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Baddman on 29 December 2017
Lonely_Dolphin said:
Baddman said:
..Poppi has a third form?.hmm is it optional or do you get it through story progression?

It's an optional sidequest that opens up in Tora's house right after chapter 7... or was it 8? You'd think I'd remember since I kept checking Tora's house frequently after he hinted at a third form, but alas! If you use Tora then you definitely don't want to miss it, only further increases his godliness!

Thanks I will do that when I get home. Tho I stopped using Tora the moment Morag joined me



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 29 December 2017

This game is starting to frustrate me. How the fuck do I beat the Wires + Core boss in the end of Chapter 5???



Peh on 29 December 2017
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

This game is starting to frustrate me. How the fuck do I beat the Wires + Core boss in the end of Chapter 5???

You concentrate on destroying the wires, because that one heals the core.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 29 December 2017

Ursula's quest (mandatory for her growth) is by far the worst thing ever in this game. I'm so glad to finally be almost done with it, but my god what the hell were the developers thinking. 20+ hours doing merc missons that you have to check in with every 5-10 minutes, that alone is insane, but it also means you can't use her in combat for all that time, I would only pull her out for tough boss fights. Atleast I can say it was worth it... lol no I can't. Really shoulda stopped after hitting Lv.4 affinity but she's the only unique apart from Gorg that fits into my team comp so I felt I had to.



StuOhQ on 30 December 2017

I honestly wishould there were some visual options to just turn off AA along with a few other effects meant to make the game smoother. Give me a few jaggies and the much sharper image of "X" any day. Love the story and hopen they keep improving the UI.



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 30 December 2017
Peh said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

This game is starting to frustrate me. How the fuck do I beat the Wires + Core boss in the end of Chapter 5???

You concentrate on destroying the wires, because that one heals the core.

That IS what I did. I figured that out the second time I tried. I've tried now like seven or eight times. I am way higher leveled than the boss.



JakDaSnack on 30 December 2017

I got both xenoblade 2 and MARIO odyssey. I think I’m enjoying xenoblade a little more, however I let my wife play MARIO and she is having a blast.........honestly I don’t know if I’m gonna get my switch back lol



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vivster on 30 December 2017

That Tora didn't keep Poppi's first personality is a crime against humanity.



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Cerebralbore101 on 30 December 2017
Lonely_Dolphin said:
Ursula's quest (mandatory for her growth) is by far the worst thing ever in this game. I'm so glad to finally be almost done with it, but my god what the hell were the developers thinking. 20+ hours doing merc missons that you have to check in with every 5-10 minutes, that alone is insane, but it also means you can't use her in combat for all that time, I would only pull her out for tough boss fights. Atleast I can say it was worth it... lol no I can't. Really shoulda stopped after hitting Lv.4 affinity but she's the only unique apart from Gorg that fits into my team comp so I felt I had to.

Whenever you open a new blade, you only want to keep the ones that have 3 field skills. This really helps to shorten the amount of time that Ursala's quest takes. Also once you hit 75 keys you unlock missions that let you get 3 keys at once. Overall her quest shouldn't take anymore than 10 - 15 hours if you play right. 

But yeah, it can be really frustrating without the right blades. I didn't keep all my 3 field skill blades, and wound up spending 25 hours grinding for her. 



Cerebralbore101 on 30 December 2017
vivster said:
ihatefatkatz said:

Have you rested in an inn yet in Gormott? There you can redeem bonus exp to level up. It took me a while to figure this out lol. 

I know that's how it works. That's how I've been leveling. However I think I saw the Inn in Gormott once but I cannot find it anymore, so I just visit Alrest for that.

While I really liked all the tutorials, there is still some stuff missing that hasn't been explained properly. For example what the hell is up with this Thought Cloud and what are the benefits of buying out shops. And why the fuck I can only claim bonus XP in Inns. Is there a benefit of not leveling up? I wish there was an ingame tutorial to review all that stuff.

Different thoughts increase the odds of getting a rare blade with a certain element. Bravery = Fire/Water, Truth = Earth/Lightning, Compassion = Wind/Ice, and Justice = Dark/Light. Whenever you progress a blades affinity chart enough you get an increase in your driver's thought cloud. 

I wouldn't recommend leveling up too much with bonus XP. Being over the level of your enemies makes it so you don't get any WP, or SP from them. This leads to being overleveled in XP, but having the Arts and Driver Affinity Tree of a noob character. The sooner you unlock the ability to use driver arts at the start of battle, the quicker combat will go by.