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kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.
One of Afin's COs should give you Resta, at least

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Captain Rufus
Sep 16, 2005

CAPTAIN WORD SALAD

OFF MY MEDS AGAIN PLEASE DON'T USE BIG WORDS

UNNECESSARY LINE BREAK

Banjo Kaczynski posted:

just swapped to techter at the start, am I utterly blind or do i just not start with spells?

I just got the thing dled. My Cast has a single spell on the alternate L trigger hold thing set with another in the top 3. You basically have to do like og PSO and set your 6 quick options. 3 main, then the 3 trigger. Then items are an extra hot slot thing. That can even use thumbstick buttons. But having 6 combat choices and items open is huge because in PSO playing a Wizard was an enormous pain. (I'm using a wired 360 controller.)

The tutorial was barely there but I figured out a bit just because I've played way too much PSO 1 on 3 different platforms. I'm guessing it gives more as it feels like it.


Meet Tai Yseh, Dark Elf wizard!

Your friend's Ship: Ship 03: Thorn (A goon in the discords I'm in went 3 so might as well follow.)
Your friend's Player ID: 10627463

Downloading took me multiple router resets and a system restart because Microsoft hates fun. But eventually the 12 gig starter finished then another much more stable 7 1/2 hours.

It seems fun but itll take time to get used to it.

Axel Serenity
Sep 27, 2002
NolVac is good people and our Alliance Quarters is a nice afk spot with a bar and collective botany

Game is fun. Lobby is rear end on FPS but the other areas aren't bad and you can access most of the same things. Actual fighting and whatnot is pretty fun. It's PSO, and it takes me back to the Dreamcast days of yore.

Skeletome
Feb 4, 2011

Tell them about the tournament!

Anyone got experience buying AC from overseas? I'm an EU player and I finally want to drop money on this game lol

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



Skeletome posted:

Anyone got experience buying AC from overseas? I'm an EU player and I finally want to drop money on this game lol

Buy it on the website, because apparently it allows you to buy it on the Microsoft store website but not the application itself.

Someone else earlier in this thread was talking about how to do it successfully.

Natural 20
Sep 17, 2007

Wearer of Compasses. Slayer of Gods. Champion of the Colosseum. Heart of the Void.
Saviour of Hallownest.

Skeletome posted:

Anyone got experience buying AC from overseas? I'm an EU player and I finally want to drop money on this game lol

Buy a US Xbox gift card from g2a for however much you want. Redeem that gift card on the us MS store and use that to buy AC.

ColdIronsBound
Nov 4, 2008
Anyone else having inventory issues? I'm capping out after each mission. Related is there any reason to pickup weapons/armour your class can't use? I assume part of the intent is that you can sell them to other players if you have a premium pass but I'm discarding everything that I shouldn't feed to my Mag (non melee weapons)

Blorknorg
Jul 19, 2003
Crush me like a Blorknorg!

ColdIronsBound posted:

Anyone else having inventory issues? I'm capping out after each mission. Related is there any reason to pickup weapons/armour your class can't use? I assume part of the intent is that you can sell them to other players if you have a premium pass but I'm discarding everything that I shouldn't feed to my Mag (non melee weapons)

You can deposit things into your storage at any time from inventory. I don't know what the key is on PC but on Xbox you hold the right trigger while having the cursor over the inventory item and then move down the list, it'll select everything you pass over, then you press a and you can deposit them all to storage. This will skip anything you have equipped as a bonus.

Edit: To be clear 'press a' is again the xbox control version.

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Natural 20 posted:

Buy a US Xbox gift card from g2a for however much you want. Redeem that gift card on the us MS store and use that to buy AC.

Don't give G2A money, they're outright thieves.

Healbot
Jul 7, 2006

very very very fucjable
very vywr very


Natural 20 posted:

Buy a US Xbox gift card from g2a for however much you want. Redeem that gift card on the us MS store and use that to buy AC.

You can't directly redeem gift cards that aren't from your region, your account needs a valid US address (optimally from a state with no VAT) and you have to redeem it while you try to purchase things in the store.

Healbot fucked around with this message at 12:49 on May 28, 2020

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

A helpful tip if you're playing with KB+M; you can shift/ctrl click inventory items to select multiple items. Then left click to open a context menu. This is super handy for quickly depositing everything between missions to clear up space.

