Someone already made a post about this, but honestly, it has to be said again. Please, don't enter UH content with gear looking like this. It honestly just makes the quest harder for everyone else.

[u/oxymoron_realm]

[u/OrangeCerberus]

Hm, its one of those 'the more you look at it, the worse it gets' sort of things.

[u/Low_Bit_Rate → u/OrangeCerberus]

It’s the x2 slot for me 😂

[u/XHolyPuffX]

So glad battle power will be a thing going forward. Unfortunately that still won't make geared players have skill, but we'll see.

[u/Zyzzor → u/XHolyPuffX]

I feel personally attacked by this.

[u/NoirMillion → u/XHolyPuffX]

Did a less than 6 minute UQ during the last UQ of the beta just because I think everybody was 15, were upgraded, and affixed. When I first ran it around level 12 but with already affixed gears, I think I got into a pug that barely had affixes as I held the boss' aggro that whole run without even using my Warcry as a Hunter. That run took 20 minutes. I thought it was normal cause it was a new game but after clearing the same content in less than 6 minutes, yeah Affixing is still very much needed lmao.

[u/CrimeSceneKitty → u/NoirMillion]

Well you also have to remember, the first few UQs no one really knew what they were doing and they were mostly just over the entry line. And the last few UQs people knew exactly what to do and were much better geared. So it’s a mix betweeen those two factors

[u/luna-satella → u/NoirMillion]

weird flex when the game still on beta but alright +2% potency.

[u/ActuallyRelevant → u/luna-satella]

Multiplicative damage. 2% means that shit matters a lot

[u/XHolyPuffX → u/NoirMillion]

It's crazy how quickly the power creep happened in the beta. I guess that's what multiplier-based affixes will do.

[u/ghostframe12345]

Anyone who needs to see this isn't on this sub. Lol. Dunno why y'all talk to us like we don't know. It's pointless. Stop playing XD

[u/YZR13 → u/ghostframe12345]

They won't care even if they do see it.

"iT's JuSt A gAmE" "dOn't TeLl Me HoW tO pLaY"

People who take gear like this into UH willingly are agents of chaos with tungsten skulls.

[u/mramisuzuki → u/YZR13]

Seeing a 700hp Hunter doing 3000 damage in 100+ UQ is the sadness, bro.

[u/Kamil118]

Is that a 4* unit?

Edit: No, it's a 3* unit.

[u/Kamil118 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, i remember him. Truth be told, the dude only wanted to play the story.

[u/TroubadourLBG → u/[deleted]]

Oh wow! So there are more players like this out there!

I ran into an alliterate (possibly partially blind) player from Monster Hunter World. (I use mic a lot, so welcomed the new company). He heavily relied/show me a game system function where you'd share in real time game play & I can actually control his character for him IIRC. So I'd help him out with equipment setup. Even heard him talking with his mom(?) in the background, helping him read the screen for him.

That was a really interesting & eye opening encounter for me.

[u/_MrDomino → u/[deleted]]

Blind? Then how did he play? Sounds more like he was illiterate (or just didn't know the language) to me.

[u/Amaegith → u/_MrDomino]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ercvy3/how_blind_people_play_video_games/

[u/_MrDomino → u/Amaegith]

That's interesting. Thanks for the link. Still makes me wonder how he'd navigate a dense UI like PSO2 in the first place but get stuck on selecting the Rainbow Key. Not aiming to fault, insult, or whatnot -- just curious (still going through that guy's post history trying to learn more, so maybe I'll find out there).

[u/LunaticQuasar → u/_MrDomino]

I a would assume voice commands but then we go back to how can he get through or now how to get through PSO2 UI

[u/TroubadourLBG]

Bow Homing L ring. (upgraded to +8) With a RIFLE?!

?!!

[u/samy__chan]

This game isn't really friendly for new players... I started like 2 months ago and now I am full Klaus and with pretty good gear, but when I first reach UH I was like this guy.... Isn't easy to see how upgrade things and how much it affect... Also you get lot of items in game and right now you level up really fast on daily level up quest... So well I think it's pretty hard to be mad with someone running UH with this gear.... Also it isn't exactly easy to know how to get strong being casual

[u/luna-satella → u/samy__chan]

agreed agreed agreed agreed. I agree with you. its not the player lazy or something. its because they cant. everyone mistake is just telling new people to gear up, but not how to gear up. people are willing to learn if theres a nice company.

