44k week 2? that's some solid sales we got here. Looking forward to week 3 now

I'm plesantly surprised. Glad to see more and more people are enjoying this game. ^_^

Though now I don't know what's crazier... NoA's debacle of bringing the game over to American shores, or the fact that despite all that, NA is now XenoBlade's highest selling region in only two weeks of sales.

Shame on our European and Japanese bretheren!

5 minutes? What level were you? You should be around 37 IIRC. I was 39, and was over-levelled for the next area. Killed the first real BIG boss in ages at level 45, but thankfully the game catches up with you to a point where I found myself under-levelled...

Bizzare how things swing.

We're sorry!

Also, sales will be above 50k this week with the rest of America included. These are just US sales, after all...

Have you done that 'bit' then Smeags?

No, I've just been going around doing some side quests and stuff. Finally got the portable gem creator.

I'll go back to the story tonight though... I made it so far that I really want to see what happens next. I'm guessing I still have time to do sidequests after I enter the back?

Yes. But all sidequests with a clock next to them disappear. So do any follow-up quests (for example, the quest line with the explorers in Valak ends, they hate each other. Then...you go back after the events, find them and they'll talk about the Giants' Treasures. Had you not done that quest chain, they wouldn't initiate that quest. So all of the stuff with the ruins would be for nought. Same for a quest chain in the Frontier area, and more).

Also, make sure you've built up an affinity chart in that area as well. But yeah, plenty more quests open up afterwards, don't worry!

So... checklist for Smeags:

1. Do sidequests with clocks next to them.

2. Enter Mechonis' back.

3. Moar stuff lulz!

Yep. Pretty much good to me. But you've actually got a much longer list than that...you'd be surprised. There's so many quests and stuff afterwards that you could not do a single quest before the Core and still get 5* in all areas (even if you do no timed-quests).

I counted 107 quests. All of them named. There's around 450 quests in the game, 260 of them named. So you've got nearly half of all quests left to do >.<

Don't neglect UM's or areas in the Mechonis, though. They really raise the exp., but in the same boat, make sure you're not levelled higher than 73. Delicate balancing act.

That's more than fair. I wasn't a big fan myself. I also really detest fights that involve spike damage: it's a terrible idea, in my opinion, especially when they penalize you for toppling the foe.

Um... what's UM?