WhyteTyger
Apr 11, 2007, 11:38 PM
I will try and keep this as concise as I can, but it is late, the expansion has me all a twitter, and I'm a rambler from way back.
First up, this is for the Xbox360 version, and I have just about completed the Story Mode, so I know some basics about the game. I'm eager to try it out online, but before I do; questions.
1. I don't much care for playing as Rangers or Forces, but from the little I have tried, it seems like the targetting for them is horrible. I didn't care for them in PSO, but it seemed like I didn't have any trouble hitting things then at least, but now, even with the lock-on it seems I shoot about 45 degrees away from my target unless I spend a lot of time getting them in my sights. And with both technics and guns taking 'ammo' now, I can't just shoot willy-nilly. Am I just imagining this, or was this for challenge's sake?
2. The most important question, so I should have asked it first, but it doesn't bug me (yet) as much as the former. My xbox 260 sometimes hates PSU's disc, and will lock up saying ti cannot 'read' it. This never happens during the 'Beta Test' since that does not require the disc. If I got the full online version, would it hit the disc? It mostly crashes during 'loading' screens, but that'd be too annoying to bother paying-to-play for.
3. I hate (HATE) the Free Missions in Story/Extra MOde, since they are simply dungeon crawls with no real 'point'. As pointless as the PSO Hunter's jobs were, at least you met a client and took their job for them, and felt a sense of accomplishment when you completed it. Is this ever true online? I know I have heard the 'Story' from Story Mode is continued there, but was not sure in what way.
4. Having mostly played Extra and Story MOde, I'm used to getting my alternate PA's from s-Rank trials from my Partners. How will I get them Online? I got an amazingly nice single-dagger one I'd hate to have to give up.
5. Again, I've only played online in the 'Beta' available on XboxLive, but I wondered if the meseta/synthesizing grind ever got more bearable? I'm finding more items to synthesize then I did in Story Mode, but money is so tight, I can't imaging feeding my PM any excess items, and even when I do, it levels so slowly.
6. I've grown kind of skittish of playing online games with other people, since the original Diablo both introduced me to that concept, and abolished it in one setting. Will I be too terribly handicapped playing solo a lot? Are there plenty of good people to hunt with, even if I am starting at level 1(ish)?
7. Is there much of a use to using a one handed weapon, when there is a 'double' variety available? I chose double sabers since it looked 'cool', and I sincerely love my double daggers, but I don't use handguns much, so I can't imagine wanting to use single handed versions; should I? I know the expansion adds 'mags', but in the meantime...?
Well I think that is all of them. Sorry to be so nosy, but my strange brand of question so rarely seems to end up in a FAQ...
-KEvin
First up, this is for the Xbox360 version, and I have just about completed the Story Mode, so I know some basics about the game. I'm eager to try it out online, but before I do; questions.
1. I don't much care for playing as Rangers or Forces, but from the little I have tried, it seems like the targetting for them is horrible. I didn't care for them in PSO, but it seemed like I didn't have any trouble hitting things then at least, but now, even with the lock-on it seems I shoot about 45 degrees away from my target unless I spend a lot of time getting them in my sights. And with both technics and guns taking 'ammo' now, I can't just shoot willy-nilly. Am I just imagining this, or was this for challenge's sake?
2. The most important question, so I should have asked it first, but it doesn't bug me (yet) as much as the former. My xbox 260 sometimes hates PSU's disc, and will lock up saying ti cannot 'read' it. This never happens during the 'Beta Test' since that does not require the disc. If I got the full online version, would it hit the disc? It mostly crashes during 'loading' screens, but that'd be too annoying to bother paying-to-play for.
3. I hate (HATE) the Free Missions in Story/Extra MOde, since they are simply dungeon crawls with no real 'point'. As pointless as the PSO Hunter's jobs were, at least you met a client and took their job for them, and felt a sense of accomplishment when you completed it. Is this ever true online? I know I have heard the 'Story' from Story Mode is continued there, but was not sure in what way.
4. Having mostly played Extra and Story MOde, I'm used to getting my alternate PA's from s-Rank trials from my Partners. How will I get them Online? I got an amazingly nice single-dagger one I'd hate to have to give up.
5. Again, I've only played online in the 'Beta' available on XboxLive, but I wondered if the meseta/synthesizing grind ever got more bearable? I'm finding more items to synthesize then I did in Story Mode, but money is so tight, I can't imaging feeding my PM any excess items, and even when I do, it levels so slowly.
6. I've grown kind of skittish of playing online games with other people, since the original Diablo both introduced me to that concept, and abolished it in one setting. Will I be too terribly handicapped playing solo a lot? Are there plenty of good people to hunt with, even if I am starting at level 1(ish)?
7. Is there much of a use to using a one handed weapon, when there is a 'double' variety available? I chose double sabers since it looked 'cool', and I sincerely love my double daggers, but I don't use handguns much, so I can't imagine wanting to use single handed versions; should I? I know the expansion adds 'mags', but in the meantime...?
Well I think that is all of them. Sorry to be so nosy, but my strange brand of question so rarely seems to end up in a FAQ...
-KEvin