and scout them, they will act as AI party members. Get their scout level up to 3 or Star, can't remember which, and release them from the Active Members menu part. 1 medal per scout

>>384856295
There's no legal gray area in preventing a device you own from updating.

>>384856208
>>384856130
Leaderboards have zero affect in a mostly single player game

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I remember when this pages were scanned. Made my life so much easier and got the skell license in half an hour. XC2 seems to have gathering spots now so items won't be a pain anymore

>play Galactic Knight
>skell combat is so utterly boring compared to it I cant even force myself to use them anymore

>>384856265
This is why you should always play XC first, as after XCX it's painfully slow to get into.

Is there a set time that miranium drops? I have several mining points up, and I get like 18k max. How can I tell when I get miranium? Aside from constantly pressing + and looking at the menu. Are there set IRL/in-game time increments that it maxes out?

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Nice looking Ares.90 there dude

>>384856553
Skell combat is good for a short while, but skells have a damage cap much lower than ground. Ground combat is also faster paced and more exciting. Perhaps a weakness of the game. To be fair though endgame skells can be fun to play around with (cool superweapons etc)>>384856628
Should be every 30 minutes, game might have anti-idle>>384856653
lol

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This is your tank tonight.

>>384856653

Best troll enemy, beginning and post-game.

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>>384856340
Not now, but with the prevalence of updates intended to block piracy I'm sure some or several corporations would greatly like to reclassify software and firmware updates as legally mandatory.

Pointless semantics, though. The real reason is that I just cant shake my paranoia that it might redirect to a mirai download or some other modem-based malware, specifically since I don't own the modem in question.

Since this is the only game I really play on my wiiu anymore, my intended workaround is to simply disconnect it from the internet once I'm confident I know how to get everything working.

Wii U consoles can't update without any user-defined internet connections right? I would hope so, as to do otherwise would entail either getting into a secure network or connecting to an unsecured network, all without the user's knowledge or consent, and either one would be a huge security no-no.

>no HD release with jap voice and uncensored

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>>384856531
I remember back when I trusted it's claim that beagflea squashes or whatever the fuck they're called only spawned in early-morning and rain in the fucking desert.

For those that somehow still don't know, protip: They can spawn any time, head to the cave on the south coast of oblivia and look for the secret chamber. It's got so many items in it you'll usually get all of them in 2 runs or so.

>>384856910
I want to fuck every one of these girls.

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>>384856795
>trying to kill blazing laphids in cauldros for a basic mission
>one of those world-destroying lovecraftian anemone things wakes up and disintegrates my entire party despite being like 100ft away
>every single time

>>384856653
Fuck you, Go-Rha the Rusemaster

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>>384856319

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>>384856910

Hope is PURE

Unless you make her angry.

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Mia was fucking goldmine
>Was molested/raped by aliens
Loved every moment

>>384857518
100% probed

>>384857164
Kek

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>>384839810
>Gwin just wants to be the chuuni main protagonist of a shonen and save humanity and win over his crush
>He's just an-above average trooper and Irina is an asshole lesbo who thinks he's a loser creep

Poor Gwin. At least he's good gameplay wise.

>>384857921
No non-cross is good gameplay wise, if anything Celica, Mia, and maybe Irina are viable

ONE BY ONNNNNNNE

>>384858059
ONE BY ONE

>>384858059
>>384858101
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>384858225
SEE THE SUN AS IT SINGS FOR LIFE(?)

I guess before the thread dies, any gameplay questions? Happy to answer.

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Im play threw this game now im at chapter 7 and have 120 hours so far
but one thing i don't get in the global nemesis
how the fuck does it work?

also i had elmo being an alien spoiled for me is this the big plot twist in XCX?
>>384853903
How hard would it be to get every achievement in this game?
other than the annihilator achievements is their any other bullshit ones?
>>384857051
I knew Frye reminded me of gadolt

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>got my first playstation when Xenogears was released
>bought a playstation 2 for Xenosaga
>bought a wii for Xenoblade
>bought a used wii U to play XCX
>getting a switch fro XC2

And all of these games are so different that the Xeno prefix suits it well

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>>384837442

>>384858652
Sure.

I've gone through this game (so far Lv36) by using ARTs as soon as they come off CD. Only recently have I gotten a knack for telling which ones us TP. I feel I'm getting through battles in a very rudimentary way. Do you have any combat suggestions/tips/lessons you'd care to impart?

