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Louisgod posted:Do the green target symbols above enemies mean they're part of a quest or even a general "kill x enemy" quest? Doing random exploring and running into quite a few. Yeah they're either part of one of your quests or squad tasks.
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The fight structure in chapter 9 is literally the stupidest thing ever. The bosses literally beeline your character the entire time once you kill the mooks which is ridiculous.
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Dec 10, 2015 05:11
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Yakiniku Teishoku posted:Yeah they're either part of one of your quests or squad tasks. Squad tasks have a different symbol. It's a grey S.
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Infinity Gaia posted:It's really not that complicated. Chains are good, placing the type of probe that corresponds to the ranking of the location is good. Try to have all your storage linked up in an otherwise lovely area. Boosters and Duplicators are probably good but are absolutely not necessary, just proper chaining is enough to get you enough miranium you always gain capped amounts of it due to how rare storage probes are. Once you hit 99 in a "rare resource" that you mine from those probe locations you auto-sell the extras, so actually placing lots of mining probes on all those mineral locations will eventually become income, in addition to the obvious miranium increase. Really I'm having trouble spending all my miranium at this point, since I have capped out all my arms manufacturers at rank 5. I mostly try to make augments/slots and sell the excess via those little board quests. Louisgod posted:Do the green target symbols above enemies mean they're part of a quest or even a general "kill x enemy" quest? Doing random exploring and running into quite a few. Those green squares with a "!" are monsters for one of your quests, if its a S like the stylized one on the Squad Tasks pane then its for reward tickets/opening online missions.
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Dec 10, 2015 05:12
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Sam Faust posted:Squad tasks have a different symbol. It's a grey S. Hmm, I could have sworn I had the green ones on something I didn't have a quest for. Oh well.
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Dec 10, 2015 05:14
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:I'm not fully asking for spoilers but can someone just tell me if this games plot actually goes anywhere? I love exploring and I went in knowing full well that the plot was nowhere near as good as 1's but I'm having a insanely tough time giving a poo poo. I've finished chapter 7 and literally nothing has happened of importance except I think I killed whats her face? The party didn't pay attention to her after the fight at all. There are still a few more plot twists, and of course it gets into the meaning of what it is to be human. Also make sure you stick around after the credits. I will say though that the game ends with a fairly big question that's kind of a sequel hook. My spoiler tags here are super vague and reveal no actual details that you couldn't just guess, but I marked them anyway.
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Dec 10, 2015 05:15
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Hey did you know you can change which character you control by putting them first in the team order? I sure didn't. I sort of figured it wasn't a thing in this game even though I played Xenoblade.
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Dec 10, 2015 05:17
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brainwrinkle posted:Hey did you know you can change which character you control by putting them first in the team order? I sure didn't. This is a thing in nearly every RPG ever. Also who the hell voices the Farscape and Wing Commander type aliens in XCX? The big guy sounds(and looks like) Dr. Robotnik.
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Dec 10, 2015 05:19
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Kill this monster... IN THE RAIN!
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Dec 10, 2015 05:24
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natetimm posted:Kill this monster... IN THE RAIN! For these types of missions I found it's better to just keep skipping time until rain happens. Also hire a level 55-60 scout when you engage because a ton of them have one hit kill moves. Best just to do it once and do it quick because they despawn when the rain stops even if you're mid battle.
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Dec 10, 2015 05:26
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PRADA SLUT posted:Is there a guide on probe placement / optimization yet? Place your strongest research probes on areas with multiple sightseeing locations and high revenue. Use booster probes around them. Sites with multiple sightseeing spots in a row are a good place to chain research bonuses. A single spot is netting me nearly 30,000 credits alone. I'm racking in 140,000 credits per run. I'd have a lot more but research probes are rare as hell. You can sell excess precious resources unless I'm needing 99 of each to make some super skell for the post game. Every time I check back I make 40,000 selling a bunch of materials I don't really need atm.
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I was gonna talk about how satisfied I am with adjusting the camera controls, but they randomly get reset to the defaults when you're outside/in NLA, and apparently just plain don't work indoors.  I was also all set to play entirely on the gamepad from the comfort of my lounging chair, but I can't read poo poo - why is the text so loving small?I wish the characters showed some actual facial emotion. Lin freaking out at the Skell in the beginning was particularly amusing, and also kind of creepy. Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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Dec 10, 2015 05:50
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Lin, stop insisting you're going to kill and eat the first sentient, indigenous lifeform we found on this planet. You're a psychopath and, worse yet, not funny.
