3rd Anniversary Thanks Festa site open

[EspioKaos]

http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/event/3rd_anniversary/

The actual event will begin around the end of September (right after the current GBR ends), but in the meantime, we'll be treated to various reports. Right now, there are reports on the character race breakdown across the population, as well as the most popular missions, partner machines and room goods.

[Ffuzzy-Logik]

Apparently, Beast women aren't best after all. :<

[FOnewearl-Lina]

Geeeeto Opeeeeeen!

Yeah, we really needed to know that almost 25 percent of the population are level 1 mules...
and that just over 1% of all characters make up the level 180 player base
and that 73.1% of all characters are still stuck on basic type...
and that the most played mission on ND is White Beast with a majority of 41.4%...
and that the number 1 item left in players rooms is okiku doll...
http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/event/3rd_anniversary/report/image/report_04_ph_01.jpg
and that male newman is least popular.

Maybe next time they'll get it right and stop counting inactive accounts.

[Akumamaru]

wow only 6.4% of people on the game are male newmans? we are a rare breed indeed

[str898mustang]

wow only 6.4% of people on the game are male newmans? we are a rare breed indeed

Male newman POWER!!!

[Phaesphora]

My poor GH441s and GH453s. Where's the love? :-?

[landman]

Wow, there are more caseals than newearls...

[The_Brimada]

Wow, there are more caseals than newearls...

This surprises you why? :p

[landman]

I though nihonjin liked more the lolicon look instead of the lolicast maid.

[tadtwisted]

can someone who can read it please break down the PM pie chart, i always wanted to know which people choose.

[desturel]

Male newman POWER!!!

In for the male neuman union. ;)

[landman]

can someone who can read it please break down the PM pie chart, i always wanted to know which people choose.
I can't read most Japanese, but I can read PM names and numbers:
http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/event/3rd_anniversary/report/03_partner.html

[desturel]

can someone who can read it please break down the PM pie chart, i always wanted to know which people choose.

Player Info

Male Human - 12.5
Female Human - 12.7
Male Neuman - 6.4
Female Neuman - 16.1
Male Cast - 15.0
Female Cast - 16.2
Male Beast - 10.5
Female Beast - 10.5

Hunter - 34.8
Ranger - 20.5
Force - 17.8
Advance Type - 26.9

Fortefighter - 5.6
Fortetecher - 4.3
Fighgunner - 4.0
Fortegunner - 3.4
Wartecher - 1.9
Guntecher - 1.5
Acrofighter - 1.5
Acrotecher - 1.3
Fighmaster - 1.1
Gunmaster - 1.0
Protranser - 0.7
Masterfarce - 0.6

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Mission Info

Guardian's Colony
Unsafe Passage - 25.5
The Dark God - 13.0
Dark Satellite - 11.9
SEED Awakened - 11.0
The Black Next - 9.5
True Darkness - 9.3
Fight for Food - 7.2
MAG' - 7.2
Program DF' - 5.4

Parum
Seed Express - 19.8
Duel in the Ruins - 16.8
Lightning Beasts - 10.1
Scared Planet - 9.2
The Dual Sentinel - 8.3
Plains Overlord - 7.8
Military Subway - 7.6
The Egg Thieves - 5.4
Train Rescue - 3.8
Endrum Remnants - 3.6
Mad Creatures - 3.0
Sleeping Warriors - 1.9
AMF HQ Recovery - 1.3
Electronic Brain - 0.5
The Mad Beasts - 0.5
Crimson Beast - 0.2
Lab Recovery - 0.2

Neudaiz
White Beast - 41.4
Forest Infiltration - 16.2
Sakura Blast - 8.9
Dancing Birds - 8.9
The Eastern Peril - 7.5
Moonlight Beast - 4.0
Rainbow Beast - 3.1
Grove of Fanatics - 1.6
Sacred Stream - 1.5
Flowery Pursuit - 1.3
Mizuraki Defense - 1.1
Her Secret Mission - 1.1
Forested Island - 1.0
Demons Above - 0.7
Hill of Spores - 0.7
The Holy Ground - 0.6
Cost of Research - 0.4

Moatoob
Citadel of Sand - 25.3
Desert Terror - 18.9
Awoken Serpent - 9.4
Rogues' Shortcut - 9.1
Stolen Weapon - 7.6
Bruce - 7.2
Desert Goliath - 6.5
Valley of Carnage - 4.6
System Defense - 2.9
Caves of Ice - 2.5
Bladed Legacy - 2.0
Mine Defense - 1.5
Tunnel Recapture - 1.3
Lonely Laboratory - 1.2

Rare Mission
Phantom Fissure - 54.1
Holy Hallucination - 32.1
Illusionary Shaft - 7.7
Forest of Illusion - 6.1

