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If you really want to maximise your Blade aquisition chances save any epic cores until the midgame, you get a trickle of pity unique blades from opening cores up until you have a certain number, once you've not had a pull in a good long time that'll be the time to start cracking open the epic cores
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Do your best to try and learn the gameplay systems, then watch a combat explanation 50 hours in that'll make you go "Oh so THAT'S how that works" Anyway best tips I can give you is: always try and inflict Break first before you start doing the Elemental attacks. This is what will begin the Fusion Combo and let you deal much more damage. Also, instead of letting all three auto-attacks happen, your Arts become available quicker if you quickly flick the movement stick as soon as your first attack hits and cancel your animation, then repeat. Once you get Mythra, use the Love Source item you got from DLC to quickly unlock all of her skills and go through the list to get them done, she's insanely strong. As far as normal Pouch Items go, you'll always want to have stuff that Recharges Arts by 0.X amounts of seconds on everyone, it's generally found on dessert-type food. As for Aux Cores, equip whatever looks good but one of the best things you can do is equip Hunter's Chemistry on your reserve Blades. This is one of the very few aux cores that have an effect even if they're not your active blade, and allow you to hit max affinity in battle super quickly.
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Jul 20, 2020 18:53
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There are a couple extra DLC characters that function as blades, but as they are not actually blades plotwise, you can freely reassign them to other characters. Do activities with the Nopon Archsage to unlock a few, and a Tora-related questline has another. Also get used to switching blades during combat. Prioritize the skills that start some arts ready-to-use, and anything that fills your gauges.
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Jul 20, 2020 20:58
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Please tell me there's a viable tank that isn't Tora. Even if his progression wasn't inexplicably gated behind a stupid minigame, I'd die happy knowing I'd never have to hear his monotone "mehmehmeh" in the middle of battle ever again.
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Jul 21, 2020 00:38
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Teratrain posted:Please tell me there's a viable tank that isn't Tora. Yes, you'll get a driver who is more of a dodge tank to Tora's HP tank, and is perfectly viable for like... 90% of things. Tora is basically always better though, especially after he finishes his final poppi upgrade side quest, with even a minimal amount of effort in the dumb mini game.
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Jul 21, 2020 01:12
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Alright, that's good. I'm aware of the upcoming party members and either would be fine. Is the "90% of things" a matter of upper-end scaling or is the dodge tank just a worse choice throughout?
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Jul 21, 2020 01:32
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Teratrain posted:Alright, that's good. I'm aware of the upcoming party members and either would be fine. It's mostly just a couple of super tyrants that Tora works better for, I think
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Jul 21, 2020 01:33
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Sweet, I don't mind diversifying my team/optimizing for endgame stuff but I really need to get rid of Tora ASAP. I'm hearing him when I'm not even playing the game.
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Jul 21, 2020 01:39
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HEY I'M WORKING ON URSULA AND LEMME TELL YA I LOVE THAT I GOT THESE FRIGGIN SIDEQUEST STAMPS TO 90 EACH AND I'M APPARENTLY STILL MISSING A CONCERT BEFORE I CAN GET HER TO 5000 FANS I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH 
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Jul 21, 2020 02:01
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The most important bit that isn't explicit in XB2 is that every character has a skill that lets them cancel attacks and arts into other arts, and it's one of the most important skills for the battle system. It doesn't mean "cancel" in the normal sense of "not do" but in the fighting game sense of cancelling the animation, in this case with significant bonuses. Getting this skill makes the combat system a lot more engaging.
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Jul 21, 2020 02:16
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Teratrain posted:Sweet, I don't mind diversifying my team/optimizing for endgame stuff but I really need to get rid of Tora ASAP. I'm hearing him when I'm not even playing the game. I cannot express how quickly I removed Spinning Cutter from his move list.
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Jul 21, 2020 02:38
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Teratrain posted:Alright, that's good. I'm aware of the upcoming party members and either would be fine. I found dodge tank to just be a worse choice; The big thing honestly is less 'dodge versus health tank' and more the specifics of how Tora fits into both Driver and Blade Combos, and the game's dumb gendered AI. Basically, if you're running the dodge tank and you want easy control of your combos, you need to sit around and wait for her to drop Break on the enemy, then have Rex Topple, Launch, And then either Smash himself, or hope that your dodge tank has decided that today is the day she's gonna switch blades and use Smash. Tora by contrast, you can equip Rex and whoever else is in the party with a blade to apply Break, let Tora do the topple, and then just mash Launch, and let Tora Smash. Or, if you prefer, by endgame, you can let Tora do the Break, then you do the Topple, Tora will immediately hit Launch, and you can switch to Smash. It's just much more fluid and allows for much more consistent combo locking.
