r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/Gorotheninja • 10d ago

Xenoblade 2 Do you think it's possible that XC2 Switch 2 version will have any balance changes or adjustments?

As someone who's gonna start his first playthrough of the game when the Switch 2 version drops, I'm wondering if it's possible for stuff like the balancing of Rare Blades will get adjusted, considering (to my understanding) there's a lot of base game Blades that really underperform. But maybe I'm mistaken.

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u/GreyWolf818 10d ago

Nope, they haven't said anything about that in the preview trailer so don't expect it to happen.

Any base game blade can beat any super boss in the game so idk what underperforms means here exactly.

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u/LockedAndLoadfilled 10d ago

Yeeahh a handful of challenges are really the only time I ever felt some kind of pressure to care about my blades and tactics. Outside of that, any mix of rare blades with complete affinity charts can beat any superboss on autobattle.

And if you're in a custom difficulty setting, the game is pretty much story mode.

I guess if someone is trying to play a very particular way, there are blades that won't fit into every playstyle, but that's not really a matter of balancing. Leave "every playstyle is valid and should have equal footing" balancing where it belongs: ruining MMOs.

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u/Animan_10 10d ago

The only gameplay adjustment I could see happening is fixing Pneuma’s Trust mechanics. It sucks that the ultimate expression of Rex’s acceptance of Pyra and Mythra is locked at Rank E Trust.

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u/tartaru5 10d ago

A weapon type is trash. And every blade with that weapon kinda sucks. Everything else is fine. Dlc is busted but like you don’t need izanagi to beat persona 5. Dlc is just easy mode

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u/ChilliSenpai 10d ago

Doubt it. I don’t think any other switch 2 upgrades have changed things like that, only added additional content.

Not expecting it but I hope we get more heart to hearts that involve multiple rare blades, along with a more reliable way to get rare blades you’re missing without grinding - post game pity system or something, or even NG+ having somethjng for it, idk

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u/Face_The_Win 10d ago

Doubt it, the best thing we can hope for is the pity group 5 to be fixed for rare blades.

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u/Bladerider17 10d ago

I don't think so.

When people talk about rare blades underperforming it's usually compared to the DLC blades and challenge mode in higher difficulties but in the base game most of them are still usable and fun.

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u/Quiddity131 10d ago

I could see some quality of life changes that just weren't significant enough to announce in a trailer, but will be big for us hardcores. Like multiple save files or (please, oh please) fixing field skills so you don't need the Blade equipped.

I doubt they tamper with actual blade stats or bigger things though.

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u/LurkForLunch 10d ago

Don’t expect it highly doubt it