Phantasy Star Online 2 Diary - Day One

For whatever reason I can't break the habit of being low on health.

     So, I started my day today not entirely sure what to do with myself, other then level a bit, so that's exactly what I decided to do.

My first friend!

     I was excited to see my first party member! Unfortunately he was a doucher and logged out almost instantaneously. So I pushed on forward.

     I ran into some trouble, and switched to my gunblade, which I love by the way. Not only does it bring memories of Final Fantasy VIII, it also allows the FO class to be somewhat competent in those earlier levels without having to kite.

Completed the Emergancy, somehow.

     I apparently had learned Resta at some point, but because I'm a tard I didn't remember having it, and so I spent some time in the red, because monomates are more difficult to find in PSO2 for some reason. I don't know why.  

What does this button do?

I accidentally hit a button, and to my surprise a manual aim mode became available! This is awesome, and isn't just a gimmick. Most attacks are manually dodge-able  but if you're shooting, strafing can become an issue. This solves that problem, allowing you to Manuela around your enemies as you turn them into swiss cheese.

Still only 7 HP haha

     I played like this for longer than was necessary, but only because this is all new to me. Still it's really fun.

Finally realized I had Resta, and got my HP out of the red. Completed this silly quest, but my level was still low so I decided to do another one.

Let's party!

      Finally, I found a party member, and this one stayed for a while! I'm not sure, but I think this person, Dreamcast, might have played on SCHThack's server at one point. S/He seems a bit familiar. Such a low level character, but has a sweet Mag, so you know Dreamcast has been around for a little while.

The plot, er, fog thickens.

     I find these wolf like monsters to be a bit odd. Sometimes after taking damage in the middle of battle they'll lay down. Are they trying to heal or something?

 I snap a picture with my new aquintance, Dreamcast. She then proceeds to give me a grand tour of the lobby and a shopping district that I didn't know even existed! A HUGE area, I managed to miss the teleporter. I was concerned that there wasn't a shop to buy items except from terminals like in the original Phantasy Star Online.

I must, I must, I must increase my bust.

While showing me the ropes, I got interrupted in the shopping district by this science-y looking lady with a deep voice. I have no clue what was going on, but because It was triggered automatically I assume she's talking about something important.

I proceed to help Dreamcast level a bit, and in return She continues to school me, as I'm obviously lost and have no clue what I'm doing.

She showed me this nifty auto follow feature :D

Rockin the Talis like a boss.

I am become Talis, Destroyer of Alien Roley Poleys.

      Over time my party grew to 4 and we were working together to lay waste to these alien scum. Unfortunately after this I had to step out a bit and I lost the groove, and ended up leaving the party, but not before getting a friend request from Dreamcast. She was probably a bit annoyed with me :U

      On my own time I decided to take in my surroundings a bit more. I found this TV, which was waaay too loud. I found it silly that it was playing PSO2 trailers. Almost seems like a redundant form of advertising  but it was still neat. There was a teaser for another game too, but I'm not sure what it was exactly.

Some mecha game.

 I then discovered the armor tab in my inventory, and equipped some neat although somewhat silly looking armor units to my character. My feet have wheels now. It feels a bit tacky that way, but oh well. The stat boosts are nice.

 Like Phantasy Star Online, during holidays it would seem the entire place gets pretty themed up. Ghosts, pumpkins, I even ran into a rappy that had a jack-o-lantern mask.

Moar television.

Vandalism with holiday spirit, who would think it.

This jack-o-lantern prop is huge, and neat.

   

  I decided to hit up that beauty salon, and make a couple changes. I tried some funny combinations, but in the end I stuck with this weird head-tail-thing. The game will allow you to wear multiple glasses, and multiple hats for some reason. Unfortunately, not all of them fit 100% with my hair style.

 I take a quick break, perched upon my favorite rest spot, on the top of a quest counter. Once I returned I headed back out to grind away some more.

I don't remember seeing these fields before, pretty.

There's that jack-o-lantern rappy :U

I ran into this lady.

...and then I ran into this . . . thing.

Oh god wat

Getting an S - Rank in this Nab Rappy Arrest quest was a pain.
After many tries I finally managed to do it.

Didn't Read LOL

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      I don't know why, but I don't think I actually like this red guy. He seems too friendly, too sure of himself. Cocky, that's the word. This guy is totally cocky.

But I love how carefree this cast is.

I don't even know why I bother with these cutscenes
if I can't understand them. I just have the urge to watch them.

HOLY what on earth is...

OH GOD WHY. There's no freaking way.

I never had any doubt at all that I could defeat this monster.

Shaula's First Teleporter.

After that last quest, and that rock monster, I decided to peek at the user shops. Unfortunately I couldn't sell anything myself... I'd love to move this furniture I collected. But I did happen to find a costume in my price range. I'm not sure if it was a good deal or not but I'm happy with the new look for a little bit.

 From this point on I decided to take up all the orders I could, and fullfilled as many as possible. This eventually lead to me unlocking a Mag! It's puny, and the mag system seems a bit more complex than before. It actually kind of reminds of Phantasy Star Zero a bit. You can even feed it weapons. It seems that you can only feed when the mag's energy is low, and I suppose that means you either have to wait, or do a lot in battle to make it hungry again. I'm not sure about this though. That being said, it seems like it might be a bit difficult to get this Mag to be pure Technique. But at least the menu shows you what an item will do before you feed it, a definite improvement over Phantasy Star Online.

That's it for today! Until next time!