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>>6691860
How to sign up for Pre-OBT
>If you were in CBT or any previous test, you are in automatically.
http://pso2.jp/preentry/
http://pso2.jp/preentry/

Click the first big blue button under the Rappy block.
In the yellow bar, write your e-mail address. Click the blue button to the right.
Check your e-mail, goto the first link.
On this page, start entering info. Google translate will help, but it is in this order:
Birthday YYYY-MM-DD
SEGA ID name. 6~30 lowercase characters. This shouldn't be related to whatever you plan for your ingame character name but that probably doesn't matter.
Password + Pass-confirm (8~16 character limit)
Secret question and answer (1~64 characters)
Checkbox if you want mail from Sega (yes, otherwise you might not get an e-mail about the beta)

Click the gray button at the bottom when you're done. If you get a pop-up, go back and fix your fuck-ups.

Next page
Find Phantasy Star Online 2 (ファンタシースターオンライン２) on the list. Click the link/button underneath it, on the next page is the legal crap that noone ever reads. Click the first gray button then you should be set. The next page's button closes the window.

If you need to do a captcha, go here:
http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/katakana.htm
wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana
Look-up and match.


Alternative guide with pictures:
http://bumped.org/psublog/phantasy-star-online-2-pre-open-beta-registration-guide/

>Now go find images to post here until the 20th of June, which is likely around when they'll send e-mails about the launcher download or even start the pre-beta-test.

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>one of my pics used as a general image

that was unexpected, but neat

the closer we're getting to pre-OBT the more painful withdrawal is, i cannot wait anymore

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>>6694872
I wasn't part of the 4chan team/guild, but that was one of my favorite screenshots from the old threads, so perfect for a general image. couldnt use the usual FOreal one because someone posted it in the old thread.

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>70% of players play as Female characters. He guesses women play an active role in the Arks.

BAHAHAHAHAHA!

so what does this mean for one of the very few males in the game?

>>6699054

oh and on a sidenote I think our specific generals should have the following in it:

>for those who wonder or who have the urge to ask about what ship/block we play in...it's the exact same as the CBT...if you were a part of that then you know where that is

>>6699123
So you just want this thread to be a huge circlejerk for the people that were in the CBT team? Go leave and get your own forum.

>>6699152

0/10 - id give you a 1 for at least trying to incite a troll attempt but let's be honest you're just being retarded at this point if you obviously don't know why I posted that...oh well have fun bruce

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>>6699123
i did have that line in the post originally, but i took it out because i couldnt use the usual PSO2 general image.
even if you were in CBT it was in moonrunes. the only way to know what it says is to read the translation on that PSOw thread, and even then it literally doesn't say anything important (AIBOU)

>>6699123
I was in the closed beta and didn't play with you guys. Oh well, at least now I won't be able to join up even if I wanted to.

>>6699401

well the reason we've kept it secret (from what I could tell) was when we got invaded with a lot of "le reddit" fellows that kept spamming and harassing our japanese bros and giving us a bad name to the point where we ported to our rooms and used team chat to avoid them....so we're just avoiding that again.

but im surprised if you were in the CBT and in these generals during the CBT then you oughta know by NOW where we played at jus sayin

>>6699572
Oh, no, I only browsed /jp/ at the time so I didn't think of looking at /vg/ until some time after the beta.

>>6699613

hmmm idk what to say tbh idk why you wouldnt have checked the vg thread before anything...maybe before OBT someone will put the OP image with the ship and block in it

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>>6699123
It was the one in the general OP pic, right? Or did that change? I was only around for half of CBT. I don't want to get left behind, I like the moonmen, but having an english group to be around would be nice.

>those legs
>that labcoat
>Xion is hot as hell despite the ridiculously mismatched manvoice.

>>6701691
>spoiler
yes

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>>6699613
I started on /jp/'s block as well since I got my invite from them, but it only lasted for a few days and then I switched to /vg/'s block because I find them more active. I remember public chatting on /jp/'s lobby with "/jp/ please respond!" to find players to play with, but nobody is responding.

tl;dr we play on the same ship, so you should be fine.

>>6699613
I think /jp/ was on the same ship, just decided on a different block from the /v/ group. I didn't bother with the team but that was more because I can moonrune and I have lurker tendencies anyway. The most I've ever posted on 4chan have been in these threads, usually posting poorly translated news from what I find from Japanese sites.

But the current wait on Japan is the official announcement of the start date. The most recent blog update said they'll announce the date next week.

>>6702529
Oh! That's great to hear. Guess I'll just hop blocks until I find some people, then.

Some gameplay videos of shenanigans and fights.

Shadowcrazy:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4CE88CA7036C1436

Momoyo:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA55145597B260F37

While waiting for the open beta testing, I'm going to play the original PSO. What server does /vg/ usually play on? Is it Sylverant? I know a lot of people don't like SCHTHACK.

>>6708843
I came across some other servers called Eden and Ultima, but I'm still kinda lost... I'm looking for something with slightly increased exp rates so the grind isn't horrible, but I don't like really high rates.

Is there a possibility that they'll block foreign IP's at OBT?

