Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Episode 60: Leadership Qualities
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"What gender do you identify with?"
"4"
"I.... I'm sorry?"
"You heard me."
5 Blade "genders"
Male
Female
Brute
Beast
Roc.
@@ZeldagigafanMatthew you missed one
the OG Attack helicopter
Luckily, Roc has exactly 4 fingers (talons?) so he (I suppose "they" is more appropriate) can answer people in a sassy manner.
Not gonna lie I burst out laughing when I heard that.
No no, 4 in japan is death. So rock gender is death
ah yes, the 4 genders
Male
Female
Animal
ROC. ALWAYS HAS BEEN. ALWAYS WILL BE.
Always has been
*Pulls out gun*
and attack helicopter
Giant
Roc is best gender.
Uh no! Their male female animal and 4!
Person: So, what are you?
Roc: Bird.
Person: No, like what's in your pants?
Roc: Pants?
the number 4
...I'm dense right now
There are only two genders. It's not hard to accept.
"A bird! But flightless!" to me is the new kid icarus "I never learned how to reeaaaaaddddd!"
*_" G - F O R C E I N M Y F A A A C E ! "_*
@@SuperGoker64 FLOOR ICRCREAM GIVES YOU HEALTH
Isn't that just Pit though?
Me: “he’s almost at level 50, that means he’s about halfway through the game right?”
My friend, who had beaten the game: “yeah........sure”
a bit below halfway through the game when speaking about the main story, when speaking overall content though..... that's like 1/4
@@adamsmith2122 he’s about halfway through the 5th chapter
@@queencyrys6309 Yes, I know, I've played through this game 4 times?
thats a good one
Let me guess, the level cap isn't at 100?
“A BIIIIIRD...YET FLIGHTLEEEEES!!!”
The Praetor just sitting on his chair for 10+ days wondering where the on alrest has Fan and the Aegis Driver gone?
Gotta love those jrpg rules on how time works in regards to side quests
@@seanclark4071 Same rules as five minutes in anime
“Shouldn’t we be meeting the Praetor soon?”
“Nah, he can wait! I’m gonna see what’s up with Electra next!”
"Malos? Never heard of him. Oh look, another Heart-to-Heart!"
that and number 5 waiting at the port to take them there. Then again, they wait three days anyway!
Here's to hoping Emile got some sleep after all that last episode!
I hope he got therapy after it!
Fully agreed, to both
He was awake for at least 23 hour with no breaks
No amounts of therapy can help him after that.
I think he did. I believe these are all pre recorded then released during that break. If he didn't how ever,
Emile! Get some freaking rest! You've been through a lot.
Electra does a dance to cheer Emile.
Ursula showed up ruining everything
Emile's brain: evil readings are off the charts! You hear the prankster comet alarm going off.
Yew: *talks about how Vandham would be proud of your party for picking the right choice*
Adenine, who did all the character analysis: *starts dancing*
"If you hack the game and look at what Roc's gender is defined as, Roc's official gender is the number 4". How did I find this?
*DATAMINE*
In Japan, in the original translation, on this day of the Wing Ceremony, Emile would like to make special mention to how datamining found that speedrunners use Damage Up, for the sheer fact that its music and art style are amazing.
The truth is that there are only two genders.
"What's your gender?"
"Bird."
"No like which do you have?"
"Wings"
"What's in your pants ?"
"Wind."
@@alexursu4403 stolen from another comment
"pants?"
"How many genders are there?"
Anybody with common sense: "Two"
Last time Chugga gets PTSD from the Ursula sidequest, and this episode he goes to therapy and tells his therapist everything wrong with Ursula... and Paper Mario Sticker Star.
Tonight on Bottom Gear
looking forward to that episode of scott the woz
@The Phantom It all began when I was born. --Both of my parents failed to show up.--
I feel like saying this about Vandham, since this is Roc’s last true moment in the light: There are multiple post-battle lines with Vandham we did not see. 2 of them I don’t think we saw were one with Gramps and one with Poppi. Both of these mention that he had a son, but he died, which is never specified how. The lines say that Poppi and Rex remind him of his son. This means that not only did Rex think of him as a father (like said in the Heart-to-Heart), but Vandham thought of Rex as a son... very sweet and touching if you ask me.
These were actually covered back when Vandham was in the party. They were discussed during one of the episodes on the way to Fonsa Myma, probably the one where we first met Zeke.
@@cartooncritic7045 Ah, ok. I didn’t remember, but I thought I should still share
There's one more thing that can be learned about Vandham but the only who knows about this special tidbit is a Phonex(Those 3-Tailed Foxes you run into that aren't enemies) in Garfont but since you can't speak to animals, you need someone else who can talk to them *coughnimcough*.