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>>384858796
bought a WiiU/getting a switch for xeno myself

everything else is extra

picking up xenoblade blind day 1 in 2012 was one of the greatest decisions of my gaming life, went on to play the rest of the series after and seeing it rise back from the dead like a phoenix. My other favorite series, metroid, did the same. These next 2 years are going to be fucking crazy

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>>384858823

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>>384839224

>>384858002
The tanks are alright just since they can absorb some extra hits for you

>>384858796
I want to play Xenogears and Xenosaga but they were only realeased in america
to play them on physical unmodded hardware i would need to buy 4 games and a NTSC ps2

also what exactly is the xenofreaks game? is it a spin off from xenosaga? how come i never hear about it

Where is the quickest place to jump to when you want to rest up, as in skip time?

>>384858873
Early to mid game don't spam arts, try and wait for a soul voice to use them, also take advantage of bonus affects (position etc). Arts that use TP have the letters TP in their icon (all auras and some arts). TP arts scale off the potential stat.

Until you get core crusher, use the enemy index to learn enemy resistances, use appropriate weapons and gear. A lot of early game is physical/beam, Goetia and after electric+ thermal etc.

Learn the OD colour combos (green -> red/yellow, purple gives Counter*10 TP etc).

Make sure arts and skills are levelled right, even on party members. Having augments can make a pretty decent difference.

Remove certain arts off party members if you want, sometimes Lin can attract unwanted enemies with Trash Talk.

That probably didn't really help. but any further questions feel free.

Get aura assault and core crusher (bottom class path iirc) to deal some pretty fair damage mid game. Just make sure you use ether - its really broken

>>384858756
>other than the annihilator achievements is their any other bullshit ones?
A few
>End a battle with 777 HP/single digit HP
Essence Exchange (one of Yelv's signature arts) and precise TP building is pretty much a must-have to get these easily.
>Fall into 100 pits
Get an elastic band or something.
>Win 100 trade offers/Offer out 100 items
Requires other people to be doing trade offers
>A True Hero
Getting the final kill on a Nemesis is basically luck plus I'm pretty sure there's hackers who instantly kill them when they show up, so good luck.
>End X battles naked
Mostly just annoying
>Annihilator; Yggralith, Telethia, creatures that only exist in boss form
I used a Zenith one-shot build and Diskbombs to get these.

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>>384859247
xenosaga freaks? yeah its a spinoff game, but it's mostly fanservice. Or maybe entirely, I dunno I didn't play it myself.

>>384856653
FUCK YOU GO-RHA

>>384859570
>777
Some weapons have 1 tp gain, use essence exchange, be careful not to take damage or auto attack
>100 pits
rubber band yes
>true hero
there is a homebutton glitch, look it up
>naked
pretty easy, you can kill anything except spike enemies with no armour
>annihilator
takes time but still easy

>>384859468
>try and wait for a soul voice to use them

And here lies my downfall. I read the manual like... Day 1, but... I have little to no understanding of Soul Voice. What it truly is, how to use it, how to use it properly, tactics, etc. I gave up on it weeks ago.

I know, this is a huge miss for me, as I've probably been making fights even harder on myself, but perhaps you could enlighten me?

>>384859793
Soul Voices

Each character has various soul voices, you can customise your own but not allies. Also the four at the bottom you can change entirely, so go experiment.

Doing what the requirement says gives a chance for them to activate the soul voice (can be increased with surge augments or traits). Red/Yellow usually increase damage (even moreso from behind), purple bypasses and raises debuff stuff, and green increases the potency of heals/soul healing/grants temporary invicibility (soul healing is not healing, rather just regain HP from responding).

For example, a decent early game soul voice is crush (also late game ;) ) which adds 400% additive to melee attacks from behind.

Soul voices also raise affinity at a fair rate.

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>>384856265
You made a mistake by not playing XC you fucking mongoloid.

>>384860063
Forgot to mention that they are the B qtes that come up. Hitting a perfect grants 200 TP and gives allies the chance to respond (if they have an art of the same colour)

>>384842310
i want to fuck nopon

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>>384859793
>I have little to no understanding of Soul Voice.
It's a QTE that happens under certain circumstances to heal you or buff you somehow.
It's also unnecessary as fuck.

>>384860401
Oh, those are the SVs!? I thought those were just random buff chances tied to RNG.

>>384860063
So, specific triggers have to happen for them to engage?

