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Revision as of 03:18, 4 October 2007
Contents
- 1 About Ambition of the Illuminus
- 2 Release information
- 3 New weapon categories
- 4 New weapons
- 5 New types
- 6 New lobbies
- 7 New fields
- 7.1 Old Rozenom City (旧ローゼノム・シティ)
- 7.2 AMF Headquarters (同盟軍中央司令部)
- 7.3 Military Metro Liner (軍用メトロリニア)
- 7.4 Saguraki Conservation District (サグラキ保護区)
- 7.5 Pavilion of Air (昇空殿)
- 7.6 Habirao Forbidden District (ハビラオ禁止区)
- 7.7 Granigs Mine (グラニグス鉱山)
- 7.8 Il Carbo Base (イル・カーボ基地)
- 7.9 Forest (森林)
- 7.10 Cave (洞窟)
- 7.11 Mine (坑道)
- 8 New photon arts
- 9 New SUV-weapons
- 10 New room goods and remodeling tickets
- 11 External links
About Ambition of the Illuminus
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (ファンタシースターユニバース：イルミナスの野望 fantashii sutaa yunibaasu: iruminasu no yabou) is the upcoming expansion to SonicTeam's 2006 multi-player online RPG Phantasy Star Universe.
Release information
The PC and PlayStation 2 versions of Ambition of the Illuminus are scheduled to be released in Japan on September 27, 2007. A specific release date for the Xbox 360 version has not been set, however SEGA has confirmed a Fall 2007 release for North America and a Winter 2008 release for Europe.
The PC and PlayStation 2 editions of Ambition of the Illuminus will be released on disc for sale in retail outlets just as the original game was. The Xbox 360 version, however will be released only on Xbox Live as downloadable content.
Network trial information
Japanese PC and PS2 users were able to participate in a free trial of Ambition of the Illuminus this Spring (PS2 users were required to log in to their accounts on a PC with PSU installed in order to play the trial). According to SonicTeam, the purpose behind this trial was to test connection and network stability as well as try out new in-game features. This trial ran from April 05 until April 26.
Participants in the trial were able to either start a brand new character or carry over their current character from PSU. If a participant decided to carry over their current character, a copy of their character data was made to the servers specifically set up for the trial of Illuminus while the original character data remained on the main game servers. The reason for this was that no information, stats or items from the network trial would carry over to the original game. Following the close of the trial, all character data on the trial servers was wiped. At this point, anyone who decided to carry over their character data has returned to the original game where they left off.
PSO in PSU?
Magazine scans and screenshots of the expansion have shown various Phantasy Star Online references, ranging from weapons such as the Durandal Repca and the Holy Ray, to screenshots showing a character in a HUmar outfit, fighting Rappies in what appears to be Lupus Silva (a.k.a. Forest 1). Currently, no detailed explanation has been given to explain these weapon, clothing and location references.
The Ambition of the Illuminus trial featured a mission called Deja Vu Forest (既視の樹林 kishi no jurin) which took place in the previously mentioned Lupus Silva look-alike, however the description was vague, only stating that the mission occurred in an alternate dimension.
New weapon categories
Four new weapon categories have been revealed for this expansion, bringing the total up to an impressive 27 categories.
Whips
Whips (ウィップ) are right-handed striking weapons capable of attacking multiple targets around the wielder. They are not known for having high attack power, however they do excel at inflicting status effects.
Slicers
Slicers (スライサー) are right-handed striking weapons capable of releasing blades of photon energy which home in on their target.
Madoogs
Madoogs (マドゥーグ) are left-handed TECHNIC-casting weapons. Despite greatly resembling MAGs from Phantasy Star Online, they should not be confused with PSO's support partner. Compared to wands, madoogs have much lower PP and TP stats, however they do cast just slightly faster.
Shadoogs
Shadoogs (シャドゥーグ) are left-handed ranged weapons that automatically fire at enemies within range. All Shadoogs come with an elemental attribute tied to them, so it is not possible to link a photon art to the weapon. The element of a shadoog determines which status effect it can inflict on the enemies it shoots.
New weapons
A plethora of new weapons of all sorts become available in Ambition of the Illuminus, only a handful of which are currently known. To view the new weapons, visit the appropriate weapon page for the item class.