The best part about Roc is one of his post-battle dialogue's with Tora where he gets insulted that Tora wants fried chicken.
Ursula didn't do anything to you, Emile. Blame the Game Developers. Leave the Princess alone.
Also... That intro was very *Electra* -fying.
It Teetapz's fault. Teetapz think Ursula Vocals, Looks, and Soul not good enough already.
Zuo: You should conduct the interviews one on one.
Also Zuo: what if I stand here with Yew and do absolutely nothing?
Its how they win
They use luigi strats to get the right people
@@milanbeerepoot4260 Zuo wins by doing absolutely nothing!!!
8:28 "I need the money!"
I think that's the answer we'd all like to give at interviews.
"Alicia Keys to the garage."
Emile has leveled up. He has learned the new skill "Humility."
He's been wearing his silly Wheel of Fortune guesses on his sleeve since the first DnD campaign with Stephen.
@@cartooncritic7045 He even made a couple of Metropolitan Mutant of Ark references over the course of this LP
It's a shame most of the viewers won't get this reference
@@cartooncritic7045 He's been embracing the memes for a while now.
He named his rock during the first TRG Colosseum "Steve" for crying out loud.
Fun fact: Boreas is the most common blade in Chugga’s group, so go figure he’d get him so late.
I don't get what you mean by that.
@@Yojimbo16 When you play and open core crystals, you are randomly placed in a group ( l believe there are 4~) in order to have a more unique experience for different blades and chances. Chugga's group he was placed in has Boreas as the most common blade to draw so it makes sense with Chugga's luck he would draw it later than Blades with lower chances.
@@kanye3168 I thought it was 3 Pity Blades not 4.
@@Yojimbo16 It is 3. However, chugga did get one little tidbit wrong when he showed the 3 pity blades in each group. He mentioned that Group 1 overrode Group 5 (which is true) however, Group 5 was shifted over to Group 2, and Groups 2, 3, and 4 were shifted over one number to the right. So instead of the Pity Groups being 12341, they are 11234.
Chugga’s Pity Group (#2) includes Azami, Perceval, and Adenine, so that means he has the third column of Rare Blade chances. Confused yet?
xenoblade.fandom.com/wiki/Blade_Resonance
The above link is the link to the Xenoblade Wiki where you can see the probability of each blade in each group. Long story short, Chugga has Group 3, and Boreas has the highest *base* chances (meaning Pity Blades not withstanding) of any blade in that group, with 2.13%.
Y'know, I've seen some people argue that having the gender "4" doesn't make Roc non-binary.
They are wrong, of course.
If he were binary, his gender would have been "100".
There will always be only two genders. Sorry to burst people's bubbles.
Ya know, imagine if there was a quest for the first common blade you get (in Emile’s case Konjiki) since they’re all pretty much the same. Imagine a quest all about the existential dread of literally hardly being notable, and just being a carbon copy of someone else, yet having their own thoughts and “personality”. Imagine how effed up that would be.
the first common blade you get is technically also a rare blade,
but that would break the illusion of it being a common by having a quest in the skill chart
Honestly, Drivers and Blades are my new favourite dynamic in a fantasy setting.
I mean, isn't it just kind of like being an "common" human? Having the ability to do nearly as much as anyone, but just not being particularly remarkable or notable in fame or clothing style? There's no shame in being common.
@@sawkchalk6966 it's okay in my opinion, but I feel like the game misses a lot of opportunities to flesh out the blades as their own characters, opting to have them as secondary to their drivers. Even in Roc's Heart-to-Heart, the main focus seemed to be about Vandham's legacy and Rex.
For a similar system that (sort of) fixes this problem, there's a game called Oninaki. The "blades" in that game (called Daemons) are all ghosts of dead warriors from the past. Through upgrading their skill tree, you slowly unlock bits and pieces of their past, putting them together to discover who they were before dying. I think this goes a long way towards making the Daemons feel like real people, as opposed to walking gacha models that stand around and toss you their weapon.
While I prefer Oninaki's system, even that isn't perfect. All of the backstory you can unlock is optional (much like Xenoblade's Heart-to-Heart system), and outside of helping to deal the finishing blow against bosses with over-the-top finisher cutscenes, Daemons have no direct impact on the game's narrative.
@@ninjapotatolorf6237 I didn't ever think I would see anyone else talk about Oninaki online, still haven't finished it tho.
