why so many people consider ver.2 harder then ep1&2
- the drops are higher on dc
- the bosses on ep1&2 give you more exp

i just want to know why.....
these are thye differences between them (faq from psoworld)


What is PSO Ep 1 & 2
It is the third installment of the PSO series and is out on the Gamecube Platform. Includes the original PSO for Dreamcast, plus an all-new adventure, Episode 2. Episode 2 is a new full-length adventure.

Will you need the original version of PSO to play?
No. This is a completely separate game on a completely separate platform.


What's new in Episode 1 & 2?
What's new in Episode 1 & 2? Many things, for example:

Mags

- New GC mags - MAGs don't lose synchro when joining new team.
- MAGs lose 5% synchro when you die, even if revived.
- MAGs can't be sold.
- Mags have a 4th evolution.

Characters

- 3 new character classes.
- Fomar, Hucasceal & Ramarl.
- Androids can use traps in all modes.
- Androids can regain HP when standing still.
- Newmans can regain TP when standing still

Techniques

- Shifta and deband won't over-ride current shifta/deband if it's a lower level.
- Shifta and Deband won't overright Jellen and Zalure if its a lower level, same holds true for the reverse.
Techniques now have new strength/power stats and uses different MST amounts.
- Cant jellen a Sinow Red if your Jellen is lower than his shifta - Anti up to Lvl 7.
- Female non Force techs goes up to Lvl 20.
- RAmar-lv 15 techs-No Jellen/Zalure.
- HUmar-lv 15 techs-No Shifta/Deband.
- Non FO tech users-No Reverser/Megid/Grants

Look

- Redesigned Pioneer 2 in Episode 2.
- New interface designs.
- Dozens more new costumes.
- Few more hairstyles

Technical

- Broadband PSO officially supported.
- Can add/delete ISP info from the game itself-Because of no stand alone Gamecube Web Browser.
- Official Snapshot support.
- 4 characters per memory card.
- The game can be played online on multiple systems-No more one game to one system restrictions.
- The camera no longer auto-revolves back to behind your character as it did in the DC versions

Offline

- 4 Player Offline split screen-Regular game/Challenge mode/Battle Mode

Music

- New music-old music as well from past Sega games.
- You can now buy music CD's to change the background music.

Monsters

- Gran Sorceror in Ult Ruins shoots Grants and Megid.
- Chaos Sorcerer in the VR Spaceship cats Gazonde.
- New bosses/mini bosses-Episode 2.
- Love Rappy in episode 2 temple.
- Rare! Bosses-different variations.
- Rare enemies more common

Levels

- 4 new levels to Episode 2-with substages.
- New story for Episode 2.
- When you defeat Falz on hard and vhard (prolly ult aw well), towards the end of the credits rolling, when you're being shown pictures of your character and mag defeating various enemies and bosses

Modes

- Challenge mode is easier with higher efficiency weapons

Loading Screen

- Holding up or down on the c-stick while traveling through a pipe changes the speed you travel.
- Holding left or right on the control stick moves the pipe, too.
- Pressing A will change the colors of the swirls when loading a quest.
- Mouse trailer on loading screen bounces off the edges.

Lobby

- X+A and X+B in the lobby will make you sit in a chair in one of two positions. Pressing A will - scoot your chair forward.
- New Lobby Designs.
- New areas in lobbies(ledges,outer circle).
- New lobby keyboard animations.
- Only 2 soccer/go-go-ball lobbies-Lobby 14 & 15

Weapons/ Armor/ Items

- Many new added rares.
- ALL rare weapons have been modeled into unique characteristic look.
- Partisans can now be used by Rangers (don't know about Forces though).
- (At least)Two new weapon types-two saber type (Musashi, Yamato, G-Assasin's sabers) and - Photon Launcher type (Photon Launcher, Guilty Light).
- New looks for the three rare weapons for each normal weapon type. (the ones who originally just had Green/blue, red/purple, and green/gold photon colors).
- Item drops scale up slower. example: pallasch is not available until late in hard mode, rather than the end of normal.
- Frames and armor are much less meseta in shop.
- Arm units have been scaled back.
- Photon efficiency on weapons upped to 100%.
- GOD units very hard to find (found god/body off nar lilly. Rare enemy drops only?)
- Photon drops and spheres are new items. Currently, photon spheres can't be used, but keep them in your bank for later
- There is no hit materials
- There is no State/Maintenance

Misc.

