r/XenobladeChronicles2

I'm looking for the soundtrack that plays in the background when Rex is talking to Pyra and Mythra when they tell him why they want to go to Elysium, that is, when Rex gets the 3rd sword

I cleared most of the superbosses in challenge mode, except 1) Immovable Heir Carlos (the lv150 ape), 2) Ardainian Kurodil (lv 130 dinosaur). Most of the tutorials found online assume you have three accessory slots + max hidden affinity chart so that you can deal insane damage to finish the challenge before the boss uses powerful Art to one shot your entire party. Is it possible to beat these two challenges without entering New Game Plus?

For Kurodil, I basically have an idea. Dodge the Doom effect and Ultra Annihilation Flare by Chain Attack or Blade Combo Finisher. However, due to its high HP and 80% reduced Ether damage, the battle took too long so I didn't try too hard on this one. (Never want to have a 40min+ battle again after Elma Redux)

For the fxxking ape, if Chain Attack cannot finish him, after Chain Attack it uses one-shot Art immediately to wipe out the whole party (700+ Agility S+ Mythra also got hit). It also has Doom, Party Meter drain, high HP, etc.; all sorts of disgusting stuff combined together. If using a common Blade with Orb Master, how to keep the common Blade character surviving long enough to attach 5 orbs on the ape becomes a big issue.

I will eventually play NG+ for sure, but just for experiencing the main story again, and don't want to farm anything. (I basically have everything farmable already, except for lv6 Aux Cores for every blade.) Just these two challenges become a thorn in the throat. Should I try harder now, or copy Enel's build in NG+ to destroy them (after obtaining Zeke)?

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Edit: I managed to beat the Kurodil. Party:

Rex (Mythra + two support blade (agility weapon/mod, hunter chemistry + orb ender), dauntless boots + avant-garde medal for survivability),

Morag (Dagas + Corvin, Aff Max ATK + Crit Up + Titan Hunter, burst symbol + avant-garde medal),

Tora (QTPi according to Enel's tutorial setup, change Vedentta to Titan Hunter, earth element; QT (or Alpha) in water element (light light water combo is pretty fast), Master Scope + burst symbol)

Pouch item: Glarna Stir-Fry + Fish and Herb Broth, sold in Challenge Land. (0.4+0.4 Art recharge)

Basic idea: Use Mythra level 2 AOE special to clear the mobs ASAP (Wave 3 sniper needs to be eliminated immediately), for the Korodil fight, use driver combo (QTPi break, Rex topple, QTPi launch, Corvin smash) to interrupt Kurodil. Use chain attack / blade combo finisher / LV4 special to dodge Doom and Ultra Annihilation Flare. Two small chain attack (1-2 orbs) should take him down.

Only ONE APE to go.

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Edit 2: THE APE is down.

Similar setup, change Rex's dauntless boots to Omega Drive (for faster chain attack, agility doesn't help too much for lv150 boss), Morag's burst symbol to Omega Drive; Aux core change to Beast Hunter.

Basic idea: when it uses Venom Cloud (Doom), chain attack; when it enters enraged mode and uses Wild Wave (party wipe attack), chain attack. Don't chain attack if there is no threat. (especially near its 65% HP (enraged threshold)) Because of two Omega Drives (and moon matter chips on everybody), the Party Gauge replenishes extremely fast, which neutralizes all its ridiculous Arts.

BTW, remember to bring Fiora for this fight to max her affinity chart. Otherwise her node won't complete. (Same for Elma on Kurodil's fight, had to beat that one again.)

I started playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on and off a few months ago, but I’m struggling to keep going.

The early game is slow, but I'm used to playing jrpg so nothing new there. The story isn’t groundbreaking, but it’s good enough so far. The characters are a little too stereotypical for my taste, but they’re mostly likable and not too annoying, and most importantly the music is great.

The problem is that to progress the story I have to fight, and the combat in this game bores me to hell and back. I chain the abilities of one Blade to fill up a bar, switch Blades, chain abilities again, launch a Special, do a QTE, switch Blades, chain abilities, switch Blades, launch a support character’s Special, switch Blades, etc. There is no skill involved, I just do the same thing again and again, and eventually win, or not, after what feels like an hour. I started avoiding combat and rushing through the story, but now I'm underleveled and the fights are even slower since I now lack damage.

And yet I keep seeing people here say that there’s a point where the combat “clicks” and actually becomes enjoyable. When does that happen?

I’m very close to giving up, which would be a shame because I loved the first Xenoblade so fucking much, so please help me.

Hello, I am playing new game+ of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and I am trying to max out Poppi QTπ's affinity chart, and only have two affinity nodes left until completion. Those two nodes are as follows "Perform a blade combo finisher. (Previous instances count toward total.)", and "Perform a driver combo finisher (Previous instances count toward total.)". I don't know how to increase the number for either of these! What's odd is, the game says I've done the former 262 times by now, but I don't know how to consciously do it, so that was pure luck, I guess. I've looked the former up online, but all advice just doesn't seem to work for me. I follow their instructions, and nothing happens. I have to do the former well over 300 more times, so I hope, and I pray that doing it isn't hyper tedious, but I get the aching feeling it will be. I mean, I'm still gonna do it regardless, because the two empty nodes just bother, me but...yeah!

Thanks in advance for whoever manages to help me, if they manage to help!

Im playing on the switch and made it to the first boss fight with malos or whatever his name was. I literally could not beat him because my health was so low and he just kept chipping away at my hp ive legit fought him for an hour or 2 and couldn't beat him so I gave up and took a break. I closed the game and when I came back it made me start the ENTIRE GAME OVER

I bought the physical edition of the stand alone dlc, it comes with a code, the thing is that I have the NA version of XB2 and the torna version is for the EU, the cartridge works fine so I’m not sending it back (I didn’t knew beforehand that codes where region blocked )

I wanted the prequel story the most, was interested in the extra blades but welp. The NA version was way more expensive, almost as much as much as buying both a physical and digital versions.

Anyways here it is: E1B4HJ965QL81XWY

You move in the open fields on the map and every few seconds your caracther comes to an halt , requiring you to stop pressing ur analog toward it intended direction and start over.