Xenoblade: Definitive Edition - Things You Should Do Before New Game +

[@EnelXC]

Final thing to note that I forgot to mention in the video since it's a new thing: You can buy level V of essentially every gem from challenge mode too if you want to use that for exp/ap up. I believe that requires some story progress but that shouldn't be an issue. Level 12 art books and the best farming challenge are unlocked from beating Future Connected.

[@223salvador]

Holy, to get every skill tree its impossible for me, because i always missed an NPC or i just missed a timed mission, how can you get 5 star affinity with everyone, do you have to complete all missions or something like that

[@______-uw3ei]

Salvador456 you don’t have to complete every quest but you do need to complete quite a few and also after completing a few quests talk to a bunch of npc’s in that area as they might unlock another affinity link with someone else getting you closer to 5 stars

[@icecream1p506]

Klokkklkkllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll kkkklk

[@kieragard]

@@223salvador you can't really miss them they are on a timer though so if there not there change the time cycle and look again.

[@paragonyoshi4237]

I'm wondering... Do I have to unlock the Time Attack Challenges and Noponstone Items all over again, once I go into New Game Plus? Is that the reason as to why I should buy all the Colony 6 Items, before I finish the game?

[@cantdestroyher7245]

I have to say I'm very impressed by the lengths this community goes to minimise spoilers

[@alxdrksoul]

I don't know why I thought about IGN.

[@maycontainnuts3127]

We've known for the past 9 years how impactful each piece of the story is, so we've tried for the longest time to make sure everyone experiences it the same way.

[@liamjcollins8053]

The Xenoblade community is easily the most positive and wholesome out of any gaming community

[@Felixr2]

True, but the wiki could learn a thing or two from the Fire Emblem wiki when it comes to spoiler notifications. Yes, the xenoblade wiki notifies you at the top of the page if there are spoilers on the page. But the Fire Emblem wiki has seperate expandable spoiler tags for every individual section with spoilers. You can go to the page about Claude and read about his early life without getting spoilers about, say, the ending of Verdant Wind, or about his appearance in other routes. Though the Fire Emblem wiki does have issues of its own (completely irrelevant videos most of the time (that's just a wikia standard from what I've seen), and it's generally recommendable to not follow the wiki's advice (why is there advice on a wiki in the first place? this isn't a guide!))

[@nothingtoseehere8771]

They only go to these lengths for one spoiler, the rest don't get the same treatment.

[@AliBaba-sw4ej]

It’s worth noting that the arachno feeding ground can be completed the same way with every party member as long as they have a strong AoE. As usual, every party member means not Sharla

[@selder_7]

Getting to level 99 is something that’ll just happen when grinding AP and SP really, that takes much longer

[@pforgottonsoul]

i honestly got there simply grinding gear( didn't think to save scum chests)

[@desolattiedevestati1180]

Casual mode quite literally makes it so much easier, since fighting higher level enemies give you more exp than same level enemies, ye level up real quick. Best spot I farmed exp at was at the three sage summit, since the lv100 boss and the 2 other hunkos respawn there almost all the time and easy to access, only issue with that spot is it is also home to the lv120 Avalanche Abysaay, only during a blizzard tho

[@boohoo723]

At 9:04 you've got 3 NPCs who aren't connected to the affinity web, video is literally unwatchable, unsubscribed

[@EnelXC]

hahaha it doesn't require every link thankfully

[@tokidoki9001]

Lmfao

[@timurkral3781]

Hahaha look at this gangsta

[@CRT.v]

i counted 5, but damn, kuddos to you for taking the time to pause and count without being prompted like i was! i wouldn't have found any of them if not for your eagle eye!

[@JlBUNROCK]

I counted 15+ and also a missing npc

[@deadhead7902]

I just got XC Definitive edition so what I beat the game I will go back and watch all your Previous videos

[@Ash-cp3km]

Ay man capitilise on that "Gamer on the Rise" clout but man cant believe you got trending

[@EnelXC]

I can't either honestly LOL

[@adamirduron3311]

P. P

[@Scuuurbs]

Paul Aspland Congrats on not understanding satire.

