Types

Types (戦闘タイプ, Battle Types), also known as Jobs or Classes, are one of the most important gameplay mechanics in PSU. They determine a character's Stats, their level caps for Photon Arts, which weapons they can use, how much PP certain weapons regenerate per interval, and proficiency with Traps. There are ten Types in total, three Basic ones that are available immediately, and seven Expert Types that can only be unlocked by attaining the required Type Levels in the Basic Types. For people interested in playing the hybrid Types, it might be good to keep in mind the maximum amount of Photon Arts that can be learned at a time is 36.

Here is a quick overview of the different Types:

	Type Name	Abbr.	Req. Type Lvls			Photon Art caps			In-game Description
			HU	RA	FO	Skills	Bullets	Technics
Basic Types	Hunter (ハンター)	HU	n/a			20	10	-	A balanced type with high attack power, good for melee combat. Skilled in the use of striking weapons. A good fit for beginning players.
	Ranger (レンジャー)	RA				10	20	-	A ranged fighter that can defeat enemies and support allies from a distance. The type's high accuracy makes firearms an ideal fit. Suited for intermediate players.
	Force (フォース)	FO				1	10	20	A type geared toward TECHNICs use. Allows advanced players to play a variety of different roles from powerful attacks to healing and support.
Expert Types	Fighgunner (ファイガンナー)	FG	5	3	-	30	20	-	An advanced type combining the abilities of Hunters and Rangers. Primary strength is in striking weapons, but can also use ranged weapons.
	Guntecher (ガンテクター)	GT	-	5	3	10	30	10	An advanced type combining the abilities of Rangers and Forces. Can use both firearms and TECHNICs for the ultimate in long range attacks.
	Wartecher (ウォーテクター)	WT	3	-	5	20	10	20	An advanced type combining the abilities of Forces and Hunters. Uses TECHNICs and striking attacks.
	Fortefighter (フォルテファイター)	fF	10	-	-	30	10	-	An expert melee fighter focused on striking attacks. Weapon choice is limited but attack and defensive power is unparalleled.
	Fortegunner (フォルテガンナー)	fG	-	10	-	10	30	-	An expert ranged fighter focused on firearms. Weapon choice is limited, but attack power and accuracy are unparalleled.
	Fortetecher (フォルテテクター)	fT	-	-	10	1	30	30	An expert TECHNIC user that canuse all TECHNICs with unmatched power. Lacks a strong defense in combat.
	Protranser (プロトランザー)	PT	5	5	5	30	30	-	An experimental type that is well-versed in use of traps. All traps become several times more powerful.

New Human and Beast characters start out as Hunters, while Casts starts as Rangers and Newmans as Forces.

N.B.: The Expert Types are currently not available on the US servers of PSU yet, and neither Expert Types nor Photon Art restrictions are applicable offline at all.

Type levels and changing Types

Separately from one's Character Level, Types can be leveled up for stat increases. To do so, you will need to gain Type Experience Points, which are awarded after completing Missions (check the article for in-depth info regarding amounts). The maximum Type level will eventually be 20, but is currently capped at 10.

Currently only Basic Types (Hunter, Ranger, Force) are available in Network Mode. The following is a chart of mission points ('Type Experience') needed to level up these basic types:

Basic Types	Type Level	1→2	2→3	3→4	4→5	5→6	6→7	7→8	8→9	9→10
	To Next	60	70	80	100	120	130	140	150	150
	Total	60	130	210	310	430	560	700	850	1000
Expert Types	Type Level	1→2	2→3	3→4	4→5	5→6	6→7	7→8	8→9	9→10
	To Next	400	500	600	750	1500	750	1000	1000	1500
	Total	400	900	1500	2250	3750	4500	5500	6500	8000

You can change your current Type to any of the Types available at the Type Select Counter at Clyez City 5F on the Colony. By doing so, you will not get any of the benefits of your old Type in your new one. You will not lose your old Type level either though. Changing Types will cost a certain amount of Meseta, dependent on one's Character Level. The formula for obtaining the cost of a Type change for any given Character Level is 150 + (50 * CL), where CL is the character's Character Level -- this is also represented in the following table.

Char Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Cost	200	250	300	350	400	450	500	550	600	650	700	750	800	850	900	950	1000	1050	1100	1150	1200	1250	1300	1350	1400
Char Level	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
Cost	1450	1500	1550	1600	1650	1700	1750	1800	1850	1900	1950	2000	2050	2100	2150	2200	2250	2300	2350	2400	2450	2500	2550	2600	2650
Char Level	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75
Cost	2700	2750	2800	2850	2900	2950	3000	3050	3100	3150	3200	3250	3300	3350	3400	3450	3500	3550	3600	3650	3700	3750	3800	3850	3900
Char Level	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100
Cost	3950	4000	4050	4100	4150	4200	4250	4300	4350	4400	4450	4500	4550	4600	4650	4700	4750	4800	4850	4900	4950	5000	5050	5100	5150

