Would you say that PSO2 is one of the best game you've ever played

[Hysteria1987]

I enjoy the game for what it is, but it's certainly not one of the best games I've played. The original PSO was way better to me. Beyond being a bit too anime-ish for me (but that's a personal style thing), the quests just aren't interesting. Most maps are basically cubes or corridors, and due to random spawns there's not much in the way of interesting enemy layouts.

EQs are definitely an interesting feature, buuuut outside of them nobody seems to do anything.

There's little in the way of immersion, either. In the original PSO you always had some story excuse for doing what you were doing, and the mystery of what happened to the Pioneer I was genuinely interesting. Here it just feels like you're doing stuff because why not. You had a job back then (*hitches up pants and complains about young people*), you wore armour because what you were doing was dangerous, and the aesthetics fit in with the atmosphere of the game. Now basically every quest is the same, and outside of EQs, ain't nobody in 'em.

So in short, no- I think the original PSO took this concept and did it better.

Don't get me wrong, like I said I enjoy the game for what it is, but maaaan, I want to write a futuristic MMO that fixes those problems. Of course, I have no time, no motivation and, more importantly, no game-making skills.

[Lumpen Thingy]

naaa man i'm a veteran in vindictus and mabinogi and the things in the markets were OBTAINABLE within a decent amount of time.

In this game you can't fucking buy certain things or sell WITHOUT AC

That's fucked up and gamebreaking. No fucking game does this but this one

Fucking PSU didn't even do that. Just like Japan, throwing out good stuff and replacing it with regurgitation...

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So what you're saying is that you're level 60 in PSO2 and you think 10 mil is ALOT of meseta? Only figuring that since making money and buying things in this game is REALLY easy compared to most mmos. Also JP PSU when it was free to play didn't allow you to buy or sell things in player shops yet PSO2 free players can do just that if you actually know how to(the hint is learn to farm EX cubes).

[LunaSolstice]

Hell no this economy is the worst i've EVER seen in ANY fucking game EVER.

Play NA Elsword and try to come back here and say that again LOL

That economy is much worse than this one. It was the last mmo I played before playing PSO2 and there were things that costed well over 2billion lol

Majority of the end game gear sets also costed over 2 billion compared to a much cheaper price in PSO2

[Tyaph]

I've certainly been playing this game a lot more than I thought I would. That alone makes it a good game to me. It may even be my favorite game to play, but I do have a few problems with the game. One of them being that the story is great, but the matter boards are something you have to go out of your way to do, so few people experience it.

[NoobSpectre]

Cons:
- Stupid rare drop rate (not SEGA fault, SEA server fault), which each Elder 11* drop like 50 per week since August, while I so much as getting a falclaw only throughout 1 year play.
- Withholding collabs to other servers in the world, share of culture between countries is needed, its not like Jpn servers release porn costumes, or vice versa.
- 10* above needs premium, and nope, I need only end list of 10* weaps and units, not those drop in mbd.
- Loli Star Online 2 (all)/ Nazonde/Hato Star Online 2 (SEA)
- Less CAST parts in later scratch (I see the parts in broadcast #34 quite good though)

Pros:
- CAST (male)
- Wide range of quest from free to go but useless to expensive entry ticket but good loot, and yeah, Emergency Quest around.
- AIS with Wave Motion Cannon
- Combined Techs and new pa (sphere eraser is still a good view pa, good view...)
- The famous troll from our Final Boss, Dudica or Monudu.

[Xaelouse]

DD-ON feels better to play, although the boss fights aren't as flashy. I wish Bouncer had shield sage's enchanting and importance as a support class

[Lumpen Thingy]

DD-ON feels better to play, although the boss fights aren't as flashy. I wish Bouncer had shield sage's enchanting and importance as a support class

get flash guard and auto mate and you have your "shield" as for support if it had good support it would make techer WORTHLESS

[saphirkatze]

I've only been playing since April of this year, so counting the DDOS downtime and the extra week before I was able to reconnect, I've logged well over 400 hours in. I can personally say that, as a bit of a completionist, that PSO2 is one of the better games I've played in my life. Is it the best, of course not, but for now, I'm pretty much just playing this.

As for a F2P game, IMPO, SEGA as found the perfect balance between the free aspect and the micro transactions aspect. I wasn't force to expand my item slots, I just wanted to in order to grab everything I could to sale for cash. I wasn't forced to buy a new Mag, I just screwed up my first one. I wasn't forced to get premium, I just wanted to have multiple client orders in order to complete them faster.

It's still amazes me that such a large game is technically free and yet, they still make so much money out of it.

Absolutely.

One of the - if not the - best combat systems in MMOs with good diversity. The skill trees actually make sense unlike many other MMOs. Sure, there's improvement potential... but what we already have is already good.

I like how the instances are organized as well. Many games have problems with what to do with old instances once you overgrow them, many end up stat clamping the player. PSO solves this very elegant imo, by giving you the chance to destroy the lower instances if you wish to or go into the higher ones for better exp/loot. Client Orders provide replay value on one side and a good motivation to not just rush through the level on the other. EQs are good motivations for players to get together and kinda push teamplay. This is like MMOs should be done!

On top of that the already mentioned marketplace. I think it's really really greatly done. You can choose to play the game completely for free if you wish. And if, at some point, you think "Man, I sure played a huge amount of time here...whoops, 700h! I should give this game something back!", you have pretty neat and convienient items that will improve your QoL ingame.

All in one, PSO2 is a great MMO and shows in many ways how FTP MMOs should be. It surely is one of the best games I've played (that's why I still play it through it's partly untranslated) and my only wish is that they officially allow non-Japanese players and the English patch, so I wouldn't live in constant fear of losing my characters

[Neith]

No.

That's not to say it's a bad game; I do have fun for the most part when I play. I just don't feel the same urge to log on as I did with PSO and I don't feel like hunting anything because it's probably easier to buy it from someone in most situations. I also really dislike the economy which has resulted in ridiculous prices for things like hairstyles, accessories etc. I know you can get around this with Arks Scratch but I'd much rather the Arks Scratch be replaced by adding current scratch items to a temporary AC Shop (so you can choose what you want to spend your AC on rather than relying on dumb luck).

The easiest way for me to describe PSO2 is that in 10-15 years time I probably won't consider PSO2 a memorable game, whereas the original PSO still is to me. I know it's largely nostalgia but I just don't get the same interest when I'm on PSO2.

(Incidentally, the best game I've ever played was Front Mission 3, so not even the original PSO).

[Gama]

pretty much the only game i play so i guess it is.