[@goldenknowledge5914]

Google rewards consistent channels by helping promote their videos. One of the factors they take into account is audience engagement so Enel must be doing a great job as a content creator

[@sneezumsensei8655]

@@goldenknowledge5914 also it has a very appealing thumbnail that catches the eye

[@RozalinGaming]

For EXP, put it on expert mode and drop your levels to 70 and also put the game on safety so you can easily hit enemies. Then go to the place in Tephra Cave you mentioned. Takes about an hour without EXP gems.

[@EnelXC]

yeah casual mode is a thing I regularly forget about and I also have my pride hahaha. Good advice though!

[@anabelanguyen1748]

I'm so happy you're gaining subs! You deserve dude, you're the God of Xenoblade

[@anabelanguyen1748]

*deserve it oops

[@theodoremcaree9996]

Wait your reply is older than the first comment

[@insanepyro322]

Hes really U-DO in disguise

[@rhettmitchell]

Enel is K**** confirmed

[@ikaru886]

For fast EXP, apply the same method but in casual mode and with red ennemies Casual mode basically erases ennemy evasion so you can kill lvl 99 ennemies while being lvl 70 without even sweating (ennemy damages also seems to be divided by 9 or 10) , but more than that, the casual mode gives an insane bonus XP for unknown reason, just after mechonis core you can directly rush to tephra cave and be lvl 99 in like, an hour or two of grinding ? It might be even less. The only downside is that you're now a "casul" (except we don't care so just do yourself a favor and activate the casual mode for farming it's way faster)

[@EnelXC]

I have too much pride to use casual mode hahaha. It shouldn't be any extra bonus, red tag enemies give the same exp regardless but yeah you can make life easier by doing this.

[@PhazonKing]

That would be boring. I prefer to level up in thr normal way :-)

[@Starfloofle]

You can also use this method to kill difficult monsters startlingly early in the game. Especially if you cheese some kills by punting gogols off a cliff for super equips. You can actually do that as soon as you enter the area using casual mode, because their evasion will be actually manageable. Just play as Reyn and use Sword Drive instead of Melia's Spear Break. You can *technically* do this in normal mode too, if you give Sharla no arts but Tranquilizer and just hope you get lucky, but that's so incredibly unreliable that it's barely worth it at all.

[@selder_7]

They should’ve added more landmarks to this version. At least one more per map

[@They_are_Arthur]

Why do you think so? Just asking, I personally am fine with amount of landmarks in the game.

[@IceDynamix]

valak mountain shouldve had double the amount of landmarks honestly

[@ethanator6015]

IceDynamix I’d say triple.

[@TheCoolerDrilis]

Someone explain to me how that giant fortress in Satorl Marsh isn't a landmark.

[@bruinbear7666]

The random shores and islands in Eryth Sea, Agora Shore in Colony 9, and so many other places definitely need landmarks. I mean, you can teleport to a random rock in Bionis’ Leg and a stupid cave with nothing in it in Eryth Sea, but you have to swim and run to places you’ll go back to a few times like Anu Shore? I get why the makers of the game would preserve the original version’s travel locations, but they could have made the option to toggle new locations for players who want to save time (and don’t want to see 8/10 too much water).

[@xxmegagallade47]

"Riki's best weapon is the monopon" "just kidding it's the meteor nibbler" You had me in the first half not gonna lie

[@weezerofficial1738]

Congrats on Rising Creator

[@Derean77]

I was just debating whether I wanted to go to NG+ immediately or not. Glad I didn't, this video dropped at the perfect timing. Thank you so much!

[@WH40KHero]

One other thing: You may want to seek out and kill as many of the unique enemies, as, as far as i remember, they award their affinity coins once per playthrough while the ones you already had carry over. Meaning that in the end you get twice the ammount of affinity coins from Uniques

[@PeterGargan]

Probably the best Xenoblade content around at the moment :)

[@NoNo-fv9pz]

Thanks for the high quality content on this game, I appreciate it. I'm really happy your channel is growing it's really good.