New types
Two new types have been added to Ambition of the Illuminus: Acrofighter and Acrotecher. More agile than any other type, the Acro-classes specialize in naturally quick movements when using their respective type of photon art. (Acrofighters exhibit faster skill movements while Acrotechers cast TECHNICs faster than any other type.) Aside from the addition of these two types, the photon art caps have been raised for everyone and TECHNICs have been split into attack and support categories. Now all photon arts cap off at 40. (During the Illuminus trial, Acrotechers were able to level support TECHNICs to 50, however this has since been reduced to 40.)
Additionally, Acrofighters are able to use Burn, Poison, and Virus traps, while Acrotechers are able to use all other trap types (Confuse, etc.). However, both types are able to use only regular and G trap varieties.
| Type Name | Req. Type Lv. | Photon Art Caps | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU | RA | FO | Skills | Bullets | Attack TECHNICs |
Support TECHNICs | ||
| Basic Types |
Hunter | N/A | 20 | 10 | - | - | ||
| Ranger | 10 | 20 | - | - | ||||
| Force | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Advanced Types |
Fighgunner | 5 | 3 | - | 40 | 30 | - | - |
| Guntecher | - | 5 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 30 | |
| Wartecher | 3 | - | 5 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 20 | |
| Fortefighter | 10 | - | - | 40 | 20 | - | - | |
| Fortegunner | - | 10 | - | 20 | 40 | - | - | |
| Fortetecher | - | - | 10 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 30 | |
| Protranser | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 40 | - | - | |
| Acrofighter | 3 | 5 | - | 40 | 30 | - | - | |
| Acrotecher | - | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 40 | |
Some of the original types can use weapons from the four new categories mentioned above. Furthermore, Guntechers, Wartechers and Protransers have become more proficient with certain weapons. Any changes made from the original type limits are marked in this table with an asterisk.
| Weapons | Guardian types | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Weapon category | HU | RA | FO | FI | GT | WT | FF | FG | FT | PT | AF | AT |
| Striking | Swords | B | - | - | A | - | A* | S | - | - | S* | - | - |
| Knuckles | B | - | - | A | - | A | S | - | - | S* | A | - | |
| Spears | B | C | C | A | - | A | S | A | A | S* | - | - | |
| Double sabers | - | - | - | S | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Axes | - | - | - | - | - | - | S | - | - | S* | - | - | |
| Twin sabers | B | - | - | S | - | A | S* | - | - | - | A | - | |
| Twin daggers | B | - | B* | S | - | S | A | - | A | - | A | A | |
| Twin claws | - | - | - | A | - | A | S | - | - | - | A | - | |
| Sabers | B | B* | B* | S | A | A | S* | A | A | S* | S | S | |
| Daggers | B | C | B* | S | A | S | A | A | A | - | S | S | |
| Claws | B* | - | - | A | - | A | S | - | - | - | S | - | |
| Whips | - | - | - | - | - | A* | - | - | A* | - | - | S* | |
| Slicers | - | - | - | A* | - | - | A* | - | - | - | S* | - | |
| Ranged | Rifles | - | B | - | - | A | - | - | S | - | - | - | - |
| Shotguns | - | B | - | - | A | - | - | S | - | S* | - | - | |
| Longbows | - | - | B | - | S* | A | - | - | S | S* | - | - | |
| Grenades | - | B* | - | - | - | - | - | S | - | S* | - | - | |
| Laser cannons | - | - | - | - | A | - | - | S | - | S* | - | - | |
| Twin handguns | - | B | - | A | S | - | - | A | - | - | A | A | |
| Handguns | B* | B | B* | A | S | A | A | S | A | S* | S | S | |
| Crossbows | - | - | - | A | S | - | - | A | - | - | - | - | |
| Cards | - | - | - | - | A | A | - | - | S | - | A | S | |
| Machineguns | C* | B | C* | A | S | - | - | A | - | - | - | A | |
| Shadoogs | B* | B* | ?* | A* | S* | A* | - | A* | - | - | S* | A* | |
| TECHNIC | Rods | - | - | B | - | - | - | - | - | S | - | - | - |
| Wands | - | - | B | - | A | S* | - | - | S | - | - | S | |
| Madoogs | - | - | - | - | A* | A* | - | - | A* | - | - | S* | |
New lobbies
Three new lobby areas have been revealed; one for each planet. Parum features the beach-front city of Paracabana, Neudaiz has a Gurhalistic shrine on Mt. Ohtoku and Moatoob has a Rappy-themed casino known as Casino Volyale. Aside from these main lobbies, there are a number of smaller mid-point lobbies which can be accessed in between different missions. A few of these include a small village encircled by a bamboo forest as well as a gravesite that greatly resembles the garden players entered in PSO before confronting Dark Falz.
