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We really need a proper OP edition

Previous Thread: >>>>121205858 (Cross-thread)
>Blog with graphic rips from Zestiria and several other games in the series
http://brilliantcataclysmrips.tumblr.com/
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I am angry.
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>>121521280
What needs to be in the OP, then? Link to a list of all the games, links to places you can download english patches for jap only games? Probably need more.

Also this
>When is PS3 Vesperia coming to Ameriland?
Never.
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>>121521469
Don't be angry Kittybeard, you have a lewd loli willing to do anything for you.
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>>121521803
Still angry but I guess that works.
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posted before realizing there was fresh bread

>>121518536
Yeah, I agree. I still think he probably had a huge breakdown after it was all over, probably as soon as he was alone.

me too but i'm already writing a bunch of other garbage

>>121519275
He shows up at the very end and you can't use him in either of the shitty dungeons. He was offscreen the whole time sealing the new entrance into Camlann to keep malevolence away from Sorey.
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>not enjoying zestiria
>order xillia
>already having fun

did they just forget that: good camera angles = good game experience
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>>121522163
>already writing a bunch of other garbage

nice
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>>121522697
Have fun not combo bosses and only playing as Jude or Milla.
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>>121523057
so you mean its zestiria without shit camera

sounds good
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What's your favourite kamui design?
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>>121523057
>only playing as Jude or Milla
I don't follow.
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>>121522163
Poor Weebo. Goddammit.
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>>121523518
All the other character in Xilla lack artes and link artes are the only way to do damage.

>>121523224
Yea and even more lazy.
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>>121523512
Is there a place to see all of them like in your pic?

also wow that is some magical girl shit, why am i only just now realizing this.
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I was kinda annoyed Edna kept mocking Meebo about crying because once a girl does that there's no way a guy can show emotion
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I'm at the part where I need to find Mayvin.

How much more of Zestiria do I have to go through?
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>>121523958
Not much. Lots of running around though.
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>>121523848
Found Zesty guidance book scans here http://neylakiiroisenkou.tumblr.com/tagged/scan
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>>121523958
almost there
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>>121523925
I think in her own way she was trying to tell him it was okay if he wanted to cry. But it's Edna, so it came across as bitchy.
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So I'm about to do a new game + but haven't done Alisha's thing yet. How do I go about it? I import into Alisha's DLC, then import that into the new game?
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>>121524431
Yeah, I didn't think she was full on mocking him at that point anymore.

I was actually wondering if it was coincidence that I didn't once here her pull the "Here Mikleo, I make this for you~" when ruining food after that point.
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>>121521782
>"I want PS3 Vesperia!"
>Vanilla Vesperia actually has more content than most tales games and while the PS3 version adds a few nice additions, it also runs a little bit worse and has a lower resolution
>However if you still want to import it, a text walkthrough can be found here --insert link-- or a guide to applying the english patch --here--

What about that?
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>>121523807
>All the other character in Xilla lack artes and link artes are the only way to do damage.
And I had no problem whatsoever playing any of the other characters and dishing out damage.
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>>121525174
Sure! I'm not in importfag and I have no patience to read off a text walkthough, but it would be a handy resource.

Maybe include that tumblr with the scans too? Mostly it would be just links to emulating the older games and english patches, I guess.
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>>121525739
The non main characters were far more developed combat wise and linked artes were way less necessary to xillia than kamui in zesty. I honestly don't know what that guy is even talking about.
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What dlc should I get for Xillia and Xillia 2?
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>>121526056
Yeah, I played the entire thing 2P and ended up as Leia for most of it, the only one we didn't play as much was Elize.
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>>121526515
if it's free then just get everything

if you have to pay for it then get nothing
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>>121526056
>Far more developed
Please most of the cast were link slaves if your name wasn't Milla, Jude, Alvin. You could play as someone out of those three but you were gimping yourself, like with Xilla 2 Ludger.
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>>121527218
But Rowen and Gaius are absurdly broken.
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>>121527218
What is playing games for fun?
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>>121521280
>All this art of the party all together
>They never are together in the game

Hell Dezel never meets Alisha period
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>>121527665
Let them be happy anon. Lord knows they wont be all together in the game.
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>>121527665
Oh wait, I forgot, Dezel does meet her when going back to the water temple. But it's pretty much fucking nothing.
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>>121527578
Yea, majority of the cast is broken but Ludger was always available which makes him better and he's the one who can truly exploit the weakness system.
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>>121528064
While Dezel did meet Alisha, Alisha never met Dezel.
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>>121527891
R.I.P Miyu Matsuki
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Missing a discovery in the Water trial ruins and if it weren't for the nice music I'd be tearing out my hair...
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>>121528780
There's a broken eye statue in that one room where the ENTIRE FUCKING FLOOR is covered in 'there's an eye pointing this way' tiles.
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>>121529041
Bamco likes for us to suffer
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>>121529041
...every fucking guide I looked at said central cavern. Fuck me.
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>>121529012
"Hot."
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>>121529350
Here, google translate this page since my description was shit. It has a map.

http://dswiipspwikips3.jp/tales_of_zestiria/map_rufei.html
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>>121529634
Oh jeez, thank you so much.
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>learn calamity flare

wow

this is the most bullshit spell arte ive seen in a tales in awhile
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What's a good party in Tales of Hearts R?

I like having Kohaku, Hisui, and Beryl in the party with my playable character being Ines. Is Shingaling better overall?

I've just always been a fan of one melee fighter and three mages.
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what the fuck does advanced divinity on the grade shop even do
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>>121534706
I believe it stacks bonus effects when armatized. If you have some ridiculous stack bonus and your partner does too, you get both.
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why did mayvin have to be a boss

this seems completely unnecessary
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>>121534706
Having tested, what it seems to do is add skill tables together. If you have two characters with stacks of 8 mynd, when you armatize you appear to get unlimited combos as if you had 16.
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Didn't the beginning of this game say there hasn't been a Shepard in centuries but really there was a Shepard about 16 years ago?
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>>121539330
The Celestial Record said 200 years. Because the most recent Shepherd was the person writing it, and he gave it up.
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Couple questions.

1. When can I fight Ednas brother for real?

2. Where is the EX dungeon?

3. Is there anything else I should do before going to Camlann?
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>>121539330
Sorey and Mikleo thought so because they're going by a book, which didn't count the most recent Shepherd, its author and Mikleo's uncle.
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>>121524286
thanks
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>>121539646
1. When you're supposed to go back to Elysia. Sleep at an inn, you'll get a skit about it. When you talk to Rose and one of the options is 'I know what to do about Edna' then you're good to go. If you're on your way to Camlann you should be able to do it now.
2. After beating the game and reloading your clear data, go up the stairs. Before the room leading to the final boss, there's a portal that'll take you there.
3. If your quest log (Rose) is clear then you're good to go. Though if I remember right, you can't actually go past Lastonbell until you at least go to Elysia. Anything that might have been missable has already been missed at this point.
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>>121540759
slept at an inn about 6 times, no skit. town specific?
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>>121540759
And the non-missable things will just reopen once you beat the game anyway.
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>>121541432
Maybe? I think I got it in Marlind. I took care of Eizen before going to Elysia for the last time, since it was on the way.
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Jesus Christ Zaveid is getting desperate for someone, anyone, to fuck each other, even if it's not him
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>>121543539
>tfw thousand-year-old slut surrounded by determined virgins
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>>121539737
>>121539553
Why didn't anyone tell them about Micheal?

Someone must have known about him
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>>121543827
Zaveid has a hard life. Surrounded by nerds, an old spinster, a lesbian murderess and his old pal's little sister who he probably promised never to touch.
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>>121543539
I wish the game tried to ship him with Lialah. Would have been interesting.
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>>121543868
They grew up in Elysia, surrounded by people (well, seraphim) who knew about Michael and Muse and Camlann, but thought it'd be too painful of a story for them to know.

As for the humans they meet, well, Sorey and company don't actually get along too well with humans they meet, so... We don't actually know how successful of a shepherd Michael was so maybe he simply wasn't that memorable. He clearly wasn't that great at it, because Gramps really didn't seem that surprised that he 'fell'.
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>>121544092
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>>121544437
Yeah that sounds about right. Maybe in 3000 years he'll go for Edna.
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>>121544228
Agreed. That post-battle scene where Lailah keeps ducking away from his arm is cute.
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>>121544704
I ship it, too. There's also a cute one where she offers to tell his fortune.
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This game is advanced internal suffering
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>>121544228
They got some stuff like their after battle convos and the one scene where he calls her everyone's mom. Also, the skit you get after meeting Zavied makes it sound like Lailah already knew him.
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>>121544809
Zaveid are you asking me out?
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>>121543868
Micheal probably lived in a era with no lord of calamity. Which means most of his exploits were probably just purifying Hellions. Also, most people probably don't want to remember a Shepherd that gave birth to a dark era.
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>>121543827
He's only a slut on the outside
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>>121544902
I also like the part where you first meet him, and after he leaves she gets super mad because he was half naked. probably mad because she had lewd thoughts.
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>>121544228
Zavied x Edna is where it's at, anon
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>>121544903
I really can't tell if she's hopeful or scared when she asks that.
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>>121544867
Zestiria is basically Mikleo Suffering: The Game.
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>>121544923
>>121544394
But unless the celestial record is just bullshit Micheal was the first Shepard in 200 years. And we see him travelling with Lailah, he must have done something notable.

I don't think they even address the discrepancy
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who designed this games battle engine

where the fuck am i

what was wrong with every other tales games arena

why did they think this was a good idea
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>>121545385
Well, he did do SOMETHING notable. He moved Maotelus from where he was enshrined in Pendrago to the shrine in Camlann. Presumably, he did this because of the growing malevolence in Pendrago/the church, which he saw as a threat to Maotelus. But he never told any of the humans he moved Maotelus, which is what led to Rolance/Heldalf occupying Camlann and Maotelus becoming corrupted.
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Who are they from left to right?
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>>121545462
Stop hugging the walls, senpai.
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Would you fuck Mikleos mom?
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>>121545662
Slut, slut, used to be pure but got corrupted, Slut
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>>121545662
Play the game anon
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>>121545829
Well, I was looking more for names. I haven't actually seen iM@S but friends want to know.
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>>121545775
No I'd rather fuck him.
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>>121545639
Which basically means he fucked up royally and cause everyone's current problems.
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>>121545662
Yayoi
Haruka
Chihaya
Miki
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>>121546085
Seriously, the fucked up state of Zesty's world is at least 75% Michael's fault. Heldalf being an asshole was just the tipping point that drove Michael off the crazy cliff.
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>>121546143
Thanks anon
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>>121545775
Can someone explain why she's still alive here?
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>>121545662
I wish they had used the traditional outfits instead. These copy&paste ones are just so damn boring.
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>>121545385
It's not a discrepency. Micheal WROTE the Celestial Record. Before him, there hadn't been a Shepherd in 200 years.

As for doing something notable, he did, it's just that it wasn't known by many. And the fact that he CAUSED the next Age of Chaos would not really cause people to remember him fondly.
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This is the first Tales game where I'm about to beat the game and I don't understand the plot.
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>>121546462
theory time: She made an Oath, one of the big deal oaths like Lailah took that gave her purification powers. The oath let her seal off Camlann but trapped her in some out of time limbo. But Heldalf's domain > the power of her oath, so the seal broke and spit her back out.

could be wrong. maybe they explain it better in moon or supplementary material.
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>>121546556
To be fair, the DLC is the cheapest and it comes with neat things like 4 BGMs and stuff. It would be nice to have better actual costumes though.
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>Pick Maxwell
>run around in the same hallway 4 times
>little girl about to kill some twat


guess i should have picked him instead right
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Can we all agree Fury Sparks is the best tales battle theme?
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>>121546639
So the celestial record is only 16-20 years old?

The book is so widespread that both Alisha and Sorey know it by heart. Why wouldn't anyone know Micheal from the book alone? It's frustrating that no one says anything about this.
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>>121547423
A major portion of the plot doesn't make sense if you start with Milla. She's not very interesting anyway
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>>121546639
>>121547654

Why is Micheal writing the celestial record?

That's supposed to be the storytellers job.

He can't be the storyteller AND the Shepard.
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>>121547654
Why would you want anyone to remember that worthless loser? Its like I'm watching Asbel all over again but this time he suffer for his mistakes.
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>>121547808
It's never said anywhere that the Storyteller's job is to write the Celestial Record. The storyteller did make all the monoliths you find in the game though
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>>121547654
Because he's dead and died in a bad way.

Look, don't think of the Celestial Record as some kind of ancient text. It's just one man's recordings of stuff he saw around the continent written about twenty years ago. He traveled with Lailah, retired from being the Shepherd, founded a new town, wrote the book there, and then things went to shit.
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>>121547710
so why is it even an option
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>>121547808
>That's supposed to be the storytellers job.

....no it's not, it never says this anywhere. It's literally just a book about his travels. It wasn't part of a job, he just wanted to write a book.

