Rusty PSO vet needs some sharpening...

[Valatar]

Hello all, pleased to meetcha. I was a PSO player back in ye olde Dreamcast days, but it's been a few years since I played last, and I never played much online to begin with, so I'm finding that I can use some advice to get back into the swing of things now that I'm running Blue Burst. Specifically:

1. Are the special download quests (such as the spiffy one that handed out Chain Sawds upon completion) still available under the new version, or are they gone?

2. Ditto to the above with the quest to get access to the special upgrade shop.

3. These new (new to me, at least) Episode 2 mags, do they have multiple colors? I'm trying to grow a Rati with wings that match the color of my character.

3a. Can all mags get up to 200 now, or is it only the new mags that can go that high?

3b. If the answer to 3 is 'yes', can anyone suggest a particularly great color for a Rati? I do so adore those energy blade wings it has, though I still hold a good deal of nostalgia for Garuda with my HUnewearl.

4. Generally speaking, is one better off playing in big groups for more monsters and higher chance of nice loot, or soloing and keeping everything you find?

5. Is it still possible to get into higher-difficulty missions than you really have a right to be in? I snuck into a Hard Forest online on the Dreamcast and ran away from the monsters while smacking chests and got a couple of sabers out of it that were very nice for my lowbie level.

[Phantom_RAcast]

1. No, you now get chainsawds from monsters (correct me if I'm wrong)
3. yes
3a. Yes
3b. I personally like black rati's
5. I dont understand what you mean o.O

[Valatar]

5. I dont understand what you mean o.O

In PSO it was possible, if playing online, to enter into, say, Hard mode, even if you hadn't beaten Dark Falz on Normal yet. So I just skipped around him, harvested some better weapons out of Hard forest, then went back and beat him.

[Phantom_RAcast]

ahhh, well if you hit level 20 you could go into hard mode without beating falz, you'd only have forest open though (or VR Temple depending on episode)

[RagMastaRappy]

1. No, Chainsawd is a SKYLY drop from Vulmers in Ult Caves, 1/1050 I think...
2. Gallon's Shop? I'm not sure, I'm offline only...
3a. All MAGs go up to 200, except for hacks that go up to 1308...
3b. I love my Rati with red wings and white highlights...
4. Generally, everyone gets an equal amount of loot in a party, and you also get more EXP doing that, so I'd say play with others a lot. As long as you can trust them not to FSOD/BSOD/do anything else that might screw up your game.
5. Online only. If you are level 20, you can go into Hard difficulty online and try to score some loot. However, chances are you won't be able to get very far with the enemies, unless it's a second character that's been tweaked. But, if you're interested...
Hard: Level 20
Vhard: Level 40
Ultimate: Level 80
Those are the online level requirements for each difficulty. Offline, it's the same thing for multiplayer. However, in solo mode, you can unlock the higher difficulties at a low level by defeating Dark Falz. Level requirements mean nothing when doing offline solo.

[~Buddah~]

pretty much its the same but with less hackers and a few changes here and there not much

[Namillus]

However, Blue Burst has no Offline Mode, and the unlock requirements for each difficulty have been changed.

Hard: 30
VHard: 60
Ult: 100

[Lance813]

yup basicly the same old dreamcast veteran here also

[~Buddah~]

me no likey the new lvl requierments