We've discussed it in the skype channel, but nothing posted on the site about it.
Some pretty big news about PSO2 has been dropping, first and foremost, its coming out on PS VITA as well as PC, and Sega is "trying" to ensure that PC and Vita will be cross-compatible. Awesome! The PSV release won't be out till 2012, though.
They've also confirmed the game will be FREE to play. You can download the PC client for free (and to the Vita a well?), and we can most assuredly assume there will be premium upgrades for costumes and weapons and crap, par for the course with F2P games nowadays.
Sega also announced that there will be a version of PSO2 for iOS and Android.
Oh SHIT. PSO, we in there. It's almost time once again... to slay the dragon!
YEAH, LETS DO THIS.
Funny that you posted that video today, they are actually shutting down the servers for EQOA at this very moment:
http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2012/03/03/everquest-online-adventures-servers-being-shut-off-on-march-29th/
Yeah, I'm shocked that shit was still going too! I wonder what the server population was in these last few years...
I dunno I figure there would be plenty of neckbeards and dependapotomuses still playing that. The dreggs of internet society.
Anyway, I'm excited for this. It's making my investment on a serious gaming laptop a much more worthwhile venture.
I told myself I'd stay away from this last year but I signed up the other day.
The smartphone thing would be nice for doing menial shit like feeding mags or shopping.
havent been following this closely but sounds interesting.
also hi guys its been a while
Get on skype
For those interested in signing up for the beta, check out this guide:
http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2727083&postcount=166
You're not guaranteed to get in but it wouldn't hurt to try. It's a fairly simple process as it only requires your email and other basic info. Not like before where you had to enter your name and stuff like that in Japanese.
Thanks for the info Donkey. It was pretty painless, I'm all signed up!
Yeah that guide is great. All signed up too!
Hey guys, they just released the benchmarking/character creator tool for download.
Download it here: http://pso2.jp/benchmark/download/ (blue button at the bottom of the page)
The character creator is pretty damn robust so it's definitely worth a look. Parts for casts are kind of lacking still but everything else can be fine tweaked down to the muscle definition of your character. Boob slider is still in.
Hmmmm, Yes... Definitely Beast Ranger.
Here's a guide for navigating through the menus:
http://bumped.org/psublog/pso2-the-character-creator-demo-is-up-plus-mini-guide/
After a couple hours messing around, I came up with this.
Only nitpicks I have are that you can't change the clothing colors as freely as robo parts, and the fact there's no option to have no hair at all. No love for us bald guys, I swear!
Took me a few hours to get it tweaked perfectly, but I was able to make my character:
So I got a letter saying I got into the beta, any clue on how to install it and get it going?
I know Donkey and Kaz also got in.
First go here and log in:
http://pso2.jp/cbt/
Then go here and download the downloader.exe tool:
http://pso2.jp/cbt/manual/
The pictures here are self explanatory even if its in Japanese. The client is roughly 3gb.
Word son, in there too. So is my brother. Seems like it was hard not to get in haha.
I'm actually very happy to see this as it means they pretty much learned their lesson from the debacle that was JP PSU in its infancy. They updated their blog with http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194162 on the beta and their plans at launch.
OK, lets try and play tonight then. AT posse, MOUNT UP!
Very excited. I will wait for open beta or release though.
I have a question.
Do you have to compete for loot like PSO and Diablo or are they going with the modern model of Diablo 3 and Torchlight II where "Everyone gets their own random loot drops."
Not sure if its true but supposedly closed beta users can invite friends (got this off gfaqs):
"http://pso2.jp/cbtinvite/
These directions are second hand, so sorry if its not accurate lol.
https://ssl.pso2.jp/cbtinvite/form/
you log in here
and then you get a form that goes your name, persons email, message"
Ah cool. Well if someone has a spare invite I would be interested.
This game is all about
alt+Q
JP ONRY Translations
http://bumped.org/psublog/pso2-closed-beta-and-mini-guide/#goals
Here's Vitamin D, Kaz, and myself squaring off with the Vol Dragon for the first time (or 2nd time, I don't remember).
Wish I spent a bit more time with the beta but so far, it's pretty damn fun. It definitely has that PSO vibe to it with a bit of Monster Hunter mixed in.
