Something really important that I haven't had a chance to mention that Chugga also hasn't, Poppi's way of speaking changes after obtaining her QT form. Her voice is no longer monotone and as robotic, instead sounding more "alive". Many of her battle quotes and menu lines in her Alpha form are also replaced with non-monotone sounding versions.
I've seen this same aas comment since poppiqt . Are you done ? Or will you continue with this shows growth And no it's not more human like Poppi is grade a schooler so she talks broken and kids say the darndest things Qt is a highschooler who works as a maid she is polite.
@@genericyoutubeusername6462 Why are you replying to a 2 year-old comment about this? Also, I say in my comment that it was the first time I had mentioned that. If you're going to rudely say "Are you done?" like that then you clearly aren't paying attention to who is saying what. Show growth yourself. And it's not Poppi's dialogue, it's her voice lines. Her voice lines in battle quite literally get replaced with versions where she doesn't talk in a monotone, robotic way but instead with proper inflection like a real person. There are two different versions of the same line. It's not an interpretation, it's a literal, existing thing you can see and hear for yourself.
While I do very much agree with you, maybe not if it's only quests. If it's quests and some story progress, yes please. And yes, I'm aware that would put Emile in burnout.
im speaking to you a week in the future and speaking as someone behind on this series because i got the game and wanted to get caught up to where he was (Story wise) i wouldn't mind an hour long vide but it'd be tedious
We are on episode 56, in the OG Xenoblade Chronicles, this is where party number 7 is revealed. In XC2, we havent even made it to Indol yet. Chugga, you werent kidding when you said this would be your longest lp yet.
I played through xenoblade DE along with chugga with aboutut 1 week of playing the game Ive been playing Xenoblade 2 for about 90 hours After playing all time trials, 100%ing it, and getting to sartorial marsh in ng+ I am at 190 hours in xenoblade DE
@@yourpalgamma5085 what chapter are you on at 90 hours? No spoilers please I’m at chapter 5 and have 55 hours. I’m just wondering how long it’s gonna take because I finished xc de in 65. I’m definitely not finishing xc2 in that time LOL. Especially with the dlc
I'm enjoying this series a ton. Not just because it's Xenoblade Chronicles, but also because it feels like Emile is having a ton of fun editing this series!
16:02 I love how Kassandra’s mask rattles in the background just before he misses the next 2 button prompts. For those who haven’t played the game, why this is so fitting will become clear when he does her blade quest
19:49 Going to Uraya and getting to know one of our earliest Blades a lot better. There is also the Surveillance merc mission that requires Azami. Azami is the first Rare Blade Emile obtained. Next episode is covering Azami's affinity quest.
Saying "We can take it!" actually locks you into having to kill this thing at Lv 91?! That's... mean. This reminds me of that one Sauros in Xenoblade 1 that patrols the area around Breezy Zolos (which you need to kill for a sidequest) and just LOVES to show up to say "Hey guys, can I be in this battle?!" 14:35 ...By me and help Rex defeat the enemies?
Thats why you save before a big fight. Also most would've chose to run away because _look at that high ass level_ and would want it weakened so they could deal with it then and there. What would've been actually mean is if you had deal with it at a very high level regardless of your choice.
@@ShadowSkyX I know most would choose to run, but someone might choose this option out of curiosity. And then they'd lock themselves out of finishing this wuesg until the postgame.
@@BigKlingy You can realistically take this thing out before you reach the final chapter. I think I was low-70s when I killed it, and my understanding of the game wasn't the best. I figure you could probably kill it in your 60s, maybe 50s if you have a good party. Though I understand that's still locking you out of completing the quest for what's likely to be several more chapters
The reason Morag's acting so spastic talking with NPCs is that her default idle animation is Military Rest Position (hands palms out against her lower back while otherwise standing normally, which is a standard military "I'm listening and being respectful to the person talking to me, but have been allowed to relax a bit because the conversation could get long and snapping to attention that long is painful"), but they still have her programmed to emote at the same times as other characters, which doesn't leave enough time for her to naturally get to said emotes from such a specific pose. I'm guessing the set of emotes was designed slightly exaggerated to better convey the emotion at a distance, but were intended to mostly be seen in the back of the party where the snap wouldn't be noticed or heart-to-hearts & cutscenes, where they can just give longer for her to reach the required keyframes.