I wish Vandham stuck with you. I would have loved to see the interactions between him and Morag, to greater emphasize the Uryan/Ardainian tension, and show them coming to terms with one another. As the only playable representative of Uraya, I think he should have lasted a bit longer.
I said that in an earlier video! Or at least I thought it, I don't remember. I completely agree
The thing is, I can't think of any other point in the story that a) necessitates awakening Mythra and b). allows for any point to kill Vandham off without wasting a bunch of Blades. Do remember that Vandham's whole chapter was about Rex coming to terms with what he's fighting for and strengthening the latter's resolve to save the people of Alrest from an incoming climate disaster.
Also, and this is going into some mild spoiler territory, so I'll be vague here: Rex's response to Vandham's death is actually a set-up/foreshadowing for another major decision he'll have to make at the end of the game, and at that point he'll need to take the opposite approach for his sake and those around him. It's one of the most important steps in his character arc.
In short, I think it would have been neat if Vandham lasted longer, but he had to die when he did in order for the story to work. At least we'll always have fanfiction.
I miss vandam, he was kind of like a dad, but I’m glad that we have Roc, cause he Rocs
"The worlds gonna tryan scalp you"
Roc is mom and vandamn is dad
"he" I think you mean 4
It’s official. “A bird, yet flightless” gets my vote for funniest line in the game.
Seeing that heart-to-heart again reaaaaaaally makes me wish Roc wasn’t ignored by the game, because my gawd he’s so damn COOL!!!
Edit: huh, he even went through that weird thing with Roc and the merc missions.
Roc's heart isn't into fighting, but rather watching the garfont mercenaries grow and flourish - a sentiment that likely was imprinted on him when rex reawakened him, still relatively fresh with grief. Having the vandam's mercenary group grow is the thing that makes Roc happy
@@ShadowSkyX that’s a great way of seeing it.
@@ShadowSkyX That....actually is a good point now i think about it.
Job interviews: so explain why you want to work here.
Me: Money
A lot of heart to hearts between Rex and someone else has gramps just silently sitting in Rex’s helmet
he take nap
This game just straight-up forgets that certain characters are present in cutscenes sometimes. That's why nearly all the blades feel like they could have been fleshed out way more as characters.
@@ninjapotatolorf6237 there's too many blades for that, it's considered impressive that all rare blades got voiced H2Hs and sidequests
@@lylatfox4 then maybe the game devs should have considered quality over quantity.
Even ignoring the Rare Blades for a second (which aren't even guaranteed to be in the party most of the time), even some of the main story Blades get ignored from time to time. Bridghid, Dromarch, Pandoria, and even Gramps (I know he's not technically a Blade but the point still applies) are rarely given focus.
@@lylatfox4 Don’t get me wrong, I really like these characters, but I can't get truly attached to any of them if I don't understand what their whole deal is (who they are as a person and why they're here fighting for the party, outside of just "well I'm the protagonist's Blade so I have to").
Wulfric is one of my absolute favorite Blades, and it's not just because he looks really cool and is good in speed runs. It's because he has a distinct personality (wild and easily angered, but fiercely protective like a mother bear) and has a personal goal for fighting that is, honestly, very easy to sympathize with (to protect humans and be seen as more than just a "scary monster"). That's honestly the bare minimum of what I ask for in the optional blades.
Some of my other favs include Theory, Perceval, and Finch.
Finch being one of my favorites is mostly due to bias (she's adorable, and she was my first rare blade in my first playthrough). She's very simple as a character. Her trope is that she's a "forgetful birdbrain" which, while it gives an idea of who she is, it means next to nothing when it comes to her actual personality. The game treats it more like a running joke than anything else, and because of that, she's not really allowed to grow as a character. We know she's forgetful, but she never becomes aware of it. As a result, her personality is full of misplaced self-confidence and child-like wonder. That's all fine and good, but imagine for a moment that Finch WAS aware of her forgetfulness. How would she react? How would it affect her on a personal level? Would she get frustrated at herself for forgetting something she was just told? Would she apologize occasionally when she knows she forgot something? Or would she just let it brush off her and continue being her child-like self, even though she knows it gets in the way of doing everyday things?
What if she got more self-conscious when people compared her to Tirkin? What if she vowed to never forget again, but realized it's impossible? How would that affect Finch? Would she despise Tirkin? Would she love Tirkin and stand up for them, realizing that she actually does have more in common with them than she thought?
A detail like this could have been explored further, and could have given so much hidden depth to a character who is largely treated as adorable comic relief.
(Thank you for coming to my Finch TED TALK)
And the worst thing is, even though Roc never shows up again, his weapons actually do!
