Misc. Network Mode news

[Simmerl]

01/12 server update:

* expert classes unlocked
* level cap 60
* axes unlocked
* some new missions (s rank)

some other stuff, too


Source:
http://www.phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=102

[Magician]

Cool, I wasn't expecting this until sometime after the NA release.

[DizzyDi]

lol.
Level cap +10. People are gunna cap out again in like 2 days. At least expert classes are unlocked.

[AngelLight]

I couldn't nail down where it said axes (babelfish, like any translator, is not 100%). But I did see where they're talking about 2 new SUV weps for Casts, new Photon Arts, and a slew of other neat things.

I figured that they would at least have expert classes before US/EN release. Unlinke JP markets, most US/EN gamers generally dont take well to games feeling incomplete. This is going to be real exciting I'm sure. ^_^

[EspioKaos]

Aside from just axes, it says that eight weapon types will be unlocked in network mode. I found this picture (http://psu.rdy.jp/src/up5908.jpg) showing what looks to be a list of them from the official site which apparently was taken down for some reason. It shows the double saber, axe, twin claw, claw, grenade, laser cannon, crossbow and card.

Other things worth mentioning are new clothing and cast parts as well as a ton of new room goods and reform tickets.

[AngelLight]

Ah and there's the confirmation to the weapons from yesterday's confirmation ^_^

Great catch there Espio.

One thing....I'm assuming you're able to read JP, so on this issue of card weapons: are the only card weapons ones that look like fans? Or perhaps they will have the more traditional card looking weapons like Talis or Mahu?

[Ryudo]

I believe it also says the first online story mission with Laia Martinez is going to be added? Or am I reading that wrong? ;o

[EspioKaos]

On 2006-10-06 05:34, AngelLight wrote:
One thing....I'm assuming you're able to read JP, so on this issue of card weapons: are the only card weapons ones that look like fans? Or perhaps they will have the more traditional card looking weapons like Talis or Mahu?

It doesn't say, unfortunately. But, considering that we've already seen sabers that resemble halogen lightbulb tubes (Keikoutou) and other random non-saber looking items, I think it's safe to assume that we'll get some rare cards that dont' look like fans. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if we get a throwback to Mahu or something similar.

[kyori]

Yes yes YES! This is the update a lot of us have been waiting for! Other details:

New my room items,reform tickets, PM Device zero (lets you reset pm), New clothes! 5-7 star equipment will be available, new arts/techs, story mission, and 2 new SUVs. The PSU update gear is finally rolling!!!!



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[AngelLight]

Well that's fine, I'm sure we'll find out soon. To be honest, I'm kind of glad they did add card weapons. They're the shotguns of forces and anything that can tag more then one target added to the already impressive (though nerfed from PSO) AoE abilities of forces are for sure a good thing (assuming they function the same which we'll have to wait and see).

[physic]

ok this finally looks like a good update, and now biweekly updates are starting supposedly, this is workabale stuff, hopefully NA will be on a similar schedule, -the one month of nothing (say 2 weeks of nothing is cool. basically hopefully we will only be 4-6 weeks behind jp instaed of 8-10

[AngelLight]

I'll go out on a limb here and say that US release will have expert classes at the very least on retail. Some of it (especially the story missions) might be behind the JP schedule, but game play issues wont I'm fairly sure. It's in SEGA's best interest to have that at least.

[AnamanaAU]

Perhaps US will get more stuff from the start. Seeing as they've done testing?

[physic]

well the they said the reason we wont be connected is supposedly because we will be on a different unlocking schedule. So i doubt we will get anything they didnt get at start, but if the updates were really held up for purposes of second beta testing then we shouldnt have to wait that month, i suppose we will see, but its good to see that online mode will have some story, and that stuff not available offline will be unlocked.

[Anera]

so who's be updateing the 360 ver? SEGA or Microsoft people?

[Parn]

Consistent updates whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

That will make two updates in two weeks following the official service restart. That makes me very happy. Hopefully this is maintained somewhat, even if it's only single quests on some weeks.

[Saner]

wow good news! where's Shiramisu? oh...probably killed himself too early due to the anxiety attack of not enough updates.....




but wait this update is for the Japan servers, who's to say the US servers wont start from scratch like Japan did?