- To break out of being frozen tap left and right real fast on your analog stick.
- New information page changed into a flash page when you log in.
- You can be banned for inappropriate symbol chats.
- GBA to GC download games-Same as the Sonic Adventure 2 Battle download(only one currently) from Fake in Yellow Quest.
- Trade window. Pressing X when an item to selected with the trade window or quick select menu - will show its stats.
- Dmg traps don't do a pre-determined amount.
- Meseta amounts in boxes and monster drops are smaller.
- Opening quick select menus allows you to run through traps.
- You no longer drop your weapon when you die, you just lose all the meseta your carrying.
- Storage bank holds 200 items.
- Higher priced Hunter's License=$8.95 a month.
- Debit/check cards work now


Guide by: The various members of PSOW

My new RAcaseal has just advanced to her first rare shot, the Meteor Smash. Now, even in areas with six or seven enemies I still can't bring myself to use it.

My Custom Ray ver.00 brings down anything except A. Beasts with no fuss whatsoever. When facing enemies like the worm and Barba Ray I use a Guilty Light, which just works so much better.

I've been using a Spread Needle on Blue Burst and that's a fast worthwhile shot, but the early shots just seem too slow and not damaging enough. What do you think, are they worth having?

on the night of october 11th, i was playing the pioneer halloween quest with mt HUnewearl Mary on normal mode. i played through the quest normally, going through the jungle, listening to the city escape music. my brother then went on with his RAmar SN@Ke, and he did the quest on ultamite. he didn't go to the jungle, but instead went to mountain and listened to the tails theme song instead. is this just an ultamite thing? or is something odd going on......the guide on this site says it's taking place in jungle......oh wait....as i was typing this, he went into normal and he got the normal quest-jungle and city escape. i'm just wondering, has anyone here beaten the mountain one? it's really confusing!

I was just wandering through the Mag guides of the other great PSO website (PSOWorld) when I discovered something amazing that I had never heard of before. Please excuse me if this has been posted somewhere else already, I can't read everything.

Example:

Nobby Noob has just died just before the boss teleporter of Caves 3, he is offline with Larry Legit who has no Ryuker/Telepipes/Moonatomisers/Reversa. Normally the guys would have to quite the level and walk back to the Boss Teleporter - shame.

But what if Larry Legit has has Mags PB charged to 100 and has the Healing or Shifta and Deband Photon Blasts. Well, when Larry uses one of those, Nobby Noob should hold in the Y button of his Gamecube Controller to donate 10% of his PB and get an automatic Resurrection.

This info was taken from PSOworld, and I apologise if I've repeated something in another thread elsewhere.

Regards

UK jester

Well, I've spent several hours online with my wife and so far we have got loads of cakes but only enough differn't ones so far to get a Jack-o-Lanturn for my old FOnewm, Jester. Redhead actually played Jester while I was playing my RAcast, as she had barely ever played a FO before let alone a 100+ one she did pretty well. I'll save opening the Lanturn until when I'm offline so I can reset a bad opening.

Redhead had a bit of a rough time. She adventured with two JP players and another English speaking player. At the end of the Pioneer Halloween quest, one of the JP players grabbed all the cakes that had been dropped for trading. Despite the best efforts of the other JP player (he spoke both English and Kanji) the dishonourable player ignored all request to play fair.

Regards

UK Jester

<strong>Cakes, Candy, and Pumpkins!</strong> <img src="/images/PC.jpg" alt="PC" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - October 11 2005 - 10:37 AM ]</font>

<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Japanese Blue Burstin'" hspace=0 src="/uploads/psobb_usart_2.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Trick... or Treat? Sonic Team of Japan today announce that Japanese <EM>Blue Bursters</EM> are getting... Treats! Not candy bars and caramel apples though i'm afraid.</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Pioneer Hallowe'en</FONT></STRONG></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode II</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Sonic seems to think he's getting a very special treat from some of the staff on Pioneer 2!" hspace=2 src="/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_06.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt=Spooky! hspace=2 src="/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_07.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Pioneer Hallowe'en comes to <EM>Blue Burst</EM> as you travel around the neighbourhood on Pioneer 2 dressed up as spooooky RAcasts and scaaaary FOmars knocking on peoples doors scaring people into giving you treats! However, what's good about this quest is that if some people refuse to answer their doors or give you sweeties, you can use the special limited time attack entitled "Egg Lob". Just don't get caught by the principal.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Of course, i'm joking, that's not what this quest is about, as the screenshots kinda give away, although it is still candy related. Travel the scenes of <EM>Episode II</EM>, and see if you can find the missing cakes! This quest is playable for between 1 &amp; 4 players.</FONT></P><UL><LI><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hallowe'en Decorations</FONT></STRONG></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All lobbies!</FONT></LI></UL></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Sonic Team are really getting desperate with enemy ideas now..." hspace=0 src="/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_08.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All the lobbies are being spookinated with the transmission of special Hallowe'en lobby decorations spread across the servers. Look out for giant Pumpkins and CrAzY music! Both the decorations and Quest are available for a limited time though, being around between 11th October &amp; 1st November - So make the most of it while you can! Happy Hallowe'ening.</FONT></P>

