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We should play sometime. You should use Chuk!

YES that's me!

I definitely remember someone named Shade...

Yeah, willing to help anyone

Hey everyone, I know its been so long that no one remembers me but I'm Justice, a RAcast that donated quite a bit to the server in the past and had a blast. I wanna start playing again so I hope to make a ton of new friends! Hope my stuff is still there too. Haha

I'm back. What did I miss?

I would like to join.

Maybe this could get a sticky perhaps?

Thank you Zynetic. Your nerdy input is always welcomed! But keep in mind Zyn this is a low-level guide... much advanced things like Zal needles I haven't included as it would be useless information for many who play on ultima .

JUSTICE'S RANGER GUIDE- PART 2 Introduction: THE RANGER CLASS HELLO! I am Justice, the world's biggest RAcast/Ranger fanatic. In the world of Phantasy Star and many other MMO's, I've been playing the role of the ranged class all my life. In PSOBB, Ranger is considered by many to be the most balanced and powerful class type, with considerable adaptability and a useful array of items at their disposal. Rangers play many roles in the party: Status effect spreader, enemy controller, damage dealer, support, and just all around badass. WAIT A MINUTE THERE MR.JUSTICE... WHY DO YOU CONSIDER THEM THE BEST CLASS? ISN'T THAT JUST AN OPINION!! Well Captain CAPSLOCK, technically you are right... it is essentially an opinion but I will explain my reasoning. ATA is one of the most important statistics in all of PSO and is the only stat that does not have a material. Rangers have the highest ATA pools, and they won't have a hard time maxing that stat either. Considering their ability to attack from a distance, they are always (if played well) out of harm's way and can easily solo. They are quite decent at meleeing and support as well depending on their class, and as far as androids go, their trap growth and usage is excellent. Mechguns are argueably the best weapons in PSO, and ranger's get the best ones. With access to all the best weapons, the best stats, and being so damn sweet looking... Rangers rule pso! Now that we've established that Rangers are amazing, let's learn some things about them! CLASS GUIDE ^ This Radar chart represents a comparison of each classes maximum statistics (On Ultima)* *HP reduced to base at 200 and not max so as not to distort the scale Hello again my fellow Ranger affectionados, today we will learn about the classes of Ranger, the differences, pros/cons, usage, gears/units, stat maxing and how they rank up!First off however I will say that any class when played well can suceed in the world of PSO. That being said... one must realize that some classes are better than others. Shocking! Yes, this is a fact that we all must embrace when playing our dear MMO. These rankings are not solely opinion... they are grounded upon facts. Anyway, let's start out with some statistic comparisons. Level 200 Base stats: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th LUK = 10 for all classes RAmar: HP 1520 TP 704 ATP 806 DFP 359 MST 505 ATA 230 EVP 639 Ramarl: HP 1315 TP 931 ATP 743 DFP 426 MST 732 ATA 216 EVP 798 RAcast: HP 1964 TP 0 ATP 859 DFP 505 MST 0 ATA 199 EVP 626 RAcaseal: HP 1890 TP 0 ATP 775 DFP 562 MST 0 ATA 208 EVP 713 Just by looking at the statistic colors here, it should already be painfully obvious what each class excells at. RAmar: All-Round/ Support RAmarl: Spellcaster RAcast: Damage Dealer RAcaseal: Tank Justice's Rank of classes: RAcast RAmarl RAmar RAcaseal So why? If you look at RAcast's massive HP and ATP, it should be obvious that he is built for parties. His absence of magic power makes him tough to solo with, but often his sheer power in a party with a healer/buffer is matched only by the HUcast! RAmarl is ranked #2 for her insane soloing ability! The RAmar is almost tied with the RAmar but his non-specialization is more of a detriment than a benifactor. However, he's a great alternative to those less skilled enough to operate a RAcast with his resta ability. Resta is needed by rangers but is not essencial... as the key to playing ranger is to not get hit... which is why the TANK stats RAcaseal ranks as the worst ranger.... and possibly the very worst in the game. In-depth Class analysis and usage RAcast ----------------------------------- PROS: Strongest Ranger class in party (atp by a large margin) Unique Walking Noise (STOMP STOMP STOMP) Durible Best HP stat in the game(2300+!) Great at Melee In ult: increased freeze/confuse/hp steal/exp steal +30% Cannot be slowed by faltz, Paralyzed/poisoned HP automatically heals itself Traps/ Trap vision CONS: Requires more skill to use over RAmar Poor at Soloing compared to RAmar/l (ESPECIALLY EP 4) and is very dependant on party Will miss alot without proper gear/mag No Magic Cannot use Virus Armour (can use wedding dress though) Overview: There's no hiding it, RAcast is my favourite class in all of PSO and for good reason. I'm not a solo-er, and on a party these guys just decimate anything in their path with Buffs/debuffs. The strongest party is a party with specialists, and RAcast is the damage specialist being the strongest ranger. Freeze traps are your very best friend, making RAcast far less reliant on Frozen Shooter/ Queen. While our HP is the best in the game and our DFP is better than RAmar's by a large margin you still have to battle very carefully, taking care not to get hit as much as you can. This is due to a lack of resta. Always try to carry 10 Dimates, 1 telepipe (at least) 10 Trimates, 10 Moons 10 Sols and if you aren't too poor... try to carry 10 star Atomizers. These are basically reserve trimates for when you run out. Don't waste them on humans/newmans if you don't have to because they