<strong>Early 2007 is the place... or should that be time, to be with PSO!</strong> <img src="/images/BlueBurst.jpg" alt="BlueBurst" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - November 30 2006 - 3:15 PM ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have recently announced what's coming Japanese <EM>Blue Burst</EM>ers way between January &amp; March 2007! Why not take a gander?</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Valentines is coming!" hspace=5 src="/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_01.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="White Day is also coming!" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_02.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1st January 2007</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Year's Day Lobby Decorations (Available until January 16th)</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Early January</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Year's Present...</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Late January</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode IV</EM>: Transaction of ??? (Item Modification)</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode IV</EM>: Maximum Attack 3 - Version 2!</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">30th January</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Valentines Lobby Decorations (Available until February 20th)</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode I</EM>: Pioneer Valentines (Available until February 20th)</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode II</EM>: Special Valentines Event (Available until February 20th)</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Late February</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode IV</EM>: Transaction of ??? (Item Modification)</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Team Armor Item Released</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">27th February</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">White Day Lobby Decorations (Available until&nbsp;March&nbsp;20th)</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode I</EM>: White Day Event&nbsp;(Available until&nbsp;March&nbsp;20th)</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode I</EM>: The Gift of the Governor-General Quest (Available until&nbsp;March&nbsp;20th)</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">20th March</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Easter Lobby Decorations (Available until&nbsp;April 10th)</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Late March</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode IV</EM>: Transaction of ??? (Item Modification)</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode IV</EM>: Competition Quest!</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Team Private Seal Item Released</FONT></LI></UL></UL><P><FONT face=Arial>Even more great stuff for the Japanese to get excited about - Who says it's all about <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM>? <EM>PSO</EM> is clearly still where it's at, Japanese-wise anyways!</FONT></P>

<strong>The New Mortar Rod plays havoc with JP Blue Burst!</strong> <img src="/images/BlueBurst.jpg" alt="BlueBurst" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - November 30 2006 - 3:04 PM ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have recently added a whole new quest and item to the Japanese version of <EM>Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst</EM>!</FONT></P><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG><EM>New Guild Quest Event!</EM></STRONG> </FONT><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 - 4 Players</FONT></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_03.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_04.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The merchant has gotten word that a girl holds a weapon that changes with every month that passes! The only problem is that the girl doesn't want to exchange the weapon for anything else! However, she is after a new item, an item which can only be found in the depths of <EM>Episode IV</EM>'s Crater.&nbsp;</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_05.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_06.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Find the item, and she'll exchange it for her precious weapon of which has just also been released on <EM>Blue Burst</EM>! It is... the Mortar Rod!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">With this new item release, Sonic Team of Japan also altered the Rare Item drop rates for the second time - However, this new item is only available by battling and slaying your way through this new mission. Good Luck!</FONT></P>

<strong>Update Calendar Breaks Out of Japan!</strong> <img src="/images/.jpg" alt="" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - Thursday, November 30 2006 ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Aparently in 'The Perfect Guide', a Japanese <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> strategy guide, a brief update calendar has been published containing rough update listings for the Japanese version of <EM>PSU </EM>between now &amp; March 2007, and has been roughly translated and posted on PSO-World.com, with the calendar looking as follows:</FONT></P><UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Early December</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Story Mission: Ch. 17: Valley of Suspicion</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Christmas Event</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mid-December</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Famitsu Cup Event!</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Story Mission: Ch. 18: TBA</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Free Missions</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Late December</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Story Mission: Ch. 19: TBA</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Years Celebration Event</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">January 2007</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Story Mission: Ch. 20: TBA</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Story Mission: Ch. 21: TBA</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Snowy Season Event</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Free Missions!</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">February 2007</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Story Mission: Ch. 22: TBA</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Valentine's Day Event</FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Free Missions: Flaming SEED Attack</FONT></LI></UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">March&nbsp;2007</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">White Day Event</FONT></LI></UL></UL><P><FONT face=Arial>Lots of great stuff to be looking forward too then i guess if you're an international <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> player/playeress! Also nice to see they're sticking with their many seasoned events as they have done for many years with <EM>PSO</EM>!</FONT></P>

<strong>4 New Fights to be had in Japan!</strong> <img src="/images/.jpg" alt="" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - Thursday, November 30 2006 ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have updated the Japanese version of <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> today&nbsp;with 4 new boss battles for online play!</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt=Parum hspace=5 src="/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_02.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt=Neudaiz hspace=5 src="/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_03.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Head down to the Relics and you might be in for a whole new kind of surprise, meanwhile Neudaiz also holds a new surprise that the department of Research &amp; Development are very interested in...</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt=Moatoob hspace=5 src="/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_04.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG style="WIDTH: 160px; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="The HIVE" hspace=5 src="/uploads/news_images/30_11_06_01.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Moatoob's old coal mine zone also has a new 'weapon' while the HIVE has some kind of very large photon&nbsp;fed SEED killing machine - Proceed with a hint of caution!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All the new boss missions hold S - C Rank Result possibilities, so there's no reason not to go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise!</FONT></P>

If you are getting a bt home hub, plug it in via your computer's ethernet port, if you don't have wireless.If you do it like this, you won't have to install the ungodly software that comes with it.