Story Mission
Innocent Girl - 36.5
Illuminus Ambition - 36.0
Ambition's End - 5.9
Rescuing Hyuga - 4.4
Will of Light - 2.7
Road to Rykros - 2.3
The Mask - 2.1
For Brigther Day - 1.8
Desert's End - 1.4
Photon Harvest - 1.1
Farewell to Mother - 1.1
Despair and Hope - 0.9
Restorations - 0.9
HIVE Clean-up - 0.5
Shadow Conspiracy - 0.5
Valley of Suspicion - 0.5
Protect the Festa - 0.4
Price of Genocide - 0.4
Flash of Ruin - 0.4
The Magashi Plan - 0.2

Event Mission
The Protectors Gamma - 21.3
Roar of Flames - 19.3
MAG+ - 11.9
The Protectors Delta - 11.5
The Protectors Alpha+ - 10.5
Program DF+ - 9.0
The 4th System - 7.7
The Big Push - 7.4
The Protectors Beta+ - 1.4

Co-op Missions
Security Breach - 41.4
A Risky Comeback - 28.6
The Challengers - 17.3
Temple of Traps - 12.7

GUARDIANS advanced missions
Plains Overlord/R - 55.8
Unsafe Passage/R - 18.5
Scared Planet/R - 12.6
Desert Terror/R - 8.1
Holy Grounds/R - 3.5
Demons Above/R - 1.5


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Partner Machine Info

GH410 27.8%
GH450 10.9%
GH430 9.3%
GH440 6.3%
GH414 4.8%
GH420 3.9%
GH422 3.2%
GH480 3.2%
GH413 2.9%
GH412 2.4%
GH432 2.2%
GH452 2.2%
GH470 2.2%
GH442 2.0%
GH433 1.8%
GH411 1.8%
GH434 1.5%
GH454 1.4%
GH451 1.4%
GH444 1.3%
GH461 1.2%
GH465 1.2%
GH490 1.1%
GH443 0.9%
GH441 0.8%
GH424 0.7%
GH431 0.6%
GH421 0.5%
GH423 0.3%
GH453 0.2%

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Player Info

Male Human - 12.5
Female Human - 12.7
Male Neuman - 6.4
Female Neuman - 16.1
Male Cast - 15.0
Female Cast - 16.2
Male Beast - 10.5
Female Beast - 10.5

Hunter - 34.8
Ranger - 20.5
Force - 17.8
Advance Type - 26.9

Fortefighter - 5.6
Fortetecher - 4.3
Fighgunner - 4.0
Fortegunner - 3.4
Wartecher - 1.9
Guntecher - 1.5
Acrofighter - 1.5
Acrotecher - 1.3
Fighmaster - 1.1
Gunmaster - 1.0
Protranser - 0.7
Masterfarce - 0.6

---

Mission Info

Guardian's Colony
Unsafe Passage - 25.5
The Dark God - 13.0
Dark Satellite - 11.9
SEED Awakened - 11.0
The Black Next - 9.5
True Darkness - 9.3
Fight for Food - 7.2
MAG' - 7.2
Program DF' - 5.4

Parum
Seed Express - 19.8
Duel in the Ruins - 16.8
Lightning Beasts - 10.1
Scared Planet - 9.2
The Dual Sentinel - 8.3
Plains Overlord - 7.8
Military Subway - 7.6
The Egg Thieves - 5.4
Train Rescue - 3.8
Endrum Remnants - 3.6
Mad Creatures - 3.0
Sleeping Warriors - 1.9
AMF HQ Recovery - 1.3
Electronic Brain - 0.5
The Mad Beasts - 0.5
Crimson Beast - 0.2
Lab Recovery - 0.2

Neudaiz
White Beast - 41.4
Forest Infiltration - 16.2
Sakura Blast - 8.9
Dancing Birds - 8.9
The Eastern Peril - 7.5
Moonlight Beast - 4.0
Rainbow Beast - 3.1
Grove of Fanatics - 1.6
Sacred Stream - 1.5
Flowery Pursuit - 1.3
Mizuraki Defense - 1.1
Her Secret Mission - 1.1
Forested Island - 1.0
Demons Above - 0.7
Hill of Spores - 0.7
The Holy Ground - 0.6
Cost of Research - 0.4

Moatoob
Citadel of Sand - 25.3
Desert Terror - 18.9
Awoken Serpent - 9.4
Rogues' Shortcut - 9.1
Stolen Weapon - 7.6
Bruce - 7.2
Desert Goliath - 6.5
Valley of Carnage - 4.6
System Defense - 2.9
Caves of Ice - 2.5
Bladed Legacy - 2.0
Mine Defense - 1.5
Tunnel Recapture - 1.3
Lonely Laboratory - 1.2