But more on that later on if i know Emile...
I actually did have him equiped for that "scene" cuz I was struggling
Yep. We know Drivers and Blades can be apart from each other.
Meaning if we take THAT cutscene as face value, Rex went to the Spirit Crucible completely bladeless only taking Roc’s weapons.
Poor Roc.
Well, he IS Roc. Always has been, and always will be.
Roc: A BIRD!! YET FLIGHTLESS!!
Penguins: Now you understand our pain...
Oh god the xenoblade sidequest Arc 1 is happening and it only took me this long to realize it
*Therapist:* "Ursula can't hurt you."
*Ursula:* *[exists]*
*Chugga:* *_"OHHH MY GAAAAAAHD!"_*
*Adenine:* _"Hmmm. Yes, I see."_
Hey chugga cool thing about morag, a morag in British mythology is a beautiful mermaid, whose presence means death, which fits her well
Without the accent on the o. With the accent, it's a name meaning great, important, noteworthy. This fits her much better.
@@Rioluman10 language is so cool, and the fact that the two different ways the names are spelt and both having such different meanings that can both fit a character I find amazing in both language and the way they used it
As an Brit (English) it's weird to hear the phrase "British mythology". But then we do have a bad habit of treating "British" as meaning the same thing as "English", which Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish folk reasonably don't approve of. So if you were referring to Scottish mythology, it would still be accurate to call it British mythology, I guess. It's just possibly not as specific - if you're the type of person that hears "British" and straight away thinks "English".
if i remember correctly its more welsh mythology but appears all over the british isles so i referred to it as so
That’s what Ursula does to you, HER IMAGE GETS BURNING INTO YOUR MIND AND WHENEVER YOU SEE HER YOU HAVE TO RUNNNNNNNNNNN!!!
If there's one time that I cried during this game, it's when Vandham had died. Seeing Roc, period, only reminds me of him and I sob.
Kinda impressed Emile uploaded after a 3+ day grind fest. Hope you stay healthy.
me too!
Thanks! I've been really trying to keep going, for my own sanity and so others have something to watch.
@@chugga We all really appreciate it, I hope you never doubt that
"You're becoming more like your father, Rex" "Vandham squealed reeeeeaaaal good" 18 Episodes Since Our Last Zeke.
Jin: "It shouldn't be taking me this long to get to Temperantia..."
Roc DOES appear in another cutscene around, well, when you would hear "everbero" , but you only see Rex using his weapons. Roc does not speak though.
Multis Multis everbero rouge
God I hate that fight
@@far6094 I hate that area
ROGUE
@@light-uq9ws Call me odd, but if we're speaking about the square place I'm thinking we mean then I actually like it. A good handicap of a gimmick, just bad level design.
I like the cutscene after the fight though mostly because of "I love you... And all you guys" I think that's very funny
Always stan the nonbirdnary icon
5:41
Ah, yes. The Duality of Nopons.
And then this one
21:09 Sort of, Rex uses his Scythes in a later chapter, but Roc himself doesn't appear
I know and it bugs the mess out of me, especially with how he's the comrade of a deceased party member. Heck, his Miasma Removal Field Skill is only used in that one part where Rex reawakens him and never again anywhere else, not even secret areas blocked off by Miasma for him to be used.
It's nice having a shorter video after yesterday's, the time you put into Ursula was pretty MAJOR
Hurray over used puns!
Electra is so adorable, I don't care if she's trash in combat, if I pull her on my next XB2 playthrough I'm putting her on Morag and using her as one of my regulars.
I could picture that zengrid embezzling funds in a heartbeat
Judging from that intro, I think Chuggaa has PTSD from yesterday's episode
I was watching the VOD of one of Masae's recent Twitch streams earlier and at one point Chugga went in the chat like
"Do NOT talk to me.
About stamps!"
Masae proceeded to invite her chat to present all the stamp-puns they could muster. It was great.
Roc's gender is 4: ROC IS MORAG CONFIRMED!
"Wait Roc is identified as the No. 4?"
*pulls out gun*
"Always have been, always will be."
I would like to bring to everyone's attention that Boreas is somehow classified as a humanoid.
He's actually a Noponoid, technically. Haven't done his quest yet so I don't know for sure, but I'd like to think he was the Blade of the Nopon driver who founded Argentum. The only other Blades with Nopon Wisdom are Kasandra and Poppi, who both had/have Nopon drivers, so...
@@PriffyViole You would think he’s just a noponoid, but if you look at merc mission requirements and all that, you can actually see that he is classified as a humanoid.