Type Weapon Proficiencies

Main article: Weapon Proficiencies

Weapons			Offline Types			Online Types
Type	Hand	Weapon Category	HU	RA	FO	HU	RA	FO	FG	GT	WT	fF	fG	fT	PT
Striking	Both	Swords	S	B	-	B	-	-	A	-	-	S	-	-	A
		Knuckles	S	-	-	B	-	-	A	-	A	S	-	-	A
		Spears	S	B	-	B	C	C	A	-	A	S	A	A	A
		Double Sabers	S	-	-	-	-	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Axes	n/a			-	-	-	-	-	-	S	-	-	A
		Twin Sabers	S	-	-	B	-	-	S	-	A	A	-	-	-
		Twin Daggers	S	-	-	B	-	C	S	-	S	A	-	A	-
		Twin Claws	S	-	-	-	-	-	A	-	A	S	-	-	-
	Right	Sabers	S	B	B	B	C	C	S	A	A	A	A	A	A
		Daggers	S	B	B	B	C	C	S	A	S	A	A	A	-
		Claws	S	-	-	-	-	-	A	-	A	S	-	-	-
Ranged	Both	Rifles	C	S	-	-	B	-	-	A	-	-	S	-	-
		Shotguns	C	S	-	-	B	-	-	A	-	-	S	-	A
		Bows	-	S	B	-	-	B	-	A	A	-	-	S	A
		Grenade Launchers	n/a			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	S	-	A
		Laser Cannons	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	A	-	-	S	-	A
		Twin Handguns	C	S	-	-	B	-	A	S	-	-	A	-	-
	Left	Handguns	B	S	B	C	B	C	A	S	A	A	S	A	A
		Crossbows	-	S	-	-	-	-	A	S	-	-	A	-	-
		Cards	n/a			-	-	-	-	A	A	-	-	S	-
		Machineguns	B	S	B	-	B	-	A	S	-	-	A	-	-
Technic	Both	Rods	-	-	S	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	S	-
	Right	Wands	B	B	S	-	-	B	-	A	A	-	-	S	-

Additional Bonuses

Traps

Rangers, Fighgunners, Guntechers and Fortegunners are able to use certain Traps (details?); Protransers can use all of them at increased effect, since it is their specialty.

• Regular Trap damage formula Ranger Types: .75 * CL + 181
• G-Trap damage formula Ranger Types: 1.25 * CL + 115
• Regular Trap damage formula Protranser: 1.25 * CL + 115
• G-Trap damage formula Protranser: 1.75 * CL + 181

PP Regeneration

Every five seconds, Weapons regenerate a certain amount of PP. Offline this is always one, but online the amount is variable, and Types get regeneration bonuses for their 'native' weapon types as well (more info about the regeneration rates here):

• +25% bonus to PP Regeneration on Melee Weapons: Hunters, Fighgunners, Wartechers and Fortefighters.
• +25% bonus to PP Regeneration on Ranged Weapons: Rangers, Fighgunners, Guntechers and Fortegunners.
• +25% bonus to PP Regeneration on Casting Weapons: Forces, Guntechers, Wartechers and Fortetechers.

PP Consumption

Fortefighters, Fortegunners and Fortetechers consume only 80% of the original PP when using Skills, Bullets and Techniques, respectively.

Favored Types

Online, some of the possible combinations of Races and Types gains additional statistical bonuses, the figures of which depend on the Types and stats themselves. While calculating actual stats, these are added onto the Type figures (as seen in the sections below) before multiplying these with any 'base stats' for certain Races/genders. These bonuses exist for the following combinations:

• Humans: Fighgunner, Guntecher, Wartecher, Protranser
• Newmans: Force, Guntecher, Wartecher, Fortetecher
• Casts: Ranger, Fortegunner
• Beasts: Hunter, Fortefighter

The following table shows the bonuses for all combinations of Types and stats:

Type	HU	RA	FO	FG	GT	WT	fF	fG	fT	PT
Races	B	C	N	H	H/N	H/N	B	C	N	H
HP	4.0%	3.0%	2.75%	3.5%	3.0%	3.8%	4.0%	3.5%	2.3%	3.5%
ATP	?	?	?	3.0%	3.0%	3.0%	4.0%	3.0%	2.0%	2.0%
ATA	?	?	?	3.0%	5.0%	2.5%	3.0%	6.0%	2.0%	3.0%
TP	?	?	?	1.0%	1.5%	3.0%	1.0%	1.0%	5.0%	1.5%
DFP	?	?	?	3.0%	3.0%	3.0%	4.0%	3.0%	2.0%	3.0%
EVP	?	?	?	2.5%	3.0%	5.0%	1.5%	5.0%	6.0%	3.0%
MST	?	?	?	1.5%	3.0%	3.0%	1.5%	1.0%	7.0%	1.5%

Relative Stats

Offline

Type	HU										RA										FO
Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	90%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	70%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ATP	110%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	80%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ATA	50%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	150%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	50%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
TP	80%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	60%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
DFP	105%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	90%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	60%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
EVP	50%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	70%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	60%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MST	80%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	80%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	120%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
STA	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	120%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Online Comparison

