Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Part 3: From Rest to Quest at Colony 9
9After coming home to Colony 9 from a victorious battle, Noah and his Special Forces were able to take a bath break.
Hmmm... Something was unusual here. Boys and Girls all shared the same baths and showers at the same time, and no one here ever found this strange or awkward... or even perverted. There was a completely different vibe going on here compared to the hot spring scene with Nia and Mythra in Xenoblade 2...
As naked as they are, the steam in the baths always covers the boys at their waists, and the girls (or in this scene, just Eunie) at their chests.
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Moving on, during their bath time, Eunie made Noah recall a time in the past when one of their own past teammates, Joran, died during a horrible attack. This was part of what motivated Noah to become an Off-Seer.
However, Noah was more concerned with Lanz, who suffered so many battle scars at this point that he couldn't pleasantly take a hot shower. He's been pushing himself too hard ever since Joran died, especially since he wanted to apologize to him for being so hard on him, but never got the chance...
Then, when Lanz came over to their bath, he thought Noah & Eunie were talking about their Flame Clock score.
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After hitting the showers, it was time to hit the beds.
Alas, their sleep was short, as an alarm sounded for all of the Colony 9's soldiers from a royal decree from their Castle. A large armored unit that was emitting a huge amount of Ether energy was approaching their Colony through Alfeto Valley. The soldiers are to find that source of Ether and destroy it.
It was also suggested in this briefing by the Colony's commander, Roald, that it may be a completely different enemy force that even Agnus are planning to target.
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Much of this video is more tutorial lessons. Such as taking on Quests and shopping for Accessories.
This game has Collectopaedia Cards as a different form of Quest. Simply have all of the items a character needs and then register them and send them all to that character. You'll immediately complete their request and get your rewards from it.
Normal Quests can still be anything from "slay these monsters" to "collect these things" and so on.
There's also a tutorial about setting up Arts. Aside from each character's Talent Art, all of them can only have 3 normal Arts on standby out of 5. Try to keep ones that can help with Arts Combos.
This game has both Xenoblade 2's Break/Topple/Launch/Smash Combo AND Xenoblade 1's Break/Topple/Daze Combo, with that one now having Burst to finish it. At this point, I can only use up to Xenoblade 1's original Combo WITHOUT a Burst finisher.
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As Colony 9 were preparing to head out to Alfeto Valley, Noah's group noticed that the their Colony, which was currently Copper Rank, were bringing out their Levnises for this mission. They will be assisted by soldiers from a Silver Rank Colony, which is the second-highest rank that a Colony can earn. Gold Rank is at the very top.