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Infinity Gaia posted:It's really not that complicated. Chains are good, placing the type of probe that corresponds to the ranking of the location is good. Try to have all your storage linked up in an otherwise lovely area. Boosters and Duplicators are probably good but are absolutely not necessary, just proper chaining is enough to get you enough miranium you always gain capped amounts of it due to how rare storage probes are. Lord Ephraim posted:Place your strongest research probes on areas with multiple sightseeing locations and high revenue. Use booster probes around them. Sites with multiple sightseeing spots in a row are a good place to chain research bonuses. A single spot is netting me nearly 30,000 credits alone. I'm racking in 140,000 credits per run. I'd have a lot more but research probes are rare as hell. Are there specific location patches of them that work better?
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Dec 10, 2015 06:02
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Suspicious Cook posted:Lin, stop insisting you're going to kill and eat the first sentient, indigenous lifeform we found on this planet. You're a psychopath and, worse yet, not funny. You're expecting a woman to be funny? Who's the real alien around here?
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Suspicious Cook posted:Lin, stop insisting you're going to kill and eat the first sentient, indigenous lifeform we found on this planet. You're a psychopath and, worse yet, not funny. *reused lin pointing at the sky with a pixar smile followed by a zoom in on tatsu shocked and scared*
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Lord Ephraim posted:Place your strongest research probes on areas with multiple sightseeing locations and high revenue. Use booster probes around them. Sites with multiple sightseeing spots in a row are a good place to chain research bonuses. A single spot is netting me nearly 30,000 credits alone. I'm racking in 140,000 credits per run. I'd have a lot more but research probes are rare as hell. I keep all of my resources and instead I sell my collectables. Once you input them into your intel, you don't need them anymore, other then for some missions but they are easy enough to get again anyways.
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Dec 10, 2015 06:20
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Do we have a list of where all the party members are? Because i'm only running with Elma and Lin out of practicality of them always being in the barracks. I've heard characters say that L is in Armory Alley but i can't find him! Unless i have to do Chapter 5 or somthing before he'll actually show up?
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Dec 10, 2015 06:29
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:Do we have a list of where all the party members are? Because i'm only running with Elma and Lin out of practicality of them always being in the barracks. I've heard characters say that L is in Armory Alley but i can't find him! Unless i have to do Chapter 5 or somthing before he'll actually show up? Character's usual spots are marked on the map, either with a check or a clear symbol depending on whether you've already spoken to them or not. Irina, Gwin, Lao, L, and Doug are in various spots around the Admin. District.
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Dec 10, 2015 06:34
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26 hours in and I got my Skell, gonna wait 'till tomorrow to actually do anything with it, but drat it feels nice to finally get it.
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Dec 10, 2015 06:39
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Your game pad will tell you where they are. Why didn't they just let you use the menu to do it? Same reason they took being able to adjust time from the menu. Because gently caress you. Luckily I'm fine running around with Elma and Lin and whoever happened to be in my party for whatever reason.
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Dec 10, 2015 06:43
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Skells are fun. My second battle with one, it blew up and I got a very appropriate achievement. I then realized maybe I should equip some weapons on the thing to actually do real damage. Also, I'm glad I waited to travel to Sylvanum until I had s skell. It took less than a minute to get there from Primordia's north coast.
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Dec 10, 2015 06:49
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okay what are shrads and where do i find them in cauldros?
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Dec 10, 2015 07:09
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Anyone able to recommend a good support/healer party member worth tracking down early-game? Also how exactly are party members sometimes reviving downed buddies?
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Dec 10, 2015 07:51
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Anyone able to recommend a good support/healer party member worth tracking down early-game? Also how exactly are party members sometimes reviving downed buddies? 3k TP=One Revive Also best early game healer is YOU the main character, pick healing class. Also if the game asks you to lower the difficulty, do it. You don't get punished or locked out of anything.
