Guidance on BR/HU in Approaching End Game

[RaizenRBK]

*EDIT: Ugh, title should be Need Guidance on BR/HU in Approaching End Game*

Greetings everyone.

I always lurked around here, but created an account just to ask for a guidance. I played PSO2 ever since the beta with limited Japanese knowledge, but always stop playing after a while. I have deleted over 3 characters ever since the beta because I want to experience it from the beginning again after each hiatus. Due to that, I have some leftover items for skill tree reset and other miscellaneous things but that is irrelevant now. I read and look up alot on threads about affixing, equipment and class guides etc., but I want to confirm and looking for inputs as I approach level 70s. Also, Im not on premium.

Currently, in the span of a month, I have a level 69/47 BR/HU, with:

• Current skill build (cant post link yet, please remove the spaces): pso2-skill. pwnedgalaxy. net/skillcalc.php?10eOIVfbxIkbxImbxImbxImbxImbrIkbxIm0 jdodBIbl2lNGAqnIdGDr0000009doIn0000000jdoib0000000 fdo0000000Io00000007oIn00000000doqBkidF6sNHSHxdB00 000jdoIb0000000j
• Mag S-ATK 130 and DEX 1 (mistake on DEX level)
• Susano-Guren +10, 0 potential, 50 element with poor affixes (cant remember what they are, but I haven't done anything on it)
• Fahren set units (from Zieg) with default affixes

For skill build, my BR tree is more or less done, so I would put points into S-ATK I guess. My goal for HU tree will be Fury Combo Up 5/10, max Fury S-up 2, JA bonuses 1 and 2. However there would be some points remaining for HU, and I dont know where to put it. How do these BR/HU tree look?
Target skill build : pso2-skill. pwnedgalaxy. net/skillcalc.php?10eObxImbxIkbxImbxImbxImbxImbxImbxIm 0jdodBIbkAI3I2fdoINGAqnIdJkrAI20000006doIn0000000j doib0000000fdo0000000Io00000007oIn00000000doqBkIDn dF6sNHSHxdB00000jdoIb0000000j

For Mag, should I worry about putting more points on DEX?Or should I downlevel the DEX and focus fully on S-ATK?

For weapon, I'm currently trying to craft stuff so I can get the 11* Fahren Takezuchi from Zieg as it has a commendable set bonus with the units and affix them later. I tried to get AQ and Extreme Q weapons but the grind is kinda too much and I got the Susano Guren doing Magatsu so I stopped. I guess the 13*Ideal Karen is the best katana I should get, but I dont like to be a burden so I stayed away from challenge quest till now. What would be a good stop after the Susano Guren other than the Fahren Takezuchi?

For units, I get the Fahren units set from Zieg already with the default affixes. I followed the Acceptable Equipment guide and got my self here. Should I try to get the Saiki set or are these units good enough to properly affix them?

As for the affixes, although its easy to understand, actually doing it is rather troublesome so I postponed it till now. Approaching the max level I want to start doing it, but I only did few TACOs so dont have much money (only 5M). On the top of my head, the basic affixes I should get would be quartz soul, power, stamina, and spirita. What affixes should I set my goals on?

For game progression in general, I have completed all but one matterboards (Ep 1-11. Damn you Mi Micda!). I started doing SH missions and trying to beat bosses with NPC partners. Im an average player at best, so having some difficulties. I also like to do everything solo (with NPC) as I have up to this point, except for Emergency Quests. Next is Extra Hard, is it soloable with a so-so equipment? When should I go try challenge quest? What is Ultimate Quest? Is there anything I missed?

Other questions:

• Fahren Takezuchi katana from Zieg, what is the default element I get?
• How to change the element of a weapon? I know I need a certain item for that, but have no idea beyond that. Is it worth it?
• What items are worth to exchange for photon drops/crystals/spheres and Excubes?

I apologize for any mistakes and lack of TL;DR.

[KazeSenoue]

1) What items are worth to exchange for photon drops/crystals/spheres and Excubes?
Anything that you don't plan on using.