The same way his nephew was thinking of writing a book of his travels. He might have been soured on the idea by now.
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>entire game would have been over in 10 seconds if lailah just told sorey what to do

>but the oath

>mikleo could have just made a new oath to do the rain of purification
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>>121547958
Because it's better to give people an option than force you to play the game twice?

But yes Jude first makes more sense.
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>>121547958
Beats me. I think they were attempting the multiple route-thing but messed up royally, in the end you get Jude's 80% complete story with Milla filling in a few holes
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>>121548102
>nephew
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>>121548102
>spoiler

...damn, I hadn't thought about that. Mikleo really had a hard life.

>>121548108
Breaking her oath really could have killed her. Also, Sorey being told his answer wouldn't have been the same as him arriving to it himself.

>>121548335
That whole 'his wife' thing was a translation error, it was supposed to be 'family member'.
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>>121548108
If she could explain it, she would lose the power to purify to begin with.
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So do Seraphim spy on people since normal people cant see them?

Like Dezel for instance. We know he used Roses body. Do you think he ever used her body and felt herself up?

Or like spied on her in the bath or using the bathroom or something?
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So in ToZ, you get new artes depending on how high your stats are?
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is there a way to fix ToZ game?
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>>121548579
There are skits that imply he used her body to bake cookies
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Why is Edna so deep?
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>>121547592
I kept Hubert in the Flynn outfit for this reason.
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>>121548627
Artes are based off levels and titles. Mostly levels though.
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>>121548627
Sort of. They have invisible numerical requirements. Titles affect the numbers on level up. Stronger titles seem to have more effect if NG+ is anything to go by. With gold titles equipped I had all artes on most characters by the low 30s.
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Did they accidentally give the tragic mc backstory to Mikleo instead of Sorey? Like the entire plot revolves around Mikleo's family and Heldaf but Sorey is just a random kid gramps found and decided to make Shepard
If Michael was Sorey's dad he'd have the "sins of the father" to rectify etc. As it stands they didn't give all that stuff enough attention at all, especially Mikleo's thoughts
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>>121549303
Because he's the heroine.
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>>121548708
I don't know if to laugh or fap
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>zestiria bombs in japan
>will live my life without tons of edna porn

its just not fair
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tfw you realize mikleo has 6 belts strapped around his midsection
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>>121549517
>Mikleo is the closest the game has to a heroine
>still doesn't have a breakdown from the weight of all his tragic backstory so Sorey can hug it better

god damnit. not even a pat on the back. no breakdown at all. I wanted to see him cry.
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>>121549303
The MC isn't always the saddest character in the game though? I mean, Even in the games where the MC has a childhood friend who went through the same shit the childhood friend usually suffers more. Loni lives with his guilt, while Kyle repressed the memory. Lloyd has a sad backstory, but it's piddling compared to Colette and Genis. What did Veigue go through, freezing his girlfriend? Stahn has dead parents, yeah, but it wasn't a traumatic event and he's in the same game as Leon. Jude only goes through shit during the game, not before. Tales MCs don't tend to have big dramatic backstories about how sad they are, that's reserved for side characters.
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>>121549753
Tickle protection.
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>>121550306
>Jude
>your dad will never love you enough to let you run off with someone he knows is a sexy terrorist
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>>121550306
I feel like in this game with emphasis on the past and how it affects the future it could be interesting for Sorey's dad to have been a fuck up Shepard like Michael
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>yfw you realize meebo was technically sorey's first human friend
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>>121550315
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>just met him
>using TWO hands
Is she in heat?
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>>121550809
Mikleo had already been sacrificed by the time Sorey's mother accidentally shot him out.

>>121550306
Lloyd grew up with a caring adoptive father. Zelos grew up with a father who slept around and a mother whose last words as she was murdered in front of him were that he should never have been born, after which his only remaining family was locked away. Presea's mother died, her father got sick, her sister moved away to make more money (only to get killed) and then Presea became a zombie slave for over fifteen years, ignorant of her father wasting away in front of her. Regal had to kill his lover. Kratos had to kill his wife. Colette grew up isolated thinking her only purpose was to die. Raine and Genis lived constantly on the run after their father died and their mother went crazy.
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>>121551121
No, but she is certainly fucking stupid.
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Sergei is too pure for this world.
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So, didn't expect to have to fight Rose and Zaveid. Took him out no problem, got Rose down to under 400 HP, got a Mystic Arte to the face and died.

Frustraaaaatiooonnnnnnnnn.
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Alishaboo
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If a lot of seraphim move into a city will the people gain resonance in a couple years like Sorey?
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>>121551804
It'll probably happen naturally after the end of the game.
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>>121551306
That was the exact point I was trying to make. The side characters always have the sadder backstories, not the MC.
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>>121551121
She just wants to make Sorey jealous.
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Has Radiant Mythology 3 been translated?
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>>121552291
Maybe Alisha can just spot a good husbando when she sees one. At least Sergei doesn't have a Mikleo.
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>>121552291
It did not work but she got into Sergei's pantsu at least
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>>121551493
I ended up using an all divide for that battle, its annoying as fuck
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>>121554653
I got 'em, just took Mr. Piccolo's advice and learned to DODGE.
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Do you think they planned Zestiria to be full of such a large amount of sorrow and suffering from the beginning or did it just end up that way due to cuts/rushing and they didn't go back through and tweak it?
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>>121557672
Honestly, all you have to do is look at how all the sidequests in the game play out to see Zestiria was always going to be a SUFFERING game. You can't blame all the dead kids on story cuts.
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>>121557672
no, everything is just a mess. i hope baba suffers like the story and dies miserably
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>>121558019
Ugh, that one bit in the ruins when you come up, I said to my husband, "Oh look, dead kids!" because I thought they were actually asleep. And he'd already been creeped out by the train at the start of Xillia 2...
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>>121558204
Your Husband sounds adorable I hope you keep him
and enough about that
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>>121558204
>my husband

Are u a grill?
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>>121558204
there are a hell of a lot more dead kids where those come from

Speaking of which, someone needs to do a dead kid counter for Zestiria. Maybe I'll keep count on NG+.
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>>121558407
Oh, I know. Coming up on the end now.

Surprised that Mikleo isn't, and still sorta wish, he was a bit more of a mess by now. They sure piled it on.
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>>121558689
yeah, wish they'd shown him breaking on screen because you just know it had to be explosive when it did happen.
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>>121558689

I don't know what to blame that on, they throw so much at him and kinda sorta touch on it here and there but never actually show you anything. He does tend to get a little jealous whenever Sorey is dealing with one of the girls so maybe that would have been an element on the two route system, you'd have to juggle two people with emotions going every which way.

Muse popping in at the end felt a casualty of the rush job, they didn't put in any of the content leading up to that moment for it to make sense or be super emotional. I'm a little surprised Sorey never brings up his mother either, no fucks given on his part.
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>>121557672
There's a lot of stuff that feels like it was cut for time. Edna's quest for example feels like there should have been way more to it, but you pretty much just go back and kill him.

I mean, the beginning of the game there are some neat little things, like the dog chasing lunarre dying if you take too long, the choice of selling the spear or pipe to get enough money to bribe the guard, and choosing whether to fix the bridge or not. Those neat choices vanish pretty quickly.
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>>121559050

Lailah explains to you how the journey of the shepherd isn't going to be easy because of how humans will view him, they give you the bridge scene and the dinner with Bartlow then drop the idea completely for the rest of the game. I was expecting to have to deal with that the whole way, making choices and feeling the joy of people praising or the sadness of being treated like a monster.

It would have made a place like Lohgrin stand out a bit more too.
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>>121550315

Kind of has the opposite effect.
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>>121559414
I found it disappointing that there was never a moment like the dinner with Bartlow for the Rolance side. You always have Sergei on your side in Rolance, apparently doing a better job of covering for Sorey than Alisha could. There's that bit with the Cardinal that gets potentially messy, but Sorey never gets called before the emperor or his advisors or anything. Shit, Rolance never even calls him out on helping Hyland in the initial skirmish of the war. Sorey and Sergei just beat each other up, become bros, and that's that.

Speaking of dropped plots, what the hell ever happened with that fake Shepherd asshole? The Rolance guy who went around taking credit for Sorey's good deeds and who threatened Slenge? He just disappears after that.
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>>121559414
On the other hand, I appreciated that the normal humans don't do anything to cross you once you nuke the army. The whole 'antagonize the demigod' thing has always been stupid.
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>>121559414
>they give you the bridge scene and the dinner with Bartlow then drop the idea completely for the rest of the game.

Well, that's not entirely accurate. I loved the scene on the battlefield when the soldiers just see one person marching towards them and then they get tossed in the air like popcorn. Someone tries to stab him in the back and gets smacked aside. A whole hail of arrows is deflected and even the people Sorey has come to save are unnerved. That was great.
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>>121560702

That moment was great but the general public through the rest of the game has no reaction to you, the only look you get is via gossip quotes from npcs. With some more work they could have really played up the "why are you fighting for these people" idea.
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Dead.
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>>121566590

Berseria news when?
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>>121567373
Some time soon, we can only hope.
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>>121567373
Who knows, apparently it was "20% in development" around the time it was announced.
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>>121569024
So another 30% until they call it done and rush it out right?
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>>121569172
So twice as done as Zestiria?

I'm already excited.
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>>121569430

The rest of the development cycle will be used for DLC outfits. Then they will quickly get to work on the next Tales game for their 25th anniversary.
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>>121569626
The best part is the 25th anniversary title will require a new engine built from the ground up targeted at the then 7 year old PS4, but unfortunately the workload will be higher than expected meaning yet another anniversary title rushed out the door in an incomplete state.
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>>121569430
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Did the Phoenix fight. Dat voice...
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>>121571082
It's like Nibbler from Futurama.
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I just got Mikleo's armatization but I didn't hear his true name. Did I accidentally skip it or was that on purpose?
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>>121571543

On purpose to go with the rest of the scene, you'll hear it if you armatize with him like everyone else from there on out though.
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>>121572048
Yeah I heard it after I armatized again but I wanted to make sure. I've accidentally skipped over bits before.
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>>121558789
He said he's fine guise
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>>121561575
To be fair, not many common folk even know what Sorey looks like judging by NPC dialogue.
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>>121550315
Are there any tickle skits?

>>121559050
Symonne's story as well. She had some deep seated issues. I wonder if the anime adaption will delve into the character stories more. The manga already does.
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So, why did the story of this game change midway through?
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>>121557672
What is the most depressing tales games overall? Xillia 2?
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>>121574773
Xillia 2 is more depressing overall, I think, but depending on the way you look at it I think Zestiria actually gives Xillia 2 a run for its money.

Abyss is pretty sad, too.
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>>121574773
Yup.
Cuz no matter what you do Ludger still suffers.
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>>121574024
What's wrong with that line?
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>never played tales before
>got hands on xillia
>mfw 4 party members battle
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Just finished the game. People bitch too much about the game. Quite a bit of unexplained things herre and there. Still a very exciting adventure. Last boss was hype as fuck.
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>all of Xillia costume DLC is singles instead of group costume dlc
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tfw you order Xillia 1 and 2 online for a disc version only to find out that its on psn downloadable for cheaper
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>>121576205

>tfw debating whether or not to buy a console just to play them
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>rising up
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>still in the tutorial for xillia
>combat is already better and more thought out than zestiria

did they even try for zestiria?
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>>121559046
I have to ask, what's this two route system you're talking about ? Was it confirmed that Zestiria was planned to have this system or is it just speculation ?
Would it have been a Rose/Alisha choice, or maybe Rose/Mikleo ?
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>>121579246

I'm not sure if they ever officially said anything about it but the idea does seem to be supported by looking at a lot of the broken ends in Zestiria. You have a lot of content geared towards eithe Alisha or Rose that ends up not making sense, as if they had to suddenly merge two separate ideas into one.

I didn't buy into it entirely until I got to Maltran later in the game, that there sold me on the idea that they did have separate routes for each girl and that Maltran was going to be far more important to the story on Alisha's side. Hell they have her in the opening and a decent amount of official artwork and yet she is completely pointless to the games story and only really appears for a few minutes.
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Who is your favorite Tales girl?

I didn't like Graces that much. But Pascal best girl forever and always.
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>>121579708

Design wise Tear hit all the right spots for me, but there was just something about Natalia that sold me on her.
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>>121579689
It would have been nice to learn more about her. How did she REALLY feel about Alisha? And how did she become a hellion? Why work for Heldalf? What happened in that story you hear about her own men turning against her on a battlefield? But nope we never really learn shit. And she never does anything with Asura's weapon at all.
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>>121579689
That makes sense. Thanks Anon.

That might also explain Alisha's DLC Mystic Arte. I still can't believe this MA was given to someone who's barely in the party. It would make more sense if it was announced at a time where she was still planned to be somewhat relevant.
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I want to see Edna with Lailah's swimsuit body, can be possible?
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>>121579708
Tear

>>121579818
I like Natalia but I just can't get over some of the bitchy stuff she says while Luke is unconscious.
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>>121580970

Don't forget the most obvious one, stores sell Alisha's gear throughout the entire game.
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>>121579708
Design wise Natalia and Leia are my favorites.

