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CyricZ
09/17/22 11:01:14 AM
#101:


I knew Ouroboros Orders were coming but holey moley.

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LinkDaLunatic
09/17/22 11:20:29 AM
#102:


ouroboros orders are the biggest cheese
the damage just gets fucking dumb, shredding bosses like a cheese grater
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Alucard188
09/17/22 3:45:55 PM
#103:


LinkDaLunatic posted...
ouroboros orders are the biggest cheese
the damage just gets fucking dumb, shredding bosses like a cheese grater

It's freaking necessary on hard, especially on the Moebius fights. I can do 1.7 million damage on hard and take less than a fifth of their health. The super bosses aren't going to be any kinder.

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CyricZ
09/18/22 12:16:46 PM
#104:


Ah first crash. Just picking Discuss at a campfire and the game closed. Fortunately I only got knocked back about ten minutes, but I'm definitely tapping that Quicksave button more often. >.>

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ellis123
09/18/22 12:24:57 PM
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CyricZ posted...
Ah first crash. Just picking Discuss at a campfire and the game closed. Fortunately I only got knocked back about ten minutes, but I'm definitely tapping that Quicksave button more often. >.>
RIP.

One thing I noticed after my second crash was that there tended to be a bit of lagginess prior to the lag (usually by a substantial amount of time), and saving + restarting the game was enough to never see a third crash (though it was so infrequent that I would have only had something like four crashes even then). You might try that if it becomes relevant.

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Blue_Inigo
09/18/22 12:51:31 PM
#106:


CyricZ posted...
Damn. Full Metal Jaguar draws a lot of aggro for an Attack class, but it's got some oomph in those Arts.
It's my favorite attack class. The damage and AOEs are crazy

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CyricZ
09/18/22 2:28:07 PM
#107:


Ah ha. Ancient destroyed buildings.

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Alucard188
09/18/22 2:30:50 PM
#108:


Blue_Inigo posted...
It's my favorite attack class. The damage and AOEs are crazy

I like Incisor and Flash Fencer the best because they get stupid with attack cancels, fusion arts, and critical hits.

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NoxObscuras
09/18/22 2:39:54 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
I like Incisor and Flash Fencer the best because they get stupid with attack cancels, fusion arts, and critical hits.
Agreed. I had to adjust my defenders a bit because if I control an Incisor, those crits pull a ton of aggro lol.

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ellis123
09/18/22 2:44:02 PM
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Another part of it is that FMJ is amazing with no passives/little investment and only really "falls off" when you've got a ton of things that make alternatives better. Especially the whole "physical classes are always better due to Ultime Qigong" aspect.

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Alucard188
09/18/22 3:17:23 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
Agreed. I had to adjust my defenders a bit because if I control an Incisor, those crits pull a ton of aggro lol.

I always played the Incisor or Flash Fencer because the AI wasn't smart enough to maximise damage, and I'm all about those numbers. Doing 130k damage in one fusion art is my jam.

ellis123 posted...

Another part of it is that FMJ is amazing with no passives/little investment and only really "falls off" when you've got a ton of things that make alternatives better. Especially the whole "physical classes are always better due to Ultime Qigong" aspect.

Aye. FMJ is great on jobs that require little player input.

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BakonBitz
09/19/22 12:42:54 AM
#112:


saspa posted...
I checked out some youtube videos and battles have all 6 party members fighting at once? That's insane.

On the one hand it sounds great but I'm worried they make enemies damage sponges to compensate for having your entire party whaling on them. I remember playing a crappy game called white knight chronicles that had high hp damage sponge enemies and never again.
They kinda do make the enemies HP sponges but they properly balanced them to where the battles are still nice and quick. XC2's battles tended to last too long unless you knew exactly what to do with the battle system.

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CyricZ
09/19/22 6:42:31 PM
#113:


Got Juniper, although I suppose that goes without saying. Won't be long before I try for Alexandria.

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CyricZ
09/19/22 8:40:52 PM
#114:


MAKE OUT ALREADY

Sorry

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CyricZ
09/20/22 7:18:14 AM
#115:


Laying in bed at night thinking about how the world in its somewhat ring shape could be a giant Flame Clock or something and we're all just traveling in a circle around it.