>>384860541
You can set when they activate/what they do in a menu. I tried to set mine to activate as little as possible but it's no use. They always activate every 3 seconds and it drives me mad having to stop thinking and smash B all goddamn day.
I still cleared the game and did 90% of the content but I can't bring myself to play "press b simulator" anymore.

>>384860541
>>384860654
A soul voice challenge will only occur if the requirements for it are met (e.g. topple, stun, crush, low fuel, skell break, bind, reduce enemy hp to half). This applies to both player and party members

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>>384860654
You haven't truly played the game until you've expected a soul voice when there was none and cancelled your overdrive immediately after popping it

>>384858756
The plot is so convoluted in XCX that it doesn't even matter. I've finished the whole game and I still don't understand the plot.

>>384860757
>You haven't truly played the game until you've expected a soul voice when there was none and cancelled your overdrive immediately after popping it
I did that before while trying out the Gradivus fight on foot.
Fucking HELL.

>>384860839
what, XCX has the most straightforward plot of the xeno games

I know people say that they dislike how Skells trivialize combat, but I can't be the only one who thinks it's fun as fuck to just Aghasura Cannon level 90 enemies and one-shot them, right?

>>384858652
Tips for leveling BLADE rank?

>>384860980
the skell combat is about equal to XC1's combat, so I still find it fun

>>384860839
The plot is very easy to understand. The problem is that after the credits, they give you a buttload of cliffhangers.

What was on board the white whale wasn't people but primordial goo that can create anything from earth. Everyone had their minds uploaded to a super duper ultra double reverse reacharound infinite computer so complex you could simulate thought perfectly like how you did as a human.
Then Elma told you your real bodies were on board to spur you into finding it before the computer's wifi shut off and you died.
You find out all the original humans are dead forever and you're just a Ghost in the Shell™.
The aliens hate humans because humans are descended from some alien race that makes them grow gross boils and die horribly just by being close to them or something.

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>>384860980
I personally find some of the other superweapons to be more satisfying, namely zenith cannon and voltaic-tusk

>>384860980
>>384861129
I personally don't like the zenith cannon and asura cannon because they trivialize everything, they're so overpowered there's no point using anything else.

>>384860980

It certainly feels nice getting back at your bullies so to speak.

You just want to rampage through enemies who made battles tough for you during your playthrough.

>>384861065
What Eleanora says is correct. Doing anything will raise Blade Rank, but take a look at the Network Console in the barracks. Check what Division you are in and do what gets that Division bonus points. You can also change divisions here and get rewards. Good early game ones are prospector and curator iirc.
>>384861129
Electric Tusk looks cool, but is pretty bad

Do you ever get more 'arts' or abilities to use with your skells? I bought one, and I have like a total of 5 to use, 2 of which are just buffs, but that's it. Do you ever get more? If so, how?

>>384861346
Equip different weapons. Each weapon gives you a new skill.

>>384861346
You buy them, get them from enemy drops, or craft them.

>>384861346
Skell arts come from the weapons it has equipped. You can buy them from the store or find them as drops. There are also superweapon blueprints around the map that give you the ability to craft (i.e. you need the materials) better weapons/frames from the purple console in Armoury Alley.

>Buy at launch
>Still only at Chapter 8

>>384861387
>>384861420
Good, thanks. I've done most of my battles with auto-attacks, and fuck does that take forever

>>384861503
Have fun grinding.

>>384861539
Better than using like 3 arts and auto attacks. I'll get more eventually, now that I know how.

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Make way for the greatest and most majestic enemy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrTljEyIv4

>>384861250
Fortunately augments break the game so bad that you don't need to minmax to kill anything. In fact you don't need to pick particularly great weapons, I use zenith cannon and voltaic-tusk in tandem and can still kill any of the tyrants

>>384861971
HONK

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>>384857238
Pure huh

>>384862005
Multipliers ;). Appendage crushers are good though

>>384861654
I recommend getting something with phoenix. You can buy one right away.
Phoenix is THE Skell art to use until you get to endgame.

>>384862191
Or G-Buster

>>384837032
I want Kunihiko Tanaka back, the new artist is shit
Also what do you think the story would've been if MS went with Yelv as the protag instead of Rook

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>>384861971
>play game for the first time
>start getting into the groove after a while
>as i'm climbing a mountain, hear a ridiculous HONK noise
>look around my room irl to see what could've made that sound
>utterly confounded
>look around in-game
>see giant fucking bird monster thing with a fucking tuba on its head, just dancing
>HONK
>oh
>that makes sense

>>384862191
I'll check into that. Any other recommendations? I'm Lv38 atm,, unsure what Skell level is.