[@AdamsGemu]

YAY a gamer on the “gaming creator on the rise” Congrats!!!

[@Psiheim]

Also for the smashing future achievement Sharla is actually amazing for this. Have a reyn or shulk with low level and armor but high agro fight something like a strong armu and when the future triggers use heal, then shield , then some Sharla damage arts to maybe attract agro, warn shulk, and tranquilizer shot and then maybe kill. That's like 6 future breaks for the price of one and I found that made this achievement much faster

[@christianmario9753]

Wow this video was perfectly timed for me as I just started the post game and was confused on what to do

[@MakenaForest]

if you want to keep all 6 monado replicas, pick the one that was easiest to get (that wasnt Replica Monado) when you beat the final boss. you'll need to do the quest again, because monado 3 replaces your current replica

[@finnabus633]

I just finished the game and I was wondering what I should do, perfect timing Enel

[@Malysitos]

8:19 I did a new game plus recently to collect affinity coins and found out that the Nopon Archsage won’t have their Colony 6 reconstruction stock in the beginning of the new game plus run. This means that you will unfortunately have to go to the last time attack portal (located at Gondorl Catherdral in Prison Island) in the game to gain access to Colony 6 reconstruction stuff

[@EnelXC]

yeah hence why I suggested buying it before NG+

[@artcellrox]

What a coincidence, I'm right at the part where you get full control of your party back in chapter 17, meaning just when I'm able to do a lot of this. With the other guides done, this'll be a big help. Big thanks. yo.

[@seanibarra1242]

Thanks I really needed this guide, I was looking at your character trying to find what was the best weapons for everyone.

[@masonjohn6517]

Congrats Enel! I started watching your channel in the late summer of 2019 I think, and I absolutely fell in love with your content.

[@Rafikichu]

5:29 "All the others can be accomplished in a decent amount of time." I think my mans is forgetting Craftstravaganza. Worst achievement ever.

[@jedgamesguy]

Casual Mode has helped so much, I was able to grind from LV 78 to 92 in six hours! The Glory and Gloria Slobos were easy cash (EXP) cows.

[@DragonEdge10]

LOL, given how much they push casual mode into your face I'm honestly surprised I haven't tried it out even once yet, might do for easy grinding now. Does it also make AP grinding easier?

[@somethingofascientist7084]

DragonEdge10 I don’t think it boosts anything you just kill enemies way faster and it’s near impossible to die

[@jedgamesguy]

@@somethingofascientist7084 You know how you usually can't hit enemies 6 LVs above you? That's gone in casual mode

[@somethingofascientist7084]

JedgamesGUY oh I didn’t notice that, thanks for the info!

[@Joe_334]

@@DragonEdge10 used casual mode to get past the annoying Xord fight...

[@MrNotgoth]

Man..mad respect to anyone doing all this for completion. You won't catch me doing a quarter of this lmao

[@pforgottonsoul]

the life of a completionist is a curse, but i do get my money's worth out of JRPGs.

[@CritsVG]

I literally was planning on rushing through my first playthrough and start NG+ asap since it resets everything... Yet here I am and have 100%ed many aspects (like party and area affinity and Colony 6) of my first playthrough just because I couldn't resist getting all the stuff I could get my hands on 😂 What's wrong with me...

[@fishnutz5196]

Completionist or not, if you play a xenoblade game you play to max out everything haha

[@estyboi5927]

Gaming Creator on the Rise... he did it bois

[@Tierisal]

Enel congrats for being the creator on the rise keep up the great work!

[@They_are_Arthur]

14:02 I fought the unique monster that had the daze counter spike without any daze resist gems. I learned that if you command your allies to come close to you, they instantly help you out of daze.

[@EnelXC]

Good strategy!

