X2plus Switch

Xenoblade 2 - New "New Game+" Balance Mod
General
Author	drkz4ck
Type	Game Hacks
Version	0.3
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2021/07/20
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Enjoy Xenoblade Chronicles 2 again - in a challenging and rewarding experience.

X2+ is a free project that strives to change and tweak several settings aiming for a New Game+ Experience that can be a challenge from the very start, while keeping the more grindy aspects of the game at bay. Intended for use with Bringer of Chaos difficulty.

Note: Spoiler ahead. Don't go further into the readme, as it contains story spoilers for the game. You've been warned.

Features

• Improvements to many Rare Blades, check the Blade Section for details.
• Weapon Improvements, check the Weapon Section for details.
• Driver Balancing.
• Rebalanced Blade pull mechanics.
• Adjusted Battle revenue (EXP, SP, WP and gold).
• Change in Item prices.
• And more.

Installation

Extract the zip to the root of the SD card:

• Atmosphere >=0.10.1 /atmosphere/contents/
• Atmosphere <=0.9.4 /atmosphere/title/

Path for emulator, user/sdmc/atmosphere/contents/0100E95004039001/romfs/bdat/.

Note that this is not compatible with some other Xenoblade Chronicles 2 mods such as Unrestricted Blade Gacha and Playable Pyra.

User guide

Save File Details

Save File Changes

• Time at 00:00:00.
• All Rare Blade Affinity Charts are complete, even if you release and pull back the same blade.
• All Rare Blade Trust at S rank and 10600 trust.
• All Poppiswaps at maximum output.
• All Blade weapons reverted back either to their first or weakest forms.
• Available Party: Pyra/Mythra, Dromarch, Brihgid, Roc, Pandoria, Ageon, Shulk, Fiora, Elma, Poppibuster and all Poppi forms.
• In new game+ Roc, Ageon, Poppi forms and Blade-Nia aren't available from the start.

Items

Inclusions:

• 99 Legendary Core Crystals.
• All Info Items/
• 99 Overdrive Protocols.
• 99 of each WP Item type.
• All Key Items not listed below.

Exclusions:

• Store Deeds.
• Idea Enhancing items.
• Aux Cores.
• Accessories.
• No Money.
• No Ether Crystals.

Drivers

• Every driver is back to level 1, except for Vandham, Malos and Jin's both instances as pary members due to limitations. Yes, you gotta level up all over again.
• Driver Exp and Bonus Exp are set back to 0.
• Rex, Nia and Tora Driver arts have all been set back to lv.1.
• Mórag and Zeke driver arts have all been set to lv.2 and 3 respectively (Might change both to lv.1 and replace it with some WP to compensate).
• WP for all weapons of all characters has been set back to 0.
• Rex, Nia and Tora Driver Charts has been Reset.
• Mòrag and Zeke Driver Overt Affinity charts have 2 rows and 3 rows complete, respectively (Might change this to some SP to compensate).
• All ideas back at level 1; no elemental bonus damage from the get go.
• All drivers have 2 item pouches and 3 accessory slots.

Changelog

v0.3 2021/07/20

• In this release, we have 8 more blades that have been tweaked and rebalanced. A total of 13 Blades have been readjusted at this point. Get out there and try out the former D-Tiers.

v0.2 2021/06/26

• A new release, featuring buffed up E-Tier Rare Blades.
  • Electra
  • Dromarch
  • Finch
  • Kora
  • Godfrey
• Also, a few minor adjustments to the Shield Hammer Weapon Class

v0.1 2021/07/17

• This is a first release, with some minor changes just to get things out there and maybe create some interest.

Full changelog is available here.

Credits

Special Thanks to:

• Enel For sharing and detailing his extensive knowledge of the game mechanics through many videos and guides.
• Damysteryman, for creating XC2SaveNETThingy, a fully fludged Xenoblade 2 save editor, which is what led me to get invested in this.
• RichardTheKing, AkiraKurusu, Tacoriffic and many others that directly or indirectly provided me support and resources in the same thread..

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/drkz4ck/X2plus
• GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/xenoblade-2-new-new-game-balance-mod.589404/
• Discord - https://discord.gg/3ghmhEY3sc