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Agreed

@@MrLee64 Indeed

I hope it is either the last main game of the switch (late 2022) or on the same year of the launch of the switch 2 (or whatever it will be called) games (mid to late 2023)

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Nice

Wait really? I just 5ought it was derived from telepethi because they can read your mind

I am greek, this word does not ring any bells

Your writing was actually very competent. Far more than the internet average. Good on you for learning a second language so well

Thank you, I don't do a lot of practice so I'm always afraid of making stupid mistakes. What is your opinion on the "Malos true power" problem?

@@albertomarcuzzi6711 It is really weird. I also found it jarring that Mythra had technically 3 forms and even her natural Mythra form that Adam used to defeat Malos was on par with him and potentially stronger. The original Xenoblade's 3 Monados were all on par with each other, Meyneth just lost cause she dedicated some of her power into keeping Fiora alive, which is why she lost, and Shulk won because of his skill, determination, and allies. But Xenoblade 2 just had such a clear power gap with Malos. He never really felt good enough to be the final villain to me. Even when you first meet him, Rex is able to counter his attack by himself. Like, I know he took severe damage in the first battle with Mythra, but it always felt like he should've had a true form too. Maybe he just didn't cause he didn't have a partner who he could bond with the way Mythra does with Rex, but it still felt...off. Simultaneously, Jin was able to keep up with Pneuma, largely. So how much stronger was Mythra, Pneuma and Malos supposed to be compared to the Flesh Eaters? I mean, the entire story felt like it had an issue with power and skill gaps that didn't always make sense. It felt like a lot of the story beats were based more on what would look cool than what made the most sense. Honestly, I love Xenoblade 1 and X, but 2 really left me with a bad taste in my mouth cause of this stuff

In my opinion the power tier goes like this, from top to bottom: Pneuma/Malos secret Logos form (complete control over the conduit, even stronger if they would work together), Jin (physic laws' breaker, has almost the same powers of the conduit), Mythra at the end of Torna (boost in raw power and can have vision of the future like Shulk, but not completely self-conscious), Malos in Torna/post chapter 7 (peak of is form, but hasn't complete access to the conduit, can only control artifices and use monado arts), Mythra during most of the games (is clearly slightly weaker than Malos), Nia, Malos at the start of the game (is basically a very very strong human driver that can sometimes create a dark aura around him, makes sense since the broken core cristal), other blades. Pyra is stronger than the average blades, but only because her flames aren't affected by water and she can control Siren. At the "rare blades" level the power tier is blur because it depends also on the driver the blade is bonded with. So at the peak of their power, the Aegis can do what they want, but during the game they are held back from various reasons. I didn't like the anime transformations for Nia and Jin either, and Luxin has already done a video on how absurd Jin's power is, but I guess they felt they had to follow the shonen anime tropes. For Malos true power, is somehow clear that he couldn't access it because he hadn't a partner like Pyra/Mythra that could help him, and it makes sense since collaboration between driver and blade is the core of the blade system. My personal problem is the nature of his "Logos Form", would have the exact same powers of Pneuma (my hypothesis) or only destruction-related ones (as a friend of mine says)? At the end of XC2 Malos is destroyed and the conduit disappears, so we won't ever have a canon answer in a future game, but it's fun to speculate on this. Sadly I never played X, and I agree that XC1 had a better plot than XC2. I still prefer XC2 thought, because the combat system was so much better (especially in Torna), and I liked the character more.

​@@albertomarcuzzi6711 I can understand that. I know a lot of people who feel the same way, but, for some reason, I never really got into the battle system for 2. I don't like that there are big quick time prompts over the special moves, or the limited number of moves. I also just don't like how the defense system works. Like, I can't count the number of times I've lost cause I was playing as Rex and he got AOE one shot by an opponent right after I did a chain attack that didn't quite finish them off, and the only thing I felt like I could do to combat that was use a blade I didn't like, or abuse the crap out of the pouch items. Also, and this might just be me, but I was super disappointed when they introduced visions into the story, but didn't add them into the gameplay like 1. That was such a cool feature, and referencing it without incorporating it was such a disappointment for me. Like, I would've rather had them just not made the reference if they couldn't make it a part of the gameplay. So I liked 1 a bit better in that regard. I could build up each of the character's defenses, and I felt like they all played very differently from one another, and I felt like I could really do things to counter the enemies thanks to the visions. I also liked the characters on their own in 2 but not as a team... or Rex in any way shape or form. He's too OP protagonist who everyone loves because he's the protagonist-kun. I also felt like they undercut each others development at every step of the way, as a team. Rex's whole growth was basically to stop paying attention to anything that wasn't Pyra, and Zeke had all these moments of serious growth and guidance and every time he'd say something remotely wise, another character would jab at him for having something remotely intelligent to say. The characters didn't even realize that Morag was a girl. Like, it felt like they just had very superficial friendships to me. Which is weird, cause the game was designed around a "power of friendship" type of thing. That said, the villains were as fantastic as ever, I just wish we got more with the Flesh Eaters, cause they just kinda died eventually. Back to the power differences thing, you know what would've been a really cool way to explain Pneuma's power and how she was capable of reaching levels that Malos never could? If she was Adam's Flesh Eater. Could've been an amazing twist, Adam sacrificing himself so that Mythra would never return to her core and could stand up to any evil should it ever arise again. Granted, I am not talking about Torna here. Not at all. I have not yet played Torna, and I have heard that it's addressed a ton of my issues with the base Xenoblade 2, even running smoother. If you ever can get a Wii U, or a PC powerful enough to run the emulator, I totally recommend X. X doesn't have a good story (the lore is great, but the main storyline is a mess). But the affinity missions are the best in the series, the battle system is like 1 but it replaces the talent arts with a feature called overdrive that multiplies the power of arts and accelerates arts cooldown, and, if you're using a really good build, can go on infinitely. You can single-handedly take down some of the toughest bosses in the game like that by yourself. It's also super customize-able. If you love in game exploration and the RPG grind, X is for you. (though, it also does not have the vision system)

It might be a reference to Anima and Animus from Xenogears and Xenosaga, or the Contact and Antitype

Ooh, I would love that. The lore found in X is incredible. It would be amazing to see it incorporated into the main story like that in a sequel!

