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EspioKaos
Sep 24, 2007, 11:41 PM
Official Japanese site (http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=453)

Here's what to expect in the base version of PSU with Wednesday's JP update.

My room features
* Shop search will be implemented. You will be able to look up items by their name, price, rarity and category. Using a minus right before a certain word will take it out of your search results.

System changes
* Sol Atomizers, Agtarides, Defbarides, Zodiarides, Retarides and Megistarides will now have a max stacking capacity of 20.

Synthesis and grinding
* Large decrease in synth times.
* You will finally be able to synthesize S-grade Grinders!

Characters
* Level cap will be increased from 100 to 110.
* Type caps will be increased from 10 to 15. (Note that in the case of Hunters, Rangers and Forces, LV11+ will not see an increase in stats.)
* PA caps will now be at 40.
* All player names for those playing the expansion will appear in yellow.

Known bugs
* Players of the base PSU are known to experience a strange bug where their type level cap will not show an increase above 10 on the mission clear screen. However, the character's stats and level do increase. Apparently they appear normally on the type status screen when accessed through the main menu.

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Agnostic187
Sep 24, 2007, 11:44 PM
Synthesis and grinding
* Large decrease in synth times.

It's about time.

Menochi
Sep 24, 2007, 11:45 PM
It'll be interesting to see how much the regular PSU players get access to. Hopefully the shop search isn't exclusive, since I'm not getting AoI until the day after release. I know PAs will remain capped at lv30 without the expansion, so possibly type cap as well.

Guess we'll see before too much longer.

Dhylec
Sep 24, 2007, 11:46 PM
PSU is looking better every update. Can't wait for them goodies here. ;3

EspioKaos
Sep 24, 2007, 11:47 PM
On 2007-09-24 21:45, Menochi wrote:
It'll be interesting to see how much the regular PSU players get access to. Hopefully the shop search isn't exclusive, since I'm not getting AoI until the day after release. I know PAs will remain capped at lv30 without the expansion, so possibly type cap as well.

Guess we'll see before too much longer.

I edited it in after your reply, but it seems that types will be able to be leveled above 10 without the expansion. However, there's a bug with it right now where the stat and level increase are not shown on the mission clear screen.

Shou
Sep 24, 2007, 11:50 PM
I envy the JP server >.> <.<

Gib me updates!!!! o.O

BanF
Sep 24, 2007, 11:51 PM
Just for the search functions alone that is one GREAT update.

WolfBlade
Sep 24, 2007, 11:53 PM
Nice Nice, well gl to all the jp players

Menochi
Sep 24, 2007, 11:54 PM
Based on the way the UI works, even regular PSU players should be able to use the shop search functions, though can't say for sure just yet.

Also, no mention of them fixing the synthing bugs with rates/neutral %s/high looby population chat problems.

Umberger
Sep 24, 2007, 11:56 PM
Wow...awesome update. Can't wait to get all these US/EU side. =p

Menochi
Sep 25, 2007, 12:01 AM
On 2007-09-24 21:56, Umberger wrote:
Wow...awesome update. Can't wait to get all these US/EU side. =p



Hopefully without the bugs.

My room has a doublesave effect now, also has a long queue during busy times (15+ minutes to get into your room, with chance of being DC'd) This also applies for going from your bedroom's dressing room back to your room.
Gear and clothes randomly being deequiped (though clothes remain visible on the player)
Lots of quirky places where PSU client can crash now (rare, but happens for a lot of people)
And of course, the synthesis glitches/bugs that have been mentioned throughout.

Dein
Sep 25, 2007, 12:05 AM
Hmm I was planning on importing AotI in early October but this first update for the expansion makes me want to back off for a little and wait for them to work those bugs out and flesh out some more content. Guess it won't kill me to wait an extra month or so while they add more so I can focus on my classes. :/

-Hyacia-
Sep 25, 2007, 12:10 AM
Oh, and I thought I was crazy that I thought I heard Type goes past 10. xD

Menochi
Sep 25, 2007, 12:11 AM
If PSU's release is any indication, I'm planning on spending some quality time with the offline story for the first bit.

