Retem Region Impressions

[ArcaneTechs]

So now that theres finally some new content and more things to do (once maint is over), what are your impressions on this update? I have my pro's and cons to this update but I want to try and enjoy it while it lasts.
(aka we're all busy for a couple of weeks and we go back to doing what we're doing now before this update because theres nothing left to do).

https://www.bumped.org/phantasy/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Retem-City-A.jpg

Pros:
-Very beautiful region, I think they did a good job here.
-The music is amazing and absolutely destroys whats been put out so far (i'd argue even PSO2s OST takes some hits).
-2/3 of the new 5* series look very good aesthetically
-T Rex boss and Snake boss are my favorite so far.
-Story wasn't too bad
-New Techs are fun, I'd argue Tech users enjoyed this update a lot.
-Cocoons and Tower runs werent too bad
-Naturally the QoL stuff
-New skills that weren't mentioned were nice to see, while some weren't amazing, others were great.
-Plenty of side stuff to do.
-MOST IMPORTANTLY: E-Maintenance did not happen at all first day or extended maintenance. Call be surprised

Cons:
-The endgame is once again: Gigantix farming. Which I guess we have to get used to.
-LOTs of reused enemies, I don't want to get into money/time saving debate for game development but I tend to forget Sega is the master of recycling after years of playing all their games.
-The unfortunate thing of theres going to be little to do once you hit the cap, get your sp and gear. I'm not convinced we're going to see anything different for things to do outside what we've done already (seasonals, event panels, etc), so we'll go back to what we're doing on launch.

I frankly don't have a super amount of Cons for this update outside the negatives we already knew for launch up to this point. I'm enjoying this though despite how negative I sound. It's worth coming back and getting caught up and if you feel like playing some more you can or just hop the game whenever, it's not that different than before.

[FOnewearl-Lina]

So.many.reskins

[Tymek]

I'm not feeling anything when playing in Retem. No hype or excitement.

[エリュシオン]

Personally don't mind reskins they've been a thing since PSO1. Kinda glad they made each region a separate zone you go into, I was kinda worried Retem would end up being a lot smaller because we had previews of the region and the game is open world. Generally I don't like desert areas in games but, Retem is pretty nice, the weather is a lot more unique than I thought it'd be and night time scenery is really great. It's not amazing but, I do like how it is. The only con at the moment that I have is, the area is not as huge as I'd like it to be but, that might just be my preference.

[ArcaneTechs]

i'll shift my opinion once i finish everything but im REALLY disappointed that end game is literally just Gigantix farming again which i guess is going to be the same thing for every region and yes, Gigantix weapons are BiS, not so much the units i hear

[Bojji]

At the moment I like retem, the city is nice whereas deserts are not my thing.
Oasis is cool and the nights are beautiful.

the atmosphere is good, the music are nice (even if I feel that some of them are remixes of EP 5 and 6).

A lot of reskin but enemies like destyl/malevolant seem to have "interesting" attacks

the Froster Launcher is like the yamato

Apart from that, I don't have much to say... we just do exactly the same thing since the launch of the game and it's still empty.

[エリュシオン]

i'll shift my opinion once i finish everything but im REALLY disappointed that end game is literally just Gigantix farming again which i guess is going to be the same thing for every region and yes, Gigantix weapons are BiS, not so much the units i hear

I agree, kinda wish it was a bit different. Hopefully "High Rank Sectors" are a type of end game quest along with the "Super Challenging Quests". Still awhile until then though.

[TurboMan]

This game is boring me to death and Retem didn't do anything for me other than exist. It's pretty when it isn't graphically bugging out and I guess the music is alright, but I've heard better desert music. I'll forget it when I stop playing again in like 2 days.

More of just running around another big dead biome breaking boxes and killing the worlds easiest (mostly reskinned) enemies. Cocoons still consist of "kill 90 enemies" and then instantly cease to serve a purpose. Terrain doesn't offer any challenge or cool interaction, just more Skyrim rock climbing. Animals still sit in place and do nothing. The same tents and cube houses that don't do anything. Oh look a mysterious door in the canyon! How exciting! Oh it's decoration.