@@ScubaShark8857 My point was more that he's based on a sentient race, and that's why he's classed that way. IIRC, Finch is theorized to be Tirkinoid, but she still qualifies as humanoid rather than animal for Merc Missions.
Then again, Wulfric is also classed as humanoid, so I dunno.
@@PriffyViole Theory has Nopon wisdom and her driver is definitely not a Nopon. I think in Boreas' case, it's just 'cuz both love food. Maybe Nopon Wisdom is just recipe based riddles?
I doubt the truth in theories about Finch being a tirkin. She is probably fashioned after one, but blades don't seem to belong to any Alrestian species. Even human ones tend to have something weird about them.
@@BlockheadGrande Well shit, I don't have Theory. Thanks for the correction.
I love how exhausted he is after last episode. I understand why but still it's funny
I think that falling quote is unused. In fact, as someone who had looked on sounds resource, every party member blade seems to have these unused falling and field movement sounds.
I think it suggests they were gonna be controllable on the field to some capacity.
Chuggaaconroy, You were my absolute favorite CZcamsr. I wanted your Pikmin 3 playlist over 5 times a couple of years ago. hearing your intro almost brought tears to my eyes of how you haven't changed at all. you are still and will be the best gameplay CZcamsr I have ever had the pleasure of watching.
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So to do Emile's intro in his place since he can't, he completed Ursula's Affinity Quest "Bearing Her Soul". During that affinity quest, he maxed out his merc levels and can now upgrade Garfont Mercenaries to Rank 4 as such he is now back at Garfont.
Personal thought of Admin candidates:
Alicia: decent choice she seems to be able to handle her own.
Popoh: cheerful but we talking admin for a merc group although it's a nice feeling to come back to someone like her.
Zengrid: yeah already automatic no because he is in it for the money. 10:14 Maybe work on improving on speech but he is a business man if anything.
Yep, Alicia certainly is best choice for admin.
For that Roc Heart-to-Heart
Seriously, it's like I said, Vandham though he did not write it in his will but he would have certainly entrusted Rex with Roc and it certainly annoys me even now he ends up not being in the main story any further. He is essentially Rex's second main Blade. Let's just say there is a thing later in the story where a Blade of someone is entrusted to another but that Blade is also left out of the main story.
22:24 Guessing Roc is one of those gender neutral characters as in those who have no defined gender.
23:10 What is number 4?
If he hired all 3 of them, it could work. Popoh for comfort, Zengrid for financials and Alicia as head.
I would say zengrid is fine but this is a mercenary outfit. What if a competitor offered money for information that could lead to everyone's death?
I mean, Zengrid seemed like he was trying to do a good job. And to me at least seemed the most familiar with doing job interviews.
Personally, I find Zengrid to be runner-up. Being in it for the money isn't a downside. I think the real downside is that we have no clue when he might jump ship to try and win his position back. Hopoh is the one that's an automatic no for me since she clearly has no clue what's expected of her.
So, it varies from place to place on how Merc groups are portrayed. But generally speaking Mercs are in it for the money. That doesn't mean they are heartless/souless killing machines, just that they have a contract that they follow, to the letter and they'll do everything in thier power to fulfill that contact.
Path of Radiance (Fire Emblem) shows some of that dicotomy and the hate that Mercs get. ..though it seems Alrest has a bit of a higher respect for Merc groups in general.
Anyway, a merc company does need someone to handle the finances and having someone from a respectable background who knows how to handle the upper class and money for that matter isn't a poor move. That's my reasoning for why Zendrig being an actual decent choice. Of them all Popoh I think is the weakest option.
I’m not gonna lie, I teared up a bit at that heart to heart.
Wanna know what the sad part about Emile’s experience with Bearing Her Soul yesterday? His pain and suffering could’ve been ended much much sooner if he had first focused on Soul first. Meet and Greet is unlocked by getting to Level 9 Soul. All Level 9 Vocals got Emile was Holy Choir which he couldn’t do because he limited himself by not going to Indol just yet and Rehearsal which also requires Level 9 Looks and Soul and is there in case you haven’t been diligent about those other one-time Merc Missions. When he had only Soul to work on, he had a little under 4,700 fans. Just replace Soul in that context with Vocals or Looks and he wouldn’t have needed 99 of each stamp. Sure he might have missed out on the Holy Choir (which I’ll be curious to see if it’s still available when he gets to Indol), Rehearsal, and likely either the Vocal or Looks Lesson 5 Merc Missions, but I get the impression he’s not concerned with getting and showing off every Merc Mission in the game, much as that irks my inner completionist.