have their own resta. Some RAcast opt to hold a spare antipara for their human/newman friends but I frown upon this! They should carry antiparalysis/sols, it isn't your job to support since you are dealing the majority of the damage! RAcasts, while inferior to the humans in this aspect, can solo. It is not impossible! Use all of your traps wisely and group the enemies. Group and Trap then pull out a good spread weapon and kill. This is your basic means of handling large groups of enemies in and out of parties. USE TRAPS!!!! I cannot stress this enough! You not using traps is like a RAmarl refusing to use magic. Our ability to instantly spread status effects across the field is a godsend and really supports our party! Best use of a trap is to set the trap and step a half step or so back behind it, turn around and shoot it to activate it faster. Practice doing this in the first room of a normal TTF until it becomes second nature to you. DO NOT WASTE TRAPS EITHER! Don't use a trap on a group of 2 small enemies if you are in for a long run. Teleporting back to refresh traps will kill your PB meter. (which sucks) This is the same reason why you need to conserve your Mates too. Constantly reteleporting back to town wastes time and meseta and interupts the flow of your party. The walk to the Hospitol is a long way IMO. Memorize where Healing Rings are in quests/ maps instead. These will fully restore your traps! Freeze traps are your best bet by far... but the other traps are by no means useless. Confusion traps are always fun since they pit our foes against each other but use them with caution... you need to step further back when attacking a mob of confused enemies... if they are close enough they can still hit you. Damage traps are awesome too! (Especially while you melee) Fire/Damage traps actually hurt the enemies more than you expect (At lvl200 mine usually do a set amount of like 300+ on enemies) an added effect is that enemies will be stunned when these things explode. This is enough to stop a charging Zu or any minion type enemy mid attack. Nuking is a technique I invented where I spam the fire trap button while running through a mob of enemies or standing still. These will explode faster as they chain with each other after the incial delay and spread decent amount of damage across the mob. When ever I go to melee I drop a damage trap, it just became habit to me really. It adds alot of damage, and it usually stuns the enemies fast enough to stop any incial attacks prepped for my entry or gives me enough time to get behind them. Use traps when fighting Satillite Lizards in Episode 4, if you freeze them you can get behind them fast and still use your guns. Guns WILL still work from behind. When fighting bosses always make sure to be near a force that can heal you. Don't expect half/mage (RAmarl/Hunewearl) classes to always buff/heal you as their job is to deal damage attacking as well. Same with Fomar/l. If they are meleeing you really shouldn't badger them... Don't be afraid to remind your party that you need buffs/resta politely. Some newer players don't realize how party dependant racasts are. If they tell you to just use your mates... find a new party. There's nothing worse than dealing with an unhelpful force who wants nothing but to nuke all the enemies with his attack spells and nothing else OPTIMAL GEAR: -Shield: At low levels: Ranger Wall- This adds ever needed ATA and is equiptable at even level 46. Easy to aquire as well, all you have to do is get 300 Gallon points at gallon's shop quest and you will unlock a ??? option when talking to gallon. Then you will be able to buy it. RED RING! Sure the MST is a waste... but it still gives +20 to every other stat, including ATA! Beyond base too? Just hunt this shield it's the only one you'll ever need. It's dropped 1/38 by Dark Faltz ULT white ID. EASY HUNT! (Best quest: TTF/ Path to Salvation) -Armour: Black Hound Cuirtass- You're an android so use this sweet android only gear! This subtracts equiptment EVP -200, (not base EVP) but adds 300 DFP. This is great because EVP is a generally useless stat. There's two defense stats, why do you need both? Specialize! And our DFP is already quite high and our EVP is already very low so why not just go to greater extremes? Electro Frame/DF Field: These armors are good for casts as well, yet they are not as good as black hound. Visually these are way cooler though so I like to use them! Hahaha, NOW UR SEXY... AND BEING SEXY IS HALF THE BATTLE. -Units: V502, V101 You gotta hunt these! Seriously! 502 2X the activation for hell! Helps paralyze, freeze and confusion as well but we have traps so who cares? 101- Increases your attack speed by 40% and adds 15 to every stat! (1.5 to ata) GET IT -S parts: These add ATA beyond base. This is good if you have alot of low hit weapons! Centaurion ability: This you will need on this server because it adds quite a bit to your stats. The max stats have increased by 100 (ata by 10 and evp by 30) so with our 100 mat count, we need all the mats we can get to get those yellow stats. MAXing RAcast stats: TO BE ADDED SOON Advanced: GODcast soloing If you have access to two computers like I do... there is a way to make RAcast the ultimate solo. -Create an alternate account with a FOnewearl/ FOmarl (best support classes) -Get said character to around 120, and have Resta, Shifta/Deband, Jellen/Zalure at level 30 (using technique units if you -Long on to RAcast and your support on each computer -Practice walking both characters at the same time The key here is to focus on one screen, and have that character always be visible on your screen -Once you've mastered that you can easily solo with racast! Have you racast protect your force and have the force simply stand back and s/d, j/z, and resta when needed. This makes for the