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CyricZ
09/20/22 6:57:09 PM
#116:


HOLY SHIT Cammuravi's the realest!

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BakonBitz
09/20/22 11:04:28 PM
#117:


CyricZ posted...
HOLY SHIT Cammuravi's the realest!
Seeing him gouge his eye out to prevent the Consuls from controlling him was definitely a "holy shit" moment.

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CyricZ
09/22/22 6:52:47 AM
#118:


Didn't do much these last couple of days. I was distracted by Trombone Champ and was helping some friends learn mahjong.

That said, I've cleaned up several members of Alexandria's squad.

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MedeaLysistrata
09/22/22 4:04:30 PM
#119:


how is this game? I'm not buying a switch most likely.

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CyricZ
09/22/22 4:15:28 PM
#120:


MedeaLysistrata posted...
how is this game? I'm not buying a switch most likely.
It's an RPG not too dissimilar from MMOs in mechanics (managing cooldowns and whatnot).

The story hasn't quite yet "taken off" for me, but I think I'm only like 30% or so through. The game is apparently over 100 hours.

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MedeaLysistrata
09/22/22 4:18:19 PM
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CyricZ posted...
That said, I've cleaned up several members of Alexandria's squad.
i've been cleaned up and this is the only topic using progress in the title

edit: got a bunch of homework done lol

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CyricZ
09/22/22 9:16:30 PM
#122:


Can't hold Nopon to military regulations, eh?

Gotta say, I am a bit puzzled as to the role Nopon have in this society.

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CyricZ
09/23/22 7:43:28 PM
#123:


Replacement mommy has arrived.

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CyricZ
09/24/22 3:13:11 PM
#124:


Got the two As (Ashera and Alexandria).

Also is it me or is every Consul pretty much the same character bar like a personal quirk (one likes the theater, one does the "animal" thing, etc).

That said, I did look ahead at the silhouettes of the heroes and it does seem that a Consul joins us at one point, so that's something.

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Blue_Inigo
09/24/22 3:19:50 PM
#125:


CyricZ posted...
Can't hold Nopon to military regulations, eh?

Gotta say, I am a bit puzzled as to the role Nopon have in this society.
I feel like Nopon in this game kinda break the sense of the story. They have no allegiance (except when they do for some reason???) and clearly make babies. Why does Moebius let them be?

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CyricZ
09/25/22 4:29:04 PM
#126:


My goodness one really doesn't grasp the size of the Fornis Region on the first visit. Just giant areas on the west and east sides.

That's what I've been doing these past couple of days. Ye olde scrape.

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CyricZ
09/25/22 7:16:43 PM
#127:


Oh I can go back to Gamma. I tried earlier and couldn't.

Well at least it'll be beyond easy going through it, with a level double the requirement. >_>

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CyricZ
09/26/22 9:06:52 PM
#128:


Sneaking through Keves Castle with all the finesse of a drunk elephant.

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BakonBitz
09/26/22 9:41:23 PM
#129:


CyricZ posted...
Sneaking through Keves Castle with all the finesse of a drunk elephant.
I was so confused at this part because they were all talking about sneaking in but IIRC I couldn't find any alternate pathways and it was just littered with enemies in the way, lol.

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CyricZ
09/27/22 7:56:05 PM
#130:


Big gun down. Did a tidy 1.4 mil on the last hit on DJ.

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CyricZ
09/27/22 8:16:53 PM
#131:


Having beat XC1, yes, I recognize that name.

Evil Melia Antiqua let's fucking go.

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CyricZ
09/27/22 8:46:19 PM
#132:


Oh N is just Noah from either last year's model or I dunno his twin or somethin.

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CyricZ
09/27/22 8:59:58 PM
#133:


Wow now that was a cutscene.

So on the one end, I kinda called early that the Queen was a robot (or at least some kind of puppet), but still once I was seeing Melia's classic attacks being used against me, I wondered for a bit.

Also "The Lost Numbers" is a fucking sick name for a rebellion faction.

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DeathVelvien
09/27/22 11:24:26 PM
#134:


Just reached the same part myself. Goddamn.

