______________________ - -------[ Phantasy Star Online ]-------------------------------- - - -------[ FAQ Version 1.02 ]-------------------------------- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ,;.'' ;,.', ,;.',;.',; ,;.' ,;.',.;,,.'; ,;.',; ',;.',;.',';',. ,;.' ;,'.;,'.; ',;.' ,.';,'.,';.',.' ',;.',;.' ;,'.;,';.',;.,';. ,;.,'.;''';';,'.;,';. ,;.' ,;.';,.'; ,'.;',;.',.'; ',;.',; ;,.';,'.,'.; ,;.'; ,;.',;.'''' ,;.',;.';';.,'';,';.' ,;.'; ',;.';, ,;.' ,;.',;.',.';,'.;,,'.;' ;,.',; ;,.',;. ,;.';, ',;.', ;.',;. ',;.',;.',;.',;.', ,;.';,' ,;.',;.',;.';, __________ - --[ Contents ]----- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ 1.1 - Disclaimer .2 - FAQ History .3 - FAQ Resources 2.1 - Getting Started .2 - Basic Battle Tips .3 - Class Bios 3.1 - Walkthrough .2 - Tier 1 4.1 - Closing Statements / Credits ___________  [ Section 1 ]          ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ____________ - --[ Disclaimer ]----- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Theres really nothing to say about this. Just I put lots of time into the FAQ, to help you guys out, so don't scum me over and copy all of the info, and tag your name on it. You can post this up on your site if you want, I really don't care, just be sure to give me at least one little credit line =D _____________ - --[ FAQ History ]----- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Version 1.02 - 01.01.01 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added Tier 2 Version 1.01 - 12.30.00 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Added FAQ Resources. - Added Boss Fight 1 Version 1.00 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - Walkthrough through the first 3 Hunter Guild Missions - Other Things... _______________ - --[ FAQ Resources ]----- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Latest Updates of my FAQ can be found at: www.gamefaqs.com www.cheatcc.com/ http://vgstrategies.about.com/mbody.htm ___________  [ Section 2 ]          ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _________________ - --[ Getting Started ]----- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ First, here are some of the things that you should know before jumping into battle, or the game for that matter. -[ Controls ]-- Town / Battle Zone Joystick - Move around / <-- Dir. Pad - Controls menu / <-- Button A - Confirm, talk / Weak attack, confirm, talk Button B - Cancel / Heal Button X - Misc. / Strong attack Button Y - Chat box / Chat box Button L - Centers view behind hero / <-- Button R - Brings up controls part 2 / <-- Start - Brings up in-game menu / <-- -[ Moving Around ]-- The is probably the most important thing to know, moving around =D Use the joystick to run around with your guy. If you press a direction as the hero is just standing, he will begin to walk, within about 2-3 seconds, you will begin to run. For your safety, as well as to not confuse yourself, press L everynow and then to get the camera back behind the hero. ___________________ - --[ Basic Battle Tips ]----- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Before getting into fights in the battle zones, be sure that you know what you are doing, and where you are heading. So here are some basic tips that you should know, and that will help a lot. -[ Attacking ]-- In order to attack an enemy, you must first be in a certain distance, and you must be locked onto it. You will know when you are locked on once you see red cursors flying around the thing. Once you see those cursors, feel free to wreck havoc on the poor fellas. -[ Combos ]-- These babies will surely make fighting monsters a hell of a lot easier. So here are the ones that I have come across so far. Get to know these things, and get the attack patterns down by heart, or else killing the enemies won't be as easy (and fun). Triple Strike ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ A, A, A - A basic three hit combo. The strikes are fast, and hit one after the other. Press A again after the first strike finishes, then again after the second one finishes. This will be the basic pattern for most of the combos. One-Two Combo ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ A, X - Just like the name says, this is a little One-Two to the head. Press A, then once the strike finishes, press X for a little stronger attack that comes after. Two-One Combo ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ X, A - Same concept as above, except the strong attack comes first. Finisher ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ A, A, X - This is one for the kids who like to finish it off with a bang. Combo is two, fast strikes, followed up by a strong attack, normally doing some heavy damage. ___________  [ Section 3 ]          ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________ - --[ Walkthrough ]----- - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Ok, this isn't going to be a super-detailed walkthrough. But it's going to get you through the game ^_^ In my revised FAQs, I will go more in depth, but for now, I will give you locations and so on. Plus, you're starting point in battle zones are always random, so I can't really tell you where to go. Ok, lets start! -[ Making A Character ]-- I won't go in depth in this, but