Post by kashima on Aug 13, 2005 20:06:18 GMT -5
When should i attempt episode two and on which difficulty is a question asked by a lot of pso players both newb and veteran alike i hope my analysis of episode two will help to shed some light on the situation. Now Episode two is the storyline continuing after episode one in which you explored the known surface of Ragol which ultimately led to you defeating Dark Falz who we discover is really Red Ring Rico being posessed by the god of destruction ditched on the planet many years ago. Episode Two starts with us meeting Nastasha Millarose who tells us we must complete a vr training session before going on to the real meat of the quest which i wont spoil for anyone.
Now onto the episode two guidelines. There are a few questions you have to ask yourself before playing episode two. 1 am i playing for experience points in terms of leveling up ? 2 Am i simply looking for rare items? 3 Am i playing just to say i completed all Episodes. 4 am i playing plus or non plus ? (( I dont consider an episode to be truly done unless all quests are finished.)) Now i will answer each question in turn.
1. Am i playing for experience? Now if this is your question you have the second hardest experience of them all for one reason. To really get the most experience wise from episode two you have to either play directly on the diffuculty you belong in when you first start. Ie doing episode two on hard AS SOON as you make it to hard on episode one. If you play through all of episode one and make it to the end by the time you do episode two on hard you wont be getting nearly the same experience as you would from doing episode one on very hard. Make sense? Also you can go one difficulty up as well . Lets say youre still on Normal but your level warrants you going into hard You can take that route as well to gain extra experience. Just be advised that once you make it out of the simulations. The enemies hit much harder and with greater frequency.
2. Am i looking for rare items? This is one of the more easier ways to attempt episode two because it requires you to keep doing one area over and over once you develop a strategy for the individual enemies it becomes increasingly easy to kill them. This is reccomended for any diffuculty once you feel you are able to handle the enemies you have to repeatedly kill and the creatures that spawn alongside them.
3. Am i playing just to say i completed all episodes? If this is the case once again you have an easy task. My advice would be to make it all the way up to ultimate. Then do Episode two from very hard on down to normal. Beating them shouldnt be an easy task seeing that you are getting the Hardest difficulty you should be doing out of the way first. if you can beat da ral lie on ultimate you can kill olga flow on hard with a little common sense.
4. Am i playing a plus version of the game? If you are then you have the hardest time especially if youre looking to complete the episode and hunt the new rare items that the Five new enemies drop. Simply because the episode two quests arent easy to do at all. Elly is crappy A.I. and you cant do the two easier quests until you do seat of the heart. For this i reccomend doing the missions on the difficulty far under you. So if youre at the end of hard do the missions on normal. At the end of very hard do the missions on Hard. At the end of Ultimate do the missions on very hard. And once you hit the 150's Do the missions on Ult finally. This should offer the easiest time just remember on Ult the Ul gibbons spit a low level megid and Mericarol and all his variants do long range one hit kills.
Now ill do an indepth class by class analysis of episode two to better help you out
Hunters. For all hunter classes for normal on Episode two this should be your level and reccomended equipment. Lv 30 at least 35 at highest. At least Two rare Sword and or Partisan Types capable of hitting multiple enemies. I reccomend Last survivor and Gae Bolg. However a flowens sword of any model will do as well. At least one capable handgun Varista or custom ray will do nicely. A frame with at least three slots and Ogre powers to go in them. A decent shield or barrier the highest you can find in the item shop or on the ground. In this setup hack and slash and in the one quest keep elly healed on normal i dont think the ill gills have the one hit kill capability and use common sense in dodging del lillies megid not hard at all.
Hunters on hard reccomended level at least 60 70 at the highest. Now the requirements are a bit more steep. For equipment i reccomend a last survivor a double saber and a gae bolg as far as swords go. For guns A pair of L&K 14 combats or any of the mechguns from that family and a varista or custom ray or bravace.