“Where does he think he’s going?” “When you gotta go, you gotta go.” I am honestly amazed that Emile is choosing to show this off now of all times. Yes, it is perfectly doable (though terrifying) at his current level, but this is a quest that has two different rewards, and you can only get one of them by taking the beast in the thumbnail head-on, which given that it’s Level 91, isn’t happening today. 1:40 I was wondering if there was special dialogue between Mòrag and Ashe for this quest, but no, looks like it’s box standard. Strangers indeed. 2:35 Should probably get that checked out, man. Not to mention that trigger finger when you get impatient. That’s DEFINITELY landed you in some hot water. 3:00 So here’s an early edition of “Things Emile Missed” for you! You want to examine the body on the right before examining the one furthest back. Doing so will get you two Common Core Crystals (from the two Drivers that Ashe had mentioned). If you pass the “Follow Trail” check, you can no longer examine the other bodies thus missing out on flavor text and/or those two Core Crystals. I believe for the purposes of Merc Missions, Poppibuster has the gender value of “4”, much like Roc. This is because while Poppibuster has a male’s voice and Poppi Mk II is female (and she does go along for the Merc Mission. “Poppi have to file complaint!” “The complaint protocol is currently undergoing maintenance.”), they treat the Poppibuster unit itself as not having a gender and it’s obviously not an animal. That’s really cool that each character has different remarks when looking at the corpses. Rex says something different from Nia who says something different from Mòrag and so on. At least this adds some variety to this quest. 4:30 And in jumping off the cliff and not turning the camera around, we didn’t get to see the Rampaging Sauros Kool-Aid Man the wall it was hiding behind. Fun fact: while Whereabouts Unknown is active, the Level 90-92 Ancient Saurus that is normally seen roaming these plains is absent. This is probably because dealing with one of these big boys is bad enough. Having two of them coming down on you would be worse than dealing with Territorial Rotbart at this point. It also could be that the Rampaging Sauros is supposed to be the same as the Ancient Sauros for the purposes of this quest. 5:55 So this is the split. The rewards you get for the second option is significantly better (in addition to the experience and loot you gain for taking down a Level 91 monster) as a way to compensate having to deal with such a monstrosity without giving it a handicap beyond changing the difficulty. What you get by sticking to it and fighting this beast fairly is the following: -3,840 G -3,600 EXP -214 SP -Pentagon Chip (core chip) -White Belt (Extends Topple Duration; weaker effect than the Black Belt) -Movement Heal II (aux core) -Overclocking Bangle (seen it before, but as a reminder, reduces Blade Switch cooldown time of your current Blade that is being swapped out the more Driver Arts are ready to use prior to swapping) That last one is really what makes it worthwhile. By comparison, the first option nets you the following: -2,560 G -600 EXP -143 SP -Rhombus Chip (Core Chip) -Knockback Resist II (Aux Core) All in all an objectively worse rewards package, but you get the quest done, can reap the rewards in the Sauros’s Bed, and get your party-wide trust gain all the sooner. 6:30 Kinda hard to miss, but you likely have to get past Rotbart to probably see its Ancient variety so a bit more understandable. 11:03 You can augment this with Pouch Items that recharge Specials (since the Specials are your major damage dealers), recharge Driver Arts, or increase Blade Arts probabilities since Recharge Boost will also reduce Driver Arts cooldown. 12:02 Emile is all too quick to warp away to the next quest objective. Guy needs to take a page from Ferris Beuler and take things slower because he missed out on something really nice further into the Sauros’s Bed that becomes accessible after starting this quest. 13:11 The only time they will is during a Full Burst from a Chain Attack, something we’ve yet to see, provided Poppibuster initiates the Full Burst. If you take the second option, Ashe’s conversations are shortened down from “So everyone’s...I see...” to “Would you mind telling me exactly where you found them all?” Nothing else changes. You can go back to Tishk in Mor Ardain for a follow-up conversation too. I guess the Core Crystals Emile couldn’t pick up after that quest objectives update will get sent back. 14:47 Not exactly. The Ancient Sauros is there from the beginning of the game. It is temporarily removed from the game for the duration of this quest and then brought back once the quest has been cleared. Also good, he is returning to the bed. 15:20 That said, you can’t avoid Tiger! Tiger! if you plan on completing Poppibuster’s Affinity chart. This Salvage Point that Emile’s showing off I believe is the same location that you see Tora and Poppi a sitting at on the title screen during Chapter 2. 16:05 I love that you can hear Kassandra’s mask rattling right before Emile flubs the challenge. It’s her fault! Dughall’s office opens up after clearing Chapter 3. You can even see him walking around in there during the events of Chapter 2. 19:45 Next time on XC2, we’ll see if Azami forgives Emile for forgetting about her during Shiny New Power.
Not exactly something he missed, but when Emile said he didn't have to worry about the plant going extinct, isn't that literally what the Ardanians worry about with the titan dying? I assume plants can't grow on a dead titan, and if the plant only grows in Mor Ardain, then it will become a problem.
@@emc246 Yeah, nothing grows on or in a Dead Titan, at least not naturally anyways. I think Emile’s logic though is that it can be transported to a lusher Titan like the Gormotti Titan to reproduce there since it can survive in the harsh and arid environment of Mor Ardain, but that assumes it’s capable of growing anywhere other than Mor Ardain.
@@Rexaura888 I don't think that's necessarily the case that "nothing grows on a dead titan". Usually you're right, because dead titans sink into the cloud sea, but that's not always the case. We have two examples that will come up in the story (one of them already appeared in a cutscene and will be coming up really soon, the other one is quite a bit farther away) of dead titans with plant/animal life growing on them.
@@WhyFi59 Right, right. I wouldn’t call the Titan turning into a core crystal “growing on it”, but I often forget that one of the later Titans you traverse is dead or rather “rotting” as the game calls it.
@@Rexaura888 Actually yeah... you are right... it seems there's a slight plot hole there? Eariler with Vandham we were told that titans turn into core crystals when they die and that's how new blades are born... but there's at least 3 cases where the titan is just a dead carcass. Strange. Maybe it's not a rule for every titan?
In this episode: After getting a GODDAMN MECH SUIT from Soosoo, we decide to use these powers to help out Mor Ardain! Still don’t remember that one guy... We’ve really just become the hero of just about every country in Alrest. It’s a wonder war is still on the horizon.
Jin: “I guess I don’t need to buy the others any time, with that boy dawdling around.” Also Jin: “If only the others could skip travel. Capturing the Aegis would be a cinch.”
