Xenoblade 2 thoughts (no spoilers)

[ihatefatkatz]

vivster said:

ihatefatkatz said:
Finished the game on Sunday

+excellent combat (when you grasp and master all the systems)
+Good story with likeable characters
+Lengthy adventure (100 hr plus)
+plenty of rare blades to collect

- Pacing issues (later in the game you are just walking back and forth places just to see cutscenes with little to no action in between)
- Throws stupid roadblocks that halt your progress (not having high level field abilities)
-Sidequests are boring and uninteresting for the most part.

A few questions.

My first discovered blade through story progression does not show up in the Blades collection. Is that because only very rare and unique blades are there or is this a bug? My first blade has the lowest rarity. After that I discovered a blade with very high rarity and it did show up in the collection. Can you discover high rarity blades multiple times or are there Blades you can only discover once?

What is the roadblock preventing you from getting high level field abilities? So far it looks like they're only tied to the blade affinity.

1. Blade albums only show the 5 star blades. Any lower won't appear in the album

2. The highest star blades are unique so you can have one of them. The lower star blades are just generics with different field abilities and stats. They are usable but I like using the 5 star blades.

3. Occasionally the game throws roadblocks that require high level field abilities to overcome. For example a dark miasma is blocking a pathway. You will need to have level 4 wind mastery and level 4 dark mastery field to disperse it. I found it stupid as they are just carelessly thrown in a middle of a major setpiece hoping that you have the right level, if not, then halt everything until you have the requirements. 

Just a tip for everyone please level up (and/or have many blades with) the field ability Focus, wind mastery, water mastery, fire mastery, dark mastery, leap, ancient wisdom and noppon wisdom.