Huh. For some reason I thought you needed Merc Group Level 5 to see this Roc Heart to Heart, but no, it looks like all you need to do to view this is awaken him and stay at the inn in Garfont with Roc in your party. Might also need to have his fourth Key Affinity node unlocked and be ready to learn Swoop Level 4.
Also prepare for the easiest quest in any Xenoblade game.
0:50 The RNG does seem to favor your Rare Blades, especially as you get more of them, but Commons will show up every now and then.
1:22 Emile’s probably feeling smug about being able to make so many “Yew” puns, intentional or not, without any repercussions now that he never has to fight Yew in this playthrough ever again.
2:20 They also know how brutal the last Merc Group quest is too.
3:07 One might even say she’s a Sparky Girl.
You have to ask at least one question. You can’t just look at an applicant and immediately say “you’re hired!” or “nah, don’t like you”, even though the latter is what the hiring process often feels like from the applicant’s perspective.
4:20 That’s not too far off one of the applicant’s motivations. In fact I dare say it’s spot on, though not for the immediate reason one thinks.
I think Alicia is right about the Garfont Mercs, at least in terms of what others have had to say. There are a number of NPCs who talk about the mercs, and about the most negative thing is that when you’re starting off as the new boss, some of the NPCs aren’t sure how the mercs will survive without Vandham.
5:33 It only took me four watches of this (three myself and then the LP) to notice that Alicia specifically says “the right person for the job” and that she may not be specifically referring to herself. I don’t think a lot of candidates are that considerate of others who are applying for the same position. Usually it’s pretty competitive. All the more reason why I like Alicia of the three in terms of her personality and attitude.
Surprise, Popoh’s neither of those things! At least as far as what you get out of her interview. I’ve never hired Popoh on any playthrough. Never even considered her given that she really doesn’t seem as interested in the task and would rather just be treated like a team mascot/pet all day which while great for morale isn’t why the position was made.
6:52 Could use some more Lockpickers though, but yeah, you’re sitting really nice and pretty for Fortitude (thanks to Crossette), Keen Eye, Superstrength, and Focus which are the big four general field skills I feel outside of the element masteries. Definitely aren’t lacking for Leaping either.
8:02 Guy reeks of pretense, but he’s actually more capable than he seems.
I like to think that Adenine’s off on the side with a pair of glasses on and taking detailed notes on each candidates with the other Blades involved looking over her shoulders and muttering things.
10:28 Don’t worry, there’s no wrong choice here, and apart from seeing and talking to your new hire around the village depending on the time of day, this has no impact on any other quests involving the Mercs or the story. Pick whoever you feel is best for the job based.
Is that what you took away from Popoh, Yew? I got the impression that she has a fetish for getting pets...
11:17 But how about at night? Where can we find Popoh?
Zengrid’s always been a very close second in my book just due to how competent he seems compared to the other two potentials. A positive attitude can get you through, and who doesn’t want to come back to a nice furry pet that’s happy to see you after a long grueling day of work, but Zengrid’s the only one with skills and actual ambitions. The only things that keep me from hiring him is his abrasive personality that he can’t seem to reel in and that he plans to leave the Mercs when we don’t know how long we need someone in this position for, though the latter wouldn’t be so bad as if he and his family are brought back into power, they’d make for really good patrons and he might even recommend others to not only fill in the position he once had but also just hire out the mercs in general.
Oh man, she’s related to *the* Feista “Keys to the Garage” Keeth? I love his martial arts prowess!
13:33 That’s probably not idle praise. Really wish Vandham were still alive to see how everyone’s doing with Rex as the leader.
14:40 All my playthroughs I don’t think I’ve ever seen let alone talked to Kora here before. That’s too funny. I’m really reminded of some post-battle banter between her and Nia. “I’m begging ya, please stop talking and let me get some sleep!”
15:50 Very interesting. That also means she’s the objectively best pick of the three because she provides you with double the dev points that the other two would provide.
I would’ve thought that being under the Saffronia would be the better view, it being able to see the Saffronia with the light coming down and against that background, this view of the village can’t be beat.
19:55 And that is the only time Rex calls Vandham a father figure. I’m glad that their father-son relationship went both ways and that it wasn’t lost on Rex how much Vandham saw him as a second son.
21:15 Eh, not exactly. The last Merc Group mission has Roc doing something too. Ah, the perils of being a Unique non-main character Blade in this game. They get far worse treatment than the Rare Blades, Roc having it the worst because the other one has his time in the Torna: The Golden Country story.
