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Andromeda: /* My Room */

2009-04-02T02:55:43Z

‎My Room

Andromeda at 02:54, 2 April 2009

2009-04-02T02:54:40Z

Andromeda: /* Accounts */ People can see who contributed what by looking at the history page.

2009-04-02T02:41:26Z

‎Accounts: People can see who contributed what by looking at the history page.

Beatrixkiddo at 04:11, 11 January 2009

2009-01-11T04:11:56Z

Punisher106: /* TECHNICs */

2009-01-11T02:52:47Z

‎TECHNICs

Punisher106: /* Gameplay and Miscellaneous */

2009-01-06T21:39:21Z

‎Gameplay and Miscellaneous

S-T-H: this one needs an update too

2008-12-04T01:54:25Z

this one needs an update too

Spirit: A few minor corrections, additions, and edits.

2008-01-01T07:23:04Z

A few minor corrections, additions, and edits.

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Bizitmap: /* Grinding */

2007-11-19T20:32:06Z

‎Grinding

Bizitmap: /* Death Penalties */

2007-11-19T20:28:31Z

‎Death Penalties

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 New to PSU, each character will have an instance of a special area called '[[My Room]]'. This room can be decorated by its owner, and can fulfill various other purposes. As with other instanced areas (Missions), only six players can visit them at the same time. The most notable features of the My Room are that it houses an account-based storage place (allowing for items to be transferred to alternate characters without needing other players to hold them), a player's Partner Machinery, and, if applicable, the Player Shop. The My Room can also be locked with a password to prevent unwanted players from entering it. There will be an in-game log of people that entered one's My Room, by which the My Rooms of these players can be tracked.
-=== Mags -> Partner machine ===
+=== Mags -> Partner machines ===
 [[Partner machine]] (or 'PM' for short) is what replaces the old Mags. They have four basic stats that can be increased, and can evolve like mags, but are limited to one per character, and cannot be 'equipped' as in PSO. Their statistics determine to an extent what type of PM they evolve to, and once they evolve sufficiently they may be invited to participate in battle, similar to the way other NPCs may be invited. They can also be used to craft new items in a process called [[Item Synthesis]].