>>6717782
no

how does healing work in the game? Theres no holy trinity, right (Tank/Healer/DPS)? Watching Momoyo's vids seems like he just used potions to heal up

>>6724698
no holy trinity
FOs can heal with their abilities and everyone can use potions.
HUnters do have a taunt but all in all being an action game it's pretty much just a cluster fuck of beating the shit out of whatever's in your path.

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>>6724698
>holy trinity
I guess it could be considered one of those, since there are only three classes, and there always will be three. Hunter/Force/Ranger = melee/mage/guns.
Only Force has an AOE-based heal, but the game throws monomates (potions) at you often enough that you don't really need to stock up on them.

I don't think the game relies on the typical concept of the "holy trinity" though, since every class can stand on its own, even in lopsided parties, and there are enough weapon/skill types for each class to keep it mixed up.

>>6725821
>>6725924

in short? play what you want and have fun. don't worry about being necessary because in this game it seems everyone is in equal ground...hell in the CBT we took low levels with us and didn't notice much problems so even then it's still fun

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>>6725821
>a cluster fuck of beating the shit out of whatever's in your path
That sums up the game pretty well, I think.
There were times during PSE bursts in the city missions that I actually had no idea what was going on because there were 12 people in one spot and enemies were everyhere and everything was exploding, but all you can do is KEEP ATTACKING, CROSSBURST

stop making threads autist

>>6726778
>autist

I'd link you to /v/ where you belong but idk how to do that

0/10 - oh well have fun being useless

>>6726165
>>6725924
Thx. Yeah probably gonna roll a hunter then. 3 more weeks... ;_;

>>6726851
stop making threads autist

you niggers probably weren't even apart of the circle jerk

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anti-shitpost spam, ENGAGE

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Sakai, please give us an offline Symbol Editor

please

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please

>>6731747
>>6731801

I hope they'll add like a 500% zoom or something. Shit's hard to work with when adding minute details.

I swear, those guys who made those symbol arts are fuckin wizards.

What are changes that English version never even comes out?

What are changes that IF it comes out, it will be succesful enough to sega not shut it down right away after very short life out in west?

I want to play this with western community because I cannot into Japanese and I kinda feel I do not want to be a bother for Japanese players - even if there would be whole /v/ set of people in some channel.

But holy heck does this game look seet as heck in all levels.

>>6732194
You dont need to be able to into japanese, there are translation patches.

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Considered the wait as an opportunity to catch up on my backlog.
mfw I only played Killing Floor, TF2, and beat Cave Story.

>>6732194
There is allegedly a high chance that PSO2 will come out in english, >"rumors" from "sega employees,
>SEGA's behavior (cancelling the english release of PSP2i),
>and some outdated datamining ("EN" in language options for some files, a credits screen that used to have an english version, but was removed)
have all pointed towards the possibility of an english release.

Like >>6732285 said, there is an english patch that translates about 50% of the text.
Items and character dialogue can't be translated because of how client/serverside text works, but nearly everything else is translated, and most of the interface is icon-based so it has no language barrier.


Seriously, though. Don't hold your breath for the english server. SEGA has a long history of allowing phantasy star games to be ruined for the western servers.

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So I'll admit it, they did a pretty good job updating most of the old costume designs. It's nice that they no longer look like they're from some tacky 80's post apoc scifi film, and they did away with the ragged cutoff shorts....

but I can't be the only one who sorta misses that weird animal print thigh thing that most female HU designs had.

>>6734317
You aren't honestly telling me that a strap of fabric belted to your crotch looks better than the shorts on the right.

I personally think all the costumes are worse, I loved PSO's visual style. But at least unlike Universe they actually tried to be somewhat true to the old designs.

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Waiting eagerly.

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did anyone play on a xbox pad? better or worse experience on a pad?

>>6736282
felt better for a hunter, was worse when trying to play ranger in third person shooter mode

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I just want to share a link to my blog where I post things about the previous closed beta. I also explained some mechanics about the boss battles or something. Hopefully, it would give newcomers some insight about what to expect for the next beta, and give old players something to read while waiting for it.

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Cirnopoly's Blog: (Posts tagged with PSO2 only)
http://cirnopoly.blogspot.com/search/label/Phantasy%20Star%20Online%202

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Cirnopoly's Video Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL838E0C3A45B6FCB9

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>>6742430
thanks for the vids. Ill check it out

>>6734494
No, it definitely isn't better, but it's no worse than the silly ass shorts and random metal strips.
Given what other special costumes were in the icon document, I'd say there is a chance we'll get at least one version of that previous outfit.

>>6733224

>Sega more likely to release PSO2 than MAX ANARCHY in the west.

Don't know if mad or sad.

>>6747257
As a citizen of both general threads on /vg/, I know how you feel.
Damn it, SEGA. :(

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>>6742327
>>6742363
>>6742430

seeing your blue cast and your blog makes me get all nerdy and imagine you as a news reporter in the PSO2 world where you'd have your own screen giving us top news about the latest events and even showing BREAKING NEWS! when me and momo take down bosses or something.

idk why but that's what comes to mind

>>6733224
>SEGA has a long history of allowing phantasy star games to be ruined for the western servers.

yeah but hey let's be grateful that we've had private servers for older PSO games that still run to this day...so with any luck if anything we may have the same for PSO2 when the game outlives itself and such

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>>6752240
That's what's always amazed me about the private servers, that SEGA was "okay" with it, they basically gave PSObb up to private servers with no complaint. When PSObb's official servers slowed down, the private servers got more popular and all they did was close PSObb rather than doing any sort of C&D

Although I don't want to see PSO2 end up on private servers, because that means that the game got hacked to hell and SEGA gave up again. That's a bad thing!

