I'm gonna finish this weekend, but already started DQIV, and have V and VI, Earthbound and Golden Sun, and waiting for SMTIV Final, DQVII and DQVIII. Guess I'll be fine.

Okay so I finished the game last night. I enjoyed the story a lot, though I could have done without that cliffhanger. For those that are satisfied with the ending and don't want a cliffhanger, just don't watch the after-credits scene. 

The game picked up at chapter 5 and I do say chapters 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 were really good. 11 and 12 tying for my favorite chapters. 

After the initial ending(pre-credits) I really feel like they are rebooting Xenosaga. That moment when the connections between all the xeno-games clicked was awesome. And to clarify one of the Xenosaga similiarities, You have a primary first-game villain who is just a small part of a grand scheme, with the ending showing the main villain. 

Tatsu flat out connects this game to the first game with the things he says, and Xenogears/Saga lore has people leaving earth on these giant arks and earth being 'destroyed', but not really. The Gears/Saga people came from one of the surviving ships that weren't the white whale.

See you in two years time , have you them before?

Nope. First time!

Which industry is that?

Just invest 10k of Miranium or so whenever you can; it adds up fast.

So, longswords are the only weapon class with unique weapons like the Bewitched Glaive or Mighty Glaive?
That's disappointing because I wanted to make a reflection build (got armor with reflect gravity) and only photon sabers, javelins and shields have reflection auras. That means that I can only hope for an ether type weapon with potential XV and potential boost XV... But I don't know if they exist, I only had an assault rifle and dual pistols with both potential attributes.

I also tried the Dual Dynamo aura yesterday and the damage for melee weapons is nowhere near as good as Offensive Stance. But it's for ranged weapons, too and you don't suffer from more damage.

I mean if you are super impatient you could optimize your FrontierNav for pure mining, maximizing output and storage, and then invest entire harvests into that one industry.  You just won't be able to do anything else that needs miranium in the mean time. 

Strange. I'm having trouble booting the game. It stops at loading since like an hour ago, and always returns to the main screen. Booting game or device doesn't help. I'm thinking this might something to do with the recent maintenance since it stops loading, then show that blue-ish bar with "Connecting. Please wait..."

Anyone else having issues in Europe or elsewhere?

Edit: Nevermind.

Surprised Chapter 12 has no grindy requirements. Will probably finish the game tomorrow.

Is there a post-game where I can do quests I missed?