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 Whereas in PSO only a number of combinations of race, sex and type were legal for playable characters, this system has been done away with in PSU. All of these can be chosen independently, and [[Types]] can even be switched in the first city, at the costs of [[Meseta]] fees, and independent 'Type Levels' for each type, which are to be distinguished from the static [[Character Level]], and can be increased by doing well in [[Missions]]. Supposedly, types have been designed such that the game would reach a higher level of balance than PSO did.
-Also, the Beast race has been added, which has access to a special racial ability called [[Nanoblast]]. Cast characters (formerly also known as 'androids' or 'humanoids') have been augmented with the ability to use abilities akin to the ''Photon Blast/Photon Mirage'' from PSO known as [[SUV Weapons]].
+Also, the beast race has been added, which has access to a special racial ability called [[Nanoblast]]. CAST characters (formerly also known as 'androids' or 'humanoids') have been augmented with the ability to use abilities akin to the ''Photon Blast/Photon Mirage'' from PSO known as [[SUV Weapons]].
-Finally, 'Expert Types' have been implemented, allowing the player to further focus on one of the three basic types (becoming either a Fortefighter, Fortegunner or Fortetecher), or take on some abilities of a second type (becoming either a Fighgunner, Wartecher, Guntecher, Acrofighter, or Acrotecher), allowing for more customisation.
+Finally, 'Expert Types' have been implemented, allowing the player to further focus on one of the three basic types (becoming either a Fortefighter, Fortegunner, or Fortetecher), or take on some abilities of a second type (becoming either a Fighgunner, Wartecher, Guntecher, Protranser, Acrofighter, Acrotecher, Fighmaster, Gunmaster, or Masterforce), allowing for more customization.
 === Character Customization ===
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 New to PSU, each character will have an instance of a special area called '[[My Room]]'. This room can be decorated by its owner, and can fulfill various other purposes. As with other instanced areas (Missions), only six players can visit them at the same time. The most notable features of the My Room are that it houses an account-based storage place (allowing for items to be transferred to alternate characters without needing other players to hold them), a player's Partner Machinery, and, if applicable, the Player Shop. The My Room can also be locked with a password to prevent unwanted players from entering it. There will be an in-game log of people that entered one's My Room, by which the My Rooms of these players can be tracked.
-=== Mags -> Partner Machinery ===
+=== Mags -> Partner machine ===
-[[Partner Machinery]] (or 'PM' for short) is what replaces the old Mags. They have four basic stats that can be increased, and can evolve like mags, but are limited to one per character, and cannot be 'equipped' as in PSO. Their statistics determine to an extent what type of PM they evolve to, and once they evolve sufficiently they may be invited to participate in battle, similar to the way other NPC's may be invited. They can also be used to craft new items in a process called [[Item Synthesis]].
+[[Partner machine]] (or 'PM' for short) is what replaces the old Mags. They have four basic stats that can be increased, and can evolve like mags, but are limited to one per character, and cannot be 'equipped' as in PSO. Their statistics determine to an extent what type of PM they evolve to, and once they evolve sufficiently they may be invited to participate in battle, similar to the way other NPCs may be invited. They can also be used to craft new items in a process called [[Item Synthesis]].
 === Players Shops ===
-For a one-time fee, characters will be able to get their own shops in their My Room, to resell the items they do not need. The Partner Machinery will function as an NPC vendor, so that it does not matter whether the buyer and seller are actually online at the same time. It is possible to find other players' personal shops by searching by character/shop name, description keywords or inventory items. Additionally, there is a more advanced shop search feature allowing a player to sort the search results based on price, elemental attribute, star rating, and several other options.
+For a one-time fee, characters will be able to get their own shops in their My Room, to resell the items they do not need. The partner machine will function as an NPC vendor, so that it does not matter whether the buyer and seller are actually online at the same time. It is possible to find other players' personal shops by searching by character/shop name, description keywords or inventory items. Additionally, there is a more advanced shop search feature allowing a player to sort the search results based on price, elemental attribute, star rating, and several other options.
 === Item Synthesis ===
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 === Soloing ===
-Though characters are restricted to the limits of a single type until they can use Expert Types, there are still plenty of options to play Missions solo. Players can call in the help of NPC's (assuming the player has the NPC's card), as well as of their Partner Machinery (if it is battle-usable yet). Besides that, the stacking limit for some important healing items has been increased (x20 for the old Mates -- Fluids have been replaced), and the game has items that can increase one's stats (similarly to Shifta and Deband from PSO, which also still exist).
+Though characters are restricted to the limits of a single type until they can use Expert Types, there are still plenty of options to play Missions solo. Players can call in the help of NPCs (assuming the player has an NPC's card), as well as of their partner machine (if it is battle-usable yet). Besides that, the stacking limit for some important healing items has been increased (x20 for the old Mates -- Fluids have been replaced), and the game has items that can increase one's stats (similarly to Shifta and Deband from PSO, which also still exist).
 === Stats ===
-The old Luck (LCK) stat has been replaced by a new [[Photon Fortune]] system, which is completely separate from a character's stats. This system will allow randomly select characters daily to be given special bonus effects, depending on their Race and Gender. Whereas Luck determined the critical hit rate in PSO, in PSU numerous bonuses will occur, ranging from a higher drop rate, to increased chances of success when grinding. Those affected by [[Photon Fortune]] will have a star-like animations next to their name displayed above their character.
+The old Luck (LCK) stat has been replaced by a new [[Photon Fortune]] system, which is completely separate from a character's stats. This system will allow randomly selected characters to be given special bonus effects daily depending on their Race and Gender. Whereas Luck determined the critical hit rate in PSO. In PSU numerous bonuses will occur, ranging from a higher drop rate to increased chances of success when grinding. Those affected by [[Photon Fortune]] will have a star-like animations next to their name displayed above their character.
-[[STA]] (Stamina), Also called [[End.]] (Endurance), is a new stat which influences how likely a character is to resist negative [[Status Effects]], such as Burn, Poison, Shock and Silence status effects.
+[[STA]] (Stamina), also called [[End.]] (Endurance), is a new stat which influences how likely a character is to resist negative [[Status Effects]], such as Burn, Poison, Shock and Silence status effects.
-[[MST]] (Mental strength), also called [[Ment.]], is a new stat similar to [[DFP]], that determines how much or little damage a character receives from Technics.
+[[MST]] (Mental strength), also called [[Ment.]], is a new stat similar to [[DFP]], that determines how much or little damage a character receives from [[TECHNICs]].
 It should be noted that if a character has enough MST to totally negate damage from a TECHNIC, the TECHNIC is unable to inflict any status effects at all. However, as long as the TECHNIC is doing ''some'' damage, the chance of it inflicting its status effect does not change.
-The old resistances have been replaced with the [[Lineshield]] system.
+The old resistances have been replaced with the [[Line shield]] system.
 === New Item Types ===
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 Completely unlike PSO, PSU will supposedly even get new content additions regularly. It has been hinted that there will be an automatic delay on content updates based on the release date for JP PSU compared to US. For example, if, two months after the release of JP PSU, a new quest is released, it will be released two months after the release of US PSU on that version.
-=== Monsters ===
+=== Enemies ===
-Monsters have a somewhat better AI in PSU than they had before, as some monsters will side step or fade back when near you, resulting in your character most likely missing his/her melee combo. There are also special 'leader' versions of monsters (that have the same name as their regular counterparts), that can support and lead their subordinates. Rare enemies also make an appearance (which now include Rag Rappies). PSU features nine bosses, whose battles are more epic than before, featuring huge arenas. Bosses generally have weak points, and have the ability to strengthen themselves. All monsters have one element associated with them, replacing the old attributes (Native, A. Beast, Machine, Dark). These can be used to find out what they might be weak to. There are six elements, with Fire, Ice, Lightning, Light and Dark returning from PSO and a new element - Ground.
+Enemies have a somewhat better AI in PSU than they had before, as some enemies will side step or fade back when near you, resulting in your character most likely missing his/her melee combo. There are also special 'leader' versions of enemies (that have the same name as their regular counterparts), that can support and lead their subordinates. Rare enemies also make an appearance (which now include Rag Rappies). PSU features nine bosses, and their battles are more epic than before, featuring huge arenas. Bosses generally have weak points, and have the ability to strengthen themselves. All enemies have one element associated with them, replacing the old attributes (Native, A. Beast, Machine, Dark). These can be used to find out what they might be weak to. There are six elements, with Fire, Ice, Lightning, Light and Dark returning from PSO and a new element - Ground.
 ===TECHNICs===