Overall I like Judith the most.
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>>121583432
She doesn't get any new weapons until aroudn the point where she rejoins, though. The stores are random.

I still think it's pretty clear Alisha was more important at some point.
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>>121579818
> Natalia holding a spatula

You're fucked.
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>>121584451
Would you eat her cooking?
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Hey, what's happen if you defeat Heldalf before final fight?
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>>121584824
You get a bad ending
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>>121584641
You bet I would

>>121584824
Bad ending, you can find it on youtube if you want.
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>dat jelly Meebo

Finally beat the game, I'd say 6/7 out of 10. Was enjoyable but the story and dialogue just become completely nonsensical after a certain point and the battle camera is just shit.
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>>121584846
>>121585350
Bat ending why? I see a shadow but i don't understand
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>>121585421
I think it's supposed to be Maotelus erupting out of the ground in dragon form
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Guys, where i can see the Tales of Zestiria PS4 trophy list?
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>>121585421

The idea behind it is a bit of a spoiler if you haven't beaten the game yet. It's mostly signifying that you didn't know the full story yet and you dun fucked up kid.
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>>121585350
Best waifu, keeping an eye on the treacherous human girl who came to steal his husbando.

actual reply: Zestiria could have been so great if they'd had more time. Probably not the battle camera, though, I think that would have always been shit. But they could have fixed some of the plot issues and maybe split the game into Rose/Alisha routes.
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>>121585748
just look for the ps3 one
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So, I'm playing ToZ and really trying to like it, because I'm a huge Tales fan, even played all the Japan-only ones.

The skill system is fucking killing this game for me. Like, maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like fusion is extremely important in developing your characters, and you have very little control over what skills get transferred or combined into other skills seemingly arbitrarily. Am I just doing it wrong, or is it really, really fucking hard to fuse gear with skills you actually need on it?

Shit sucks because I keep finding gear and never wanting to use it because it fucks up my skills.

Honestly kinda thinking of just saying fuck it and playing Disgaea 5 instead.
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Is there a 100% guide anywhere?
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>>121587329
You don't really need all the good skills to play the game, just fuse and and stack or line up whatever it is available to you.
Although i do admit that not having the "good" skills triggers one's autism.
And besides, you won't get a very good skill set in your first playthrough anyway, unless you took the time to grind them.
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>>121583432
That's not how stores work.
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>>121587524
It just bothers me that I get a new sword that's much better than the one I have, then I equip it, and my stats fucking plummet because I lose a bunch of skills.

I wish they at least had it like in Destiny 2 where you could choose one slot to carry over when you fused equipment, or had Normin that you've found sell you their skill as a slot instead of just initially giving it to you once when you find them, which is unlikely to be useful.

Just seems very poorly designed. You're supposed to fuse equipment to advance your character, but doing so fucks with your skills, which is the other big system they tried to emphasize. It's like that have two major systems that you're supposed to use to advance your characters and making use of one fucks with the other. It's very silly.
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>>121587504
for Tales of Zestiria I mean.
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>group scene before the final battle
>this is pretty good but not the best
>Sorey puts on Dezels hat

why

why did they do this
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>>121588891
I liked all of those scenes.

Gave me delicious edna butt.
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>>121587329
I hated the skill system so much I just said fuck it and played the game on the lower difficulty settings. I liked the characters and the story okay, but the combat was unfun.
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>>121589580
I really might just do that, myself. I really want to finish the game, but fuck the skill system.
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i dont think i can do this
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>>121589959
Just do it, he's been gone since he became a dragon and until he's gone for good, she's never going to be able to move on with her life.
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>>121588114
Actually there's a boon where you set a Normin for that region and most of your drops would have that Normin's skill.
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>>121587875
That is exactly how jrpg stores work. How many umbrellas are for sale in the city of water?
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>>121590709
>i don't know what i'm talking about
This isn't hidden information, anon.
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>>121590709
>>121583432
you do know stores have random stock in this game right
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>>121590709
Mine is currently selling Edna accessories.
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>>121590709
>>121591474
>>121591528
Don't stores start selling things you've sold to them?
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>>121591653
You can manipulate their inventories, yes.
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>>121590863
>>121591653
>>121591528
>>121591474
Not by default, you have to sell to get thosse to start populating. Alicia's stuff is on every shop's list even if you never sell anything.
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>>121592275
Alishas items are only sold by default at Westronbolt Gorge and in Hyland areas around when she rejoins you for the Maltran fight near the end of the game.
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>>121589959
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Can we post Zesty reaction images pls
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>>121594092
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>>121592407

They are on all the stores randomly, even weirder is they have items for her that are at levels she will never attain in the game.
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lets all take a minute to remember chester the best tales character
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>>121594548
>set difficulty to chaos
>get late-game drops in early areas
Equipment is totally divorced from plot in this game.
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>>121594092
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>>121594647

I remember him for joining at stupid low levels and in the SNES version dealing sick damage despite having no artes
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That spinny-mist thing really does get the job done.
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>>121595060

I'm sure they spent endless hours creating gear for Alisha to use just incase some maniac decided to farm for weeks in the starting areas with her. Even still that wouldn't explain why they would have shops selling her gear throughout the game, shes not going to need a level 40 spear from pendrago when she rejoins later on at level 60.

It's clear she was meant to be around more in some fashion and they just didn't go back and clean things up when they changed it.
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>>121587329
You don't need good skills. I beat the game on hard, beat the ex-dungeon, and beat Alisha's DLC without looking at skills a single time. I just used whatever weapon gave me the best stats and fused items to improve base stats
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>>121596258
>people just explain why you still see her generic gear in shops
>choose to ignore it in favor of your conspiracy theory
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>>121587329
Its not random. when fusing always compare the same slots (each of the 4 entries) on each piece of equipment.

If the two pieces of equipment have the same skill in the same slot, that skill stays the same in the new piece.
If one has an empty slot, the other equipment's skill will just fill in that empty slot.
If they have 2 different skills, they will merge to create a "locked" skill (blue text), which does not count as a real skill. This locked skill can be treated one of two ways: If you like the skill, you can equip the item and use it in battle. After some time the locked skill will become unlocked and be a normal skill. Otherwise, if you don't like the locked skill, you can fuse another piece of equipment onto it, in which case the locked skill is treated as an empty slot.
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>>121596493

It has no reason existing in the first place, that's the point you're leaping past. Even still it's just one observation in a whole pile of them that don't add up.
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>>121596912
>my opinion is a fact
uh huh
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I finally got my 10 in a row. Don't think this bonus skill is worth it. Its probably better to stack multiples of the same skill.
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am i the only one that felt zestiria was a chore by the end?

i never felt this way for any tales but this game

im at the final dungeon and i just dont want to play anymore
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>>121590378
I know, but A. getting the exact piece of equipment you need takes a ton of grinding, and B. keeping that skill you need once you start fusing is a pain in the ass.

I wish you could just put a skill from a Normin you have directly on an item, maybe in exchange for grade or something.
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>>121596858
It would be nice if they explained that in-game somewhere. It's still needlessly complicated and annoying, though.
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>>121597215
I don't even get why they'd put a reflect damage skill when every boss practically OHKOs you.
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>>121597752
They do. With skits.

Rest at some inns.
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>>121597752
I learned it from sleeping at the inn a bunch of times after you get Rose in your party.
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>>121597909
I have quite a few times. Haven't seen that one yet.
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>>121597215
The thing that bugs me about the bonus skills is that many of the ones that are really hard to get are still mostly junk. Combo limit removal, cast time reduction and maybe half cost are so powerful everything else is hardly worth bothering with.
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>>121597215

I remember someone posting 9 in a row before and it looked pretty good.
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>>121598078
>Combo limit removal

how do I get this
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>>121597997
You must not have played the game very long then, because they start hitting you with those skits before Alisha even leaves the party and there are a bunch of them clustered together.
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>>121598503
16+ of the same skill. In NG+ you can make multipliers count.
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>>121598971
fuck that
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>>121599036
You can also do it in ng+ with advanced divinity by armatizing with two characters who can add a single skill up to 16+. Otherwise you can increase your combo limit with individual stacks of four or five, I think, which is much easier.
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>>121594092
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I have a question about Sorey from Tales of Zestiria. Why on the beginning of the game he has headhaches but after not?
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>>121597997
They only appear in the inn in Marlind.
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>>121599984
Because of Alishacancer.
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thanks baba
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>>121599984
If you actually payed attention to the story, he's compensating for Alisha's lack of resonance, which is making him blind.
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>>121552587
SergeiAlisha sounds pretty cute.
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rising up is a trash song

this is not metal gear solid
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>>121589959
this game is full of suffering anon
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>>121579708
Tear is best Tales girl as far as I'm concerned.
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>>121579708
Musee
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>>121601158
yeah but we don't even get anything out of this

she's just sad

and we keep going

nothing changes

"wow she said thanks and is vaguely happy"

but sorey had to break a promise

sure everyone said a dragon is a dragon permanently

but people also said the last shepherd was 200 years ago

people also said only the shepherd can use armatization

people also had no idea a gun like the one zaveid has existed

to say there is no way to purify the dragon is silly in this game

because nobody knows anything absolutely in this game

the entire point of this entire game is that nobody knows anything, they just do what they feel is right

and i can safely say

what they felt as right about killing ednas brother

was wrong
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>>121601031
>running around endgame
>get back to galvaid bason
>vocal music out of no where
>uhhhhhh
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>>121601398
>wasting a 10/10 milf design on a character we see twice

thanks baba
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>>121601490

I did feel pretty bad about that, they should have given us another way.

But then again Zestiria is all about suffering.
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>>121600396
>If you actually payed attention to the story, he's compensating for Alisha's lack of resonance, which is making him blind.
Alisha has a little resonance and Sorey need to give much to her?
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>>121601692

That was a tragedy, but not nearly as bad as wasting this.
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>>121602025

this game fucked up

you have 10/10 designs on characters you barely see

maltran
mayvin
sergei
lucas

shit sucks
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>>121597326
I've just reached Pendrago, and I'm seriously considering dropping it already.
The characters are kinda cool, but not enough to keep slogging through it.
The plot is especially bananas, and it feels like Baba completely forgot about minor details sometimes (alisha just disappearing (yes, I know there's DLC, but still, what the hell?)), seraphim having plates in front of them at inns, people believing Sorey will save them, but freaking out when he performs 'miracles').
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>>121602025
Maltram is 11/10 but she was probably a relic from the times when Alisha was actually the heroine ;_;
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>>121602138
>fight Mayvin
>he starts throwing stones, plates, and empty bottles at me
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>>121602138

I thought we would be meeting Mayvin all throughout the game, I was disappointed in how little he ended showing up. Especially considering how important he turned out to be in relation to the story. I suppose we could also get angry at how lazy the ruin designs were.
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>>121602187
Honestly, I enjoyed some of the later half of the game more than the first half.

But yes, the story is a bit of a mess. I really do like the characters.

The combat is just the deal breaker. I bought Xillia 1 and 2 since this left a bad taste in my mouth, I'm only an hour into Xillia and I already understand the combat better and can play it on Very Hard (since its like Vesperia or Abyss) but Zestiria there is just something off about how everything in combat works.

The camera doesn't help either.
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>>121602334
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djBUlWazpoU
just gonna dump
poor alisha
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>>121603278

The amount of jiggle that costume gives her should be illegal.
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>>121602536
Too much about Zestiria is just rubbing me the wrong way, I guess.
Xillia isn't perfect by any means, but that game had me hooked early on with the combat and story (though it gets ridiculous).
I just feel indifferent to everything that's going on in this game so far, which is usually a terrible sign for an RPG.
I really hate dropping games halfway through, but damn.
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>>121599984
Alisha gave him cancer.
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>>121602187
Yes, most things are ridiculous when you oversimplify and ignore the relevant details you're provided.
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>>121605086
Fair enough.
That still doesn't save the plot from being absolute shit.
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>>121605790
And that doesn't change you from being ignorant scum.
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I think I broke the earth trial...
Got the opening cutscene that said we had to chase around a minatour. I found him the next room over and snuck up on him using that water bubble, which initiated battle. I beat him and suddenly everyone's talking about some dead kids. (and I triggered that flag that opens the boss room.) What exactly was supposed to happen?
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>>121606771
Just that
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>>121603572
Xillia's main issue was that it was rushed as fuck. Alvin's betrayals do get ridiculous, though.
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Are you comfy, s/tog/gaf?
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>>121607790
Alvin being so openly shady is fun tho.
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>>121606771
>suddenly
Gee, if only the game dropped some kind of extremely obvious information about that topic.
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>>121597215
grinding the shit out of the first column is more than enough to break everything!
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>>121585350
It's funny, there's some early promo art that has Sorey and Alisha in Ladylake, with Mikleo leaning on a railing behind looking disapproving. And another one with Rose, same pouty Meebo.
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>>121596193
It is the wind temple, after all.
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>>121597594
>getting the exact piece of equipment you need takes a ton of grinding

It's not really that bad. Use the luring skill + set the normin that has the skill you want.
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>>121609458
That spinny-mist thing really does get the job done.
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>>121601992
Did you somehow fail to notice that she couldn't see Mikleo standing right in front of her? That she spent three days in Elysia and thought that no one else lived there? Yes she has no goddamn resonance.
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>>121598078
None of those three things are easy to get. The "easiest" is an 11 stack. I can barely get to 5 stacks.

