Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

@Inertiacreep Finch is an incredible Blade. She has a passive that can fully restore both an art and special after use. Not only that, but equipping Finch augments the user's agility, making her the ideal choice for a certain party member.

@JaxonH Perun was actually one of my first(and I am glad because she is one of my favorites), but Kora was the last RNG blade I have gotten before I hit this wall. At this point I have literally opened many more crystals for these last 2 blades than I have for all previous ones combined.

I don't think the age gap between Rex & Pyra is supposed to be THAT big. Not counting her actual age of course, but rather how old she's supposed to be in comparison to humans.

Given that she's noticeably shorter than Blades like Brigit & Perun, and that those that don't know who/what she is treat/refer to her as "one of the kids", it's likely that she's supposed to appear like she's 16 or 17. If we assume Rex is 14 (based on nothing more than similar characters in other games & anime, admittedly), it's not that far out there.

I personally think it would have been an easier sell if Rex had been a head taller, but whatever.

@Inertiacreep The age gap isn't that big. They both seem to be in their teenage years (physically, not counting Pyra's actual age).

But it would've been nicer if rex was a bit taller like @RR529 wrote

@RR529 @iLikeUrAttitude she looks like a stripper with DDD breasts but she's supposed to be "one of the kids"? I haven't seen anything in the game that implys that... also height means nothing. There are millions of women under 5 feet tall.

@Inertiacreep, her figure & dress style aren't really proof of her age. Just look to the Senran Kagura cast, half of the females in DOA, Orihime in Bleach, Yoko in Gurren Lagaan, or heck, Kill la Kill. Not saying it's right (or wrong), but they do this a lot in Japanese media.

As for how people treat her in game, off the top of my head I'd say Corrine (Rex's adoptive aunt) spoke to her in such a manner.

So update, I am up to about 400 crystals in my hunt for my last 2 rare blades. No not 400 total, just for these last 2, Newt and Kos-Mos, both of which as SUPPOSED to be just RNG based, both of which I am sure I see the silhouettes almost every time I use a crystal. About 120 of the 400 have been rare.

This is crushing me. I had happily spent 160 hours playing through the game up until this point, exploring, talking to all the NPCs, maxing out the Merc group, doing every side quest I can find, LOVING IT. But I have spent about the last 15 hours just hunting for 2 blades... There is no reason for a rarity spike like this. This is outrageous. It's making me angry. I was all but getting high, that's how much I was enjoying this game up until this point. I've got my luck up to 494, the only thing I can think to do different is waiting until I can find some place to grind for legendary crystals. But I imagine that will be basically the end of the game... I really don't want to do that. I want to blades because I want to use them! They are characters I want to see, not just trophy weapons or shiny Pokemon!

This RNG difficulty spike is like eating the best serving of your favorite food, and then having someone sneeze on it when you are 70% done, tainting the remainder.

I was reading on another site people talking about opening over 1000 commons and 400 rares and 50 legendary hunting for their very last blade. Good God almighty I hope it doesn't come to that. That is disgusting. This is Shiny Pokemon breeding level of absurd. But while shiny Pokemon are purely aesthetic, rare blades have entire quests to them. Another reason why I don't want to wait until the end of the game and max level... Quests will be boring if I am max level.

@Heavyarms55 Stop playing for a bit then..maybe they'll change the way Blades can be obtained in future patches. When the fun stops... stop

@Heavyarms55 Try using this guide

@Heavyarms55 dude just chill out.. who says you are supposed to get every character on a play through? just beat the game and play it again. kos mos involvement in this game is a stupid concept anyway. lots of games have things you can miss.. looks like you missed this time... i mean as far as hours devoted to trying to get them you are mad. guess this is just a low chance system game. well there you have it.

@Inertiacreep I am waiting to see what they will do with the NG+ myself. Assuming my Blades carry over I can pick up any left overs on my second run through. I only have about 50% after 120 hours, but I haven't made a huge effort grinding cores and making sure my luck is maxed etc

When was a NG+ confirmed?

I actually quit caring once I got to a certain point. Figured whatever I get, I get. On the final chapter I decided to open whatever I had accumulated, and bam. Just enjoy the game, enjoy what you get, and see how it all pans out by the last chapter.

I discovered I had grown quite attached to other Blades by the time I got the one I was looking for.

Hey guys I hate to say it but I think I'm already getting burn out from this game. I already completed the story, got every rare blades, maxed out the ones I like. I put 176 in this game already. I'm not sure what there is left to do or what I should do.

@iLikeUrAttitude You could go play another game and then come back when more of the DLC has been released. Switch alone has lots to choose from, that's partially why I find Nintendo's trolling regarding a Nintendo Direct announcement hilarious rather than annoying.

@kyleforrester87 yea that's how I'm playing it.. before i started this game, i loved the concept of an rpg where your party members point of joining is left to chance because of the variety between play throughs and i fully intended to play this game multiple times in my life so i don't care if i only have half the blades.. you can only use so many and it's annoying swapping them around too much anyway.. so why would i want to grind all the blades out that i don't even need when it would be 1000000x more fun to get them on a second play through and not knowing anything about their quests and affinity trees.
Not to mention opening core crystals back to back is boring af and i want to have fun so i only open a few at a time but i do open them all.. no way I'm going to grind them out, it's hard enough opening the ones i already get.

@Inertiacreep Yeah just play a 100 hour game again to save time. Good idea there.

@iLikeUrAttitude so you did basically everything and played 176 hours and you say you're "already burnt out"? Sounds like you got your monies worth my friend, time to wait for the DLC me thinks!

@kyleforrester87 Well pretty much, though I'm still going to do some sidequests and what not and get a few more hours worth. At least until I get another Switch game - specifically multiplayer: either ARMS, Splatoon 2, or Mario Kart 8 DX

Yep, time for me to sign out myself. 150 hours clocked on my Switch timer, 200 in game timer... until the DLC drops it's off to the races with Monster Hunter.

I'll be back when the new story content hits. But I will be making a point to revisit the original Xenoblade Chronicles on PC where I can enjoy it in 4K and a proper controller, and I'd also like to squeeze in the GameCube's Xenoblade before there was Xenoblade... Baten Kaitos. At some point this year anyways.