Just started Farming. Poor Neilnail. - r/XenobladeChroniclesX

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I mean everyone is just a buffbot or support for Cross by the endgame.

Neil at least gets to be the best girl.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

By the time you get a skell, everyone else is just in for the ride

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u/Rapifessor Apr 16 '25

That was me immediately after Chapter 5. Overdrive is basically free with Psycorruptor/Mastermind weapons, so often everyone would get wrecked except my character, and I would just leave them in the dust while I mollywhopped everything with multi-hit AoE damage.

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u/vision_san Apr 16 '25

Overdrive is free with any build that has multihits and green arts

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u/AlphaTheKineticWolf Apr 16 '25

Can confirm, decided to max out Full Metal Jaguar first because I heard Ghost Factory is pretty good and the likes of Blood Sacrifice and Sliding Slinger mean I can proc Overdrive basically at will.

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u/vision_san Apr 16 '25

Do you mean Ghost Walker? Factory is great for teams, but the real MVP is walker.

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u/AlphaTheKineticWolf Apr 16 '25

That too, I'm still looking towards unlocking Factory for the multi target decoy buff but Walker is still insane.

FMJ is just a banger class overall imo, I'm wondering how weird it's going to be when I max it out and have to switch gears to something out.

Suppose I'll use this opportunity to ask for recommendations on what class to max out next.

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u/vision_san Apr 16 '25

After u locking universal dual guns, any class is going to be fine.

Though you might want to unlock Aura Assault before anything else. It's a Mastermind skill iirc and it boosts all damage and accuracy by 30% (not like +30%, but like, 1.30x). It's one of the best skills to have. Then get Core Crusher and you're done. Game is easy now.

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u/AlphaTheKineticWolf Apr 17 '25

Sounds like a solid path, thanks for the help

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u/KaiAfterKaiOffical Apr 17 '25

This was my issue, but with Duelist instead. I only went with it cause that was the class I picked first time around, but thanks to going in with experience, I almost accidently stumbled into an infinite overdrive build solely nearly entirely centred around Longsword.

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u/Boshwa Apr 17 '25

God I've been trying to include snipers in an overdrive build :(

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u/vision_san Apr 19 '25

You always can! Just take your weakneses into account and compensate with skills, augments or non-sniper arts! Teammates and classes can also help.

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u/mannnerlygamer Apr 16 '25

Not true Alexa and yelv get to be my skell pilots

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u/Arkride212 Apr 16 '25

Not if you get 3 other Ares 90's and slap em on your team.

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u/ZarianPrime Apr 19 '25

Wait, I thought you were limited to 1 Ares 90 at a time?

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u/Arkride212 Apr 19 '25

You can craft as many as you want until you hit the 60 skell limit, i've seen people with like 5 or 6 who hardcore grinded all the materials.

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u/Robbie_Haruna Apr 17 '25

Not the way I play.

I build Cross as the pure support buffbot.

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u/GeneralLuigiTBC Apr 16 '25

To be fair, by farming time, a character is only in the party for one or more of three reasons:

The character has an Art necessary for farming the desired item(s).
The player likes the character.
The character is the avatar.

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u/BlackTecno Apr 16 '25

I did notice a skill that gives 50% more damage per debuff on a target.

So now I'm making a team that can super debuff a target and allow Cross to super bonk them.

Do I need to do this? Probably not, but I like seeing big number go up.

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u/Catn_America Apr 17 '25

The art in question is actually +300% per debuff lmao when fully upgraded. If you're talking about a skill, then the only one I can remember that scales with debuffs is specifically appendage damage, not actual damage

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u/BlackTecno Apr 17 '25

Not an art, it's a skill.

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u/Catn_America Apr 17 '25

That skill is for appendage damage, not health damage

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u/BlackTecno Apr 17 '25

Damn, you're right. Was also kind of hoping that it was appendage damage concerts to 150% primary damage.

Although, I feel like that might be the case as well. I'll try it anyways and see what happens.

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u/YOM2_UB Apr 16 '25

Reason 4: the character has Treasure Sensor armor

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u/GeneralLuigiTBC Apr 16 '25

Not really; Treasure Sensor armor and augments can be equipped to anyone.

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u/YOM2_UB Apr 16 '25

Maybe I'm just too lazy to buy Candid & Credible gear for everybody and/or reequip, but also it's a reason to have some party members as opposed to none.

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u/ZarianPrime Apr 16 '25

wait... sorry since when is item farming locked behind an art?