22:46 I don’t think that’s accurate. Poppibuster’s AI certainly has a will of its own and its own personality. However, while the speaking voice is male, the unit itself is genderless with its occupant/pilot being the one without any will.
23:25 His spotlight was Chapter 3 and that’s mostly it, and even then he had to share the stage with Vandham whose presence made him take more center stage than Roc.
24:04 That’s pretty great.
Roc doesn't appear in any story cutscenes further on, but his weapons do.
During the interview whenever they did the character analysis I just started screaming HOLD IT! For more information
Thing is, to me Adenine sounds a lot like Mia Fey. Now I'm imagining a Xenoblade Chronicles 2 crossover with Ace Attorney, cause I can totally see Adenine yelling "Hold it!" and pointing at someone.
Watching this episode has given me A Question:
Why does Rex sit like that?
Must not be easy sitting in that salvager gear.
I can kind of understand it actually, there is no such thing as a chair I will not slouch in, including the same kind of three legged stool Rex is sitting on.
Wait the four is his gender? and he is technically the fourth main blade with the "fourth" main party member...
I'm gonna cry now
I felt that “last time....”
I always wanted to think that trough the story Roc is actually in Garfont helping out, seeing as how not currently engaged Blades are there, at least that's one way to see his abscence as much as said abscence sucks a lot
I chose Popoh. The sheer honesty of "I want many strong men to rub me on the head every chance they get" is just too wonderful to pass up.
Right as i forget this series exists I get the notification! Thank you for making such amazing content, Chuggaaconroy!
Well Rex does use Roc's scythes in a certain plot important cutscene later on, so at least that's a little something... they did him really dirty.
I chose Alicia, too. She would stick around for a while, actually do her work, and seemed genuinely interested in the job. Plus, she had a bonus skill. Popoh struck me as lazy and self absorbed and Zengrid seemed like a jerk who’s more obsessed with social status than actual work.
Yeah, I also like Alicia the most for this choice. Not only is she competent, likable, and interested in this position long term, but she's also a great way to expose this largely Urayan village to some positive representation of Ardainian culture. It's exactly the kind of thing that helps fight against national prejudice, and separating the people of Mor Ardain from it's political and military decisions is pretty important with war about to break out.
Chugga:Ursula is not real she can't hurt us
Ursula in the background waiting menacingly
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Don't worry. Even if he never appears in the story again...
Roc has always been there keeping a watchful eye in the background, and always will be.
“I am Roc. Always have been, always will be.”
That is such a powerful line.
"A BIIIRD!!! YET FLIGHTLESS!!!" That absolutely killed me HAHAHAH. I gotta say, I already liked Roc, but your love for them really makes me appreciate them a lot more :'3
I love one of Roc's voicelines in battle so much, and I think it's such a strong thing for his character. The line is: "I am Roc, always have been, always will be." Signifying that he will not change, no matter how many times he reincarnates.
Zeke's gonna be waiting forever at this point.
the thing with Roc saying "this would make a good nesting place" I believe is definitely in reference to the fact that in some bird species, males will make nests as a way of attracting mates
the "4" thing is absolutely hilarious though
Hey now, this isn't Roc's last appearance. You get to see Rex use his weapon's in a later cutscene. That counts, right?
No.
Last time.... *mental breakdown happens*
I have to admit, Roc's gender being defined as 4 really got me.
I mean the game technically stores male, female, and animal as genders 1, 2, and 3, so it makes sense in context to just set the variable to the next unused number, but it’s still funny.
@@IONATVS Yeah I figured that bit out. Still hilarious.
Yeah that bugs me too. iirc Wulfric is listed as Male despite his appearance being as beastly as Roc. Wulfric is completely optional and Roc is mandatory to get, what the heck?
@@Yojimbo16 Someone said in a previous video's comments that Roc's gender is because his model is "unique", and thus has it's own gender value. Wulfric still uses the brute blade skeleton as a base, and brutes just get lumped in with the male gender.
I'm not sure if this is true or not, as there are other blades that don't adhere to the common skeletons and still have concrete genders. Boreas is a good example: his skeleton is entirely unique, yet his gender is male in the code
@@Yojimbo16 Roc's concept art shows that he (?) actually has a feminine body underneath all the feathers and huge bags, despite the masculine voice, so that may have something to do with it. Link to picture below.
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“Roc” is used in one more cutscene in a later chapter not going to spoil which but it’s a nice to see a part of 4 a final canonical time.