>>6742327
Where's tablecat, cel?

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Since I patched my game without backing up my files, I wonder if anyone got the original of the file below:

\data\win32\1a1ee6d8592412ac83a255ac496f4226

I need the Japanese emergency mission announcement.

>>6756346
I don't know, did I abduct someone unconsciously again?

Just registered two registrations with two seperate accounts to the beta pre entry thing.

Was it... A bit of overkill?

I will now monitor these threads but I am not a PSO veteran and I only know crude basics of the first game as I played Blue Burst for a small while.

>>6758692
you know how to extract the files?

>>6758692
no, I just miss him. Do you know his steam, youtube, tripcode?

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>>6759471
Could be overkill, since literally everyone will get into pre-OBT and OBT is totally open to all, but if you plan on having more than one char (IE: on different servers, there is no point to having more than one since you can change classes on the fly) you might end up wi th a second account eventually.

>but I am not a PSO veteran and I only know crude basics
That's not a problem either, the knowledge definitely helps you understand the mechanics (and how photons work), but the game isn't rocket science, and can be learned pretty easily, even in moonrunes.

any excuse to bump before bed

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>>6726196
That's what I loved about the game. It's so arcade-y, which not many games exhibit nowadays, much less mmo's.

>>6733224
From what I understand on how Japanese companies operate (I'm not sure if it's the same for other countries), SEGA Japan and SEGA of America are only related in name and business philosophy. What SEGA of America has to do is essentially buy rights from SEGA Japan. So if there's an update released, not only does the US counterpart have to buy the content, they have to translate it as well. This may explain a financial reason for late updates or poor service unless SEGA of America just really enjoys dragging their feet.

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>>6752108
<--- You mean like this?

>>6759765
You can open them with notepad.

Hey guys, I wanted to invite you to play on Putte's PSO server while you wait for the PSO2 beta. Server population is around 10 people coming and going intermittenly, so maybe you can help with that and get your Phantasy Star fix. I'm online most nights, though most often it's by myself. Shit gets lonely, yo.

Direct Download: Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/? on396bp8gnbp9ft Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/? gp2dqn9gc4fbxd6 Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/? 13do0sk6w1296tj

Download Link: https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7269117/Putte_s_Phantasy_Star_Online_Blue_Burst.rar

All citizens /vg/ and /v/ are welcome! Fast rates, as well as helpful admins and players!

Server is back up and stable!

Server Features: * Experience rate: 10x * Rare monster spawn rate: 10%, 25% Kondriue * Instant mag growth * Ancient Sword replaced by Kokiri Sword * Hunter's License given upon reaching level 200, which gives 20x exp and greatly increased drop rate for entire account.

Register your game login: http://ppsobb.no-ip.org/
Unrar the client and place it wherever you want.
Click online.exe then options on the menu to choose your settings.
Click the correct .exe to start the game (PsoBB.exe for XP users, Vista.exe for Vista and Windows 7 Users)

Main Website: http://rujush.org/boards/pso/
Chat: http://puttes.chatango.com/

>>6763153
My bad, here's the client registration site: http://vps.rujush.org/ppsobb/

I seriously hope I see your bros in there

>>6761754
Wow, that is well made, are you a professional?

I've been trying to avoid PSO2 up until this thread (no US localization, PC likely can't run all those grafics). I think I'm roped in now, but from what I gather, the game and its servers are JP only. Is that about the gist of it?

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>>6761754

that looks badass surprised you don't do THIS for your blog instead with all of the screenies and such it looks really cool

>>6761754
that looks great

Meanwhile for my portable Phantasy Star hunger, I thought I could order genuine copy of Phantasy Star Portable 2 - As I understand it has a code for PSN based online play or something of such effect and at moment it is not going for too high prices.

Would it be worth to pick up for 8£ plus shipping?

>>6769406
From what I understand there are plans for a US localization, but that would be a good ways down the line. Yes, the game and servers are all in Japanese, but there is a crack that replaces most important text (with respect to playing the game) with English. That said, I see PSO2 as a great way to fulfill one of my life goals and actually learn a second language.

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>>6769406
Yes, the release we're waiting on now is a JP-only release, but like >>6783096 says, there is an english patch that translates most important text, except item and story dialogue.
But it's not hard to navigate the moonrunes in this game because the UI is icon-based.

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Posting PSO images for the hell of it.

>>6778072
Yes. I still ha e and play PSP2 until I started PSO again on Putte's server. Lots of fun and as close to a porbale PSO as you'll get.

In the meantime, I guess I'm importing or pirating PSO2 once Sega gives a release date.

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>>6784818
>pirating PSO2
>free to play

>>6786381
Acquiring a game =/= playing a game

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>>6786548
The point is that the game is free to download and free to play.
You're not pirating or importing anything because there is nothing to buy.

>>6786723
Ah. Well as I mentioned earlier, I've been out of the loop until now.

>>6784818
Sounds awesome. I played a bit of PS zero on DS back when I had DS. Frankly that was my first introduction to PSO and made me fall in love with the formula.