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 == Accounts ==
 A 'Hunters' License' is now called a ''Guardians' License''. Each account can have up to four characters for Network Mode and four for [[Extra Mode]].
-* JP Servers have 8 when the server merge happened before the [[AotI]] came out could this happen fore us to.. - [[User:KyTin|KyTin]] 16:26, 1 November 2007 (CDT)
+* JP servers have 8 when the server merge happened before [[Ambition of the Illuminus]] came out.
 == Characters ==

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 * Anti is now called Reverser.
 * Reverser from Phantasy Star Online is now known as Giresta, which also heals.
-* There are two new buff spells, Zoldial, which boosts ATA and EVP, and Retier, which boosts MST and TP.
+* There are two new buff spells, Zodial, which boosts ATA and EVP, and Retier, which boosts MST and TP.
 * Megid now does damage rather than no damage at all if it does not incapacitate.
 * A special buff spell, Megistar, which is all four buffs in one spell, is introduced.

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 * Anti is now called Reverser.
 * Reverser from Phantasy Star Online is now known as Giresta, which also heals.
-* There are two new buff spells, Zodial, which boosts ATA and EVP, and Retier, which boosts MST and TP.
+* There are two new buff spells, Zoldial, which boosts ATA and EVP, and Retier, which boosts MST and TP.
 * Megid now does damage rather than no damage at all if it does not incapacitate.
 * A special buff spell, Megistar, which is all four buffs in one spell, is introduced.
 * Ramegid is a new spell that confuses enemies.
-* A new Debuff spell, Zondeel, lowers ATA and EVP.
+* A new Debuff spell, Zoldeel, lowers ATA and EVP.
 * Wands, rods, and TCSMs contain the TECHNICs, up to four on rods, two on wands and TCSMs, rather than being able to cast any spell with any weapon equipped.
 {{General Info}}