in later versions I will - --[ Hunter Guild Tier 1 ]----- - Once you start the game, you are in the principals office (no, we're not in school ^_^), talk to him, and he will give you some info about the crash of Pioneer 1, and so on. Turn around, and take the teleport to Pioneer 1. Once outside make a slight left, and run into the Hunters Guild. Talk to the lady at the desk, and you will recieve the first 3 Missions. They are as follows: Mission #______Missions Name___________Given Description__________________________________<< -> -> << Mission 1 -> Magnitude of Metal -> A valuable commodity on Ragol was lost?! << Mission 2 -> Claiming a Stake -> Find and bring back a greedy landlord! << Mission 3 -> Battle Training -> Find a hunter who is working down on Ragol. << ___________>>______________________>>_____________________________________________________<< Let's start with Mission 1, here we go! >>Mission 1<<--[Magnitude of Metal]--[Reward: 500 Meseta] Once the load screen is done, talk to the man next to the Guild desk. He will blab on about how he could make money, he then tells you to talk to the hunter outside. So do it ^_^ Run outside, and to the left, will be a rather chubby guy, talk to him. You will know you got the right guy when the text box is minty green. He babbles too. Right after talking to him, turn around, and run towards the door/wall in the middle of the 2 guards. It will open, and reveal a teleporter. Take it to Forest 1. Once you are in the first battle zone of the game, take a little time to get a feel for pulling off some combos. If you are any type of Character using the Force, don't waste it. If you have a gun, your best bet is using the Tripple Strike combo. Now, clear through all the areas. Eventually, you will come to a part where there is a pink girl standing next to a cliff. Talk to her. She will give you the reason why the Mags came to her and so on. After she is with you, head back to the where you started. On the way there, she will give you tid-bits on your Mag, and she will teach you howto feed it and so on. Once you reach the starting spot, pick up the glowing object on the floor, its the Mag. Once you get it, take the teleporter back to Pioneer 1. Return to the Hunters Guild, speak to the man next to the desk, the go to the desk and grab your reward. >>Mission 2<<--[Claiming a Stake]--[Reward: 700 Meseta] Once the load screen is done, speak to the boy next to the desk. He will tell you how his dad is down on Ragol. So take the teleporter down to Forest 1. Somewhere in the forest, you will see a guy standing next to a broken bike(?). Talk to him, and he tells you that he will go with you if you find his 3 capsules. Run through the forest loop (that's not a stage, it's just that the forest loops around in a circle), and you will come across 2 capsules. Now return to your starting point, grab the third one, and return to the father. He will talk some more, then make a teleporter to Pioneer 1. Take it, then return to the Hunters Guild. Speak to the son, then get your reward. >>Mission 3<<--[Battle Training]--[Reward: 500 Meseta] Once the load screen finishes, talk to the man next to the desk. He will tell you to get the hunter next to the door. Turn around, grab the hunter (he's like a purple color, and VERY cool looking), then return to the man next to the desk. He will give you info about the mission, and about saving his cousin. Leave, then run to the teleporter, and go to Forest 1. Once there, run around watching your pal beat the crap out of all the monsters. Eventually, you will run into a injured hunter. Talk to him, you find out it's the clients cousin. He will give you the disk. Your partner tells you that he will return the cousin, and for you to take the disk to the client. Listen to him, and grab the next teleporter you see. Back at the guild, talk to the client, and then talk to the lady at the desk and get your reward. Now, all the missions are complete, and a new teleporter will open up in Forest 1. The new teleporter takes you to Forest 2. A much harder zone, where there is a type of monster, that is huge, and will beat the crap out of you if you don't fight smart. Plus, this zone holds the first boss (ooohh...scary). - --[ Hunter Guild Tier 1 ]----- - Mission #______Missions Name_____________Given Description_______________________________________________________________<< -> -> << Mission 4 -> Journalistic Pursuit -> A journalist went to go down to Ragol. << Mission 5 -> The Fake in Yellow -> What is the biologist on Ragol doing? << Mission 6 -> Native Research -> Collect data on the native animals. << Mission 6.1-> Forest of Sorrow -> The data from the capsules is unusual... << Mission 7 -> Gran Squall -> Gran Squall, a pleasure boat, departed before the explosion. Find the survivors.