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So I'm coming back to the game after a 10 days hiatus (vacation).

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My Stats

Chapter: 6
Playtime: 73:22

Levels
Rex: 80
Nia: 80
Tora: 80
Morag: 80
Zeke: 81

Rare Blades: Pyra/Mythra, Dromarch, Poppi Alpha, Poppi QT, Brighid, Pandoria, Roc, Dahlia, Azami, Wulfric, Aegageon, Praxis, Godfrey, Electra, Floren, Sheba, Vess, Adenine, Kasandra, Dagas, Perun, Gorg.

Side Quests: 48 Completed (I think this is the most you can do till this point)
Merc Points: Lv.3 7125/8000
Development Level for all Areas (up to this point): 5
Chips used on Blades: Shining Star Chip, Forest Chip, Gold Chip, Mirror Matter Chip
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I guess I have been neglecting pulling more Rare Blades and completing the affinity charts of the ones I do have more than anything. Only Pyra/Mythra, Dromarch and Brighid have nearly maxed out affinity charts. The rest are level 3-4 at best and mostly level 2s.

Love the game but I absolutely despise the Rare Blades gacha system. I haven't even pulled 10 Rare Blades from cores yet and I'm already tired of it. Merc missions are also absolute whack in that they are only there to waste time in your menu with slow as molasses progression. Field Skills however might be the worse of them all because it actively halts progression in some areas and that is an absolute no no in open-world games.

Apart from the super grindy nature of everything in the game (ironically levelling up feels the least grindy of these things), I'm absolutely having a blast with the game. The characters and story is great and it actually feels like a Xenoblade sequel.

Since I'm likely to be wrecking everything story-wise. Should I just beat the game and do post-game where it is supposedly easier to farm Legendary cores?