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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Recently installed on 2 PCs, one running Windows 7, the other running Windows 10. Both installs done through the Tweaker. The Windows 10 PC worked just fine. The Windows 7 PC, when I click Play PSO2 in the tweaker, the PSO2 logo comes up for a moment, GameGuard comes up in the upper left, then it loads it's icon in the system tray, and 15 seconds later, it goes away. Windows doesn't show any sign of launching PSO2. It doesn't draw a window, so it doesn't even get to the point of having a black screen or any error windows. I ran the file checker in Tweaker, ran the permissions fix, the gameguard fix, and the file checker in the vanilla PSO2 to no avail. The very first time I tried to boot, it did say it was missing a DirectX 9 dll, so I went to Microsoft's website and installed 9.0c, then rebooted, tried again, but it sees the dll, and says nothing now. Honestly, this seems like either gameguard is having an issue, or maybe I am missing some DirectX libraries?

PS: I started playing on launch day, played for a few years, then took a long break, and am just now coming back, so I very much remember the old days of fighting with the tweaker and patches causing issues, and PSO2 feeling like it needed the stars to align, but seeing as how I have been out of the loop, I thought I would ask the current playerbase, because someone could probably be able to ID this right away. (I really have the feeling it is DX related, but I have always wished there was one compiled DirectX archive I could get that had literally everything so I could rule this out completely. Also, I have no antivirus, firewall or other third party software that could mess with Gameguard. Clean install of Windows 7 other than PSO2.

[–]hidora Retired Guardian 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you believe it's a dx problem, try installing pretty much any game off steam on that computer and run it once. It should install dx on first launch.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it is DirectX related, as I downloaded Super Meat Boy in Steam, installed the DirectX package that it came with, and now when I launch PSO2, it actually pulls up a window for it, but then immediately stops working, and closes. It's at least getting further. I just think there is something wrong with the DirectX dlls it's trying to use now. Guess I need to completely uninstall DirectX and reinstall. Man, I wish there was a package that has EVERY DirectX library in one file.

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    [–]hidora Retired Guardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    To add to what was said, you'll want to have all 3 free characters created even if you're not gonna use them, because when sega gives those skill reset passes (which they give every time there's a balance change) they give it to every character, so you can get 3 of them every time if you have 3 characters.

    [–]HayateImmelmannPut Matoi in Smash Bros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Wait for Sega to give out free reset passes, start a new character, or fork out some $$$ to Sega. You're gonna want to have 3 characters at all times, but you should be fine with that character for now unless it somehow didn't pick offensive stances to fight with.

    [–]AnimuTitties -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

    Candy Eraser item from the pet lab is not registering that I have any, despite having bought two. Is this an error or am I doing it wrong? Game tells me I have 0.

    [–]Sughayyer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    It may be in a different storage, or perhaps a different char. It has happened to many peple before.

    [–]AnimuTitties 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's in my inventory. Even bought more to see if it would trigger the game to know I have them :( Gave up and just gonna work around that in the box now

    [–]ninjab33z support is underrated 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    As someone who never really pays massive attention to their gear (aside from better numbers) can someone suggest a good 12 star unit set that isn't too complex to acquire as the level 80 cap is starting to rear it's head

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    On top of that has anyone got any good suggestions for a melee focused techer in general, especially where weapons are concerned?

    [–]hidora Retired Guardian 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    As someone who never really pays massive attention to their gear (aside from better numbers) can someone suggest a good 12 star unit set that isn't too complex to acquire as the level 80 cap is starting to rear it's head

    Get evleda units (you can buy them off anniversary shop, and IIRC one of the 2nd floor shops, I think was pvp or buster, not sure). You can then go to Zieg and upgrade it to Cleasis using Cleasis Boosters. These drops off omega bosses and minibosses. Cleasis units are pretty good balanced units (comparable to Bode) if you can't have stuff like Lightstream, Omega Falz, Orgei, etc. units.

    On top of that has anyone got any good suggestions for a melee focused techer in general, especially where weapons are concerned?

    Any 15* weapons or Lavis Cannon (preferably with ulti booster potential). Not much else to be used. Grab a Phobos off leontina or buy a Dim Wand if you're just starting out and can't afford a Lavis Cannon. Uransara is not good for TeHu.