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	Monsters have a somewhat better AI in PSU than they had before, as some monsters will side step or fade back when near you, resulting in your character most likely missing his/her melee combo. There are also special 'leader' versions of monsters (that have the same name as their regular counterparts), that can support and lead their subordinates. Rare enemies also make an appearance (which now include Rag Rappies). PSU features nine bosses, whose battles are more epic than before, featuring huge arenas. Bosses generally have weak points, and have the ability to strengthen themselves. All monsters have one element associated with them, replacing the old attributes (Native, A. Beast, Machine, Dark). These can be used to find out what they might be weak to. There are six elements, with Fire, Ice, Lightning, Light and Dark returning from PSO and a new element - Ground.		Monsters have a somewhat better AI in PSU than they had before, as some monsters will side step or fade back when near you, resulting in your character most likely missing his/her melee combo. There are also special 'leader' versions of monsters (that have the same name as their regular counterparts), that can support and lead their subordinates. Rare enemies also make an appearance (which now include Rag Rappies). PSU features nine bosses, whose battles are more epic than before, featuring huge arenas. Bosses generally have weak points, and have the ability to strengthen themselves. All monsters have one element associated with them, replacing the old attributes (Native, A. Beast, Machine, Dark). These can be used to find out what they might be weak to. There are six elements, with Fire, Ice, Lightning, Light and Dark returning from PSO and a new element - Ground.

		+	===TECHNICs===
		+	Formerly known as Techniques, TECHNICs now have gotten a large change. The names for each spell has changed around, so Gi- and Ra- type spells aren't based on difficulty, but by type of attack, the former being an Area of Effect attack around the caster, the latter being a sort of a "Remote" Area of Effect attack. There also new methods of attack, including Dam-type and Nos-type attacks. Dam-type attacks are reminiscent of PSO's Gibarta, where the caster fires an element in a short range in front of them, and remains firing in a steady stream for as long as they hold down the button the corresponds to that spell. Nos-type attacks feature homing projectiles, where Nosmegid and Noszonde just sticks on its target until the button would be released, and Nosdiga hits as soon as it hits its desired target. Major changes include:
		+	* Gifoie now casts a wave of fire around the caster, rather than fireballs spinning outward.
		+	* Gizonde casts a lightning strike around the caster, rather than multiple lightning bolts shooting in a spiral pattern.
		+	* Zonde fires a ball of lightning, rather than hitting the target with a lightning bolt.
		+	* Phantasy Star Online's Gizonde no longer exists.
		+	* There is now the ground-element spells, Diga spells.
		+	* Grants is replaced by Regrant.
		+	* Anti is now called Reverser.
		+	* Reverser from Phantasy Star Online is now known as Giresta, which also heals.
		+	* There are two new buff spells, Zodial, which boosts ATA and EVP, and Retier, which boosts MST and TP.
		+	* Megid now does damage rather than no damage at all if it does not incapacitate.
		+	* A special buff spell, Megistar, which is all four buffs in one spell, is introduced.
		+	* Ramegid is a new spell that confuses enemies.
		+	* A new Debuff spell, Zondeel, lowers ATA and EVP.
		+	* Wands, rods, and TCSMs contain the TECHNICs, up to four on rods, two on wands and TCSMs, rather than being able to cast any spell with any weapon equipped.
	{{General Info}}		{{General Info}}

