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This is a list of changes to PSU that either occur in the [[Ambition of the Illuminus]] expansion pack or have been changed in regular PSU to ensure compatibility with the expansion.

{|class="wikitable"
! Change !! Implemented in<br>regular ''PSU''?
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| Lobby warping || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Battle type changes || style="background:#FFFFCC" | Partially
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| Protransers and traps || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Synth rate changes || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Synth failure items || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Grinding system change || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Item distribution change || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Just Attack || style="background:#FFFFCC" | Partially
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| Just Counter || style="background:#FFFFCC" | Partially
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| Melee PP recovery || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Elemental formula changes || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Character stat adjustment || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| SUV & Nanoblast changes || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Weapon and line shield drop changes || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Meseta drop changes || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Photon Art rebalance || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| Monster stat changes || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
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| NPC shop changes || style="background:#CCFFCC" | Yes
|}

Listed below are the changes in detail.

==System changes==
===Lobby warping===
Players will be able to move to lobbies for which they don't have permission for a fee, by talking to the lobby attendant NPC. The NPC now gives three options: travel via the old method (i.e. where a party member is), travel with meseta, and an explanation of the service, as well as the cancel option.

The player must have visited the lobby beforehand to be able to travel there. Notably, the lobby must be visited '''after''' the update or it will not be available to travel to.

===Battle type changes===
Battle type equipment and PA levels will be changed to their new ''Ambition of the Illuminus'' versions. In general, this means classes get more weapons, at higher ranks, and higher level [[Photon Arts]].

Characters playing regular PSU cannot use [[Shadoogs]], [[Madoogs]], [[Photon Whips]] and [[Slicers]] even if their type can. See [[Ambition of the Illuminus#New types|here]] for more information on the new weapons and Photon art limits.

Players of regular PSU get the level 40 Photon Arts, just like players of ''Ambition of the Illuminus'' do.

The Level Cap will be raised to 110 at launch.

===Protransers and traps===
Protransers now have the ability to see traps without the use of goggles. However they will still need to use goggles to be able to destroy traps.

==My Room, synthesis and grinding changes==
===Synthesis rate changes===
Synthesis success rates have been increased. Items requiring special materials will receive the biggest increase, but other items will see an increase too.

{|class="wikitable"
! ★ !! Item type !! Old base rate !! New base rate !! Lv100 PM old rate !! Lv100 PM new rate
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| rowspan="2" | 6★ || Melee Weapons (Kubara copies) || ? || ? || 37% || 65%
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| Line Shields (standard) || ? || ? || 53% || 60%
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| rowspan="2" | 7★ || Melee Weapons (standard) || 38% || 50% || ? || ?
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| Line Shields (standard) || ? || ? || 45% || 48%
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| rowspan="6" | 10★ || Melee Weapons (standard) || ? || ? || 85% || 88%
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| Ranged Weapons (standard) || ? || ? || 75% || 80%
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| Line Shields (standard) || ? || ? || 56% || 75%
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| Svaltus Sword || ? || ? || 52% || 91%
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| Gaozoran Rod || ? || ? || 68% || 84%
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| Crea Doubles || ? || ? || ? || 91%
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| rowspan="2" | 11★ || Melee Weapons (standard) || ? || ? || 85% || 91%
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| Bil De Axe || ? || ? || 52% || 91%
|}

'''Note:''' A glitch on the servers meant that boards already inserted into PMs did not have the correct success rates after the update. Some of these values ''may'' be inaccurate.

In addition, elemental attribute rates when synthing melee weapons and armours have also been increased. Japanese sources state that in 10 trial synths of a [[Saber]], 8 were between 18% and 28%, and the other two were 38% and 42%.

===Synthesis failure items===
Items received upon failing a synthesis will be changed. Players may receive materials, even materials not used in the synthesis, back. For example, failing a [[Saber]] may return [[Par Ash]], or even [[Zepotite]] or [[Giganite]].

Failing high grade items appears to give even more unusual items. For example, failing a [[Halarod]] may give you an [[Okiku Doll]] room decoration.

===Grinding system change===
The grinding system is being changed. Upon failing a grind attempt, the weapon will not be destroyed, but instead reset to an ungrinded state (0), and its grind limit will drop by 1. This is represented by two numbers: current grind/grind limit e.g. failing a 5/10 weapon will result in it becoming a 0/9. If a weapon reaches 0/0, it will become ungrindable.

===Item distribution change===
The default item distribution method is now set to ''random'' instead of ''give finder''.

==Battle changes==
===Just Attack===
This is a new battle system that will allow you to score critical hits through carefully timed attacks. It is only possible with melee weapons. In order to execute a Just Attack, you must first use a normal attack, and at the end of a normal attack's animation use another normal attack or Photon Art. If executed correctly, the circle that appears in the lower-right of the screen when you press a button will be doubled in size and you will score a critical hit. PP recovery also works for normal attacks.

Note that the current edition of PSU will not have a special effect for Just Attack, and Just Attack is not possible after the 3rd hit of a normal knuckle combo (this will be fixed in ''Ambition of the Illuminus'').
===Just Counter===
This will allow players to immediately counterattack during the block animation, and it works for skills, bullets and TECHNICs. Melee weapons will retalitate with a critical hit, others won't.

The current edition of PSU will not have a special effect for Just Counter.

===Melee PP recovery===
Normal melee attacks will recover the PP of the weapon used, critical hits recover yet more.

