Phantasy Star Online - Blue Burst

Geminosity · May 2005

well, like I said, it was just my opinion :3

After playing force I just found rangers a bit of a cakewalk that's all. Then again the manual does state that forces are supposed to be the most difficult class to play :o

remi · May 2005

I think I'm going to have to try playing a force character at some point in this beta.

<u>My possible names:</u>
blu.knight
Akedath (most probable)
Sky (unlikely)

Gemmy, do you remember which name I used from that sidescrolling MMORPG?

Geminosity · May 2005

well... I remember blueknight and akedath for some reason in maple story. Don't remember anyone called sky from the NS boards at least :p

It's been so long since MS I'm kinda fuzzy on who was called what now though ^^;

Pulse · May 2005

Son of a submariner! You can download the client <a href='http://www.mininova.org/get/37950/Phantasy%20Star%20Online%20Blue%20Burst%20Beta.torrent' target='_blank'>here</a> to avoid the rush on the 10th.

Apparently it will include an entire new episode, so go go go! You take the point! Taking fire, need assistance!

Monkfish · May 2005

Woo!

Now if only we weren't moving house on the 10th.. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

remi · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pulse @ May 7 2005, 06:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Son of a submariner! You can download the client <a href='http://www.mininova.org/get/37950/Phantasy%20Star%20Online%20Blue%20Burst%20Beta.torrent' target='_blank'>here</a> to avoid the rush on the 10th.

Apparently it will include an entire new episode, so go go go! You take the point! Taking fire, need assistance!  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
But should I trust it? Where did you get this torrent file?

Pulse · May 2005

Just download it. It's got shiny things! And uh... <i>candy</i>!

RaVe · May 2005

What if they got a different Beta installer for the open beta? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

And I started off as a RAmar. Fun times~
But then I slowly got tired of getting cornered by a mob of Delsabers and wanted a sword =X

....I might try Force though. Never played those at all.

remi · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pulse @ May 7 2005, 08:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Just download it. It's got shiny things! And uh... <i>candy</i>!  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
The torrent didn't work for me, so no downloading here.

Pulse · May 2005

It works. tracker.prq is just having a little trouble (I guess it can't handle being the most popular tracker), just leave it on for a little while and it'll connect.

The client will work. They did the same thing with the JP beta. It'll update and tell you to wait for the 10th, and then you can start it up as soon as you've signed up and play right away.

Polykarbon · May 2005

Believe me it works. I was the one who uploaded the initial client ftp file for everyone to host.

<a href='http://boards.sega.com/psobb/viewtopic.php?t=302' target='_blank'>PSO: BB Client Listing</a>

The name of the initial BT tracker user is even listed there.

Sega and Sonic Team gave the ok for us to upload and share the file. The reasoning behind us doing so can be found in my opening statement for that topic.

Thanks,

Polykarbon

Quaunaut · May 2005

Poly, all 3 of your links there won't work.

For the first, I'm "Forbidden"

For yours(the second), it doesn't exist(the address)

The third has exceeded bandwidth and has been taken down.

Align · May 2005

Well, with the current download rate it will be downloaded just in time for the 10th. Just 2 days remaining!

remi · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ May 8 2005, 02:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Poly, all 3 of your links there won't work.

For the first, I'm "Forbidden"

For yours(the second), it doesn't exist(the address)

The third has exceeded bandwidth and has been taken down. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
"" and the torrent has a problem when I try to do it... Something about timing out when trying to connect to the url

edit:
I downloaded bitTornado, and it seems to be working using that. Stupid bittorrent.

RaVe · May 2005

Using Azureus Psyke?
I think they did something about that new feature that the Azureus dev team added to their BT client....hold on I'll dig up the info.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>New Azureus has a feature known as decentralized tracking, which allows the client to function in the event the tracker dies. While this could be considered a good thing if you are hosting <something something> on your DSL tracker, decentralized tracking enabled by default on healthy torrents with stable trackers only interferes with the tracker's ability to collect accurate statistics, as well as affects non-azureus running peers by not allowing the tracker to properly distribute pieces.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

So...yeah. Could be that they've added a flag to the torrent that bans those who use decentralized tracking.

Torrent is working fine for me, and I'm going at a pretty healthy download rate. Can't wait to play <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Cold_NiTe · May 2005

This new version of Azureus has seriously screwed me. It keeps cycling peers right when they are about to connect! I CAN'T SEED ANYTHING.