I haven't used it, mostly because it reminds me of the AOL browser, but it get EVERYWHERE and will suck up heaps of CPU runtime.

Beware.

Can someone explain the "WarTecher" advanced class in greater detail than my current knowlegde?

My knowledge; Main type being a Hunter, with strongish Techniques. Also are the advanced classes available now, or will they come in a future patch?

Thats about the extent of my knowledge... which is probably wrong

Thanks!

<strong>Christmas is almost here again!</strong> <img src="/images/Episode1&2.jpg" alt="Episode1&2" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - November 30 2006 - 10:33 AM ]</font>

<SPAN class=mediumtext><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">On November 28th, Sonic Team of Japan held Nintendo Gamecube server maintenance that saw the arrival of Christmas @ <EM>Phantasy Star Online</EM> for all of the below versions:</FONT></P><UL><LI><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Phantasy Star Online, Episodes I &amp; II </FONT></EM><LI><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Phantasy Star Online, Episodes I &amp; II Plus </FONT></EM><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Phantasy Star Online, Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution</EM> </FONT></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Christmas @ PSO!" hspace=0 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/xmas04_1.jpg" align=baseline border=1></P></FONT><P><FONT face=Arial>Added was Christmas decorations in lobbies for all of the above games, as well as the 'Pioneer Christmas' quest for <EM>Episodes I &amp; II</EM> players!</FONT></P><P align=center><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/xmas04_4.jpg" align=baseline border=1></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Quest see's you once again go down to <EM>Episode II</EM>'s Gal De Val island in search of Cakes from the Naruna Sisters who have this time taken refuge to find the best ingredients in the Alpine area (Mountains). </FONT><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Your mission isn't as easy as you'd like though because you're also accompanied by a teacher and her 2 favourite pupils Mary &amp; Christopher (After nagging her to death)! </FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">After being transported down to Gal De Val, the 2 pupils come across special clothes which conviniently give them special powers! On your journey you will no doubt come across certain seasonal monsters...</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Meeting 'St. Rappy' on Gal De Val island means you're one step closer to cakes! But before that... time for something completely different... a mini-game! Clear the Memory Mini-game, and St. Rappy will send you to&nbsp;meet up with the 3 Naruna Sisters for cakes... and presents! </FONT><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">After meeting up with the ever joyous 3 Naruna Sisters, it also turns out to be your job to deliver special packing paper so the cakes remain as sweet and tasty as christmas is fun and cold! Once done, return to Pioneer 2 for your congratulations and special Christmas themed surprise!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face=Arial>The quest is available from now until boxing day (26th December) and is playable only for 1 player. Happy Christmas Questing!</FONT></P></SPAN>

Hello.
I was wondering a few things about the contest.

It sounds like it has to be about PSU, and not PSO... I don't own PSU (which is why I wanted to enter) so I don't know much about it to be doing fan art. :>

Does it have to be hand-drawn art, or could it be just screenshot collages?

hrm... are you limited to one entry per person?

... how could you do PSU fanfic if you don't own the game? Man, this is an odd contest.

What would you like to see making a return from PSO, or older Phantasy Star games?

I'd like to see some of the old weapons making a comeback, the Yamigarasu and Lavis Weapons especially, as well as some form of the Towards the Future quest from the old DC v.2 game. Even throwing in some of the classic bosses would be nice. I don't think it'd take too much to change how that De Ragan model acts to simulate the Dragon fight from PSO.

And Lobbyball. We need Lobbyball back.

When you enter a party, do you find that people think you should be playing a certain class due to your race? I went into a party on Moatoob today, and I got called a n00b because I was playing as a Cast Hunter, and got told that I should play Ranger, because that was what Casts are there for =/

I've also seen Beast Forces getting a bit of aggro for playing their chosen class as well, but Newman Hunters and the like get away unscathed.

Do you think that the new Race/Class system has bought in some form of discrimination, that is rife in games like FFXI? The old System on PSO covered this, because pretty much class was good in their own right.