Roger Triton
Nov 26, 2010, 02:48 PM
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-the-Most-of-Phantasy-Star-Universe
Wow I just found this visual guide and it's pretty handy. I learned more in 5 minutes than anywhere else.
I'm putting some of the more important parts below. Feel free to comment on what the guide says.
Step #1
Level your new character. Most players will want to reach level 20 before they consider exploring the worlds of PSU. At level 20, specific races will gain their basic abilities, such as the SUV Weapons for Casts and the Nanoblasts for Beasts. Other races and classes become more stable around level 20 due to the leveling of techs, skills, and the character itself.
From levels 1 to 20, players should find the Linear Line (4th floor on the Space Colony) the easiest way to gain character levels. It is also the most balanced approach to increasing all aspects of your character, from skills to type levels. Playing through these missions alone (Unsafe Passage and Fight for Food) should be done mostly on C rating, but may also be done on B rating if using ranged attacks. For parties, B rating is ideal.
After level 20, players may want to explore a bit more by heading over to Parum for Mad Creatures and Sleeping Warriors missions. Neudaiz is also good for Mizuraki Defense and Forest Islands missions, but you may want to play most of these within a party. If you get bored, System Defense and Valley of Carnage missions on Moatoob are interesting, but not necessarily as balanced for items and gaining levels.
Step #2
Make friends and find party members. Finding party members is a simple task, as PSU allows players to start missions that are open to anyone who wants to join. Making friends might be more challenging unless you're a younger gamer. Since PSU was released on console systems as well as the PC platform, there is a plethora of youth and young adults with online accounts.
Making friends in PSU may be an easy task for younger players, but becomes more difficult for mature players. Within PSU, many mature gamers may find it challenging to meet other gamers that are courteous, respectful, and friendly. Regardless of your age, you are eventually bound to find another in PSU whom you may call 'friend'. When this happens, and every time you log into PSU, expect to receive private messages requesting to do a "run".
An alternative way to find teammates and make friends is to scour areas immediately outside of popular mission starting points. Typically players will pause here while they wait for others in their team. On densely populated servers, this waiting time will attract more players seeking social interactions, party members, and friends.
Step #3
Earn meseta. Throughout missions, you'll discover that containers may be broken open to find items, while creatures carry both items and meseta. These items may be sold to NPC shops (ie: shops on 2nd floor of Space Colony), but at a great loss compared to their actual value. If you feel inclined to sell items you've collected to purchase your next piece of equipment, sell only low level weapons, armor, and consumables (monomate, dimate, etc.). Even though you may find little use for Synthesis items (Photon, El-photon, Carlian, Hustle Berry, etc.), store them with you partner machinery (PM). When you're ready to open your own shop, you'll be glad you did.
Most Synthesis items sell very well to other players, especially photons. Photons not sold by NPC shops (ie: Ban-photon and Ray-photon) can sell for hundreds, if not thousands of meseta to other players. Compare this to the 5 - 25 meseta you'll receive when selling to NPC shops. You'll want sell these collected items in your shop once you purchase an "Open Shop" ticket.
The amount of meseta (PSU currency) you earn for each mission is a total of four factors:
* Meseta dropped when a creature is killed (positive amount)
* Meseta earned as a bonus when a mission is complete (positive amount)
* The meseta value of Items collected from creatures and containers (positive amount)
* The meseta required to recharge your weapons (negative amount)
Wow I just found this visual guide and it's pretty handy. I learned more in 5 minutes than anywhere else.
I'm putting some of the more important parts below. Feel free to comment on what the guide says.
Step #1
Level your new character. Most players will want to reach level 20 before they consider exploring the worlds of PSU. At level 20, specific races will gain their basic abilities, such as the SUV Weapons for Casts and the Nanoblasts for Beasts. Other races and classes become more stable around level 20 due to the leveling of techs, skills, and the character itself.
From levels 1 to 20, players should find the Linear Line (4th floor on the Space Colony) the easiest way to gain character levels. It is also the most balanced approach to increasing all aspects of your character, from skills to type levels. Playing through these missions alone (Unsafe Passage and Fight for Food) should be done mostly on C rating, but may also be done on B rating if using ranged attacks. For parties, B rating is ideal.
After level 20, players may want to explore a bit more by heading over to Parum for Mad Creatures and Sleeping Warriors missions. Neudaiz is also good for Mizuraki Defense and Forest Islands missions, but you may want to play most of these within a party. If you get bored, System Defense and Valley of Carnage missions on Moatoob are interesting, but not necessarily as balanced for items and gaining levels.
Step #2
Make friends and find party members. Finding party members is a simple task, as PSU allows players to start missions that are open to anyone who wants to join. Making friends might be more challenging unless you're a younger gamer. Since PSU was released on console systems as well as the PC platform, there is a plethora of youth and young adults with online accounts.
Making friends in PSU may be an easy task for younger players, but becomes more difficult for mature players. Within PSU, many mature gamers may find it challenging to meet other gamers that are courteous, respectful, and friendly. Regardless of your age, you are eventually bound to find another in PSU whom you may call 'friend'. When this happens, and every time you log into PSU, expect to receive private messages requesting to do a "run".
An alternative way to find teammates and make friends is to scour areas immediately outside of popular mission starting points. Typically players will pause here while they wait for others in their team. On densely populated servers, this waiting time will attract more players seeking social interactions, party members, and friends.
Step #3
Earn meseta. Throughout missions, you'll discover that containers may be broken open to find items, while creatures carry both items and meseta. These items may be sold to NPC shops (ie: shops on 2nd floor of Space Colony), but at a great loss compared to their actual value. If you feel inclined to sell items you've collected to purchase your next piece of equipment, sell only low level weapons, armor, and consumables (monomate, dimate, etc.). Even though you may find little use for Synthesis items (Photon, El-photon, Carlian, Hustle Berry, etc.), store them with you partner machinery (PM). When you're ready to open your own shop, you'll be glad you did.
Most Synthesis items sell very well to other players, especially photons. Photons not sold by NPC shops (ie: Ban-photon and Ray-photon) can sell for hundreds, if not thousands of meseta to other players. Compare this to the 5 - 25 meseta you'll receive when selling to NPC shops. You'll want sell these collected items in your shop once you purchase an "Open Shop" ticket.
The amount of meseta (PSU currency) you earn for each mission is a total of four factors:
* Meseta dropped when a creature is killed (positive amount)
* Meseta earned as a bonus when a mission is complete (positive amount)
* The meseta value of Items collected from creatures and containers (positive amount)
* The meseta required to recharge your weapons (negative amount)