ultimate soloing team when you cannot find a decent force to partner with/ just feel like soloing. For bosses, you can allow your support to die just so you can have a source of buffs/zalature. With the power of a racast on level 30 buffs you wont waste that too many mates (especially if you are skilled at dodging). Just moon the force when you need a buff refresh or near the end of the fight so they van gain exp. In this way, you are truely a GODcast and the Force will level as an added bonus. (using zal/jell will give them exp as if they fought the enemy!) I will create a video of me doing this soon. I can actually solo Olga, Faltz, and shamberlain this way (Though it does take a try or two sometimes) RAmar --------------------- PROS: Best ATA of any class in the game Second best attack power decent in solo and parties Shifta/Deband 15 Resta Basic Spells Can use 250 Materials Coolest looking in all of PSO CONS: Much weaker than RAcast (outclassed next to a racast in a party with buffs) Worse at soloing than RAmarl Low level techniques No Jellen/Zalure Doesn't really excell at anything Poor for Melee Very overplayed OVERVIEW: This class is probably one of the most overplayed and overrated classes in all of PSO history (Much like the HUmar). The only thing that saves the RAmar from the level of mediocrity of the HUmar is his S/D. This class is not a bad class however, and is very solid and safe choice that can do most anything. Versitile is the best way to describe this class. It's really the best class in the game for a new player since they are very easy to play as. With Resta 15, you can heal yourself rather well. The low defense isn't too much of a drawback since you'll be attacking from a distance but you probably should avoid meleeing as much as the RAcast. Your ATA is high, but don't think you won't need ata boosting gear or hit on your weapons. You can solo effectively and play on teams and be very strong. I see RAmar as the middle point between the party powerhouse RAcast and the Solo queen RAmar. In V2 of PSO, these were insanely good since there was no RAmarl... but now, they really have been outclassed. Still easy though. I mean playing RAmar is so easy even a RAcaseal can do it! J/K! =p Do not chose this class based on his attack spell ability at all. He's by no means the next Harry Potter having only 15, save your TP for restaing yourself or spirit mechs. Gifoie is your friends though as it can hitstun enemies as they spawn etc, racks up damage. Gi/Rabarta can freeze things if you get surrounded... but really use a snowqueen or frozen shooter gets that job done faster. In parties filled with High levels that kill stuff quickly a quick gizonde/rafoie is usually good enough to ensure you get exp. But don't spam your spells, focus on your ATP based attack methods. I shouldn't have to remind you of your poor MST. Beserk attacks (like Heaven Striker) are alot easier to use over the RAcast as well. (RAmarl is better at using Beserk however) Really though, the RAmar is pretty basic and easy to play, and doesn't need too too much instuction. But remember just because you CAN do everything... doesn't mean you SHOULD. You can melee as well, but you should probably avoid it. When I see RAmars rushing in blindly with a double saber I'm just liek... NOOB PLZ. U AIN'T NO HUMARZ. If you want to play like that play a humar... (no wait, play a hunter that doesn't suck like a Hucast /Hunewearl). The reason you shouldn't melee apeshit all over the place (aside from the fact that you're RANGER) is because you have the worst defenses out of all the rangers. MR. JUSTICE YOU SAID I WAS WELL -ROUNDED! Well, I lied. Your EVP is way worse than RAmarl, and your DFP is far worse than the androids. This isn't bad for a ranger at all, it just means you shouldn't pretend that you are some sort of anime samurai character and releash your banki kao-ken Gomu gomu fists of kyubi fury all over enemies. Optimal Gear: -Shield: Red Ring/Ranger Wall: (See descriprion under RAcast gear) -Armour: Leutienant Mantle: Use this at lower levels... (like 101+) Enables trap sight and has great def/evp. Virus Armour: This is a rather expensive armour to comeby, costing 80pds and stink frame at galleons shop just to make but it is much better than Aura Field. Aura is your cheap backup if you can't afford this. -Units: 502,501, Cent Ability (See RAcast Equip section for details) ADEPT: This works alright for RAmars that use Spirit S-rank Mechguns/Vulcans. Adds 20 ATA/ resistances and stats.... so not bad. Maxing Stats: COMING SOON RAmarl ------------------------- PROS: Decent attack magic abilities (Isn't crippled in EP 4) Best at solo in the game lvl 20 Support spells (INCLUDING JELL/ZAL!) Able to use Female only gear Highest EVP of all rangers Melee potencial given her DEF/EVP + High (de)buffs/resta Great with Spirit/Beserk Weapons Independent Bitchin' attack animations Can use Clio 250 materials! CONS: Worst attack power of all rangers Less effective in parties with forces (support outclassed) Frail HP-wise You know them RAmars will be always be tryina tap that sexy azzzzz Overview: What do you get when you cross a force with a ranger? A Fonger! Since that sounds extremely unpleasent we'll call her the RAmarl! RAAAAAAAAMARL! Great for losers with no friends or you badass lone wolf types. She's definately a raging feminist, she don't need no man to tell her how to run her life! OR SUPPORT HER! Bitch can solo all by herself, and insanely well at that! The downside of being any hybrid is always being in a party with either of your halves... A RAcast/RAmar will always outdamage you in a party, and a force of any kind makes your buffs obsolete. This doesn't mean you can't still support though! GIRL YOU DO YA THANG!! UH HUH! YOU KNOW THATS RIGHT JUSTICE! Every party always