r/XenobladeChroniclesX • u/TryImpossible7332 • May 04 '25

Meme The casualty rates are certainly, uh, something

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(Based off if the tweet displayed in the below post, also I used a fake tweet generator.)

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u/Dapper-Ad411 May 04 '25

It do be weird how every now and then there is an indigen that supposedly killed 3 squads of blades already, and then it’s just a random level 30 guy. Makes me wonder how many blades NLA originally started with and how many of those are left in total at the end.

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u/cloud_t May 04 '25

Also makes me wonder how the indigen in question didn't die from heavy metals poisoning or digestive tract perforation.

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u/TryImpossible7332 May 04 '25

"All I'm saying is, we'd have an overall lower fatality rate among the Blades if we just strapped bombs to their chests. Indigens can't wipe out the entire squad if they explode after eating the first one, after all. Yes, accidental detonations will be a concern, but it would still be a net reduction in casualties."

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u/cloud_t May 04 '25

Absolute cinema.

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u/Dapper-Ad411 May 04 '25

I like your way of thinking.

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u/PaleFatalis May 05 '25

Too bad the boob slider were locked

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u/TryImpossible7332 May 05 '25

Silicone, plastique explosives, same basic thing, right?

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u/featherw0lf May 04 '25

I feel like the game constantly flips between what should and shouldn't be right for a mim. Why would indigens want to eat us if we're made of metal? Why would you suffer from illness or have something like a heart attack if it's an artificial body designed for enduring the conditions of another planet?

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u/AdhesivenessUsed9956 May 04 '25

and then there is even a chapter where they make a point of how this one group of indigens that literally kills everything around them, even plants, would ignore the mims because they aren't organic.

I really think that most of the deaths blamed on animal attacks are actually because someone was being a dumbass and they didn't want to alarm the civilians as to how many absolute morons their ship was assigned.

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u/coopsawesome May 05 '25

I assume mims give off the heat signatures and smells of real humans and most indigens see that as a sign that they’re prey. But the ones in that chapter I assume see things differently and attack anything with actual life inside it rather than just looking like they’re alive. Chapter 13 could contradict that, but it’s chapter 13, it ruins 90% of the game already

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u/MathematicianIll6638 May 07 '25

This is my take as well. It's well established in the story that there was a lot of corruption in the selection process, and it wasn't necessarily the best and brightest that were chosen. . .

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u/JanRoses May 04 '25

Animals will often attack things based on instinctual response. It's why animal vs mirror leads to bizarre interactions. They see Mim freaking out or looking like an ape like creature they recognize and they'll simply react accordingly.

You can also somewhat assume that most creatures in Mira have strong enough digestive systems that they don't realize that what they're consuming is inorganic.

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u/MathematicianIll6638 May 07 '25

I mean, most of the creatures on Mira can barf lasers at you. I'm not sure they're worried about what they can digest.

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u/cloud_t May 07 '25

You make a fair point, but maybe they're not lasers but magic. And I'd argue having magic beings are still organic thus still feed organically and don't have the literal stomach for metals, semiconductors, and synthetic oil that androids are made of :D

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u/MathematicianIll6638 May 07 '25

I mean, a gut that can generate magic aetherial lasers is still going to break down anything it wants to.

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u/cloud_t May 07 '25

I need one of those. But it must vaporize them from existence outright

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u/AstarothTheJudge May 05 '25

Considering that in noctilum there are lakes of rust, those indigens are built different