Zorafim
Sep 25, 2007, 12:24 AM
On 2007-09-24 21:41, EspioKaos wrote:
My room features
* Shop search will be implemented. You will be able to look up items by their name, price, rarity and category. Using a minus right before a certain word will take it out of your search results.



Will this mean... Will we have an economy now?

pikachief
Sep 25, 2007, 12:26 AM
pfft no your gonna search by price and fine 2 shops XD

Zorafim
Sep 25, 2007, 12:29 AM
Then I'll find what I need. This alone is worth this one update.

When is PSUna going to get these things? Even the status change would be great right now.

Golto
Sep 25, 2007, 12:33 AM
I am a bit confused here. They stated in an interview that the final lvl cap would be lvl 100 in PSU v1. So did they change their mind or is it just bad organization of the update info and mixing the two up?

Syl
Sep 25, 2007, 12:35 AM
On 2007-09-24 22:01, Menochi wrote:

Gear and clothes randomly being deequiped (though clothes remain visible on the player)



Sounds like the old clothes glitch. >.>

beatrixkiddo
Sep 25, 2007, 12:35 AM
This maintenance allows for people with the AoI client to connect, so technically any update including and after this one can't be considered "PSU v1".

pikachief
Sep 25, 2007, 12:48 AM
On 2007-09-24 22:01, Menochi wrote:

On 2007-09-24 21:56, Umberger wrote:
Wow...awesome update. Can't wait to get all these US/EU side. =p



Gear and clothes randomly being deequiped (though clothes remain visible on the player)



its ALWAYS like that for the 360 http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif i got used to it because your clothes and armors are always getting randomly de-equipped here but people dont notice because they get re-equipped when u leave your room http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Shadow_Wing
Sep 25, 2007, 12:50 AM
S rank grinders http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_eek.gif /grin

omegapirate2k
Sep 25, 2007, 01:40 AM
On 2007-09-24 22:48, pikachief wrote:

On 2007-09-24 22:01, Menochi wrote:

On 2007-09-24 21:56, Umberger wrote:
Wow...awesome update. Can't wait to get all these US/EU side. =p



Gear and clothes randomly being deequiped (though clothes remain visible on the player)



its ALWAYS like that for the 360 http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif i got used to it because your clothes and armors are always getting randomly de-equipped here but people dont notice because they get re-equipped when u leave your room http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif


Isn't that only when you use the join session command though?

Dj_SkyEpic
Sep 25, 2007, 01:48 AM
I know I speak for everyone when I say "I can't wait till these are all implemented in the US version."

Speaking of which, I still really hope that tomorrow's news for US will deal with some ult PA releases...

Scion
Sep 25, 2007, 01:54 AM
On 2007-09-24 23:48, Dj_SkyEpic wrote:
I know I speak for everyone when I say "I can't wait till these are all implemented in the US version."

Speaking of which, I still really hope that tomorrow's news for US will deal with some ult PA releases...



Then 7-8 weeks of nothing...

OR... Hmmm, interesting. >:D

beatrixkiddo
Sep 25, 2007, 01:55 AM
8 more weeks of racial superiority rallies

TetsuyaHikari
Sep 25, 2007, 01:55 AM
ooooh~ http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_eek.gif

These updates are looking better and better http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif! Thanks for the information! I know it has been repeated a LOT already, but..I've GOT to say it...

I can't wait for us to get these updates!

Also, I agree with skyepic. I hope we get some news regarding the Ultimate Photon Arts for us soon.

Gib Gravity Break naaaaaaaaaaaaaao~ToT

Sasamichan
Sep 25, 2007, 02:44 AM
On 2007-09-24 23:54, Hikaru-san wrote:

On 2007-09-24 23:48, Dj_SkyEpic wrote:
I know I speak for everyone when I say "I can't wait till these are all implemented in the US version."

Speaking of which, I still really hope that tomorrow's news for US will deal with some ult PA releases...



Then 7-8 weeks of nothing...

OR... Hmmm, interesting. >:D



Lets just hope they fill that gap with something.

Jarek
Sep 25, 2007, 02:54 AM
Time to see how S rank grinding fares.
And why do the basic classes go to 15 as well if they don't gain any stats? Just for consistency with the expert jobs?
*ponders*

Sasamichan
Sep 25, 2007, 02:58 AM
I guees so.