benifits from extra restas! Chances are you'll be partying with alot of noob forces so always ask what level S/D they have! Sometimes your buffs and debuffs will be better so act like a woman and SPEAK YO MIND GIRRRRRL. Hey this girl can still fight though. SHE GREW UP IN THE HOOD HOMIE! SHE KNOWS HOW TO HOLD HER GAT! You'll still be doing decent damage! After all you are a Ranger! Berserk away without fear my dear as a resta is always near! With your large TP pool, restas are like candy to you. CHEAP CANDY THAT YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF. RESTA RESTA RESTA. Resta till you are restaing in yo sleeeeeep. But seriously, don't resta for little damage, you should still be somewhat conservative with your TP. Attack spells.... WOOO DADDY. You got em' girl. level 20 and ready fo dis honey to make dat money! Gizondes gifoies, rabarta and occationally rafaoie are all your friends. Frozen shooter/snow queen is still better than Gibarta/RAbarta so w/ez girl you can go either way. OH THATS SEXY U SAYIN DIS CHICKZ BI? Oh yeah shes bi. Force and Ranger she goes both ways..... Erm yeah... Anyway, VIVIENNE is your like your closest girlfriend. TAKE HER EVERYWHERE WITH YOU EVEN THE BATHROOM. This thing steals TP. If you are running low whip this little lady out and snake somea dat sweet sweet tp necter. Don't be afraid to shank some ho's wit dat excalibur too since you can heal off that berserk recoil. No woman should be caught without her shank. Or was that pepper spray? Whatever. Aside from being just so damn fine, RAmarls can equip Clio and prinicipal's gift parasol. Clio has HUGE MST, and you can be a psuedo force with it equipted. Zalure range increase by 1x. The Principal's Gift Parasol increases the range of RESTA/SHIFTA/DEBAND by x1! This is extremely helpful because you won't have to rush over to your party members to support them. Using these weapons is KEY to being a great support RAmarl, and the MST/Zal boost of Clio aids your soloing exponentially. Keep in mind (haha pun) that Clio requires 900 MST so you might not be able to equipt it for some time depending on your material build. I will suggest one that gains it early on. Not even HUnewearls get to use Clio, so you really should try to get your hands on one. -To find: EP4 ult Greenil Astark... or Purplenum Kondrieu Optimal Gear: -Shield: Red Ring/Ranger wall: See RAcast for description -Armour: Virus Armour/ Leutenant Mantle: See RAmar for description -Units: V101/502: See RAcast for description ADEPT: This is a must have for RAmarl. This decreases your TP consumption and increases all of your stats by 15 (ata by 20 past base)... Just get it! V801: Use this for faster spells~ Pretty basic. =) MAXING STATS: COMING SOON RAcaseal... ------------------------- PROS: Can melee okay Best DFP in the game High HP, DEF and EVP make her a tank (IF you even consider this a PRO) Traps/Trap vision Can use female gear? CONS: Low Attack power Terrible placement of stats (Ranger TANK? WTF) No spells Horrible Trap Build (specializes in confuse) Low ATA No cool ramarl attack animation Can't use Resta Can't use Virus Armour Cannot SOLO at all! Completely dependant on buffs to have any attack power Useless in parties even though it needs them Overview: Don't pick RAcaseal it's the worst class in the game. ... Okay so that isn't good enough for you? You need to know why? Okay we'll play your game. Think of a Hucast. Now take away his sword and give him a gun. Make him weak as hell. Now you have a good idea of what playing a RAcaseal is like. It's like you have all of the downsides of being a RAcast without any of the positives other than traps and even that you fail at. (RAcaseal has the worst trap builds of all the robots IMO HAVING THE WORST FREEZE TRAP GROWTH) You have nice EVP THE BEST DFP, and great HP. SO WHAT? You're a friggen ranger, the point is to never get hit? WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY GIVE A RANGER THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE GAME IF HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GET HIT? You're in theory supposed to be shooting the enemy. You have the defenses of a hunter with shit terrible attack power! How does that ever make sense!? Mr. Justice.. at least we have Vivienne! F*** VIVIENNE! YOU HAVE NO TP RENDERING IT USELESS. You can melee decently because of your def, but that still doesn't change the fact that you have NO ATTACK POWER. Use Excalibur if you MUST melee... but serious ZERK SUCKS ON RACASEAL. You don't have resta and you have no attack power. How feeble. People will think its cute that you are trying to do damage though... WHO AM I KIDDING.... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T CHOOSE THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU WANT A CHALLENGE. What's the point of a wall if you can't use resta??? Why do we even need a meat sheild? WAIT THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHIELD ON OUR ARM. RAcaseal is useless w/o buffs and even still useless with them. A RAcast AND RAmar outclass it by far... and the RAmar has its own buffs and good ATA. It's just like.... WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYYY WOULD THEY MAKE THIS CHARACTER. SHE'S AS BAD AS THE LIP SYNC IN THE SONIC ADVENTURE CUTSCENES. Can I say it like this: TL;DR VERSION RAcaseasl HAS TANK ABILITY WITH NO RESTA, AND HORRENDOUS ATTACK POWER WITH NO SPELLS That's all you need to know about RAcaseal. If you are a machocist and you MUST play her just read my overview for RAcast but ignore all the parts about it being good. You're a mentally challenged RAcast basically. maxing stats: COMING SOON So yeah! That's all the time we have for today Check out my other guide if you haven't already! I'll be adding the Material Builds and best ways to Max your stats for each class soon!