[@tailesque]

Thank you so much for putting all this info together! I've played through before several times on Wii/3DS, but remembering the best weapons or leveling techniques etc. should I need them was something I definitely didn't do. Super useful and appreciated

[@waxy944]

Thank you, this really helps! This must have taken a long time so I just wanted you to know that we appreciate you :)

[@Lambda.Function]

Casual mode can let you do the spider farm before 80 if you want to power level up to 99. Just max run speed with Shulk, use Shulk/Reyn/Dunban with the highest damage weapon you have and an attack plus gem. You can run fast enough to avoid taking any hits before you start doing chain attacks. The casual mode removes the agility penalty for being under-leveled, and they don't have a lot of HP so they die quickly but give tons of exp, and killing an enemy in casual mode gives you 2 bars of party meter, so 2 kills is enough to instantly chain attack again.

[@EnelXC]

I didn't want to play on casual hahaha

[@SoupyLenny]

Ur channel is on trending Good job

[@CalaCrisp88]

Another great video Enel :D what a gamer Also that trick about buying and reloading for fashion gear is super useful :O

[@nsbathome]

Glad to see you put up this guide. I wanted to get the 4th skill tree before Mechanis Field. Thanks for the guide.

[@nsbathome]

Update: Everything is sadness and I feel empty. Agniratha onward hit hard.

[@lemmyxpro]

​@@nsbathomelol

[@skadi2911]

Very good point at 7:58. When starting NG+, the items for Colony 6 reconstruction will not be available until you reach Prison Island for the second time again, so basically you can find yourself stuck if you want to level it up all the way to 5 before the final dungeon. I didn't do it before beginning my NG+ but luckily I happened to find the 2 ice cabbages by simply exploring and doing a bunch of quests in Valak Mountain. Currently back in Galahad Fortress, I like taking my time and level myself down compared to the ennemies (I use the equipment I gather as well). Great game, and great content about it coming from you :D

[@chrislee9429]

Congrats on trending and rising game creator. Your videos are always amazing.

[@moberlysquad67]

Congrats on the recognition from KZbin. Keep up the awesome work

[@MegaFelix1000]

Your Xenoblade content is absolutely amazing, very useful and informative for many people who trying this game for the first time. I'm really liked your guides. Some of your XC2 guides helped me a lot and now you show us some really nice tips in XCDE for every character and it's amazing because I would like to try some things with Sharla on NG+ now. Thank you for your guides! \o

[@dankdilly]

Sharla is awesome!:)

[@johnsmith-fe4ip]

Thanks man for the video. You always offer so much knowledge of the game. Congratulations on all of your new subscribers and being the creator on the rise.

[@Karu-ex5nm]

Perfectly timed guide I’m currently finishing up before new game plus. Keep up the awesome content!

[@m.taylor6890]

Thanks Enel. Congratulations on Rising Creator.

[@nRTnL_MV]

im close to the end of my first playthrough and on the weekend i looked for videos that tell me what i should do before ng+ and i couldnd really find anything, and then i thought about to ask you enel when you post your next video and possible i could get an answer. yeah and now i see this video Thanks for all the videos man you are the best

[@JJGamezMC]

3:28 oh yeah i forgot that hitting multiple enemies in this game does... that...

[@stormrunnercore]

The main game and future connected was fun. Just gonna grind to level 99 later for the super bosses. They look fun.

[@networkplayer01]

The dedication you put in your videos is impressive, I really appreaciate it.

[@shaded1097]

***internal screaming*** I've barely done any side quests as I was playing through the game and I'm almost at the end now. Gonna have to go back and complete them all I guess for all the achievements, arts, and skill tress. Thanks for this Enel.

[@arthurmenard4507]

To grind the 500 revives achievement I putted reyn and shulk level 1 and controlled fiora with speed shift for the crits and the skill that gain half a bar when 2 allies are down, went to spiral valley UM Immovable Gonzales, his spike will kill shulk and reyn instantly just keep autoattacking and revive only 1 of the 2 everytime to get the half bar refill. I think it was a decent strategy if anyone wanna grind it fast.

[@lemmyxpro]

Yeah, that sounds like it would be a great strat!

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

You’re trending! Just remember us when you become famous

[@alexap3324]

Thanks a lot man, It was very useful

[@RonnyKeil]

Its hard for me to put in words just how useful your guides have been. Major props

[@Movel0]

I still haven't cleared the main game and I shiver thinking how many side quests I have left. Ursula's quest was *enjoyable* in comparison with these.