Menochi
Sep 25, 2007, 02:58 AM
On 2007-09-25 00:54, psobsesser wrote:
Time to see how S rank grinding fares.
And why do the basic classes go to 15 as well if they don't gain any stats? Just for consistency with the expert jobs?
*ponders*



Its probably simplicity coding, theres nothing limiting any job types as far as level. So when they all go to 20, hunter/force/ranger will also go to 20. Just a coding quirk that they'll have to make do with to remain compatibile with PSUv1

ChaotistRazor
Sep 25, 2007, 05:57 AM
On 2007-09-25 00:58, Menochi wrote:
Its probably simplicity coding, theres nothing limiting any job types as far as level. So when they all go to 20, hunter/force/ranger will also go to 20. Just a coding quirk that they'll have to make do with to remain compatibile with PSUv1


I was wondering about that, myself. Your explanation makes sense to me.

PJ
Sep 25, 2007, 08:05 AM
On 2007-09-24 22:29, Zorafim wrote:
When is PSUna going to get these things? Even the status change would be great right now.



I'm hoping the answer is, "When all the bugs are fixed."

Menochi
Sep 25, 2007, 08:41 AM
On 2007-09-25 06:05, PJ wrote:

On 2007-09-24 22:29, Zorafim wrote:
When is PSUna going to get these things? Even the status change would be great right now.



I'm hoping the answer is, "When all the bugs are fixed."




Not most? Sega has a penchance for not fixing ALL bugs. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

These last two updates are AoI oriented, so I'd say you'll see them closer to october, the others you should hopefully see sooner.

ImperialRay
Sep 25, 2007, 09:05 AM
Synthesis and grinding
* Large decrease in synth times.
* You will finally be able to synthesize S-grade Grinders!



So no increase in synth success rates in PSUv1 and AOI?

Makes me sad ...

EspioKaos
Sep 25, 2007, 09:07 AM
On 2007-09-25 07:05, ImperialRay wrote:
So no increase in synth success rates in PSUv1 and AOI?

Makes me sad ...

Erm... I'm pretty sure the synth success rate increase was in the update before this one.

Niloklives
Sep 25, 2007, 09:27 AM
indeed it was. they did the AoI updates in 2 stages. the US will likely see these updates in november when we get the game.

as far as the economy thing, I have my concerns. there will be a few shop sthat get bought out very quickly and then won't be found again for 3 days cause they're empty...we'll end up seeing a long list of expensive shops that refuse to budge "yeah but I want money" "not on your life with those prices"....so we'll see...maybe..

Menochi
Sep 25, 2007, 10:54 AM
Its possible theres going to be a difference in the way the player base handles the pricing. Buying out competition and putting them in your shop sounds more like an American business tactic.

Though, I'm sure that'll happen a bit on JPPSU, it at least means that the prices will be somewhat stable and you'll be able to always find the best price for the item you're looking for.

WildArms2
Sep 25, 2007, 02:02 PM
Its not just an american business tactic the japanese player on the US 360 servers do it aswell, Its a smart business tactic one of the easiest ways to make money in the game and this shop feature makes it soo much easier for store owners to do that I guarentee that you still wont be able to find Vulcaline under 7k but you will find it around 7600-7899 now thanks to being able to search for the cheapest priced shops

Tigerram
Sep 25, 2007, 02:27 PM
Ah Japan...so much love they have.

Yes so...looking forward to this update in the future for us Geijin (or however you spell it.)

buzyb77
Sep 25, 2007, 02:38 PM
I want Rank 15 on my 360 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

My Newman Force Need Rank 15 Badly AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 04:19 AM
If you don't have the expansion, you can't get into rooms with the new room decoration tickets.

And right now, server is hilariously borked. People are literally dead in their rooms (0 hp)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w106/tancients/dead.jpg

And, room servers down. I'm pretty sure that was faster than last time. They didn't even stay up 30 minutes.

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Shiryuu
Sep 26, 2007, 04:44 AM
ST Fails. >_<

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 04:46 AM
At least its a good chuckle. The PSU uploader has some humorus pictures before the servers died completely.

