Hello, I'm new here but I've been playing PSO since it came out on the DC. Played MANY hrs online but after converting the file to ver 2 had to stop online play. From time to time I go back to play. Right now I'm hooked again. I've played for around 1900 hrs. Granted maybe a couple hundred of those hrs had been while I felt asleep playing all night , which happened very frequently. Read my sig for my Character info.
Recently I got very mad at the game and almost quit playing forever. I'm used to being able to find very good armor and unit items, but this have completely changed in Ult mode in ver 2.
In ver 1 I could find 12 stars units and 11 stars armors very frequently. 9 star weapons were the norm. Got a 10 star quest weapon(Soul Eater) but the other 10 stars That I could find I didn't like(ie Angry Fist).Then I got a little lucky and found a Delsaber arm(Buster, 11 stars) Still I had no complains about my 9 star weapons. They had good %s, my favorite was a Hell Calibur 15/0/0/40/0. This was a VERY useful sword(I hate the way Gungnirs look, that's why I didn't use a Hell Gungnir even if it had better ATA). Then got REALLY lucky and found the Hunter's Dream weapon: a Spread Needle(15/0/0/0/0). After this I could breeze thru the entire game so easily; even in Vhard. I guess I got spoiled by using the Needle.
Ok now comes ver 2, my Needle is useless and my 4 slot Ultimate Frame and Celestial Shield stats weren't high enough In Ultimate(Specially Ruins). All my weapons sucked because of the low ATP and ATA, but that was quickly remedied by finding Red handguns. Ancient Sabers and Red Swords came too, but the Humar low ATA make them impractical. But the Red Dagger fixed all that. Finally a strong weapon with a VERY high ATA. So now I had some useful weapons, but me being a Redria I was expecting to find good Armors right away. I couln't be any more wrong. I kept playing Ult Forest and caves very often, mines sometimes and ruins very seldom. It just took so long to play the Ult Ruins that it wasn't fun at all. Ult Dark Falz was hard but manageable, but playing thru 3 ruins drained my patience.
I decided to alternate Ult mode and VHard Ruins to see if I could find the Celestial Armor. I kept doing this level after level after level, and no better armors for me. I did get VERY, VERY lucky in VHard ruins once again and found my 2nd Spread Needle (0/0/0/0/20). With the hit % of this needle I actually have some uses for it in Ult mode. But still no better armors. Finally at around level 135 I found a 3 slot Parasite Wear: Nelgal, in a Cave 2 Box on Ult mode. Not great for Ult, but found something nonetheless. With that mokey out of my back I kept putting many hrs and I was rewarded at around lvl 145 with 3 slot Parasite Wear: Vajulla. My first 12 stars Armor, but it was found on Vhard mode wich got me upset because that was way better than anything found on Ult. I kept playing VHard and Finally found my first 12 stars weapon, a C-Bringers right Arm(Rifle). Unfortunately I can't use it, But I don't care. Nothing beats the feeling in PSO when you find an Uber Rare. VHard ruins also got me a Magical Piece(11 stars); can't use it either of course.
The point to all this is that I keep getting way cooler stuff from VHard than in Ult and I didn't think it should it been that way. For example the Celestial shield I found in Vhard had better stats than the Celestial Shield found in Ult. Another example is that the Armors I did find in ver 2 were actually ver 1 items. So it made me real mad and was getting ready to get rid of my DC and say goodbye to my Orosan file forever. Then at around lvl 159 it finally happened. The Sil Dragon dropped an unfamiliar blue box. My mind couldn't comprehened what my rising heartbeat was feeling. I kept looking at this 0 slot Sacred Cloth and kept thinking it was an item I couldn't wear or use. I hadn't seen an item ahead of my level for so long that I actually had forgotten that they looked grey until you lvl up. When my mind accepted the fact that I actually found what I've been searching for, I began to scream on the top of my lungs, Man that was a rush.
From that point on things changed. Now I can find 4 slots PW:Nelgal, I can buy 3 slots Celestial armors on the Armors Shop, and the Tollaw is even dropping them in the Forest. With the help of GameFaqs I grew a Nandin Mag, and most importantly found your fine web site and after studying the drop charts found new respect for ver2. Now I realize that Sonic Team didn't want to just make a harder ver1 game. They really thought it out and made a game where you really have to earn your rares. They created a new experience for us fans. It's truly a great Gift. Thanks Yuji Naka. No more I'm thinking about getting rid of my DC, now I see that journey is still in the beggining. I could still be playing my Orosan file for the next 5 years. Who Knows?
Once again, sorry for the long post, but after playing from lvl 100 to 166 offline I needed to vent.
Thanks guys for your patience if you got to this point. Now,,,,,,,,, how many more darn Ob Lillies I have to kill before I get my darn Tripollic Shield.
Sincerely:
Orosan
PS
Almost forgot my question to Redria Players: Did any other Redria players on the DC had trouble getting quality armors on Ultimate mode?
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