[Parn]

I'm sure we will start from scratch since it'd be sort of unfair to the Japanese players, but if the US servers follow the same update schedule, it won't matter at all. A consistent update schedule will keep interest for a long time.

[SoujiSeta]

I'm not even level 50 yet ;_;

Must do more Dora A runs NAO!

[Shiro_Ryuu]

sweet, I've been wanting to see some axes.

[Saner]

ya it felt long for JP version since the first month didn't start well, so it actually truly began in October.

so ya things are looking good.

[Mikedot]

On 2006-10-06 05:31, EspioKaos wrote:
It shows the double saber, axe, twin claw, claw, grenade, laser cannon, crossbow and card.

ZOMG! GAMBIT STYLE!

KINETIC CARD KINETIC CARD KINETIC CARD KINETIC CARD KINETIC CARD KINETIC CARD KINETIC CARD KINETIC CARD

[Saner]

personally I think an axe is unncessary. a Slicer would be a more unique weapon.

Axe's are wielded like a combination of saber and spear. just another swinging stick. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



but wait you mean all this time Laser Cannons, Claws and Double Sabers weren't online??!?!?? oh I guess I have been watching too much Extra Mode media. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Mikedot]

Offtopic = Congrats on your 3000th post, Saner.

[Saner]

it is?!?!?!?

Oh I haven't noticed! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_salad.gif http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/burger.gif http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/frenchfries.gif http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_ketchup.gif http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/cone.gif

[Nisshoku]

Man, this brings a smile to my face. I was kind hoping it was gonna be this week, but this is definitely better.

Not only that, but finally, some story missions. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[AC9breaker]

Woot! Grenede launcher! I just need 4 1/2 more Ranger levels before I can be a Fortegunner!.

/skeet

[DraginHikari]

Actually from what I recall from the interview they said they were going to try to update in the same timeframe as the JP server... which means means since they got this stuff this far after release that we might get in that long as well. However it's hard to say, we may not have the month beta period JP had either

[Valkayree]

On 2006-10-06 06:31, Anera wrote:
so who's be updateing the 360 ver? SEGA or Microsoft people?



Most likely Sega, under some kind of client software like PlayOnline for FFXI. If Microsoft ran and updated the servers and handled the updates, well, PSU would lag like Saint's Row multiplayer...

[Valkayree]

On 2006-10-06 07:56, Saner wrote:
personally I think an axe is unncessary. a Slicer would be a more unique weapon.

Axe's are wielded like a combination of saber and spear. just another swinging stick. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



but wait you mean all this time Laser Cannons, Claws and Double Sabers weren't online??!?!?? oh I guess I have been watching too much Extra Mode media. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



Haha a slicer is just a glorified boomerang, an axe just looks like a glorified polearm, but both are unique in their own right. I'm sure they have unique attack animations. I mean you stab with a spear, swing with an axe, and if you have a halberd, well you do both, but I don't think they have a halberd. Eh, I think it's more of a style thing instead of a functionality thing. If you are complaining about lack of uniqueness, then you could have said "why didn't they make blowdarts, or a chaingun, or throwing daggers, or maces, or morningstars, etc. etc.

[James2006]

Is the updated 5-7 star equipment the most rare in online PSU now, or do rares > 8 stars already exist in online mode.

[Sev]

On 2006-10-06 08:33, AC9breaker wrote:

/skeet



I only wanna quote that part. That's the first time I've ever in my life seen a /skeet. For me... It's worth quoting, although it's pretty horrible when I think about it. Keep up the good work though. XD

I think as long as the US servers don't go into Beta Mode, we'd probably get our first update around the 3rd week and it would go from there? That's just speculation, but in my mind it sounds decent.

And I really don't think it should take people 2 days to get from 50 to 60 unless they're doing some serious power playing. It'd be nice if I could ask a level 50 what their EXP needed was from 49-50 and how long it took to get there... Or if it pulls and FFXI and suddenly doubles the amount of EXP you need to get the next level and resumes at a normal pace from there.

[uhawww]

OMG.
I wake up and all this shows up in PSU Announcements...