AC9breaker
Sep 26, 2007, 04:48 AM
lmao sega owns. They totally just PK'd JP players.

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 05:00 AM
I wouldn't quite call it PK. People who died in my room have 0 stats, their exchange box has free items in it that they obviously can't take, and a few people have to earn double the exp to get to the next level. Some people somehow managed to at least keep their skin on instead of losing it to the blue light of gurhal.

Mewn
Sep 26, 2007, 05:31 AM
Clearly they are becoming one with the Holy Light. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

Kamica
Sep 26, 2007, 06:28 AM
Skill Save is now only one star!

http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6703.jpg

Could this be what the new shop search menu looks like?

http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6689.jpg

Seems that there are more settings available
http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6686.jpg



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Shiryuu
Sep 26, 2007, 06:46 AM
On 2007-09-26 04:28, Kamica wrote:

Could this be what the new shop search menu looks like?

http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6689.jpg


Yes. Don't think it works though from what I've tried so far.

Mewn
Sep 26, 2007, 07:31 AM
80% light
http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6687.jpg
That's offline and has nothing to do with the update, Kam.

Dj_SkyEpic
Sep 26, 2007, 08:21 AM
Wow, that's like a really big screw up O.O

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 08:49 AM
Still down too, hope they're working out all the bugs.

Golto
Sep 26, 2007, 09:16 AM
Aanyone that has AOI tried out the offline mode while waiting for the online server to get back up? I'm curious if it is better than v1 offline. Mainly curious about weapons stats like PP.

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 09:29 AM
AoI isn't released yet.
Only a few people got an early copy by storekeepers not keeping with release date (9/27 for Japan, which isn't for another 30 minutes)
So unless a Japanese resident who posts here has gotten it early, theres still nothing more you can find out. Maybe later on in the evening stateside.
I'm not picking it up until the 28th, and most importers will be waiting on mail which means you won't get a long stream of info until monday probably.

Kylie
Sep 26, 2007, 09:36 AM
This is all I've expected, so I really have no comment. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_confused.gif

pikachief
Sep 26, 2007, 09:38 AM
its funny how they release something with so many bugs. THAT SEGA FOR YA! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif

lol jk im sure someones gonna come tell me that its hard to do, and that this many bugs or so is normal and so on and so on.... -_-

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 09:49 AM
On 2007-09-26 07:38, pikachief wrote:
its funny how they release something with so many bugs. THAT SEGA FOR YA! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif

lol jk im sure someones gonna come tell me that its hard to do, and that this many bugs or so is normal and so on and so on.... -_-



If you don't like it, why don't you just go play monster hunter 2?! Stop whining
/sarcasm

Though at least this time around, the forums are more excited about the game instead of server problems.

9lotus
Sep 26, 2007, 10:59 AM
On 2007-09-26 04:28, Kamica wrote:

Seems that there are more settings available
http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6686.jpg




I see 1280x720

widescreen o_o

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 11:25 AM
22 minutes before my room servers crashed this time.

Not sure if its getting better or worse. They also did a server rollback, probably because data went corrupt from the my room server dying.

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 12:20 PM
Classes now have the new lv40 caps on their arts. To the dissapointment of many, Wartecher is, and will likely remain, with lv20 support.

omegapirate2k
Sep 26, 2007, 12:23 PM
On 2007-09-26 10:20, Menochi wrote:
To the dissapointment of many, Wartecher is, and will likely remain, with lv20 support.


Big surprise there.

XD

Lyrise
Sep 26, 2007, 01:05 PM
S grinding and shop searching has never been more fun. If you haven't been desensitized to "tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet boom!", you will be after this update.

Mewn
Sep 26, 2007, 01:24 PM
The new shop system is amazing. It's very flexible, allowing you to search for weapons from a certain manufacturer or even weapons of a certain element. On the other hand, you can also get the search to omit stuff by placing a - before the thing you want it to omit.

It also lists the item, and its details (price, stats etc.) before you even go to the room, although upon selecting the item to buy you still have to go to their shop and buy it.

All in all, a massive improvement, and it should make shopping a much less frustrating experience.

Itsuki
Sep 26, 2007, 01:35 PM
posted some pictures of the new shop system in the pictures thread, mirrored here:


On 2007-09-26 11:33, Itsuki-chan wrote:
Heres the new shop search system. The old system is still there and has also been modified to allow more specific searches aswell.