===Elemental formula changes===
Although elements will no longer be as powerful on their own, adjustments to character stats mean that 50% weapons will perform almost the same after this change. On the whole characters will be offensively more powerful on their own, and lower % weapons and elementally neutral weapons will perform better than before.

===Character status adjustment===
Character stats are being adjusted. As well as offensive stats, defensive stats are being adjusted so that characters do not become too weak as a result of the elemental attribute changes.

Known changes: all types appear to have boosted [[ATP]], [[DFP]], [[TP]] and [[MST]]. Some types have other boosted stats as well. Exact stat modifiers and base stat changes are not known yet.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" 
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! Type Lvl !! colspan=10|Level 10
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! Type !! HU !! RA !! FO !! FI !! GT !! WT !! FF !! FG !! FT !! PT
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| [[HP]]  || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[ATP]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[ATA]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[TP]]  || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[DFP]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[EVP]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[MST]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[STA]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[CHR]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
|}

===SUV and Nanoblast changes===
Positive status (i.e. buffs) will no longer be removed when using SUV weapons or Nanoblasts.

===Weapon and line shield drop changes===
Completed weapons and line shields will drop with random elements and element %, between 7% and 21%. Additionally, some S-Ranks now seem to drop premade, including [[Two-headed Ragnus]] and ([[Gekitsunata]]).

===Meseta drop changes===
The amount of Meseta that drops will increase with bigger parties.

In addition, Meseta distribution will be changed. Under the ''random'' or ''set order'' distribution systems, Meseta will be equally divided among all party members. Under ''give finder'', whoever picks it up will get it all, as before.

===Photon Art rebalance===
Photon Arts are being rebalanced (and mostly boosted). Known changes are listed below. All figures are for the Photon Art at level 30 unless stated otherwise.

{|class="wikitable"
! [[Skills]] || ATP || ATA || PP || Notes
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| Assault Crash || 185% -> 245% || - || - ||
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| Bogga Danga || 150% -> 180% || - || - ||
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| Bogga Zubba || 160% -> 260% || - || - ||
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| Dus Robado || 150% -> 230% || - || - ||
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| Gravity Strike || 140% -> 150% || - || -
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| Moubu Seiren-zan || 145% -> 165% || - || - ||
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| Renkai Buyou-zan || - || 83% -> 93% || - ||
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| Renzan Seidan-ga || 150% -> 220% || - || - ||
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| Rising Strike || 160% -> 210% || - || - ||
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| Shousen Totsuzan-ga || 150% -> 100% || 75% -> 84% || - ||
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| Spinning Break || 168% -> 205% || - || - ||
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| Tornado Break || 160% -> 170% || 75% -> 85% || - || First part hits 4 targets instead of 3.
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| Tornado Dance || 180% -> 220% || - || - ||
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! [[Bullets]] || ATP || ATA || PP || Element || Notes
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| Shotguns || +10% || - || - || 17% || Elemental bullets only.
|} 

{| class="wikitable"
! [[TECHNICs]] || Tech || PP || Notes
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| Barta || 120% -> 130% (Lv20) || - || Flinches now.
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| Damdiga || 130% -> 140% || 9 -> 14 (FT) || Flinches like Dambarta now.
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| Damfoie || - || 9 -> 14 (FT) || Flinches like Dambarta now.
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| Dammegid || 140% -> 150% || 9 -> 14 (FT) || Flinches like Dambarta now.
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| Gibarta || 125% -> 130% (Lv20)<br>135% -> 140% (Lv30) || - || 
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| Gidiga || 135% -> 150% (Lv20) || - || 
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| Gifoie || 140% -> 150% || - || 
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| Giresta || - || 160 -> 48 (FT) || Casts slightly faster?
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| Megid || - || 64 -> 24 (FT) || Flinches now.
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| Nosdiga || - || 52 -> 32 (FT) || 
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| Noszonde || - || 57 -> 40 (FT) || Hits three targets.
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| Zonde || 125% -> 145% (Lv20) || - || Flinches now.
|}

===Monster stat changes===
The STA of large monsters will be rebalanced. Large monsters will have their STA lowered so they can be inflicted more easily with status effect. Level 2 status will be effective against many of them.

In addition, EXP given by monsters will be rebalanced. Monsters will give much more EXP than before, particularly at lower levels. It will be easier to reach Level 100 than before. The following table shows the expected EXP values from a monster that has an 100% EXP modifier (such as [[Delsaban]]). Values for new EXP and the % change are approximates.

{|class="wikitable"
! Monster level !! Old EXP value !! New EXP value !! Approx. % change
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| 1 || 4 || 6 || +50%
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| 5 || 8 || 14 || +75%
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| 10 || 13 || 24 || +84%
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| 15 || 18 || 34 || +88%
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| 20 || 23 || 44 || +91%
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| 25 || 28 || 54 || +92%
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| 30 || 33 || 64 || +88%
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| 35 || 38 || 74 || +94%
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| 40 || 43 || 86 || +100%
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| 45 || 48 || 94 || +95%
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| 50 || 55 || 104 || +89%
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| 55 || 65 || 119 || +83%
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| 60 || 75 || 134 || +78%
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| 65 || 85 || 152 || +78%
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| 70 || 95 || 167 || +75%
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| 75 || 105 || 179 || +70%
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| 80 || 115 || 194 || +68%
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| 85 || 125 || 209 || +67%
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| 90 || 135 || 224 || +65%
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| 95 || 145 || 230 || +58%
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| 100 || 165 || 254 || +53%
|}

==Item changes==
===NPC shop changes===
Weapons will now sell for more to the NPC shops, and traps are now cheaper to buy.