Excellent input Zynetic. <3 I knew you'd correct my mistakes. :3 Also, I am listing the best for each class of weapon... not THE best. I'm aware that Iron doesn't combo, but it is still better in its statistic variations and is much easy to find with 50+ hit... I suppose if you manage to find a c.rouge with max stats AND high hit well yeah. Either way, the whole Iron/ crouge thing is debatable so I listed it merely as a subnote. On rianov: Matter of opinion really, I really enjoy using mine... hopefully this server will get a combo unlock like schtserv. My exp. with the weapon comes solely from that server. I do agree that Hell Raygun/Rifle are superior at most times, but I just love Rianov5... go figure. Bringer's is not great, I agree... but as far as utility weapons go, yes it is the best option for demons should you so chose (along with demon needle). You aren't too big of a fan of demon's and neither am I... ALAS, this guide is for everyone not just the elite who do not require them. Note: Yasminkov 9000M are decent, but generally not the best... with gratia they are much better but that's extremely situational. The Mechs I listed had extended range. As far as damage goes, obviously Charge Vulcs are the best, no disagreement there but it isn't THAT much of a huge gap. You underestimate the usefulness of special abilities and extended range. Regardless Zynetic, great input.

JUSTICE'S RANGER GUIDE PART 1 By Justice, lvl 200 RAcast. Introduction: THE RANGER CLASS HELLO! I am Justice, the world's biggest RAcast/Ranger fanatic. In the world of Phantasy Star and many other MMO's, I've been playing the role of the ranged class all my life. In PSOBB, Ranger is considered by many to be the most balanced and powerful class type, with considerable adaptability and a useful array of items at their disposal. Rangers play many roles in the party: Status effect spreader, enemy controller, damage dealer, support, and just all around badass. WAIT A MINUTE THERE MR.JUSTICE... WHY DO YOU CONSIDER THEM THE BEST CLASS? ISN'T THAT JUST AN OPINION!! Well Captain CAPSLOCK, technically you are right... it is essentially an opinion but I will explain my reasoning. ATA is one of the most important statistics in all of PSO and is the only stat that does not have a material. Rangers have the highest ATA pools, and they won't have a hard time maxing that stat either. Considering their ability to attack from a distance, they are always (if played well) out of harm's way and can easily solo. They are quite decent at meleeing and support as well depending on their class, and as far as androids go, their trap growth and usage is excellent. Mechguns are argueably the best weapons in PSO, and ranger's get the best ones. With access to all the best weapons, the best stats, and being so damn sweet looking... Rangers rule pso! Now that we've established that Rangers are amazing, let's learn some things about them! PART 1: WEAPONS I will give you a basic usage tutorial of each weapon and the best way to find the best weapons! RANGED For those very new to PSO, Rangers have access to every gun type weapon, each having their own merits. Guns aren't just used for damage too! No, rangers also can use guns for utility purposes! IE. freezing the enemy! So switch your guns often given the scenario and don't make yourself look noobish and lazy by always using the same weapon everywhere! There's a gun for every situation, always remember that. The key to being a great ranger is switching and switching often. Would you use rafoie on every enemy as a force? Possibly if you are a noob that fails at pso! Don't be a noob yay! So anyway, the key to hunting guns is to find a variety of high monster %s. Have different guns for each type to maximize your damage. Overall though, and I can't stress this enough: GET HIT. 50% if possible. Hit adds ATA past your base total which is extremely helpful. The red "miss" is your most hated foe as a ranger. Let's hit him out of existance HANDGUN Your basic one shot, single target weapon. Faster rate of fire than the sniper but less range. Use these to pick off weak, mid-ranged enemies. Best handguns: Heaven Striker: Aka "HS or Striker" Used for its high damage output with high atp/ berserk special. EXCELLENT FOR BOSSES. So try to find one with high hit % (gives more ATA past base!) and high dark %! (For faltz olga and shamberlain!) Use this at your own risk, because sacrificing your own HP for high damage is a bit risky. It will not kill you though so feel free to keep zerking' if you think you won't be hit! - Droped by Pyro Goran (the orange guys) in ULT EP4 Subterrian Desert on REDRIA/PURPLENUM (Best Quest for them is War of Limits 4) note: Special changes to the somewhat pointless Divine Punishment with Striker Unit mag, and the shield combo is useless too That's pretty much it handgun wise... but you should hunt a few others to make the best MECHS... I will discuss that shortly. RIFLE Ah the rifle, the epitome of range! This is your furthest reaching weapon, and is great for soloing as you can often hit enemies from so far that they just stand there