For armor try for one of the lower end rare ones such as attribute plate, revival garment , Or spirit garment. However even these arent a must but four slot armors are. Your frame should now be outfitted with ogre powers.Also at this point your shield should be a shield of delsaber. This should offer you a pain free trip Any good saber will do for up close one on one encounters. However id reccomend a kalabolg or durandal over anything else available at the moment. During the missions be careful the ill gills now sport their one hits kills and they dont hesitate to use them this will now apply to all difficulties mentioned in this section.
Hunter very hard. Reccomended Level 85 95 at most. This is where it starts to get very interesting Everything must be better than it was before but at this point you should be at least past the forest in episode one. Reccomended equipment. Stag Cutlery its speed is a must if youre a male hunter if youre a female hunter Blade dance and or Bloody art also a last survivor now fully grinded for max attack power. For guns a red handgun if you can manage to get one otherwise a full grinded varista, custom ray, or Bravace. Once again mechguns L&K fourteen combat or any guns from that family. Or pair of semi rare mechs with high hit percentage. Semi rare meaning the yellow lettered weapons in orange boxes. For armors Db's armor of flowens armor is reccomended. Or a high end armor from the shop such as holy armor. Four slots are once again a must Ogre powers++ should be there now. For a shield i reccomend flowens shield or dbs shield. Olga flow has a few new attacks in his first form but you'll survive them just stay healed.
Hunters Ultimate.Reccomended Level 150 170 at the most. This is the killer Mericarols and their variants now have two one hit kills the one they have always had when you get to close and their normal attacks that used to deal status effects now just kill you flat out no save whatsoever save scape dolls and mag ressurections.Also Ul Gibbons spit a low level Megid now but not enough to worry about. Reccomended equipment. Twin Brands, Demolition Comets, Meteor Cudgels or any high end double saber the stag won't be enough anymore. Also Red sword, Chain sawd, or Sealed J Sword you'll want something powerful enough to put groups down quickly at this point. Guns Red handgun and twin physco guns are a must to keep up with the hp of the enemies now all weapons should be fully grinded. Armors Luminous Field, Sense plate, Sacred Cloth, Aura field. Store bought or lower level rare armors wont cut it here. Units should be A god or devil battle two god powers and a god arm. Or something dangerously close to this setup. With this and skill Olga flow should be down for the count soon now to handle the other two classes.
Rangers on normal. Now with hunters out of the way every other class has an easy time getting through episode two this goes double for rangers with the versatility of all of their weapons. Reccomended Level 30 35 at the most. Reccomended Equipment. Any rare pistol any rare spead so most likely crush bullet and varista. Reccomended Armor anything with four slots. You should be outfitted with four knight or ogre powers. Your shield can be anything with high stats for your difficulty. For rangers ep two normal is a breeze.
Hunters on hard. Reccomended Level 60 69 at most. Here the equipment starts to get a bit more demanding. For guns you should have a Crush bullet or a meteor Smash to handle crowds, A varista or custom ray or bravace any good pistol will do also at this point you should have decent mechs preferably L&K 14 combats or something in that family or near their offered stats. For armor Attribute plate, Spirit Garment, Revival garment, Or any decent armor with four slots. Now you should be outfitted with ogre powers, and a delsabers shield or secret gear whichever you have. Just remember at this point ill gills have one hit kills.
Rangers Very hard reccomended level 80 at the least 95 at the highest. Reccomended guns are as follows. A good long range rifle Wlz Just or Visk will do nicely Although Angel harp would be best. A good photon Launcher such as a guilty light these weapons hit Gal Griffon and Olga flow in multiple parts. Mech guns L&K 14 combats are a must. Also a Meteor Smash or final Impact for spread. Your weapons should be at least halfway grinded. For Armors you should be upgraded to Db's Armor Or Flowen's Frame or any higher end armor with four slots. For units Ogre powers++ will do nicely. At this point you should have a flowens shield or db's shield to work with. With this setup you should be fine.