10:41 That actually reminds me of Valkyria Chronicles 3. One of the characters, Imca, has a weapon that functions as a rifle, a carbine, a semi automatic, a flamethrower, a rocket launcher, a sniper rifle, and a sword. Which sounds insane. And from the artist perspective, it is. They had to make example firing drills for every function of her gun. Where ammo would be stored for each weapon, where the scope for the sniper rifle would go. And when you go into that much detail when it comes to a character/weapon design, THAT is when it become extremely memorable. In fact, that’s why there’s an Imca nendroid sitting on my bookshelf.
At 3:00 there, if you save the guard in the corner for last, you can actually get two core crystals from one of the bodies! Presumably belonging to the drivers that supposedly went on the mission.
That thumbnail gave me flashbacks to my playthrough of the first game. I remember I was trying to kill a unique monster in Makna Forest and a Deinos Saurus kept sneaking up on me.
I beat that sauros when I first got the quest because spamming corvin's level 3 special when the enemy attacks infrequently means you don't die. Evasion is stupid
I'm really pleased to have a shorter episode. Not ever episode has to be 45 minutes or more. Sometimes you just want something short and sweet and this one lined up perfectly for me today.
if I’m remembering correctly, there’s also unique dialogue for completing The Militia’s Request with Mòrag as the party leader, if you were gonna show that
3:06 The third Imperial Soldier did matter, but at the same time not really. You missed out on some Core Crystals. They were Blades after all (You even see them when you went to them)
If you check the 3rd body at the beginning of the "Whereabouts Unknown" quest, you get 2 Common Crystals. Kinda weird that they lock you out of getting it after the skill check.
Kinda wish a certain post-game mission in Xenoblade X went this route... rather than default to the bad end if you aren't strong enough to beat the superboss
@@Zach984racer don't you just love that for true 100% completion of that game you have to face Telethia 4 times. Because there's L's mission where you encounter it until you trigger a cutscene. Then there's the segment recon. That side quest. Then finally the basic mission
Is that squeaky sound effect that plays whenever Morag moves her arms gonna be a recurring thing? It is pretty amusing, lol Also loved the DK64 "Okay!" voice clip that played for Rex. XD
In response to what you said starting at 7:05 @Chuggaaconroy, the name Rhiannon - Welsh for Divine Queen - is pronounced "ree-ANN-in" For confirmation of said pronunciation, there's the 1976 song "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac as well as the artist/twitch streamer Rhiannon Gower, better known for playing characters like Sentry & Xiiki over on HighRollersDnD. (Definitely recommend their Aerois campaign if you've got time) Also, as someone who has studied game design, I find it so baffling that the event trigger for choosing to weaken the Rampaging Sauros only occurs IF you choose to fight it. Like I'm sure most others did, I saw the level tag and immediately nope'd right outta here thinking that that this quest must've been mis-programmed to be available much earlier than it should've been; so you can imagine the how confused I was when, after returning with a lv. 90+ post-game party, I was [forcibly] given the choice to tough it out or retreat and go with this video's route. (WARNING: If you accidentally mis-click the "We can take it!" option, then the other route will be locked out for the rest of the game) Having coincidentally saved right beforehand, I was able to see the rewards for both outcomes and I gotta say, retreating to level down the Rampaging Sauros is arguably the better decision. The added G, EXP & SP from the tougher route is more-or-less on par with quest rewards that require the party be around levels 40-50, and while the Pentagon Core Chip and Accessories are considered more valuable, you'll already have unlocked the areas where they can be easily farmed en masse by the mid-late game.
2:38 "but I do a lot of weird things with my hands whenever i'm play videogames cause I just get so excited" are you staring at a picture of Daisy while you're doing it?
Morag's been practicing her arm flailing so she can beat Bowser at it one day. This turned into a bad habit, and now she does it nearly every time she engages in conversation.
I noticed Morag's animation... blip? glitch? when I played through. Strangely, I don't think it was originally in the game and only started happening after a few updates occurred.
"Getting to know one of our oldest blades a lot better" GUYS, IN THE NEXT EPISODE WE'LL GET THE STORY QUEST FOR THE FIRST COMMON BLADE HE GOT, ya know, the wind guy? I don't remember anything else about him
I'm loving references to the XCX ost lyrics. XD Seems like he's been listening it recently with the references in both this and the last Episode. Did anyone else notice this while watching? :D For those interested i'm refering to (13:58) in this Ep and (4: 28) last Ep. The songs are "N市L街A" aka "NLA Day" at about (1: 25) and "The key we've lost" at (2: 10)
So I recently finished my second playthrough, and when I started this quest, in the low 40s, I wanted to see what would happen if I chose the "We can take it!" option. It went about as well as you think it did.
Getting the monster "drunk" reminds me of the story of Susanoo where he got the Yamato-no-Orochi by getting him drunk then cutting off his head. Just something I noticed.
@chuggaconroy Around 6:50 into video: Khsit , K H S I T , Kah Sit , Kiss-it ??? I went to a small High School and was outside of most big social circles. If Chugga or someone that reads this comment that has the knowledge , could there be an explanation or almost explanation so I get what the "pun/reverse" going on is ?
I thought it was going to be an enemy like the big old brogs of Makna, then it was a dinosaur creature. If you remember creatures like that from xenoblade 1, all of them are past level 90.
"It's a quest I think about from time to time." Me too. I beat it head on in Chapter 4, and now that I actually understand this game's mechanics I constantly wonder how the heck I did that.