The easiest to get "good" bonus is probably the "negate enemy resistance of X" you get for 7 long lines for each character's primary damage type.
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>>121598971
That multipliers bonus is ridiculously expensive. Like 8k grade. The grade cap for level 25 LotL for every one is like 14k. Its basically impossible without spending an entire playthrough's worth of time grinding.
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>>121602187
>seraphim having plates in front of them at inns

You say that like they don't address this multiple times. They often talk about how they don't need food but some eat for fun. Mikleo's been eating pretty much regularly his whole life because Gramps wanted Sorey to grow up not feeling like an outsider. They even wonder what it looks like if they're eating at an inn together (and it turns out that Lailah has a habit of "sampling" from random human's plates).

Actually, the weird specifics of the seraphim are one of the most consistent things here.
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>>121602025
I bet good money Maltran would have been a much more common character when Alisha was going to be a main character.

>>121609705
Still not that easy. I mean, you get better odds, especially with the various boons, but drop rates are still pretty ass and the normin aren't anywhere close to a sure thing.
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If you were to stack ONE skill all the way to 16, whats a good one to choose?

Heal on block?

+SC generations from combos to combine with the infinite combos?

+BG generation from combos?
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>>121610404
Or, you know, just play the PC version and cap the lords of the land in minutes instead of wasting hours grinding for merchant runs.
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>>121610958
Why bother? Why not just make perfect gear?
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>>121611187
You need the grade shop unlock as well to take advantage perfect gear.
I hope you're not trying to defend pointless grind.
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>>121610626
>Still not that easy. I mean, you get better odds, especially with the various boons, but drop rates are still pretty ass and the normin aren't anywhere close to a sure thing.

Eh, didn't take that much to get everyone immunity from petrification once I realized those fucking gorgons weren't dead.
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>>121611367
I'm trying to ask why not just make the final setup if you are going to be cheating grind away anyway.
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>>121611863
5 stack is easy. 16 stack is hard.
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>>121611930
Having the ability to cheat doesn't mean you have to cheat in every possible way. Getting around extremely dubious grind to access what other games in the series make available pretty painlessly isn't a big deal.
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>>121610101
>Yes she has no goddamn resonance.
Except for the fact that she was born with it and is a pure person. She just doesn't have enough to see special people and scary monsters.
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>>121597326
The game is obviously rushed as hell at the end. It's too bad because the beginning is quite nice.
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>>121612704
Being a pure person and having resonance aren't the same thing. The first is just less likely to accumulate malevolence .
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>>121614465
I will say, after all these halfassed "vague void" final dungeons, I really did like that the final area looked like an actual building with nice tilework and different rooms and enemies that weren't just silhouetted models.
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Are those link titles earned when cpus are linked between them and not player? Or each has to be manually covered to get grade?
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>>121606771
I was confused about that too. The party members say something like "He mentioned kids" or something as if the pervert Sereph had given some hint. But he doesn't
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>>121615259
>fight the minotaur, a being composed of local badness
>children are screaming as you fight him
>seems this place was used to abandon children
WHAT COULD IT MEAN
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>>121614465
I wish they added more cinematic-cutscenes (like the intro) closer to the end of the story. There's a bunch of cool ones at the start of the game but near the end you barely notice as many.
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>>121615529
>broken toys, talk of abandoned children, a hellion made of tormented kids

Shit, we need Sherlock Holmes on this one.
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who are these fuckers?

is that the new shepherd?
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>the gun is literally never explained the entire game
>it's the entire reason we are able to save the world
>no explanation for the device, it just exists
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>>121617860
New shepherd?

Uno?

Ayn siblings?
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>>121618095
>Sorey took the gun with him to hell so the next Shepherd is fucked
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>>121618095
Zaveid gets really cryptic when Mikleo tries to ask about it.

There's also one monster that "hurts" itself for stat boosts and Zaveid's like "Well, we've all been there..."
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>>121618334
Future Shepherds won't need it because their enemies will be smalltime.
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>>121618095
why do Tales games do this?

symphonia did it
abyss did it
vesperia did it
graces did it
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He seems to make this face less and less as the game goes on. How depressing.

Like, who thought much of "Hey, we're gonna go make sure that human girl is okay" would have led to all this.
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>>121618095
Zaveid just says he picked it up somewhere.

It's funny they never call it a gun
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>>121618572
Care to specify?
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>>121618095
According to one of the guidebooks, its from an outer continent.
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>>121618572
When do symphonia and Abyss do it? Not doubting, I just don't remember.

And it's done because they're pretty much just easy plot devices. Although the gun stands out because there's no explanation for why Zaveid even has it.
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>>121619460
It's just a primitive gun that shoots magic rocks, anon. That's not even particularly advanced for feudal technology.
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>>121618360
>>121619134
>>121618942

thats not good enough

they say "bullets" but never say gun or firearm or anything

it's stupid

you can't have a device that important and not explain it
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>>121620042
they do that in tales all the time though

all
the
time
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>>121620042
Seeing as Zestiria takes place on one continent, I think the gun is something that would have been developed more in a sequel/dlc/etc that just never happened because of how the game bombed.
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>>121620172
name them
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>>121620178
>all that work to save one continent
>Mikleo aged
>Edna apparently several hundered years old but still a kid
>maybe the reason she hasnt aged was cause of her Eizen hangup
>Eizen dead, Edna can age
>will never see older Edna

this is a cruel world
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>The armatized bow gives you good piercing capabilities - just the thing for a tight hallway. Weaknesses? Well, it can be hard to to cope with attacks from behind. But the first step towards dealing with this drawback is acknowledging it.
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>>121620431
>Edna apparently several hundered years old but still a kid

No "apparent," Edna is around 1000 while Mikleo is less than 20.

There's some weird stuff about their power and personalities affecting how they seem to age.
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>>121620816
I just want to see older Edna. That's all I want.
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>Lailah wasn't popular
>will never see her in any future cross over games
>her voice actor has passed away, further removing her from future cameos

rest in peace
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xillia is fun

how come nobody ever told me
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>>121621746
vesperiafags hate it
gracesfags hate it
iron stance out of nowhere is obnoxious
rushed as shit copypaste corridors everywhere

i still found it __fun__
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>>121621151
Really? What, is she too tall? Too many puns? Not demure and submissive enough?
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>>121621151
Nanaly shows up in cross over games in spite of both of those things applying. The real problem is that Namco said there wouldn't be more crossover games.
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Where the fuck does the scene where Alisha sees 3 Rose's happen?
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>doesn't really know what a squid is
>never seen a crab before
>doesn't know what a hippo is
>thinks the ocean is full of crazy terrifying shit

Some water seraph.

>captcha: lakes and oceans
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>>121620627
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>>121622683
It's an edit.
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So does Berseria take place in Zestiria's world?
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>>121624924
Maybe.
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>>121624924
The only thing we know is that Velvet is an edgemaster and a stripper.
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>>121620921
google "toph"
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I started NG+ today and the beginning is just making me realize how much I want a game where Sorey and Mikleo go on ruin exploring adventures. Fuck Shepherd business, that would have been a lot more fun.
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>Everyone keeps talking about finding their "answer"
>No one mentions what the question is
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>>121627002
congrats, you've discovered that 90% of tales characters are poorly-written with the depth of a shallow pool, desperately disguised by making certain dialogue as obtuse as possible

the very definition of pretentious

other 10% is also poorly written, but at least they don't try to hide it
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bumping with degeneracy.
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>>121579689
>and that Maltran was going to be far more important to the story
That's complete bullshit
I get no indication routes were ever a thing
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>>121596493
Alishashitters in a nutshell.
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>fighting arma heldalf
>up to the point where I play with edna
>get wiped out every time
How
Is there a certain damage cap ebfore he gets knocked out and how am I hitting every one but this?

>>121619134
>velvet will use a gun
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>>121622820
I'm pretty sure he's a water seraph because he was nearly burnt to death as a baby. He probably can't even swim.
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>>121633115
Yeah the biggest source of water in Elysia is that tiny ass puddle. Sorey likely can't swim either.
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>>121631859
Why do they have to be so cute? I want to get off this ride.
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>>121633620
I haven't fallen this far down into fujo hell since Persona 4.
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>>121633620
Mikleo's expression in the 2nd panel, god.

>>121633865
Welcome home, youve been missed.
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>>121632859
Switch to Rose and spam her arte, Dream something. People come here stuck on the final battle a lot but I can never remember the name of her arte. Its really OP and makes the battle easy.
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Post your party
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>>121633620
>>121634237
Alisha's in the first makes it for me.

>>121634461
>no halo on Lailah
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>>121634461
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>>121635517
>Alisha still trying to give sorey brain cancer
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>>121633620
Yeah, I never would have expected myself to go down this path.

But they manage to be more endearing/convincing than a lot of Tales couples, official or otherwise.
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>>121637134
It makes me so sad that such a great couple is trapped in such a bad game.
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>>121637134
Second best Tales couple.
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>>121637739
Yeah. The true tragedy.

>>121637758
who is first then?
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>>121638785
Stahn and Rutee.But I just meant official couples.
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>>121601031
>it's bad because mgs does it
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>Mikleo loses his mother, dear adoptive guardian and bff all in the course of a few hours
That's a record
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>finish Alisha DLC
>message at the end says I can import that save and replay with all the stuff
>doesn't actually work

???
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>>121642668
Yeah, if you think about it, Tales of Zestiria is the tale of Mikleo's suffering.
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should I just give all my equipment to the lords of the land for grade before starting a New Game +? Does any gear even carry over? Muse's staff maybe?
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>>121642668
>>121645925
I wonder if Mikleo only kept it together thinking he'd die from Siegfried soon anyway. I could never really tell if the seraphim thought they'd die from that or not, it seemed really vague.
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>>121645925
Every party member lost someone dear iirc but they really outdid it with him. Surprised he didn't become a dragon from all the dis pear.
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>>121647192
I wonder if he was actually in danger of it post-game but before Rose took over as shepherd. I think the others probably would have been alright, they all had their own weight to carry already. But all of Mikleo's just gets stacked on in the end.

well, at least Rose being a pure assassin saved Meebo.
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>>121647192
There's some tumblr headcannon post about Mikleo turning into a dragon and Sorey being the only person he would recognize/ only one who could calm him down. And Mikleo was like wreaking havoc on both countries and Sorey was just trying to keep him in check. It was really sad but I am totally into that.
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>>121647962
I'm totally garbage because I like tainted AU but I like the idea of malevolent Sorey way more than malevolent Mikleo. I don't want dragon Meebo...
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>>121648170
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>>121646995
There's a boss battle to reclaim your equipment. It gives you what you had equipped and maybe nameless stuff.
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>>121648476
what? where?
my heart actually dropped when i tried NG+ and saved it accidentaly not knowing my old equipments are not inherited.
this gave me hope
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>>121648324
Mostly because the dragon thing depresses me but also because I like stuff like this
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>>121648950
The unusual rock near the first special monster in the game. You will probably get raped if you go near it early though.
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>>121620816
Mikleo doesn't know that much about being a Seraph. Most likely to make sure he could relate to Sorey easier.

He didn't even know that Seraphs use a sub element to help with their own powers. Like his staff or Ednas umbrella.

Not to mention the Shepherd in the Fire Trail was very likely not a lizard face man, seeing as he could turn into a fake dragon.
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>>121624924
Well there are continents beyond the one the game takes place on and apparently one of these other lands conquered the continent at one point before getting pushed out.
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>>121648170
You might as well say your into furryshit and have them both be malevolent Dragons giving the dragon d to each other while Maotelus watches.
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>>121649538
That sub element thing was pretty interesting. I just wonder why no one in Elysia bothered to tell Mikleo about it. Seems like the kind of wisdom you'd impart to the local baby seraphim.
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>>121649469
i'm sorry im honestly too dumb to locate where that rock at. feed me
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>>121649982
but i don't want anyone to be a dragon. i just want sorey to bully mikleo.
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>>121650058
Well some things they have to learn themselves. Lailah's oath kept her from not only telling Sorey, but others who didn't have the oath as well. Even if mostly applies to the Shepherd so they come to their own answers.
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>>121650276
On the way to the dungeon where Mikleo gets his bow. It's a little rock with a circle on it.
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>>121650368
Mikleo will become a dragon or start out as a baby drake.