confused and won't chase you! KEY TIP! Learn the maximum range for rifles to best use them! In fact, learn the ranges for all your guns until it just becomes natural to you. There's nothing worse than a ranger that can't hit his/her targets. For parties however, unless they are your best weapon... I'd avoid using rifles for anything beyond utility purposes. Most rifles are outclassed by shots/cannons (Wider array of targets), and Mechguns (greater DPS-damage per second). There is a very odd rifle that you should use all the time, and I will explain that shortly... Best rifles: http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=421 FROZEN SHOOTER/ SNOW QUEEN Aka "FS/ Queen" (Utility) These bad boys are a staple in ALL ranger's inventory. The special attack is beastly, allowing you to instantly freeze every enemy (Aside from Epsilon High Flying Gee, Zu, and Dorphans)This is a great way to support your party, and to solo! Ownage in pvp as well if the agreed rules allow for it. Snow queen is an advanced form of the Frozen Shooter that cannot combo, yet pierces enemies and fires like a Launcher type weapon. You need to use a Photon Booster (traded for 50 PDS with Pagnini in the Gallon's shop EP2 quest) on a fully grinded FS -Dropped by Hildelttor(Rare Hildelt) in ULT EP1 Forest 2 YellowBoze ID. (Best quest is Forest Offensive) Note: These have a rare chance to freeze you BRINGER'S RIFLE http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=89 (Utility) Bringers has a simple purpose: Demon's. The demon ability is extremely useful for taking down big enemies with huge amounts of HP like Debititor, Chaos Bringer, Gibbles, and Dorphan. -Dropped obviously by Dark Bringers on Ult EP 1 Ruins (Purplenum, Pinkal are best to hunt... I prefer purple for the added chance of spread needles from Arlan) Get it to 50 hit using photon crystals dropped in ep 4 normal /hard RAINOV 303SNR-5 http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2488 (Utility) Rianov5 has a hell special and a killer one at that! This badass oldschool ak47 pierces like megid (and a launcher) so it's the closest thing we rangers will get to it. A 50+ Hit Rianov5 rips through episodes 2 and 4 so fast its almost not fair. Does not combo, but still quite godly especially with v502!!!!! -Dropped by Shamberlain 1/104 on ??? ID in ultima. (Best quest is Point of Disaster) SPREAD NEEDLE, aka "SN" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=83 (Attack and Utility) NEEDLE!!!! Man this weapon is great! This rifle shoots faster than a normal rifle, yet in a spread motion like a shot. PWN IN THE FACE. You can do a lot of damage and fast with these badboys and they are insane with high hit and %s. The special is unreduced seize which paras, not the best, yet still good and its even better with v501 and androids. The S-rank version of these are your bread and butter elite ranger gear however. ALL S-RANKS CANNOT HAVE %, yet they come with +20 ata which is like 20 hit... so it's not that bad. The S-rank Needle can be grinded to a whopping +70! <3 Best specials to use: Berserk/Spirit: Damage (Casts do not use spirits! THEY HAVE NO SOULS... or TP) Demons/Hell: Fast kills! Zalature: Handy for the soloing RAmar, RAcast Arrest: Paras more than Spread! Where to find: Regular: ULT EP1 RUINS 2-3 Dark Bringers Redria (Best quest is Path to Salvation) S-rank: C-mode prize, on ultima the only way is Naka's card... so event only LAUNCHER Useless, don't ever use one. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay maybe you can use Red Scorpio once when no one's looking. BUT THAT'S IT > THESE SUCK GAIZ SERIOUSLY I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. RAAAAAAAAAAAAA Rage fills inside me when I see anyone use one. BUT JUSTICE, WHAT ABOUT ENEMIES THAT ARE LINED UP??? Use a damn shot or cannon. No enemies will stay nice and lined up for you to kill them unless you freeze them, but even then its a waste of time so stop trying. FIN SHOTS The opposite of the shots you get from a doctor, oh so pleasant... and yet oh so abused by noobs. The shotgun will hit (and seek) five enemies close to you within short range so use these relatively slow weapons only when you can hit 4-5 targets. Don't waste your time using a shot of 1-2 targets ever, pull out a damn mechgun!!! 3 is iffy, but w/e. Anyway, these are stupendous for bosses and soloing! Best shots: Charge Arms (50 hit! don't half ass your %s on these, it's easy!) Did he just say "Arms"??? AS IN NOT RARE? OMG I ONLY USE RED BOXES WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN- No. The charge Arm's is rape, that's all you need to know. The idea that you have to use rare weapons to be good is a misconception. DO NOT MAKE IT. Always check your weapon shop for high % weapons with decent specials. Pick up orange boxes in ult. If they have high %, pick them up and tech to +10% and yellow name if possible (the best special) Berserk Demons, Hell, Arrest and Charge(the best of which) is good on anything but Arms and Vulcans especially! Note: S-rank Shots/needles are much better than Arms for all other specials but are much