[@Lil_stinka]

Damn wish this was out before I got halfway through ng+

[@vbarreiro]

For Happy New Year, you can also leave your game running for a week

[@sevramusic]

What I personally do when I reach a new place is to use trade with the named NPCs, but not really for trade but to register then in the chart without triggering convos. That's just me tho, since I like to be organized with the chart xD (Also, thank you for the videos you do, it will definently help a lot of people, keep going!)

[@bigyoshii]

I waited to do new game + because I knew this was coming.

[@supershadow102007]

my guy i'm impressed by the amount of time you spent on this having to look for and talk to EVERY NAMED npc is gonna be a pain but i thank you for the insight on all of this i been wondering how to get the other skill trees for a while hopefully i can still do some of the stuff as i'm already in CP17

[@iamergoproxy3476]

Your guides are A1. I picked up all 3 xenoblade games for the switch (wasnt easy to find XC2) and this one...the story is very well done, hope the other 2 are just as good or better.

[@FreshNewtype]

When I first played Xenoblade I didn't even know about the extra skill trees, so this time around I became determined to get them, but some of the gates you have to get through ...

[@jasonames7452]

The only thing I can think of that you missed was mentioning that the Monado III overwrites whichever Monado Shulk has equipped, and that you don't get another Replica Monado in NG+. It's relatively minor, since the Abyss is just objectively better, and you still have fashion slots, but I figure most people would want the warning so they can have one of each monado in subsequent playthroughs. Respect for clarifying that Meteor Staff is Melia's best offensive weapon, it made you come across as more objective compared to the the weapon choice recommendation in the Melia guide.

[@OverloadVA]

Great video Enel! Might I suggest a video on things you should do before Mechonis Core, and a video of what to do when you start/playthrough new game+. I believe both of those would be great videos and the community would use them a lot.

[@soratabun8200]

Thanks Enel, you must have saw the future that I was lost before finishing final boss and posted this guide on the same day to save me. Cheers!

[@oSkullKydo]

Hey! Congrats for "gaming creator on the rise"! I was wondering, which gameplay do you prefer between XC:DE and XC2?

[@EnelXC]

Xc2 has my favorite combat system of all time so i'd have to go with that. I really like the gameplay of all the games in the series though

[@presion5628]

I´m so dumb when I was doing the side quests to get monado eater (about 1 month ago )I completed it, and didn´t unlock it, so I gave up and TODAY I realised I didn´t open the thing to get it.

[@LarryNoir]

Excellent video as per usual. I'm very close to finishing the game and will do a lot of this extra stuff to stretch out my play time a bit before beating the final boss. I'll probably save NG+ for another time though when i revisit the game. I was having a bitch of a time trying to do quests and get the additional skill trees without looking at a guide. I bit the bullet and decided to watch this video and now it all makes sense. the 4th tree sounds pretty reasonable for most characters so I can see myself at least doing those.

[@TheBandoBandito]

King of Xenoblade content. Always with the most in depth guides helping me out since XC2 came out here's hoping for the X port.

[@selder_7]

I beat avalanche abbasey first try when I got to super boss hunting thanks to your guides, glad to see the channel grow 👏

[@joeycurrent2921]

Congrats Enel! Been watching you a very long time as you rose with xeno 2 content and have been watching every xcde vid, congrats on being trending

[@Psiheim]

I found a potentially faster way to do the revive achievement. I had Rikki as the leader for the party gauge skill and he reduced the cost of reviving by half. Then I took 7 for more party gauge building and a level 1 shulk and fight imoveable Gonzales. His AOE Spike kills shulk the second he revives so it's mostly just spamming happy happy, hero time to make sure tension stays up for more happy happy and mashing the revive button. I hope this helps anyone looking to do that achievement

[@EnelXC]

This is actually a pretty smart method, I don't remember my method taking all that long but this one seems even better so thanks for mentioning it!

[@davidtapia4458]

Wow Xenoblade Chronicles definitive edition looks clean this is an upgrade to the previous game I never thought it would show buffs that you get or affinity change looks clean really

[@skx444]

I just beat Abaasy yesterday for the first time, thanks so much for all the guides!