Oh yeah, the "free field" missions are the shit. These missions are just your typical PSO run through. You go in, kill shit, proceed to the next area, then eventually teleport to the boss. What makes these missions awesome are the random encounters with big mobs. For example, we were rummaging through the volcano area, killing the standard monsters that spawn then all of a sudden, the fucking Vol Dragon comes up from the goddamn ground. Shortly after we put him down, some fucking catadoran spawn (they're wingless dragons that can extend themselves). These guys were bosses in one of the volcano missions. Then we still had to kill the Vol Dragon at the end of the mission. This happened all in one play through. In another play through we randomly encountered this big insect boss (I forget it's name...). After we kill it, another one spawns.
Interrupt events that randomly happen during a mission, with a voice that goes "EMERGENCY: CODE..." followed by:
ATTACK
DUEL - Usually a battle with a boss.
RESCUE - In my case, I was captured then put inside this dome-like thing and D had to come and rescue me lol. We had to break the dome but it took a bunch of hits to break free. Enemies were spawning also.
COLLECT - Basically collect whatever that needs to be collected.
ELIMINATION
ARREST
CHANGE OVER - I think this happens when a bunch of emergency codes overlap.
PROTECT (I think it was protect anyway) - In my case, I had to protect this downed npc airship until they repaired it.
Some things I like:
Yep, I pretty much love this game. PSO is definitely back!
alt+Q
Open Beta http://www.pso-world.com/news/02452-phantasy-star-online-2-open-beta-starts-june-21st If you haven't Alt+Q'd like a true bro, you haven't lived. Here's your chance. EMERGENCY CODE: ATTACK.
My body is ready!
Man, open beta, in closed beta for Secret World, plus DayZ. Too much stuff!
Enjoying the hell out of this so far. Very nostalgic! I had to wipe away a tear when a Whole New World theme started playing.
Really digging this so far. Looking forward to seeing what more they have in store for us when the game comes out for real.
The Japanese version of PSO2 officially releases on July 4th! That's Wednesday, bros.
http://bumped.org/psublog/phantasy-star-online-2-launches-july-4th/
alt+q
Megaton announcement.
http://www.pso-world.com/news/02455-sega-officially-announces-western-release-pso2-2013
Official Western Release Confirmed!
Get hype!
Taking it in the ass, take 3... thousand!
Maybe they'll keep up on content this time.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
COMPRETED
http://pso2.jp/players/news/?id=165
3 New classes and 5 new weapons! :O
Double saber is pretty much confirmed by the images in the link.
People suspect that those will be the "hybrid" classes (hunter/force hunter/ranger ranger/force or whatever).
Hey all, long time no post, haha. I am curious, for those playing, what's your character name / player ID? Mine are both "Astra", so feel free to hit me up with a friend request some time, I would be totally down for playing with some AT peeps. That is, assuming you're all on ship 2.
We're all on 10, 2 was still down when most of us started.
I'm on 2 myself. Made my character within minutes of the servers going up for OB as a matter of fact.
Zeota / Zeota
US Version delayed to vaporware.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/25/4146658/phantasy-star-online-2-delayed-in-north-america-sega-confirms
The one thing the NA/EU version has going for it is that it'll cost less to buy AC (not having to worry about exchange rates and middleman mark-up). There are already two English patches for PSO2JP - one for menus and another for the story. The only thing that can't be translated so far is item names which are kept server-side. Supposedly the folks behind the main English patch figured out how to change item names via memory edit, but that's dicey as hell.
Hey where can Idownload the english patches for this game?
http://www.psumods.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=206
So man, I've been playing the hell out of this game man and it's seriously GG. It's got such a great vibe and a lot of fun. Sega seriously needs to port this over to the states.
Oddly enough, a Southeast Asian server was announced the other day, but not dated. They're being run by the same folks in charge of RO2 over there. Their cash shops are batshit insane though.
Meanwhile JP gets "episode 2" next month.
Ok, the AT team is on ship 2 now. And we're fuckin shit up.
if you guys ever need help im a lvl 55 techer lvl 53 hunter and my cast is lvl 40 hunter.
New race (dewman), and new weapons (katana and bullet bow).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrEG2Yc--9M&feature=player_embedded
I am finding this website to be most useful toward understand what's going on in PSO 2.
http://cirnopedia.frostsabre.com/
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