Natural 20
Sep 17, 2007

Wearer of Compasses. Slayer of Gods. Champion of the Colosseum. Heart of the Void.
Saviour of Hallownest.

kirbysuperstar posted:

Don't give G2A money, they're outright thieves.

I am sorely meh on the morality of buying Microsoft Gift Cards. But if that concerns you buy it from Target using paypal.

Healbot posted:

You can't directly redeem gift cards that aren't from your region, your account needs a valid US address (optimally from a state with no VAT) and you have to redeem it while you try to purchase things in the store.

Oh yeah, you just go to any of the hundred helpful websites that give valid US addresses at that point.

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

explosivo posted:

A helpful tip if you're playing with KB+M; you can shift/ctrl click inventory items to select multiple items. Then left click to open a context menu. This is super handy for quickly depositing everything between missions to clear up space.

Fairly sure you can shift click to select a range too but I might be mistaken. All my PSO2 muscle memory is controller (which is loving me up with the whole X/O thing but whatever).

Natural 20 posted:

I am sorely meh on the morality of buying Microsoft Gift Cards. But if that concerns you buy it from Target using paypal.

I don't care about MS but they're a bunch of crooks who regularly gently caress over indies and small developers and I'd rather they didn't get funded at all, cheers.

Natural 20
Sep 17, 2007

Wearer of Compasses. Slayer of Gods. Champion of the Colosseum. Heart of the Void.
Saviour of Hallownest.

kirbysuperstar posted:

Fairly sure you can shift click to select a range too but I might be mistaken. All my PSO2 muscle memory is controller (which is loving me up with the whole X/O thing but whatever).


I don't care about MS but they're a bunch of crooks who regularly gently caress over indies and small developers and I'd rather they didn't get funded at all, cheers.

Fair enough.

Dunno who you'd ethically buy these things from though. I'm pretty sure any of the big American chains you would paypal for these profit from sweatshop/slave labour.

Richter Scabies
Dec 30, 2012

I played for about an hour and am I missing something or are all the story missions just cinematics without any gameplay integration? Is it this way since they bumped up the rate you level since there are already three eps worth of content?

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Richter Scabies posted:

I played for about an hour and am I missing something or are all the story missions just cinematics without any gameplay integration? Is it this way since they bumped up the rate you level since there are already three eps worth of content?

It's more because Matter Boards were atrocious even after being 'adjusted' and have thankfully and rightfully been annihilated. So now you kinda just view a timeline of events with the occasional battle here and there. Some of those battles and stages are pretty dang cool (end of Episode 2 for instance) though.

Diephoon
Aug 24, 2003

LOL

Nap Ghost
Played a bit yesterday, shut down for the night, woke up this morning, shortcut does nothing. Googled around, lots of people having same issue. Can't uninstall or reinstall the game. Reddit post detailing loving with permissions possible works but updated the post later saying it actually doesn't work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PSO2/comments/grzjkz/na_pc_possible_fix_for_people_getting_nothing/

Literally unplayable, unironically.

Oxyclean
Sep 23, 2007


What is worth spending real money on in this game? A lot of stuff seems to be either cosmetic or time-limited, but it looked like there was some stuff like inventory upgrades that you keep forever?

Also, what's with the personal quarters? I have access, but then I also got some reward tickets that say they give me access to personal quarters for 3 days.

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Oxyclean posted:

What is worth spending real money on in this game? A lot of stuff seems to be either cosmetic or time-limited, but it looked like there was some stuff like inventory upgrades that you keep forever?

Also, what's with the personal quarters? I have access, but then I also got some reward tickets that say they give me access to personal quarters for 3 days.

Usually extra mags and inventory expansions (which are per character).

Your default mini-room can hold like five items and is the size of a child's shoebox, the access tickets let it be a big room with a larger cap (and you can permanently extend it with tickets from down near the stage in the Shop area to have two more rooms attached either side of the same size).

Givin
Jan 24, 2008
Givin of the Internet Hates You

Diephoon posted:

Played a bit yesterday, shut down for the night, woke up this morning, shortcut does nothing. Googled around, lots of people having same issue. Can't uninstall or reinstall the game. Reddit post detailing loving with permissions possible works but updated the post later saying it actually doesn't work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PSO2/comments/grzjkz/na_pc_possible_fix_for_people_getting_nothing/

Literally unplayable, unironically.

