|
Or like make some vendor open up at endgame with guaranteed rares to make it so cleaning up is easier after the bulk of the game is done while still keeping the different playthroughs aspect intact. But yeah the advantage of rare blades is guaranteed set skill sets to work with or strategize around, and their sidequest. Commons could stumble upon significantly better builds and skillsets, but it's way up to RNG there. Either way it's not necessary to have rares to get through the game.
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 04:41
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 6, 2024 12:55 |
|
|
Any XBC2 player should have all the rares by the time they finish Ursula's side quest 
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 06:32
|
|
|
Farg posted:im glad this game is looking more xb1-ish aesthetically then xb2-ish. xb1 was anime but 2 was Anime Strong agreement on 1's aesthetics being better, but 1 was Anime too. Admittedly only Sharla's clothes looked like she was out of a porn doujin instead of about half the rare blades, but 1 absolutely deserves the capitalization. E: Horace Kinch posted:Any XBC2 player should have all the rares by the time they finish Ursula's side quest Why harsh our buzz, man/woman/person? 
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 06:34
|
|
|
No Dignity posted:I really looking forward to experiencing all the clever new adjustments they've made to the system to improve the QoL over the last game and also all the completely new annoying chores and obtuse timesinks they've added to compensate All the QoL is kept, but the game is now on the blockchain
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 07:59
|
|
|
Horace Kinch posted:Any XBC2 player should have all the rares by the time they finish Ursula's side quest The only good thing about Ursula was those artists had pretty quick completion times so you could cycle blades through real fast.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 08:00
|
|
|
U-DO Burger posted:xeno games always have some weirdass UI decisions and i hope they have someone to make menus more user-friendly this go round. like, an inventory system you can easily sort through and peruse would be pretty nice so unless that happened again with botw2 (monolith is definitely working on that game but they shouldn't have been surprised by the amount of work the second time around and planned accordingly) there shouldn't such hot garbage UI this time around if DE is anything to go by.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 08:48
|
|
|
I noticed on Amazon that there is apparently another full Xenoblade 2 expansion that is standalone. Has anyone played this? How big/long is this game?
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 08:55
|
|
|
chaosapiant posted:I noticed on Amazon that there is apparently another full Xenoblade 2 expansion that is standalone. Has anyone played this? How big/long is this game? That is Torna the Golden Country. That's the DLC campaign and it's pretty good. There's a lot from the base game that is way smoothed out. It's not super long, like around 15 hours or so.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 08:58
|
|
|
also if you buy it standalone it's more expensive so there's absolutely no reason to do so if you own the game as it's just bundled with all of the other DLC in a single purchase anyway the only reason it's available standalone is so it can be played without buying the base game (which i doubt a lot of people did but i have seen at least one person do!)
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 09:12
|
|
|
xedo posted:There was a xc2 postmortem interview on usgamer back in the day where the director explained the logic of the weird gacha. It was an attempt to get people to use the switch's share button to record and tweet out the summoning sequence when they got a rare blade (or at least that was his publicly stated reason). If that is indeed the logic then, lol, did they ever gently caress up because the record function is disabled. You can take screencaps, but not record a clip. 
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 13:49
|
|
|
Horace Kinch posted:Any XBC2 player should have all the rares by the time they finish Ursula's side quest Bro I hadn’t even maxed out her affinity by the time I finished her side quest. But I did max her skill tree like a psychopath
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 14:26
|
|
|
Silver Falcon posted:If that is indeed the logic then, lol, did they ever gently caress up because the record function is disabled. You can take screencaps, but not record a clip. The recording function didn't exist at the time the game came out iirc, not so much that they disabled it. Course they could have patched it in but I guess they were too busy putting qol stuff behind a paywall
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 14:52
|
|
|
Blackbelt Bobman posted:Bro I hadn’t even maxed out her affinity by the time I finished her side quest. Hi hello fellow psychopath! I maxed out Affinity for every unique Blade EXCEPT Te-elos. The only one of her nodes I'm missing is the "jump a million times" node, because I am not going to sit there and mash B over and over and over. That's stupid. Even I have my limits. kirbysuperstar posted:The recording function didn't exist at the time the game came out iirc, not so much that they disabled it. Didn't it?  I thought I remembered using the record function for other games at the time, but it not working for XBC2.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 16:41
|
|
|
I just started XB2 and... does it ever get explained what Blades are? They are obviously sentient but do they have a life? Are they like Pokemon?
