[EspioKaos]

The August edition of Famitsu's online gaming magazine Connect!On went on sale today in Japan. Included in this issue is a Q&A session to give fans an update on what's going on with Ambition of the Illuminus. I haven't been able to find an actual scan just yet, so this information comes from Shougai PSO.

Q01: Will enemy parameters be weakened when playing solo?
A01: They will not.

Q02: Will the Photon Fortune/Holy Light system be modified?
A02: It will not.

Q03: Will Club Commune be open from now one?
A03: Following the end of the Famitsu Cup, the club will remain open.

Q04: Will there be any new weapons aside from the Photon Whip and Slicer?
A04: The only new weapon families are Photon Whip, Slicer, Madoog and Shadoog.

Q05: What will the maximum character level cap in Ambition of the Illuminus be?
A05: We are planning on the cap being lv.200; increases will be released periodically.

Q06: Will there be any new types aside from Acrofighter and Acrotecher?
A06: Possibly.

Q07: Will and future "collaboration events" such as the Famitsu Cup be held?
A07: We plan on doing events like this periodically.

Q08: What about the capacity of your PM's storage and your common box?
A08: An increase...? Maybe.

Q09: Anything else on data transfer into Ambition of the Illuminus?
A09: Your offline extra mode data will transfer.

Q10: Any chance of another Ambition of the Illuminus network trial?
A10: It's possible, but we aren't planning another trial.

Q11: Any information on how the current PSU players will interact with Ambition of the Illuminus players?
A11: Everyone will still be able to play together, however players in the base game will not be able to access exclusive Ambition of the Illuminus content.

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OK, discuss!

[VanHalen]

I like.

[Dj_SkyEpic]

GunFighter,

Here we GO!

[JAFO22000]

On 2007-06-27 15:39, EspioKaos wrote:


Q05: What will the maximum character level cap in Ambition of the Illuminus be?
A05: We are planning on the cap being lv.200; increases will be released periodically.

As I suspected, we will probably cap at 100 in PSU, then be able to get to 200 max in AoI

Q06: Will there be any new types aside from Acrofighter and Acrotecher?
A06: Possibly.

Acrotranser???!!!

Q08: What about the capacity of your PM's storage and your common box?
A08: An increase...? Maybe.

This would be nice. The common box moreso than the PM storage.

Q09: Anything else on data transfer into Ambition of the Illuminus?
A09: Your offline extra mode data will transfer.

I haven't kept up on the extra mode for AoI, but this pretty much confirms that there will be some sort of expansion for this mode as well.

Q10: Any chance of another Ambition of the Illuminus network trial?
A10: It's possible, but we aren't planning another trial.

I assume the interviewer was only asking the question for Japan. I would hope that another "beta" or "demo" will appear for NA/EU servers as I felt the demo before PSU brought in a lot of players who otherwise would not have played the game.


BTW, thanks for the update Espio!

[Kimil]

Warwhitemage?! =O

[Golto]

Too bad no questions like: Will there be mission rank difficulties higher than S2? and Equipment 13*+ will have the S2 icon?

[Zorafim]

Oh, I really hope they will include new classes. I don't feel that they did enough with the classes they did, and I still don't think I can fully express my choice in jobs with the classes they have now.

[Dj_SkyEpic]

On 2007-06-27 15:48, JAFO22000 wrote:
As I suspected, we will probably cap at 100 in PSU, then be able to get to 200 max in AoI

My opinion is that there will still be some additions to PSU current during PSU AoI and their updates.

So we all might be lvl 200 together, but PSU current will have to sit through De Ragan S5 or something close.

[JAFO22000]

On 2007-06-27 15:56, Dj_SkyEpic wrote:

My opinion is that there will still be some additions to PSU current during PSU AoI and their updates.

So we all might be lvl 200 together, but PSU current will have to sit through De Ragan S5 or something close.

Another definite possibility!

[Mewn]

I was hoping for some kind of solo mode, but eh. A balance may yet be struck, given that AoI should make our characters that much more powerful.

The level 200 cap is interesting, makes me wonder just how high the missions go, and how powerful the rares will get. Should be interesting.

All in all, nice find, as usual, Espio.