Honestly this doesn't piss me off at all (and I bought Ragol Edition + Ragol Fashion pack, + another sub). I also didn't play JP much at all.

The game is old. It needs to be updated. I was EXTREMELY surprised when they announced it for NA when they did last year, because the game is 8 years old now and that's a really long time to wait to release it in the West. While you could argue they are being "predatory", the only thing they are being "predatory" with are optional cosmetic items. The actual gameplay is completely free. The bulk of the cosmetics can be sold and purchased in the auction house, or even traded if you have a kind friend who doesn't mind parting with stuff.

Both sides of the argument are right. This is both an expansion/upgrade, and a new game. The old game is getting the new engine and graphic overhaul, while New Genesis will feature a larger open world to explore. While the combat will likely be the same, I feel like the way you experience the game will be different. I am getting the impression New Genesis will be open more akin to something like Black Desert Online (not AS open though, I'm sure there will be multiple planets to explore), but the worlds/stages will be much larger. Exploration might be a thing here. Meanwhile, PSO2 will remain as it always has been, with a single lobby and a ton of instances.

My real concern are the AC/Cash Shop cosmetics. If those transfer over too then there's absolutely nothing to fret over. If they don't then I'll be slightly disappointed (only slightly though, because I've always been of the mindset the next PSO was right around the corner).

I do think this community needs to calm down and enjoy what exists though. SEGA has made a lot of mistakes, but the game is still fun and I'd rather the series exist than it not. The game having issues with a lot of people on PC seems more to do with Microsoft than SEGA, so I feel like much of the anger needs to be directed towards Microsoft Store staff as opposed to SEGA staff. There seems to be a link between Windows Updates, the Microsoft Store, and permissions. So screaming here or on SEGA's twitter is like yelling at the messenger, where the messenger is probably some intern whose only real job is to paraphrase an email they get as they get them. The devs are based in Japan and I suspect the localization team only translates. But again, the PC concerns seem to be more a Microsoft issue than a SEGA issue.

This also makes sense to me why we're getting cash shop items so freaking fast. They really are on a tight time table here to get us caught up/give people opportunities to unlock cosmetics they want. Because this has me thinking the bulk of the cosmetics WILL transfer. So I think once we get Nier, yes you can probably run around the shiny New Genesis lands as 2B.

Anyway, I also kind of wish this community would be nicer to each other. We all want to play and enjoy the game (at least I think we all do), so even IF someone says something you don't agree with, that doesn't really call for you to be rude to them, belittle them, etc. Friendly communities are great. Let's try to be friendly, please?

Wish I could buy Sporty Short twice. Would like it on both Ciel and my Hunewearl.

This was taken at around 10:30 AM EST for Ship 2. I main Ship 1 but have a chara on Ship 2 too that I rarely touch. Ship 1's first block was full and block 2 was half full. All 3 ships are almost identical in population... at least at 10 AM EST.

I honestly wonder how many people actually played classic PSO in its intended format (no XP boosts, increased drop rates, etc. like you might get from the private servers). The new content we got in those games were few and far between. That was a game where you basically had the same few stages, the same weapons, etc. People constantly repeated doing the same thing over and over again for years because they genuinely enjoyed playing the game. It wasn't about gearing for the next content drop as there was no real gear treadmill. It was about collecting and stockpiling uber-rare drops.

I realize games have changed since then, but I see people claiming to have been PSO1 fans but the stuff they complain about makes me think they don't actually remember PSO1 as it truly was.

Regarding the content drop, it's been very obvious from the start that we were going to get stuff opened up to us periodically rather than all at once so as not to overwhelm people who are genuinely new to the game, and I appreciate them doing that. The NA release was not made for JP westerners to have a localized version. It was made for westerners to experience the game for themselves. The reason the JP version requires a third party program to be able to read anything in english is because that version was never intended to be played by a western audience. Their solution to stopping a DDOS was to outright block any IPs coming from the west for a while. That doesn't look like a "we appreciate you being here" message. Not to mention you had to make it look like you lived in japan during registration (I believe that has since been removed). Then you have the headache-inducing romaji security check.

I agree with some of the complaints about the SG scratch tickets and just how expensive some of the things are. I think people would be a bit more tolerant if there was also an option to just flat out buy what you wanted without dealing with RNG. Maybe have the tickets be tradeable while buying something outright is account bound. Buying outright would need to cost a little bit more, but you are guaranteed the item(s) you are after. (This won't happen though.) All that said, cosmetics do not impact the actual gameplay. I can still play the entire game without spending any money at all, so quitting the game over cosmetics is a silly reason imo.

@Conenubi701 If someone AFKs, doesn't say they are going to AFK, or takes way too long (they don't really participate at all), I do manually boot them. I'm realistic though. If someone has to AFK to use the restroom, take the dog out, check the oven, answer the door, etc., I know that might take a few minutes. Communication is important though.

