What class will YOU play?

[Redboigoi]

Force a.k.a FOnewearl

[Poubelle]

was always a fomar in PSO but i think fonewm after playing PSU. i like the newmen I just didnt like the fonewm costume in PSO but im sure that wouldnt be a problem in PSO2.

(so, FOnewm)

[LynxSarnage]

Definitely a Force. They were hard to start out with a fresh on PSO but I'm waging that won't likely be an issue this time round. Even if it is I know that several of my friends will be getting this and we'll no doubt band together once again. Heheh, so yeah Force for sure...which one is another question. I'm perplexed at the idea of Cast forces...not to sound like a puritan but that just sounds messed up. o__O So for me, either FOmarl or FOnewearl....but knowing me probably both. XD

[condiments]

Going Force. Fomar specifically because I loved the playstyle. Hopefully I'll be able to replicate that playstyle when I actually get to play the game.

[Ark22]

Fonewmen ALLLL DAY!

[Akaimizu]

Going Force, but giving the FOnewm a miss. I put so many hours into FOnewm back in PSO that it put me on a general Force sabbatical all through PSU/AOTI/PSP1, so far. PSZ finally got me playing Force again as a FOmar. I'm probably going to reprise my FOmar from PSZ. I'll also may continue my RAmarl, but may decide to go straight Mech (er. RAcast). That slip stuff is straight out of Gundam, and (salivate) Virtual On....and THAT'S how you get me playing a Male Cast.

[Jeff86]

Hunter for sure, leaning towards HUcaseal.

[thebelovedkid]

oh man...Force all the way!

[ARASHIKAGE]

That poll seems to be very accurate in old PSO terms. Ranger least popular and that's why I love RAmar, you only need one or two for good support, makes me feel more special :-)

[BioWarrior]

I'm gonna do force first. Question remains do I want to be FOmarl or FOnewearl.... Both look awesome.

[NoiseHERO]

I'm gonna do force first. Question remains do I want to be FOmarl or FOnewearl.... Both look awesome.

It's probably just a costume.

Just pick the fonewearl.

[BioWarrior]

If I can recreate the PS0/PSP2 Newman ears I probably will do FOnewearl lol. Especially since I'd like to do HUnewearl eventually too.

[NoGoBoard]

FOcaseal. 8-)

[Zilch]

If Hunters are as fun as they seem and the class is any good I'll prolly kick off with a HUnewearl this time around. Otherwise perhaps a RAcaseal/cast. The pewpew in this game seem to be tons of fun.

At any rate, it'll be hard to not become an altoholic. All classes I've seen gameplay of seem really fun and I absolutely love the new character design. Feels a lot better than PSU, more like an updated PSO style.

[Taijutsu-Joshua]

That poll seems to be very accurate in old PSO terms. Ranger least popular and that's why I love RAmar, you only need one or two for good support, makes me feel more special :-)

That's true... even on Vanilla's multiplayer, I have YET to play with a Ranger.

[amtalx]

I've been a Cast Ranger since DC PSO. That won't change.

[Worship]

Cast hunter here, planning on continuing that. Glad to see the poll is fairly even.

[yoshiblue]

Might go with a Humar on this one.

[Robert_Garcia]

I'm gonna go 100% FOcast!

...haha, nah. I'll stick with HUmar, which I've been doing since the Dreamcast.

[BWS-1]

Tempted with Ranger... A RAmar perhaps. I dunno why, but I feel like I wanna play this like something around the lines of ''Lost Planet 2 meets World of Warcraft'' haha.

[WiZ1988]

I definitely want to make a Hunter, Hucaseal to be exact. But I also want to play a force. I have never played a force as my main but I'm considering it. If I play force it's going to be Fonewm all the way. I guess it would make sense to play Hunewm but I can't decide. Anyone have some advice or input on what to play. How will Hunewm match up to a hunter? And what about a force? I honestly can't decide, my choice will probably change a few times....

[RedRaz0r]

Force looks like tons of fun, its the only way to do it! FOcast or bust!

[Gleason]

HUmarl or HUnewearl for me!
Hopefully they have twin daggers again; it's one of my favorite weapon types--especially if there ends up being a sub class that will up attack speed. XD

[Mag-X]

I think I'll start with a RAnewearl because I like rangers and pointy eared lolis.

[NightHour13]

Was always a HUmar, my friends would be really annoyed at me if I changed it too. Much of me is straight-forward, but lately I've really like the unbelievable power of FOs...

