Official Xenoblade thread- Opinions, thoughts and questions inside! Can it hit 1mil in sales next year? Sequel coming for Wii U???

[Conegamer]

noname2200 said:

Smeags said:

Conegamer said:

The game is coming to a climax. What do you think? :-p Yes, more areas open up. Remember the strange crests in Eryth and Valak? Well, there's more stuff there, but the major stuff is in the first few areas. You'll see when it happens...

So... that area in Mechonis is where the story ends...

No.

As an aside, don't sweat missing stuff from areas that get locked out.* You can always trade for nearly every item, and there's one zone that contains the random blue items from almost every other area. Although that method is incredibly unreliable.

 

*Quests excepted

Pretty much this. Get every area up to 5* affinity through quests and affinity charts (I had 9, Central at 5*, Upper and Hidden af 4* and 6 at 3*), then overtrade with every NPC. Stuff from Mechonis can be got from 6 or Hidden anyway, so collectibles are no biggy. You can't trade for everything (Black Liver Beans...) But don't worry! There's plenty of time. And, since you asked...