Heres how the new one is set up and how the results look:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/Akukame/ShopSearch01.jpg

Sorting options, you can sort by stats, price, elemental percent, etc:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/Akukame/ShopSearch02.jpg

Examples of some of the item types you can search by. You can not put in a key word at all and just search say... 7 to 9 star twin sabers, organize by element, and just go from there. Just as an example:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/Akukame/ShopSearch03.jpg

Kamica
Sep 26, 2007, 01:59 PM
Halarod+5
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/RyuuHasha/PSU649.jpg

omegapirate2k
Sep 26, 2007, 02:01 PM
That's a fairly big bonus.

-Tidus_415-
Sep 26, 2007, 03:06 PM
I cant wait to grind my Crea Doubles.

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 03:09 PM
http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6757.jpg
Crea doubles up to +4

Dj_SkyEpic
Sep 26, 2007, 03:14 PM
Even with this new grind system, I'm still very iffy about grinding some of my rare weapons.

For example:
http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6759.jpg

I can tell that this person has a lot of anger inside after it xD... Will still be best to have a handful of weapons + 3* luck to grind.

Kamica
Sep 26, 2007, 03:16 PM
Psycho Wand+5
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/RyuuHasha/PSO/PSU650.jpg

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 03:18 PM
On 2007-09-26 13:14, Dj_SkyEpic wrote:
Even with this new grind system, I'm still very iffy about grinding some of my rare weapons.

For example:
http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6759.jpg

I can tell that this person has a lot of anger inside after it xD... Will still be best to have a handful of weapons + 3* luck to grind.



At least its better than completely breaking. Just means you can still use it until you find one to replace whatever grind the one you've got is at.

pikachief
Sep 26, 2007, 03:21 PM
On 2007-09-26 13:09, Menochi wrote:
http://www.mithra.to/~psu/uploader/src/psu6757.jpg
Crea doubles up to +4



LOL like 10 atp per grind!? XD its crea, its kubara, and its S rank yet it still doesnt grind well! XD

I wanna see those ragnuses! So cheap if they grind well i may just buy 5 when S grinders come out XD

Agnostic187
Sep 26, 2007, 04:21 PM
Nice. Pretty amazing. Hows the synth times? 9* and S ranks?

Also how are Rucar grinds?


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Zorafim
Sep 26, 2007, 05:21 PM
On 2007-09-26 10:20, Menochi wrote:
Classes now have the new lv40 caps on their arts. To the dissapointment of many, Wartecher is, and will likely remain, with lv20 support.



Useless class, staying as (insert main job here), etc.

Niloklives
Sep 26, 2007, 05:32 PM
>_> FF got some nice upgrades though...

WT getting only lvl 20 support makes sense to me and I'm glad its staying that way.

Sazan
Sep 26, 2007, 05:44 PM
On 2007-09-26 15:32, NIloklives wrote:

WT getting only lvl 20 support makes sense to me and I'm glad its staying that way.



Yes. WT is fine. Poor GT. Has to level the buffs over 21...

Niloklives
Sep 26, 2007, 05:51 PM
I did that already when I went FT for a bit...I just have a few debuffs to level and I'm set...I'm scared to see the PP costs of bing a GT though...

F-Gattaca
Sep 26, 2007, 08:41 PM
Type caps will be increased from 10 to 15. (Note that in the case of Hunters, Rangers and Forces, LV11+ will not see an increase in stats.)

Well, I guess that settles the whole question I had on why basic types appeared to be balanced against expert types.


Sol Atomizers, Agtarides, Defbarides, Zodiarides, Retarides and Megistarides will now have a max stacking capacity of 20.

Nice, I like that.


Shop search will be implemented. You will be able to look up items by their name, price, rarity and category. Using a minus right before a certain word will take it out of your search results.

http://www.adultimum.net/studio/images/goafterhim.gif

Menochi
Sep 26, 2007, 08:46 PM
Refined search is so much better than just a minus. It usually searches ONLY what you put in (no needing to omit boards), sorts by whatever, shows price etc. Makes the other one fairly obselete.