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Teratrain posted:Sweet, I don't mind diversifying my team/optimizing for endgame stuff but I really need to get rid of Tora ASAP. I'm hearing him when I'm not even playing the game. Meh.
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Jul 21, 2020 02:51
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Teratrain posted:Sweet, I don't mind diversifying my team/optimizing for endgame stuff but I really need to get rid of Tora ASAP. I'm hearing him when I'm not even playing the game. You get the character that replaces him once you're on Mor Ardain. Said character is a TON of fun to control yourself once you get them a good katana blade and can gently caress around with dodge tanking and self healing. Microcline posted:The most important bit that isn't explicit in XB2 is that every character has a skill that lets them cancel attacks and arts into other arts, and it's one of the most important skills for the battle system. It doesn't mean "cancel" in the normal sense of "not do" but in the fighting game sense of cancelling the animation, in this case with significant bonuses. Getting this skill makes the combat system a lot more engaging. This this this. Once you get those skills on whoever you're controlling, it's like you just got out of the tutorial and are now in the real game. Rush those on Rex ASAP, his is called Arts Chain and costs 3000 SP.
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Jul 21, 2020 02:58
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Eventually you're cancelling attacks into arts and cancelling those into each other and into blade changes while rolling through combos to consistently expand your timing windows and poo poo just flows while the enemy is spinning in the air or something.
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Jul 21, 2020 04:12
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CaptainPsyko posted:I found dodge tank to just be a worse choice; The big thing honestly is less 'dodge versus health tank' and more the specifics of how Tora fits into both Driver and Blade Combos, and the game's dumb gendered AI. It's not that bad because Morag has break on at least two good weapon types (Brighid's sword whips, and ether cannons) while Rex gets topple by default, smash like 50 minutes into the plot and axes give him launch. You also need someone to be a break specialist because everyone and their tyrant dog has break resistance late game, which can be negated through accessories. But yeah, Tora should be better than Morag lategame because his weapons' movesets are really good and Poppi is stupid powerful. The drawbacks are 1) Tora is in your party and 2) gently caress me the grind for Poppi's spare parts is something else.
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Jul 21, 2020 12:48
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I ran Nia, Morag, Zeke and managed to beat a bunch of the super tyrants until I got bored. Ya'll are overestimating how necessary it is to have Tora or Rex in your party.
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Jul 21, 2020 14:11
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I got definitive edition having never played the original version before and turned on expert mode since that's what everyone said to do online, but I'm kind of lost on when i should be upping levels. It seems like every time I run into a boss I end up underleveled, and then beat it on the next try easily since I know all the gimmicks now and am at the proper level. (Assuming proper level is equal to the boss/one lower.) Is this the right cycle or is there something else I should be changing? Also are skill levels important enough that I should be looking up a guide or can I just wing them? I get huge decision paralysis since I have no idea what's good on a character.
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Irisize posted:I got definitive edition having never played the original version before and turned on expert mode since that's what everyone said to do online, but I'm kind of lost on when i should be upping levels. It seems like every time I run into a boss I end up underleveled, and then beat it on the next try easily since I know all the gimmicks now and am at the proper level. (Assuming proper level is equal to the boss/one lower.) Is this the right cycle or is there something else I should be changing? That's pretty much what I'm doing and it seems to be working well for me. It is kinda fun to go all "That was only 10% of my true power", jump up 5 levels then clown on an annoying boss or unique monster.
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Jul 22, 2020 03:08
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People recommend expert mode because it means you dont spend 90% of the game hideously overleveled before getting stuck several levels below the final boss. In exchange though, you will likely fight some bosses, lose, then do an anime power up to obliterate them. The other choice is turn on casual mode because as far as I can tell it just removes the level difference penalties
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Jul 22, 2020 03:12
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I got unlocked Ursula's last level of affinity. I did it. I essentially beat the game now
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Jul 22, 2020 05:04
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Casual mode does a ton more, I think it ups your atk and defense by huuuuge amounts too? It does so much to let you steamroll everything, its crazy!
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Jul 22, 2020 05:04
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It also doubles your party gauge generation. I was beating stuff 60 levels above me without a problem.
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So scratch my suggestion; save that for when you're really pissed off.
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I’ve spent more time researching party information than actually playing XC2 and I’m getting tired of it. I was planning on using Rex/Tora/Zeke as my main party through the story but I kept reading Tora’s tough to use until endgame and his voice lines are driving me insane. Which is a better party for story completion, not worrying about post-game superbosses until later? Rex/Morag/Zeke, Rex/Morag/Nia, or should I just stick with my original Rex/Tora/Zeke plan?
