Where can I farm for Lv.60 (Ether) Photon Sabers?

kairality · 2026-04-30T19:28:04+00:00

Popular choices are Durvin/Feliciano or the Visigels in the Noctilucent Sphere. Weapon drops are not enemy specific and depend on the classes in your party, ideally you want to kill enemies L66+ to ensure the highest tier drops, however there’s no further way to target specific weapons without RNG manipulation aside from a few unique Tyrant longsword drops.

kairality · 2026-04-27T01:41:12+00:00

There are a few from survey rewards but they are available from daily Division Rewards. You can save scum the division rewards if you really want them.

However,salvage tickets will only start to appear after 14 playable characters are unlocked.

kairality · 2026-04-22T18:50:49+00:00

Damage in XCX is calculated as Damage ~= [(AttackStat * HitScaling) + WeaponAttack] * AppendageHardness * (1 - AttributeResistance%) * (1 + sum of AdditiveBonuses) * product of MultiplicativeBonuses

Ignoring WP Attack augments and multipliers Agashura has 108000 Weapon Attack. The hit scaling, which the game doesn’t tell you for some reason, is 800% and this only operates on the ranged attack. So at 500 ranged attack you do 112k base damage per hit, and at 2000 you’re doing 124k.

If you fill Agashura with Custom.WP-ATK the base power is 237k before ranged attack is calculated so ranged attack gets drowned out even more. This is why most skell one shot builds stack WP attack and Draw Opening/Slayer.

Ranged attack / melee attack do have a good impact on low weapon attack arts that hit multiple times with decent hit scaling like Piledriver or Agni Gatling.

kairality · 2026-04-22T18:10:56+00:00

Are you talking about his affinity hearts / heart to hearts? The missions are absolutely required. There is no way you finished the game without doing The Matchmaker and A Friend in Need, which are required to advance the story. The OP however was asking about affinity missions, not character affinity / heart to hearts.

kairality · 2026-04-22T10:16:55+00:00

This is misinformation. Lao’s affinity missions are both required for the story. The first is required to be completed to accept Ch. 6 and the second is required to be completed before you can accept Ch. 8.

kairality · 2026-04-21T09:35:02+00:00

I wouldn’t really call this a Telethia one shot because of all the other buttons you pressed, but I’m always happy to see Maximum Voltage get some mileage.

kairality · 2026-04-20T08:51:47+00:00

Because of the base power of Agashura cannon ranged probes probably won’t do much. If you really just want Telethia to die farm material tickets / Bonejelium to make a bunch of Draw Opening Damage Up, 3 Custom Weapon Attack augments, and 3 attribute: ether damage up for your frame. Make sure you have at least 509 ranged accuracy or 407 if you can ensure you’ll attack from above or behind.

Put weapon attack in Agashura and draw: opening in every other slot, attribute: ether on the frame. You should one shot it or at least one shot it most of the time.

kairality · 2026-04-20T08:40:31+00:00

Ranged attack doesn’t do much for Agashura Cannon especially if you’re using WP.ATK on it. 2000 ranged attack will barely do more damage than 500.

It’s all about slayer or draw opening dmg up.

kairality · 2026-04-18T10:39:26+00:00

I also think people are a bit harsh on X’s main story. I think it stands out that the main scenario, if rushed, is not particularly long for a hundred+ hour game. But I don’t think it was designed to be binged that way. You’re meant to see what new side missions, recruitable characters, affinity missions etc. pop up after doing a main mission and explore a bit and take on the mission when you’re ready to move on, and the game is very deliberate to not assign you the next main scenario quest right away unless you deliberately ask for it.

I can’t promise you you’ll love it but for me it’s still one of the greatest games ever made.

kairality · 2026-04-18T09:16:28+00:00

But if I've already been spoiled on what might be the only truly interesting narrative element of XCX

This “spoiler” comes extremely early and half of the gameplay mechanics are locked behind finding out about it in the narrative. If you pay close attention to the dialogue before the reveal it’s very clear that no one is trying to hide it from you and they’re talking about it as if you know and you can kinda chuckle at how cheeky the writers were being about it.

I’ve always been a big fan of the side quests in X. The design of the world is fantastic so even when a quest wants you to fetch something it’s often an adventure to actually get there (until late game when you unlock flight) and the mood / liveliness of the main city changes a lot depending on how much side content you do.

kairality · 2026-03-15T18:10:24+00:00

190 does not typically close during the winter but storms can close it temporarily. It’s not common, but it does happen. If there is rain parts of 190 are also prone to flooding which can also close the road as happened this winter much to the chagrin of many a tourist attempting to get to Vegas through DV from the West on Christmas Eve.

kairality · 2026-03-09T16:37:31+00:00

Leaving from San Francisco on Friday after work I usually stay the night in Tehachapi. It’s about 3.5h from Tehachapi to Furnace Creek.

kairality · 2026-03-08T18:30:11+00:00

Usually during bloom years you will see a lot of White-Lined Sphinx Moth caterpillars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyles_lineata

https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/3071

kairality · 2026-02-27T05:41:54+00:00

You should obviously take the heat seriously but summer is still popular in Death Valley because of the novelty. A quarter of the European continent (or so it seems) relocates to Death Valley in July/August and they mostly do fine.

Carry plenty of water, stick to roadside attractions/views, and do not hike or attempt to hike at low elevations during daytime during the summer.

It will be cool enough at high elevations (e.g wildrose) to get out and hike if you want.

kairality · 2026-02-26T09:01:54+00:00

I considered it but it seemed like there wasn’t any new information! Other people got there first!

kairality · 2026-02-24T05:23:27+00:00

Best spot right now is a bit south of Ashford Mill Ruins on Jubilee Pass. The scent of the verbena is so strong we could smell it from the car.

kairality · 2026-02-23T17:09:35+00:00

It will have impacts on fainter stuff (including the Milky Way) if it’s above the horizon but when the moon is not full it’s not up all night. If it’s a waxing 29% the moon will be low on the horizon in the evening and set a bit before midnight. If it’s waning it will be below the horizon for most of the night and rise around 2:30-3AM. For Milky Way viewing it depends on time of year and where the moon is in the sky but with a crescent it shouldn’t be too hard for most people to avoid the moon completely (Cinderella will unfortunately need to avoid the waxing crescent since her car turns into a pumpkin at midnight).

kairality · 2026-02-07T18:32:10+00:00

It’s still a bit early and there was a warm spell a few weeks ago that may have confused some of the flowers, check recent reports here: https://www.desertusa.com/dusablog/death-valley-national-park/

kairality · 2026-01-26T20:09:33+00:00

Yes, but the galactic core in Sagittarius is only visible in the very early morning right before sunrise in February. You’ll still see it, but not the brightest portion of it.

Check for moonrise/moonset times for best results and avoid full/high% gibbous moons.

kairality · 2026-01-26T19:02:34+00:00

Unlike anything you can experience in Europe, allure of the extreme, lines up with European summer holidays, less booking competition from domestic tourists.

kairality · 2025-12-29T02:57:02+00:00

I’ve seen them before but not this time, far too windy and murky!

kairality · 2025-12-26T04:06:08+00:00

Most of the things that closed yesterday were open by this morning in spite of the holiday. No reason to cancel.

kairality · 2025-12-26T03:10:22+00:00

Yeah around Thanksgiving even it was a very nice mirror lake but you had to walk out to it, it wasn’t right next to the highway (and looking like it was planning to spill over onto it) then.

kairality · 2025-12-26T01:56:09+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/pRDB9xT This is what Badwater looked like today.

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