2) How to change the element of a weapon? I know I need a certain item for that, but have no idea beyond that. Is it worth it?
Unless you're a FiBo doing a rainbow set, it's not worth it. Too expensive.

3) Fahren Takezuchi katana from Zieg, what is the default element I get?
Light, because darkers are the most common enemies.

4) For Mag, should I worry about putting more points on DEX?Or should I downlevel the DEX and focus fully on S-ATK?
If you have any points in Dex, you should get another mag and go full S-ATK instead (costs 300AC). If you can't, just stop feeding dex and go S-ATK from now on.

5) For units, I get the Fahren units set from Zieg already with the default affixes. I followed the Acceptable Equipment guide and got my self here. Should I try to get the Saiki set or are these units good enough to properly affix them?
Those are fine for now. You should get them to +10 if they're not already. If you have money for premium, I would suggest getting to level 70 so you can drop 11* units on LQ, exchange them for passes and buying the Saiki set from the player shop. If you don't, you'll have to rely on RNG.

6) As for the affixes, although its easy to understand, actually doing it is rather troublesome so I postponed it till now. Approaching the max level I want to start doing it, but I only did few TACOs so dont have much money (only 5M). On the top of my head, the basic affixes I should get would be quartz soul, power, stamina, and spirita. What affixes should I set my goals on?
I'd say stick with Power III / Quartz Soul / Stamina / Spirita for now. When you get a 13* you can consider doing those crazy 7s affixes.

[wefwq]

Hello Br/Hu fellow

Hu tree:
You should probably drop massive hunter and aloot the points to Fury combo instead?
And dropping war cry and iron will too? 1 level on each skill aren't going do anything worth, you can use those 2 extra PP on S-ATK up 3 instead to make it level 10.

Br tree:
S-ATK up level 9? Why don't make it level 10 instead? (it's just my opinion though)

And protip>> use goo.gl to shorten your url.

should I worry about putting more points on DEX?Or should I downlevel the DEX and focus fully on S-ATK?

ATK everytime, but it's more to personal preference.
Everyone will insist to go full ATK on your mag though, since it's the only stat that matters.

What would be a good stop after the Susano Guren other than the Fahren Takezuchi?

Ideal, actually.
I know that you felt that you'll be burden on the quest but you should be worried too much since the quest will reset everyone's level and gears so you guys have identical stat each other, the only thing that you should worried about are how skilled you are in the game or know the basic how to run the quest itself.
We are getting CM boost in few weeks, you should take it as your advantage to get Ideal katana.

Should I try to get the Saiki set or are these units good enough to properly affix them?

If you have a chance, yes try to hunt for Saiki set.
Zieg units are acceptable, though.
Additionally if you can afford to buy Premium, *11 units can be purchased from other player's shop.

What affixes should I set my goals on?

The average one, depends on your budget.

Extra Hard, is it soloable with a so-so equipment?

There's no XH aside from EQ. Soloing it are not worth at all.

When should I go try challenge quest?

Everytime you felt ready to run it.
Should have learn to use different kind of weapon from different class, though.

What is Ultimate Quest?

Everything takes too long to kill: The Quest with occasional Anga spawn+very small chance for Ares drop.

How to change the element of a weapon?

Go to dudu and perform Attribute grind, and before you actually do it use the element changer.
This item can be acquired from AC scratch or player shop.

What items are worth to exchange for photon drops/crystals/spheres and Excubes?

Everything that you don't want to use.

[Ryu Soma]

Atk is best on mag, tho a bit of dex isn't a problem, While you are still lvling, especially hu, dex can help equip stuff earlier and make lvling easier.
It's simply that sooner or later you will get to the point where dex is pointless on a mag and since you are lvl 70 on br already, that will be rather soon.
That 1 point doesn't matter, for aesthetics you can remove it but it will cost 50 cubes so not worth it until you have plenty of these to spare.