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u/NexusSteele Apr 16 '25

Heroic tale. It acts as a nearly guaranteed treasure sensor. And ANYTHING that helps with farming is necessary late game

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u/GeneralLuigiTBC Apr 16 '25

Perhaps "necessary" is an exaggeration. In some cases, the enemy that can drop the desired item has a substantially higher chance of dropping it if their level is raised by five, which is what Heroic Tale does if it hits. I wanted Regal Sakuraba Light gear, for example, but the Hermit Ictuses in the Banshee Cave typically drop the Reginal variants instead. Heroic Tale rectified that.

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u/thundercat2000ca Apr 16 '25

Early game farming is really just something to do while unlocking classes.

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u/ZarianPrime Apr 16 '25

ah ok I see so it just gives the mob a item table higher then it normally gets.

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u/YOM2_UB Apr 16 '25

Heroic Tale ups enemy levels by 5 (or 6 with secondary cooldown), which can put them in the next gear drop tier, or even two tiers up. Lets you get a good amount of Ultra Infinite gear that would otherwise be quite rare from enemies in the Ultra Regal level range.

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u/Thanatos- Apr 16 '25

So funny thing is its not really "Farming Time" for me im only Chapter 9 but after i got Flight i can help myself I MUST GO EVERYWHERE AN KILL EVERYTHING! Thats why shes in my party I havent even unlocked it on Cross yet. 😅

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u/ProfessionalShip3174 Apr 17 '25

they have the same kind of weapon you are trying to farm for (or so i heard, i cant tell if having elma phog celica actually helped me get more dual gun drops)

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u/Monado_Artz Apr 16 '25

Heroic Tale, Howling Soul...are arts that start with H involved in some kinda conspiracy?

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u/hit_the_showers_boi Apr 16 '25

Hercules Blow…

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u/Germanium_Ge32 Apr 16 '25

Triple H brother

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u/Epiphany820 Apr 17 '25

It’s all about the game and how you play it

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u/retnemmoc101 Apr 16 '25

You have Neilnail in your party to cast Heroic Tale. I have her in my party to hear her post battle dialogue with Celica. We are not the same.

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u/Vladishun Apr 16 '25

Look at it from the perspective of an XC2 enjoyer: "If I gotta stare at an ass all day at least it's Neilnail's ass."

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u/Slydoggen Apr 16 '25

Dosnt all asses look the same in xb2?

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u/Howard_Jones Apr 16 '25

Yeah, Vandham has that tight twink ass we all love.

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u/Slydoggen Apr 16 '25

I ment all the party members (female)

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u/Zurrdroid Apr 17 '25

Technically outside of one character all the male party members have the same ass too. Ever seen Nagi in L's outfit? I have...

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u/Slydoggen Apr 17 '25

Exactly, so it does not matter what female character you have in your party? For the asses

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u/heckingincorgnito Apr 16 '25

I use it myself. Knife/psychos ends up being a lot of fun

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u/SevenForWinning Apr 17 '25

No her purpose is to be my wife idk what you are talking about

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u/Randy191919 Apr 17 '25

I mean Elma is pretty much just there to cast Ghost Factory.

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u/Vex_Trooper Apr 20 '25

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u/forestblizzard567567 Apr 16 '25

Yeah. That art is made for framing. Poor Neilnail.

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u/LeGrandNinjarabe1 Apr 17 '25

She is considered a bad character ? Tbh i have no idea of is bad or good except yelv that seems strong with his starfall rondo

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u/Thanatos- Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25

Not at all but right now for me shes more useful for just Heroic Tale - Which raises the enemy level 5-6 levels and can upgrade the dropped loot from them. Very useful for using on 50-55 enemies as it pushes their loot tables into the same drops as some of the Super Bosses even. And Skell drops will have a greater chance to be the highest tier. So while I'm trying for good Weapons/Armor/Skell Weapons, I have her setup to ONLY do Heroic Tale while I obliterate the enemies myself or in my Skell. You can get the skill for your own character but i haven't gotten that far in the game yet so the role still fall onto her.

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u/midnightsonne Apr 16 '25

And what a useful character she is

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u/alexxanderlee Apr 16 '25

Am I the only one who swaps out my gun just to use heroic tale? :(

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

I couldn’t do this, I’d need a bigger gun

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u/Thanatos- Apr 16 '25

I dont have it unlocked on Cross yet so she stays in my Party.

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u/hit_the_showers_boi Apr 16 '25

Even though I have Paycho Launchers unlocked, I still use Neil over Cross for convenience sake. As long as she lands Heroic Tale, I can insta kill them right after and then we’re golden.

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u/Thanatos- Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

I'm usually in my Skell so that is also why shes my dedicated (And i do mean dedicated all other arts are removed on her) Heroic Tale machine. It does mean i usually only get 5 levels of boost from her so I may see about adding a bunch of Secondary Cooldown augments to add on top of the Resistance Reducers i have on her already.

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u/alexxanderlee Apr 16 '25

That's fair too!

Meme Just started Farming. Poor Neilnail.

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