I'll concede Sorey would just become a regular furry unless he armatized with Maotelus.
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>tfw you want more fan content, but there will never be enough

suffering
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>>121650276
>>121650480
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>Earth Trial on Zesty
>minotaur runs away and we have to approach it
>use mist bubble

Did... I end up skipping content or some sort of narrative? What the fuck was Edna talking about? Was I meant to let it see me and have it run away throughout the dungeon so I'd corner it at the end?
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>>121650885
The Minotaur was a child turn Hellion acting tough because it's afraid.
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>>121650462
The sub element thing doesn't really have anything to do with coming to an answer, it doesn't seem like the kind of thing they should have kept from him because it's just gimping him purposefully. Edna tells Mikleo he'll have trouble being as powerful as other seraphim because he's using the wrong weapon for his element. His staff is earth when he should be using something with a fire affinity.

Oh well, the height difference reason for him using a staff is cute.

>>121650885
It ran away from me twice because I didn't realize I needed to stealth the first time and I used the bubble too early the second. Minotaur only has two locations, the one where you first meet him and in the parallel room on the other side. The whole thing is just really abrupt.
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>>121651208
>Edna tells Mikleo he'll have trouble being as powerful as other seraphim because he's using the wrong weapon for his element.

>Mikleo: I want to become more powerful as a seraph.
>Lailah: You certainly have the potential for it!

She should have told him. Unless she was holding off until she found the right pun.
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>>121654408
Seems like he wouldn't change it anyway, he's still using a staff in the future.
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>>121654970
Did he get any taller?
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>>121654408
>outclassed by a literal infant with a gimp stick
She was jealous.
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>>121655080
No idea. Fanon seems to think so.
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So, for all the things Zestiria did wrong, I have to say I was really pleased about how they handled the whole seraphim thing.

Like, when Vesperia was first announced, pretty much all promo material set the stage as this being a world where all cities were essentially domed and no one ever left them and traveling outside was unheard of. But while those basic elements are there in-game, it's not really a big factor -- everyone goes "Ooh, the ocean" that one time but with all the guilds and Judith literally flying everywhere you don't actually get this overall sense of people being all that isolated from each other.

So when Zestiria was announced with "here's the magical race that can't be seen/heard by most people" I was thinking it was overly-ambitious and that the concept would be quickly swept under the rug or not followed to its logical conclusion in various directions.

But that didn't happen, and instead they were surprisingly consistent with it and used it in a lot of fun ways. Even small moments where it seemed like obvious slip ups were likely, they didn't miss a beat (like when Symonne makes an illusion of Sergei and forgets that she shouldn't be reacting to Zaveid), and I'm really glad for that. They made a fun storytelling gimmick and didn't conveniently ignore or forget it.
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I thought people said Mikleo didn't cry but he was sobbing before Sorey started after Rose was blown back
And they were crying while in the arma landing the blow in Jiji in the cutscene
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>>121656514
Yeah but that was all because of Jiji. He never breaks down because of his mother, or what Sorey plans to do.

god damnit that scene made me tear up, though.
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>>121656832
Could be that it was the final straw? I kind of figured he was supposed to be rather reserved in terms of personality in general, so it might've just been the weight of the crap piled on finally getting to him.
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>>121656832
Well he never knew his mother but gramps raised him from since he was a lil seraph. They really should have had more on the party's reaction to Sorey's decision though, at least a skit. Or maybe I just missed it. Everyone tries really hard to be strong for Sorey's sake so the Shepard doesn't waver, I think. Mikleo wouldn't allow himself to really breakdown until everything is over.
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>>121657778
Yeah. And neither he or Sorey really had the chance there to grieve because they still had to fight off Kittybeard...

tfw Sorey's first thought on awakening will be remembering that Jiji died unless he forgot everything, of course
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>>121658095
He wouldn't have known where to find Mikleo if he actually died. He probably got physically converted Virgin Mary style.
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>>121659196
Yeah, Maotelus owes him a ton of favors anyway. I'm just going to keep refusing to believe the memory thing happens.
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>>121659365
Lailah specifically says that certain strong memories, as well as the general personality, ARE retained.
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>>121659842
That's why the Earth Trial Seraph is a pervert.
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>>121659842
If you're talking about the skit, someone on tumblr said it was mistranslated. It's supposed to be strong feelings/emotions, not memories.
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>>121660319
Not that it really matters. There's no suggestion that he dies anyway.
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Why does the afro have a face?
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>>121660530
Afro seraphim lending you his power.
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>they never tell him the truth
>rose is sorey's widow forever
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>>121661217
I wonder what happened the day Sergei told Alisha the story of how he met Soery and his wife.
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>>121661540
Does she know in the DLC? I haven't played it yet.
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Some questions I'm trying to clarify to make sure I've got this all right...

-Seraphim can be reborn humans (in which case they don't return to a baby state but more or less inherit their current body), but they can also be a seraph from birth, right? Do seraphim parents get it on, or do babies just happen/form in some situations, or yes?
-Is Zenrus actually lightning-elemental? Is Symonne dark? So are there other elements aside from the basic four? Are they just rare?
-Seraphim get sick from malevolence unless they can hide in a vessel, right? Was Lailah using the sword in the church as one?
-Are they immortal insofar as they're good as long as nothing actually kills them? I think I remember mention of them being able to get sick or bleed...
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D-did anyone else hear the Turtlez English voices? What the fuck? How did this this get approved?
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>>121663139
Never played GracesF?
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>>121662893
Seraph use items as vessels to bestow blessings to the people and land around them.

Maotelus blessing and vessel is the continent.
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>>121661906
I guess I don't have high resonance, because I don't see Mikleo glaring.
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>>121663462
Not necessarily, because the group uses Sorey as a vessel so they can't become contaminated (but if he got corrupted/went hellion they'd all be fucked).
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>>121663676
Because they are both easily corrupted by the malevolence that naturally exists, as well as the malevolence that can exist in an area.

If the people are malevolent around them then even using a landmark as their vessel will still have them become dragons so long as they aren't pure.

Symonne was pure, which is why she never becomes corrupted despite hanging around in Maotelus domain all the time. Instead she just really weak.
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>>121662893
1) They can be seraph from birth, yes. But they don't ever explain how that shit works. Lailah said she can't even remember which type she is. I'm guessing Edna and Eizen were the 'born seraphim' type just because they're brother and sister, but it could have been a family of choice thing.
2) The game does refer to Jiji as lightning elemental a few times, yeah. Don't know about Symmone, they never explain shit about her.
3) Lailah was using the sword as her vessel, yes. Vessels can get corrupted as well, so it's not totally fool proof.
4) You can meet some really old seraphim in game but nobody ever mentions one dying from old age, so it seems like they only die from outside forces. Don't know about sickness, but I do remember Lailah sneezing at one point from the rain.
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>>121663998
>Heldalfs domain all the time
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What makes Mikleo's body grow while Edna stays tiny?
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>>121664056
>I'm guessing Edna and Eizen were the 'born seraphim' type just because they're brother and sister, but it could have been a family of choice thing.

I feel like something somewhere said they were the latter.

Also, IIRC the guidebook or something says seraphim are the ageless-immortal types, so yeah, as long as nothing actually kills them they can just keep living.
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>>121664567
see
>>121620816
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So Seraphs include:
>Natural born Seraphs
>Humans turned Seraph
>Animals (That cat and dog)
>Normins
>Turtlez
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>Near final boss
>Still haven't equipment with first skills I want to keep

Help
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>>121665120
Well that's one way to explain a 1000 year old loli
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>>121665317
turtlez are turtlez, anon.
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>>121665797
Pretty sure they speculate at one point that Turtlez are Seraphs as well.
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>>121665317
Aren't katz seraphim?
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>>121665797
Are you saying Turtlez can't become Dragonz?
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>>121665867
Yeah, there's a skit where Sorey and Mikleo nerd about it. They go back and forth over if the turtlez are turtle people or turtle seraphim and their conclusion was eventually turtlez are turtlez
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This should have been a bad ending. Why does Sorey look better in black?
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>>121667703
He'll be a Dark Seraph since Maotelus appears to be light from how he appears after Heldalfs defeat and death.
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How do I get better at combat in Zesty? I wasn't very good at Graces and I feel worse here.
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>>121668101
How better we talking?
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>>121668208
So that I at least don't feel like I'm mashing buttons.
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>>121668101
Managing when to have your party go defensive or spread out is pretty helpful and saved me life bottles
The AI is shit but you can make it work for yourself
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>>121668101
Armatize every fight

seriously, that's all you need to do to git gud

Armatize makes you ridiculously hard to kill and all the attacks have huge AOE (especially Lailah's), so you can permastun enemies just by spamming attack

Have your AI retards set to Armatize also so they don't die as easily

Seriously the mechanic is absurdly broken. They needed to limit how often you can use it because it's literally self-sustaining
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>>121661906
No, she doesn't.

>No scene where Sorey and Alisha have a romantic moment interrupted by a mortified Sergei
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>>121668283
If you get that battle action that lets you hold A to automatically combo hidden artes into their higher forms (example: Heavenly Torrent > Lion's Howl > Beast Thunder) it gets a lot less button mashy. Or it did for me, anyway.

Memorizing the elements/racial exploits of martial artes and using the right one to exploit weaknesses also helped. Exploiting weaknesses makes things go a lot more smoothly.
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This whole scene was pretty silly
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>>121667703
Sorey's alt outfit is hot as hell, though it also reminds me of Tear's clothes.
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>>121668981
>implying Sorey is that interested in grrls
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>>121669790
symmone was a pretty terrible character
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>>121664567
Apparently Seraphim age at the same rate humans age, but stop the moment their power hits its peak. Edna's powers peaked pretty early I guess? It would explain the meaning of her true name too: early bloomer Edna.
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After finally finishing Zesty I don't really know what to do, in some ways I loved the game but in others it severely disappointed me. In the end I'm left with a deep rooted "what if" feeling, so much of the game felt like it had more to tell me or more to do but for whatever reason they never added it. Normally I can finish a JRPG, take a few days to reflect on it, then move on to the next one but in this case I'm having trouble. I keep thinking about not only what it could have been but all of the things the ending will never tell me.

This is so annoying.
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>>121669790
I don't understand why they just assume she took an oath to not kill anyone
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>>121670928
It must blow to be like gramps and be an old man for eternity
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>>121658091

The whole Journey's End scene was magical but that did bother me a bit, Sorey up and says what his intentions are and everyone barely bats an eye at it. I was hoping there would be a pull from the other characters to try and get him to find another way, especially Mikleo.

Although, I think it was Lailah (honestly can't remember who) who at one point stated that Sorey would be stuck there for centuries until the job was done OR he would be stuck there until someone more powerful was able to do it for him. I was surprised that information didn't end up playing a bigger role in the ending, you'd think if that were the case that everyone wouldn't just accept the fact he is gone for 700 years but instead try to see if there is something they can do to help get him back sooner.
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>>121673013
Because she never did it directly when she could have. She spent all her time manipulating people into harmful actions instead.
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>>121673263
Why would seraphs care? They'll just go see him when he wakes up.
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>>121673013

Don't worry, we will find out everything about Symonne in the rest of the DLC. ; ;
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>>121673764

Well they have no guarantee in terms of when he will wake up, if he even will at all, or if he would even be the same person. With all the shit Mikleo went through you would have to think he wouldn't be totally ok with losing someone else. If you go with the written bit on Rose's ending she dedicated the rest of her life to the goal of one day seeing Sorey again.

I was just really confused they even said that if they weren't going to go along with it in some regard.
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I'm hoping the anime sort of solidifies and fleshes things out a bit better. I love this cast and a lot of the ideas and concepts brought about but it feels like they ran out of time to implement everything to its fullest.
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>>121673849
Nothing gets cleared up in Alisha's DLC. If anything, it panders more to Rosefags.
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>>121674408
It's kind of indicated that they keep helping the process along with future shepherds, so it's not like they write him off and go back to their own affairs. But people who live forever are probably going to be more zen about separations. The older seraphs probably also had some idea of what was going to happen.
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>>121674737

that's the joke, and they cancelled the rest of the DLC
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>>121673263
I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intended endgame for the Alisha DLC.
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>>121673263
True purpose isnt measured by time, maybe that was the message. His whole reason for existance defied generations. That and Sorey was too pure he knew he had to do the right thing. But I agree its strange he was never reluctant or interested in trying to find another way before the battle.
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>All those copypasted ports in Xillia 1/2
That's really, really lazy.
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>>121679439
I don't understand this.
What do you expect a whole new world?
It's a direct sequel set in only a few years from the first game, and besides, Elympios is a barren wasteland it's not like there's anything that's left to be explored anyway.
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>>121679565
The ports were pretty lazy even in Xillia 1. And Elympios is a dying world but not even close to dead, there should be tons of polluted cities to explore.
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>>121679565
Anon, they mean the just the ports. You know, the place where ships dock. All of them look exactly the same as each other.
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>>121679673
>>121680540

O-oh..