I would download to test PSP2 but because it has that online protection code (what on PSP makes sense so whatever) I am more willing to buy the game as it gives me more benefits than just a pirated copy. One more than just saving UMD's worth of space from my memory stick.

>>6787863
If your PSP is modded you can copy your purchased copy to the memory stick. Plug it up to your PC via USB, press select on the XMB menu, change the disk drive to UMD. When you open My Computer from the PC, your PSP should show up as the game itself. Copy that, change the PSP back to memory stick and copy the game to the system.

Also, one of the very first stages has Evil Sharks from the PSO caves, which I thought was awesome when I first saw them.

Anyway, I'll be on Putte's server later tonight (usually around 9p EST) if anyone wants some bro-op. If you have questions or problems, post it in this thread or send me a message from the rujush forums. Notifications are all on, so I'll see any messages immediately.

>>6788331
I know about how to backup my UMD. But my memory stick is full as is with legal PS1 games and illegal ISO's. I am ok playing form UMD's and using the UMD itself I save space for other games on my Memory Stick while still being able to just slam the UMD of my choice in the console and play the game.

I do this with PS2 as well. With the ownership of the disc I do not need to keep a ISO stored on my PC and PS2 HDD saving space for other stuff while I can still play the game whenever I want.

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more PSO

>>6784176
This background still sends shivers to my pants

>>6763153
i went online and no one was in the server, heh. i had no idea what to do or what the controls are

>>6801102
Yeah, I did the same about an hour ago. I'll log in now if you'd like me to show you the ropes. I have an extra hour or two.

>>6806332
sure.

>>6806943
I'm in the lobby. What's your in-game name?

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So running PSO2 requires a Japanese locale or do I have to tweak the region also? I read some posts from the other forums that you also need to change your region to Japan.

>>6808164

idk who told you that because I've run the game without having to do ANY of that shit

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>>6808164
Nope, none of it.
You don't need to do anything fancy to install and play the game.

Nothing to talk about edition

>>6709054
It's funny actually, /v/ had a server for a few months. It was Puttputt something or whatever. Much better exp rate. I wonder what happened to it?

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>>6812296
Damn straight.
All we're going to do is talk about how much we miss this game for two or three weeks.
And bump with old CBT screenshots.

So.. Why it seems the SCHTHACK love has gone or why people want to play on smaller servers rather than last bastion of vanilla PSO.

Rather than scatter why not group up, it's not like people who still are into PSO are a large bunch. so having one OK populated server and then one hardly is - weird to me though I applaud the endeavor of administrator.

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>>6820783
I don't play PSO anymore, so I don't keep up with this stuff, but I believe there was some sort of mod drama, or something about ill-used donations that have put people off of playing on SCHTHACK.

>>6821742
>>6820783

It honestly doesn't matter what happened.

People have always hated SCHTHACK for some reason or another.

A few years ago, you'd get people whining, and cringing about some form of mystery furry menace on that server.

>>6821742
>>6820783
>>6813236

Then come play on Putte's with us! Info: >>6763153

Is there a PSOBB server that's just strictly vanilla? No EXP or drop boosts or anything retarded like that?

>>6826021
... SCHTHACK..?

I am in belief it was vanilla but I do not play PSO myself as of now.

>>6826451
>>6826451
Doesn't schtack have that pointless half-assed casino thing

>>6826498
I don't know, test yourself. All I know was a impression that it has vanilla rates and stuff.

I'd be playing on schtack but no one bothered to mention that the client seems to choke on special characters in the password and I'm too lazy to email the admins about it

>>6826884
... just make another account and use strickly numbers and letters.

I THINK this is actually mentioned somewhere though not blocked.

>>6820783
>>6821742
>>6822119
crono is lazy
lee is an asshole

that's all you need to know

>>6829469
just.
I understand that they as people are assholes. But does it affect the server as whole much?

Because if not then probably people generally are not assholes and you probably do not need to play or even speak a word to either guy.


There are probably websites just like that as well in internet yet it does not affect the general users that much at all.

Let me ask you bros an honest question.

What is it about an increased experience/drop rate that puts you off in PSO? I've made a handful of recruiting threads over the last few weeks for Putte's server, but the most common argument I see is "it eliminates challenge, removing most of the gameplay aspect"

This isn't necessarily true unless you're online all day, every day. I've been playing for a few hours here and there several nights out of the week for a month now and am only lv 143 on one character. Sure, leveling is easier, but it's far from boring and the uber rare drops (e.g., Agito 1975) are still hard to obtain. The drop/exp rates make it easy to get my fix between working full-time and being a dad without rendering the gameplay pointless. That, and playing as more than one character or playing PSO between other games is much more plausible.

What do you honestly think? You guys are more civilized than /v/ for the most part, so I thought I would ask.

>>6830997
I was on Putte's server with u last night, and i enjoyed the faster xp as well. I don't want an MMO too be to grindy to level. That's what really put me off on TERA and WoW.

Ordered copy of Portable 2 early today and waiting it to arrive. Only PSP game I did not download first to test and it seems to be somewhat different from basic PSO itself.

And of course by my luck it's online is dead or something. So excite for PSO2.

