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post Jan 29 2018, 10:17 AM

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QUOTE(Uchiha_Itachi1991 @ Jan 27 2018, 08:08 PM)
currently at chapter 5 and all i can say is that this game alone is worth getting the switch itself... loving the story so far and the soundtrack of this game OMG...  currently 27 hours into the game and wondering whether should i just take it slower and grind for the quest, gold & rare blades or do those after i complete the main story... btw, is the expansion pass worth getting?
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To me yes. I need those Overdrive Protocols to reassign rare blades.
I'm 220+ hours into the game, Chapter 8, level 73+, all dev 5 stars, grinding most blades to affinity level 4 now. Still have not get all blades.

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Another game worth getting for Switch is of course Zelda: BoTW

QUOTE(hyperyouth_firepower @ Jan 27 2018, 09:22 PM)
80++ hours in, still at chapter 4, and can't beat that 50k tiger tiger, and still looking for rares, and now doing missions.

So much to do, so much to get

(btw, I wasted hours trying to get the premium cyclinders by sleeping long).

any help?
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Same with me, I'm not good at this tiger tiger game, high score not even 10k. Don't bother premium cylinders. Just hoard gold coins and buy 99 gold cylinders. Remember to keep your cashflow 600k (495k for gold cylinders 5 star dev)

For some quests where you need premium, there are ways to get it. I think I accidentally game my premium to a kid in Mor Ardain, but somehow I managed to get another one for the Salvaging King quest.

QUOTE(hyperyouth_firepower @ Jan 28 2018, 08:30 AM)
You really should. Some of the side quests (btw, they categorize it to story quests, blade quests, and regular quests), do affect how you look at the story. Its deep. Seriously. A lot of them (since i'm now at the beginning of chapter 5) have very miniscule EXP, but definitely worth it because its very engaging. Not going to spoil anything.
THe only thing I'm still fuming is the 50k tiger tiger, and its so difficult to farm rare cores.

Not to mention the item that transfers cores to other drivers (much needed as well)
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Also Merc quests. Then there are also many hidden NPC Merc/driver quests. Just the main storyline alone is like 40% of the game only.

Overdrive protocol - I've used up all, there is a troublesome way to get more, but I purchased DLC pack and will carefully evaluate how to reassign.

My suggestion is just speed to halfway Chapter 8 to level up higher, then come back grind / farm, it is easier to move around the map without enemies attacking you most of the time.
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post Jan 29 2018, 04:15 PM

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QUOTE(hyperyouth_firepower @ Jan 29 2018, 03:30 PM)
ah, if level 8 is the answer, I guess that's the only way then. Gonna see if I can blaze it. But right now I want to do as many side missions first before moving on. They're a great source of EXP.
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There is spoiler for Chapter 7 and mid-Chapter 8.

As you progress quickly until early Chapter 8, you'll earn quite a lot gold coins, XP, etc. and that helps a lot. There are even more XP & faster to gain with mulitple-Merc. It's much easier to do missions/quests and also higher skill/field levels. I've hang around Chapter 8 for around 80 hours until I've forgotten that two dudes (Malos and Jin).

Recent blade bonding did not get anything after spent 10 legendary, 60+ rare, 100+ common core crystals.
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post Feb 5 2018, 02:24 PM

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QUOTE(Uchiha_Itachi1991 @ Feb 1 2018, 10:05 AM)
currently at chapter 5.. what is the best way to farm rare cores? is salvaging the way to go?
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QUOTE(Uchiha_Itachi1991 @ Feb 2 2018, 11:27 AM)
i know it is easier to farm legendary cores postgame but what if i want to farm cores before postgame, which chapter should I be in?
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Rare cores are easy, just follow main storyline until chapter 8 *spoiler alert*
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then stop story line and start farming/grinding everything else. You can get Legendary Core from some level 60+ unique monsters easily. I always farm soul eater stanley.

QUOTE(hyperyouth_firepower @ Feb 4 2018, 11:59 AM)
fuuuu... merc missions and getting zenobia to power up (all that hunting)

fuuuuuuuuuuuuu

20 hours!
add on:

if i can verbally abuse the devs, I would.

The friggin' gacha system is just too fckin' bloody pissing me off.

70+ rare cores, only 1 rare blade.
99 common, and i'm not sure if i wanna open all.
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LOL, I've burn 2x-3x your cores recently, did not get any rare, I'm still like 5-7 rares missing.
10+ legendaries, 100+ rare, 200+ commons, 150+ boosters

I'm done with maxing quite a few rares like Zenobia, Mythra (S7), Praxis, Aegeon, Roc, Godfrey, Agate, Ursula, Dagas, Boreas, Herald, Sheba (gold digger), and already open up level 5 affinity for like half of the rares.
Zenobia is fun, to search and fight the UM one by one.