Rangers Ultimate reccomended level 140 to 170. This is where it gets demanding. For guns Frozen shooter or Snow queen its no fail freeze special is very nice, Bringers rifle its range and hp reducing special will come in handy, Red handgun or holy ray the high rate of fire and attack power will help immensely. Mechguns redhandguns or anything better nothing less L&K family doesnt cut it anymore. Spread Spread needle is a must its quick fire will save you on many an occasion. All weapons should be FULLY grinded. Armor should be either Sacred Cloth, Luminous Field, Sense Plate, Aura Field, or Brightness circle with four slots, Units should be Two god powers One God or Devil Battle and a God Arm. Your shield should be a Tripolic Shield or Standstill shield. With this setup you'll own ult.
Forces Normal Reccomended Level 20 at the least 40 at the most. With forces it heavily varies depending on the mag you have made for them how many mind materials theyve eaten and wether or not you already had spells waiting for them. Reccomended Equipment Armor with good defense regaurdless of slots shield with good defense No wand and at least level fifteen spells save grants and megid. Cast spells and never go hand to hand couldnt be easier.
Forces Hard reccomended level 60 to 75. For this you should have at least level 20 spells save grants or megid though they should almost be out of the ten range.Armors Attribute Plate, Spirit Garment, Revival Garment, or Any good armor with slots preferably four. Any good level shield to protect them. For wands A hildebears cane would be best at this point. For units any angel minds or priest minds you can get for yourself.
Aim cast lather rinse repeat not that hard.
Forces Very hard reccomended level 80 to 95. At this point you should be working with spells in the upper twenties of all types. A hildebears Cane , Hildeblues Cane or Summit Moon for the Mst Boost. Armor should Be either Revival Garment, Attribute Plate, Spirit Garment, or any store bought armor with four slots and defense. Shield should be a custom barrier this early or a completed color merge. Units should be angel minds++. Olga flows not that hard with this setup.
Forces Ultimate. Game time now much is required though for a force its easier than any other class. Reccomended Level 130 to 160. Armor should be a Luminous Field, Brightness Circle, Sacred Cloth, Or Aura Field. Spells should be in the thirties or very high twenties. Wands Reccomended are Summit Moon, Hildeblues Cane, Physco Wand Cadueceus,or Gran Sorcerors Cane,Shield should be either a Custom Barrier a color merge, or Tripolic Shield .Units should be four god minds no if ands or buts about it. Thats it Olga flow falls easily i can speak from experience.
I will add more to this as i think of it but this alone should get you through ult on ep two as well as all other difficulties
Now onto the episode two guidelines. There are a few questions you have to ask yourself before playing episode two. 1 am i playing for experience points in terms of leveling up ? 2 Am i simply looking for rare items? 3 Am i playing just to say i completed all Episodes. 4 am i playing plus or non plus ? (( I dont consider an episode to be truly done unless all quests are finished.)) Now i will answer each question in turn.
1. Am i playing for experience? Now if this is your question you have the second hardest experience of them all for one reason. To really get the most experience wise from episode two you have to either play directly on the diffuculty you belong in when you first start. Ie doing episode two on hard AS SOON as you make it to hard on episode one. If you play through all of episode one and make it to the end by the time you do episode two on hard you wont be getting nearly the same experience as you would from doing episode one on very hard. Make sense? Also you can go one difficulty up as well . Lets say youre still on Normal but your level warrants you going into hard You can take that route as well to gain extra experience. Just be advised that once you make it out of the simulations. The enemies hit much harder and with greater frequency.
2. Am i looking for rare items? This is one of the more easier ways to attempt episode two because it requires you to keep doing one area over and over once you develop a strategy for the individual enemies it becomes increasingly easy to kill them. This is reccomended for any diffuculty once you feel you are able to handle the enemies you have to repeatedly kill and the creatures that spawn alongside them.
3. Am i playing just to say i completed all episodes? If this is the case once again you have an easy task. My advice would be to make it all the way up to ultimate. Then do Episode two from very hard on down to normal. Beating them shouldnt be an easy task seeing that you are getting the Hardest difficulty you should be doing out of the way first. if you can beat da ral lie on ultimate you can kill olga flow on hard with a little common sense.