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>>6857107
Lisa, why are u so kawaii?!?!

Bump.

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Bumping with screen

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>>6873810
>"i never asked for this"

posting unintentional shitty miku look alike

I was a huge fan of PSO for the Dreamcast, loved that game to death. I played through it recently too, still love it.
I haven't played any of the recent PS games though. Do you think I should be checking this one out?

>>6875502
>Do you think I should be checking this one out?

i never understood questions like these...it's like going to an anime convention and asking everyone if they love anime.

if there's a PSO2 general what do YOU think?

>>6875602
Well, PS as a series has gotten some pretty mediocre reception since PSO. I was just wondering if PSO is as much of a direct sequel as the name implies, or is it a game that's made for the fans of PSU and the others that I don't remember.

>>6875817

not sure since I've never played PSO (played PSP though) but we have plenty of screenies, video playlists, and a blog which most of this is on the OP.

>>6875502

I played the hell out of pso episode 1 & 2 which was on dreamcast. I can tell you that sonic team made every effort to incorporate all their new ideas with the solid structure of their classic episode 1&2 stuff. It's well made, well thought out, and the bane of my daily life waiting for it to come out.

Beta was more than I expected and I can assure you that after playing you might not be able to go back to the originals, I can't, I've been replaying them since beta ended and it hurts.

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>>6875817
>I was just wondering if PSO is as much of a direct sequel as the name implies
In spirit, yes. It's PSO2, not PSU2.
Storywise, it's not clear if the stories are even related, but the setting and lore is basically the same as you'd expect in PSO. Like >>6875938 said there is a ton of stuff in the OP that can show you how closely it resembles PSO in every part of its design.

On a somewhat related topic, whether or not PSO and PSO2 are related storywise is somewhat unknown at this point.
PSO2's plot isn't very clear yet, but like PSO, deals with the appearance of some evil critters attacking stuff, though there's no indication that these evil forces are related yet.
And like PSO, you are some sort of fancy space mercenary on a space colony. In PSO, you were a Guardian, in PSO2, you are an ARK.
Something happened ten years ago that no one really wants to talk about so you have no idea what it might be, but from Shion's dialogue with you, there appears to be some sort of time travel shenanigans that you get involved with that is probably related to that event.

They have a lot of similarities, both in plot and in key parts of the setting, but there's only one thing I saw during CBT that suggests that they could be related in any way, whether it just means they're in the same universe, or actually part of the same story.

In PSO EpIII, the card game that no one played, the Guardians developed some sort of technology blah blah blah, whatever, it's a pretty basic good vs evil storyline where you're given the chance to play on either side.
If you choose Heroside, you're a Guardian, if you choose Darkside, you're a member of a "terrorist organization" called Arkz that is against the CARD technology.

tl;dr
>Arkz
>ARKs

Well now that E3 is over PSO2 is officially the only upcoming video game I am excited for.

Don't let me down, Sega. Please. You are my last hope. I have to play nothing but PSO2 for the next 10 years.

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>>6897672
-PSO2 (July)
-MechWarrior Online (July)
-PlanetSide 2 (Late 2012)
-Hawken (December)
and Guild Wars 2 somewhere in between if you're willing to pay for it.

There's a lot to look forward to. That said, pre-open beta couldn't come any sooner.

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PSO2, Gw2, Anarchy Reigns, and MGR only games i'm interested in. Maybe Persona 4 Arena.

I'm going nuts waiting for PSO2 and Gw2 ;_;

To people who ask if PSO2 is worth playing if you liked PSO:

YES.

I've played every single English Phantasy Star game, from the old JRPG-style games to the current hack-and-slash MMO-style games. I've loved every single one for its own reasons, but PSO2 blows every single other one of them out of the water (in every regard aside from story as I don't know PSO2's story yet, and it likely won't be as in-depth as, say, Phantasy Star 4).

PSO was my early teen years.
EpI&II lead me through the latter half.
EpIII was rad in its eerie, captivating story.
PSU was a different experience, and although it was hard to get used to, I probably ended up playing it almost as much as PSO.

And PSO2 blows them all away. This is not a phrase I throw around lightly, but even considering that I've only played Alpha2/OBT with zero Japanese knowledge, this is honestly the most fun I've ever had playing a video game.

Do we get that cute little yellow thing for registering for the pre-beta?

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>>6933371
The rappy statue thing for My Room, yes.

Even with all the hate for Schthack, I'd still like to play it, but my friend who i'm trying to bro-op with, can't connect. It was fine for a couple weeks, but now every time he tries to connect he gets error 903.
Anybody else have this problem?

So my brand new in plastic wrapping copy of Phantasy Star Portable 2 popped in from mail, what should I expect?
Please do not tell me the online is dead as a rock

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Can't wait for this game.

Before DIII came out, a lot of my friends were raving that DIII will be the best when I told them that it's the same Diablo that you've all played before. Now everyone says it's Diablo 2.5. PSO2 on the other hand is a brand new game compared to the previous installments.

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OP doesn't have a link to the character creator & benchmark test, so here you guys go:

http://cc.pso2.jp/PSO2_CC.zip

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>Boot the game up
>The hard agony of not being able to decide what to play

Anyone else have this problem. with games. Had this in others recently too, Tera to say, now this and PSO2 in future too.

