Poll of the Day > I'm about 50 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 2...

(+) Yeah! (+)

and I just reached the main character's home land on Leftherian Archipelago.

I find myself getting distracted in a cycle of salvaging and working on quests for my rare blade and progress the story when I get to stopping points for each of my blades...

Does anyone else have this problem by getting sidetracked by the quests?
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I spent more than 70 hours before going there.

And, like everyone else, I spent half of my time in the menus.

I dont remember how many hours I put in before going there. I have put in more than 175 hours, though... I get side tracked by everything. Been doing a lot of side stuff. I forget about the main quest most of the time.
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TheWorstPoster posted...

I spent more than 70 hours before going there.

And, like everyone else, I spent half of my time in the menus.

I never thought about how much time I spend in the menus, but this could be true since I'm always checking affinity levels and merc missions etc. They need to come up with a way to address notifications on the main screen.
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I only played about 12 hours or so. Does it get better. right now I feel it's really sluggish.
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ernieforss posted...

I only played about 12 hours or so. Does it get better. right now I feel it's really sluggish.

Depends how patient you are. Instead of getting sidetracked on quests, I recommend playing through the story.
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Couldn't tell you how long it took me to get there, but I was similarly sidetracked by quests. Not that I really consider that a bad thing, since it's just a fun world to explore (this is true of all the Xenoblade games).

ernieforss posted...

I only played about 12 hours or so. Does it get better. right now I feel it's really sluggish.

Where are you exactly?
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Dmess85 posted...

and I just reached the main character's home land on Leftherian Archipelago.

I find myself getting distracted in a cycle of salvaging and working on quests for my rare blade and progress the story when I get to stopping points for each of my blades...

Does anyone else have this problem by getting sidetracked by the quests?

yeah when i played it the same thing happened to me. it's a good thing really. The first one utterly failed to get me into the complex garbage it had going on so whatever they did this time around facilitated getting sucked into it much easier.
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LinkPizza posted...

I dont remember how many hours I put in before going there. I have put in more than 175 hours, though... I get side tracked by everything. Been doing a lot of side stuff. I forget about the main quest most of the time.

Is that considered end game? Is there a new game + that lets you go back and do things for your blades?
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Most of the blade leveling and whatnot can be done on the first playthrough. NG+ offers the following:

-Several new blades become available (I won't name them because spoilers)
-You gain the ability to dispatch any blade on merc missions (e.g. Pyra or Poppi, who normally can't)
-A number of blades have level 4 specials unlocked (dunno which ones or what's significant about this)
-All drivers get a second affinity chart to fill in
-You gain the ability to de-level yourself at inns to gain extra bonus exp
-Vendors appear that sell some particularly valuable items for bonus exp. Most notably, this includes an item that will grant you a third accessory slot

I haven't personally touched NG+ yet, since I moved on to other games after getting all the first playthrough blades (that were available at that point; there may have been some new ones added for free since then) maxed out and beating the superbosses. I intend to at some point, as well as to get the DLC pack.

Dmess85 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

I dont remember how many hours I put in before going there. I have put in more than 175 hours, though... I get side tracked by everything. Been doing a lot of side stuff. I forget about the main quest most of the time.

Is that considered end game? Is there a new game + that lets you go back and do things for your blades?

I havent finished yet. Haha. So, Ill probably put in a lot more. Plus, the other game...
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LinkPizza posted...

ernieforss posted...

I only played about 12 hours or so. Does it get better. right now I feel it's really sluggish.

Where are you exactly?

I got eaten by a giant monster and got to the town that is inside of it. I'm about to leave that town to some place. I forgot where I need to go, because I haven't played it in a couple of months.

I was having a hard time trying to complete side quests and trying to figure out where to go in the last big area, that's why I think my time is really high.

Also I don't get how to buy a shop. I bought one of everything in a shop but it won't let me buy the deed. I only got that one shop from that mandatory quest. Also when does the shop pay out?
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You get shop deeds after buying everything the shop offers, but not every shop offers everything right away. Most shops get new items in as you raise the development level for the region, and sometimes as a result of quests or story progression. Don't worry too much about trying to get deeds early on, just check stores periodically to see if there's anything new that you haven't bought.