[@mistressminerva3382]

The Daze Counter Spike Spider that was a mandatory unique monster kill for Fioras 5th skill tree was the one that i farmed for affinity . by having the controlled character immun to daze , and always helping the other 2 characters in the party.

[@Bradoblue]

Hey Enel, big fan of the Xenoblade stuff you’ve been doing. I’ve played the original back on the wii on accident before I knew about the hype with Rainfall while trying to look for another game to kill time with. You think It’d be a cool idea to talk in depth about the replicas? I know they’re different with their own stats, and if anything it would more than likely be a short vid, but if you got an empty space for an idea would you consider that for a future vid? Thanks you! Again big fan!

[@hessexm8065]

5:44 a better method i found elsewhere is go fight the mechon on the fallen arm, make sure the not to use ether arts, as you want to deal 1 damage, as burst affinity can happen when you miss, and hitting a mechon without enchant, or an anti-mechon weapon, counts as a miss, and if you're 6 levels higher (or dunban, preferbaly both) you can dodge all their attacks, guaranteed (it's not guaranteed, but it most likey you won't get touched at all), so basically, you're going to have an extra long fight, so most likely little to no skip traveling, and lots of burst affinity in one fight, boring as hell, but grinding burst affinity is going to be boring regardless, so might as well be as efficient as possible. Use Dunban because heat haze, Sharla is actually optimal to use due to her lack of damage output (revel in this border-line nonexistant occurance), and anyone else, except Shulk, Fiora, & Melia (If you remove Melia's Summons, then use her). Again very boring but, more efficient. A way to keep yourself entertained, is with art limitations above, and no chain attacks, is try and keep all your arts on cooldown as mich as possible, so use them as much as possible, it helps a little bit.

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

At least the rewards from missions are worthy the New Game+. To be able to get A or B reward in a quest is nice and promotes the NG+. I still have tons of things to do in my first playthrough though.

[@lpants0]

Wow this video had alot of content gj

[@yoacpien2864]

You can level up in Tephra Cave once you've reached level 74 (max 21 level difference [Spooders in the eggs are lvl95]) without agility or night vision gems, simply by activating "casual mode". By being at least 6 levels under the enemies' you gain 50% extra EXP. You can deactivate casual mode afterwards without any issues.

[@EnelXC]

haha casual mode makes things a lot easier that is true! I suppose i have too much pride to consider that option but I probably should have mentioned it

[@Runepower]

You can just hear the pain in your voice every time you have to talk about sharla or riki.

[@RyuNoZero]

you also can set the clock to 11pm and wait until 5am, it's a bit longer but it works ^^

[@EnelXC]

Of course! i just detailed the fastest method

[@RyuNoZero]

@@EnelXC yeah I was semi afk, when I did that achievement

[@MrLegit_Vazquez]

Small actually super tiny time saver but you can just open the tomb to get eater during the final step of the quest. Instead of traveling back after talking to the quest giver

[@psi_feelingokay9784]

Honestly for Happy New Year I'm just gonna leave my switch to run on the lowest settings when I go to bed.

[@ThePolulos]

So what happens if for example: you beat the game, and then start a new game+, but then decide to continue your completed file, and you beat it again later, does this second new game+ from the more advanced playthrough carry over again? What happens to the monado III? Thanks

[@EnelXC]

If you do another NG+ over NG+ nothing really changes

[@jethiliusavalar6449]

Completely forgot to get that staff lol I'm thinking about rearranging my monada arts to have the offensive and defensive one on opposite sides but I'm used to the way it is by default

[@thegamewoods8473]

Small thing to add, the Telethia UM you fight for Fiora, Dunban, and Reyns weapon can also drop the Meteor Staff for Melia! Or at least it dropped it for me! Also, for Fiora, do you mean Dystopia or Conviction Blade as her best weapon?

[@lemmyxpro]

He says it's Dystopia in his Fiora guide. But the Conviction Blades, whilst having overall less damage potential, has more consistent damage, and also bulk. So i would mostly run Dystopia unless you need Fiora to be more tanky.