>>6946912
Not really. I just play everything in the game until I run into something I like.

PSO2 shouldn't be too hard either as you can change classes in the lobby. I suppose it comes down to the race/gender you want to play. I'm personally going to play male human because there are hardly any males in-game!

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>>6946979
>there are hardly any males in-game!

the few...the proud

>>6946979
yeah. Mostly I am wondering the racial attributes. I do not think PSU/PSPo has the gender attribute in play what is in PSO itself. Did PSO2 get rid of that by the way?

I actually like both options, Male characters have the japanese cool style while female are cute and also nice looking what really is maximizing my dilemma. At moment I am unsure should I do also a melee fighter or caster. Not yet knowing how dead this in Online (PSPo2) - I really do not know what to play to fill in.

Well, I guess I stare at it long enough and get some sort of idea after just meditating it long enough.

>>6947289
The stat differences between the races and genders is exactly how they've been historically throughout the series. The big thing to note is that the differences are not drastically wide, so you're not punishing that badly by playing a HUnewearl compared to playing as a HUcast.

>>6947613
So it is basically more what you want to make your character look like but has still a slight stat difference.

Okay then. Still meditating. Just browsing through all seeing what the sliders do for each character still. And this is basically toned down Universe creator. Oh boy when I get into making actual character I will play in PSO2, I will probably have the character creator running for week in my inability to decide what to do.

>>6946912
Just download the Character Creator and do it now.

>>6946912
yeah as someone already stated your character can be all of the classes so the big question is really which one you want to level first

>>6946747
How do we get that english patch?

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>>6951307
Good question.

Download this file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9259868/pso2_text_stuff/creator_translation.rar

Paste and replace those files @ Program Files (x86)\SEGA\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2_CHARACTERCREATOR\pso2charactercreator_bin\data\win32

>>6951553
Thanks brah. Gonna have some fun creating my waifu

>>6966834
How do i lower the video settings. My laptop got a poor performance rating on the bench mark test.

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Are they gonna block my ISP in open beta too?

Ghostvpn's free thing is done, and I need something to go around the patcher when it's here. And surprisingly it's amazing

>>6943075
But do we get like a rappy costume or rappy pet or something?

>>6947794
The PSO2 Character Creator saves your character as a file that can be loaded, modified, and used in the PSO2 client. You can make your perfect character now and just load her up and start playing when the beta opens.

>>6978126
A pet Rappy statue.

>>6980497
I saw people in the closed beta wearing rappy costumes while fighting and stuff. Is it still possible to get those at all?

>>6981738
probably not until the full release of the game and it will coast real money.

>>6982048
So the people who were in the closed beta get to keep those for full release? Or was it just to play around and test them out?

>>6982128
No, they don't get to keep them, it was to test the scratch cards that unlock them to see if they worked right.

>>6982217
Alright thanks. If I end up enjoying the game a lot the rappy costume will be the first thing I buy.

>>6979556
>You can make your perfect character now and just load her up and start playing when the beta opens.
>Her
It's like my mind is clearly laid out to you.

Well, I thought rolling a male character actually. But it is hard to decide...
BREAST SLIDERS

Started PSPo2 just now. Made two characters but decided to go with male newerl vanguard first. But goddamn are Beast Females cute. That damn nose... Why are they not in PSO2? Probably some timeline thing and not fitting to overall setting at all I presume.

is there a screen cap button in the character creator or do i have to print screen or use snipping tool?
also, is there a way to change the resolution so it all fits within my tv screen?

>>6982647
i think prtscn is the screenshot button. i know it is in the actual game.

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>>6982647
press prnt scrn

in Win7 saves it to user\username\documents\SEGA\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2\pictures

here, havea waifu

>>6982629
Somewhere in the PSO2 files there are references to the beastmen and the other race.

>>6984137
BUT WAIFUENGINE2012 IS ALREADY PERFECT

What do you even call a perfect waifu engine when it is made better?

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>>6979556
Where does it save the character?

>>6985045
>user\username\documents\SEGA\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2\

Nevermind, it's in here. my bad

>>6985045
>dem graphics

if you have a good video card...turn the shaders on and watch in amazement from the difference it actually makes

>>6985829
Yeah I'm on a shitty laptop i mostly use for school not for gaming. It doesn't look as bad as that pic implies though.

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hows my character look?

>>6992862
Not digging the goggles that much.

>>6985045
Cleaned up my character a lot. I liked the way this turned out better. Having too much fun with this character creator

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>>6996067

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I can't stop making waifus, help.

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me too brah. dem glasses, hnnnnnnnnnnnggg

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Rate my character.

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FUCK YEAH REGISTERED!

I know one of you has it.

I need the hipster robot. For... reasons.

In previous games, I would have to choose between glasses, shades and stupid hats. Now, thanks to PSO2, my only choice is: 3 pairs of glasses, or 3 stupid hats?

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robutts

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Well, finally got around to making more characters in the creator.
Now I have to choose if I want to play as this character or my closed beta one, god damn it.

>>7008613
I know what you're talking about but unfortunately, I never saved it. Hopefully someone will post it for you.

>>7008802
3 glasses, duh!

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>PSO2 is not supported on your PC's OS
can someone confirm to me if this box saying what i think it sayling

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I have about a dozen different newman designs, and I used three of them during CBT, I still haven't decided which one I want to use.

