Poll of the Day > Xenoblade 3's expansion is out 4/25 (spoilers)

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https://youtu.be/KFlf_S5Woug

If Xenoblade 2s expansion is anything to go by, this is gonna be MASSIVE.

Lots of big things in the trailer no one couldve expected. But most of all, Shulk looks and now fights like Dunban, down to having a bum arm and being a dodge tank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeBG1g1BRMA

the battle theme

im hype

I might be setting myself up for disappointment, but I'm getting the vibe that exploring Alvis' connection to Origin and Moebius is going to end up providing some answers for what happens after the main game, even though this is obviously a prologue story, and I think that might just be the best possible way to do it. I'm pretty hyped.

agesboy posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeBG1g1BRMA

the battle theme

im hype

It's like the Bionis Shoulder battle theme and the Mor Ardain field theme had a baby, just with less brass than you might expect from that description. Notably, no flutes, so I guess this is pre-off-seeing.

I hope we get a Kos-Mos cameo like 2 got

I kind of doubt it, unless there's a stealth Challenge Mode update that adds some fanservice heroes (which isn't impossible). Future Redeemed seems to be focusing much more on 1/2 fanservice than other Xeno games, Matthew being a blatant Fei expy aside.

four ish hours to go, preload is up

Shouldnt it be 5 hours? My understanding is that it comes at 9 EST

It still wasn't there when I played the game last night, so it might have been a bit later than that. I haven't checked this morning. I'm in no great rush, since I wanted to get through a NG+ playthrough before FR came, and I only just reached the beginning of chapter 6 last night.

I'm like 5 hours in. It's really good. They added so much QoL stuff in, I wish they'd backport some back into the main game.

That's good to know, not that there was any chance whatsoever of me not playing it.

It's a real testament to how fantastic the base game is that, despite how hyped I am for FR, I genuinely want to finish off NG+ before moving on to it, not just as a self-imposed restriction. Ignoring all the sidequests except Ino's and Masha's is definitely thinnning out the experience a lot (as expected), but I'm still really enjoying going through the story again (second time playing it, third time seeing most of it in context thanks to watching most of Harry McEntire's playthrough) and picking up on hints and connections I missed the first time. 10/10 game, would spend it all with my Noah.

I cant believe they gave Rex a skill that lets him launch an enemy right on the first strike of a fight lmao

Matthews VA has real big Tommy Wiseau energy

I'm waiting for all the cutscenes to appear online. I've given up trying to enjoy xenoblade gameplay, but I really enjoy the stories.

Id say this DLCs touches to the battle system make it way way better than the base game (so far)

the action sequences have been awesome, as usual. Hope you have fun watching this game series that has more movie than most movie franchises.

PK_Spam posted...

I cant believe they gave Rex a skill that lets him launch an enemy right on the first strike of a fight lmao

Unfortunately probably less useful than it'd be in the base game because you still have to build up to a launch, burst, or blast via a Unity Combo, and launching is so incredibly easy in this game to begin with. Still really funny to see.

Man, I somehow COMPLETELY glossed over how different fusion arts (well, ouroboros powers) have completely different additional effects depending on the combination. My Matthew is now throwing out aoe power charges

I was playing Matthew before I realized Rex could essentially go Double Spinning Edge! Double Spinning Edge! Double Spinning Edge with a crit rate to make that possible.

The party basically having access to Stands is a really cool visual effect during fights.

Why is monolith soft so fucking bad at making a good tank?

No excuse for Shulk being as bad as he is. Was the Awakening gimmick secretly good in the base game or something that they decided Shulk needed it, and not ways to consistently keep aggro? Or, like, dodge? Because hes supposed to be a dodge tank.

beat the game, done almost all sidequests, and filled almost my entire log (it's like 95% complete). all on hard, took me about 30 hours

good shit

PK_Spam posted...

Was the Awakening gimmick secretly good in the base game or something

Awakening is extremely powerful in the base game, and many top-tier party compositions aim to maximize its uptime through Resonant Flag and Glittering Melody. It's less good for Guardian Commander, who ostensibly revolves around maximizing its uptime to boost their damage and aggro generation, but in practice they need to have aggro in the first place to activate Awakening with their talent art, so they can pretty quickly end up in a death spiral if somebody else pulls aggro.

In FR, though, as far as I can tell so far (just finished Chapter 3), the only way to get Awakening is from Unity Combos, and it doesn't last long enough to chain it. Maybe that'll change at some point, but for now it does indeed look like Nikol's going to be the stronger tank.

I just have aoe Target Lock on Shulk but invest more into Nikol so he can just relieve the pressure sometimes, rather than outright try to main tank. Everyone sucks compared to Rex though. You can boil efficient combat down to "everyone else just exists while Rex takes aggro and dies every 15 seconds", and to Shulk's benefit, he can at least taunt off of Rex's massive aggro to ensure he lives a little longer each time.

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