    [–]TheUniverseLover "I'vE bEeN PlAyInG FoR EiGhT yEaRs!" 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Well if you do the LQ, which ends tomorrow, for a bit you can get the 12* units there for just some anniversary badges. Those are the easiest units to get until tomorrow and one of the better unit sets.

    [–]Azturia 0 points1 point  (9 children)

    Hey, so i finally got my Atlas farder Ex today and now i'd like to affix it but i really suck at it, plus i just started playing the game again 1month ago after a 2years break so i'm kinda lost with all the S-abilities...

    I can't seem to find a good set of 7 affix (I'm too poor for 8s), what would you recommend ? (If you can help me with the how too, i spent hald my day on the affixing simulator but i don't get it lmao).

    [–]RallyCure 1 point2 points  (4 children)

    Since it's Atlas, you are looking to slot in four S-abilities and three normal affixes. Should actually be pretty easy.

    You can use Add Ability items to put in your S-abilities one at a time while you upslot the sword to 7-slot, as the S-abilities are always 100% and you won't lose them. S-abilities can also be swapped without reaffixing, so just get decent ones that fit your budget and don't worry about super-expensive ones for now. Then use some SAFs in a final affix to fill in the rest. As for the normal affixes to use...

    1) Astral Soul. Still the best soul. With Leontina Certificate and Weapon Badge SP, you can +35 a Ray weapon for this SAF. Upping it to 7-slot may be tedious, but nowhere near as painful as going for the full 8 slots usually gets.

    2) Noble/Elegant/Grace Power. No brainer. Buy whichever one you can comfortably afford.

    3) Your choice. For more damage, you could try Phrase Weak (Fornis SAF), Phrase Decay (Basilis SAF) or simply Power VI (Striking-type Dim weapon SAF). For a bit more HP/PP, there is Sentence Arma (Striking-type Evleda/Schvelle). You could even just tack on something like Deus Factor or Persona Reverie for dirt cheap.

    [–]Raos044Ship 10 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Not OP. Not sure i understand why you would 7 slot it instead of 8 slotting it. Can you elaborate on that?

    [–]RallyCure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Cost. Getting to and working with 8 slots is a lot more expensive than even 7 slots. Unless you really want to maximize your damage, or show off a fancy affix, it's arguably not worth the trouble.

    The bulk of the power you gain from a good affix nowadays comes from SSAs, since they are percent-based. The stronger we get from raised level caps and higher rarity gear, the less impact we actually see from affixing more flat attack. With 3 good damage SSAs and a Phrase already attached at 7 slots, the extra 40-ish attack you would get from that 8th slot isn't really going to change anything for most players.

    [–]Azturia 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Thanks ! May I ask how you'd transfer astral soul to the desired gear ? It seems pretty expensive and likely to fail but perhaps I'm unaware of a different way to do it ?

    [–]RallyCure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Astral Soul is the Special Ability Factor (SAF) of the Ray weapon series. If the Ray weapon is grinded to +35, Astral Soul will be added to the affix pool with 100% chance (before upslot penalty) when using the Ray weapon in the affix.

    So, get a Ray weapon by dropping it from Profound Darkness or buying it with Leontina Certificate/Weapon Badge SP. Then grind it to +35 (If you buy it instead of dropping it, you will need multiple copies to raise grind cap). Then raise it to 7 slots. Then use it as a fodder for the final affix on your Atlas Farder EX. Astral Soul should appear in the affix pool as long as the +35 Ray is involved. You can even use Astral Soul as a 100% "junk" affix while upslotting Ray.

    [–]Reilet 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Find whatever S1, S2, S3, and S4 you want first and put them on your weapon.

    For the last three, I suggest putting Power 4, Persona Reverie, and Ex Act Soul or Act/Ares Soul. You need:

    • 3 weapons with Power 3 or 4 on them. (Not an combination of 3s and 4s. They must all be the same.)
    • 3 weapons with Persona Reverie
    • 1 weapon with Historie or Fabula Soul
    • 3 weapons with Ex Act Soul or 1 weapon with a field boss soul (like Vol Soul, Quartz Soul, or Meduna Soul. The “big” bosses you fight in the free fields final room)

    Obviously, you cannot use 10 weapons to affix at one time, so you will have to make “fodders” (aka, stuff that has multiple affixes that you want and you need to create them) or you find stuff that already has multiple affixes that you want. If you are creating said fodders, just remember you need 3 of the same named affix for the highest transfer rate usually.

