Loose Ends

[Lady JJ]

I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these?

[Indinera]

I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

He does mean something...

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these

Yep there is.
A potential entry for your "secrets not in the guide" topic

[Lady JJ]

I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

He does mean something...

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these

Yep there is.
A potential entry for your "secrets not in the guide" topic

The Magnetic pliers fall under Items->Passive, but I don't see a description that says what that passive boost is. I completed the game without taking the Magnetic pliers and I don't see any difference in the outcome.

[Indinera]

I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

He does mean something...

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these

Yep there is.
A potential entry for your "secrets not in the guide" topic

The Magnetic pliers fall under Items->Passive, but I don't see a description that says what that passive boost is. I completed the game without taking the Magnetic pliers and I don't see any difference in the outcome.

It can be used for... something.

[kimo]

Magnetic LOCKING Pliers? What do they lock? Unlock?

Since they are found at the beginning of The Core/Cosmic Plane, their usefulness is limited to the Cosmic Plane and what follows as well as Faust as long as you have waited to return.

I do not remember if your party can return to The Pit, so that would be yet another area. But, that's it from what I can figure out. Since it's passive without a description, it's sort of like looking for something you didn't know was missing.

I reviewed those maps and cannot find any anomaly that doesn't seem to have a solution. And I've never encountered an NPC comment that implies a specific usefulness and I have a tendency to keep talking to them until their sentences become identical each time.

[Lady JJ]

Magnetic LOCKING Pliers? What do they lock? Unlock?

Since they are found at the beginning of The Core/Cosmic Plane, their usefulness is limited to the Cosmic Plane and what follows as well as Faust as long as you have waited to return.

I do not remember if your party can return to The Pit, so that would be yet another area. But, that's it from what I can figure out. Since it's passive without a description, it's sort of like looking for something you didn't know was missing.

I reviewed those maps and cannot find any anomaly that doesn't seem to have a solution. And I've never encountered an NPC comment that implies a specific usefulness and I have a tendency to keep talking to them until their sentences become identical each time.

You can't go back to the Pit as Kraken won't allow it, so that does narrow it down to the Drone, the Cosmic Plane, and perhaps Faust, though I suppose it could also be used in the Equilibrium ending. I never checked to see if you could access the menu there. These are my notes for the Drone, none of which have panned out thus far but maybe the notes will trigger something for someone else.

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Re: Magnetic Pliers

L627 says he's delighted to report the machine is down.

XOX says things are almost all good here. He thinks one of the beams is getting weak. (Lower right beam has smaller radius of light) Piper says three beams will be enough as they don't have much time to investigate the matter more deeply.

Inside NE building, 11!!11 says "Thank Godsoft for the dumphole!"
Inside NE building, Manus says, "Leave me in my darkness..."
Inside NE building, warns you not to walk on glass shards. ?Possible to pull something there?
Inside NE building, Sandy says "We're trying to expand the size of Drone, but these tiles are not very secure. They disappear into the void with time, how oddly this may seem." (Just related to the invisible path, or related to the magnetic pliers?)