21-06-2005, 09:15 PM
I picked up Phantasy Star Ep 3 when it came out (I'm a sucker for card games), and played it (all offline) for a good 3-4 months, racked my guy up to Level 89, have some fairly entertaining decks, and then set it down after I felt I had mastered it. Since at the time I lived in an area with no high speed internet (I know...), I didn't want to bother getting an online adapter.
Well, some 15-18 months later, I've now picked the game back up and started playing it again, however, I'm sad by the fact there are many cards I can't get offline, only online, and wondered if there was any life still on the online version of the game this far after it's release. (i.e. I really don't want to go buy the whole adapter & split my broadband cable just to find out I'm the only one online...) So I have some basic questions just about things I've read in other places and so forth:
A)Is there still enough of an online group of players where I could find a game with minimal time of waiting?
B)I've read many a thread about idiots running around FSOD'ing people. Is this still rampant, and if so, does it have the ability of corrupting my save information?
C)This is the first game I've ever touched in the Phantasy Star series. Now granted, you folks might be a bit biased, but are the first two still worth picking up at a used game store and playing? Since I'll have the online adapter for this, might as well get my money's worth...
Any information you could provide would be most beneficial, as this will likely sway me one way or the other to go out and buy the online adapter for the Cube. Thanks!
Well, some 15-18 months later, I've now picked the game back up and started playing it again, however, I'm sad by the fact there are many cards I can't get offline, only online, and wondered if there was any life still on the online version of the game this far after it's release. (i.e. I really don't want to go buy the whole adapter & split my broadband cable just to find out I'm the only one online...) So I have some basic questions just about things I've read in other places and so forth:
A)Is there still enough of an online group of players where I could find a game with minimal time of waiting?
B)I've read many a thread about idiots running around FSOD'ing people. Is this still rampant, and if so, does it have the ability of corrupting my save information?
C)This is the first game I've ever touched in the Phantasy Star series. Now granted, you folks might be a bit biased, but are the first two still worth picking up at a used game store and playing? Since I'll have the online adapter for this, might as well get my money's worth...
Any information you could provide would be most beneficial, as this will likely sway me one way or the other to go out and buy the online adapter for the Cube. Thanks!