Template talk:XG Enemy Data

Data source
I'm surious where the enemy data is taken from. The only source I know of with decently detailed enemy data is the Japanese Xenogears database (which also only approximates the values). Neither the data for Opiomorph (different HP, although itc does match the values from the strategy guide) nor Jackal match the data on the wiki. Reggimato (talk) 17:48, 24 July 2022 (EDT)
 * I can't speak for the Jackal page as I didn't do that one, just the Opiomorph page as a test run. There was a Monster FAQ for the game I downloaded from GameFAQs years go that claimed they pulled the stats from the actual game data (I checked and its still up, here's a link: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/199365-xenogears/faqs/58933). I did also check the official strategy guide but know for a fact that there are mistakes in it (completely leaves out the Executioner Gown drop) so it will not be a reliable source 100% of the time. Thoughts? I'll be creating some more boss pages soon but happy to wait on the Stats portion until this is figured out. User:Quiddity131
 * Interesting, didn't find this when I was looking for something last time. I know that strategy guides cannot always be reliable; I managed to extract some data from Xenosaga I and that contradicted with its strategy guide, too. The cool thing about the Japanese website is that it covers many things the GameFAQs guide doesn't, like individual attacks. On a glance, the data seems to match on both, so it seems pretty accurate? (The 22000 HP for Opiomorph seems to be a typo on your end :P) Maybe we can use the GameFAQs one as a basis and expand with the Japanese one? (Since I don't know the Japanese name of every random enemy, it'd be a help to have some data as reference.) Reggimato (talk) 18:32, 24 July 2022 (EDT)
 * Yeah, I messed up on the HP, that is the amount listed in the strategy guide, but is different in the GameFAQs data extract. I had both on hand when I put it together. I can use that Japanese one as a second source to reference as well. The attacks for Opiomorph was easy as I knew she only had one attack, but having another source for that is very helpful. User:Quiddity131