Phantasy Star Universe discussion thread

Damn, that's a lot of people Awesome. Digging the sittage, too.

Parn (or anyone that's played the JP version): question about the Beast rage dealy form: Do they pretty much all look the same aside from color? Or do they follow the same sliders designated for proportion? That is, will an extremely tiny Beast suddenly turn into this huge buff glowy thing?

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Originally Posted by Kostaki

So everything is designed around six person parties? Can parties can any bigger than that or is that the max?

I think it would be best to not even think about this game in terms of MMO definitions. It isn't an MMO, doesn't aspire to be one, nor will anything really make sense if you think of it in terms of one.

Yeah, there's levels. Yeah, there's equipment. Each "mission" or "adventure area" , if it is designed in the same way as PSO, has a dynamic population. That is to say, the ammount of enemies that pop and attack you differs depending on how many people you bring to the field. Going solo? You'll be able to handle it. Packing a full 6pack? (and no it can't get larger) It'll get more hecktic, but you can do it working together.

A lot of the gameplay revolves around the fact that you can solo any one mob yourself, but with a group there's a whole megaton of them and you might get overwhelmed if you try to take it on yourself. There's no dedicated "healer" or "tank" class: everything is focused on damage. A Ranger shoots from a distance, a Hunter fights melee, and a Force casts spells/'techniques'. -- So that is to say, everyone does generally the same thing but approaches it with a different set of 'weapons'.

It would probably be better to think about the game in terms of Diablo or Gauntlet.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

The game is due this week, and I'm pretty interested in checking it out once it's available. A couple of things are keeping me from commiting to a full purchase though. I want to read some reviews first, and make sure that the servers will work. Aside from that, I have a few more questions.

1. Is the first month free?

Not certain off-hand, I haven't heard anything mentioned about it though.

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2. I can't decide which race I'll be. I liked that one video where the female human was dual wielding a gun and sword. It sounds like each race is only suitable for one specific job (healer, melee, etc), but I want to try all the weapons out. That said, should I stick with human since it's the most balanced? Or are there other races that can handle the sword/gun combo as well?

I believe any race can justifiably perform well at any class, especially with multiclassing later on... But essentially for strengths it's Human-Balanced, Newman-Force, Cast-Ranger, Beast-Hunter.

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3. How many characters are you allowed to create (at no extra charge)?

Four characters period all under the same account/monthlydealy, not expandable.

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4. Which store has the cheapest price for this game?

Toys R Us has a buy 2 get 1 free sale coming up soon, not sure if it's on yet. Other than that, unless the store has a coupon it's probably all the same

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5. I'm trying to think up a good name. What's the naming scheme for characters in the PS universe (for example, Mithras in FFXI have indian-sounding names)?

It's Phantasy Star... people make Cloud and Sephiroth clones and make stupid AOL numbernames like sUpErBiLlyBoB3024. On a serious note though, I don't think there is any naming scheme. Names aren't unique though, so go to town.

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As a side note, we have a more recent thread in the Online Games forum... And another in the Xbox forums (for the 360 version.) Not sure which one we should use

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well basically if you're gonna play this game, it's its own beast apart from the similarities to PSO. The "Phantasy Star" universe pretty much consists of its own blend of sci-fi and fantasy, meseta for currency, a few recurring enemies and races ala FF, and the tendancy to have at least one green cheerful planet. As well as a dark corrupting force, often times involving Dark Falz in some manner. In PSU's case, it's the SEED.

Online will be infinately more entertaining for me, simply because it's playing with people and there's a potential for a constantly expanding and changing world with new missions, seasonal events, special quests, etc. The offline RPG actually serves well as a more guided tutorial for diving into the game's world and such, while also providing a story that supposedly leads into the online game.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

So 7 months for the price of 6 (approximately) or 1.5 for the price of 1.

I'm likely just going to do the 30 day sub. You save 20 bucks on the 180 day sub though.

And, really, ya should get out of the FFXI mentality for this game Everything works out usually. I can't say from experience, but based on PSO it's totally chill compared to how stick-up-ass-ish people get in FFXI when it comes to job/race bs.

I was speaking idiomatically.

They bill you before, and it's a one-time purchase. So you buy a new one after the old runs out.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?