4. Am i playing a plus version of the game? If you are then you have the hardest time especially if youre looking to complete the episode and hunt the new rare items that the Five new enemies drop. Simply because the episode two quests arent easy to do at all. Elly is crappy A.I. and you cant do the two easier quests until you do seat of the heart. For this i reccomend doing the missions on the difficulty far under you. So if youre at the end of hard do the missions on normal. At the end of very hard do the missions on Hard. At the end of Ultimate do the missions on very hard. And once you hit the 150's Do the missions on Ult finally. This should offer the easiest time just remember on Ult the Ul gibbons spit a low level megid and Mericarol and all his variants do long range one hit kills.
Now ill do an indepth class by class analysis of episode two to better help you out
Hunters. For all hunter classes for normal on Episode two this should be your level and reccomended equipment. Lv 30 at least 35 at highest. At least Two rare Sword and or Partisan Types capable of hitting multiple enemies. I reccomend Last survivor and Gae Bolg. However a flowens sword of any model will do as well. At least one capable handgun Varista or custom ray will do nicely. A frame with at least three slots and Ogre powers to go in them. A decent shield or barrier the highest you can find in the item shop or on the ground. In this setup hack and slash and in the one quest keep elly healed on normal i dont think the ill gills have the one hit kill capability and use common sense in dodging del lillies megid not hard at all.
Hunters on hard reccomended level at least 60 70 at the highest. Now the requirements are a bit more steep. For equipment i reccomend a last survivor a double saber and a gae bolg as far as swords go. For guns A pair of L&K 14 combats or any of the mechguns from that family and a varista or custom ray or bravace.
For armor try for one of the lower end rare ones such as attribute plate, revival garment , Or spirit garment. However even these arent a must but four slot armors are. Your frame should now be outfitted with ogre powers.Also at this point your shield should be a shield of delsaber. This should offer you a pain free trip Any good saber will do for up close one on one encounters. However id reccomend a kalabolg or durandal over anything else available at the moment. During the missions be careful the ill gills now sport their one hits kills and they dont hesitate to use them this will now apply to all difficulties mentioned in this section.
Hunter very hard. Reccomended Level 85 95 at most. This is where it starts to get very interesting Everything must be better than it was before but at this point you should be at least past the forest in episode one. Reccomended equipment. Stag Cutlery its speed is a must if youre a male hunter if youre a female hunter Blade dance and or Bloody art also a last survivor now fully grinded for max attack power. For guns a red handgun if you can manage to get one otherwise a full grinded varista, custom ray, or Bravace. Once again mechguns L&K fourteen combat or any guns from that family. Or pair of semi rare mechs with high hit percentage. Semi rare meaning the yellow lettered weapons in orange boxes. For armors Db's armor of flowens armor is reccomended. Or a high end armor from the shop such as holy armor. Four slots are once again a must Ogre powers++ should be there now. For a shield i reccomend flowens shield or dbs shield. Olga flow has a few new attacks in his first form but you'll survive them just stay healed.
Hunters Ultimate.Reccomended Level 150 170 at the most. This is the killer Mericarols and their variants now have two one hit kills the one they have always had when you get to close and their normal attacks that used to deal status effects now just kill you flat out no save whatsoever save scape dolls and mag ressurections.Also Ul Gibbons spit a low level Megid now but not enough to worry about. Reccomended equipment. Twin Brands, Demolition Comets, Meteor Cudgels or any high end double saber the stag won't be enough anymore. Also Red sword, Chain sawd, or Sealed J Sword you'll want something powerful enough to put groups down quickly at this point. Guns Red handgun and twin physco guns are a must to keep up with the hp of the enemies now all weapons should be fully grinded. Armors Luminous Field, Sense plate, Sacred Cloth, Aura field. Store bought or lower level rare armors wont cut it here. Units should be A god or devil battle two god powers and a god arm. Or something dangerously close to this setup. With this and skill Olga flow should be down for the count soon now to handle the other two classes.