Type Lvl	Level 1										Level 10										Level 20
Type	HU	RA	FO	FG	GT	WT	fF	fG	fT	PT	HU	RA	FO	FG	GT	WT	fF	fG	fT	PT	HU	RA	FO	FG	GT	WT	fF	fG	fT	PT
HP	?	?	?	100%	80%	100%	100%	80%	60%	50%	130%	104%	90%	116%	104%	130%	130%	115%	78%	120%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ATP	?	?	?	93%	75%	75%	110%	86%	50%	50%	125%	94%	70%	116%	94%	100%	128%	108%	60%	80%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ATA	?	?	?	80%	100%	60%	75%	150%	50%	50%	94%	145%	74%	120%	160%	80%	100%	200%	60%	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
TP	?	?	?	35%	35%	70%	25%	30%	120%	30%	30%	35%	130%	35%	44%	94%	25%	30%	144%	30%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
DFP	?	?	?	80%	60%	80%	110%	60%	50%	50%	145%	100%	100%	120%	80%	120%	150%	80%	60%	80%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
EVP	?	?	?	90%	120%	160%	50%	140%	200%	100%	80%	120%	160%	90%	120%	160%	50%	140%	200%	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
MST	?	?	?	50%	75%	80%	50%	50%	200%	50%	50%	60%	150%	50%	100%	110%	50%	50%	245%	50%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
STA	?	?	?	120%	120%	100%	100%	125%	100%	100%	100%	110%	100%	120%	120%	100%	100%	125%	100%	100%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
CHR	?	?	?	100%	130%	100%	100%	130%	100%	150%	100%	?	100%	100%	130%	100%	100%	130%	100%	150%	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Online Fighgunner

Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	100%	101%	102%	104%	106%	108%	110%	112%	114%	116%
ATP	93%	95%	98%	100%	102%	104%	106%	109%	113%	116%
ATA	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	95%	100%	105%	110%	120%
TP	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%
DFP	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	95%	100%	105%	110%	120%
EVP	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%
MST	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
STA	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%
CHR	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Online Guntecher

Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	80%	82%	84%	86%	88%	90%	92%	96%	100%	104%
ATP	75%	76%	77%	78%	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	94%
ATA	100%	105%	110%	115%	120%	125%	130%	135%	140%	160%
TP	35%	36%	37%	38%	39%	40%	41%	42%	43%	44%
DFP	60%	61%	62%	63%	64%	65%	66%	68%	70%	80%
EVP	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%
MST	75%	76%	77%	78%	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	100%
STA	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%
CHR	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%

Online Wartecher

Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	100%	101%	102%	104%	106%	108%	110%	115%	120%	130%
ATP	75%	76%	77%	78%	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	100%
ATA	60%	61%	62%	63%	64%	65%	66%	68%	70%	80%
TP	70%	72%	74%	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	92%	94%
DFP	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	95%	100%	105%	110%	120%
EVP	160%	160%	160%	160%	160%	160%	160%	160%	160%	160%
MST	80%	82%	84%	86%	88%	90%	95%	100%	105%	110%
STA	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
CHR	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Online Fortefighter

Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	100%	102%	104%	106%	108%	110%	115%	120%	125%	130%
ATP	110%	112%	114%	116%	118%	120%	122%	124%	126%	128%
ATA	75%	76%	77%	78%	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	100%
TP	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%
DFP	110%	115%	121%	126%	132%	137%	143%	145%	147%	150%
EVP	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
MST	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
STA	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
CHR	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Online Fortegunner

Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	80%	82%	84%	86%	90%	95%	100%	105%	110%	115%
ATP	86%	90%	94%	96%	98%	100%	102%	104%	106%	108%
ATA	150%	155%	160%	165%	170%	175%	180%	185%	190%	200%
TP	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
DFP	60%	61%	62%	63%	64%	65%	66%	68%	70%	80%
EVP	140%	140%	140%	140%	140%	140%	140%	140%	140%	140%
MST	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
STA	125%	125%	125%	125%	125%	125%	125%	125%	125%	125%
CHR	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%	130%

Online Fortetecher

Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	60%	62%	64%	66%	68%	70%	72%	74%	76%	78%
ATP	50%	51%	52%	53%	54%	55%	56%	57%	58%	60%
ATA	50%	51%	52%	53%	54%	55%	56%	57%	58%	60%
TP	120%	125%	130%	132%	134%	136%	138%	140%	142%	144%
DFP	50%	51%	52%	53%	54%	55%	56%	57%	58%	60%
EVP	200%	200%	200%	200%	200%	200%	200%	200%	200%	200%
MST	200%	205%	210%	215%	220%	225%	230%	235%	240%	245%
STA	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
CHR	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Online Protranser

Type Lvl	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
HP	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%	105%	110%	115%	120%
ATP	50%	52%	56%	58%	65%	67%	69%	71%	73%	80%
ATA	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
TP	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
DFP	50%	52%	56%	58%	65%	67%	69%	71%	73%	80%
EVP	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
MST	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
STA	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
CHR	150%	150%	150%	150%	150%	150%	150%	150%	150%	150%