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 16:54
|
|
|
lunar detritus posted:I just started XB2 and... does it ever get explained what Blades are? They are obviously sentient but do they have a life? Are they like Pokemon? yes it gets explained
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 16:55
|
|
|
susan b buffering posted:yes it gets explained Thanks It's weird how everyone in the party knows more than Rex about what's going on, so it's all vague talk about how things happened last time.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 17:00
|
|
|
lunar detritus posted:I just started XB2 and... does it ever get explained what Blades are? They are obviously sentient but do they have a life? Are they like Pokemon? Yes, yes and yes
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 17:02
|
|
|
Silver Falcon posted:If that is indeed the logic then, lol, did they ever gently caress up because the record function is disabled. You can take screencaps, but not record a clip. https://www.usgamer.net/articles/xenoblade-chronicles-2-postmortem-breaking-down-the-inaugural-switch-rpgs-success-with-tetsuya-takahashi I misremembered, they never said video, they only talk about sharing screenshots. Still all about generating social media buzz.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2022 22:04
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/tornado_arts/status/1492197714381189133 Oh man, I'm gonna be sustained for the next seven months off of these memes. 
|
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 01:14
|
|
|
Fans began grouping Melia and Nia together just days after XCX2 released, so the fact that developer canon and fan canon appear to be aligning is pretty remarkable it'd be like, idk, Nintendo making a game about Bowsette Shitposts aside, I am genuinely excited to see how all these things are connected. There were so many things in 1 and 2 that were very similar, either thematically or narratively or visually, and everyone just chalked it up to either coincidence or the usual repeated patterns you see in sequels The fact there was some grander plan at work is really cool WarpDogs fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Feb 12, 2022 |
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 02:07
|
|
|
Expecting the masked Nia and Melia to be a fake out. Or that’ll be Tatsu in disguise.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 02:28
|
|
|
lunar detritus posted:I just started XB2 and... does it ever get explained what Blades are? They are obviously sentient but do they have a life? Are they like Pokemon? this is in fact what the entire game is about yes
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 02:31
|
|
|
I wonder if there is actually going to be a connection to xenoblade X because the fog beasts that were in future connected were oddly similar to the tainted enemies in X in that they were both corrupted enemies that were specifically targeted by Telethia. https://youtu.be/zADD1_gCokE?t=5822 https://youtu.be/a5to-nbM2z0?t=10
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 03:33
|
|
|
I'm on the side that X will get represented. Like, maybe halfway through Neo L.A. literally fall into the world. And given (endgame X spoilers) everyone is androids with souls, the whole cast can believably be alive without thinking too much about timespans
|
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 04:47
|
|
|
Am I crazy, or was the Vandham in the trailer? Even sounded like the same voice actor. Trailer was just built to gently caress with us, I love it
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 05:36
|
|
|
I know it doesn’t fit Monolith’s usual M.O., but I hope they don’t entirely rework the battle system again. Torna took everything good about XB2’s system and made it less clunky and just generally better in almost every way. Would be nice to spend more than the ten hours of a DLC with that excellent system. Revisiting the vanguard mechanic would also mean the four person party from the trailer might potentially be up to 12 switchable characters in battle - which would be insane but could be manageable with a FFVII remake style time slow.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 08:52
|
|
|
Someone got the character names for at least 6 party members: Red Jacket Guy With Fei From Xenogear's Hair: Noah Not!Nia: Mio Vaguely Akhos-y guy controlling paper dolls: Taion Indoline Zeke-alike: Lonz High Entia Sniper Lady: Eunie Shield Hammer Girl: Sena
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 09:09
|
|
|
I'm figuring it'll be like what Torna had in terms of combat but another iteration. It's guaranteed or won't be a copy but I'm betting a lot of the ideas will come through.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 09:17
|
|
|