>>7019178
She's cute! dem hips.

>>7029072
I don't speak moonrunes, but I'm pretty sure you can answer this question for yourself:
>OS: Windows XP 32bit | Windows Vista or Windows 7 32bit or 64bit

>>7029647
Well, which XP though? I currently stick with SP2, if that game require SP3, i might have to update it, which can be a bother because lollazy

>>7004918
face too chubby. 2/10 would not bang

but i like the cat ears

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>>7008802
Two stupid hats and a pair of shades.

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>>7008802
>my only choice is: 3 pairs of glasses, or 3 stupid hats?

and one sexy beret and a sexy pair of idkwtftheseare eye things...

but those are mine

>thread dead as fuck
>shit waifus everywhere
>everybody who was anybody don't give a fuck about the game anymore
such is life

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>>7033128

Please refrain from misusing the greentext function

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am i kawaii

>>7033128
>denizen of /v/
>thinks this is /v/
>thinks everyone in here is like /v/

yeah /vg/ guild is still here faggot what ya gonna do?

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I keep meaning to make more character designs, but every time I end up nitpicking at this one again...

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Is my husbando kawaii?

I forgot my sega id and pw
what do

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>>7041743
He reminds of someone, going nuts trying to figure it out!

>>7041743
I... Like it!
This is reason why I also would want to play a male character, because they can be cool like that.

I am still thinking what to main in PSPo2 - Started and tried vanguard and I definitely love how it can do only everything while also being weak and more dodge based.

Hunters take more hits in before going down though and I made my Beast F more cool than waifu as well.

Just two hours of fucking around but probably already one of my favorite PSP games.

>>7041743
I'm gonna say...Keanu Reeves with glasses

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What ever happened to the person who was working on this project?
I'd really like to know how it's going so far.

>>7041743
Yes, very yes.
Also I agree with what (>>7045759) said.

>>7042298
If you got into the Closed Beta, check your old emails for your ID.
For your password, go here (https://cha.isao.net/profile_oem/OEMLogin.php?product_name=pso2) and click on パスワードの再設定 (It should be in the second sentence out of the 3 on the bottom, in blue.)

>>7046229
You've reminded me that I STILL haven't finished my PSP2 game. I'm only a couple steps from the final boss and I just dropped playing it for a couple months...

>>7046901
>You've reminded me that I STILL haven't finished my PSP2 game. I'm only a couple steps from the final boss and I just dropped playing it for a couple months...

Yeah. I tested going to PSN online too. Everyone is about maxed and only few lvl 70-90 players are around leveling. Joined a room to see how things go, it was was just two players chilling dancing and stuff. Was funny, but I had to leave because I felt still awkward one in the bunch.

>>7047553
>I had to leave because I felt still awkward one in the bunch.
I know that feeling all too well.
If I remember correctly I left off at level 68, so I still have a long ways to go before maxing out.

And the last time I went online with it, there were a lot of locked rooms and the ones that were open was just a bunch of people RPing.

I'd love to level with you but I feel as if I'd be a total fuck-up when playing with real people.
Same thing happened when playing PSO2, so I only teamed up with one or two people out of the entire guild. ;_;

>>7048247
ahah.
Yeah that was kinda what the one open room was about, I was just seeing how it actually works because I was interested.

Too bad indeed. Well PSPo2 does not offer most robust chat and communication tools but seems to still try it's best though.

Well, hopefully you can at least finish the game off. I got my copy for Phantasy Star hunger while waiting PSO2 to west

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>>7048593
>I got my copy for Phantasy Star hunger while waiting PSO2.
Funny enough, PSO2 is what broke me off my groove for playing PSP2.
>to west
Godspeed to you, sir.

Maybe I really should pick it back up tomorrow, I'm getting sick of playing Elona.
Would you play online with me when I do? That is, if it's okay with you.

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>>7052508

>>7052508

bruce stfu and go

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I need to work harder on making an out of place kind of character

>>7062145
>tfw you'll never be saltack

he was the best at being completely out of place

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Thread is now complete.

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>Can't make a beast
okay.jpg
>fall back to my HUnewearl
>idle stance
>those fucking arms
How the fuck do you stand like that? Space elves, sure, but that's painful to do for long periods. WTF, SEGAC.

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>>7062145
WTF is that thing

>>7062676

fuck i facepalm everytime i see this pic seeing my character without the shaders on....fuck i regret not having shaders in the beginning of the CBT

Are we going to use the same block as the CB?

>>7063165
yes

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>Remake my CAST from PSU
>this is awesome, almost looks exactly the same!
>try to play during last beta
>forgot I never got invited and it was only the character creator all along
;_;

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>>7063540
Just two more weeks bro. Almost...almost

Looks like the pre-open beta starts next week...only lasts for a day though.

>>7072254
if that's the case...I'll be playing the hell out of it until it's over....fucking miss this game

>>7072317
obt starts immediately after if everything goes smoothly

http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/notice/20120608/

>>7072438
>Who attended the pre-β in open test, has been cleared Quest pre-open limit β test the "desert mission] [Limited Pre-OBT", we will distribute the item code for "bouquet rifle."
Regarding the time distribution of the item code is expected to be open when β test.