Ah, this quest. THIS QUEST. I had to look it up on the Internet when I saw I had to fight a post-game level enemy during a mid-game quest with mid-game level rewards. My first instinct as a Xenoblade player is to RUN from a fight I know I can't win, and it sat incomplete for the longest time until I learned about the whole 1% HP thing. They really should have set another flag to progress the quest normally if you lose or flee the battle. Also, I absolutely love the sound effects that accompany Mòrag's arms. I really hope that joke sticks around.
I do like the fact that in this quest..the goal is either fight a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex that breathes fire at it's full power. Or like the tale of Orochi and attack it when it's drunk. That is wonderful.
One of my new favorite things in this game: Ardainian soldiers not recognizing Mor Ardain's Special Inquisitor.
Thank you Lesbian Trucy Wright
Probably because she never tells them to not forget her.
@@wesnohathas1993
“Oh, one more thing, solider.”
“Yes, Lady Morag?”
*clutched weapon* “DON’T FERGET MEEE”
I think this quest plays the same dialogue regardless of who the party leader is
How else can she inspect them incognito?
Rex saying “OK!” in DKs voice caught me off guard
OH, THATS WHAT THAT WAS
It's legitimately entertaining to see emile lose his mind
@@gamedestroyer8219 yeah, it's the "OK" thing from DK64.
Oh those are some pretty cool voice clips
I wasn't expecting it but I'm very glad it happened
“I hate to ask such a dangerous job of strangers” he says to one of his leaders
AKA his leaders sister
“Aegis” Counter: 94
Rex: Who are you?
Saurus: I’m you, but bigger.
Ohhhhh I get it now! Good pun! I can see this is payback for making fun of Yew’s name
"...And get to know one of our earliest Blades a lot better."
You mean the Ether Cannon Blade that you apparently don't have on Rex?
Who?
(/j)
@@MantaKizaemonFTW Azami
"So what happened?"
Everyone's dead and there's a giant fire-breathing dinosaur.
No it's an earth based enemy. You can tell because his weakness is lightning
@@bensell982 You are right but the rampaging sauros does indeed breath fire (10:47) and when its enraged its element changes to fire (11:27)
Boom. _Roasted._
I kinda wish they'd written that line into the game. It would've been hilarious.
Charizard is in this game
Something really important that I haven't had a chance to mention that Chugga also hasn't, Poppi's way of speaking changes after obtaining her QT form. Her voice is no longer monotone and as robotic, instead sounding more "alive". Many of her battle quotes and menu lines in her Alpha form are also replaced with non-monotone sounding versions.
Ah, yes. The most important thing. Robot waifu speaks with more passion.
I've seen this same aas comment since poppiqt .
Are you done ?
Or will you continue with this shows growth
And no it's not more human like
Poppi is grade a schooler so she talks broken and kids say the darndest things
Qt is a highschooler who works as a maid she is polite.
@@genericyoutubeusername6462 Why are you replying to a 2 year-old comment about this? Also, I say in my comment that it was the first time I had mentioned that. If you're going to rudely say "Are you done?" like that then you clearly aren't paying attention to who is saying what. Show growth yourself.
And it's not Poppi's dialogue, it's her voice lines. Her voice lines in battle quite literally get replaced with versions where she doesn't talk in a monotone, robotic way but instead with proper inflection like a real person. There are two different versions of the same line. It's not an interpretation, it's a literal, existing thing you can see and hear for yourself.
"Rather than having us be here for over an hour"
You act as if we WOULDN'T happily watch hour episodes.
While I do very much agree with you, maybe not if it's only quests. If it's quests and some story progress, yes please. And yes, I'm aware that would put Emile in burnout.
im speaking to you a week in the future and speaking as someone behind on this series because i got the game and wanted to get caught up to where he was (Story wise) i wouldn't mind an hour long vide
but it'd be tedious
These sound effects when Morag moves her arm LMAO, loving these edits Chugga
Whoop!
bow- morag's arms!!!!!
The sound effect at 6:02 nearly killed me.
_In other news,_ good to see that Morag has decided to learn the Joseph Joestar Secret Technique!
King Arthur also knew that technique. After all, he was the king.
I wish the sound effect did kill u so we wouldn't have to see you make another jojoke (/j)
NIGERUNDAYO
@@lemonade-skies me too
"Running Away is a Valid Strategy"
We are on episode 56, in the OG Xenoblade Chronicles, this is where party number 7 is revealed.
In XC2, we havent even made it to Indol yet.
Chugga, you werent kidding when you said this would be your longest lp yet.
I played through xenoblade DE along with chugga with aboutut 1 week of playing the game
Ive been playing Xenoblade 2 for about 90 hours
After playing all time trials, 100%ing it, and getting to sartorial marsh in ng+ I am at 190 hours in xenoblade DE
@@yourpalgamma5085 what chapter are you on at 90 hours? No spoilers please I’m at chapter 5 and have 55 hours. I’m just wondering how long it’s gonna take because I finished xc de in 65. I’m definitely not finishing xc2 in that time LOL. Especially with the dlc
@@kyotow7388 im further in now at chapter 8 and like 190 hours in
@@yourpalgamma5085 wtf...
@@kyotow7388 and the games from what i heard about half over a bit less
Zamazenta: Turns
"Someone was paid to animate that! And storyboard it! And watch it 100 times to see if it doesn't break the game!"
Underrated
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"They made that, they coded that, and they sent that out for millions to play."
-Mauler, probably.
Well I hope the person that had to do that Dr the Ambush scene of KH3 didn’t like the characters because I can only barely stand watching it once
I'm enjoying this series a ton. Not just because it's Xenoblade Chronicles, but also because it feels like Emile is having a ton of fun editing this series!
