Photon Artist

[nomercy]

Cool. I was using Maya because she's the only force. She hacks, I think. Handheld crossbow? Those are ranger only, right?

[Namillus]

Every NPC hax. Lou is classed as a Hunter, yet always starts a mission online carryinga Rifle.

[nomercy]

And she uses a Cannon offline.

[pink]

Technically speaking Hunters can use C rated laser cannons offline... so that's not exactly hacking.

[nomercy]

I can? O.o Ethan couldn't until I moved him to Ranger.

[Hrith]

Technically speaking Hunters can use C rated laser cannons offline... so that's not exactly hacking.

There aren't any C-Rank laser cannons, and they are Ranger only, offline.

[pink]

Ah yes, you're right there Hrith. I must've mistaken the cannon image for the shotgun image. Whoops. XD

[nomercy]

I saw another one today. Karen, when she's looking at the De Ragan prints. She has a shotgun, or it looks like one. Too big to be a handgun or a machinegun.

[Vay]

Oh, a little note on PA's, since I didn't see it answered in the thread...

They all have different caps depending on what "type" you are.

Hunter: Melee@20, Ranged@10, Force@0
Ranger: Not sure, but imagine would be... Melee@10, Ranged@20, Force@0
Force: Melee@0, Ranged@10, Force@20

Wartecher: Melee@20, Ranged@10, Force@20
Guntecher: Melee@10, Ranged@20, Force@20, I'd imagine.
Fighgunner: Melee@20, Ranged@20, Force@0? Maybe, although that doesn't seem quite right. Just guessing.

Fortefighter: Melee@30, Ranged@10, Force@0
Fortegunner: Not sure, but follows pretty much the same pattern.
Fortecher: See above pattern, lol.

For Two-Hand melee PA's, they gain additional combos at levels 11 and 21. One hand melee PA's only get up to combo 2, from my knowledge. I got Dus Daggas level 21 today, and I'm very satisfied. Knockdown cone AOE at the end of it, pretty nice.

Not sure how Tech's and Bullets transform, but I imagine they'd just become stronger and the secondary effects (Foie's burn, Barta's Freeze, etc) will become more potent or trigger more often.

Don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but I just found out the combo thing a few weeks back. And found out the limits on the 1h weapon PA's yesterday, lol Still going to use 1h Sabers.

[Namillus]

Close regarding PA level caps.

Hunter: Skill 20, Bullet 10, TECHNIC 0.
Ranger: Skill 10, Bullet 20, TECHNIC 0.
Force: Skill 1, Bullet 10, TECHNIC 20.

Fighgunner: Skill 30, Bullet 20, TECHNIC 0.
Guntecher: Skill 10, Bullet 30, TECHNIC 10.
Wartecher: Skill 20, Bullet 10, TECHNIC 20.

Fortefighter: Skill 30, Bullet 10, TECHNIC 0.
Fortegunner: Skill 10, Bullet 30, TECHNIC 0.
Fortetecher: Skill 10, Bullet 30, TECHNIC 30.

Protranser: Skill 30, Bullet 30, TECHNIC 0.

Also, Bullets increase in damage by level, and at 11+ and 21+ increase Status Ailment Application Level and elemental percentage. (Lv 16 Twin Freeze is 12% Ice, Freeze LV 2). Techs, I think, get generally bigger, including visual effects.