Here, have a Zaveid.
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Man. Getting near the end of Zestiria and I'm feeling increasingly forced to actually go on. I really should just finish it but damn is it not really enjoyable.
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>>121683036

Eh I enjoyed it, the later segments start hitting hard and cementing in the sorrow.

For me it wasn't about not enjoying what I was playing but rather being disappointed at what wasn't in the game.
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Have you guys watched the official music video of White Light?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMQXiSx2LQ

The song doesn't fit the overall theme of the video, but then again i don't moonspeak.
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>>121683214
>For me it wasn't about not enjoying what I was playing but rather being disappointed at what wasn't in the game.

I have a feeling this is where it's gonna go for me...
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I want to cuddle Mikleo and tell him it's okay to cry.
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>>121669790
I like how the villains were your typical ridiculous edgy crew and everyone just pokes fun at them being so obstinate and dumb
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>>121683036
I felt more interested in completing it towards the end. The beginning was a drag for me. But I'm usually like that with jrpgs and starting towns.
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>>121671714
It's definitely unfinished. The game honestly had a lot of good ideas and feels to use but there wasn't enough development time. Berseria will probably be the same.
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>>121673263
I think Mikleo was a little distraught with how he started spilling out the cons of the arrangement but Sorey was absolutely focused on it so he conceded. For the other seraphs that time would pass in an instant but Mikleo grew at the same pace as Sorey so it maybe be harder for him, I think.
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So in Zestiria, how does armarzation affect the skills on your weapon? Do they stack? If wouldn't the best thing to do just be to stack 5 copies of each of the damage reducing skills, armatize, and become completely immortal?
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>>121696471
the skills do stack in a NG+ I think but not in a first run
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Alright, Dezel just left the party. What the fuck was that flashback? So Dezel somehow turned that guy into a hellion and then the malevolence turned into fire and attacked Dezel's friend? How did Rose even manage to kill that guy if he was a hellion? What did Dezel and black loli have to do with anything?
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>>121696471
The battle skill Advanced Divinity makes each characters' skills stack with each other i think.
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yfw this piece of shit will now be a cameo in future tales games instead of Sorey or Mikleo.
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>>121696957
I remember being confused as hell when I came across this. I actually reloaded and did the whole thing over to make sure I didn't overlook anything.
All I got out of it was like... I guess his comment triggered his change? But how could he see a seraph to begin with? I guess the prince had high resonance???
This marked a point of downturn in the logic department for the plot, despite me getting better Dezel. I was glad he left.
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>>121702739
We literally see her grave. If anything the ending ensures it won't be anyone but Sorey and Mikleo.
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>>121705773
You must be forgetting that there's a timeskip.
And besides, it's a cameo.
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>>121702739
Considering her nonexistent popularity I doubt it.
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>>121696957
That's basically the gist of it. Dezel used his Seraph blessing on the prince in order to influence the guy. What Dezel wanted was for the prince to tell the Windriders off so they could keep traveling instead of becoming a part of Pendrago as guards or whatever. However, Dezel's influence caused the prince to become corrupt instead, which lead him to eventually become a Hellion.
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In Zestiria, how do drop rates work? Like, every enemy drops a type of item and their level decides what the item actually is, but does the enemy have a set drop rate or does each item have its own drop rate?
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>>121702739
Unless the staff deciding on the cameo totally ignores popularity polls, it should be Sorey and Mikleo or Edna by herself.
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>>121683214
>it wasn't about not enjoying what I was playing but rather being disappointed at what wasn't in the game.

Pretty much this. I often found myself tinking "this is enjoyable, but it could really have been better".
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>>121702739
Could be worse. Thank god they tanked that shitty Saber clone completely
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I want to see Dezel eyes or Dezel or Zaveid without hat? Can't be possible? Man, i hate can't remove the hat
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>>121715670
>implying she won't be cameo in something
I hope you'll enjoy your "shitty Saber clone" in other games.
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>>121712356
I want to see Edna and Sophie team up for the crossover fight in Bear.
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>>121715970
You can technically see all those things at one point or another.

>>121712356
I liked another anon's idea of it looking like a solo cameo battle against Sorey until you realize someone else is there smacking you around and shooting water spells and then they armatize once Sorey's HP gets down to a point.
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>>121718362
Yeah, I like that idea too. It'd make any fight against Sorey more interesting imo.
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I love how you need to shoot the cat to death in the last boss battle. Is there any webm of it? There is something hilarious about how Sorey looks firing it in the water arma
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>>121718362
Man, but on the team. Zaveid looks ugly with hat
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Was armatize also called armatize in the japanese version? Or it was a total change of name like how waza and ougi were changed into Arte?
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>>121719265
It was called kamui
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Wasn't Heldalf able to kill/whatever a dragon in 1 hit? In that case how can Sorey even compete against him when the group was barely able to defeat a dragon?
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>accidentally use windstep in last dungeon in that eye room
>it actually gets past the eyes
What the fuck

>>121721749
The party is a lot stronger at the end game and I assume he was weakened enough by the time Sorey deiced to go operator on him
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>>121721749
>In that case how can Sorey even compete against him when the group was barely able to defeat a dragon?

By that point the group has defeated multiple dragons/sub-dragons.
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>Gododdin sidequest says Chief is sick
>Go back near end of game and villagers say Chief is dead

Did I miss a sidequest or something?
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>Weak to Artes
Martial Artes? Seraphic Artes? Hidden Artes?
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>>121725995
You get some scenes with him sort of wrapping it up, but yeah, the villagers seem confused as to whether he's dead or dying afterward.
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If someone could help me with this I'd be grateful.

How does GRADE work with NG+? Apparently the GRADE you get in battle isn't what you actually accumulate for the shop post-game? I'm also getting conflicting reports on whether or not equipment can be carried over. I just want to know what to prepare before finishing the game.
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So I got the pre-order DLC costumes for Zesty. Is Sorey's the only one that changes the music? Like, if I switch to Rose as Milla will it play Xillia's theme?
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>>121730497
Yeah, Rose as Millia will play Xillia's theme, Dezel as Luke will play Abyss' theme etc
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>>121730497
With costumes that change music, you can toggle it on or off on the fashion menu.
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>>121729381
Basically the level/grade amount of the Lord of the Land for each area determines how much grade you get for NG+. Level them up for more points to use in the Grade Shop.

Best way to farm grade is to actually farm gald, using the Mimic Giant method. Have a character level 76+, buy as many Drop Bottles as you can, eat the Deep-Fried Prawns at the Lohgrin inn, and using the Treasure Replenish boon from each area, start opening chests that you've previously opened. once a Mimic Giant spawns, use all Drop Bottles, armatize w/ Lailah, and get a max damage of 10,000+ to activate the food bonus. You'll be rolling in millions of gald in no time. Use that gald to buy loads of bottles and gels, and give them to your desired Lord of the Land.

As for gear, only Unnamed, sanctified gear can be carried over, but there's a special battle in NG+ you can do to retrieve the gear each character had equipped at the end of your last playthrough. There's a stone across from the entrance to Lefay Shrine in Lakehaven Heights.

>>121730497
Yes, each costume that has a music note next to it's name when you equip it will change the battle music, & it can be toggled on or off
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Is there a reason

That Hearts R is actually really good?
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>>121732272
You mean really bad?
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>>121731462
>There's a stone across from the entrance to Lefay Shrine in Lakehaven Heights.

I've seen that thing. Thank you.
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>>121732272
It's the most traditional recent Tales game.
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>>121731462
So if you can only bring over what equipment you have on/some of the special stuff, does that make it a good idea to offload all your extra equipment onto the Lords?
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>>121732272
Kunzite.
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Yuri's awesome and all, but I wish they would stop using the same cameo costumes over and over lately.

Lailah as Grune or Martel
Mikleo as Hubert or Jude
Sorey as Lloyd
Edna as Farrah or (dark) Shirley
Alisha as Natalia
Rose as Amber or Leia
Dezel as Richter or Ludger
Zaveid as Alvin or Regal
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>>121734330
>not Dezel as Klarth or Ras
Disgusting
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Why is Xillia 2 so much better than Xillia?
I enjoyed Xillia mildly, not a great Tales, but an enjoyable game in all. But Xillia 2 is just a solid game overall, even with the whole reused fields/towns thing. What is it about X2 that's so much better?
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>>121735328
Oh, Klarth is a nice pick too.
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>>121730991
>>121731254
>>121731462
Thanks. Seriously hate putting Dezel in Lukes clothes, but I can't get enough of that battle theme.
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>>121734330
>Zaveid as Alvin or Regal
>that delicious brown in a white crop top
Would spend money on.
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>>121734330
I want Mikleo in Colette's outfit and Alisha in Estelle's
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>>121737606
Wow, that looks really good on the both of them, must be the similar colour scheme
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>>121737606
This looks so much better than Cheria's outfit, it makes me wonder why they didn't go with this. Come on Bamco, they're both princesses.
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I hope Mikleo writes a new celestial record since Michael was such a dick
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>>121742684
Well, he does say he wants to write a book.
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What Xillia costumes are worth it?

I kind of want Alvins Kratos costume

No spoilers pls
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>>121617860
Wait.

Whose grave was that?
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>>121743487
Rose.
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>>121743680
So when and how does Rose die? This is before Mikleo has long hair so its pre time-skip
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>>121743782
The Ayn twins from her guild look old as fuck so it might be old age.
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>>121744018
tfw I just now realize who those were meant to be
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>>121743267
The thing with that one IIRC is that it sometimes plays The End of a Thought, which is awesome, but then sometimes it plays a shitty arranged version, which is not awesome.

I used to put the angel wings on him and make them huge and blue.
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Do the cameo outfit bgms change at all, or are they all one song in Zesty? I know at least in X2 it very rarely had a second one playing.
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>>121744847
>put Milla's costume on
>her battle theme doesn't play
>tfw you can't mod the color of their clothes
Zelos' clothes look god awful on anyone who isn't Zelos. It's the salmon color. Also Luke's costume is built for a spoiled rich kid with the fashion sense of a child. If it were black, it may have worked. But it just looks so stupid. Being able to change colors would be the best. Also everyone would match like they belong together.

FF has a cast of freaks in costumes but at least they all look like they come from the same universe.
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>>121746329
>Zelos' clothes look god awful on anyone who isn't Zelos.
Maybe when they decide to have another longhaired, red colored chick again.
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>>121668283
Never happens. The entire game's combat is "check what they're weak against, open your combo with an attack they're weak against, mash forever while your partners keep them stunlocked."
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Xillia combat is so much fun. Why did I sleep on this game for so long?

It gives me the same feeling I had when I played Symphonia, Abyss, and Vesperia for the first time.
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>>121748126
That's not true. Occasionally you have to armatize with Mikleo and spam forward circle forever to keep them stunlocked at a distance.
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>>121748647
you mean back circle for the extra range

or use fire armatization and spam calamity flame since its the best spell in the game
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Who would look good in Marta's outfit?
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>>121749352
Edna, especially for the flowers in Marta's hair.
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>>121749352
Edna.
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>>121749621
I want more Tales of drag. Milla looked too good in Asbel's clothes. Where's my MC in a dress?
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>>121749352
Kohaku looks amazing in it.
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>>121749910
Right here. We really do need more crossdressing costumes though.
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Why is Alvin so cool?
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>>121750229
That we do.
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>>121750571
FUCK
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>>121750571
im moderately disappointed there's not more bulge. Guess Mikleo really can change genders.
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>>121751573
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this probably is a dumb question but how do I change who I am linked to in Xillia?
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>>121751834
Well yeah, but still
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>>121751956
D-pad
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>>121751956
D-pad
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>>121752152
>>121752154
I mean outside of battle. Or is it only dpad?
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>>121752223
Can't change links when you're out of battle.
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>>121752298
Thanks. Strange concept but ok.
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Does anyone actually play Zestiria on keyboard? Just wondering
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>>121750571
the world needs more cross dressing Mikleo, desu
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>>121753119
yeah, its not too bad
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Is there a reason everyone in Elysia wears standard garb but Mikleo dresses like the seraphim princess? Is it because he was raised for the shepard and got his fancy outfit in advance? I notice Lailah has similar sleeves to his with gold and white and she's a prime lord.
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>>121754963
Because he's the heroine?

Seriously, I never really thought about it until today but he and Lailah both dress really elaborately compared to other seraphim. I thought at first it was a seraphim thing, but Edna and Dezel don't dress nearly as elaborately, Zaveid is barely dressed at all and most NPC seraphim just seem to dress super comfy. The NPCs do all seem to have jewelry, though.
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>>121754963
I thought this exact thing. I'm not done with the game and I went in mostly blind, but I'm hoping this is addressed later on. I put him in Leon's costume. Over the top and looks like a costume, but looks better than Nomura tier belts.
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I want to fuck Edna.
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>>121755560
Fuck, he actually has as much belts as Asbel
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>>121755451
>Edna and Dezel don't dress nearly as elaborately
Also, different time period. Meaning, both of them and Zaveid look modern. Like, something you'd see in a Fashion Week kind of modern. Having multiple character designers can add variety, but it looks a total eye bleeding mess when there's no moderation or someone to say what doesn't belong.