16:01 That was some very suspicious timing on Kasandra's mask.
Oh dear, comedic timing
16:02
I love how Kassandra’s mask rattles in the background just before he misses the next 2 button prompts. For those who haven’t played the game, why this is so fitting will become clear when he does her blade quest
2:26 Or holding the A button at such an inopportune time to get Jon REALLY angry at you...
“WHY WOULD YOU HOLD THE BUTTON THATS ALL THAT COUNTS!”
Rex, Pyra, and the gang, welcome to Xeno-rassic park
Oh so after Ashe graduated from the Officers Acadamy he moved from Faerghus to Alrest to be an Ardanian soldier.
😂 I could see it
I mean better than getting burned to a crisp in any route he's not recruited in.
Solider is pretty close to a knight right? Maybe not in service of the king but in service nonetheless
Oh I am so glad I wasn't crazy to look for someone who acknowledges this.
19:49 Going to Uraya and getting to know one of our earliest Blades a lot better. There is also the Surveillance merc mission that requires Azami. Azami is the first Rare Blade Emile obtained. Next episode is covering Azami's affinity quest.
Saying "We can take it!" actually locks you into having to kill this thing at Lv 91?! That's... mean.
This reminds me of that one Sauros in Xenoblade 1 that patrols the area around Breezy Zolos (which you need to kill for a sidequest) and just LOVES to show up to say "Hey guys, can I be in this battle?!"
14:35 ...By me and help Rex defeat the enemies?
Thats why you save before a big fight. Also most would've chose to run away because _look at that high ass level_ and would want it weakened so they could deal with it then and there. What would've been actually mean is if you had deal with it at a very high level regardless of your choice.
@@ShadowSkyX I know most would choose to run, but someone might choose this option out of curiosity. And then they'd lock themselves out of finishing this wuesg until the postgame.
There's a level 14 side quest in Xenoblade X and a level 65 aggressive Tyrant spawns in the exact same are as that quest's boss fight.
@@BigKlingy You can realistically take this thing out before you reach the final chapter. I think I was low-70s when I killed it, and my understanding of the game wasn't the best. I figure you could probably kill it in your 60s, maybe 50s if you have a good party. Though I understand that's still locking you out of completing the quest for what's likely to be several more chapters
Xenoblade X has you fight the lvl 100 telefia for a quest around lvl 50
The reason Morag's acting so spastic talking with NPCs is that her default idle animation is Military Rest Position (hands palms out against her lower back while otherwise standing normally, which is a standard military "I'm listening and being respectful to the person talking to me, but have been allowed to relax a bit because the conversation could get long and snapping to attention that long is painful"), but they still have her programmed to emote at the same times as other characters, which doesn't leave enough time for her to naturally get to said emotes from such a specific pose. I'm guessing the set of emotes was designed slightly exaggerated to better convey the emotion at a distance, but were intended to mostly be seen in the back of the party where the snap wouldn't be noticed or heart-to-hearts & cutscenes, where they can just give longer for her to reach the required keyframes.
Me: sees thumbnail
*Has Vietnam war flashbacks to the Deimos Sauros beating me dozens of times*
I can imagine once we finally continue with the main story: "I've been waiting for *thirty* whole days already."
“Where does he think he’s going?” “When you gotta go, you gotta go.”
I am honestly amazed that Emile is choosing to show this off now of all times. Yes, it is perfectly doable (though terrifying) at his current level, but this is a quest that has two different rewards, and you can only get one of them by taking the beast in the thumbnail head-on, which given that it’s Level 91, isn’t happening today.
1:40 I was wondering if there was special dialogue between Mòrag and Ashe for this quest, but no, looks like it’s box standard. Strangers indeed.
2:35 Should probably get that checked out, man.
Not to mention that trigger finger when you get impatient. That’s DEFINITELY landed you in some hot water.
3:00 So here’s an early edition of “Things Emile Missed” for you! You want to examine the body on the right before examining the one furthest back. Doing so will get you two Common Core Crystals (from the two Drivers that Ashe had mentioned). If you pass the “Follow Trail” check, you can no longer examine the other bodies thus missing out on flavor text and/or those two Core Crystals.
I believe for the purposes of Merc Missions, Poppibuster has the gender value of “4”, much like Roc. This is because while Poppibuster has a male’s voice and Poppi Mk II is female (and she does go along for the Merc Mission. “Poppi have to file complaint!” “The complaint protocol is currently undergoing maintenance.”), they treat the Poppibuster unit itself as not having a gender and it’s obviously not an animal.
That’s really cool that each character has different remarks when looking at the corpses. Rex says something different from Nia who says something different from Mòrag and so on. At least this adds some variety to this quest.
4:30 And in jumping off the cliff and not turning the camera around, we didn’t get to see the Rampaging Sauros Kool-Aid Man the wall it was hiding behind.
Fun fact: while Whereabouts Unknown is active, the Level 90-92 Ancient Saurus that is normally seen roaming these plains is absent. This is probably because dealing with one of these big boys is bad enough. Having two of them coming down on you would be worse than dealing with Territorial Rotbart at this point. It also could be that the Rampaging Sauros is supposed to be the same as the Ancient Sauros for the purposes of this quest.