Some really time grinding stuff are Ursula, Dagas, Vess, a few b!tch3s to prepare for the Girl Power Off brows.gif (i'm still looking for Vale), spent a lot of money (like 2M+ coins so far) but sell to earn a lot (like 5M+ so far)
The rest are just normal grinding, I'll be upgrading Kassandra, Perun, Theory, and a few more.

240+ hours into grinding ... 2M+ coins excluding 25 legendary and 99 gold cylinders.
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post Feb 6 2018, 12:03 PM

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QUOTE(hyperyouth_firepower @ Feb 6 2018, 11:34 AM)
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
That's a long, long grind. Excluding story mode, now got around 6 more "bad ass looking blades" to grab. Now time out, grind the trust and affinity quests dulu, since got a few edi. Should be good for lots of hours.
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Yes, quite boring to grind affinity. Normally I sit in front TV and just spam A button for the pouch.

Last night maxed Wulfric, Dahlia and Vess. Checked: Perun, Electra, Brighid, Dromach, Sheba and Adenine already maxed as well. A few are near-maxed as well, except storyline need Chap 9-10 or left Trust grinding only. Working on Kassandra. Need further grind on some maxed affinity 4: Finch, Theory, Azami, Floren, Nia as blade, Pandoria. I'm bad at Tiger Tiger, hence won't be able to max Poppi
With all those Ultimate/Intermediate Weaponry, I upgrade the WP to level 4-5 for all my five drivers main blades.

What I'm missing: vmad.gif Kos-Mos, Vale, Perceval, Nim, Newt

Need to grind crystal cores as well. So far, I sold like 120 common cores as 99/99 full sometimes. You can make a lot of money by selling low level unrefined cores, I only keep highest level IV or V only. Also sell all lower level driver accessories. Don't sell those collection point items, you may need it somewhere. The bulk of my money comes from here, I estimate I sold >2M+ worth in total already.

Latest 259 hours into the game.

The main story line, required Merc missions, quests, etc. are just like 40-50% of the game only. I revised down from earlier 60-70%, as the game opens up.
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post Feb 14 2018, 10:42 AM

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QUOTE(hyperyouth_firepower @ Feb 13 2018, 09:39 PM)
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

finally got
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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ranting.gif d@mn u ... laugh.gif congrats. I didn't grind cores recently, but 99% finish grind all current blades to max, including Nia as blade. Both Pyra & Mythra level S+ already. Mythra is really OP, if you stock her up with Critical hits.

Recently start using more Break-Topple-Launch-Smash and getting lots of drops. Spend 1M gold for a doubloon quest. Sold a lot of stuff and still have net 3M+ gold in hand. But I'm still not paying 100k to that rentarenta fellow vmad.gif

Over coming holidays, will swap luck items and core grind into Zeke. Sold another 100+ common cores cause always 99/99 full. Have 40+ rares and 10+ legendary in hand also.

Finish Chapter 10 with level 80+ drivers, it was an easy walk, perhaps I over leveled. Now level 91-92.

Really hope I can grind Kos-Mos as well.
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post Mar 1 2018, 08:03 PM

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Finally after grinding 15-20 hours of farming crystals:
- 100+ common
- 200+ rares
- 60 legendary
* excluding another few hundred cores I grind before CNY.

I got all the missing blades in following order: Nim, Newt, Vale, Perceval and Kos-Mos rclxms.gif The last two being the most difficult and longest to grind sweat.gif

My best chain attack while farming relentless ardun. After that switch to farm reeking douglas since this one drop mostly legendary and rare cores only, with smash combo.

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post Mar 1 2018, 08:16 PM

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QUOTE(Rei7 @ Mar 1 2018, 08:06 PM)
Nice man. I'm still waiting for all the expansion to be out, before grinding again. Sounds about right, and not so long if you consider it. Pretty lucky to get all of it. Now to max affinity if you still playing lol
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I've bought the expansion pass, mainly for the overdrive protocol. Overall, it's about 500-600 cores, as per most other forums estimates to grind for the last few blades.

Already max all affinity except Perceval and Kos-Mos. Will skip Poppi since I sucks at tiger tiger. These few days will grind this. Then may switch back to BoTW grind the expansion.

One tip for those farming rare blades, keep your common 4* star blades, then max affinity and release it to farm for overdrive protocols.
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post Mar 3 2018, 10:50 AM

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QUOTE(Uchiha_Itachi1991 @ Mar 1 2018, 09:21 PM)
cant wait for the update to drop tomorrow before i start opening my cores... temporarily stopped playing this to play bayonetta but i already miss this game... cant wait for more content from the expansion pass especially new blade(s) and additional story...
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Once maxed Perceval and Kos-Mos, will replay again ... rclxms.gif

2nd March 2018 DLC

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post Mar 3 2018, 08:41 PM

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QUOTE(Uchiha_Itachi1991 @ Mar 3 2018, 11:48 AM)
1 of the benefits so far from expansion is that seems like we will getting a lot of overdrive protocols and ether...
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Yes ohmy.gif I don't have to grind tiger tiger ... yeah !

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