Look at Xillia, everyone fits together in a pleasingly colorful kind of way, but spirits actually fit in with each other. Sans Sylph for whatever reason.
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>>121755929
A belt bodice to accentuate his hourglass figure.
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>>121755929
Doesn't Sorey still win the belt contest?
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>>121756185
>Sans Sylph for whatever reason.
Maybe he's being rebellious. After all, he was the one to give Milla that ahoge.
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>>121754963
Mikleo and Lailah were both designed by Inomata if I'm not mistaken.
I really wish they came back to having just one character designer for each game. In Xillia and Zestiria it sometimes feels like the characters don't come from the same game.

Joke's on me, right now Inomata's the only designer confirmed for Berseria and I usually don't like his designs.
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>>121756762
>his designs.
Ignorance is bliss but, Inomata's a woman.
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>>121756762
Inomata is female, and iirc the official site confirmed Fujishima as a designer for Berseria as well.
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>>121757837
I wish Fujishima would design the MC's and Inomata be on optional characters or npcs. I mean, I'd rather smash her hands Altesa style but if Baba keeps having her design his waifus then I'd rather it be someone I'm not forced to look at for 60 hours.
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>>121758112
Fujishima designed Rose. Though his other waifus, Lithia and Leon, are both Inomata designs.
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>>121750571
rib bones
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>>121685617
I want literally anyone in the cast to do that, the guy has lost so much.
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>>121758458
Not to start an Alisha/Rose war, but I feel like ditching Alisha for such a dumb and clearly rushed reason killed what little shreds of enthusiasm I had pre-release. Her design is just, fun. Rose, while oddly practical, isn't as interesting to look at.

Gave her Milla's hair and put her in Alisha's pink uniform. Also girls with pole arms are 10/10. All she needed was a long skirt.
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>>121758754
oh boy thats artist is gold anon
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>>121757805
Oh hey, I think I have this artist bookmarked. She really loves r63 Richard.
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>>121758754
It is fucking criminal that this wasn't at least a skit.
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>>121759205
>mother watches me play Zest
>Mikleo speaks
>Oh anon I thought that was a girl!
Tales games sure have some pretty boys.
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>>121759620
best boy
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>>121759205
>>121759779
I usually really dislike boys with long hair but for some reason I love it on Mikleo.
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>>121759401
>she
Well that's interesting. Anyways, I think that's all she does nowadays. Last I checked.

Kinda boring since the best genderbends tend to have something about them that's similar to their original selves. Her femRichard just looks like a busty blonde and is unrecognizable as Richard outside his/her clothes.
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>>121758112
That seems a little... harsh. I generally prefer Fujishima's stuff myself. Inomata IMO has a tendancy to design girls with outfits that seem like a bad mash up of feminine and old sports equipment with a palette that's either too busy or unfitting, and I tend to not like most of her guys' stuff.

That said, I do like Mikleo and Lailah's designs, busy as they are -- and while they both have rather unique/pronounced eyes, thankfully neither of them suffers from the usual Inomata wall-eyed giraffe-necked syndrome (though both of them have pretty damn small waists).
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>>121759620
Aside from the slenderness I don't think Mikleo looks all that girly. Hell, muscles aside I would say Zelos looks more easily mistaken for a girl, and that's only really because of the hair.
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Picking up your small seaphim bf is one of my favorite tropes.
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>>121758754
Well, that's something at least.
>right-click->save

I mean he's a smartass sometimes but he didn't deserve so much shit, especially all at once.
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>>121760380
Mine, too, Anon. I need to go on pixiv and save more art of it. All that I have is of future Mikleo getting picked up.
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>>121758754
>>121760521
Yeah I cant even imagine his reunion with Sorey in the future. The anime better make a good scene of it or I need to find some good fic of it. There isn't must yet.
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>>121760380
Mickey-boy is like my height... and I'm pretty sure he's not a TON shorter.

Alisha: Oh, so the staff is to compensate for height/reach.
Mikleo: No it's not!
Dezel: I see, you use a staff to make up for the height--
Mikleo: NO I DON'T!
People in Elysia: Hey, did you know? Mikleo uses a staff because he's shorter than Sorey.
Mikleo: Fucking traitors...
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>>121760685
I have a few more from the same artist, not exactly picking him up though.

>not benching your bf to become a better shepherd
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>>121760827
Either he's light, Sorey is strong, or more likely, both.
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>yfw Mikleo is taller than Jude and Sorey is shorter than Lloyd
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>>121761016
holy shit ufotable, that was terrible.
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>>121579818
>>121583394
>>121601257
>People actually like Tear
I mean she's nice, but she does absolutely nothing for me
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>>121761047
>Sorey is shorter than Lloyd
I literally can't see Lloyd as anything but a manlet.
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>>121761262
She's one of the most popular girls from what I've observed. I wonder who is the most popular girl overall.
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>>121761262
After playing through Abyss several times, I like Tear's relationship with Luke. I think it's evident that they really care about each other, and it's cute. I dont know if I take it in a romantic sense, but whatever. She took time to grow on me though. I didn't like her at all in the beginning.
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>>121760158
While I agree, I seriously don't like how Inomata can't seem to grasp what her job is. Or rather, she may have had an idea but forgot since it's not the 90's and garishly colored characters with freakish animu faces isn't the popular standard anymore.

She designs characters. Alright. But she can't seem to design for the game. Mikleo doesn't fit in with a single Tales universe and even in Graces he might have some nobility role but the waist belts somehow make him look odd even as that. What is Asbel even supposed to be wearing? He doesn't know why he wears it. He's a knight in training, and doesn't even have on a uniform. Yuri had a uniform for low to higher rank. Fujishima takes into account the character, character type, universe, ect.

I like to compare Jade and Hubert. They're literally wearing the exact same thing including glasses. One by Fujishima, the other by Inomata. It's obvious where the actual thinking was.
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>>121761265
Well there's the chibi style, plus Zelos and Regal are taller by a good bit, but he's like 5'10'' or something?
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>>121610446
I think he was more referring to how it's odd to have plates sitting there with food mysteriously disappearing.
I'm pretty sure there are multiple points where other characters without resonance respond to something a seraph said
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>>121761541
Let me just say I fuckin love Jade's costume.

I'm such a sucker for Abyss.
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>>121759205
I wonder if he's growing his hair out to Lailah lengths.
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>>121761895
I really love art of him in just his black undershirt/tunic/dress thing.
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>>121761620
>I think he was more referring to how it's odd to have plates sitting there with food mysteriously disappearing.

There's a skit about that very thing.

>I'm pretty sure there are multiple points where other characters without resonance respond to something a seraph said

Nope. There's even a point where Mikleo has to chime in with "so-and-so can't hear you."
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>>121761262
>does absolutely nothing for me
Thing is, I can't blame you. In fact, I understand. She's supposed to be the tits mcgee but shows nothing even in her bathing suit. Not to mention she's not overly beautiful and her color scheme doesn't excite the eyes. Now, Judith on the other hand is meant to be sexy, and it shows. She's pretty no doubt, but I'd sooner think of Sheena's bra over Tear's anything. Personality wise she reminds me a bit of my waifu so bonus points for that.

>>121761773
My first Tales so I'm a bit biased, but design wise Abyss is my favorite.
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>>121761773
I think it looks awful on Jade himself. Kongwai can pull it off though.
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>>121761541
>I like to compare Jade and Hubert. They're literally wearing the exact same thing including glasses. One by Fujishima, the other by Inomata. It's obvious where the actual thinking was.

That's actually an interesting comparison.

I like Hubert's character ("FANCY HAT!") but his design really had to grow on me and I usually popped him into a different costume anyway. I think my main issue is that his hair is so short-cropped while his outfit is so big and flowy.
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Are there any Tales of characters you're the same height as? 5'3 here.
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>>121761541
That thing on the right is why I could never touch graces. Or maybe just the whole casts' look.
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>>121762482
I think I'm Ludger's height.
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>>121762194
>She's supposed to be the tits mcgee but shows nothing even in her bathing suit.

Well never mind that her character model was really slender, the bathing suit was unflattering as hell. The whole garterbelt thing was like an afterthought and there were no hips for it to accentuate. That said...

>her color scheme doesn't excite the eyes.

I actually do find the maroon/red tights alluring in a way, but I really think a lot of the problem is presentation. Personality wise in English especially the stoic soldier thing tends to make her sound monotonous and low-key about everything, but if you look at one of the side-games openings (Asteria? Radiant Mythology? I dunno) and there's this shot of her that suddenly has SO MUCH MORE personality to it it's like "Oh, THAT'S what they meant for her to be!"
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>>121762482
I'm around Reid's/Zelos' height.
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>>121762807
It's Cheria that really gets me. Sophie has a terrible outfit but her backstory justifies it, barely. Malik is normal. Hubert has military/political rank so stupid clothes come with the territory, but between Asbel and Cheria, I seriously hate Cheria's more. Then again I seriously hate Cheria. Pascal just needs to be toned down to 3 colors at most. Even if she had all green hair and clothes it would be an improvement from that mess she has on.

>>121763091
>Zelos
Grow your hair out, get fit, dress like a gay. Become pimp.
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>>121762813
I guess I'm... what's that fucker... Caius is it? Werewolf kid? I think Mikleo's the same.
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>>121762482
5'4" here. So Mint/Nanaly/etc.
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>>121763293
What bothered me with Cheria's outfit is that there's no sense to the colour scheme. I'm not saying there are super hard rules in art that can NEVER EVER be broken, but GENERALLY I would say you either go with a monochrom look, or a few nicely contrasting colours... NOT both at once, and not with gradients slapped in. On Cheria, it would help a lot if her shirt (the red), skirt (lilac) and hair (pink) at least looked like different shades of the same general hue (like Zelos's hair contrasted with his coat).
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Just got back into xillia 2 after a literal year of not playing it. How do I tell what I've done in the Illusionary Darkness? I can't seem to make hide or hair of it.
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>>121763731
>no sense to the colour scheme
I have to wonder if Inomata's color blind or has something wrong with her eyes. I'd say her best design was Rutee. For going classic black white and red. Though honestly, she looks like she'd fit in in Final Fantasy 7 for the shoulder things. Just swap the white for a darker red.
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>>121764018
Different paths to different bosses open up when you take certain people in. For example, taking Jude with you into it all the time will keep his corresponding "path" open, but if you stop taking him, his path will close. Going through everyone's path will unlock the way to the dungeon's real bosses. Also you have to gather the illumination devices in a certain order if you care about getting a lot of bells.
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>>121764374
Nah, her best design is definitely Reala. It fits her, it fits the game, and the color scheme isn't outlandish. It's cute! Nanaly and Judas aren't that bad either, by Inomata standards.
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>>121764705
I understand how to do Illusionary Darkness. But I haven't played it for a year (last save was like in 2014 or some shit), so I don't know how to tell what I've done, other than I likely have done my main party (ludger, elize, leia, jude). Actually I'm not even sure I've done ludger as I might have been saving him for last. Is there anyway to tell really?
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>>121764374
I was actually thinking, it's funny that Cheria sort of repeats the white/black/red (but then slaps lilac, pink, blue and brown on it too because why hot) and she also has the giant padded shoulders. It's stuff like that that makes me think she really likes the idea of women combining random bits of football padding into outfits featuring short skirts and lots of dainty ribbons.
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>>121764958
I don't believe that there's a way to track your progress in that dungeon.
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>>121764927
The colours and outfit are a much more unified design, but I'm sorry, Reala always looks like a malnourished stick figure to me. Like not slender, just ill.
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>>121765142
Damn, so I'll have to check through everyone then, huh? I guess I need the bells anyways.
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>>121764927
>Judas
>cannot unsee Femto
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>>121764958
Would it list which of the individual bosses you've already beaten?
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>>121765171
We're talking about inomata as a character designer though, not an artist. Hands down she sucks at anatomy, but Reala's actual design is good.
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>>121765540
Oh fuck bro, you're right. The enemy data! Thanks a lot man.
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>>121762482
About 188 cm, not sure who I match in height
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Oh hey I found that image with all the belts.
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>>121765652
Barbatos is 187cm.
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>>121765540
I'm missing Ludger and Gaius. Thanks so much for that insight, bro.
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>>121760778
Or you could look at all the nice fanart like a patrician
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>>121766005
Oh? Glad it worked out. I actually haven't finished that dungeon myself, lost my mind trying to unlock those weapons.

Everyone's a dude on the internet, heh.
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>>121765961
So between Sorey and his heroine Meebo they have over 30 belts.
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>>121765961
Needs an update.
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>>121765961
I know it's MCs, but it would be funny to throw the likes of Kratos (Judgment ver) and Mikleo in there.
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>>121766243
>lost my mind trying to unlock those weapons.
Seriously. Even with the cat weapons and hunter monocles, it's still a huge pain in the ass to unlock all the cameo and high level elemental weapons.
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>>121766361
Well, Elysia is a boring place, they gotta do something (aside from Sorey wrecking Mikleo's hair).
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>>121765961
Fuck is Sorey afraid his shoes will run away?
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>>121766060
Holy hell that's my favorite piece yet.
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>>121757805
God, I love that artist.
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>>121766060
Cute as hell.