5:55 So this is the split. The rewards you get for the second option is significantly better (in addition to the experience and loot you gain for taking down a Level 91 monster) as a way to compensate having to deal with such a monstrosity without giving it a handicap beyond changing the difficulty. What you get by sticking to it and fighting this beast fairly is the following:
-3,840 G
-3,600 EXP
-214 SP
-Pentagon Chip (core chip)
-White Belt (Extends Topple Duration; weaker effect than the Black Belt)
-Movement Heal II (aux core)
-Overclocking Bangle (seen it before, but as a reminder, reduces Blade Switch cooldown time of your current Blade that is being swapped out the more Driver Arts are ready to use prior to swapping)
That last one is really what makes it worthwhile. By comparison, the first option nets you the following:
-2,560 G
-600 EXP
-143 SP
-Rhombus Chip (Core Chip)
-Knockback Resist II (Aux Core)
All in all an objectively worse rewards package, but you get the quest done, can reap the rewards in the Sauros’s Bed, and get your party-wide trust gain all the sooner.
6:30 Kinda hard to miss, but you likely have to get past Rotbart to probably see its Ancient variety so a bit more understandable.
11:03 You can augment this with Pouch Items that recharge Specials (since the Specials are your major damage dealers), recharge Driver Arts, or increase Blade Arts probabilities since Recharge Boost will also reduce Driver Arts cooldown.
12:02 Emile is all too quick to warp away to the next quest objective. Guy needs to take a page from Ferris Beuler and take things slower because he missed out on something really nice further into the Sauros’s Bed that becomes accessible after starting this quest.
13:11 The only time they will is during a Full Burst from a Chain Attack, something we’ve yet to see, provided Poppibuster initiates the Full Burst.
If you take the second option, Ashe’s conversations are shortened down from “So everyone’s...I see...” to “Would you mind telling me exactly where you found them all?” Nothing else changes. You can go back to Tishk in Mor Ardain for a follow-up conversation too.
I guess the Core Crystals Emile couldn’t pick up after that quest objectives update will get sent back.
14:47 Not exactly. The Ancient Sauros is there from the beginning of the game. It is temporarily removed from the game for the duration of this quest and then brought back once the quest has been cleared. Also good, he is returning to the bed.
15:20 That said, you can’t avoid Tiger! Tiger! if you plan on completing Poppibuster’s Affinity chart.
This Salvage Point that Emile’s showing off I believe is the same location that you see Tora and Poppi a sitting at on the title screen during Chapter 2.
16:05 I love that you can hear Kassandra’s mask rattling right before Emile flubs the challenge. It’s her fault!
Dughall’s office opens up after clearing Chapter 3. You can even see him walking around in there during the events of Chapter 2.
19:45 Next time on XC2, we’ll see if Azami forgives Emile for forgetting about her during Shiny New Power.
Not exactly something he missed, but when Emile said he didn't have to worry about the plant going extinct, isn't that literally what the Ardanians worry about with the titan dying? I assume plants can't grow on a dead titan, and if the plant only grows in Mor Ardain, then it will become a problem.
@@emc246 Yeah, nothing grows on or in a Dead Titan, at least not naturally anyways.
I think Emile’s logic though is that it can be transported to a lusher Titan like the Gormotti Titan to reproduce there since it can survive in the harsh and arid environment of Mor Ardain, but that assumes it’s capable of growing anywhere other than Mor Ardain.
@@Rexaura888 I don't think that's necessarily the case that "nothing grows on a dead titan". Usually you're right, because dead titans sink into the cloud sea, but that's not always the case. We have two examples that will come up in the story (one of them already appeared in a cutscene and will be coming up really soon, the other one is quite a bit farther away) of dead titans with plant/animal life growing on them.
@@WhyFi59 Right, right. I wouldn’t call the Titan turning into a core crystal “growing on it”, but I often forget that one of the later Titans you traverse is dead or rather “rotting” as the game calls it.
@@Rexaura888 Actually yeah... you are right... it seems there's a slight plot hole there? Eariler with Vandham we were told that titans turn into core crystals when they die and that's how new blades are born... but there's at least 3 cases where the titan is just a dead carcass. Strange. Maybe it's not a rule for every titan?
"You wanna know the best part about Poppibuster?"
"Watch Minecraft tutorials without Wi-fi"
Looks like Morag took sign-language lessons from Byleth.
**Vaguely wafts hand**
6:02 "OK!"
Nice DK64 reference.
In this episode:
After getting a GODDAMN MECH SUIT from Soosoo, we decide to use these powers to help out Mor Ardain! Still don’t remember that one guy...
We’ve really just become the hero of just about every country in Alrest. It’s a wonder war is still on the horizon.
Jin: “I guess I don’t need to buy the others any time, with that boy dawdling around.”
Also Jin: “If only the others could skip travel. Capturing the Aegis would be a cinch.”
"Oh you have blades"
*Morag, Rex and Nia just turn to soldier with flat stares*
Soldier: Lady Morag!! I'm sorry.
Also the Dino thunders
*power rangers*
Dino dunders
10:41 That actually reminds me of Valkyria Chronicles 3. One of the characters, Imca, has a weapon that functions as a rifle, a carbine, a semi automatic, a flamethrower, a rocket launcher, a sniper rifle, and a sword. Which sounds insane.
And from the artist perspective, it is. They had to make example firing drills for every function of her gun. Where ammo would be stored for each weapon, where the scope for the sniper rifle would go.
And when you go into that much detail when it comes to a character/weapon design, THAT is when it become extremely memorable. In fact, that’s why there’s an Imca nendroid sitting on my bookshelf.
At 3:00 there, if you save the guard in the corner for last, you can actually get two core crystals from one of the bodies! Presumably belonging to the drivers that supposedly went on the mission.