I doubt they completely rework it. The only one of the three that are complete rework is X and it’s pretty clear they would prefer to not bring that up ever again
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 10:13
|
|
|
If its better Torna combat + the removal of spikes as a damage type entirely I'll be thrilled so it'll be something inexplicable they'll fix up in the DLC if their track record is any indication
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 10:20
|
|
|
CharlestheHammer posted:I doubt they completely rework it. The only one of the three that are complete rework is X and it’s pretty clear they would prefer to not bring that up ever again X is just XBC but you can select your skills, overdrive replaces character gimmicks and there's double/triple cooldowns, though. Like it's built on XBC in a similar way that Torna is to XB2. Skells aside.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 10:22
|
|
|
2 seems like more of a rework than X, with the changes to equipment and the addition of blades and focus on driver/element combos.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 14:21
|
|
|
If they're not gonna acknowledge X the least they can do is take the exploration options from it. The sprint speed, the jump height, no fall damage, the follow ball all this made X's world real fun to explore and smooth to move through. Also give everyone a sidearm again.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 14:55
|
|
|
We don't really know if we'll be going back to the 8 artes style or sticking with X2's more limited sets, but if nothing else, character designs can give us a vague idea of what the 6 party members we've got will be good at/focus on. Noah: Classic hero type, seemingly, and seems more Shulk-y than Rex-y, so I anticipate at least a vague resemblance to his role in combat: Lightly sneaky support attacker/glass cannon with a focus on side and back attacks. Mio: Given that she looks so much like Nia, it's easy to anticipate her as being a healer. Eunie: Her weapon looks like a combo of Sharla's rifles and Melia's staffs, so she's probably Ether-based, especially given that she's a High Entia. Remains to be seen if she'll be a glass cannon, a buffer/healer or a combo of the two, but she probably will be ranged. Taion: That shikigami/paper doll attack thing he doesn't give us a lot to work on. Definitely ranged. Probably Ether-based? Lonz: He looks a lot like Zeke, he's buff and sturdy and he has a big sword. Physical attacker, probably at least decently bulky. Sena: She's got a Shield Hammer, so she's probably a tank.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 14:58
|
|
|
Junpei posted:We don't really know if we'll be going back to the 8 artes style or sticking with X2's more limited sets, but if nothing else, character designs can give us a vague idea of what the 6 party members we've got will be good at/focus on. The official website listed out some information about the characters, and a couple had their combat roles listed. Eunie is described as a Healer and Lanz is described as a Tank (he even does the Blade Shield effect thing in the trailer). Sena is described as being Physically Very Strong, but says nothing about her tanking. Talon is a strategist who fights at a range, which could mean a variety of things. Neither Mio or Noah have their combat roles listed, but you can make a good educated guess about Noah. Mio might end up being more of a Fiora (duel wield DPS) than a Nia though.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 15:21
|
|
|
I really hope they introduce party members in a way that better sets expectations for new players. XC1 and 2 give you a tank and healer as your first two characters which sets up the idea that you need a healer and tank in your party at all times. Which limits experimentation and makes the game feel way slower since your dps is likely to be garbage. Even Future Connected did this with its limited cast. I get why they do it, but I wish they made more clear that you don’t have to restrict yourself in that manner.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 16:14
|
|
|
I used Sharla for most of 1 and it was a massive mistake, then I fell for it again in 2 until around the midgame once I fully understood how to properly set up good combos. There needs to be a giant red loading screen prompt that says dedicated healers only slow you down
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 17:35
|
|
|
I mean it’s not the dedicated healers fault, it’s that they build Sharlas kit wrong as a joke
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 17:45
|
|
|
Just make the healer like Sage in FFXIV where they heal by doing DPS.
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 17:48
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 6, 2024 12:55 |
|
|
ah yes the Fiora build in Xenoblade 2
|
|
#
?
Feb 12, 2022 17:51
|
|