@Grimwald Are you capable of typing "Are you about done looting?" or something? It's not like you can't really communicate. If someone doesn't respond within a minute then sure. But if what you say is true and if what he said is true, you both are at fault.

That said the party system in this game is irritating. Leaving shouldn't disband a party, it should just remove YOU from the quest/party. If a query comes up for people to ready up to do something and someone doesn't ready up or chooses no, they should get left behind (but not booted, they just become without a party).

Considering for me at least the game is entirely free (I can play every class, level up to max level, play every stage, every story mission, obtain every item, have no cap on how much Meseta I have, wear any outfit I obtain, etc.), NOTHING in the cash shop bugs me. NOT A DAMNED THING. MMOs with subscriptions charge $30 for a mount. FFXIV charges $12-18 for 1 costume for 1 character. Changing your character appearance (like race, height and stuff) costs $10 (Fantasia). This is all on top of a game you have to buy to play, with expansions every 2-3 years at $40 price points, with sub fees.

When this game launched in Japan, they only had Episode 1. It's been 8 years since the game released, and they are now at Episode 6. Sega decided to allow the western players to get the game incrementally so we could experience most/all of the game without feeling rushed or feeling overwhelmed. We are now about to have Episode 4 in August, which is at the 6 month mark. By the end of the year we'll be caught up with Episode 6, which will put us at about 10 months. So we got 8 years worth of updates in 10 months time. What are you guys gonna do when we ARE caught up, and it takes a year or more to get a new episode, instead of a few months? Content is going to be MUCH, MUCH slower.

We are also seeing a hard rush with scratch tickets. I believe in Japan scratch tickets came out slower and lasted longer. Here a typical AC scratch lasts 1 month with a new one every week or two. SG ticket pulls lasted 6 months in Japan, here they are lasting only 2 months. I believe this is largely due to us being on an accelerated release schedule.

The content drop and Scratch releases are NOT the problem imo. I do not, however, agree with how few means of obtaining SG we have. THAT is the major flaw with the game right now (outside of it breaking people's harddrives and stuff, but that's not what I'm talking about right now). If we are going to be getting things at an accelerated rate, and if that includes SG stuff, then logically we should be getting Star Gems at an accelerated rate to match.

However, NONE of this imo is a reason to stop playing or to even stop spending money if you like something. If enough people boycott the SG scratch stuff and don't buy SG from the cash shop, eventually it should hit home. I feel like people are overreacting with a lot of stuff.

I also feel like people wanting to have all of the content JP has should just wait until December or go back to JP.

Again, I DO NOT agree with how rare SG is in the NA servers. That is definitely a money milking attempt. At the same time it doesn't phase me, because it does not affect the actual gameplay or gameplay content, it only affects what outfit/hairstyle I could potentially have on. There's enough stuff obtainable for free that it is a non-issue for me.

@GM-Deynger said in Fiona Respha's Fresh Finds Shop daily offerings:

OMG. Can't make up my mind between Feather Yukata: Snow and the Silver Star earrings. ><

You play the game with a personal account?

Nice to see mods who actually play the game they work with

What's been your favorite Fresh Finds so far?

@Lorient said in Has everyone quit the game yet?:

@Doam-Burger said in Has everyone quit the game yet?:

@Ciel I don't think that's what they are trying to do. Rather since many people already jumped through the hoops and danced the dance to get the tweaker set up its only a single task left of creating a JPN account to pull people over. So while it does sound elitist they are naming content in an attempt to pull people over to the JPN game as there hasn't been a real opportunity to pull in so many potential players until recently.

I don't know about others, but I have no desire to play as social focused MMO when majority of the other players don't speak my language. I want to be able to talk to other players. I don't play MMOs solo.

I'm in the same boat. It's either western (or globalized kind of like FFXIV), or nothing for me. I love PSO, but I'm not that desperate.

@Doam-Burger said in Has everyone quit the game yet?:

@Ciel I don't think that's what they are trying to do. Rather since many people already jumped through the hoops and danced the dance to get the tweaker set up its only a single task left of creating a JPN account to pull people over. So while it does sound elitist they are naming content in an attempt to pull people over to the JPN game as there hasn't been a real opportunity to pull in so many potential players until recently.

I can see that, though I really don't think that will work either. I get that a lot of them funneled real money into the game and as well as a lot of time, but I also feel like with the western version existing and the possibility of the PC version getting fixed and no longer causing issues (and it's not just PSO, I've seen that some other programs like Microsoft Office have been causing issues if obtained through the Microsoft Store causing similar issues too), people will just wait a little longer. If Steam gets it and bypasses the Microsoft Store (or at least avoids the issues), the population will possibly skyrocket. I feel like the JP players who might be trying to convince people to move over to JP are fighting a losing battle.