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Rex/Nia/Morag carried me through all the story just fine and I got to hear a welsh catgirl tell the pope to do some weird stuff with his arse.
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Jul 22, 2020 06:51
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Nia is fantastic through and through.
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Aerox posted:I’ve spent more time researching party information than actually playing XC2 and I’m getting tired of it. I was planning on using Rex/Tora/Zeke as my main party through the story but I kept reading Tora’s tough to use until endgame and his voice lines are driving me insane. Anything works honestly. This is an easy game that doesn't particularly require optimization, go with your favourites. I went Rex/Nia/Morag most game, even if gameplay wise Nia is objectively the worst of the drivers until Rex can remove Drommarch from her loadout. They seriously did Drommarch a dirty in his gameplay utility, he's a glorified generic and the twin rings moveset is subpar. He deserved better. E: (XB1)Is there a way to check what these Ponspectors do exactly? I can't find one. Omobono fucked around with this message at 10:59 on Jul 22, 2020 |
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Shinjobi posted:Nia is fantastic through and through. I want a Welsh catgirl to call me shell'ead everyday until I die.
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Aerox posted:I’ve spent more time researching party information than actually playing XC2 and I’m getting tired of it. I was planning on using Rex/Tora/Zeke as my main party through the story but I kept reading Tora’s tough to use until endgame and his voice lines are driving me insane. The best party is any party with Nia in it. You don't even need Rex if you don't want him in your party either. I benched him after he got the ability to equip any Blade because all of his Special Hero Powers were getting boring. Zero regrets.
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I've not played a game in the series before, and only a handful of JRPG's, so thought why not try something a bit different and downloaded the Definitive Edition on Switch. It's not what I expected at all. I naively assumed the combat would be similar to what I experienced in the FF7 Remake, but obviously it's nothing like that and is way more strategic and something you don't feel instantly in control of. Pretty sure it's going to take me a while a get to grips with it, and get out of that hack and slash mentality I'm used to. There's going to be a lot to learn. But, it's definitely different to the stuff I normally play, so I got my wish with that. I'm intrigued to see how my playthrough goes and how I feel about the game after a few more hours.
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Omobono posted:E: (XB1)Is there a way to check what these Ponspectors do exactly? I can't find one. As far as I can tell they all add some incremental damage and each one of a type boosts that types super. Having them all increases your chance to do multi supers.
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Jul 22, 2020 15:29
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I know one of the ponspectors casts some kind of sleep spell I only know this because a enemy in a group I was fighting would randomly go to sleep sometimes.
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Does Leftherian Archipelago have some kind of stupid high enemy density or have I hosed a build up or something? I am currently wiping on every other fight due to pulling extra enemies in, and I don't feel like I'm massively underleveled or anything. I thought my new tank was just poo poo but I swapped back to Tora and he was even worse. 
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Jul 22, 2020 21:37
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You had a choice of two paths, did you take the easier one or the harder one? There’s definitely an rear end in a top hat unique enemy that hangs out like right on the path you have to take for the story but other than that I don’t remember it being too terrible.
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It was fine once I committed to just mob training through the obnoxiously dense islands. Individual fights weren't a problem. I probably took the harder path but the navigation is such a pain in the rear end I didn't realise that was the implication behind the two quest markers...
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Pitwar posted:But, it's definitely different to the stuff I normally play, so I got my wish with that. I'm intrigued to see how my playthrough goes and how I feel about the game after a few more hours. My best friend, who has given me crap over Xenoblade for years and years (in fun, of course) as I've pushed him to play it numerous times, finished the copy I bought him for his birthday the other night and he loved it. Loved it so much he 100% completed everything in the game without turning on casual mode, and texted me yesterday to say he's addicted to the game again thanks to Future Connected. It's a drat good game and you'll get the hang of it.
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Double post: I'm replaying XC2 via NG+ and am curious if there's any specific benefit to manually leveling down and exchanging your XP for stuff. Anything specific? I forgot how everything in the game is overwhelming and how much I hate the annoying pacing in the cutscenes.
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Louisgod posted:Double post: I'm replaying XC2 via NG+ and am curious if there's any specific benefit to manually leveling down and exchanging your XP for stuff. Anything specific? I forgot how everything in the game is overwhelming and how much I hate the annoying pacing in the cutscenes. There are the Traveling Bard merchants scattered around the world; they sell stuff that was obnoxiously rare in the base game like Overdrive protocols, the master role mods for Poppi so you don't have to grind as much Tiger Tiger, and most importantly, for 200k xp each, an item that will let each character equip +1 accessory.
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You can buy some good poo poo with XP, like Overdrives and more Accessory slots and enough Poppi stuff that you literally never have to play Tiger Tiger again.
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