16:00 KASANDRA, BAD TIMING FOR YOUR MASK TO ACTIVATE
That thumbnail gave me flashbacks to my playthrough of the first game. I remember I was trying to kill a unique monster in Makna Forest and a Deinos Saurus kept sneaking up on me.
3:16 I wish this was how tracks work in 3 but nooooooo, we HAVE to continue the IMMERSION of the DIEGETIC MENUS.
17:05 No Vess, i know its a pretty painting but you can't jump into it. this ain't Mario 64
I beat that sauros when I first got the quest because spamming corvin's level 3 special when the enemy attacks infrequently means you don't die. Evasion is stupid
After all, people can't die in a battle without getting killed
You’ve heard of Bowser’s arms now hear about Morag’s arms
Poppi's arms should be the new one. She flaps them so adorably.
Enjoying the Mórag sound effects, I hope this gag continues.
Man, those Sauros are gonna feel *dino-sore* in the morning!
7:23 His name spelled backwards sounds like an onomatopea for when you open a bottle of coke.
I'm really pleased to have a shorter episode. Not ever episode has to be 45 minutes or more.
Sometimes you just want something short and sweet and this one lined up perfectly for me today.
8:55 "if it can grow here we don't have to worry about it becoming extinct any tine soon"
Isn't that... EXACTLY what the Ardanians are worried about?
4:29 That scared the crap out of me too when I did this mission. I did not expecting a lvl 91 mother-flipping T-Rex of all things to pop out
if I’m remembering correctly, there’s also unique dialogue for completing The Militia’s Request with Mòrag as the party leader, if you were gonna show that
Not to mention a unique "reward".
Rhiannon is usually pronounced "Ree-anne-on". I'm pretty sure it's a Welsh name, generally believed to originate from a Goddess with the same name.
is it not a common name in America??
@@jugsyarts I'm not from America, so I don't know how common names are over there.
I’ve heard it maybe once in 20 years, so I’d say not altogether unheard of, but certainly uncommon.
It is indeed, goddess of horses to be specific 😊 and that’s also the correct pronunciation
It's also a Fleetwood Mac song.
"I do a lot of weird things with my hands when I get excited." Heh!
Actually the door to the consulate opens after you beat Dughall. Before that you can see him sitting in there as well
3:06 The third Imperial Soldier did matter, but at the same time not really. You missed out on some Core Crystals. They were Blades after all (You even see them when you went to them)
If you check the 3rd body at the beginning of the "Whereabouts Unknown" quest, you get 2 Common Crystals. Kinda weird that they lock you out of getting it after the skill check.
Kinda wish a certain post-game mission in Xenoblade X went this route... rather than default to the bad end if you aren't strong enough to beat the superboss
You mean the one where you have to defeat telithia the end bringer and it doesn't count for the segment recon
@@bensell982 Yep. That’s the one.
@@Zach984racer don't you just love that for true 100% completion of that game you have to face Telethia 4 times. Because there's L's mission where you encounter it until you trigger a cutscene. Then there's the segment recon. That side quest. Then finally the basic mission
Is that squeaky sound effect that plays whenever Morag moves her arms gonna be a recurring thing? It is pretty amusing, lol
Also loved the DK64 "Okay!" voice clip that played for Rex. XD
2:34 "I... grope the controller."
Is it the Xenoblade 2 special controller? The one that's supposed to look like Pyra.
He’s cheating on Daisy again.
The design on her chest no less
I just finished this game today after not playing it for 3 years. Watching this lp gave me the motivation for finishing it thanks chugga
Congrats on finishing!
FUN FACT! I DECIDED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO FIGHT THIS THING WITHOUT WEAKENING IT! I REFUSED TO BE WEAK
I HAVE REGRET
BUT I REFUSE TO GIVE IN
Lol the sound effects that Chuggaconroy used when Morag is moving her arms in a cutscene or in any form of dialogue with other characters.
Ah yes, the t-rex trap quest that people run into. Oh boy devs were evil with this one!
“And since we don’t want this video to go for more than an hour...” but don’t we?
Funny how the first "real" fight with the giant mecha Poppibuster has done was against an even bigger unwinnable level 90 dinosaur
I’ve been loving all the funny audio edits that you’ve been doing, Emile. Lol!
In response to what you said starting at 7:05 @Chuggaaconroy, the name Rhiannon - Welsh for Divine Queen - is pronounced "ree-ANN-in"
For confirmation of said pronunciation, there's the 1976 song "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac as well as the artist/twitch streamer Rhiannon Gower, better known for playing characters like Sentry & Xiiki over on HighRollersDnD.
(Definitely recommend their Aerois campaign if you've got time)
Also, as someone who has studied game design, I find it so baffling that the event trigger for choosing to weaken the Rampaging Sauros only occurs IF you choose to fight it.
Like I'm sure most others did, I saw the level tag and immediately nope'd right outta here thinking that that this quest must've been mis-programmed to be available much earlier than it should've been; so you can imagine the how confused I was when, after returning with a lv. 90+ post-game party, I was [forcibly] given the choice to tough it out or retreat and go with this video's route.
(WARNING: If you accidentally mis-click the "We can take it!" option, then the other route will be locked out for the rest of the game)
Having coincidentally saved right beforehand, I was able to see the rewards for both outcomes and I gotta say, retreating to level down the Rampaging Sauros is arguably the better decision.
The added G, EXP & SP from the tougher route is more-or-less on par with quest rewards that require the party be around levels 40-50, and while the Pentagon Core Chip and Accessories are considered more valuable, you'll already have unlocked the areas where they can be easily farmed en masse by the mid-late game.
