Thoughs on FOCasts?

[Rhypht]

I'm just curious if there will be any benefit/incentive at all for playing a Force Cast character. The description of them now states that they have 'very limited' technique power, but they do have some, in contrast to PSO1. Is there a catch that gives this specific class an edge?

[Randomness]

Sure. They'll hit harder with physical attacks than other forces will, if it's anything like PSU. (And they'll be every bit as capable with any techs that don't care about stats... so stuff like SDJZ, Anti, etc.)

[FenixStryk]

As a Force, I'd want to prioritize T-ATK over my other stats. While Casts do have better HP, Non-Tech Defense and Non-Tech Damage, the difference is minimal.

Similarly, the difference in base T-ATK between a FOcast and a FOnewearl (the worst vs. the best) is about 13% (432 vs. 495). It's there, and it's the biggest stat difference in the entire game, but I'd reckon you can still live with it if you're not a min-maxer.

Considering Casts are the best Hunters and Rangers on paper, and hybrid classes will probably be suited to them as well, it's an acceptable sacrifice.

The numbers, if you want them (subject to change)

Level	HP	PP	S-ATK	R-ATK	T-ATK	S-DEF	R-DEF	T-DEF	ABIL
100	594	100	367		384		432		357		340		446		465 (FOcast)
100	522	100	350		377		495		340		340		493		452 (FOnewearl)

[AC9breaker]

A blight upon the universe.

[Zeota]

A blight upon the universe.

This man speaks the truth!

[Ryudo]

The increased HP and defence lets them use skills like PP convert and Photon Flare with less risk

[Ithildin]

I think its bloody ridiculous. What's the point in having different characters if they are all the same in the end?

[Vashyron]

The numbers, if you want them (subject to change)

Level    HP    PP    S-ATK    R-ATK    T-ATK    S-DEF    R-DEF    T-DEF    ABIL
100    594    100    367        384        432        357        340        446        465 (FOcast)
100    522    100    350        377        495        340        340        493        452 (FOnewearl)

The stats at Level 51+ are "broken," personally I wouldn't use them as an example.

That said, regardless the stats are quite close anyway.

[Griffin]

Completely unfair! I imagine their base Tech Attack will be lower than that of even humans.

[Saotome Kaneda]

The stats at Level 51+ are "broken," personally I wouldn't use them as an example.

That said, regardless the stats are quite close anyway.

^ ^ ^ ^
Unless they actually mean for all other stats to act like that while allowing Ability to continue rising, which would mean that Ability does a lot more than we originally thought...

But yeah to keep it within the scope of the upcoming beta you should compare the known working stats at levels that matter: 1, 20, and 50(only if the levels past 50 are actually wrong)

Of course ignoring the EXP reqs...

FOnewearl
Level	EXP	HP	PP	S-ATK	R-ATK	T-ATK	S-DEF	R-DEF	T-DEF	ABIL
1	30	150	100	72	82	99	72	72	94	94
20	31600	221	100	224	257	308	224	224	294	208
50	422990	334	100	320	367	440	320	320	420	296

FOcast
Level	EXP	HP	PP	S-ATK	R-ATK	T-ATK	S-DEF	R-DEF	T-DEF	ABIL
1	30	171	100	75	84	86	75	72	85	97
20	31600	252	100	235	262	268	235	224	266	214
50	422990	380	100	336	374	384	336	320	380	304

FOcaseal
Level	EXP	HP	PP	S-ATK	R-ATK	T-ATK	S-DEF	R-DEF	T-DEF	ABIL
1	30	169	100	74	85	86	72	75	85	97
20	31600	250	100	232	264	268	224	235	266	214
50	422990	377	100	332	378	384	320	336	380	304