Hey everyone! So I'll introduce myself, I'm RetroRampage, and I'm a fan of Phantasy Star Online.
I'm no expert on the series by any means, but I remember when I was pretty young, I played the PC version of PSOU, and around 4 years ago or so, I actually played PSOv2 on the dreamcast, and I've really been a huge fan since then. The gameplay of this series is phenomenal. I'm normally not a fan of jrpgs, but the way this game is designed really had me hooked. My favorite part about the gameplay is the rhytmatic (I think that would be the right word..?) way you need to attack enemies. Like this isn't a hack and slash, and you can't spam, you have to time your button presses correctly, or you won't attack at all, and I LOVE that!
With all of this said though, while I did play PSOv2 to the end of the story mode, I've never experienced episode 2, or 4. I'm still pretty much a noob to the franchise. Now that I'm getting back into the game again, could any of you guys give me some pointers? Right now I have 4 characters, my best being a RAmar lv. 40. I completed all of the dungeons in episode 1 no problem, and am working on the goverment missions, but from this version of the game(blue burst), I have noticed a complete lack of a narrative, other than the starting cutscene. So jumping into episode 2 for the first time I had NO idea what I was doing, or where I was going. I don't even know where I need to go to get to the stages!
Even though I completed episode 1 as well, there is what seems a ton of content I never experienced that is in this version. Like the ZANBACON I got from an enemy, or even when I went into hard mode of the first time, I got a Booma's right arm.. I don't remember any of this from the original dreamcast release!
I realize many of you being experts of PSO must hear all of this a lot, but if you guys could give me some tips, or even some links to help point me in the right direction, I'd be so thankful. And before I go, I would also like to know, how much of the game is locked out to me? What I mean by that, is that I'm mostly a single player, and sometimes play with a close friend of mine, and I know the game is built to have around 4 players.. is there stuff I'm mission out on for only having 1-2 players?
Thank you everyone for taking the time to read this, and I'm really hoping to get the most out of playing this game! I love pso, I'm just clueless to many aspects of the game.