-PSU Episode 2 Chapter 1 Unlock
-Guardians Colony S Rank Missions
-Level Cap Increase
-Expert Classes
-Photon Arts Level Cap Increase
-Double Sabers and Axes
-New Photon Arts
-New SUV Weapons
-New 6*-8* Weapons and Armor
-New Clothing and Cast PArts
-New My Room Reformation Tickets
-PM Device Zero

I take back anything I may have wrongly insinuated bad about the state of Network Mode.

F*cking http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/burger.gif

[Saner]

lol now everyone is using my trademark Whopper. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

[SoujiSeta]

There is no ham in a hamburger.

[ayrista]

on another note, I saw two monsters I havent seen in any of offline mode last night, In the new areas past the dragon

[SoujiSeta]

On 2006-10-06 09:25, ayrista wrote:
on another note, I saw two monsters I havent seen in any of offline mode last night, In the new areas past the dragon



This?
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/9073/psu20061005185613001sd1.jpg

[AngelLight]

On 2006-10-06 09:08, uhawww wrote:
OMG.
I wake up and all this shows up in PSU Announcements...

-PSU Episode 2 Chapter 1 Unlock
-Guardians Colony S Rank Missions
-Level Cap Increase
-Expert Classes
-Photon Arts Level Cap Increase
-Double Sabers and Axes
-New Photon Arts
-New SUV Weapons
-New 6*-8* Weapons and Armor
-New Clothing and Cast PArts
-New My Room Reformation Tickets
-PM Device Zero



You forgot to add that Grenade Launchers and Card Weapons are now unlocked too ^_^

Force Shotguns FTW http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/drakee.gif

[uhawww]

OK. Full Tanslated action.

October 12 Update Contents:

Story Mission
Episode 2 Chapter 1 "The Masked Woman"

-Start Counter: Guardians Colony, Clyez City: 5F

It's time for the new Guardians to undergo some On-The-Job training. Guardians who have not been acquainted with her will have the infamous Reia Martinez assigned as their instructor. This assignment will involve an attack on the Mizuraki Preserve. An encounter with two others awaits Reia...

-What are Story Missions?

Updated only for network mode, these are single player missions. They are periodically updated, forming an enjoyable serial drama (this could be directly translated into "Soap Opera").

Mission changes and updates

For the bleow listed Missions, S-Rank missions will be added. These are intended for high-level players (Access to Rank A or above).
-The Damaged Communications Thoroughfare (Guardians' Colony)
-Retake the Plant (Linear Line: Central Relay Terminal)

System Updates

-Level Cap Increase
The character level cap will be increase4d from 50 to 60

-Addition of Expert Character Types
Seven (7) Expert Types for current Hunters, Rangers, and Forces will be added
When certain Class Levels are reached, these can be selected from the Type Selection Counter.

The Following Types will be added:
FiGunner
Unification of Hunter and Ranger. They are versed primarily in Melee weapons, but can also use certain ranged weapons.
GunTechter
Unification of Ranger and Force. They are versed primarily in Ranged weapons, but may also use Techniques.
WarTechter
Unification of Hunter and Force. They primarily use Techniques, but may also defend themselves with melee weapons
ForteFighter
Hunter specialized class. Their overall selection of weapons is lessened, but have bonuses to both Attack and Defense.
ForteGunner
Ranger specialized class. Their overall selection of weapons is lessened, but have bonuses to Accuracy and Attack.
ForTechter
Technique fortification. They have mastered all techniques, increasing their power overall, but have extremely low defense.
ProTrancer
Jack-of-all-trades. They have embraced traps as a viable means to fight. Trap effectiveness is increased. They may also use a variety of standard weapons.

-Photon Arts Level Cap Increase
Photon Arts Level Cap will be uncreased to 30, however your specific level limit may differ, depending on your class.

Item Updates

-8 Weapon types, including Double Sabers and Axes will be added

-With the addition of newly available weapons, their respective Photon Arts will be added. There will also be Technique additions.

-Rank 5*-7* Weapons and Armor, Rank 6*-8* Basic Items will be added.

-2 new SUV weapons will be added

-New Clothes (for Human, Newman, and Beast) and new Parts (for Cast) will be added to the Clothing Shops.

-Many My Room REformation Tickets will be added to Room Goods shop

-"PM Device ZERO" will be added to Room Goods Shop. You may re-initialize a raised PM if you are dissatisfied with the way it was raised. The PM will be reset to level 0 when used.