[Anime_Angel]

as always, I go for hunter, I'm more of a close range specialist, I hope they get expert classes like fighgunner ect.

I also hope that for master class if they have any, they let you use more weapons rather than 4 types lol

[Rukyius]

Hunter for me (HUmar I love the neutral stat factor).
Nothing like getting up in your enemies face and taunting them as the hit they ground 8-)

[kazuuya]

From what I've seen, I'll probably take a HUmar or a ... uhm... HUnewm... a Newman Hunter. ;___; (I need to learn that Names, seriously.)

[•Col•]

From what I've seen, I'll probably take a HUmar or a ... uhm... HUnewm... a Newman Hunter. ;___; (I need to learn that Names, seriously.)

The naming system is extremely easy to learn.

Preffix:
HU=Hunter
RA=Ranger
FO=Force

Suffix:
mar=Male human
marl=Female human
newm=Male newman
newearl=Female newman
cast=Male cast
caseal=Female cast

So RA+cast= RAcast (Male Cast Ranger)

[bns1991]

I'm gonna start off with the HUmar like I usually do. I wanna use the FOmarl as well.

[kazuuya]

The naming system is extremely easy to learn.

Preffix:
HU=Hunter
RA=Ranger
FO=Force

Suffix:
mar=Male human
marl=Female human
newm=Male newman
newearl=Female newman
cast=Male cast
caseal=Female cast

So RA+cast= RAcast (Male Cast Ranger)

AH thank you so much Colaya! *A* Hope I'll memorize it soon! Thanks again.

[Ifrian-x]

I always been a HUmar and will continue to be so forever more.

[T_Esquire]

Yeah, PSO didn't have beasts so there's little reason to expect them in PSO2. Anyway, I think I'd like to try and find PSO2's Rupika and play as that. Yeah, I'm type-cast.

[Gleason]

So...has anyone actually said FOcaseal out loud? XD

[Ifrian-x]

So...has anyone actually said FOcaseal out loud? XD Oh god... xDDDD

[•Col•]

So...has anyone actually said FOcaseal out loud? XD

Uh.... I don't get it.

It might have to do with the fact that I've been pronouncing 'caseal' wrong for the past 10 years.

[LionHeart-]

I loved the RAmarl on PSO, but re-created her as a RAcaseal on PSU/Z/P2. So I might make my female ranger character a RAcaseal again, seeing how their stats were good (always atleast with high hp/atp/ata) and new implements might come their way to (plus they can look hawt loljk).

Then its FOmar, HUcast, FOney... Will firstly recreate my beloved past characters like so many you guys are, before I try another class :>. Oh, does anyone know how many character slots we are getting? Or is it the usual 4? Ty.

[CAMPSO]

I've always used HUmars and FOnewms. But since HUnewms are this game i may go with HUnewm, FOnewm, FOmarl, RAmarl and maybe a FOcast. Yes i love techs.

[BioWarrior]

Alpha confirms atleast 5

[kyuuketsuki]

Uh.... I don't get it.

It might have to do with the fact that I've been pronouncing 'caseal' wrong for the past 10 years.
So how do you pronounce it? I must be doing it wrong too since I don't get what's amusing about "FOcaseal" either.

[BioWarrior]

You have to pronounce it slightly wrong and slow to get it. It's really childish but I chuckled a bit.

[•Col•]

I pronounce it FO-kass-zee-ull.

But even after trying to pronounce it a bunch of different ways, the only thing I can get is "Focus Seal". >_>

[Sienna]

Pho - Ka - Seal

[AfroGuy!]

your supposed to say it like FOc-aseal
the "O" is supposed to make a "U" sound and... yeah its childish

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Since class switching is possible here:

-HUmar with skills evocative of the Acrofighter class, melee FOmar alternate spec (I mained a male Human Acrofighter in PSU)
^ ...or would I switch him to a HUnewm?
-RAmarl (I mained a RAmarl in PSO)

Then it's 2 or 3 out of:

-HUcaseal/FOcaseal (Based on my old female CAST Fortefighter in PSU)
-FOcast
-RAnewm
-FOney/RAney, or some Ranger/Force hybrid class (Based on my old FOney in PSO)

LOLEDIT: <-

[Arkios]

Since class switching is possible here:

-HUmar with a minor in FOmar (I mained a male Human Acrofighter in PSU)
^ ...or would I switch him to a HUnewm/FOnewm?
-RAmarl with a minor in HUmarl (I mained a RAmarl in PSO)

Then it's 2 or 3 out of:

-HUcaseal with a minor in FOcaseal (Based on my old female CAST Fortefighter in PSU)
-FOcast with a minor in RAcast
-RAnewm
-FOney with a minor in RAney (Based on my old FOney in PSO)

There aren't sub-classes in PSO2. It's basically like having 3 classes in one character, but not at the same time.

