PSO2

[Kasoivc]

So, Kind of curious if any of my fellow Kametsu Regulars are playing PSO2? It's going under the F2P/Cash Shop formula that most MMOs have adopted. So far it's not too bad and I like it better than PSOBB. Or at least from what I can remember of BB; haven't played Universe online so I can't exactly say how it compares to its most previous title. The English version of PSO2 is set to come out later this year but I didn't feel like waiting, rather play it now and enjoy it while I have the chance; besides a few of my games are already getting stale and I don't have my financial aid to buy a kinect to finish skyrim just yet.

I just started yesterday, about a few hours prior to the regular six hour long scheduled weekly maintanence. Hit level 7 trying to hunt down 10 Fangs to turn in to get my Mag D: Now patiently feeding it Staffs to Evolve it, haha.

http://pso2.jp/ ----> Japanese Website

Various Fansites/Organizations/Translators/Etc

http://bumped.org/ps...so2-guide-list/

http://pso2blog.wordpress.com/manual/

http://www.pso-world.com/

If anyone is interested in playing, I'm under the handle "Kasoivc" ; no quotes, on Ship 10 - A Force User with a Jester-like appearance. Probably dancing in front of the Quest Counter Attendant if I'm not in a room questing.

Note 1: The unofficial english patch that a group has put together does not entirely translate the game from japanese to english, but changes the HUD and basic menus over to english. Quests Dialogue/Scenes/Etc are all still in japanese.

Note 2: Use the two websites I have listed to get your feet wet, pso-world might be down or something but I just wanted to mention it incase I can ever access it again, their forums had good information but I wasn't in a position to use any of that knowledge the other day.

D:

Edited September 13, 2012 by Kasoivc

[Nero D. Ace]

I've known about it for a while. There was even a way to play on the Japanese server for a while until they stopped it.

http://kotaku.com/5928484/cant-wait-for-phantasy-star-online-2-heres-how-to-play-the-japanese-version

They'll be releasing it as an F2P for the rest of the world soon and even though I'm madly in love with GW2 right now, when it does come out, I'd love to try out exactly what's changed since the original PSO that we used to play here.

Yeah, I know I can play the patched one right now but I'd still like to know about the quests involved in the game, as well as the dialogues. I'm a story whore like that

[Koby]

If it's like Blue Burst, then I'll love it.

If it's like Universe, then it'll suck...

Good to hear it's free to play, otherwise I'd have to wait for a private server years from now.

I'm gonna wait for the English version though.

[Jªvª]

gah, probably goin to stay away from phantasy star online for awhile after being in the reverse engineering and private server deving for this for like 7 years...

Sega probably more and likely has a ban on the screen name i utilized during that time XD

[Kasoivc]

Derp. I don't see how o_o PSO2 was just released like, the past two months... fresh out of Open Beta testing and onto the F2P Market in Japan. Now if you're talking about possibly the older PSO MMO Titles like Blue Burst or Universe, or even tracing back to older titles that were on the Gamecube or Dreamcast, I'd understand.

@Koby, The Team System from Blue Burst is in this so you can group up together with people and create "Guilds/Clans", or if you're a loner you can trade Ark Cards and just have the A.I. control your friends while you solo-quest. I'm not sure if Universe did it, but you can start a quest and be put in an area where multi-party's can congregate and clear monsters together before being separated off into their own versions of map 2+ and beyond.

There are also player shops but I'm not sure how it works. I believe you have to buy access to be enabled to set up your own shop, includes decorating your own room (which I haven't figured out yet). Though since it's F2P, I think for it to be closely enjoyable to anything like PSOBB or PSU, you'd have to shell out some money at first to get access to all the normal abilities you would find in a regular subscription based PSO game.

Edited September 15, 2012 by Kasoivc

[† Emotional Outlet]

Derp. I don't see how o_o PSO2 was just released like, the past two months... fresh out of Open Beta testing and onto the F2P Market in Japan. Now if you're talking about possibly the older PSO MMO Titles like Blue Burst or Universe, or even tracing back to older titles that were on the Gamecube or Dreamcast, I'd understand.

He is talking about older titles and not PSO2 itself. He is saying the reason he's staying away from this one, and probably all future PSO iterations, is because he sunk so much time previously on an older game.

[Jªvª]

What EO says is what I meant, I am staying away from PSO2 due to the reason of PSO v1 and v2 for DC; PSO PC; PSO Gamecube v1.0, v1.1, and Plus; PSO C.A.R.D.; PSO Blue Burst and Episode IV. I basically burnt myself out due to the SCHTServ community and when leadership roles changed from Schthack to Chrono.