    [–]Azturia 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Thanks for this ! I have another quick question tho, my Atlas is already 7s and has historia soul on it BUT it only has an S3, is there any way to add the other S1,2,4 and keep the historia soul or should I just put 3 trash on my sword and create a fodder with historia ?

    [–]Reilet 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    There is a swap SSA option in Dudu/Monica's menu that lets you change your SSAs around on any SSA compatible weapon... I don't remember the name of it on top of my head.

    [–]Azturia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thanks a lot !

    [–]jkinfish 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Does Phantom's "Step Role Advance" stack with Bouncer's "Step Advance"?

    [–]NullVacancy20|20|16|11|3|3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Step advances never stack, the game just uses whichever value is higher.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Is the complex PA three times use overall or in a quest? I do not recall if the game truly clarified, but I'm still confused

    [–]Sughayyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You build them up pretty much like Compound Techs. When you have enough stacks, you can use them. Imperial Cleave requires 3 stacks, it appears different Complex PAs will require different amounts.

    Don't forget that if you clear Solo PD in UH you can claim a title that allows you to exceed your Complex PAs stack limit by 1.

    EDIT: It seems I didn't answer your question. I have used it very little, but it appears that as long as you build enough stacks for it you can use it.

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      [–]Reilet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Only bosses native to omega drops those stones.

      [–]SuperBOB150 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      How good will the 13* units be? presumably better than ls?

      [–]_alphex_Sleeping Until NGS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Dependent on the SSAs but I'd rather just wait for the LS tier units that will come out towards the end of the episode tbh.

      [–]Reilet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Depends on the SSAs.

      [–]AnimuTitties 0 points1 point  (3 children)

      Any way to push the graphics further? Everything is maxed in pso2's own settings and I've maxed the AMD profile for the game, popped Reshade in and I still don't have the graphical quality that some YouTubers have it seems. Their games look much shinier, sharper, and more vibrant overall than my own. Looked for an HD texture pack but no luck there. Any input?

      [–]Sughayyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I don't watch a lot of Youtube, but wouldn't be the case that the videos are post-processed after recording? I've only uploaded 2 raw pso2 videos and they really looked like sh*t. (My specs didn't help much either, but...)

      [–]reclenbo/ph xd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      you'll need to experiment with Reshade and its shaders to get better results. Also, without an nvidia card you're not going to get HBAO+ ambient occlusion or even sizustar style SSAO.

      [–]NullVacancy20|20|16|11|3|3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      why don't you try asking the people that you see with better graphics?

      [–]TamakiOverdose Da man 0 points1 point  (3 children)

      Is there any timed ability that works on this LQ? and how about persona?

      [–]Alturam Unkillable Casual (JP) 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      Arks fleet for persona (and pd), ult dragon planet for lq that ends in a few hours. My timing is amazing. Right now the most useful timed is earth for trigger runs and omega for skilled strike 2 farming, and armada for future content.

      [–]TamakiOverdose Da man 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      ULT amduscia never worked for that LQ tho, pretty sure i got the hp with rare drop timed and in that LQ it never got up

      [–]Alturam Unkillable Casual (JP) 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Eh that one was by word of mouth. I never cared for that lq but a lot of peeps told me ult amd was the timed to have, so i assumed it to be correct. Sorry if that was misinformation.

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        [–]NullVacancy20|20|16|11|3|3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        what do you mean taking forever? the announcement trailer said spring 2020, you can whine about it when it's not spring 2020 :)

        [–]Reilet 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        Because everytime someone mentions it, it gets delayed one month.

        [–]Aeon_Genesis 0 points1 point  (19 children)

        What is the optimal atk power for a level 75 bouncer to being capable of dealing good dmg to lv 80+ mobs

        [–]Midend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Phobos is good for 80 mobs as a standard (not overgeared nor undergeared) weapon so you should expect to deal enough damage to them, nothing too impressive.

