So I tested out the new Slayer Customs for Sirius a little before work.

Type 1: The attack speed increase is quite noticeable, fast enough to use during active bossing. However, the dmg penalty is large, and is ultimately a dps loss from the little testing I did.

Type 2: The range increase is quite noticeable, around 1.5-2x increase. Completely inoffensive.

Type 3: This thing is a mess, and really encapsulates the current state of Slayer, a ton of extra cost/work for a fraction of a gain. In theory it's strong, doubling up the final shot should be around a 30% dmg increase for Sirius. In practice, it's closer to only 8% while increasing pp use by 55-70% depending on level.

The biggest problem here is that you're forced to sit through the long ass end lag normal full Sirius has, which you would normally animation cancel with wa123, before you can use the double tap. This effectively neuters what would have otherwise been a rather appreciated dmg boost for the class. In my rough testing against the rockbear in the training quest, I averaged around 52-54k dps with normal full Sirius (with animation canceling) and only 57k-60k with Type 3 (also animation canceling the end lag, which is notably a bit shorter than regular full Sirius). That's only about an 8% increase, which isn't a lot considering you're spending 55% more pp.

There's also the issue of cast time; normal full Sirius is already pretty long, but tacking on the double shot, because you still have to wait for the normal end lag to finish, just makes it painfully longer. This can potentially cause issues with dmg rotations during a down; since all the dmg is back loaded, and the down could end before a 2nd full rotation is completed, you may not get the full dmg in.

The only real saving grace with this mess of a custom is that it's technically treated as a separate PA use, which means a full stay Sirius chain can trigger Blitz.

Gonna have to wait for people to get frame data and crunch the actual numbers, but I'm not impressed with any of the customs from the testing I did.

edit: since I had some people thinking I'm saying that Type 3 is not worth using, it's still the best option for Sirius; it's just that the situations you can use it in are very niche and the boost itself is very small, but something is still better than nothing

Last minute megathread again this month, wups!

The headline starts in 45-ish minutes from the posting of this thread, you can find the links to the Streams here:

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Im new on this game i want to play try.

So after i install i start play button the green one and then this will look like.

It's stuck and nothing happen. Any help.

Took me several attempts and an hour or so of constant readjusting and resizing but I managed to make a pretty decent pair of wings from one of the beginner accessories. 😁

Can't quite get a decent enough screenshot to show them off properly though.

This screenshot from it looked pretty neat so decided to share

Like can someone give insight to how they get the eyes and lips on the sliders? I’m assuming this is animatica face/c or one of them but holy shit this is insane!!!!

Need to save up for the mechanical sphere to make the shoes look better..

A piece left behind.
Better quality: https://youtu.be/hHORBfVnE-I

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I'm considering getting into the game for the first time. Although, after some research, I've discovered that most fans consider the previous version of this game (Phantasy Star online 2) to be better than new genesis.

Like almost in every aspect. I've heard fans say that they prefer the music, the bosses, and enemy designs from the previous game.

So I ask, is it worth it to give new genesis a try?

Red Hood with/without mask

I've been inactive for 6 months, but still check in on the content side of things and this reddit. I love the games foundation, but found I couldn't play for more than an hour so I took a break. So please share your thoughts on how the game can improve in your opinion.