My life is meaningless now. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

remi · May 2005

Try bitTornado. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />
It worked for me.
RaVe: I didn't even know there was any clients other then bittorrent until I was looking through that post on the PSO boards and saw that people were using something called bitTornado.

Monkfish · May 2005

I downloaded it in a couple of hours with ABC, no problems.

RaVe · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ May 8 2005, 06:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> This new version of Azureus has seriously screwed me. It keeps cycling peers right when they are about to connect! I CAN'T SEED ANYTHING.

My life is meaningless now. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Ouch.

But do not despair! For ABC is here!
(And yes they updated to 3.0...finally!)

remi · May 2005

What is ABC?

RaVe · May 2005

I knew I should've thrown in the link to their website earlier....

<a href='http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/' target='_blank'>http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/</a>

Polykarbon · May 2005

The links are down. We're working to get them up. My server had a down-stream of over 400 GB in 10 hours.

Be patient please =p.

Seph_Kimara · May 2005

Well I got it using BitComet.

Patched up and ready to go...!

Edit: Listening to the music, they reused some of the stuff from Phantasy Star (one of the dungeon themes from PS1, I've only played PS4 [which it was remixed in]) in slbgm_space. Nice <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

twoflow · May 2005

Oh no!

Listening to the music has suddenly gotten me very excited.

I've heard the tracks so many times, so I've sort of forgotten how great they are. World With Me is still my joint-favourite ending music (CUBE_ENDING.ogg), so I've got no complaints that the Ep4 ending music is just a remixed version (EP4_ENDING_FO.ogg).

The file select screen music still sums up the PSO feel perfectly (ADVR.ogg), though the Ep3 version was even better, if such a thing is possible.

Shame the level music includes the "action cues" halfway through, which sort of ruins their congruity.

And we've got the camp-factor! The Sonic, Nights, Burning Rangers, Chu Chu Rocket tributes! The best of these, naturally, is Sonic's Open Your Heart (OPEN.ogg).

Olga Flow's intro music is still great (PROTO1). Hearing those first twenty seconds while watching that leviathan drop from the rafters made me go all tingly.

Forest is beautiful! Spaceship is beautiful (both level and Tricktrack!)

The new music seems great, too. As I mentioned, the remix of World With Me is sensational, as do the two new levels. Should I recognise "T1" and "T2?" They're both delicious, and I feel as if I've heard them before, but I can't remember any examples of their use in Ep2 or Ep3. Were they finishing music for some of the offline quests? They're superb. Ahh, doesn't the green fields before Dark Falz use some of T2's music?

You should be very excited Tequila, because even if you hate it, I'll be having a sodding ball. I'll be making these stupid ^_^ things and it'll all be legitimate, unbridled passion. You better prepare yourself.

I'M SO EXCITED!

<img src='http://www.bobborden.com/diary/images/ricflair.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<i>"ZARATHUSTRA.ogg's the best, chump! Wooooo!"</i>

twoflow · May 2005

Seph Kimara, Tricktrack (DUEL1) is like slbgm_space, but apparently includes even more remixes of the previous games. Wouldn't know as I've never played the series prior to PSO.

remi · May 2005

Two days, and 46% longer to wait. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' />

Jimmeh · May 2005

Everytime I try and update it says it can't access the patch server ;<

remi · May 2005

My download rate has dropped to 0 :/

Pulse · May 2005

The ending theme has <i>words</i> now. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /> The second half is as awesome as ever, which is still odd.

The music in PSO seemed to get better the further you got. Forest was "dull", Caves was "Caves has music?", Mines was "ok" , Ruins was "pretty good" and the ending and the boss themes are better than everything else put together. It's like they went backwards, starting with the ending theme, then the boss themes and filled their quota for awesome once they were finished Del Rol Le's theme and just stopped trying after that.

Do the EP2 tracks follow this trend? I've got the music folder playing at random and what I've heard so far sounds good, but I have no idea where it's from.

twoflow · May 2005

There are three ending themes now, confusingly. ENDING is Ep1's (after beating Dark Falz), CUBE_ENDING is Ep2's and EP4_ENDING_FO is presumably Ep4's. They all have words and have always had words.

You're wrong about Forest's music, but nevermind that: decide for yourself if Ep2's music follows your non-existent pattern. Here's the order they roll in at:

Temple - slbgm_ancient
Spaceship - slbm_space
Island - slbgm_jungle
Seabed - slbgm_seabed

Phantasy Star Online - Blue Burst

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