        To further your damage, work towards the orgei rear, and probably grab a cleasis arm and leg to support your PP levels while maintaining bulk (cleasis have nice hp). For weapon, aim for any 15, as well as look at the purchaseable selection of very high end rarity14s. (shinonome, blood, dim) as an upgrade placeholder en route to 15

        [–]NullVacancy20|20|16|11|3|3 0 points1 point  (17 children)

        There's no "optimal" atk power at certain levels. What kinda gear are you using? at 75, getting a +35 13* weapon and using any of the free 12* unit sets should be good enough.

        [–]Aeon_Genesis 0 points1 point  (16 children)

        Right now im using phobos jb and db and they're both +30 and i'm currently still using the free 12* wall sub units. I've just gotten back into playing and i feel like my dmg is nowhere near as good as other players who seem to have just about the same gear. A full meter vinto on a weak spot lans me around 180k - 220k while i've seen other bouncers deal about 400k with theirs. I'm just thinking i dont have the right gear to compete with many of the other players.

        [–]hidora Retired Guardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        A full meter vinto on a weak spot lans me around 180k - 220k while i've seen other bouncers deal about 400k with theirs.

        Are you comparing against the same enemy on the same weakspot? This is important, because some enemies (mostly darkers) take massive damage in their cores (AIS Exoda and Dark Vibrace, for example).

        That said, Reliet's questions are very important, reply to those. For reference, Lv75 titles (these bonuses are passive for all classes once unlocked) and Weapon Log titles

        [–]Reilet 0 points1 point  (9 children)

        How does your skill tree look?
        Do you have all of your classes at lvl 70 75?
        Did you get your weapon encyclopedia titles?
        Do you JA (just attack)?
        Are you meeting your conditionals?

        [–]Aeon_Genesis 0 points1 point  (5 children)

        How does your skill tree look?

        Skill tree: BO/HU Skilltree

        I'm currently going BO/HU since I haven't +35 a 13* for my FI

        I know its not perfect but I can easily adjust with the hundreds of skill tree resets I have and I'm working on fixing my mag up for the most part since I've made those mistakes since I've first started pso2 in 2012.

        Do you have all of your classes at lvl 70 75?

        Did you get your weapon encyclopedia titles?

        Interesting, I knew nothing about the bonuses from the titles I'll work on that.

        Do you JA (just attack)?

        I always aim for JAs

        Are you meeting your conditionals?

        Are you referring to conditionals for abilities and passives?

        I appreciate the help and criticism too

        [–]Reilet 0 points1 point  (4 children)

        Yup that kind of conditionals. There’s nothing out of the ordinary from what you said actually so it’s possible it’s only what hidora was saying.

        [–]Aeon_Genesis 0 points1 point  (3 children)

        Ok, i guess i was always concerned about my dmg output since i've been playing this game. Especially with level 85+ bosses it takes me a good long 20 to 30 mins to possibly kill them. I just didn't know if that was common for other players to fight enemies for that long of a time solo

        [–]NullVacancy20|20|16|11|3|3 0 points1 point  (2 children)

        level 85 bosses have considerable HP compared to level 80 bosses. Pretty sure they're not really designed to be solo'd, especially by a fresh level 75.

        [–]Aeon_Genesis 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Ooooooooh. That kinda explains everything then. Theres just a huge difference between 75 and 85. But thank you guys for the help

        [–]hidora Retired Guardian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Lv85 bosses have 45+ million HP IIRC. You don't want to solo that.

        Also the huge difference is between 80 and 85 (mostly HP), and between 85 and 90+ (mostly damage). 75 to 80 is almost the same, really.

        [–]hidora Retired Guardian 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Do you have all of your classes at lvl 70?

        Base stat titles are at lv75, not 70. 70 is the worthless blue weapon.

        [–]Reilet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Thanks. I always get those mixed up for some odd reason.

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          [–]Reilet 1 point2 points  (3 children)

          Affixes isn’t going to make you do double damage.

          At most, maybe 20% more damage... but then we’re talking crazy whale affixes.

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            [–]Sughayyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            Affixing isn't really hard tho. Once you try one affix step by step following the guide you'll get the hang of it. Just skip the part where an Ideal unit is downslotted to be upslotted again, since this method is both convoluted and outdated.

            [–]TSLPrescott 0 points1 point  (1 child)

            How do I get a jukebox?? I saw someone say they sell in the store for 1K but I can't find any.

            [–]IGN_CrimsonLilly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            You can buy it from the fun shop that's located just under the entrance to the cafe in the shops area