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Dec 10, 2015 07:55
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Where the gently caress is my smell? I logged in in the Barracks and it's gone. "Return to smell" is grayed out in the party menu. I checked the hangar... Stumped. This is stupid. Edit: smell = skell, quality autocorrect.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Anyone able to recommend a good support/healer party member worth tracking down early-game? Also how exactly are party members sometimes reviving downed buddies? Reviving can be done by anyone but requires 3000 TP. They probably are holding their TP a little better then you. There's no real 'healer' in XCX- Soul Voices are going to be your main source of healing, and buffs are gonna be way more important for avoiding damage in the first place. The only party member I've seen that even seems to skew that way is Doug and even then I don't think he gets a heal until Class Level 9 or so. If you're getting roughed up a lot the aura from the base class, Drifter, gives Regen + Evasion and can come in very handy during the early parts of the game. If your party members are dying a lot you generally just want to start triggering more Soul Voices (Using arts that do more damage in certain conditions are handy for that- getting the bonus effect/damage from them often triggers a Soul Voice prompt) Mr. Locke fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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Which classes hold up well into the late game? I'm thinking progression to either Astral Crusader or Duelist.
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enojy posted:Where the gently caress is my smell? I logged in in the Barracks and it's gone. "Return to smell" is grayed out in the party menu. I checked the hangar... Stumped. This is stupid. Has it been destroyed multiple times without you getting the Perfect eject? If so, you need to buy a new one. Insurance only lasts so long.
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Terper posted:Has it been destroyed multiple times without you getting the Perfect eject? If so, you need to buy a new one. Insurance only lasts so long. Is there a way to extend or buy new insurance? I'm not super concerned because I'm at the point where my probes are starting to rake it in but I'd still prefer to keep the things going as long as possible.
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Terper posted:Has it been destroyed multiple times without you getting the Perfect eject? If so, you need to buy a new one. Insurance only lasts so long. Nah, I just got it last night and hardly did anything with it. Fought a few random enemies, fast traveled back to NLA, walked into the Barracks and saved/quit. I have no idea where it is! I'm awfully sure I got out of it right at the Barracks' door, unless perhaps I fast traveled directly to the Barracks? Can't remember. Maybe it's wherever I last was with it? Which is like... Who knows where, poo poo. Edit: found out what happened. The game told me "don't forget to register your skell to yourself!" when I got it, so I did that. It was already registered to me, though, so registering it again unregisters it. enojy fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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bloodychill posted:Is there a way to extend or buy new insurance? I'm not super concerned because I'm at the point where my probes are starting to rake it in but I'd still prefer to keep the things going as long as possible. No. You can get salvage tickets if your division is top of the rankings, though, which pay for one repair job.
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enojy posted:Nah, I just got it last night and hardly did anything with it. Fought a few random enemies, fast traveled back to NLA, walked into the Barracks and saved/quit. I have no idea where it is! I'm awfully sure I got out of it right at the Barracks' door, unless perhaps I fast traveled directly to the Barracks? Can't remember. Maybe it's wherever I last was with it? Which is like... Who knows where, poo poo. Fast travel somewhere else, the skell should follow.
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Saigyouji posted:No. You can get salvage tickets if your division is top of the rankings, though, which pay for one repair job. Alright, cool. I have collected a handful of those so I know what to do with them when my first really expensive skell eats it a few times.
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Is it A Thing to equip a full set of Blade +cloaking gear and then just scout way ahead and try to unlock tons of waypoints and nodes early?Saigyouji posted:No. You can get salvage tickets if your division is top of the rankings, though, which pay for one repair job. Is this the best reward to get?
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I wish the vehicle mode controlled like a normal videogame car instead of using the stick to both turn and accelerate.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Which classes hold up well into the late game? I'm thinking progression to either Astral Crusader or Duelist. If you want to destroy things in seconds go the Samurai gunner/Duelist route. If you want to be a tank and just not die but also cause very little damage and have your party be buffed and do the killing go galactic knight.
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Finally got to level 30, too busy taking my sweet time with other things I suppose. Squad Goals though...
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_Endgame_ posted:Finally got to level 30, too busy taking my sweet time with other things I suppose. Squad Goals though... I hope you went all the way and got the plug suit cosmetic gear from the missions. Also give Lin the Rei Ayanami gauze eye patch.
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