HOLY FUCK IM EJACULATING INTO THE SCREEN AS WE SPEAK!

sounds like we need to beat a certain mission in the game so we can obtain the bouqet rifle.

see this?! THIS shit is actually USEFUL and worthy of being a beta present for those participating.

but what scares me is reading the stuff before it makes it sound like only SOME of us will be able to get into this...could be wrong and hope I'm wrong I want all of us from the /vg/ guild to be sporting this sexy bouqet come OBT.

>>7072438
relevant information:
they just want to stress test some new servers
data will not carry over
if you complete a certain quest, you get a special item (bouquet rifle)

>>7050323
Sure, both adhoc party and game's own online should be fine UNLESS there is region blocking.

I just started though so I have character at maybe, lvl 5 soon - but I am more than glad to play with bros online.

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>have to clear one mission to get the swag flower bouquet rifle
>server lags so hard it lasts the whole day
>error 630, error 630 everywhere
>no rifle

>>7075502
if that's the case then they'll obviously delay the OBT and go back into testing...they aren't twiddling their thumbs waiting on the date as well they're fixing shit up in prep for us. I'm pretty sure they're aware of how many of us there are and are more prepared for us to get in now

Is there a client download somewhere? Or will the Pre-OBT use a new one? I wasn't in any test before this, but since the Pre-OBT is only open for a day and I have a slow internet I want to get it done beforehand.

>>6733224
A friend told me the english patch was actually just files found within the game itself. Is this true?

>>6699123
I was in the CBT, but I played with my group of friends. I wouldn't mind joining you guys this time around though.

>>7075502
The problem with cbt is, they didn't have a server made to hold the capacity. So, they lightly upped the server during maintenance but it still wasn't powerful enough as they would need much more time to make a proficient one. Now, they had much more time to make a better one more fit for the amount of people so I'm sure this will go better

loljk 630s everywhere as usual

>>7076110
Text files in PSO2 aren't encrypted and can be opened with notepad. They simply edited the text and replaced the old ones.

>>7077019
I played CBT since the second day to the last and I haven't experienced a lot of 603 errors aside from the scheduled server maintenance. Was it really THAT bad for everyone else?

>>7078343
yeah I'm gonna call bs.. pretty much EVERYONE had a huge 630 problem and if I remember correctly after the first maintenance it was an even worse outbreak of 630

Does anyone have a link to the torrent for the client? i had to reformat my computer a while ago and was unable to save everything i had on it.

So, the beta test is two days.
Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th, 1900~2400 Japan time
That will be, 6:00~11:00am EST, Friday and Saturday.

Due to the short time, the levels at which you acquire mags and their next form are reduced, and the desert planet is available from level 1.

They have prices available too. Sorry for any shitstorm that this information may cause.
1 Yen = 1AC
Premium 30 Day set = 1300 AC = 16.35 USD
90 Day is 3600 AC, 45.30 USD. You only save a dollar per month?
You can rent stuff individually for 700 AC.
200 and 500 AC for Scratch and Scratch Gold. (2.50 and 6.30 USD) It seems that Scratch Gold won't have garbage items in it, just costumes and cast parts.
The AC Scratch prices seem typical of Japan. It's rather common for arcade machines to need 200 or 500 yen for a single play - but you tend to get something for the 500 yen machines (cards for the game for example). The yen is also fairly strong, so it's going to be more expensive for non Japanese players.
I haven't seen anything about how payment will occur, so I don't know if foreigners will even be able to pay these prices.
The entire game itself is free though, if you can do without trading, my room, and extra storage, you can probably max out your level without missing anything.

I'm not seeing any mention of downloading. I imagine something will show up early next week and that a mirror/torrent will be up shortly after that.

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Anyone got the non-censored version of this character sheet? I'm just curious about the design of her pantsu.

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>play times are only from 6am to 11am

>>7086967
They are the classic striped underwear. They actually color change based on your cloth's main color.

Source: Editing the CC camera to upskirt. Will post picks in a little bit after i do the edit again.

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>To reduce server load, there will be less chairs to sit on in the lobby.

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>>7087819
Were you here for the first night?

>>7087950
the reaction is more towards "you mean they didnt fully fix this shit yet?"

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>>7086967
proof of striped

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why are cameras so fun to toy with

>>7088159
Okay, now you have to teach me how to rotate the camera angle.

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Client side edits are oddly entertaining

>>7087704
>They actually color change based on your cloth's main color.
Not sure whether JAPAAAAAAAN or impressed.

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>>7088159
Just like Emilia!

Does anyone have the image explaining the options page?

>client side edits
Do teach.

so POBT starts next week.
will there be a dedicated group for /vg/? i might get lost just working on my own

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>>7082294
>pretty much EVERYONE had a huge 630 problem

now THAT'S bullshit I literally only had 630 pop on me like 2 times in the entire cbt and then never again and those times were from doing burst parties where shit was flying everywhere.

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>>6992862
heres an updated look with different glasses and suit color

>>7098098
looks better. i think i'd be better without the glasses. if u really want glasses, i think u should use the square one instead of those oval ones.

>>7095551
shut the fuck up you lying nigger, i always hated you, you're a fucking faggot. go fuck your oc bitch

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>>7107926

this is a bully free zone please leave