Anybody enjoying the Classic Phantasy Stars?

[Rain_1]

I snagged a flash cart for my genny (yes, you heard it right) and i'm playing some phantasy star 2 right now and damn... the leveling up is really insane... i just started the game and i'm having to do some insane leveling up on Arima... just till i get 1200 meseta so i can bvuy the sword (which i did last night, but i though i was strong enough to go take on the scroudels on the east)...
lets just say that the third "floor" of the maze wasn't a happy journey...

if only i had used ryuka before the main dude (which i always forget the bname since i renamed him) died... too bad i didn't (and also forgot to save)..
oh well.. back to level 2 (which i'm playing right now... to level up all over again.. )

[HUnewearl_Meira]

Here's a tip, Rain_1: Any time you find an enemy that will reproduce in large numbers, spend some time leveling up on them. Blastoids in Climatrol are probably the best-- they give a fairly large amount of EXP compared to others in the area they're found in and only do a few HP in damage.

The strategy for dealing with this sort of monster is simple. Hold your party back from just slaughtering them. Have only one or two people attack to begin with. When there's only one left, don't attack at all. Wait for it to reproduce. Heal if needed. Attack with only 1 person when there are two. Rinse. Repeat.

[Rain_1]

That sounds mostly boring...
i rather walk around killing monsters..

I shall not use the ancient form of recoboxing!

[HUnewearl_Meira]

You'll come around. Phantasy Star II is far more leveling-intense than PSO. While many set level 200 as their goal in PSO, you can realistically beat it by level 130 or even sooner. In Phantasy Star II, however, you'll find yourself disappointed to discover that you're stuck at the end of the game at level 30, still needing another 15 to 20 levels to be able to stand up against Dark Force. Those will be the longest levels of your life.

[Nai_Calus]

I'm playing PSIV right now. I suppose it would have made more sense to start with, say, PSI, but I'm the kind of person who reads the newspaper from the BACK page of the section fowards. >_>

Whoever designed Kuran needs to die. Also the people responsible for Nurvus, but.

And I need to stop wandering randomly in dungeons and going almost directly to the boss. Dark Force hurts. >_>;;;

[opaopajr]

hahaha, oh dear, designs of nurvus and kuran getting you down? oh lord, what fun you are in for in the other games, especially PS2. when people talk about overwhelming dungeons they often point example to PS2. beautifully made, grindingly complex.

this is like my 4th going through of the game (without beating it! argh) because i keep losing my saves (evil bastards who save over my games, die! must die!). but yeah, leveling with monsters that divide is a great tactic. i bothered to actually lvl amy, hugh, and shir to around 15 before finishing climatrol. do you know how hard it is to lvl with just amy and hugh with rolf and nei? fun, but you really have to plan your battles differently. by the way, vol kicks ass. now i have rudo, kain, and anna around 16~17 and off to finish green dam and head for the prison satellite.

quick tip, actually basic tip, always, always, always, ... did i say always yet?... always, have a telepipe and escapipe smoewhere stocked on your party. you only need one of each, and after ryuka and hinas is learned you'll probably have those two pipes follow into the end of the game, but it is easily the most prudent course of action. and buying oodles of mates is a great idea, unless you are saving up $ for equip. once nei goes, the freeflow reservoir of res goes too. everyone else has really useful spells and burning it up on out-of-combat healups becomes a dangerous game. never know when you'll need those more powerful techs to stay alive and then hightail it back to town.

lately, since i'm getting tired of redoing all this stuff, i'm just using bitmaps of the dungeons to beat them faster. once i get where i was (finishing off the last of the nei gear -- yes, i was that close...) then i'll go back to exploring on my own.

[Nai_Calus]

After I finish IV, I'm gonna go back and do I, and then II.

*stabs the Air Castle* Fuck, does this place never end? Oh well, I need to level like whoa anyway. >_>;;; My highest-levelled character is L27. >_>;;;

And Chaz keeps dying. Chaz, then Rika, then Wren, then Kyra, then Rune, in order of frequency of getting pwned.

Anyone else think the whole 'Rune is Lutz, sort of' thing is REALLY FUCKING CREEPY? >_>;;;

[Omega_Nova]

On 2005-03-19 03:03, Ian-KunX wrote:
After I finish IV, I'm gonna go back and do I, and then II.

*stabs the Air Castle* Fuck, does this place never end? Oh well, I need to level like whoa anyway. >_>;;; My highest-levelled character is L27. >_>;;;

And Chaz keeps dying. Chaz, then Rika, then Wren, then Kyra, then Rune, in order of frequency of getting pwned.

Anyone else think the whole 'Rune is Lutz, sort of' thing is REALLY FUCKING CREEPY? >_>;;;

I found it a bit wierd, mind you I was still trying to figure out how Wren got from PS3 to PS4 at that point, in air castle I just gave up on figuring that out, Anyways, back to relevance by that point Ian a good place to level up is that tower on Dezo (If its still there, I can remeber if it is as it took me around 6 months to get through this game, on and off) If its not there, do some guild quests, drive around Dezo randomly pwning monsters in your land rover and ice digger, then come back with lots of healing items (I used Rika, what a pain).

[HUnewearl_Meira]

On 2005-03-19 05:43, Omega_Nova wrote:
I was still trying to figure out how Wren got from PS3 to PS4 at that point

He didn't. They're androids of the same type, but not the same designation. To borrow from the Japanese games, Phantasy Star 3 has an android named Shiiwren, and Phantasy Star 4 has an android named Fuorwren.

There are many other Wren-types encountered in the fallen space craft on Motavia.

[Omega_Nova]

Ahh, thankts for the explaination