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>>384862270
I think it wouldn't have turned out much different from how it'll turn out if we get a sequel, as I'm fairly confident rook is another J-body.

>>384862057
DELET THIS

don't die yet..

>>384839158
Me in the upper right, camo jacket and orange glasses.
Also, artist is DamageFloor, if anyone is wondering.

>>384863220
Darce?

>>384862564
I don't think Rook is a J-Body or whatever, Eleanora refers to them as a third-party and she would know if they were one.

>>384863358
Yep.

So this thread pretty much done now?

>>384863641
Not quite, kid.

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>>384863641

XCX threads are slow but they last for quite a while.

>>384863928
How do I get that skirt? The only skirt that is not part of a uniform that I have found is the one you can buy at the store.

>Gamepad screen broke
>Can't play it properly now
Guess I'm not meant to beat it

>>384864116
It drops from that one Oblivia Tyrant's mission, if I recall

Best boy tier list coming through

>Yelv, H.B.
>Phog, L
>Nagi, Gwin, Doug, Frye
>Lao
>The shit I took last night
>Boze

>>384864262
Oh, thanks dude. I've been killing tyrants in primordia and noctilum only.

>>384864116

It's a torso piece that covers the entire body. Either get something called "Disguise" or Party Suit"

>>384864116
>>384864405
That is not a skirt, its one of the full-body wears. It is called the Party Suit. Comes from a mission called Sparking a Smile. >>384864405

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>>384864394
>Nagi
>Not top tier
0/10 see me after class

Is there a screencap of Mia dialogue after being rescued where she says the scent of sleeping in her own filth for a week turns her on

>>384864539
There's also a second one called Disguise that drops from the aforementioned Tyrant's quest on the mission board.

>>384864254
You can call Nintendo for a gamepad battery replacement, maybe you can also call them for a complete replacement.

>>384864915
Oh, good idea!
Thanks, anon.

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>>384864751
All I have is this.

THREAD DED.

>>384862276
>finding them in stacks
>that group that's worshiping that shadow and even made a mysterious sign for it

>>384863450
Maybe, maybe not. If you recall, lin asks if rook is one of the "you-know-whos" which sounds like rescues, except why would she dance around that? and why would she respond "coooool" when told yes? it's not that exciting or interesting if rook's just another rescue.

Makes sense if rook's a j-body, since lin's a mechanics freak and having lin on your field team would be hella useful if field-testing j-bodies (as elma is known to do, since she trained yelv).

Not to mention nobody remembers rook.

That said, it's possible that "j-body" specifically refers to the memory-transplant experiment and not the whole artificial intelligence thing, which could also explain why eleonora knows no such thing

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>XBC gets a sequel while XBCX gets forgotten
I'm still mad

>>384866069
its not a squeal thats like calling XBX a squeal to XC1 cause Lin has a monado in her hair

>>384866069
they're probably working on XCX2 as we speak, like they did with XC2 right after XCX finished

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>>384866279

>>384866069
no fucking kidding, but that's business. popularity and sales are what wins in their eyes. So who cares that XenoX has an interesting lore that's rife with cliffhangers, who cares that xenoblade's story was wrapped up completely and does not need a sequel at all. who cares that xenosaga and xenogears' took a tone and style that isn't done much anymore.

A sequel to xenoblade is what we're getting, and shaping up to have a super generic tone no less.

>>384866426
Some comment even implies they started development while they were still finishing up development for XCX. Which makes sense I guess; you don't need concept artists, writers, modellers, 3DCG artists and the like for late stages of devolopment anyway.

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>>384866471

>>384866536
>popularity and sales are what wins in their eyes

funny considering XCX sold more than XC

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>>384866701
>a callout to another game is equivalent to being named [GAME] 2

Oh shit, a XBCX thread!?

>>384866536
There was an article about XC2 the interviewer asked Tetsuya Takahashi if he was willing to make a XCX2 he said that if Nintendo would fund it he would be happy too.

>>384866778
X is the roman numeral for 10 that means that XCX is the 10th game in the Xenoblade franchise.

>>384866909
Which makes XBX a sequel to Xenoblade 9. XB2 is a sequel to Xenoblade 1.