>>121766606
Well, they did a lot of exploring the ruins too. And Sorey harassed the local animal population... wonder how many times he got his ass kicked by boars and goats.
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>>121766657
Fujishima's baggy clothes might fall off. Gotta keep everything up.
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>>121766243
I already forget. What weapons? I forget why I'm doing this dungeon at all, other than the shit with the bells.
GIRL stands for Guy In Real Life
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>>121521782
Recommended play order, maybe?
Games closely related to each other?
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>>121766889
All the belts between him and Mikleo are probably the result of too much time and leather on Soreys hands.
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>>121767025
You can get a bunch of special weapons (most are nods to the rest of the series -- from the coliseum maybe?) but they require all these special drops and stuff I think are only found in that dungeon. Sorry for the spotty information, it's been a while since I played Xillia 2.

It's usually less of a hassle to just let it go anyway.
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>>121766849
I enjoy this image but I can't believe it's Richard. Why is it Richard
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>>121766889
>And Sorey harassed the local animal population... wonder how many times he got his ass kicked by boars and goats.

"Hey guys! I got kicked twice and almost gored, but now I have all this milk and meat! We'll have tons of cheese and bacon!"
"Uh... that's... that's great Sorey, but none of us actually need to--"
Zenrus: Eat the damn food. ALL OF YOU.
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>>121767379
>Sorey didn't want to waste any of the boar leather so he made a fuckton of belts
>Mikleo's belts are a gift from Sorey
>Mikleo doesn't get/make himself new clothes until the belts are completely beyond repair
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>>121767398
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>>121767714
Oh god, that's right. Now I remember why I put off unsealing the cameo weapons, their too much of a fucking pain.
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>>121767398
>>121767714
Fuck I forgot to reply with text. Is this what you're talking about?
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>>121767829
Yep. Like I'm fairly certain some of them require material drops from certain enemies that ONLY appear in certain characters' desert areas of the dungeon and it just seems like a fuckton of work.
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>>121768029
Something like that. I found an old list of stuff I still need to make and one is actually completely impossible this playthrough. What a pain, I have to NG+ just to get Gust. I don't even know when I should either. I already have several of the unsealed weapons that DO NOT carry over into NG+. So it's just like what the fuck should I even do here?
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>>121768280
....you know, I think you just made me realize that I didn't actually get all the endings for Xillia 2. Shit.
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>>121768029
takes about 10 hours i think

it honestly takes less time than grinding for bells to unlock all of the new outfits, so you might as well get both

>>121768280
unsealed weapons do carry over, it just costs grade.
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>>121768635
There's like 5. Looking through, I see that I already have the title for collecting items. It makes me wonder if I even need to unseal the devil's arms?

>>121768720
Oh, is it just the sealed ones that don't then? Is there a title related to unsealing them? I'm trying to complete the plat but I don't know if it's required.
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>>121768837
yeah sealed weapons don't carry over, not that it matters because they're all easy as fuck to get

i think there might be a title but I don't remember, i'm sure you can find it in google somewhere. either way it's irrelevant, getting 16k link combos or whatever takes significantly longer than unsealing all of the cameo weapons, so if you're going to plat xillia2 you can just grind for materials while doing that title
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>>121546447
Should give her the devil horns, too.
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>what Heldalf expected
>what Heldalf got
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>>121769239
Pure evil.
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>>121763085
Just because it was on my mind, here's the opening where Tear suddenly looks like she gained sensuality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4L7qoZmK7o
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Graces and Xilla 1/2 on PC when?
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Just beat Zestiria, Holy shit, whoever the director of this game blew it prety fucking hard.

>Heres the wind seraph Dezel
>But heres zavied, he cooler
>Heres symonne, she has no depth to her.
>Correction, Most of the side characters have no depth to them
>ANYTHING ALISHA RELATED Including maltran, bartlow and anything hyland.

The alisha thing pisses me off more than anything. Its like they had this whole thing set up for hyland alisha and the government but they were like fuck it, heres rose. I dont dislike rose, but her design is NPC tier while Alisha is actual character tier. What the fuck happened during development.
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Does Zesty have any transformation items?
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>>121770884
More like "the Shepard ain't a politician let the princess who gives a shit handle it"
The boring quests for it were more than enough
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>>121770884
>>Heres Symonne, she has no depth to her

All of Heldalfs minions, Symonne, Lunarre and Maltran, felt so lack luster. Another thing that makes me disappointed they cancelled the rest of the Alisha DLC story so we wont get to learn anything else about them.
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>>121771702
whyd they cancel it? Couldnt write themselve a paddle to get out of the shit creek they put themselves in?
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>>121770884
>whoever the director of this game blew it prety fucking hard.
Stopped reading there, for spoilers sake, and part of me wants to believe the game will get better. I stopped at slightly after that solo fight between Sorey and that knight guy in front of the church. I'm honestly bored but expecting something fun.

I'm not having fun. Not enjoying fights, and the game's build (re-useed assets, mechanics, ect) makes me hate it. The story seems like it'll go somewhere. But it's just not.
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>>121772090
Is it weird that I thought that was The Rock peeking out before clicking the picture?
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>>121767714
>Atlas

Fucking wot?
Weren't all of Ludger's weapons named Prometheus? Except for the special ones?
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>>121772090
Dont get me wrong, there are sweet ass moments but for every good thing story wise there are 3 more shitty thing that in hind sight will just blow.

tl:dr
Gameplay good
Music fucking sweet
Story Substance; Gundam seed destiny tier
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>>121771908
Everyone reacted badly to paid DLC. I'd rather have a incomplete plot than paid DLC that completes it.
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>>121770884
I'm replaying it now and going through the beginning again is disturbing because of how HARD the game drops the ball as soon as the war scene is over. There's that really awkward sequence where Rose joins up, which is made slightly better by the hilarious scene where she first hears seraphim and meeting Sergei. But it really is all down hill from there. Rolance is so fucking weird because it's much bigger than Hyland, but for the ENTIRE time you're there, you only meet three NPCs that are part of the 'main' story and actually have names: Sergei, Cardinal Forton, and Chief Slenge. and two out of the three die, for fucks sake
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>tfw you still haven't figured out exactly how/when you unlock artes

40 hours in and it seems random on level ups.
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>>121772524
Atlas is Prometheus, but with better stats.
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>>121771908
After the Alisha blow up and fans complaining about the price of the first part of the DLC, I think they just gave up.
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>>121772524
Prometheus and Atlas for swords, Remus for guns, Romulus for Hammers.
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>>121772647
the game feels like it was handled by two different people. Like someone got fired. Like director 1 had all these plans for alisha maltran,lunarre and symonne. got fired about half way through and the new guy was like, Im gonna write a fanfiction.
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>>121772648
artes unlock when your stats get high enough.

>>121772780
No.
Swords are Prometheus and Atlas
Guns are Remus and Romulus
Hammers are Zeus Crusher and Hades Mallet
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>>121772563
>>121772776
>release incomplete game after incomplete game
>expect to sell release day dlc
Like come on how stupid does Bamco think the fanbase is? You need an actually good game as a base before you start selling addons. Subjective plot issues aside, the Alisha thing was even more retarded from a business standpoint, they literally shit on the portion of the customer base that was most likely to buy additional DLC.
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>>121772983
Fuck that's right. It's been a while and I only glanced at the custom order screen before.
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It makes me really sad that so much of Zestiria was mishandled because I really like the cast, they have some really great moments together and I like the general seraphim thing, and there's some really outstanding music (Zaveid's theme, the trials), and I feel like all the good will get swept aside, largely from the Alisha thing bungling it all right out the gate.
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>>121772971
I've read way better fanfiction than Zestiria. Shit, I wish someone would write fanfiction that fixes Zestiria. The cast of the game deserved a way better plot execution.
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>>121762194
>her color scheme doesn't excite the eyes
Really? The red thigh could use some work, but the overall brown color is damn good. I think she hits the right spot of being really pretty without being flashy.

My only complaint is she doesn't have short hair and she's no Natalia
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>>121773448
Yo son, I hear you saying the trials music is good and all but the best has to go to part 3 of the tiamat fight was top notch. It also goes really well against the final boss as well with all the suffering going on
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>>121772971
Alisha and Maltran shouldn't have even been in the game because they had zero relevance to the plot. I don't even know why they bothered with the political shit. The focus should have been on Sorey's journey and the fleshing out the cast and villains more.
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What's the timing for dodging in Zestiria? I have no problems doing it in Graces, but I'm having a hard time in Zestiria.
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>>121773448
I agree with you. I like the seraphim, I love the cast, I like what plot there is. I don't even have a problem with malevolence except they could explain that shit better.

There just needed to be more of it. More villages or interactions with people in general, really. Once you get to the trials segment of the game, it feels like you're barely interacting with the world anymore even though terrible shit is presumably still happening. There's also no attempt by any antagonist to really slow Sorey down in that sequence, unless you count Maltran stealing a sword that she never did jack shit with.

Speaking of which, what the hell did they even do with that sword? It was super malevolent and dangerous, right? Did they just leave that shit on her body in the Bors Ruins?
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>>121773947
She stuck it on a pole and made it her spear in the boss fight.
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accident prone
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>>121774075
Well Rose looks like she's enjoying herself.
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>>121772537
>Gundam seed destiny tier
I've only seen a handful of episodes. I just hope I don't get a repeat of graces.
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>>121772971
They had a lot of cool ideas going around while Sorey was adventuring in Hyland and the first war. Then we get to Rolance and Rose joining and it just comes tumbling down.
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>>121774505
It from that latter part that the game stopped boring me to tears. The party sorely needed someone rambunctious like Rose or Zaveid way earlier.
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>>121769239
Why are Tales MCes so innocent and adorable and huggable these days?
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>>121774960
Yeah, at the risk of upsetting Alishafriends... the early game party of Sorey, Mikleo, Lailah and Alisha is really boring. Other than Sorey and Mikleo being super gay for each other, there just wasn't a lot going on. Alisha and Sorey together are frankly boring, they're too alike in their goodness and wanting to help people. Mikleo and Lailah are both too passive and just kind of observe them together and don't interfere much. It gets a lot better when Edna joins, but she's not around long before Alisha is gone.
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>>121774340
she does
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>>121775990
Rose is hot!
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>>121775838
>implying they haven't always been
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>>121776575
I mean, really now anon.
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>>121776830
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>Rose gets Milla's costume
>not even X1 as an addition
>No true Milla hairstyle
Also
>Sorey gets Flynn's haircut but Yuri's clothes
Whoever was in charge of cameo choices needs to be slapped. Symphonia's costumes are great because Lloyd looks great as Guy and Luke's clothes on Genus are perfect. Sorey only looks good in Yuri's clothes because it's a good outfit for any gender and any hair style.

>>121776830
And Jude was studying to be a doctor. You know, someone who probably knows all about the reproductive system and has probably seen enough xrays to fill 100 doujins.

I think the innocence is for the beta Jap audience because by all means Jude shouldn't even get so flustered over a woman's body.
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>>121754963
Because they're both so pure.
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>>121776983
Even Luke is cute, sometimes. I'm probably weird for thinking that, though.
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>>121775858
The DLC story makes me sad Alisha didn't get to hang around the party more when the less serious members joined. Her and Roses personalities clashing and the Slumber Party skit game me some good giggles.
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>>121777258
Yeah, and Edna having someone else to torment besides Meebo would have been fun... the early game skits between her and Alisha were great.
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>>121777117
To be entirely fair, Kyle isn't innocent. He completely and totally picks up on all of Loni's innuendos. He gets flustered about it though.
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>>121777360
>Don't infinite loop the Squire
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>>121777812
Goddammit, I want the group to just stay together and have a good time and dance the fucking normincerena and not go through all this fucking suffering. Poor fucking Meebo.
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>>121778473
It's okay! Hundreds of years later, he gets to be with Sorey again. It's all worth it, r-right?

At least the seraphim have each other.
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>>121779057
NEW THREAD
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>>121772648
You gain new artes whenever you level up your title. That's why it says "next arte:" in the title description

When your title is maxed, you can't gain any more artes from that title. So make sure to switch to another title
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>>121779621
How do titles level exactly?
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>>121779621
What's the fastest way to level up titles aside from general grinding? Is there some hidden trick in combat?
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>>121779784
your title levels very slowly. It gains some experience whenever your character gains a level

Character title also levels from story and side quest events
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>>121779864
This sounds awfully slow and I don't like it. Xillia 1's system is so far my favorite. The only downside being on NG+ and re-applying all those skills even when using auto.
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>>121762813
Damn, I'm only 150 cm.
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