Rare Mission
Phantom Fissure - 54.1
Holy Hallucination - 32.1
Illusionary Shaft - 7.7
Forest of Illusion - 6.1

Story Mission
Innocent Girl - 36.5
Illuminus Ambition - 36.0
Ambition's End - 5.9
Rescuing Hyuga - 4.4
Will of Light - 2.7
Road to Rykros - 2.3
The Mask - 2.1
For Brigther Day - 1.8
Desert's End - 1.4
Photon Harvest - 1.1
Farewell to Mother - 1.1
Despair and Hope - 0.9
Restorations - 0.9
HIVE Clean-up - 0.5
Shadow Conspiracy - 0.5
Valley of Suspicion - 0.5
Protect the Festa - 0.4
Price of Genocide - 0.4
Flash of Ruin - 0.4
The Magashi Plan - 0.2

Event Mission
The Protectors Gamma - 21.3
Roar of Flames - 19.3
MAG+ - 11.9
The Protectors Delta - 11.5
The Protectors Alpha+ - 10.5
Program DF+ - 9.0
The 4th System - 7.7
The Big Push - 7.4
The Protectors Beta+ - 1.4

Co-op Missions
Security Breach - 41.4
A Risky Comeback - 28.6
The Challengers - 17.3
Temple of Traps - 12.7

GUARDIANS advanced missions
Plains Overlord/R - 55.8
Unsafe Passage/R - 18.5
Scared Planet/R - 12.6
Desert Terror/R - 8.1
Holy Grounds/R - 3.5
Demons Above/R - 1.5


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Partner Machine Info

GH410 27.8%
GH450 10.9%
GH430 9.3%
GH440 6.3%
GH414 4.8%
GH420 3.9%
GH422 3.2%
GH480 3.2%
GH413 2.9%
GH412 2.4%
GH432 2.2%
GH452 2.2%
GH470 2.2%
GH442 2.0%
GH433 1.8%
GH411 1.8%
GH434 1.5%
GH454 1.4%
GH451 1.4%
GH444 1.3%
GH461 1.2%
GH465 1.2%
GH490 1.1%
GH443 0.9%
GH441 0.8%
GH424 0.7%
GH431 0.6%
GH421 0.5%
GH423 0.3%
GH453 0.2%

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Room Info

Most Popular:
Fireworks
Tan Gerine
Berry Pie
Okiku Doll
Photon Gacha
Tsubo
Moatoob Papagayo
Bar Counter
Jao
Christmas Tree
Sunflower
Stateria Figure
Ko Tats Table
Rappy Doll
Cactachair
Sweet Chair
Pannon Doll
Ladean Pillar
Container
Za Buton
Straight Bench
G. Colony Collectible
Kakwane Figure
Mysterious Meter
BT Lovers
Neudaiz Chair
Mysterious Grave
Lunga Doll
Cursed Pumpkin
Refreshing Jelly

Rank changes Last Year to This Year:
Sunflower 1 --> 11
Linear Line 2 --> 82
Paper Lantern 3 --> 47
Touro 4 --> 69
Scroll 5 --> 74
Walking Pannon 6 --> 93


Most Rare:
Gold Medal
Gold Trophy
Silver Trophy
Silver Medal
Parum Pennant
Bronze Medal
Kolbe Trophy
Neudaiz Pennant
Treasure Chest
PPT Shuttle
Leo Portrait
Birthday Candelle
Endrum PPT Shuttle
Military PPT Shuttle
So Bell
Fa Bell
Re Bell
Bruce's Cargo
Maiden's Ship
La Bell

Most Distributed (not sure of a good way to translate this):
Okiku Doll
Tan Gerine
Tsubo
Cosmo Fountain
Cactachair
Container
Berry Pie
Kakwane Figure
Fireworks
Sunflower
Christmas Tree
Jao
Cursed Pumpkin
WD Lovers
Gnome Doll
HIVE
BT Lovers
Za Buton
Booma Figure
Mysterious Grave
Mysterious Meter
Mushroom Chair
White Mushroom Log
Stateria Figure
Rahuli Rahule
Pannon Doll
Lunga Doll
Kakwane Doll
Ladean Pillar
Easter Egg
Mushroom Log
Linear Line
Sweet Chair
Rappy doll
Sonic
Primitive Moatoob Idol
Welcome Arch
Sweet Table
Mimic Doll
Bamboo
Mushroom Table
Dreamcast
Koltova Doll
Sega Saturn
Mark 3
Paper Lantern
Genesis
Snowman
Master System
Fan

[LP_Phoenix]

a big thx for translate
that is really funny and interesting^^

[Neith]

It's so sad to see The Holy Ground that far down the list. It's one of my favourite areas and it's a shame there's no point in the mission at all ._.

