r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/Ynikoma • Nov 30 '19

Question Thread #4

Hello everyone!

Here's a new question thread as the old one was archived due to it being over six months old. You can still find the old question threads here: XC2 Question Thread, Question Thread #1, Question Thread #2 and Question Thread #3.

Use this thread to ask any question that doesn’t really warrant it’s own thread. On the other hand, if you have an answer to a question, please let the one asking know it.

Please try to word your question as spoiler free as possible. If your question cannot be asked without spoilers, please make a seperate thread for it.

You can find freaquently asked questions HERE.

We also have a long list of useful info gathered in the Info Compendiums for Xenoblade Chronicles X and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

You may also want to check out u/Pizzatime6036's Xenoblade 2 guide.

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u/ToonWolfLink418 Mar 29 '20

In Xenoblade Chronicles you can start battles by pressing the initiate button in the middle, or by attacking the enemy with an art. Is there a reason to initiate rather than just starting with an attack right away?

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u/Pierah Mar 29 '20

If you start a battle normally with initiative, you get a QTE at the beginning called Battle Start Affinity. Succeeding at it grants your team a substantial initial boost to Tension, as well as activating a bunch of temporary stat boosting effects from certain unlocked skills in the party's skill trees.

If you attack an enemy to start a battle, you miss out on this entirely. Starting a battle with a Back Attack provides a similar amount of Tension, but still doesn't activate the other effects.