New fields
Multiple new fields have been revealed for Ambition of the Illuminus. Even though they were not all accessible in the trial version of the game, field names have been discovered at various mission counters across Gurhal.
Old Rozenom City (旧ローゼノム・シティ)
The ruined city of Rozenom lies to the southeast of Paracabana Beach on Parum. Details on exactly what caused the downfall of this once bustling city are currently unknown.
AMF Headquarters (同盟軍中央司令部)
This is the headquarters of the AMF, located in Holtes City.
Military Metro Liner (軍用メトロリニア)
This area is said to be populated by infected AMF CASTs.
Saguraki Conservation District (サグラキ保護区)
A beautiful mountain trail on Neudaiz lined with blooming cherry trees.
Pavilion of Air (昇空殿)
This is the Ohtoku City headquarters of the Communion of Gurhal.
Habirao Forbidden District (ハビラオ禁止区)
A mysterious forest filled with over-sized mushrooms. The air is teeming with incredibly high concentrations of photon energy.
Granigs Mine (グラニグス鉱山)
The icy caverns of Granigs Mine stretch out beneath Moatoob's Vio Tonga.
Il Carbo Base (イル・カーボ基地)
This is one of the AMF's bases located on Moatoob.
Forest (森林)
Accessed from the Clyez City space dock, this area is described as existing in another dimension. Players from Phantasy Star Online will recognize this area as Ragol's Lupus Silva, otherwise known as Forest 1. The area is complete with enemies such as the Booma and Gobooma and familiar scenery which includes Pioneer 2 and the Central Dome. Rappies also make an appearance, however they are now white in color and are known as Rappy Polleck.
Cave (洞窟)
Fans of Phantasy Star Online should recognize this area.
Mine (坑道)
It's No Man's Mines from Phantasy Star Online.
New photon arts
New photon arts will be added not only for the new weapons, but also for existing types. Here are the new photon arts that have been revealed so far.
| JP Name | EN Name | Rarity | Weapon | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| チュウエイジトツシン | Chuuei Jitotsu-shin | 10★ | Twin Claw | -- |
| クロスハリケーン | Cross Hurricane | 10★ | Twin Saber | -- |
| ヴィッシ·グルッダ | Visshi Grudda | 1★ | Photon Whip | -- |
| チッキョレンジン | Chikkyoren-jin | 1★ | Slicer | -- |
| レンガチュウジンショウ | Renga Chuujin-shou | 10★ | Twin Dagger | -- |
| -- | Ick Hick | 10★ | Knuckles | -- |
| -- | Absolute Dance | 10★ | Double saber | -- |
New SUV-weapons
CASTs will have access to multiple new SUV-weapons. Here at the ones that have been revealed so far.
| JP Name | EN Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ギガス・エスパダ | Gigas Espada | Summons an enormous sword. |
| パラディ・カタラクト | Paradis Cataracte | A rain of death. |
| ギガス・ファウスト | Gigas Faust | Summons a mechanical fist. |
| ラピア・フリューゲ | Lapia Fluge | Cures, heals and revives all allies within its range. |
| -- | Ascension Gift | Drops a random object on enemies. |
New room goods and remodeling tickets
As opposed to the original game's strict layout for room decorations, Ambition of the Illuminus allows for much more freedom in where you can place trophies and items in your room. And to go along with all of the new items you can decorate your room with, there are a number of new remodeling tickets allowing for an even more unique style.
| JP Name | EN Name | Rarity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ナチュラル・マット | Natural Mat | -★ | -- |
| レッド・コート | Red Coat | -★ | -- |
| ハッピー・スコア | Happy Score | -★ | -- |
| オールド・フューチャー | Old Future | -★ | -- |
| オリエント・ホワイト | Orient White | -★ | -- |
External links
PSU: Ambition of the Illuminus Official Site (Japanese) PSU: Ambition of the Illuminus page on the English Official Site
