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EnixBelmont
Oct 17, 2006, 09:07 AM
Well, I'm confused with the whole server/universe things. Are the servers the universes, or are they the lobbys? Like, completely confused >_<. You have 4 characters, correct? OK, say I fill up these slots. Can I play with anyone playing the PC version(the version I'm getting) I want, no matter what universe I choose, and freely move between them? Or rather, will I only be able to play with people that are on that same server, like the realms in WoW? If it's like WoW, do you get 4 characters per server, then? And if not, than what server you start at doesn't matter, right?

......Does anyone understand what I'm asking? >_>

Lovejuice
Oct 17, 2006, 09:16 AM
World = Server
Universe = Block within a World

Your characters are tied to the World they are created on (so for example, on JP, there are 2 Worlds. You can have 4 characters on each and they are non-transferable between the Worlds, ultimately giving you a total of 8 characters on the one account). Numerous Universes (Universii?) exist within a World, and are the new form of a PSO block. Within a World, your character can change Universe at will by going to any of the numerous red floaty pyramid type objects scattered amongst all the cities. In PSU JP, typically the PSOW 'place' was World 1, Universe 5.

It is unknown how many Worlds will be present in the US release.

tyler2zelda
Oct 17, 2006, 09:16 AM
I'd check, but currently...
http://360psu.justgotowned.com/

EnixBelmont
Oct 17, 2006, 09:21 AM
On 2006-10-17 07:16, Lovejuice wrote:
World = Server
Universe = Block within a World

Your characters are tied to the World they are created on (so for example, on JP, there are 2 Worlds. You can have 4 characters on each and they are non-transferable between the Worlds, ultimately giving you a total of 8 characters on the one account). Numerous Universes (Universii?) exist within a World, and are the new form of a PSO block. Within a World, your character can change Universe at will by going to any of the numerous red floaty pyramid type objects scattered amongst all the cities. In PSU JP, typically the PSOW 'place' was World 1, Universe 5.

It is unknown how many Worlds will be present in the US release.



OK, cool, that's exactly what I wanted to know.How many people can each world hold? And do you think theres a chance of a any world being full? Because if so, I may pick the least populated world. But then, there is less people http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif So it's hard to decide.

Lovejuice
Oct 17, 2006, 09:30 AM
I don't think anyone knows the exact numbers, but it seems possible for a World to be full. This was part of the huge trouble at the JP launch of PSU (and as such, World 2 was added), and has also happened in the 360 Beta if reports are to be believed (although I've always manged to get in fine).

Universes - like Blocks in PSO - can also be full, but again, I don't know the exact number as they're not revealed ingame. The usual case in JP PSU is that Universe 1 in a World is often full (or near it), simply because it's number '1' and people will flock there. You can tell the 'fullness' of a Universe by the number of stars next to it in the Universe list (five opaque stars = full, and the name will be grayed out and unselectable). When you first login with a character, you will be thrown in to a random(-ish) Universe.

Bast
Oct 17, 2006, 09:42 AM
First time posting http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Thanks for the advance information about the different worlds. I just have to try to get in the same world as my friends.

EnixBelmont
Oct 17, 2006, 09:46 AM
I hope it holds more people in the american version. Or less people play it >_>

The worst thing in the world is when you pick a less populated server to avoid a server being empty, then later in the games life, it's practically empty. But then again, not being able to play, or experiencing a lot of lag because so many users are on at once, sucks almost as bad, too http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

It's hard to decide >_<

Drown
Oct 17, 2006, 10:16 AM
Yeah, server headaches can be a real drag.

Lets hope things go smoothly.

Thrash777
Oct 18, 2006, 07:45 AM
Yeah, I wouldn't worry bout it too much. It's only JP that have the two worlds (servers), I think the US/EU only have the one... Is that right?

Mitz
Oct 18, 2006, 07:49 AM
On 2006-10-17 07:16, tyler2zelda wrote:
I'd check, but currently...
http://360psu.justgotowned.com/



Stop stealing my joke ffs XD

And what Lovejuice said, she's really informative http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif;

SephYuyX
Oct 18, 2006, 07:56 AM
On 2006-10-18 05:45, Thrash777 wrote:
Yeah, I wouldn't worry bout it too much. It's only JP that have the two worlds (servers), I think the US/EU only have the one... Is that right?



JP have two right now, no one knows how many we will have. I can assume two though, atleast, as im sure the NA/EU playerbase should be as large as the JP.


SP.

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Arias
Oct 18, 2006, 10:24 AM
Handy info, thanks man

DarkShadowX
Oct 18, 2006, 10:35 AM
It'll probably be 1 world till the EU release comes, but we'll just have to see till the first week the game comes out, since there'll be many players and alot of Importers.

Lovejuice
Oct 18, 2006, 01:51 PM
On 2006-10-18 05:49, Rizeru wrote:
And what Lovejuice said, she's really informative http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif;
http://www.pso-world.com/user.php?op=userinfo&uname=Lovejuice http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

krika
Oct 18, 2006, 02:07 PM
On 2006-10-18 05:49, Rizeru wrote:


On 2006-10-17 07:16, tyler2zelda wrote:
I'd check, but currently...
http://360psu.justgotowned.com/



Stop stealing my joke ffs XD

And what Lovejuice said, she's really informative http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif;



http://Rizeru.justgotowned.com/

Silver_Wyrm
Oct 18, 2006, 02:13 PM
but can you switch world smuch like in pso how you could switch servers at will?

Lovejuice
Oct 18, 2006, 02:22 PM
On 2006-10-18 12:13, Silver_Wyrm wrote:
but can you switch world smuch like in pso how you could switch servers at will?


In order to switch worlds you will need to re-login to your account (essentially meaning you need to "Quit to Title Screen" from inside the game). World selection comes much prior to the character selection screen.

Silver_Wyrm
Oct 18, 2006, 02:24 PM
On 2006-10-18 12:22, Lovejuice wrote:


On 2006-10-18 12:13, Silver_Wyrm wrote:
but can you switch world smuch like in pso how you could switch servers at will?


In order to switch worlds you will need to re-login to your account (essentially meaning you need to "Quit to Title Screen" from inside the game). World selection comes much prior to the character selection screen.


ok nice, wont have to worry about being forever seperated form random friend B who decided to go on random world D
many thanks^^

Axel3792
Oct 18, 2006, 02:31 PM
On 2006-10-18 12:13, Silver_Wyrm wrote:
but can you switch world smuch like in pso how you could switch servers at will?



*World - Your character lives here forever. Similar to the fact you live on Earth (ex. World 1) and not Pluto (ex. World 2), so you might as well give up hopes of going there.

*Universe - Same as a PSO block. Warp freely.

Coordinate with your friends ahead of time so you can all be in the same place at once.

A2K
Oct 18, 2006, 02:37 PM
In practice I suppose Universes are more like blocks, but they're actually servers themselves. Worlds are more like... server clusters. If that didn't muck up anyone's understanding of it too much? Universe capacity is 1000, I believe.

SpishackCola
Oct 18, 2006, 03:00 PM
PSO/PSU

Ship/World
Block/Universe

I assume there'll only be 1 World for NA until the EU version comes out. Then Sega will take a look a population again and decide to split or not like the JP server has already.

Roken
Oct 18, 2006, 03:20 PM
On 2006-10-17 07:16, tyler2zelda wrote:
I'd check, but currently...
http://360psu.justgotowned.com/



XD whats all this about ?

LordHakutsuru
Oct 18, 2006, 03:25 PM
http://www.pso-world.com/images/psu/news/09-12-06/world.jpg