harder to come by BARANZ LAUNCHER http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=678 Yep, these mofo's are made from those GIANT RAPE MACHINES in ult Mines. These use charge special which sacrifices money for attack power! Very strong and very cool! Use these for multi-target bosses at points where you aren't vulnerable. Their slower rate of fire/huge amount of damage makes them a high risk/reward type weapon! -parts to make are found in ULT EP1 Mines,viridia greenil purplenum yellowboze, whitell (Best quest Mines offensive) as usual add % with PCs DARK METEOR aka "DM" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=571 On ultima, this is likely the best weapon in the game. No guide needed on it.... use a Parasitic Gene Flow on an Arms+8 with 50% hit and high % in whatever else you please. Be sure to use your photon spheres on this mofo. Special is epic giant green piercing lazer beam of death. -Dropped by ULT Olga Flow the end boss of EP2! (December only on ultima!) FINAL IMPACT (Utility) You can pretty much find these by accident. These have the King's special that is great for leveling as they steal exp. It may not seem like much but it really adds up. When running Respective Tomorrows, whip these out on the reco-boxes for easy exp BAZOOKA The Bazooka aka cannons, the boss killer! These hit like a smaller AoE rafoie and are great for any concentrated mob of many targets. Use it like you would the spell rafoie basically (but it has no element!) When fighting Vol Opt, these cannons can hit behind his screens and cause the screens to turn red even when he is hiding in the blue! Most cannons do not combo unfortunately. These are technically launchers.. but they act completely different so I regard them (as do most players) as in a class of their own. Best Bazookas: GI GUE BAZOOKA: aka "gigue" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=565&sortby=class A really good cannon you can find for the money because 50 hit is extremely easy! This is extremely powerful yet very hard to get considering Gi Gue are tough enemies to fight. The special is seize, which is great for stopping enemies in their tracks. - parts to make found in ultimate control center area (quest only areas) best quest: phantasmal world 4 CANNON ROUGE aka "Crouge" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2203 The BEST cannon. This you will see in the hands of most good rangers at boss fights. The special is somewhat useless, confuse. (Traps are faster) DO NOT USE BLACK PAPER C.rouges! These have terrible statistics with low %! HUNT THEM LIKE A BIG BOY! -Found in ULT ep4 crater Dorphan Greenil ID MECHGUNS Mechguns are thought by many PSO experts to be the best weapons in the game, and for good reason. Mechguns fire nine shots at the same target in rapid succession. More hits means more chances to critical for massive damage! Have a high luk stat at all times to maximize your damage (Using RED RING, Centurion Ability, luk mats, and adept if possible). At 100 luk, I'd say a fifth of shots on average crits. So basically one combo gets at least one critical. Your critical are predetermined when you enter a game... but that's highly advanced stuff and unless you're Zynetic you don't need to worry yourself with that. Anyway, Mechguns should be used to concentrate fire on a single enemy. These are best with high hit % (make sure all your hits connect!) because they generally have a low ata hit rate. Monster %s are great as well (multihit <3). Fights against single target bosses like Dark Faltz, Olgaflow etc, should always be tackled with a mech in hand! Note that many mechs have extended range!! Best Mechguns: GULD MILLA http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=626 The Holy Grail of PSO. The ever coveted Guld Milla, these are the true sign of an elite. These have extended range, high power and a dastardly special that works even when Faltz is shielding. The special is gush, and it gets its own unique bullet sprite. This special is a must have for resta-less racasts (racaseals too if you're a pro-noob) and it actually gets a boost when a robot uses. FINDING IS THE TOUGH PART!!!! - To make you need to combine a Handgun: Guld, with a Handgun: Milla. Milla can be easily got by Dangerous deal with black paper 1... but Guld... well the drop rate is soooooo small it's just like WHY SEGA WHYYYYYYY YOU ASSHOLESSSSSSSS WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY HEHYYYYYYYYYFDGDFGDFGFDGSDFSD *cough* It's really like that... like Christ almighty be ready to sacrifice a lot of hours if you plan to hunt these godly mechs. - To find... Handgun: Guld1/28808 from gran scorcers, whitall... ULT ruins... This isn't as bad as the actual milla... but to get good %s... like zmog GL BRO (best quest: Path to Salvation) Handgun: Milla 1/680894 YEAH F- THAT... (Best quest: Dangerous Deal with Black Paper Zu Route Ult only) MILLE MARTEAUX aka "MM" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2201 O la la! C’etait tres tres bon! The sexy French beauty is my personal favourite mechgun. It’s strong as French perfume and on odd beats it has extended