<strong>Yet More Wierd Japanese Blue Burst Competitions!</strong> <img src="/images/PC.jpg" alt="PC" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - October 11 2005 - 10:22 AM ]</font>

<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Japanese Blue Burstin'" hspace=0 src="/uploads/psobb_usart_2.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have announced yet more events coming to the Japanese version of <EM>Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst</EM>, as a new GM event rises not long after the PSOBBQ we posted about not so long ago!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This time, Sonic Team want to see your best Symbol Chat's!</FONT></P><P align=center><IMG alt=ARGH! hspace=2 src="/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_04.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="Symbol Chat GOGO!" hspace=2 src="/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_05.jpg" align=baseline border=1></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The best Symbol Chat Bubbles that qualify in each of the below categories win special prizes:</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG><EM>PSO </EM>Symbol Chat</STRONG></FONT></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best PSO Related Symbol Chat</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>It's Lovely</STRONG> ^_^</FONT></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best and "Lovliest" Symbol Chat</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Laughing Symbol Chat!</STRONG></FONT></DIV></LI><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best and Funniest Symbol Chat</FONT></DIV></LI></UL></UL><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To stand a chance of winning a prize, you have to qualify and finish within one of the following places:</FONT></P><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>First Place (Bestest Prize!)</STRONG></FONT></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3 chances to win within each category</FONT></LI></UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Second Place (Best Prize)</STRONG></FONT></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">6 chances to win within each category</FONT></LI></UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Third Place (Special Prize)</STRONG></FONT></LI><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">9 chances to win within each category</FONT></LI></UL></UL><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you play the Japanese version of <EM>Blue Burst</EM>, you can enter by sending a screenshot of your Symbol Chat to Sonic Team of Japan through the JP Blue Burst website (</FONT><A href="http://psobb.jp"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://psobb.jp</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">) between the dates of 11th October - 25th October. Then between 27th October and 1st November, polls go up on the website for people to vote for their favourites! Winners are then announced on 7th November. Should be fun!</FONT></P>

<strong>A Cause for Celebration & Maximum Attack 3 is Coming!</strong> <img src="/images/PC.jpg" alt="PC" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - October 11 2005 - 9:41 AM ]</font>

<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="It's the 5th Anniversary!" hspace=0 src="/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_01.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have today posted about what they intend to do to celebrate one huge anniversary... can you guess what it is?</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="SEGA Dreamcast... Oooh the days!" hspace=1 src="/uploads/news_images/hg_15_07_05_01.jpg" align=right border=1>That's right! 21st December 2005 marks the 5th birthday of <EM>Phantasy Star Online</EM> making its debut on the same day in the year 2000 on the SEGA Dreamcast over in Japan.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Well to mark the occasion, Sonic Team of Japan have announced that at the end of November, they will release the <EM>Episode IV Blue Burst Expansion Pack</EM> free of charge for download from their website (While we've had it free all along actually!)... But that's not all, oh no! Throughout December, they'll be holding one ALL NEW competition.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You may be able to guess what the Quest will be, that's right, it's Maximum Attack... but this time, we're on&nbsp;Stage 3!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 246px; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="Maximum Attack 3!" hspace=1 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_02.jpg" align=left border=1>Maximum Attack 3 takes place through various stages of <EM>Episode IV</EM> as the main aim stays the same... slay 'til you can slay no more! Special prizes will be in-store for the winners of various different categories as listings are automatically updated on the official <EM>Blue Burst</EM> website, just as you'd come to expect. The prizes? Well knowing the Japanese, they'll probabily be able to win some amazing limited edition <EM>PSO</EM> goodies since this is all in aid of marking the games 5th anniversary and all! Saying this though, the competition this time is sponsered by Japanese Hunters License supporters 'Net Cash' so there's no doubtedly something going on there too!</FONT></P><P align=center><IMG alt="Net Cash - Free Money! W0000t! (Not an accurate translation)" hspace=0 src="/uploads/news_images/11_10_05_03.gif" align=baseline border=0></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">However, like i said, this is for those lucky players of the Japanese versions of <EM>Blue Burst</EM> only though. Although with this being a special birthday treat, surely there's something in line for us English lovers of <EM>PSO</EM> and players of <EM>Blue Burst</EM>? We'll let you know when we get some words!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Many thanks to Ragol.co.uk Forumer <A href="/forums/member.php?u=1620">AERO</A> who recieved word of MA3 straight from the horses mouth... well Sonic Team's mouth anyway!</FONT></P>

OK... the rebirth of this old thread...
On e new note...
WHAT IN HELL ARE VESPID???
Lookie:

Thes look cool, but what exactly are they?
#all i know atm is i want one! or 10...