Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles 3

@Munchlax
Aspar Secretion

I'm happy with what they showed regarding the Wave 2 DLC.

Ino is an Agnian defender, which we really needed because there were only 2 of them so far. This balances out the classes a bit more.
We also got only 2 Kevesi healers in the game, so hopefully the next hero will be the third.
We got enough attackers on both sides.

@Mioaionios I am quite happy they added another defender class. I noticed whenever I'm trying to build my team I often struggle with assigning defenders because there are only like 5 classes total for defenders.

Did y'all see she has something called "Inoswap"?

Also she seems really strong in a chain attack. It looks like her completion bonus increases the damage ratio by 265 percentage points which is insane!

Y'ALL I JUST NOTICED THEY ADDED A SAVE PARTY FORMATION BUTTON! THIS IS HUGE

I feel so bad for you guys: you can never escape the anime fanservice stigma surrounding youse. Just when you think you're free, BAM!

I'm joking obviously, this looks like a wonderful new wave and I see it's already going down well with everyone here. I got my Splatfest, MK8 Wave 3 and Mario Party/Goldeneye so I'm right there with ya's in celebrating today 😁

She's mechanical and has a similar feature as Poppiswap. Makes one think.
Rex, what have you been up to? 😏

@Fizza
I never really cared for swimsuits myself. I prefer to dress my party in their original clothes.
But they're a nice bonus, that's for sure.

@Fizza Hahaha honestly I can't say I'm surprised they added swimsuits lol! They technically have always been in every game so it was only a matter of time 😂 I just kinda wish they didn't make them DLC but oh well.

On a different note, I noticed this new character consumes a lot of ether I wonder if this means we'll have something else to spend ether on?

I wish the swimsuits were in the base game, but at least they're coming (I hope they're not locked behind the challenge missions, though).

Also, kinda ironic that Sena's swimsuit is more conservative than her base outfit, lol.

Everything I saw was just alright for me but why does Ino’s voice sound so shrill? O-o It was so unpleasant to listen to that I already gave up interest in her, oof.

@RR529 I think they are locked behind the challenge missions actually. I noticed in the trailer (at the 0:42 mark exactly) that after completing a challenge they got "Noah swimwear A"

@Takoda I have to admit I don't entirely like the sound of her voice 😅

@Vortexeo, ah, that's disappointing. Hopefully they're not too hard.

@RR529 Yeah, but hey at least they don't take up an Accessory spot as they did in XC2 (or at least I hope they don't lol).

I have gotten through the 2hrs or so of cut scenes from ch 5-6 lol. Wow, what an emotional Rollercoaster. But, I absolutely loved it! I'll dig into ch 6 a little more tomorrow night.

I just started my way through the game, a little late because of some financial issues.

Right off the bat, THIS SOUNDTRACK. I know I shouldn't even be surprised at this point but holy s*** Monolith Soft did it again. The insane talent of this team to produce both some of the most insanely hyper battle music next to some of the most touching quieter pieces is amazing.

I think I've read somewhere that the orchestral team is the same for both this series and Fire Emblem which makes it even more impressive just how much talent these guys have at consistently providing some of the best music in the industry.

To me this team is probably the peak of gaming OSTs. I like OSTs from games like Nier and the Souls series, even some from western franchises like Assassins Creed have some amazing sounds but none come close to this. I can't help but get emotional at some of the music, and I'm only just past chapter 1.

I can't wait to hear the "Mechanical Rhythm" of this game — a track that comes out of nowhere 80% through the game and just wipes you out.

Rewatched the ending a few hours ago… I couldn’t stop myself shedding a tear or three.

It’s been a month since I beat the game.

@TheJGG
I know, right? I'm still amazed by how powerful this game is.

By the way everyone, it's Mioaionios here with a brand new profile.
Now, I know the community rules mentions it's forbidden to create duplicate accounts to trick or harass other users. Of course that's not my intend and that's why I'm being open about it. I just wanted to start with a clean slate. Hope you all understand.

I'll be posting this in the Chit-Chat Thread as well to bring everyone up to speed.

@Monoahlith Oh, I see! With all the nice discussing and chatting I’ve been a part of in here I kind of keep track of those same people’s reactions elsewhere, in other comment sections, so good to know in case I started asking myself why Mioaionios suddenly disappeared, haha. I’m sure plenty of people start new profiles for differing reasons, should be fine.

I sure hope so. I feel a bit anxious about it, to be honest.

@Monoahlith I think that rule is more so aimed at a banned user making new profiles to keep commenting or yknow, spam bot profiles. I wouldn’t be too worried, I don’t think they’d shoot you down for just making a new profile. ^^