range (with autotargeting). Even beats you get divine punishment, and to that I ask what am I being punished for??? Best way to look like a noob: spamming DP. Divine punishment hits everything on the screen, and its a great way to get exp but it doesn't help all too much. Its mst based so Robots get a fixed number. Holy damage makes it somewhat useful against Shamberlain and Dorphan but other than that stick to using light/heavy attacks. Hunting this one isn't too hard on Ultima! To get you must combine Opheile Seize and Heaven Punisher. OS is much easier to find than HP so look for a 50 hit OS to make (its easy so stop whining and make the best gun you can!!!!!!!!) - To Find Opheile Seize: HARD girtablulu Crater, any ID (Best quest is the start of POD in my opinion) Heaven Punisher: ULT Forest 2 Hildeltorr(rare hildelt), Bluefull ID DUAL BIRD http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2556 Pretty much the coolest mechgun ever... The guns do not look the same and it shoots BLUE BULLETS! BLUE!!!!!! Hmm, yes. I digress. The King's special makes this a decent gun for speed leveling... Mmmmm recoboxes... This gun also has excellent range (extended) and isn't too hard to get! Make sure, like always, you make one with hit. How? Spamming Mine Offensive of course! Master raven is an award for beating that tough quest in Ultimate, if you grind it you can get one with decent percent. -To Find Master Raven: Reward for Ult Mines Offensive Last Swan: Reward for Hard+ Dangerous Deal with Black Paper 2 Charge Vulcans... Yep, same deal as the charge shot. You don't need to break the bank to be a good ranger! Well technically you do since its charge. S-rank Mechguns are fantastic for all other specials. I'd say they're 'killer' with Hell. Hardy har har MELEE Yeah, that's right I said it! MELEE. Put down your gun and grab a stick to bop those silly satillite lizards! Some situations do call for meleeing! MOST OF THEM ARE IN EP 4. I am going to post an indepth monster/boss fighting guide later so right now let's just worry about the Melee weapons we'll use! I will go less in depth here because I'm not a hunter and I really don't want you to fight like one either. Use melee only when necessary. Usually your mechguns will do the job much better. EXCALIBUR aka "Excal" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2173 Beserk, Multing deathmachine. Of course we'll use it. Any class that can equip this beautiful golden saber can and will use it. Use it the same way as HS, but instead of PEW PEW it goes Slice Slice! But seriously, its multihit is fantastic for Barba-ray when he comes up for some rape, when the dragon takes hit just kill-me nap and any other similar situations. Those pesky Satillite lizards like to travel in close-knit packs too, so whip out this silly sword and show them how you really feel. -To find, Dorphan ULT Crater, Skyly, drops Lame D'argent (Kill like 20,000 or something monsters to unlock...) Note: This weapon gets a resistance and attack speed boost with Tellus mag, however note that it will not stack with battle boosting units like H/battle or V101 DAYLIGHT SCAR aka "scar" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2182 This is a dagger type weapon that rangers can use. Kewl... Beserk special... yep. It's what you use when you don't have an excalibur. Get high hit and you're good to go in battle mode. -To find: very easy... you'll have a bank full if you hunt in ep 4... ultimate mode bootas in crater drop them like candy for every ID ASTERON BELT http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2510 MALE ONLY This is a really decent melee weapon to use, too bad its event only so you'll have to work hard to find one. Its special is unreduced hell, which is always a nice treat. Its a partisan, as such it attacks multiple targets in a sword like motion. -To find: Vol opt v 2, december event VIVIENNE aka "Vivi" or "That girly pink thing" http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2191 FEMALE ONLY Liek omgz this thing is only liek the prettiest most cooliest double saber liek everz! LIEK UR TTTLY GUNNA LOOK SO HOT SWINGING THIS SILLY PINK THING AROUND. Ahem, its great for RAmarls since it can steal TP! -To find: EP4 crater... I don't really remember where you find it. Ask a girl or something. GIRASOLE http://www.pso-world.com/items.php?op=viewarticle&artid=2462 Badass, if you find one give it to Justice immediately. Great melee weapon alternative to Vivi for male rangers. -To get: 100 million points in max attack 4 ult ep4 quest (TOUGH TO DO) OTHER: Clio/Principal's Gift Parasol support weapons for RAmarls... Great for soloing Iron Faust: Better than c-rouge but android only That just about concludes the weapon section of my guide! Feel free to correct anything and add your own input! More to come soon! EDIT: I put in tons of grammar errors just to annoy you Zynetic. No, I won't change them because this isn't a school essay.

Thing is we were totally Bullshitting Zenetic. It was hilarious. Keep in mind we had Freedert on the team as well!

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