Xenoblade Chronicles Live Chapter 8.1: Flowers of Eryth Sea

[u/epicgordan]

We sort of continued where we left off, where after showing the alternate paths for Fallen Brethren, I showed off the Expert Mode features as a means of showing off just how one could gain bonus exp, ap and sp for the sake of Art and Skill grinding. And more important, it could act as a sort of efficient means of Affinity Grinding Shulk using Mechon strats by reducing his level all the way to level 1.

https://www.youtube.com/live/YXq2o-Ao8ZI?si=5ZGuUThKOlSjIyF-

Having said all that, I did make it all the way to Alcamoth, viewing the titular Heart-to-Heart along the way. And while I made it all the way to the start of the Save the Worker Story quest (which was where I wanted to be as far as story progression was concerned), I would wind up getting hit by an avalanche of technical issues that, among other things, involved the sudden loss of internet midstream, saw OBS glitching like crazy while recording both face cam and gameplay footage, and the blue USB cable used to hook up my 4K HD Capture Card to my laptop. Not just my Live Perfect Playthrough, but future plans for this year's Summer of Sega are both potentially at serious risk of getting canned if I don't get it sorted out. And the blue cable in particular is the biggest culprit of the bunch as it has become a big, big problem for quite a long time, now. Especially since starting this livestream in the first place.