Note for PSU Mobile

We are in the process of updating the "The New Item Picture Book" page for our PSU Mobile Network. The information will be published in tandem with the scheduled update.
To Access:
iMode: MenuList > Game > MiniGame > Sonic Cafe
EZWeb: TopMenu > Category Search > Game > Synthesis > Sonic Cafe
Yahoo!Mobile: MenuList > Mobbile Game > Game Pack > Sonic Cafe

This comes a little late, as most of the highlights of this impending update are already being discussed on other threads:
Level Cap:
http://www.pso-world.com/viewtopic.php?topic=120597&forum=20&17
Story Mission:
http://www.pso-world.com/viewtopic.php?topic=120596&forum=20&9
PM Device ZERO:
http://www.pso-world.com/viewtopic.php?topic=120609&forum=20&8
New PMs Evolutions?:
http://www.pso-world.com/viewtopic.php?topic=120279&forum=20&69

Edit: Edited for clarity

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[SephYuyX]

ForteFighter
Hunter specialized class. Their selection of melee weapons is lessened, but have bonuses to both Attack and Defense.

Hmmm.. in another thread Fortefighters had:


Fortefighter
S-Rank Swords, Knuckles, Spear, Double Saber, Axe, Twin Sabers, Twin Daggers, Twin Claws, Saber, Dagger, Claw
A-Rank Handgun
Though this was from a magizine.


A big difference, if the part about 'Their selection of melee weapons is lessened' is true. Unless they are referring to something else.

[uhawww]

Well...

This is from the Official Site about ForteFighters:

ˆµ‚¦‚é•�Ší‚Ì�”‚Í�*‚È‚¢‚à‚Ì‚Ì�A�UŒ‚—Í�E–hŒä—Í‚Æ‚à‚É ”ñ�í‚É�‚‚¢�B

I translated the first clause more directly as:
"Although the number of weapons they can handle are few..."

I may be wrong.
Need some backup on this one to verify, since this also applies to ForteGunners respectively.

[Kupi]

Given that we've seen screenshots showing what weapons they're able to use, I think the best localized version of the statement would be, "Though their range of weapons is narrowed almost exclusively to melee weapons, they gain a significant boost to attack and defense". Ditto for Fortegunners, just substitute "ranged weapons".

[SephYuyX]

That makes sence. I guess the word 'melee' threw me off, as I tend to think melee weapons = anything not ranged.

[Kamica]

Wow ST is even releasing level 30 Photon Arts...

The face of this game is going to change a lot with this update. Even though there isn't going to be a whole lot of new missions in this new update, I think most people will enjoy this update more than the one that we just got.

[Asim]

When will we have thes eupdates for JP, January 12th '07 ?

[Valkayree]

On 2006-10-06 09:07, Sev wrote:

Or if it pulls and FFXI and suddenly doubles the amount of EXP you need to get the next level and resumes at a normal pace from there.



Yeah the exp gain needed tnl from lvl 50-60 in FFXI is waaaaay unbalanced.

[Valkayree]

On 2006-10-06 09:46, SoujiSeta wrote:


On 2006-10-06 09:25, ayrista wrote:
on another note, I saw two monsters I havent seen in any of offline mode last night, In the new areas past the dragon



This?
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/9073/psu20061005185613001sd1.jpg



Looks like a mutated chicken.

[Asim]

For what systems are the updates for ? I just realized it for october not January lolz

[EJ]

For both PC and PS2 verisons in Japan.

[Asim]

Oh yeah I didn't realize how obvious the answers were until now. Only two versions released lol

[mananas]

So single and double claws were never on network?

[Kyuu]

On 2006-10-06 11:49, Asim wrote:

When will we have thes eupdates for JP, January 12th '07 ?
If you look at the link posted, you can see that it's supposed to be 10/12 (well, if you know enough Japanese to pick out the date, anyway), or October 12th, not 01/12. It was a typo.

[Maxurion]

I'm going to assume that "same update schedule as JP" means everyone gets updated at the same time. As in US will start with whatever updates JP has. This makes the most sense IMO because the JP and US/EU servers will be linked on the Xbox 360.