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>>384867013
>F-FUCK HE GOT ME

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>>384867162
They're sequels to different games Anon, you didn't get anyone

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>>384866903
afraid you came way too late my friend

I actually unironically made my MC look like Yu Narukami from Persona 4, before even knowing anything about the Persona games.

>>384867601
it's still here

When looking at Skell gear, what does 'FORCE' represent? Is it a stat? Why does it matter?

>>384868198
Its the equivalent of the Weapon Attack on ground gear. For skells, basically the higher the better iirc

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>>384860871
i found gradivus easier on foot than in skells using my trusty knife and raygun

>>384867013
Wouldn't it be funny if xenoblade x was actually the tenth game in the series and we get to xenoblade 9 and it's a prequel to x, creating a continuous time line from XBC to XBX

You guys are aware it's technically Xenoblade Cross, right

>>384869234
and skells are called dolls.

Buy a HD TV ;)

>>384869319
Go away babt

>>384868761
And then Nintendo sells Monolith and becomes Xenogears all over again.

>>384869952
>babt
Jesus christ, there's a name I haven't heard in ages

There's no way he's still going after all this time

>>384869952
Play The Witcher 3, it is actually so good. I am and I am rolling in petite college age pussy.

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The screen is broke and won't come on my game pad but all the buttons and analogs wirk just fine

Is this game playable without the gamepad screen?

>>384871301
You can't fast travel or reliably make money without the bottom screen

>>384871301
Yeah, although you won't be able to fast travel, which will make everything about ten times longer to do.

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>>384871298
Thanks for giving me a chance to finally use this image

>>384871393
>>384871375
Well that's a bummer, I'm 98 hours deep in xb1 , I'm playing the virtual console version. Amazing game desu

Really wanted to play xbcx after. Guess I can hope for a switch port later on

It's so not worth buying a new gamepad as I'm sure they're retardedly expensive?

My god this game knows how to make questing convoluted and more complicated than need be.

>>384865943
Hmmm I haven't played the game so I don't remember much but I guess it makes sense, though I feel if it were the case there would've been more foreshadowing or whatever in the main story.
It's a shame MS just shoved the J-bodies plot over to a sidequest since it has good potential for religious symbolism and such

I could use some.... help.

I recently completed Ch9, got my ability to fly, did a few side missions.... and my 'fun' factor is fizzling out. This could be because I played BotW before this (like 2 months ago), and this was my first XB game, but.. I'm trying to keep interest. The story is meh, the sidequests are too complicated to route around, the whole game has a herky-jerky feel to it. I feel I'm missing some great, fun things from this game. Perhaps I just can't see them yet. What am I missing, anons? Are there more fun moments coming later?

>>384872935
ch9 is where the difficulty starts to ramp up, so if you found the combat system basic before that may help

>general
>on /v/
>mods keep deleting other legit vydia threads

Cancer, all of you

>>384873009
The difficulty of Ch9 was the first time I had to go grind to get by (that and gear up skells), but the difficulty spike isn't what's making me lose interest, the game itself is. I was loosely attached to the story, exploring is kinda fun but the was quests work is annoying now. I dunno, I'm just looking for a spark or two to stay invested.

>>384873018
We are actually discussing the game, fuck off.

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>>384873192
the story doesn't get good until the ending where it leaves off on a cliffhanger

see you in XCX2!

>>384873192
Have you mastered maintaining overdrive? Combat felt a lot better to me once I worked it all out. Also side quests can be annoying but some of them have interesting stories.

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>>384837032
One of the few games I can boot up and have fun simply roaming around revisiting areas. The game world is just so well designed.

>>384873192
End game is not really that good but post-game is pretty fun. Pick a fourth character besides Elma and Lin and do some missions, that will increase your affinity level and you will finally take some affinity missions for the character you pick. End-game is like a tutorial for post-game so learn how to complete more missions and don't forget to install more probes.

>>384873306
Until you play a better world. Honestly once you get the flight module the world gets vastly smaller.

>Proper xenothread
Fuck im late

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OFFENSIVE STANCE!

>>384873520
Better caves would improve the world. Most of them are just a room with a bunch of enemies and collectables and the bigger ones have lava or a bunch of interconnected corridors and small rooms. Mini Tepra-like caves, with more than just entrance/exit, gimmicks like small lakes and parts without ceiling to enter with your skell would have be amazing.

>>384872935
Stop roaming aimlessly and switching characters so much, try to focus on the story until you get the flying module. Then knock yourself out.