I just now had the same problem. Yikes.....guess I was due for a format anyway. It's been a while.

A strange game
The only winning move is
not to play.

StabMasterArson
May 31, 2011

I got around needing to format by renaming my Windows Apps folder in the problematic HDD

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester



Sometimes it just gives up drawing poor Tricorn's face in a cutscene

Phoix
Jul 20, 2006




I can't get over how bad the lobby performance is. I was in active lobbies in the JP version and it was never this bad for me.

THE FUCKING MOON
Jan 19, 2008

Phoix posted:

I can't get over how bad the lobby performance is. I was in active lobbies in the JP version and it was never this bad for me.

Yeah, I wonder why that is. Even turning down player model count doesn't effect it as much as I'd like. I just don't think they're prepared for the kind of demand they're getting

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

Hopefully the lobby issues will calm down as the initial rush of players stop playing and the population stabilizes. F2P games are never as popular as their first day of a launch.

Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


Are missions structured like Warframe, where it does matchmaking for you?

The thing I hate most in MMOs is begging people in the town square to form a team.

Any reason to try and play solo? I like summoner classes most but they always tend to be support classes.

Oxyclean
Sep 23, 2007


Is there an inventory overflow? I was claiming a bunch of title rewards and I think my inventory was full but I have no idea where they went. They don't appear to be in my storage either?

e: Or maybe they did go to storage? Some of the rewards looked like items I'd have to use to get XP. Might have given me the xp directly?
e2: No, I'm just blind, had them in storage.

Oxyclean fucked around with this message at 15:54 on May 28, 2020

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
I put literally like 1000 hours into PSO and this sort of scratches that itch but this has the same issue that any game that's been running for a while has and it's systems are borderline impenetrable before you get to the fact it has that classic Japanese MMO UI design sensibility.

Still enjoying it for what it is- also I can't stop laughing whenever I hear "EMERJANSEE"

This really badly needs a brutally simple newbie guide that's basically "Do this, don't do this, don't bother with or worry about these aspects of the game"

Infinity Gaia
Feb 27, 2011

a storm is coming...

Fabricated posted:

I put literally like 1000 hours into PSO and this sort of scratches that itch but this has the same issue that any game that's been running for a while has and it's systems are borderline impenetrable before you get to the fact it has that classic Japanese MMO UI design sensibility.

Still enjoying it for what it is- also I can't stop laughing whenever I hear "EMERJANSEE"

This really badly needs a brutally simple newbie guide that's basically "Do this, don't do this, don't bother with or worry about these aspects of the game"

EMERJANSEE

CODE: DISRACTION

Diephoon
Aug 24, 2003

LOL

Nap Ghost

StabMasterArson posted:

I got around needing to format by renaming my Windows Apps folder in the problematic HDD

I formatted my G drive to try and reinstall on C. Windows Store re-downloads the game but gives an error and doesn't install.



e: I restarted my PC and the store button said "play" which activated the launcher, so I'm re-downloading again.

Diephoon fucked around with this message at 16:13 on May 28, 2020

Harlock
Jan 15, 2006

Tap "A" to drink!!!

gco posted:

Why does it keep asking me to complete Forest Exploration as an ARKS mission quest? I've plowed through it several times and it hasn't gone away.
Not sure if someone helped you with this - but once you complete an ARKS Mission, make sure to claim the rewards. I think it's Menu -> ARKS Missions and at the bottom, there should be a "Claim Rewards" button. It should make your quest progress.

Million Ghosts
Aug 11, 2011

spooooooky
does race matter much now that robots can cast spells? wanna be an edgy oni lady but don't wanna back myself into a corner for class selection. i'm assuming it works pretty well with a controller considering it's on the xbone too?

can't wait to be super confused and lost

Catgirl Al Capone
Dec 15, 2007

Million Ghosts posted:

does race matter much now that robots can cast spells? wanna be an edgy oni lady but don't wanna back myself into a corner for class selection. i'm assuming it works pretty well with a controller considering it's on the xbone too?

can't wait to be super confused and lost

race only matters for the most important stat in the game - fashion

CASTS are locked out of some outfits but in turn non-CASTS can't use their unique robotic units, some of which are pretty cool and/or cute

LITERALLY MY FETISH
Nov 11, 2010


Raise Chris Coons' taxes so that we can have Medicare for All.