Ha. Part _4._
Roc's in a future cutscene? I thought it was just his weapons unless I'm forgetting something
@@elluminance yeah thats what i assume they're referring too, his weapons will show up once more
I know which cutscene you're talking about and I'll bring it up when Chugga gets there because I have a complaint about it.
You’re correct that was what I was referring to.
A common misconception is that Roc is the only blade with a gender of 4, but common animal blades (and Poppibuster, but they're DLC so that's fair) do as well.
Gender 3 is labeled as animal, but goes unused. It may have been that earlier in development, gender 3 was used by common animal blades and used to register as an animal for merc missions, but later (possibly so Dromarch could be both male and animal) the animal/humanoid distinction was made separate from gender.
Chugga destroying his sleep schedule for us
That was the first time I've seen that heart-to-heart after playing this game for 3 years (I am pretty slack when it comes to merc group). That heart-to-heart brought literal tears to my eyes, I wish we got more of Vandham in this game.
That Roc Heart-to-Heart was really... nice. It was good to see Roc back in the spotlight
"A BIRD...YET FLIGHTLESS!"
For some reason, both the sentence and the way Roc said it make it sound like an insult the Conductor would yell at DJ Grooves.
When giving interviews, Rex remembers Rule of Acquisition #272: Always inspect the merchandise before making a deal.
aAAaA BiRd yET flIghTlEss!!!
rip roc, best character, you will be missed.
merc: so what's your gender?
roc: uhhh... 4
merc: no, i mean what's in your pants
roc: dual scythes!
8:28 Never say this in a job interview
I like how the most adorable and innocent blade (Ursula) has one of the most terrifying quest-lines.
Knowing a bit of how programming works. There is something called an "Enumerator" or enum for short that allows you to create a variable where its states are of a finite list. For example, suits of a deck can be clubs, diamonds, heart and spades so making an enum allows you to define what suit something is.
The way it works is every enum gets assigned a number and on the low level nothing really about the enum gets stored, only the number. So clubs would be 0, diamonds would be 1, hearts will be 2, and spades will be 3. And the computer infers it is an enum from context. But there is nothing really preventing you from using any number, even one not assigned to an enum. Another good example is pokemon type. There are 18 types but you can get glitch types that are numbers that aren't assigned to a type.
So I assume when deciding the Blade's gender they made an enum of the 3 genders (insert "ah yes the 3 genders" joke here). Something like male=0, female=1, animal=2. And when picking Roc's gender they just gave him 4 instead of an enum. (I would've used -1 personally, I assume they made it 4 and not 3 in case they ever added another gender like "Giant" or "Robot").
Speaking of the "ah yes, the 3 genders" joke. In a lot of languages (human languages, not programming languages) there is "grammatical gender", most famous is German with "Male", "Female" and "Neutral". But there are some languages where the 3 grammatical genders are "Male", "Female" and "Animal". So that fits.
See, this makes much more sense.
"get up in the morning, see to the kids and eat a big sausage sandwich" and a beer in the evening... someone did their homework on Australians.
"A BIRD! BUT FLIGHTLESS!!!" Roc is officially my favorite Blade after that. Holy cow, my sides hurt after hearing that. Hilarious
Just got done with college finals. Now I can finally watch these videos at the time that they come out.
good job!
Chugga- Roc is such an amazing blade, he should be used more in the story. Really cool character as well.
Enel- his name is Smash Art
Technically speaking I can think of another cutscene that has Roc involved.
For those wondering it's the ROUGE ROUGE ROUGE one.
The Heart to Heart with Roc brought tears to my eyes.
Within the first few seconds we already get to see a Lightning Loli Drum Solo. Don't see that every day.
Why would you quote Vandham? *sad Roc noises*
On the topic of Roc's gender, it should be noted in many species of birds, males build nests. For example, the european house wren builds several nests to attract mates. However, Roc is Roc at the end of the day.
23 hours of work for one video yesterday and he STILL uploads today? You’re a trooper man, but don’t over exert yourself
What I'm gonna do at a job interview, having watched this video: LOWLY PEASANT, YOU WILL HIRE ME, AND WHAT I WILL PROVIDE TO THE COMPANY IS BRINGING MY CAT TO WORK BECAUSE SHE HAS SOFT FUR.
With as much chugga jokes about Yew's name I pray the he'll never play Bravely Second. The main character has the same name and the back of the box even says "Agnés has been kidnapped and it's up to Yew to save her" the side quest character names are as if Emile named them himself
“He’d probably get mad at me for sayin’ it, but I think he was a lot like a father. He’s someone that I looked up to. Someone I’d like to be like someday.”
Why must this game hurt me so