I'm pretty sure i've lost like ten hours of progress to the fact that this game doesn't seem to have an auto save function despite the fact that everything about it suggests it should.
Sadly, you have to remember to save periodically in this game. I vaguely recall Xenoblade Chronicles auto-saving upon every landmark visited, though I may be incorrect.
Any one know how treasure deal works?
If some one offers a Treasure Deal, you can hit the "-" button to be put in a lottery roll for that item. You can offer Treasure Deals yourself in the spoils screen after a battle. Usually you can only offer gear and such.
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Digging in to some Normal missions and Affinity missions has been really fun. The stories they tell a bit banal so far, but I've had some surprises. Do check out the Normal missions around the church and water purification plant.
The aspects that are proving to be the worst of the game are the poor and random drop rates for monster parts and material pick ups. Much has been lamented over Beagflea Squashes, but I've come across mission critical monster parts that simply do not show up in the spoils screen as much as I would like. Being at the mercy of RNG was bad in the Xenoblade Chronicles and it is worse now in Xenoblade Chronicles X when a lot of missions rely on getting stuff.
Silver lining: it is an excuse to run around in the beautiful world more and kill more indigens. Thankfully, I'm still finding that to be a lot of fun.