Example: if you start out as a HUmar and level to 30. Let's say you then decide to switch to RAmar, you will start at level 1. It's like you created a new character, except with the same looks, items, etc.

If you switch back to HUmar, you will then be level 30 again.

[BioWarrior]

They already said sub-classes are in but they're apart of the skill tree

[Arkios]

They already said sub-classes are in but they're apart of the skill tree

You're right. I just re-read the info sticky and totally missed that.

Sorry Mega Ultra Chicken! Misinformation FTL.

[Dabian]

Something Caseal. I'll probably start Ranger, then move from there.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

There aren't sub-classes in PSO2. It's basically like having 3 classes in one character, but not at the same time.

Example: if you start out as a HUmar and level to 30. Let's say you then decide to switch to RAmar, you will start at level 1. It's like you created a new character, except with the same looks, items, etc.

If you switch back to HUmar, you will then be level 30 again.
I know that. Those were just their alternate classes if I decide to switch them.

EDIT: ...There are sub-classes? This changes everything!

[Arkios]

I know that. Those were just their alternate classes if I decide to switch them.

EDIT: ...There are sub-classes? This changes everything!

I did some more searching and I'm not seeing anything that indicates that actual sub-classes will exist in the game. At least not the way I'm expecting them to be. Main Hunter/Sub Ranger... would be like a hunter with some ranger abilities.... kinda like how it played out in PSU.

It seems to me that the "Sub Classes" option is refering to the Skill Tree where you can further customize your 'Class'.

Can anyone confirm/deny this?

[Vashyron]

There was a Sub-Class choice in the Skill Trees... Pre-Alpha.

In Alpha now, screens show that option is gone from there.

[PSO LEGEND]

Ever since the first phantasy star game was online i always create one character and only play with that one, It is a FORCE and had the same character since dream cast.

[ChocoboRRR]

Either Female Human Hunter for solo, Force do check party members abilities. Or Female Newman one. Depending on the cloth what I like during character creation.

[Marthebeast]

I'm going Hunter. I just have to slay a bunch of monsters with a giant ass sword...I love it.

[Poubelle]

not sure if i posted here but probably fonewm. especially after looking at alpha footage.the magic isnt that flashy but it still looks cool to me. but i really like that teleporting animation

[Keilyn]

None.

I will not play PSO-2 or waste my money on it.

[sugarFO]

FOmarl of course. :-D

[Sw353]

I'm surprised the poll is so even, tho i expect Hunter to be the preferred class.

[•Col•]

I'm surprised the poll is so even, tho i expect Hunter to be the preferred class.

It's not really that surprising. The ideal casual team in PSO was Hunter/Ranger/Force/Other(I personally preferred having a nuking Force, then another supportive Force).

Plus, all the classes are pretty cool and have their own quirks.

[Angelo]

With skill trees things can diversify a bit further. I'm going to be making a War Cry/Guard Stance HU for tanking.

[dooby613]

I usually start off as Hucast and eventually go over to Hunewearl and Fonewm.

[Zorafim]

None.

I will not play PSO-2 or waste my money on it.

Strange. Why are you on the PSO2 forum if you aren't interested in PSO2? And how did you get enough information on the game to know that it won't be something you enjoy?

Anyway, staying on topic... I've never held a gun in my life, and I can't remember the last time I shot lightning at something. However, I've been studying martial arts for the last ten years. Doing so has given me a better appreciation of close quarters combat, and I enjoy seeing how each game handles it. Of course, it's normally not nearly as well done the other two options, as it turns out.
Magic gameplay leads to more strategic gameplay, casting the right spells at the right time, buffing your team to perform their best, etc. Gun combat tends to be the best way to use video games as a medium for simulated combat, as can been seen with most popular shooters. Close quarters, it's just not possible to simulate all the interactions going on with the body, but I can applaud at how close games get to it.

Great, I stayed on topic by getting off topic. Hunter, first. After I get my fill, or if I play with lower level friends, I'll switch to force and try some support (assuming switching is as easy as I think it is). And after I have everything leveled up, I'll see about capping ranger.
The question I haven't been able to answer is, will I be better off with a caseal, or a newearl...