Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

@JaxonH Wait, you can farm affinity? Ok google, show me how!

@kyleforrester87 @Tsurii

My biggest issue is slow down. I heard there was a glitch that locks the frame rate at much lower than the game is actually capable of outputting which I think I've been suffering from, it appears to be an intermittent issue as it only happens sometimes when I boot the game up and not others.

I only play the game docked.

I wish there was a quicker way, the current quest I'm doing requires one of my blades at 8,000 more trust than currently at.

@Tsurii I'm reading up on this. Do you wait for them to expire? Or just keep putting new items in the pouch, one after the other?

@Ryu_Niiyama One after the other.

LOL good to know. Thanks y'all.

Looks like the soldier battle dialog has been changed to be less like Eggman during Sonic Adventure boss fights.

@Grumblevolcano Noooooooo! That's unacceptable

Anyone know what is the earliest chapter that one could possibly obtain all the rare blades? And 2) what is the best way to raise the drivers "ideas"?

@Tsurii thx, i know sheba and a few others have their own crystals

JUst reached the first Branched Quest. Is there any difference in outcome or rewards if you get help rather than use your Blades? None of my blades have Keen Eye and the whole RNG malarky can go take a run off a cliff with whoever decided to implement it in the game to begin with.

Yay, beat it. 199 hours and I know I had a lot more to do.

@Tsurii Cool? I guess. I am working on the Chapter 2 quests that they added right now.

@Tsurii Ancient Cilinders maybe? I never found one just talked to an npc about them.

@Tsurii Premium Cylinders, they can be purchased at the salvaging shops. It's luck based whether they appear though so just like with Rare Blade summoning, you have to deal with RNG. The DLC quest gives you a method which doesn't involve RNG.

okay just made it past the ship part at the beginning of chapter 3...this game just gets bigger and bigger...I have so many things I can do, I don't know what to do next...lol level my blades, develop, quest, main story, salvage etc...

I've played over 99 hours so far - currently on chapter 9, I think ("Rain"), and I'm experiencing a considerable difficulty spike, despite the recently acquired story related blade really tearing up the enemies (providing you can stay alive long enough to get the combos going).

The difficulty comes when you've got these tough enemies that start summoning other allies. I don't mind a challenge, but I like to try avoid getting into battles against 4 or 5 different enemies. I think the targeting is my main issue - when you've got multiple targets to worry about, and the targeting reticule highlights some other enemies in the near distance, it can get a bit hectic.

I thought I was going to be able to finish the game soon, but I think a bit of grinding is in order. I've still got some quests that need to be done. I'm also keen to get a blade with Nopon conversation skills. I'm guessing one of the silhouettes in the blade gallery is a nopon with the relevant skill, and I'd really like to get it because theres some sidequests in Goldmouth that I'm really keen to check out.

@edhe you want the blade Kasandra, can be obtained from a quest

If you get enemies that constantly summon reinforcements, apply a Dark seal to prevent them from calling them.

It makes one of the superbosses that rely on it even more of a joke than it already is.

Thanks. I was wondering about blade quests - so far I've only obtained Vess & Wulfric through quests, although the latter was from a core crystal you get in the main story.

Is that an accessory? I don't think I have one of them yet, but I'll look out for it. Fortunately, the particular area I was struggling on did allow me to bypass the brunt of the enemies, after beating one of them.
If I can paint a picture (if you're far enough in, you might recognise the area), there were two giant robots on raised platforms, a channel between them leading to an elevator, and an even bigger robot emerges between the two. The smaller robots summon bike robots (from nowhere), and there are masts (with two more bike robots) that rally any nearby enemies towards you.
In this case, I went after on of the robots on his pedestal, he summoned his friends as usual, but I was able to deteat them, and slip behind without engaging either of the two other large robots.

And that's not even mentioning the preceding area with its gauntlet of flying enemies that all seem to attack you at once.