Found an NPC on top of the settlement which was mildly neat. Gave me a quest.
"go to that rock"
ok!
[fast travel and jump to rock in 20 seconds]
"hey you went to the rock like I told you, here's your prize you, fucking drone! :]"

"True adventure starts now!!"

[Bojji]

This game is boring me to death and Retem didn't do anything for me other than exist. It's pretty when it isn't graphically bugging out and I guess the music is alright, but I've heard better desert music. I'll forget it when I stop playing again in like 2 days.

More of just running around another big dead biome breaking boxes and killing the worlds easiest (mostly reskinned) enemies. Cocoons still consist of "kill 90 enemies" and then instantly cease to serve a purpose. Terrain doesn't offer any challenge or cool interaction, just more Skyrim rock climbing. Animals still sit in place and do nothing. The same tents and cube houses that don't do anything. Oh look a mysterious door in the canyon! How exciting! Oh it's decoration.

Found an NPC on top of the settlement which was mildly neat. Gave me a quest.
"go to that rock"
ok!
[fast travel and jump to rock in 20 seconds]
"hey you went to the rock like I told you, here's your prize you, fucking drone! :]"

"True adventure starts now!!"

So real lmao

It's exactly the same quests but in the desert :lol:

[Zulastar]

Naugrius was a shitty boss already but it's desert version's weak spot almost unable to hit.

[Shiyo]

i'll shift my opinion once i finish everything but im REALLY disappointed that end game is literally just Gigantix farming again which i guess is going to be the same thing for every region and yes, Gigantix weapons are BiS, not so much the units i hear

Fell for the open world AND MMO meme. "Lots of people zerging something in a big open world(with nothing to do) is so fun!!".

[Zulastar]

It seems we got another limitation here: Photon Scales can't be got more than 5 per day. On 1st day I got 2, on 2nd and 3rd - 4 and on each next only 5 is maximum available.

[ArcaneTechs]

It seems we got another limitation here: Photon Scales can't be got more than 5 per day. On 1st day I got 2, on 2nd and 3rd - 4 and on each next only 5 is maximum available.

its 5 per day, all you said meant was that you didnt look hard enough for them.

and unless everyone has fixa 5s for the new gear ready to go, its not really a big deal with 5 a day

[silo1991]

after completing the update i can say im pleased , they added stuff i would liked to see back in Aelio era.

for example the side task from the new NPC cast she was really needed in cases like: oh i max out all the classes i need on this char , i will play with another char then ; ups no dailies or any quest for make a quick start :/

the music was abyssmaly better than Aelio , from there i only liked vanford ruins and resol forest battle themes , the calm ones were ok , but in Retem almost every track its charming .

the story was short and didnt advance much , what frustrate me its the discovery in the ending was completely ignored , hell not even a hechmen was presented like : uh oh i got discover , my boss its going to punish me D: .

i havent cach an EQ yet but im sure it wont dissapoint me

[Uaboruakrieg]

It's sandy Aelio. At least the music is better but I wish the game had proper dungeons. The battle areas are lame.

[FOnewearl-Lina]

It's sandy Aelio.
So I'm guessing your impressions for the next region will be 'It's snowy Aelio' or 'It's fiery Aelio'.

[エリュシオン]

I really enjoy gathering in Retem more than Aelio, I think this is one of the biggest improvements the team has done with the open world. It was nice the first time around in Aelio when every corner kinda had something to gather but, after awhile it became tedious to just get your daily done or resupply.

[classicburger]

Small empty space really.. Lol

There’s also the illusion of needing to gear up to 1813BP to be able to run purple retem triggers. It all feels like they’re stalling for time, but for what exactly?

Got to 35 easy, switched classes and my exp bar doesn’t move from level 21. Audio balance was fixed and the BGM is good though.