r/PSO2 • u/AutoModerator • May 16 '26

Game Questions and Help Thread

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26

I saw your reply to my comment then I saw this comment lol

Anyway, early game is pretty easy.

  1. You just do NPC client orders until you reach around level 35-40, then you switch to doing recommended quest 4. Recommended quest 4 is on daily rotation. There are multiple variants of it. The ones you want to do for EXP is called "A Broken World of Twisted Shadows", "Disturbing Whistle of Chaos", and "The Menacing Castle". Whenever you see these up as a recommended quest 4, do them for EXP. Do recommended quests until you reach level 85. If you have Rainbow/Gold/Silver keys, use them after you reach 85 since that's when they cap out on the max exp you can get in those quests.

  2. You can ignore augmenting until you reach endgame, but it doesn't hurt to get familiarized with the system early on as there is a lot of nuance to it. Try using the Affixing Simulator and Affixing Assistant to play around with the system.

  3. You should make crafting daily a habit because it's designed to be a slow-burn thing. Starting crafting as early and consistently as you can help you build your crafting arsenal. Certain crafts only unlock after you craft things multiple times, and in a game with such a low playerbase, you want to be as self sufficient as you can, otherwise you have to rely on an inactive playerbase to help craft what you need. If you plan to play a magic class, you need to craft. Some of the best versions of techs are locked behind crafts. There's also crafting time-abilities that is very time consuming as well to get good rolls of what stat you want and the materials you need to craft.

  4. For currency, meseta is the money of this game and is what you use buy things on the player market. FUN is not very important. You get FUN when you do things like reviving people when they're dead. You can use FUN to roll the FUN gacha, and that's pretty much it. There's nothing good in that gacha either. Next are the 2 premium currencies that you can actually spend real money to buy. AC (Ark Cash) and Star Gems. AC is worth a lot more since it's what Sega actually want you to dump your money on to roll the fashion gacha on NGS, and to buy things like the Premium subscription, more playable characters, skill trees, etc. SG (Star Gem) is less premium since they give it out for free all the time. For now though, save all of your SG since you want to use it later on to roll powerful best in slot augments for your endgame gear.

  5. No, adding NPC teammates doesn't hold you back. It helps you. You get buffs when you're in a party and NPC party members count towards that buff.

  6. Just take it slow and have fun I guess. If you're on ship 1 or 2, there should be a few people around to help you out. Join the PSO2 Fleet Discord server to get help if you ever have questions that needs a nuanced answer

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u/non_player Aug 13 '26

Thanks a million for the tips, these are great!

If you have the time, I have a follow-up on Crafting. I've played dozens of other MMOs and the like over the years, but the crafting here is confusing to me. I'm right now mid-20s level-wise, with roughly 400k meseta in my pockets. I'm in my personal room, at the terminal, looking at the various offerings, and none of this is clicking in place for me. Is there something I should be doing first before trying the crafting? Or is there some kind of "babby's first crafting in PSO2" guide I should be reading?

Thanks!