@@Chronoflation yeah I definitely agree! the more I think about this story scenario the more I wish it will happen

If there’s an X2, the game should begin with Lao waking up in the desert and you playing as him. Telethia should definitely play a more active role in the story, with there being a bigger threat that it actually has to show up for to help the party. Maybe Pharsis, or maybe something Samaarian. Oh, and eventually something should kill Telethia in the late game.

InkLlama yea she has no biological family but it's still a thought to think her "father" might actually be an Urayan royal

InkLlama Argentum teleport to central exchange it's a shop right be there

If your looking for it it's called "walking encyclopedia"

That’s actually super interesting

Her father was chief of Torigoth, correct me if I am wrong (chapter 7)

Finch is the bringer of life.

If youre talking about from all games then obviously shulk would win if he had the monado (in its form that allows to harm humans)

Wouldn't that make the seraphs better telethia stand-ins as they basically undergo the same changes as the high entia?

Probably just to reference the first game

why not?

Future connected answered that

@@ShadowSkyX how exactly?

@Francesco Simonetti future connected introduced rifts and creatures coming in and we can send things back too. In X it’s said that the telethia came from another dimension (the rift) . In xenoblade 2 for elmas missions she questions why her shulk and Rex are there. She questions the world tree because it’s similar to what she saw on earth but has no clue what the world tree is. So if there is multiple universes which the game is trying to say maybe the experiment in xenoblade 1 ripped the universe into multiple universes. Maybe Mira is a place where things that were not placed anywhere go. A type of purgatory. The ganglion say that they saw a flash and they arrived on Mira. The experiment in 1 causes a flash.

However, lin is such an ass that she only has to say "trash talk" and all the enemies already know what burns are going to hit them (the game censors them) and already want lin to piss off.

Underrated comment.

LARS Liljeberg facts

More "other half"

Just putting the ost name here for anyone who wants it: Unfinished Battle

he’s ontos

If you check the collectables in Cauldros in Chronicles X you can see there is a statue of the Bionis and Mechonis as an item. It's entirely feasible Mira itself was created when the worlds were mashed around once before. Also in a early boss fight Tatsu references the "legendary" Frontier Village and another quest has the Sword of Legendaryness, a Nopon themed Monado.

No he measn the cliffs of morytha

Actually he was easy until his one shot attack :p

X's endbringer is the only one to properly hold up the title

Aion has a 1 hit kill AOE attack that WILL occur if he doesn’t die fast enough.

Dude, I feel that. I've been trying to find a way just to touch that thing for ages. I've still only got my level 50 skells, no ares or anything above what can be bought in the shop. I've been trying to fight the end game/post-game tyrants for ages, but they all wreck me. I've had no clue how to move forward for ages and have just been relying on the rewards tickets to get everything I need for an Ares

I have been using princess lilah. I’m using disk bombs for TP, Phoenix for taking out the grunts, and M-missiles for targeting The appendages. Im also thermal reflection XX and ether resistance XX 3 of them. The telethia only does 1 or 2 damage on the first face but on the second I have no idea where the damage is coming from? I’m working on adding thermal damage up (it only goes on the frame) and not sure if I should add reflect for other types of damages or what.

@@Chronoflation Counter intuitivly, it's actually smarter to kill it with a ground based build. You dont even need all that mugh- about 400 accuracy of either stat and some reflect augments + a reflect aura. I think Raijin is the best aura, and it's on the javelin which comes with Overwhelm, one of the better TP regaining arts in X. But you'll want some high hit count ranged moves to burn through telethia's aura in the final phase, then switch back to the melee attacks, for which you'd hopefully have high accuracy and damage. Other reflect weapons would be the Shield using Supershield and the Photon Saber using Astrolibrium. It's all about preference from that point.

@@scarfking1579 I have the Javelin with most of the arts upgraded. I've been using the broadsword and dual guns most recently, utilizing Ghost Walker, True Stream Edge and, I believe Defensive Stance. Excuse me if I'm a bit off on that, I haven't played for over 4 months now cause I'm doing a study abroad and couldn't bring my Wii U with me. But yeah, I think those are my 3 main weapons. I always have trouble figuring out how to stay alive in Xenoblade games. I guess cause I don't really use the defensive gems and augments a lot. I don't like having to change my build for every enemy I want to face, but I guess when you're going up against the big bosses you need every aid you can get. My main issue is, I wasted a ton of AP on early game arts that I got and now I get so little AP from even enemies that are tough for me, I don't know who I should fight that will be realistic for me with all of my best arts at only at level 2 or 3. Though, I do have overwhelm at 5, I think. Maybe I can go back to the Javelin and learn how to play with that

It's possible to beat it with a low level skell with a lot of agility, but I go the route of using maximum possible damage Zenith Cannon and a truck load of potential to activate Driver Mode to three shot it, sometimes before it even initiates the second phase.

This video was uploaded in 2019.