Have a couple of questions for a new player on PC.

[Tryken]

Hey. After playing Phantasy Star Zero (and loving it as I play), my fiancee and I thought it might be worth our wild to jump onto the MMO PSU. We have MMO background experience (I've played Ultima Online now for six years).

So, here are my questions:

What is a populated server to join?

Are there any guilds with friendly adults (we're both just 21, though).

Is the game like Guild Wars, in the sense that there are main cities and then all other areas are instanced? What is the party limit if this is true?

Is there more to the game than just getting past the main quests (such as hunting, item hunting)?

And, lastly, are there non-combat related things to do?


Thank you, and I hope to play with some of you, soon!

- Tryken

[FnalKnight]

The game is almost exactly like Guild Wars when it comes to "servers" You don't pick a server you simply login and then pick a Universe (or District in Guild Wars). To me it's basically a 6-player per dungeon Zelda mixed with MMO elements. There aren't really "guilds" in a literal sense but you can join with a group of friends. The PC version is kinda small in terms of community though. The game is really only like 10 bucks now. Get the Illuminus version to have all the bonus stuff, it's not an expansion but a replacement. You also only need one copy of the game you can install on two computers.

[SuperRygar]

What is a populated server to join?

The only difference is between consoles. There is the xbox360 servers and the PC/PS2 servers. Within those two platforms you can hop between a number of universes(servers) freely. The xbox360 servers have something like 4 times as many people on average.

Are there any guilds with friendly adults (we're both just 21, though).

You can look in the Player Matchup section of this forum, I think there's a guild on the xbox servers but its just a player made group. There is no in-game function for guilds. You can only trade player cards in-game which allows you to see if that person is online, where they are, and what character they are using.

Is the game like Guild Wars, in the sense that there are main cities and then all other areas are instanced? What is the party limit if this is true?

Yes, there's the 'overworld' where everybody runs around and goes to different towns and shops and lobby's. Then when you want to do a mission you go to the counter and start the mission and your in an instance. People can go to that counter where you are and join your mission if they meet the requirements and you didnt lock it

Is there more to the game than just getting past the main quests (such as hunting, item hunting)?

There's no quest's like in other games. There are story missions, team missions (minimum of 2 players), and free missions. So this game is pretty much ONLY item hunting.

And, lastly, are there non-combat related things to do?

Yes, but not many. There's a casino. There's an air-board racing thingy, which i've never done before. and uh...that's about it i think >.>


If you like PS zero for the gameplay you will like this game. Just dont expect it to be like other MMO's because its not. A person can only play so much PSU and you get bored/run out of things to do. If your going to be playing with your fiancee then you'l be ok in the sense of not having to solo. It will definitely be worth trying out for a month or two.

[Smidge204]

On the PC side, server ("Universe") 2 is where most people end up hanging out. The game is sparsely populated so you'll rarely run into crowds of people unless there's a special event going on... but on Uni 2 you can run into other people. If you're the social type, the key is to collect other people's cards so you can keep in touch through an in-game e-mail type system.

Not sure about guilds, honestly.

There are main areas (lobbies) and missions available from those lobbies. Missions are instanced but, as was mentioned, you can join a mission in progress if it's not locked by those already running it and you meet the requirements (some missions have minimum character level requirements)

No quests to speak of, as in there are no specific tasks that require running all over the place. It really is just item hunting.

Non-combat related things include the already mentioned casino and airboard race, and a handful of other player-vs-player missions which are primarily 'puzzle' (in the loosest sense of the word) based.
=Smidge=

[Volcompat321]

Hey. After playing Phantasy Star Zero (and loving it as I play), my fiancee and I thought it might be worth our wild to jump onto the MMO PSU. We have MMO background experience (I've played Ultima Online now for six years).

So, here are my questions:

What is a populated server to join?

Are there any guilds with friendly adults (we're both just 21, though).

Is the game like Guild Wars, in the sense that there are main cities and then all other areas are instanced? What is the party limit if this is true?

Is there more to the game than just getting past the main quests (such as hunting, item hunting)?

And, lastly, are there non-combat related things to do?


Thank you, and I hope to play with some of you, soon!

- Tryken

First, I'd like to say, awesome! Another person from Florida!
(You're seriously the 5th person from around my area! :D I only live 45 minutes to 1 hour away from Orlando)

Alright to answer your questions, the Xbox 360 server has more people than the Pc/Ps2, but if you're looking for more of a friendly environment Pc/Ps2 is the way to go (hopefully you have a PC).

There are plenty of guilds/clans to join, many on both servers. (Player Matchup, or by meeting people in game is the best way for that).

For the last few questions, yes, yes, yes. Party limit is 6. :D

[Xefi]

There is also this about subscribing and unsubscribing. The PC/Ps2 are easier
to unsubscribe by going to the main PSU site. As for Xbox360, if you don't mind,
you'll have to call them to be able to unsubscribe (which i find annoying).