<< ___________>>________________________>>__________________________________________________________________________________<< Tier 2, Lets Go! >>Mission 4<<--[Journalistic Pursuit]--[Reward: 1200 Meseta] Once you get done with loading scree, talk to your client, then run to the teleporter and take it down to Forest 2. Run around, and she will start telling you some interesting things. Eventually, she will tell you that you must find the weather device. Once you get there, she will talk some more, then you will have to flip a switch in the next room, and the computer terminal will open up. After a series of some more of her talking, you head back up. Grab your reward, and your done. >>Mission 5<<--[The Fake in Yellow]--[Reward: 800 Meseta] Just run around the Forest 1, and kill all the rappy's you see. Eventually, you will get one of them trapped, talk to it, and you find out that it's actually Dr.Gul. Easy? Yup. Now run back and get your reward. >>Mission 6<<--[Native Research]--[Reward: 2500 Meseta] This quest can be a little difficult, if you don't do some things in certain ways. You have 20 minutes to kill 5 groups of the 5 basic enemies in the Forest Zones. Once you start, you should jet to Forest 2 as soon as it starts, and clear out all of the monsters there first, especially the Hildebear, since thats one stupid guy to deal with. Once you got him done with, head back to Forest 1, and knock out the rest of the idiots. Now, there is a Mothmant in the area where you would start most of the time in Forest 1. Finish this, and you're done. >>Mission 6.1<<--[Forest of Sorrow]--[Reward: 1500 Meseta] Here is one quest, the I personaly hate, because it requires you to fight the most annoying monster in the game, over and over and over. So here we go. Once the mission starts, run with Alicia down to Forest 1, then continue over to Forest 2. Once there, the fun begins. Head to the wheather device, and check it out. It says that Hildebears are nice...I don't buy that. Next, head to the room where you have to flip the switch that connects the bridge to the weather device. In that room, is a little corridor. Head into there and you find a baby Hildebear. Cute. After it's gone, the door to the next room is unlocked. So run through, and welcome to ass-kick land. Groups of Hildebears will now start to attack you. The trouble with this part is that Alicia likes to play retard in the middle, and she will always get pummmled left and right if you don't watch out for her. After doing some dirty dancing with the fat boys, you'll meet the little baby one again. Then you're done. >>Mission 7<<--[Gran Squall]--[Reward: 1000 Meseta] After getting the instructions for this mission, forget about almost everything, except for that you have to find survivors. Next, head out and make your way to the lower area till you find the dude with the big gun. Talk to him, and get him to join. Next, run through the door to the left, and Bernie will start filling you in on the Gran Squall's secret. Now, after learning Bernies secret little agenda, head to Forest 2. Now, wipe out tons of enemies, and the warp to Pioneer 1 is unlocked. Now, kill all the monsters to open up the door the teleporter. Once done, kill some more monsters to save the survivor. Once thats done with, you're done with this level. >> Boss 1<<--[Note: You do not have to go throught the Hunter Guild Missions to fight this guy] First, here's how to find this puppy. Head to Forest 1, warp to Forest 2, then eventuall you will get into a field, with at least 1 Hildebear, and some other retards. Once you clear the zone, the gate blocking the teleporter will open. Take the warp, and you end up on Pioneer 1. Clear the enemies out, then head through the door. Knock out the Hildebear, throw down a Telepipe, and we're ready to go. Take the teleporter in, and meet your slave. A huge red dragon. Now, here's how to kill the degenerate. Equip a saber, if you can, or any close range weapon. Run next to the dragon (! Watch for his feet, because once they step on you, you are dead !) and begin to hack at his legs. Always do this from behind, so that he has to turn around to step on you. Eventually, the dragon will fall to the floor. Once he is down, run to his head, and start beating it down again. Rinse and repeat, and eventually the dragon gets pissed. He will fly to the sky, and then come crashing down into the floor. This is the hardest part, expect to get hit. I found it easiest, to run right next to the wall, and stand still. Then when you see him coming, just jet to the side. Now, once he gets back on the floor, do what you did before, and beat the crap outta him. Once he dies, you get a teleporter back to Pioneer 2, plus some goodies. If you beat all the missions before fighting this guy, talk to the principal to open up tier 3. If not, then just got back and beat all the missions, or just procede down to the caves. --- -- -- -- ---- - - - - - - -- - - - - ----- -- --- - -- - Thats all for this update! Check back in a day or 2 for more! --------- -- - -- - -- - - ---- - - -- - ------ -- - ___________  [ Section 4 ]          ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ - --[ Closing Statements/Credits ]----- - OK, here we go. Thanks for taking the time to view my FAQ, and hope that it is helpful. Any comments, suggestions, questions, feel free to email me at >>Hammyhavok@aol.com<<, I will be more than glad to answer. Also, if you would like to post this on any site, just please contact me before you do it. I will say yes, so, don't worry. But I WILL say no if I see it on your site first. Well, that's all for now! Thanks! ______________  [ Havok - 2000 ]          ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