Saiki is easily the best unit set. Sadly the darker ners eq is over now, it had a lot of gunne. But you can try getting 5000 cc for a rare gunne trigger (I think it's still available) and join a trigger mpa, so you can get 12 rare bosses and far higher chances to get the units (and use highest rare + highest triboost you got, 250% rare boost can be bought with 6 cubes). But Fahren set is also good.

For affixes, 3s is very easy and not very expensive. An easy combination would be Quartz Soul + Power III + Spirita III or Stamina III.
3s Soul Receptors aren't very expensive (just bought some for 84k) so all you need is 1x Power 3 and 1x Spirita 3, putting you at 100% for the soul and 80% for the stats without booster.
10% boosters are dirt cheap in the shop and 100%/90%/90% is good enough to try, if you want to be absolutely sure you can get a 30% ability success booster for 20 cubes. the 20% boosters aren't worth it cause they will cost a fuckton of money.

If you need money, do more tacosand do XQ Cos (you can just spam stages 1-5). Also, a number of dailies have a nice payout. You can also finish a bunch of dailies just by doing tacos. Especially the VH Bal Rodos dailiy is 250k.

Going straight to Ideal from Susanoo is simply delusional. It's 180k CM for one and you need 3 for full element, without full element the damage is lower than a good 11*. You are still learning the game and challenge quests are a beast of their own you need to know well to get any decent amount of cm out of, not to mention you need a good mpa, too.

But what you CAN do is simply spam the LQ and grab the 13* Xie Katana. The Potential is pretty good, it's like fury stance boost + added pp reduction.
Grinding a 13* is expensive, though. But this lets you skipp all stages inbetween.
You might even get a 13* katana from Anga or Gryphon. But again, the element is not full (very easy to max element on Xie weapons) so the damage isn't that high unless you find 2 of the same.
Oh and since that doesn't take all that long, no need to craft the Fahren Katana if you're low on money, grinding the 13* will be expensive enough


There are element changers from scratch but they can get expensive (especially light). For melee that is unimportant because the difference between using the right and wrong element is only 2-3% unless you use elemental stance or ancient oath potential.
Also, you need a 2nd weapon that will be consumed. So if you want to change a 13*'s element, you need 2 of the same weapon type.
And if it's not the same weapon, it's only 1% increase. If it's the same (like Ares katana x2) with different elements it's 10% increase. And only if it's the same weapon with the same element the values are added up fully.

There are expensive 5% boosters but they only make sense if you can get close to full element but not max it, you still need a weapon of the same type and rarity for every 6% increase.

Ultimate is a gigantic clusterfuck with tons of enemies shooting at you and having massive HP. Also, before the LQ it was the only way of getting Anga 13*. It has a bunch of 12* drops (though 90% are shitty 10-11*) and also some good monster souls drop there.
Also, VH level exp so only worth it when you are strong enough to farm it and got a good mpa to do it with.

What you really want to do is AQs, we even get a big boost on Wednesday and they will give massive exp, starting in VH as well as lots of great drops. You can also get long and easy PSE Bursts in AQs (best to do it with a full party and not with friend partners, cause you'll get 40% more exp and there will be more enemies and codes)

Ok so the build...
Braver is pretty much like my tree with s-atk maxed ontop. For hu there is no reason not to max all fury skills and percentual damage boosts (except fury critical). You will still have plenty points left for survivability.
I got to say I'm much more of an iron will than automate halfline fan though. Even if you don't have the points to max Iron Will, put at least 1 point in it for the 30%chance.

PS: Mi Micdas are early in Amduscia Time Attack and then again a bit later.
PPS: you might want to make a 2nd character, just at lvl 1 and not lifting a finger is enough to get another all tree reset pass. You could also lvl him/her/it to 20 and add another free support partner than can farm find x/99 dailies for you. Not to mention a bit of bingo for casino passes and boosters and stuff. Usually you can finish almost all of the front side of a bingo by doing the seasonal EQ just once. A lot of rewards for little effort.