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THE WORLD OF PSO VER.2 ONLINE

ONLINE NETWORK STRUCTURE

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Once you have organized your team, you will be transported to the city Pioneer 2 to begin play.
Here you and your team members can equip yourselves at the shops, etc. to prepare for your
expedition. When your team is ready, proceed to the main transporter within the city. Once inside,
select a destination on the planet Ragol (the game world) and your team will be transported there. 

In the event you are felled by an enemy (p. 17), etc. you will be transported back to the city.

SHIP

BLOCK

Move to
Another

VISUAL

LOBBY

V I S UAL LO B BY (p. 21 )

SHIP

CONNECT ONLINE

SHIP SELECTION

TRANSPORTER (p. 17)

PLANET RAGOL (Game Field)

C I TY (PIONEER 2 - p. 16 )

ORGANIZE TEAM 

(p. 11-12)

INFORMATION

COUNTER (p. 11)

Proceed to the main game story.
Embark on quest missions from
the Hunter’s Guild (p. 18)

Move to
Another

BLOCK

TRANSPORTER

(p. 17)

Each SHIP is comprised of various BLOCKS from which the
city can be accessed. It is possible to move between BLOCKS
or to a dif ferent SHIP via the BLOC KS and join a team within
the same SHIP.

SHIP

Move to Another SHIP

Use 

*@

to select the SHIP you wish to join and press 

A

. To see how many players or teams there are on

a SHIP, select that SHIP and press 

X

. After selecting a BLOCK, you will be transpor ted to the visual lobb y

there. You can move between SHIPS and/or BLOC KS by selecting TRANSPORT from the information
counter. Use the transporter located in the corner to move between visual lobbies within a BLOCK. 

Another feature available on the SHIP selection menu is a quest downloading service which you can use
to download and save new quest missions to your memory card. Select “Download_Server” to display a
list of the available quests. Use 

*@

to select a quest to download press 

A

. If there are not enough free

memory bloc ks available, a message will appear and you will automatically return to the previous screen.
For details on accessing newly downloaded quests, see p.18.

SHIP & BLOCK SELECTION

Once inside the visual lobby you can mo ve around and chat with other users within the same block in
real time. Visit the information counter and select “Organize TEAM” when you wish to create a new or
join an existing team. Ano ther form of communication called Simple Mail is available (see pg. 27).
Select “Transport” to move to a different SHIP or BLOCK. Use 

*@

to select menu items and press 

A

to

enter your selections. Press 

B

to cancel.

V I S UAL LO B BY INFO R M ATION CO U N T E R

You need to belong a team in order to investigate the planet of Ragol. To do so you can either join an
existing team or create one of your own. 

TEAMS 

Select this to display a list of the teams available in this BLOCK. Display information

about the members in each team by pressing 

X

. Select and enter a team to join in and you will be

transported to the city in the field where that team is currently playing. A lock mark will appear next to
teams that require a password to join. If you do not know the password, you won’t be able to join that
team. 

JOIN A TEAM

Summary of Contents for Phantasy Star Online v2

Page 1: ...and 30 blocks are required to save the guild card file Additional blocks are required to save any downloaded files This game saves automatically when you quit While saving or loading data never turn...

Page 2: ...PSO characters have their names displayed in white Therefore if you convert a PSO file to PSO Ver 2 the character s name will be displayed in yellow When you convert a PSO file to PSO Ver 2 to play y...

Page 3: ...t Keyboard sold separately to Control Port B C or D D PAD ANALOG THUMB PAD Select Characters Enter to display text B BUTTON Delete 1 Character X BUTTON Toggle Screens Y BUTTON Close Keyboard TRIGGER L...

Page 4: ...TINUE instead If you re creating more than one character the Serial Number Access Key Input screen will be displayed each time when Character Select is selected The currently registered Serial Number...

Page 5: ...PSO Ver 2 After you clear the game at this level this screen will appear the next time you play Use to select either NORMAL or HARD and press A Press B to cancel Clear the game in HARD to earn the ri...

Page 6: ...transporter located in the corner to move between visual lobbies within a BLOCK Another feature available on the SHIP selection menu is a quest downloading service which you can use to download and s...

Page 7: ...an utilize the Shortcut Window to switch weapons during the battle use items and techniques or select traps while playing the BATTLE mode While holding R press Y to display a window at lower left Pres...

Page 8: ...ructing simple sentences from a number of pre selected phrases with the controller This system is 5 language English French German Spanish and Japanese compatible so all messages created and sent will...

Page 9: ...ot be equipped at cur rent experience level Item can Never be Equipped A speciality item with slot usage Photon efficiency etc WHITE GREY X GREEN A TOUR OF PIONEER 2 A TOUR OF PIONEER 2 17 This is the...

Page 10: ...Offline you will receive the entire reward but online the reward will be distributed among all the members of your team evenly QUESTS 18 There are three basic forms of attack the Attack Heavy Attack a...

Page 11: ...via Technique Discs found or purchased see p 16 Each technique requires a certain level of experience to be used Also the ef fectiveness of each technique increases the higher its level To use Attack...

Page 12: ...review quest information etc Your item pack can hold a maximum of 30 total item types including weapons and armor at a time Use to make selections and press A to enter Press B to return to the previo...

Page 13: ...e to display the available Photon blast actions Then press the corresponding controller button Remember that your mag can only do this once their level is high enough Essentially a Photon blast is the...

Page 14: ...Mail See p 27 and if the player is in the visual lobby you can select Meet in lobby to be transported to where that player is located 1 2 3 GAME DISPLAYS MENUS GAME DISPLAYS MENUS 27 You can input and...

Page 15: ...on the saved data It would be never a loss that the players fall and drop off weapons because the players status before receiving the rules will be already saved once by then Note that power loss may...

Page 16: ...LOSE In the BATTLE MODE you can not only battle by the rules set at the guild counter but also explore Ragol like a normal adventure Your data will also be saved You can also be damaged by your TEAM p...

Page 17: ...llen and returned to the Hunters Guild ONLINE MODE CAUTION When the memory card is removed while playing online the network connection will be cut off On that instance the contents of the game at the...

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