Despite the clutter you can see her stuff enough. Her audio clue is soft on purpose, it's a trap. Do the fight enough times and you should get a feel for what lines aren't her instant kill and what the animation build up to it is. There's actually a few seconds you have time to get away but you do have to be paying attention to when she moves and when there's a pause and which red circle around her it is. It's a git gud moment and for the most part you can still be rezed if you derp.

It's just the negative people here constantly crying that get bad pugs. Everytime I pug I get decent to good results. Not the best but nothing like the dumb shit being posted. Birds of feather. If you think the game is dying and everyone is trash then you should realize you're one of them as well because rng is putting you with the same types.

Anything from the shops and weapons from collection folder are all base grind 30. Also base made weapons from Zig like the profound weapons or the upcoming Darkbanisher Ayer (possibly renamed) weapons are also only +30 cap. The Ayer weapons must be +35 to upgrade obviously, so the +1 enhance cap item can be an alternative use vs making 5 more copies to upgrade.

I'll say that pretty much no mmorpg is new player firendly. There's a ton of systems to learn and things thrown or not thrown in your face. Though having said that I'll just point out that error lies between keyboard and chair. As a new player you should be doing everything you can to figure things out. Read tutorials, press buttons, explore the menus and systems, ask for help if you're stuck. We're also long in the digital era where you have access to guides both written and video. It's your own damn fault if you refuse to do basic research. The learning curve for pso2 isn't difficult, you just messed up and bitched over a minor problem. Coming onto the forums and getting uppity over it doesn't do you any favors. Espically when other players try to be helpul and you still get nitpicky over it. Best thing now it to let it go. You made a mistake, you needed some help. Ask for it, get it, move on and stop whinning that the game doesn't do every little thing you want it to just for you.

@Aumires said in Game not new player friendly:

Do not expect EVER for anyone playing to figure something on their own unless you already taught them in a simpler way. If your audience is "anyone".

Can't really win. If you shove a huge hand holding tutorial in a player's face, they get mad. If you expect them to have a basic understanding of how things work, they get mad. If you go halfway and give them some game spefific info but leave out common stuff, they get mad. Yet somehow they can find their way onto the forums to complain.

@HarmlessSyan said in Monica the worst character in the game...:

Well, I personally don't have much liking to Dudu or Monica, but people need to understand that if it is not 100% - YOU CAN FAIL.

This is a very old and universal lesson everyone should drill into their minds. It's a relic from older korean mmorpgs with horrible upgrade systems. Some of which still exist. It sucks to lose your money and materials but always know than RNG is aganist you in video games. You will miss that 90% chance to crit, you will fail that 95% chance to upgrade. It should be very rare but it happens far more than it should so always expect the worse if it's not 100%.

@Andross said in Does Zig's shop make a large part of the game useless?:

Yeah, zig pretty much ruined the game. All the fun of hunting RNG weapons are over with now. Everything involves guaranteed badge/rocks/medals now.

Incorrect. Zig makes things worlds better. He rewards players by giving them clear goal to work towards and reducing RNG tremendously. Being able to make progress towards the gear you want, slowly but surely is always far far better than hoping you win the jackpot multiple times.

If you thing that's bad then player shops should not exist nor any trading whatsoever. Because player shops let you find those affixes you want, for a price you can make progress towards slowly but surely.

Remember folks, none would be complaning about censorship if they didn't do it in the first place.

"Skia Strain Double Saber/Soaring Blades" God this one torks me off so much. I got it and just wanted to slap the devs with a hammer. They can extend the blade into 2 rapiers for soaring blades but just made it wand animations for DS? WHY!?

The Broma Petriema are pretty neat. Most of the falz camos are all really good and unique for almost each weapon they support. It's a shame they didn't do every weapon for every falz camo. Oh well.

@VanillaLucia said in Expert matchmaking,when?:

Without trying to get too much into spoilers, the "final boss" Emergency Quest has a death-state for players that prevents you from returning to a Gateship. This means the only way to continue is to be revived with a Moon Atomizer, to use a Scapedoll, or to abandon the quest.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone try and go back to the gateship and zerg back into the boss since I started playing at PC launch. I think most don't even know it exists as a viable option. I can't see that being a major problem in the long run for global. People are adjusting pretty fast. Yeah maybe the first week of it there might be some bitching but those who care already carry full sets of heal/revives and are pretty decent with mechanics.