Maybe some of you can help alleviate some of these worries...
So this is day 3 of the Open Beta and after that as well as the Closed Beta time I've been noticing some small things missing that are adding up to me wondering if I'll be able to continue the fun I had in PSO2JP!
First I noticed that I had not crafting menu in my room, though after a bit of research and joining conversations, it seems like maybe we are currently in a version that omits a few EPs. Some say we're only up to EP3 (maybe 4?). So I wait.
Second While finally getting to run through my TACOs I found that the VH TACOs were missing from Klotho's list of COs (so many acronyms ) I'm holding the benefit of the doubt that we are 3 days into Open Beta and not in full launch just yet. But it sure would be nice to run them, get my 2.5 mil meseta and then immediately blow it all in the player shops... On a side note to this one, with the TACOs being really the number one way of making meseta currently not giving much at all, some fun is drained from me.
Oh, also I'm thinking that maybe I skipped something or missed something and somehow haven't had them unlocked @_@...
Third My Room tickets are behind paywall. Originally these things weren't strictly premium game feature, they were just something you needed to be lucky for, or something you needed to put the work in for (By running SHEQ {best would be seasonal event EQ} and picking up as many 10 weapons, trading them in for ExCubes and then spending those on 3 day My Room tickets.) I had a lot of fun setting up my room in PSO2JP, spending my time shopping and working hard for the FUN and Meseta needed to get all of my furniture... but now there's simply no point. I'd rather not waste my FUN on luck.. I hope these will be changed back later on, it's a huge blow to the entertainment of the game.
Fourth This is just a small technical issue that I know is in the process of getting worked out but it's still something that is adding to less fun... AutoWords are not working still.... It was fun to teach my friends about them and help them set them up in such a way that wouldn't go off all the time and get in the way, so having them on the fritz is a big sad.
Anyway, all in all, I've had my fun and burned myself out a little (which is kinda what I was trying to do so I can have an easier time getting back to work ) But I'm worried I'm not going to have the same mindless fun and entertainment I would usually get. I won't get to go window shopping in the player shops because the millions of meseta required to feel like I can get anything fun or cool looking for my characters to wear won't be something I can just work toward. It'd take me a month just to get one decent outfit, and I'm not talking about the layered stuffs.
And with the Pyroxene and rare stones not in the game, those shops are gone and all of the weapons and stuff that were in there are also gone, and so the grind for specific pyroxene and other stones from the Extreme Quests is totally moot, just do whatever is easiest and you'll get what you need....
Let me know if some of these things were actually removed from the original game near the end before coming over here if you know.. I had to stop playing somewhere at the start of EP 6...
Everyone enjoy the rest of the beta before launch! If you need help learning TACOs on Ship02, look me up and I'll teach you how to do them!