User:Richardian/Classic
Classic is a gameplay mode on Ephinea that is intended to offer a vanilla gameplay experience in line with official Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst prior to the creation of Episode 4. The gameplay mode is accessed by creating a new character on a normal account and joining a game on the US/Devaloka ship.
Characters that have joined a game on the Devaloka ship will be permanently flagged as Classic characters and are unable to join games on any other ship, and vice versa. This is to prevent the trading of items between normal mode and classic mode.
Key differences
- Exclusion of Episode 4 entirely, including all items originally exclusive to Episode 4
- Unique drop table matching the original rates for Episodes 1 and 2, which can be found on the official Ephinea website here
- All rates are default and cannot be boosted in any way
- This includes the Rare Drop Rate, the Drop Anything Rate, and the rate at which Rare Monsters appear
- Coren does not offer any gambles
- Any special Ephinea features such as Ragol Boost Road and Anguish are not available
- PSO2 drop style and EXP Share ON are both mandatory party options
- Notably, while these options are mandatory on the Classic ship, they were not available at all on official Blue Burst servers
- The minimum level requirements to join multiplayer lobbies for each difficulty and episode are the same as the requirements on official Blue Burst servers:
- Normal mode
- No level requirements
- Hard mode
- Episode 1: Level 20
- Episode 2: Level 30
- Very Hard mode
- Episode 1: Level 50
- Episode 2: Level 60
- Ultimate mode
- Episode 1: Level 90
- Episode 2: Level 100
- Normal mode
Unobtainable Items
The following items are not obtainable in Classic mode because they were not obtainable on official Blue Burst servers prior to the introduction of Episode 4
- Weapons
- Frames
- Units
- Barriers
- Mags
The following items are not obtainable in Classic mode because they are exclusive to Ephinea
- Weapons
- Frames
- Units
- Barriers
- Mags