Also Ashera best girl don't @ me.

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BakonBitz
09/28/22 3:57:46 AM
#136:


So now that you've beaten Chapter 4, a thing that someone mentioned is that Melia's movements always looked slightly stiff and robotic as a hint that something's not right. I never caught that, but if so that's a neat detail and something the animators would've clearly had to meticulously work on.

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CyricZ
09/28/22 6:31:38 AM
#137:


Yeah. Well. There's a lot going on in any given battle to the point where I have very little time to focus on my enemy's battle animations.

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BakonBitz
09/28/22 12:00:43 PM
#138:


CyricZ posted...
Yeah. Well. There's a lot going on in any given battle to the point where I have very little time to focus on my enemy's battle animations.
I more meant the cutscene animations, but yeah it is tough to pay close attention to the enemy.

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Phantom_Nook
09/28/22 2:54:44 PM
#139:


there's a cutscene coming up that just melted my heart.

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CyricZ
09/28/22 6:46:45 PM
#140:


Also I didn't mention it the first time but it tickled me how Ashera mentioned the "world of strife" and then her Talent Art is just "Blossom Dance".

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BakonBitz
09/28/22 6:52:06 PM
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CyricZ posted...
Also I didn't mention it the first time but it tickled me how Ashera mentioned the "world of strife" and then her Talent Art is just "Blossom Dance".
Yeah she seems like a clear Dunban reference. Almost all her Arts are named after his.

A lot of people assume she might be Sharla's and Reyn's kid, who got trained by "uncle" Dunban.

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CyricZ
09/28/22 9:06:36 PM
#142:


Legitimately laughed out loud in Zeon's hero quest when Kite gets down bad for Juniper and practically glitches over to her side.

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CyricZ
09/29/22 9:17:32 AM
#144:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Oh ho! Interesting! That hasn't come up so sorry for assuming.

Also their voice actor in Japanese is Rie Kugimiya, VA for Haruka from the Yakuza series!

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Alucard188
09/29/22 9:20:25 AM
#145:


Yeah. Juniper is enby, but it's never explicitly stated in the game. I completely missed it until someone told me and pulled up a gender chart to show that Juniper was coded differently than everyone else.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/0/6/AAAAD4AADuhu.jpg

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CyricZ
09/29/22 9:21:35 AM
#146:


Alucard188 posted...
Yeah. Juniper is enby, but it's never explicitly stated in the game. I completely missed it until someone told me and pulled up a gender chart to show that Juniper was coded differently than everyone else.
Yeah I looked it up and apparently they are referred to with they/them pronouns early on in dialogue and I just... completely missed it lol.

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CyricZ
09/29/22 8:56:35 PM
#147:


Oh wow. Deep in a Gamma sidequest do I find that Eunie and Sena have some latent "anime" shame responses to the idea of Lanz just stripping down out in the open, and they don't even know why they have it.

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Alucard188
09/30/22 7:23:53 AM
#148:


I figured it was just some sort of allegorical relation to the Garden of Eden thing, where there was no shame because they never saw their bodies as anything other than tools. After they learned about what can be done with the tools they have, they developed a sense of shame about it. It makes sense considering Eunie, Lanz, and Noah shared a bath together at the beginning of the game, and didn't flip out at each other.

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CyricZ
09/30/22 8:15:56 AM
#149:


Yeah I talked about that bath event earlier and I'm like "wow it's so nice for these people to not be all anime about this" and now that they're free of being tools they're like "and now we're free to be anime about this".

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CyricZ
09/30/22 10:58:51 AM
#150:


DAMMIT I was looking up a primer on Chain Attacks just to make sure I'm not missing anything and I see Mio with long hair and I'm like THAT'S A SPOILER I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW YET and I KNOW IT'S OUT OF CONTEXT but STILL BLARGH.

Anyways, I did learn something because I thought to get the Oroborous Order you had to use two partners in the same Order, not two Orders that are partners. At least now I know.

I still haven't pulled off two Oroborous Orders in one Chain Attack, though. It says to raise your Interlink Level to 3, but what does that then look like when you hit the button? Do I have to get two pairs of partners, or do I have to choose the Orders of the partners who are Level 3?

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