So, I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles for the first time...

[sundin13]

Materia-Blade said:

Skullwaker said:

That's literally my only complaint with the game so far. I truly didn't bother digesting that information because it was so rapid fire, and I wanted to move on. Plus I learn through experience anyways. 

Thankfully, I think I have the hang of things now.

Did you know characters can give gifts to each other? those collectible itens you find in the fields can be selected for a character to give another. if you give an iten that the receiving character likes (like giving sour gooseberry for sharla), affinity will increase between them. it's much faster to increase character affinity this way.

I've always thought that system was flawed. While it does give you something to do with all those items, theres just too many of them. Everybody likes different things and some items even decrease affinity, so it just becomes a boring game of trial and error. I ended up looking up a guide to see which items are the best for everybody (although they often feature character spoilers so I would advise against it)...