Rangers on normal. Now with hunters out of the way every other class has an easy time getting through episode two this goes double for rangers with the versatility of all of their weapons. Reccomended Level 30 35 at the most. Reccomended Equipment. Any rare pistol any rare spead so most likely crush bullet and varista. Reccomended Armor anything with four slots. You should be outfitted with four knight or ogre powers. Your shield can be anything with high stats for your difficulty. For rangers ep two normal is a breeze.
Hunters on hard. Reccomended Level 60 69 at most. Here the equipment starts to get a bit more demanding. For guns you should have a Crush bullet or a meteor Smash to handle crowds, A varista or custom ray or bravace any good pistol will do also at this point you should have decent mechs preferably L&K 14 combats or something in that family or near their offered stats. For armor Attribute plate, Spirit Garment, Revival garment, Or any decent armor with four slots. Now you should be outfitted with ogre powers, and a delsabers shield or secret gear whichever you have. Just remember at this point ill gills have one hit kills.
Rangers Very hard reccomended level 80 at the least 95 at the highest. Reccomended guns are as follows. A good long range rifle Wlz Just or Visk will do nicely Although Angel harp would be best. A good photon Launcher such as a guilty light these weapons hit Gal Griffon and Olga flow in multiple parts. Mech guns L&K 14 combats are a must. Also a Meteor Smash or final Impact for spread. Your weapons should be at least halfway grinded. For Armors you should be upgraded to Db's Armor Or Flowen's Frame or any higher end armor with four slots. For units Ogre powers++ will do nicely. At this point you should have a flowens shield or db's shield to work with. With this setup you should be fine.
Rangers Ultimate reccomended level 140 to 170. This is where it gets demanding. For guns Frozen shooter or Snow queen its no fail freeze special is very nice, Bringers rifle its range and hp reducing special will come in handy, Red handgun or holy ray the high rate of fire and attack power will help immensely. Mechguns redhandguns or anything better nothing less L&K family doesnt cut it anymore. Spread Spread needle is a must its quick fire will save you on many an occasion. All weapons should be FULLY grinded. Armor should be either Sacred Cloth, Luminous Field, Sense Plate, Aura Field, or Brightness circle with four slots, Units should be Two god powers One God or Devil Battle and a God Arm. Your shield should be a Tripolic Shield or Standstill shield. With this setup you'll own ult.
Forces Normal Reccomended Level 20 at the least 40 at the most. With forces it heavily varies depending on the mag you have made for them how many mind materials theyve eaten and wether or not you already had spells waiting for them. Reccomended Equipment Armor with good defense regaurdless of slots shield with good defense No wand and at least level fifteen spells save grants and megid. Cast spells and never go hand to hand couldnt be easier.
Forces Hard reccomended level 60 to 75. For this you should have at least level 20 spells save grants or megid though they should almost be out of the ten range.Armors Attribute Plate, Spirit Garment, Revival Garment, or Any good armor with slots preferably four. Any good level shield to protect them. For wands A hildebears cane would be best at this point. For units any angel minds or priest minds you can get for yourself.
Aim cast lather rinse repeat not that hard.
Forces Very hard reccomended level 80 to 95. At this point you should be working with spells in the upper twenties of all types. A hildebears Cane , Hildeblues Cane or Summit Moon for the Mst Boost. Armor should Be either Revival Garment, Attribute Plate, Spirit Garment, or any store bought armor with four slots and defense. Shield should be a custom barrier this early or a completed color merge. Units should be angel minds++. Olga flows not that hard with this setup.
Forces Ultimate. Game time now much is required though for a force its easier than any other class. Reccomended Level 130 to 160. Armor should be a Luminous Field, Brightness Circle, Sacred Cloth, Or Aura Field. Spells should be in the thirties or very high twenties. Wands Reccomended are Summit Moon, Hildeblues Cane, Physco Wand Cadueceus,or Gran Sorcerors Cane,Shield should be either a Custom Barrier a color merge, or Tripolic Shield .Units should be four god minds no if ands or buts about it. Thats it Olga flow falls easily i can speak from experience.
I will add more to this as i think of it but this alone should get you through ult on ep two as well as all other difficulties