Million Ghosts posted:

does race matter much now that robots can cast spells? wanna be an edgy oni lady but don't wanna back myself into a corner for class selection. i'm assuming it works pretty well with a controller considering it's on the xbone too?

can't wait to be super confused and lost

Any race can be anything. There are technically stat differences, but oni would be the meta pick even then because health is for babies and they just have more damage across the board.

Also any single character can level every class to max and even swap between missions freely, so don’t even worry about your starting class choice. You can just pick something else if you don’t end up liking it.

Pierson
Oct 31, 2004



College Slice
I managed to dip into it for a bit and it seems cool as somebody going in completely blind, does the combat get much more complex than three moves and three more moves on your sub-list?

sgbyou
Feb 3, 2005

I'm just a shadow in the light you leave behind.

Hypocrisy posted:

No one putting up referral codes? Here's mine for Ship 2: 10496505

Someone, give me yours so I can get badges and get hats? Clothes? I dunno what's in the badge shop but I cannot be deterred.

used this code
here's mine

Your friend's Ship: Ship 02: Ur
Your friend's Player ID: 10519118

Kortel
Jan 7, 2008

Nothing to see here.

sgbyou posted:

used this code
here's mine

Your friend's Ship: Ship 02: Ur
Your friend's Player ID: 10519118

Used yours, waiting to get in to game for mine.

Million Ghosts
Aug 11, 2011

spooooooky

CYBEReris posted:

race only matters for the most important stat in the game - fashion

CASTS are locked out of some outfits but in turn non-CASTS can't use their unique robotic units, some of which are pretty cool and/or cute

fashion is the only thing that even matters. played a HuCAST almost exclusively back in the day, as much as i don't want to betray the robots, i wanna wear pants.

LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:

Also any single character can level every class to max and even swap between missions freely, so don’t even worry about your starting class choice. You can just pick something else if you don’t end up liking it.

no switching penalty or anything? nuts! the biggest thing i hate about MMOs is getting locked in. so i assume the caveat is you won't always have a good MAG for the class you want.

can't wait to see everyone in 2 weeks when the downloads finish!

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.
Are there any decent Force guides out there? Right now my go to techs are Gibarta for wiping swarms of enemies in front of me, Gizonde for quick nuking 1-2 enemies, and Ilgrants for when I want to fire magic missiles at something (this seems to be real good for hitting weak spots non-stop too). Still only in the low 20s but it feels like damage output is getting a little better, and having tech as a subclass now should help with more tp regen too. Though I still see the occasional melee character create waterfalls of damage that is well beyond any DPS I output.

With leveling mags, is the go to option for focusing on a single stat still "feed it all the extra weapons of that type you don't need, while also feeding it cheap items/furniture that lowers the progress of other stats that are rising slowly" or is there a better way now?

kirbysuperstar posted:

Welcome to PSUengine's object pipeline, it will never be fixed

I don't ever recall it being an issue on the JP server and I thought Ship 2 was usually pretty busy there, though not "every block is full :frogout:" levels of busy like this launch is atm.

I wish I could set the game to put me in the casino when I return from missions because that place runs just fine since so few people are ever there. Though it lacks a few useful npcs like the skill trainers.

Axel Serenity posted:

NolVac is good people and our Alliance Quarters is a nice afk spot with a bar and collective botany

Game is fun. Lobby is rear end on FPS but the other areas aren't bad and you can access most of the same things. Actual fighting and whatnot is pretty fun. It's PSO, and it takes me back to the Dreamcast days of yore.

I picked this alliance at random and was pleasantly amused to find it full of goons.

CYBEReris posted:

race only matters for the most important stat in the game - fashion

CASTS are locked out of some outfits but in turn non-CASTS can't use their unique robotic units, some of which are pretty cool and/or cute

They need to put up a bundle with the Virtual On cosmetics for CASTs so I can swap from my current bootleg gundam look.

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Ichabod Tane
Oct 30, 2005

A most notable
coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.


https://youtu.be/_Ojd0BdtMBY?t=4
I was having decision paralysis about what class to play but if you can change on the fly that's rad as hell.

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