My grandpa just passed away this morning so happy to have you here by my side
sorry for your loss
@@gabrielcalderon6715 thanks man
i hope your family are doing well its always depressing whenever someone passes away, especially when they're someone in your family you know and love
I'm sorry for your loss friend. I lost my grandma in March so I can understand what you're going through.
Hang in there. Loss is tough my dude
2:38 "but I do a lot of weird things with my hands whenever i'm play videogames cause I just get so excited"
are you staring at a picture of Daisy while you're doing it?
Holy crap a dinosaur, I didn’t think we’d be visiting Jurassic park today
Morag's been practicing her arm flailing so she can beat Bowser at it one day. This turned into a bad habit, and now she does it nearly every time she engages in conversation.
"We may be in over our heads"
Morag its a level *91* dinosaur that rivals god himself
Everytime Morag salutes, someone slips on a banana peel.
I noticed Morag's animation... blip? glitch? when I played through. Strangely, I don't think it was originally in the game and only started happening after a few updates occurred.
"Getting to know one of our oldest blades a lot better" GUYS, IN THE NEXT EPISODE WE'LL GET THE STORY QUEST FOR THE FIRST COMMON BLADE HE GOT, ya know, the wind guy? I don't remember anything else about him
Imagine if the core crystal from the imperial chest was KOS-MOS
It may be that the Special Inquisitor doesn’t make her appearance known to the rank and file so she can…inquisit specially.
Once again Emile admits to groping his controller, next he’s going to talk about how he took it out to dinner, by the wall outlet.
I remember him mentioning kissing his controller back in Pikmin 2
The whirl sound when Morag moves her arm is the best thing on the planet.
I'm loving references to the XCX ost lyrics. XD
Seems like he's been listening it recently with the references in both this and the last Episode.
Did anyone else notice this while watching? :D
For those interested i'm refering to (13:58) in this Ep and (4: 28) last Ep.
The songs are "N市L街A" aka "NLA Day" at about (1: 25) and "The key we've lost" at (2: 10)
First Bowser, and now Morag,
What’s with former antagonists swinging their arms in comical fashion??
loving this series more and more as it goes on. hope you're having a good one chugga!
13:56 Excellent Xenoblade X impression.
Thumbnail: exists
Me: IS THAT A FLIPPING DINOSAUR!?
So I recently finished my second playthrough, and when I started this quest, in the low 40s, I wanted to see what would happen if I chose the "We can take it!" option.
It went about as well as you think it did.
Getting the monster "drunk" reminds me of the story of Susanoo where he got the Yamato-no-Orochi by getting him drunk then cutting off his head. Just something I noticed.
@chuggaconroy Around 6:50 into video: Khsit , K H S I T , Kah Sit , Kiss-it ??? I went to a small High School and was outside of most big social circles. If Chugga or someone that reads this comment that has the knowledge , could there be an explanation or almost explanation so I get what the "pun/reverse" going on is ?
7:05 I have a cousin with that name; she pronounces it "ree-ANN-nun"
2:53, The Party: *finds dead body*
Rex: I hope things went well.
Pause at 17:10 rex looks like a kid staring into a toy shop window and mythra looks like his mum telling him that he has to wait until christmas xD
19:33 No, no, let's be here for over an hour emile. We have plenty of time for you.
Report: Blue Lion Household, sans Ashe
Cause of Death: One Angry T-Rex
"But I do a lot of weird things with my hands when playing video game, cause I just get so excited."
*-Chuggaaconroy 2020*
1:17, 1:32, 7:48, 8:16, 13:12, 18:41
*MORAGS ARRRRRMS!*
you've been here on the channel a while if you catch this parody reference.😁
you forgot 13:12
And 18:41
@@Flashboy284 I only catch the first one since it continues right after it it's where the arms first starts.
@@lordderpingtonII currently still watching so ill add it in.
13:58 I can’t hear you, I can’t see you
I think I speak for a great many of us when I say, an hour long episode would be most welcomed
I thought it was going to be an enemy like the big old brogs of Makna, then it was a dinosaur creature. If you remember creatures like that from xenoblade 1, all of them are past level 90.
I love the addition of sound effects of late.
"It's a quest I think about from time to time." Me too. I beat it head on in Chapter 4, and now that I actually understand this game's mechanics I constantly wonder how the heck I did that.
Slide whistle Morag hands better become a running gag
Ah, this quest.
THIS QUEST.
I had to look it up on the Internet when I saw I had to fight a post-game level enemy during a mid-game quest with mid-game level rewards. My first instinct as a Xenoblade player is to RUN from a fight I know I can't win, and it sat incomplete for the longest time until I learned about the whole 1% HP thing. They really should have set another flag to progress the quest normally if you lose or flee the battle.
Also, I absolutely love the sound effects that accompany Mòrag's arms. I really hope that joke sticks around.
"And I... grope the controller" aaaaand a certain picture from a Nux Taku thumbnail comes to mind
11:54 There is a sound effect in the Poppibuster's level 4 which sounds like the Metroid Prime charge beam sound effect.
13:20 love how Poppi Buster casually shoves his arm through Morag here.
Glad to see we're going with ye olde "get the 8-headed dragon drunk so we can actually stand a chance of fighting it" strategy
I do like the fact that in this quest..the goal is either fight a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex that breathes fire at it's full power. Or like the tale of Orochi and attack it when it's drunk. That is wonderful.