>>384874202
I already have the flying module. And I keep the same 2 members with me, only change is when I have to have a required member or two.

>>384874265
Now keep a fourth member, at this point all playable should be unlocked with the exception of Celica. Pick whatever you like the most.

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>>384874265
Maybe just stop playing then? I burnt myself out the first time I played going for random secrets and Basic missions, and changing characters is a bore since you have to change skills and equipment everytime. I got back into it and Im almost to the final boss - I will not most likely not play most of the post-game, but Im having fun (even though I hate Lin & Elma).

>>384874676
>even though I hate Lin & Elma

damn Lin saying eating alone is pathetic and Elma calling you mentally retarded really hit hard huh?

>>384874573
I'd love to, but the quests make that an issue. They can require anywhere from 1-4 members, and most have specific player requirements. So most times I have to drop the fourth, then go find the required person, do the quest, drop them, pick up my preferred 4th again, go find another quest, have to drop 2 to go down to 2 specific people, do the quest, go pick that third and fourth up again, etc etc. Doesn't happen all the time, but far too often to not be irritating. If there were a quick drop in/out instead of having to track folks down every time you want/need someone in your party, it'd be just fine.

This is just one quirk that irks me about this game.

>>384875590
Ignore them. Seriously, do the mission that require the character you picked, grinding affinity levels is a pain in the ass until post-game. Focus more on installing probes and killing tyrants. At some point you will find 50-60 level enemies that are not really hard to kill and those will boost your exp. Also, don't lie, most affinity missions require a party of 4 characters, there is only one mission that requires Cross only.

>>384875945
>Also, don't lie, most affinity missions require a party of 4 characters, there is only one mission that requires Cross only.
I wasn't lying. However my main point stands firm. The jockeying you have to do for quests is a bit cumbersome.

Is there way to make the skell controls more slippery rather than clunky and slow turning ive done it a few times when suddenly my skell gets easier to control? is their a button im pressing or something?

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join SE/MS XG remake when?

I really want to enjoy this game but it feels so hard too. I like the ideas behind it. But the quests always feel lame. The starter ones are boring as hell. It feels like it takes a while to ramp up and actually get the plot/story going anywhere.

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>>384875189
>Implying I can identify with this shitty avatar they made up.
Elma should have been the MC. Instead, shes this overbearing character that has to be in every scene and comment about every single thing happening.
The less we talk about potato face loli who somehow a super genious but is permitted to fight and drive giant vehicles even though her dying i a random place in the planet would be a massive loss - the better.
Honestly i have a lot of small complaints about the game - they overall drag the value of the game. It annoys me because this could have easily been GOTYAY

>>384876349
Because most of them require 4 things: a minimum level, a minimum affinity level, a minimum survey level and a party.

If you do basic and normal missions, you will be forced to explore so it's handy if you already installed the corresponding probes. You will find high level enemies that are easy to kill. Do basic and normal missions and kill those enemies to quickly level up. When you pick a fourth member, your dialogue choices and completing missions will increase your affinity level with that character but it's not really that fast, if you keep changing characters you will never improve your affinity chart and most missions will be locked. Focus on one character, you will ignore a lot of affinity missions but the character you picked will get both good exp and affinity levels. And the survey level increase faster when you do normal missions, get treasure and install probes. The protip at the end is stop changing characters, focus on the one you like the most.

>>384876857
I thought the game was a pile of trash too.
You just need to push through. You get strangely addicted as you unlock more skills and combinations.

>>384876978

I won't comment on Elma because you haven't beaten the game yet but Lin is only a "super genius" in context of her age. She's not the smartest person on the planet and is actually a pretty big fuckup. It's not like she is indispensable or anything, she isn't even there based on merit.

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>>384876770

Is there a paragon / renegade shep edit of this?

There should be, just for laughs haha

>>384876857
>Plot/story
The game is a box of theories and references. Focus more on the gameplay, you will have a long post-game to think about the lore.

>people say that Lin and Elma are forced on you for the majority of the game to the point you don't have time to use anyone else until postgame
>I kicked them out of the party every time I wasn't doing a story mission or affinity mission where they were required
>ended up having them in the party the least out of anyone, most other characters got to 5 hearts earlier than them and they were the lowest-leveled party members until I grinded them for a few minutes in the endgame
People were exaggerating.

>>384877378
Dont bother, I got myself spoiled on Elma. They couldnt have made it more obvious.