[@cheesyboy0709]

The exact video I was looking for. You’re the bomb diggity Enel!!

[@leonardomartinez6887]

Amaizing video, really helpful for a newcomer for this game :)

[@Callmesenpai1337]

This is probably gonna be really damn difficult but a guide on which armor items contribute to which fashion sets. I have not seen a comprehensive list anywhere so this could very likely be new territory. It sucks cause the same item will fill different slots on different characters.

[@EnelXC]

I'd have to figure this info out myself but maybe i can do something in the future

[@Callmesenpai1337]

@@EnelXC yeah it would probably take a decent chunk of the fanbase and dozens of playthroughs since the only way you know is the first time you unlock that outfit. The weapons should be easier since they have the same name but some skins have multiple items.

[@kirindas4691]

Nice~ I’ve pretty much everything now and just grinding Noponstones and AP to get every art to level 12. Been getting a bit bored that I might just jump into NG+ since the main art set that everyone uses is already maxed out.

[@xaber2612]

Damn this game takes commitment.

[@ijustsawthat]

Linus tech tips : new cpu video Me: Ok, no problem Enel : new Xenoblade video Me: [RED LASER EYES] PRIORITIES !!!

[@Lortwogo]

I got the 500 revive achievement pretty quick by playing Riki against Avalanche Abaasy with Dunban and anyone else as the other two members without any debuff resistance. The third member goes down to the instant death, and then Dunban second (since he has better agility to ensure he gets the hit that kills him each time) while Riki keeps on standing over Dunban's body reviving him. The skill tree node that gives party gauge when two members are incapacitated was active, meaning that every time Dunban went down, the gauge used was refreshed for a very quick cycle of Dunban killing himself, adding the meter, and getting revived over just a few seconds. Riki is sturdy enough to survive with his abilities, but if you do eventually go down, Riki has Happy Happy to get right back into the grind from the respawn.

[@CritsVG]

I'd be interested in hearing what exactly you're basing the "best weapon" for each character on. :) It just feels like I'm missing something, since e. g. for Melia, the sun staff looks better to me just judging by raw stats (not looking after auto attack that is, bc I feel like that's not the most important stat for Melia). Thanks for this guide, I think I'll especially use the techniques for grinding the achievements! :)

[@EnelXC]

auto attack is the basis for all damage calculations, including all her ether damage and she is primarily going to be a dps based mage. Defense stats aren't relevant since melia is so frail anyway and the crit rate is like 3% and exceedingly minor.

[@CritsVG]

@@EnelXC Ooooooh thanks a lot for clearing that up! Wich I had known that earlier :D But I guess it's never too late to learn ^^

[@BassDamage18]

I've always have this question Is it better doing all the side quests for the first playthrough or doing it them in the new game +?

[@jarrav8186]

Generally in the first, because it gives level appropriate gems for base game

[@EnelXC]

first playthrough gives you all the bonuses you can have already prepared for NG+ like skill trees and all that but it's also easier to do them in NG+. Up to you really but I like doing stuff in my first playthroughs typically

[@BassDamage18]

​@@EnelXC thanks man, I really aprecciate your help

[@loycross]

I just need the last "Other" object from the Collectopedia to finish almost everything I want, so I'll have to reach 99 and farm superbosses now. Then I can finally go to the End of the game so I can start Future Connected. It's been so much fun thanks to the trackers for missions, although Colony 6 reconstruction is still a bit of a pain if you don't want to use Challenge Mode.

[@mysticalpizza3453]

The hidden skill trees guide will be useful, thanks!

[@2011supergamer]

So correct me if I'm wrong, but can't Happy New Year just be gotten by leaving the game on for a few hours/days? That seems way more convenient to me, since I can just ignore it and go do other things

[@kieragard]

you are genius sir.

[@EnelXC]

yeah after 144 ish hours of leaving it on you can get it yeah, but if you want to get it faster without doing that then this is the way to get it lol

[@sonauuuueiei]

Thank you! :3