Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Only T-elos was free? The other one is in the DLC?

@SKTTR We also got NG+ Blades earlier this year, but otherwise yeah for this particular update only T-elos was free.

@EvilLucario I already have the seven NG+ special blades.

I know in the normal game you can get 38 special blades, of whom I'm still missing 2.
I have the 7 extra blades from NG+ (yeah, I've played through the game twice) bringing the count up to 45 special blades.
And I got T-elos from Update1.4 which brings the free special blade count up to 46.

I'm kinda burnt out on this game (350 hours in) and need a pause - the last days of Legendary Core Crystal farming didn't bring me a new one, just tons of generic 4-crown blades.

I'll be back when all the DLC is out (new story).

So far the paid DLC contains only some items, 10 extra missions, and one special blade, right?

@SKTTR Pretty much, yeah.

Eh...
I dunno how i am supposed to say, but....
I neglected Xenoblade 2 for 3 months due to lack of Hype.
I still have mixed feeling about that game after i purchased.

I'm almost 100 hours in, and have 27 out of the 38 rare blades. It's always the same story: I crack open 100+ core crystals in one sitting and find nothing. Later, I happen to open a common core crystal and find another rare.

Started superboss hunting yesterday. Reeking Douglas and Chickenheart Dagmara went down relatively easily. Pernicious Benf is an *******.

Update: Relentless Arduran and Artifice Opheon down. Gladiator Orion is an *******.

I forgot to post in this thread, but the English voice actor for Pyra/Mythra is streaming the game every Tuesday, Thursday, and I believe Saturday.

She's streaming now, go watch if you're interested!

She sounds so different. I never would have guessed that it wasn't a natural American accent.
Also, side note: Didn't Dughall have a unique blade? Could we see that blade becoming playable?

I'm walking up to an enemy and hitting A and nothing happens, then after running around hitting A, holding down A and so on, after a while a battle starts. How do I actually start battles right away with enemies?

Also, press up, left, or right on the D-Pad to get a refresher on the controls.

On the final boss and twice I have suffered crashes whenever attempting to pull off a level IV joint attack with Pyra and another blade obtained later in the game (spoilers). This has already seriously spoilt the experience for me. Anyone else had this issue?

@FX102A I believe it's a bug introduced by the most recent patch to the game.

That it is. Very annoying, and we'll likely not see a patch for another month or so.

@FX102A It is a bug but you can still activate it with the other blade, the game crashes only when Pyra initiates it.

It seems some animations are buggy now, mainly Pyra. I completed Ursula´s and Electra´s final quests, Ursula’s head moved a little jumpy at seemingly random times (but it was minor) and Pyra had a seizure (madly) at the end of Electra's quest. Don't know if these problems also happens when replaying those events in the movie theater.

@RandomLeo00 Oh, that bug is nothing new. It's one of the most hilarious bugs and while I never personally experienced it during my playthroughs, every once and a while the Xenoblade subreddit would have someone post that and it's ****ing hilarious.

@Ralizah Well third time was the charm but I just avoided using that attack.

And so this adventure comes to a close.

Until the story dlc that is!

I figured it out. You have to release R before pressing A, that was the mistake I made. So, you hold down R, then click on A to cycle through what enemy you want to target, then you release R, and then press A. Just terrible game design.

And yes, I see what Phil Fish meant when he talked about Japanese games. This game just throws a wall of text at you.

@Agriculture Terrible design? Give me a break. Then again, you're the same person that literally went "we should remove buttons from controllers going forward" lol. https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/they_shoul...

And if you're not going to read controls and how things work, that's really on you and you have no right to complain. You hold down R and press Y or A to cycle through enemies mid-combat and it remains consistent throughout either mid-combat or out of combat.

@Agriculture Actually, it's a little bit better than you make out. You hold down R, but then you can actually cycle between enemies using Y and A (not just A), moving the cursor left or right, which can be pretty useful. And then, yes, you have to let go of R and draw your weapon to initiate combat.