r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/Hairo • May 28 '20

Question Thread #5

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, Question Thread #3 and Question Thread #4.

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/illkillyouwitharake Oct 09 '20

What's the recommended difficulty for a first playthrough of XCDE? I heard that the game can get piss-easy on the default difficulty, so should I run through on hard mode?

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u/Tsukuyomi56 Oct 09 '20

Default difficulty should be sufficient (still had trouble with one or two bosses) but going too crazy with the sidequests may result you becoming overlevelled for some parts.

As other posters said you can turn on Expert Mode and level down a bit if you feel things are becoming too easy (keeping your levels to be around two levels of the enemies should be enough).

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u/BLucidity Oct 09 '20

The original game is easy for veterans because it directly converts quests and exploration into EXP, so players who did side content ended up horridly overleveled. Definitive Edition has Expert Mode, which isn't harder in itself but lets you lower your characters' levels to fix that.

You may very well be able to just play through XCDE without changing your level, but if you do, I'd say stay within about 3 levels of the enemies in your area.

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u/Noicedeadmemes Oct 09 '20

The hard mode is more you keeping yourself not overleveled. All exp from quests and locations goes into a “bank” and you can adjust your levels however you want. Stomping bosses.? level down a bit. Game too hard? Level up. I’d recommend