Couple of questions before buying a GC and PSO

[Dime]

The first PSO kicked ass, and now I'm thinking of getting s GC just for PSO.

I have some questions though...

-How's the hacking online? Are people messing up characters and PKing/CKing etc like in the first PSO?

-Can I get online with DSL?

-Can you get FSOD or banned or anything by accepting duped weapons (a friend is going to hook me up with some if I get online, and they're most likely duped).

Thanks in advance.

[Axon13]

the only hacking i know of is duping at the moments, and you can get online with DSL, but it might depend on your provider also.

sorry, but i can't help you with the third question

[MonoxideChild]

-There really isn't any hacking online. Most of the worries come from the bugs in the game, such as FSOD and corruption (which causes you to lose all of your characters).

-Yes, you can use DSL with PSO on the Gamecube. Just make sure to get a Broadband Adapter instead of a modem. Just hope you do not have PPPoPE (the kind of DSL where you have to login to use).

-Nothing will happen to you if you accept dupes, as of right now. This MAY change in the future, but I doubt it.



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[Dime]

That was pretty fast.

The corruption kind of worries me,does this happen randomly?

[MonoxideChild]

Not usually. It mainly happens when you join an already created game, and the game freezes up during the save. Since the game likes to double save when you join, it increases the chance or corruption. Also, you can get corrupted if you don't quit properly. I think it happens in a common enough bases to take a large amount of concern, but I don't think it should stop you from playing online. Just try and avoid overcrowded ships if you can.

[Dime]

Is there any chance SEGA will fix this in the future? Or are they gonna sit on their lazy asses and spill pepsi on the servers again?

[MonoxideChild]

They are claiming to "Look into it" but don't expect anything from them. We learned the hard way with Version 2.

[Dime]

They did fix the pass break code, and they also fixed the....uh....hmmm...

[MonoxideChild]

Exactly. I think corruption has to do with the fact that the Gamecube uses memory cards. I think corruption will be close to nonexistant on the Xbox version, but I could be wrong.

[Dime]

In that case, I'll get the Xbox version. When is it coming out?