[Ether]

Actually in an interview a while ago they specifically said the US version would be behind the Japanese version in updates, probably about 2 months since thats how far apart their release dates are

[Alisha]

On 2006-10-06 11:52, Valkayree wrote:


On 2006-10-06 09:07, Sev wrote:

Or if it pulls and FFXI and suddenly doubles the amount of EXP you need to get the next level and resumes at a normal pace from there.



Yeah the exp gain needed tnl from lvl 50-60 in FFXI is waaaaay unbalanced.

it jumps because the capacity of players to kill things grows tremendously before then blms are king it used to be worse though before the 360 version came out they lowered the overall exp needed to get from 50-75 i tused to jump from like 5k tnl to like 10k tnl ay lvl 51.

saner gryz is diaspointed axes own and he will now use crash on you!

[Maxurion]

On 2006-10-06 13:43, Ether wrote:
Actually in an interview a while ago they specifically said the US version would be behind the Japanese version in updates, probably about 2 months since thats how far apart their release dates are



Huh... ok, but hopefully they'll keep updates such as level caps and expert classes synched... otherwise I'm going to be playing with some people past the level cap, heh heh.

[Saner]

it jumps because the capacity of players to kill things grows tremendously before then blms are king it used to be worse though before the 360 version came out they lowered the overall exp needed to get from 50-75 i tused to jump from like 5k tnl to like 10k tnl ay lvl 51.

saner gryz is diaspointed axes own and he will now use crash on you!



LOL! Crash was one of the most inaccurate Skills ever! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif like a 5% chance of hitting target. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

*easily sidesteps*

[ShadowDragon28]

On G4TV X-play; the Tokyo Game Show episode, under "fun games for XBox 360" he said that in japan the online portion for PC/PS2 had been "suspended due to cheating. " http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/videos/index.html

Watch the video called: " TGS FUN 360 Games " the PSU part is after the DOA:Extreme 2 part.

Now WTF? Are the writters or Sessler just ignorant? WTF about Jp PSU for PC & PS2 is "suspended"? What fraking "cheating"? I've seee no prove of *online* f***ing cheating on PSU. Idiots. In-depth server-maintenace and network overhalls with the adding of a new server does not equal "suspended."

Huge update coming up, and G4TV's X-play is reporting that online PSU for jp PC & PS2 was "suspended" Bullsh*t.

Are they Microsoft whores or something?

[Parn]

They are ignorant. It's part of why I laugh when people only believe news if it's from a "reputable website" when most of these websites are comprised of people like you and me. I mean, Christ. I used to write for a "reputable website" and it amounts to jack and shit.

So yeah, G4 TV sucks.

[-Break-]

Good news.

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[EspioKaos]

On 2006-10-06 11:01, uhawww wrote:
Well...

This is from the Official Site about ForteFighters:

ˆµ‚¦‚é•�Ší‚Ì�”‚Í�*‚È‚¢‚à‚Ì‚Ì�A�UŒ‚—Í�E–hŒä—Í‚Æ‚à‚É ”ñ�í‚É�‚‚¢�B

I translated the first clause more directly as:
"Although the number of weapons they can handle are few..."

I may be wrong.
Need some backup on this one to verify, since this also applies to ForteGunners respectively.
For the sake of verification, your translation is accurate. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

EDIT: Almost forgot. Here are translations of the blurbs under the new weapons listed in that pic I posted this morning.

Axe: A double-handed melee weapon. Due to how slowly this weapon swings, it's extremely difficult to handle, however it can inflict massive damage with a single blow. ("Massive damage;" yeah, I said it. I couldn't resist. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif)

Grenade: A double-handed ranged weapon. It has high attack power, however due to the parabolic flight path of the grenades it launches, it will take some practice to become skilled with this weapon.

Card: A single-handed ranged weapon. A photon blade in the form of a card, this weapon is capable of firing off multiple shots at once.

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[uhawww]

So there's this giant enemy Gol Dolba...

[Nephias]

Its going to be fairly disheartning if the US and EU servers have to wait two months for expert classes,I sincerely hope we either start with them or get'em soon afterwards.




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[kyori]

How is that after JP having to wait?

[Alisha]

jp only had to wait because of the extended beta period so i doubt it will be a long wait for us gamers.

[Kyuu]

Technically, they're only having to wait a couple weeks, since official service started on October 1st. The previous month was delegated to beta status (and no one had to pay) because they had to quash the problems they encountered at launch.