Partner Machines

[Retributor]

I think im going to miss having mags, and finding them all over in Mines. Also, the idea of a partner machine, it doesnt followe you...until it levels up into a humanoid form, does that mean it will fight like an NPC or will it function like the old mag and provide support. I mean the balance needs to be there, especially if Hunters cant heal themselves. Which do you prefer old Mags or Partners Machines?

[Sha_Hua]

I always loved mags for fast tuning your char by equiping one.

But the game has changed a lot.
You can change your stats with the hunter, force and ranger mode.
Next to that the PM's have nice abilities.

I believe I will love my PM in PSU as much as my mag in PSO.

[Moo2u]

I'm still up in the air. I loved just having your mag follow you, but the PM sounds awesome. I'll wait till I try er out.

[Oji_Retta]

Definately the PM. They are superior to mags though they are both based on the same concept. PMs are what mags were supposed to be I feel. So, I will not miss mags...maybe only as accesories but that is it.

[Fullmetal16]

Ill will miss them i mean how cool is it to have a scorpion or cat follow you around and give you free easy stats.

[Kupi]

As a fanfiction writer, the concept of PMs gives me the ability to write an extra character for every Guardian I create. With Mags... sure, there's Sato and Nidra, but how the heck do you write a sentient backpack? My vote is squarely in PM territory.

[uhawww]

When I first saw the streaming footage of the a combatant PM type back during a PSU preview for PSOs 5th Anniversary late last year, I knew Partner Machinery were truly transcedent of Mags; a whole other level if you will.
I'll miss Mags, but I think there's now something more sweet to strive for.

[Moo2u]

On 2006-06-08 15:42, Kupi wrote:
As a fanfiction writer, the concept of PMs gives me the ability to write an extra character for every Guardian I create. With Mags... sure, there's Sato and Nidra, but how the heck do you write a sentient backpack? My vote is squarely in PM territory.

Actually, kinda funny, I used to write mags as characters, but they also did roles the PM will do in PSU (i.e. take care of house, etc.) I guess I called that one.

[linkzone]

Im a PM person. I like the Mag idea, it provided a good bit of work as a Mag Maker. Id build a Mag to max level and sell it to relatively new players and make a bit of money on the side. Especailly for the cooler looking Mags. But you could probably to that with the new PMs too. But Ill probably be more into raising a PM by myself for me only. I wouldnt want to buy one premade.

[Kyuu]

The mags were a cool idea with poor implementation. It was far too easy to get access to powerful weapons at extremely low levels by raising your stats with a level 200 mag that was given to you by a higher-level character. This is also probably why they ditched mags for Partner Machinery.

And no, PMs won't follow you around and provide stats when you level them up. From what I understand, they fight with you (although I don't think any beta testers were able to level their PM up high enough to say for sure one way or the other).