Also, there are more Fortegunner than Gunmaster? Wow, totally different for us :lol:

[The_Brimada]

I'm thinking that's simply because you have to be fortegunner first in order to be gunmaster, but not all people who raised fG went GM. Just guessing here....lol

[Falke]

The number by White Beast shouldn't surprise me as much as it does.

[autumn]

Not at all. As I understand it before SEED Express was released the JP players spammed the heck out of White Beast too.

[Ffuzzy-Logik]

Rare Mission
Phantom Fissure - 54.1
Holy Hallucination - 32.1
Illusionary Shaft - 7.7
Forest of Illusion - 6.1Amazing game balance right here, folks.

[EspioKaos]

I didn't have time to go over it last night, but now I've translated a message from SonicTeam (http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/event/3rd_anniversary/greeting/index.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=680&width=500) that they call...

The greeting on the 3rd anniversary.

As always, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for playing Phantasy Star Universe.

Thanks to you, we have reached three years since the release of PSU. We sincerely appreciate your long-time support.

Over the past year, the story of Phantasy Star Universe has come a long way, ending with Episode 3. However, that is not the end, but a new beginning.

It has already been five months since the commencement of the supplemental update system. Are you enjoying the wide variety of content added to the ever-changing world of PSU such as GAS, GAM and the optional billing features?

This year, we held our first trial item design contest. Despite a little mishap with our judging, we could sense the creative vigor and inspiration of the contestants, as we received over 700 different entries. We think that we could hold a similar trial in the future, so be looking forward to it!

By no means have the past three years been smooth sailing. From everyone's encouragement and opinions, PSU has continually evolved as can be seen from AOTI and the supplemental update. Even now, we continue to ponder just how to make PSU an even more enjoyable experience for everyone.

Just the other day, we announced a release date of December 3 for Phantasy Star Portable 2, our latest work which will be packed with new features. Just as with Phantasy Star Portable, expect this game to feature certain links with PSU.

Next year, it will have been 10 years since Phantasy Star Online was released. Because we will continue to expand not only PSU, but the entire Phantasy Star series, we feel there is plenty to look forward to on all horizons.

Everyone's hope and opinions act as our support, our strength.

Because we wish to expand not only the world of PSU, but also that of the Phantasy Star series, we will always appreciate your support.

August 31, 2009
PSU Development and Management Team

[Waki Miko Syamemaru!]

Hmmm once again I believe that PSP2 will be testing ground for a revamped combat system OR after a few months of PSP2 PSU might get the combat system used for PSP2. But this is pure speculation. Don't quote me on it.

[Gen2000]

Are you enjoying the wide variety of content added to the ever-changing world of PSU such as GAS, GAM and the optional billing features?

Nice spin on that.

[Chibi_psu]

I though nihonjin liked more the lolicon look instead of the lolicast maid.

SUV makes wonders...

[Yusaku_Kudou]

That letter makes it seem like they will announce a new online Phantasy Star console title within the next year.

[autumn]

I'd like it if they did, but I refuse to get my hopes up at all for anything other then new handheld titles.

[DPShiro]

I'd like it if they did, but I refuse to get my hopes up at all for anything other then new handheld titles.

Agree, i feel the same way.

[Arika]

They just reuse the old artwork from that book :(

more new art work = more new avatar in this site :wacko:

[stukasa]

I hate to say it, because I still like PSU, but I've completely lost confidence in ST's ability to turn this game around. ^^; It seems like no matter what they do, people keep leaving. They've made a lot of bad decisions and I hope that if they ever DO make another console Phantasy Star game, they will do better next time. PSU has a lot of potential and there's no substitute for it. I'll wait and see what they have planned next year. :)

[Neith]

I hate to say it, because I still like PSU, but I've completely lost confidence in ST's ability to turn this game around. ^^; It seems like no matter what they do, people keep leaving. They've made a lot of bad decisions and I hope that if they ever DO make another console Phantasy Star game, they will do better next time. PSU has a lot of potential and there's no substitute for it. I'll wait and see what they have planned next year. :)

That's pretty much what I feel. PSU could have been a much better game than it's become, but bad decisions and possibly the difficult community have ultimately influenced the progression (or rather, lack of) in the game.

When I look at PSP2, I see a game that potentially could re-write the rules for PSU. I do expect ST to revise PSU's battle system at least once more before it shuts down, and PSP2 could be where to draw ideas from.

Honestly, I'd rather hear news of a new console title, because I don't really think any improvements can do anything for PSU now; there simply aren't enough people left playing. With a new title, you'd have a larger playerbase to work with (or against, as the case may be).

I would have loved to see a successful Phantasy Star game after PSO, but unfortunately PSU didn't live up to a lot of people's expectations; my own included. I still play because of friends, and the lack of similar games but I always believe PSU could have potentially been so much more than it is. It's sad really.