PSO EP 1 and 2 on the OG xbox was awesome. I was hooked on the game. I had a Hucast and Fomar I mainly played. I had weapons I had obtained online but doing ultimate solo was a bit tough. But I did a lot of soloing. I too would go thru all the different quests for the Forest and Caves. On the XBOX online mode every weapon was practically duped and had stats like 127/127/127/127 and 127 hit, something crazy. Every weapon. That quickly took the fun out of the game sadly but I kept recreating characters and trying out different classes. I have always been into raising mags and I remember when I made my first rare mag and it was a Deva. I did some hardcore hunting but usually I failed miserably.
After the XBOX server and Gamecube servers had both shut down I imported PSO Blue Burst, I had no clue what i was doing. Not a clue but somehow I was able to register and I remember being on crater and Pazuzu and Dorphons destroying me. I still have the PC game box Blue Burst came in. I can remember being like 13/14 years old and trying every option to get the game to run, still amazed I did. I eventually managed to, but never really knew what weapons I had other than by the look. I remember Kusanagi and Black/Red Odoshi Armors during an event and I couldn't get either for the life of me. I also feel everyoone wanted the Blue Odoshi VIolet Nimaidou. That was on the JP server and eventually the US/EU server opened and I played on that. I seemed to solo a lot. Still do. But yet again, both servers were shut down.
In 2006 Phantasy Star Universe came out on xbox 360, so I migrated to that and really enjoyed it until I saw how the JP server was better with a lot more content. Throughout all this I was playing Phnatasy Star Portable Vanilla and Phantasy Star Portable 2. It took me some time to get onto Ultima but after the original XBOX servers shut down Well history repeated itself, and thee PSU servers were shut down but Phantasy Star Online 2 was available. I participated in the Open Beta but I always seem to have issues running the game now on my new computer.
Some years ago I found Ultima and have come and gone. Have 2 characters on PSO2 but there's something about Blue Burst, Thankful for Ultima, for real.
I swear I have spent thousands of hours on pso-world going thru all the items and guides when the servers were shut down. Like a teenager addicted to porn. And eventually the same with Phantasy Star Universe and looking at psupedia.
I went off topic, my ADD got the best of me. The servers got shut down but I never could let go of this game.
Jonesy