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 == Characters ==
-=== Race, Sex and Class ===
+=== Race, Sex and Type ===
-There are four races in PSU, three of them taken from PSO - [[Humans]], [[Newmans]], [[Casts]] and an all new race - [[Beasts]]. PSU also retains the three class types from PSO - [[Hunter]], [[Ranger]], and [[Force]]. Casts are capable of being Forces.
+There are four races in PSU, three of them taken from PSO - [[Humans]], [[Newmans]], [[Casts]] and an all new race - [[Beasts]]. PSU also retains the three types from PSO - [[Hunter]], [[Ranger]], and [[Force]]. Casts are capable of being Forces.
-Whereas in PSO only a number of combinations of race, sex and class were legal for playable characters, this system has been done away with in PSU. All of these can be chosen independently, and [[Character Classes]] can even be switched in the first city, at the costs of [[Meseta]] fees, and independent '[[Class Levels]]' for each class, which are to be distinguished from the static [[Character Level]], and can be increased by doing well in [[Missions]]. Supposedly, classes have been designed such that the game would reach a higher level of balance than PSO did.
+Whereas in PSO only a number of combinations of race, sex and type were legal for playable characters, this system has been done away with in PSU. All of these can be chosen independently, and [[Types]] can even be switched in the first city, at the costs of [[Meseta]] fees, and independent 'Type Levels' for each type, which are to be distinguished from the static [[Character Level]], and can be increased by doing well in [[Missions]]. Supposedly, types have been designed such that the game would reach a higher level of balance than PSO did.
 Also, the Beast race has been added, which has access to a special racial ability called [[Nanoblast]]. Cast characters (formerly also known as 'androids' or 'humanoids') have been augmented with the ability to use abilities akin to the ''Photon Blast/Photon Mirage'' from PSO known as [[SUV Weapons]].
-Finally, '[[Expert Types]]' have been implemented, allowing the player to further focus on one of the three basic types (becoming either a Fortefighter, Fortegunner or Fortetecher), or take on some abilities of a second type (becoming either a Fighgunner, Wartecher, Guntecher, Acrofighter, or Acrotecher), allowing for more customisation.
+Finally, 'Expert Types' have been implemented, allowing the player to further focus on one of the three basic types (becoming either a Fortefighter, Fortegunner or Fortetecher), or take on some abilities of a second type (becoming either a Fighgunner, Wartecher, Guntecher, Acrofighter, or Acrotecher), allowing for more customisation.
 === Character Customization ===
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 === Special Attacks and Techniques -> Photon Arts ===
-Special attacks (or 'Extra Attacks') and Techniques still exist in PSU, but they are now part of a system called [[Photon Arts]] (also known as 'PAs'). These rely on a weapon stat called '[[Photon Points]]' (PP), replacing the old Technique Points (TP). There are three sub-types, one native to each of the three main classes: [[Skills]] (Hunters), [[Bullets]] (Rangers) and [[Techniques]] (Forces). Out of these, only Techniques are exclusive to a single class. A character can only know thirty-six (36) PAs at a time. They each have an independent level, that can be increased by just using the PA in question a lot (not on thin air). PAs can be linked to weapons (they can be assigned to different palette buttons this way), but the details regarding their usage is mostly unique for each sub-type. For more information, please consult their respective pages.
+Special attacks (or 'Extra Attacks') and Techniques still exist in PSU, but they are now part of a system called [[Photon Arts]] (also known as 'PAs'). These rely on a weapon stat called '[[Photon Points]]' (PP), replacing the old Technique Points (TP). There are three sub-types, one native to each of the three main types: [[Skills]] (Hunters), [[Bullets]] (Rangers) and [[Techniques]] (Forces). Out of these, only Techniques are exclusive to a single type. A character can only know thirty-six (36) PAs at a time. They each have an independent level, that can be increased by just using the PA in question a lot (not on thin air). PAs can be linked to weapons (they can be assigned to different palette buttons this way), but the details regarding their usage is mostly unique for each sub-type. For more information, please consult their respective pages.
 === Challenge Mode and Battle Mode ===
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 === Death Penalties ===
-Originally, characters did not receive direct penalties for dying in battle, but instead, it would negatively influence one's ratings obtained at the end of a Mission, which would decide the reward (in Meseta and EXP for class levels).
+Originally, characters did not receive direct penalties for dying in battle, but instead, it would negatively influence one's ratings obtained at the end of a Mission, which would decide the reward (in Meseta and EXP for type levels).
 This is no longer true for any version of the game. Now, if a player is killed in a mission, and revived by another player (using a moon atomizer or other item), no penalty occurs. However, if the killed player uses the option to warp back to the lobby and re-enter the mission, there WILL be a penalty.
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 === Soloing ===
-Though characters are restricted to the limits of a single class until they can use Expert Classes, there are still plenty of options to play Missions solo. Players can call in the help of NPC's (assuming the player has the NPC's card), as well as of their Partner Machinery (if it is battle-usable yet). Besides that, the stacking limit for some important healing items has been increased (x20 for the old Mates -- Fluids have been replaced), and the game has items that can increase one's stats (similarly to Shifta and Deband from PSO, which also still exist).
+Though characters are restricted to the limits of a single type until they can use Expert Types, there are still plenty of options to play Missions solo. Players can call in the help of NPC's (assuming the player has the NPC's card), as well as of their Partner Machinery (if it is battle-usable yet). Besides that, the stacking limit for some important healing items has been increased (x20 for the old Mates -- Fluids have been replaced), and the game has items that can increase one's stats (similarly to Shifta and Deband from PSO, which also still exist).
 === Stats ===

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 === Grinding ===
 The grinding system has been altered, and is now useful even for Force Weapons. The maximum grind value is now +10 for all items, but each step up will significantly increase its attacking power (a similar magical stat for Force Weapons), as well as its [[PP]]. On the down-side, Grinders are now harder to come by, and attempting to grind an item might break it, rendering it useless. For more information, see [[Grinding]].
 === Offline Modes ===