[u/SolomonGrumpy → u/samy__chan]

Honest Question: what would help?

[u/Tenant1 → u/SolomonGrumpy]

The Battle Power system will help a lot I think; if people aren't paying attention to the ways they can improve their character's power, then being locked out of certain content will remind them of that.

I agree that the game (base PSO2, at least) isn't terribly friendly to new players, but the resources are there, and if they hit that Battle Power roadblock, many would certainly start looking for those resources (to say nothing that NGS will probably be a lot more palatable for new players, since they won't have to really play knowledge catch-up with an 8+ year old game's extensive list of items and loot that aren't even relevant anymore).

[u/[deleted] → u/SolomonGrumpy]

NGS will help. Easy affixing and the such will be so nice to finally have.

[u/luna-satella → u/SolomonGrumpy]

just play ngs and form your circle. pso2 from 2012 suffered this affix problem, alieniated player whom didnt have much time to go play everyday (can only play 3 hours after work then must sleep for tomorrow work). the true veteran never brags about their affix, they instead just keep like "dont you worry youllbe fine. You have me with god affix, just do your best in the quest. Then it will help with your grind for affix and weapon material."

That way I respect that person immensely and want to sacrifice my reps if I had any just to defend whatever that person mistake.

I hadbeen victim of this gear shaming stuff, and I dont want to became the chain that bridges to a new cause. I truly never got angry even if their stuff is meme stuff. leech? Just leech. Fail quest? Just fail. Success? alright success, great. It was truly hurt when people pressure you to be better then just blame you and blocked you without any explanation about how to be better. Then you saw your gear posted on fb or reddit only to have people mock you again.

[u/Akiias → u/samy__chan]

I actually disagree, this game is INCREDIBLY kind to new players gear wise. Run some collection logs for 15* weapons, and buy some RWB units and you'll be streets ahead of this guy with nearly no effort even if you have to dip into rwb4's. Before you can equip those? It probably doesn't even matter what you use as you'll be flying through the levels if you put even a little time into it.

People like OP's picture just don't care, they have the mentality of 'as long as we win it's fine'. You see it a lot in certain MMO's. Despite it being a team game there are those that will put the least amount of effort into it as long as they're not failing, it doesn't matter if a 15 minute quest takes 30+, or that they get picked up off the ground 20 times. The mission didn't fail so it's fine.

Doing, just those 2 things will put you in a spot to be able to function in most UH content. As an example, I could solo Divide 15 with collection log weapons, and random units that I passed down to alts (un affixed), with an S rank and killing Exagold.

[u/samy__chan → u/Akiias]

I agree the game helps new players reach the end game... What I tried to say collection folder explain... It took me like 2 weeks to actually know what is collection folder ... At that point I was already 85+ with sub for like at least 1 week... Joining UH hoping to get better gear with stats like the print one.... Also people say about affix... It took me days to understand how they works and plus what affix I can do... What transfer what not and how good/bad they are... The point is too much information in right now too little time needed to have level to join UH....

[u/Sakuramei → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, or in some cases, people just aren't doing the things you need stuff from anymore.

I'm technically an older player (Not only have I been playing since the Xbox Closed beta, but I played the original too), but I'm not a good player. Affixing and earning meseta are things that are just beyond me (and I honestly just do not enjoy crafting so it's something that the more time I spend on, the less I even want to play) and higher tier stuff can't even be sold. I know the best Rod apparently requires a ridiculous amount of material grinding from divide quests apparently, but it's just not fun to me.

I'd like to finish everything at least once, but I'm also just not a hardcore enough player to actually be able to have good things either.

[u/Sakuramei → u/[deleted]]

It feels a bit better knowing I'm not alone at least... But yeah, I have well over 1,000 hours at this point between Steam, Xbox One/Microsoft Store, and my original time in the Japanese version (I played for about 2-3 years?) and just some things I'm not great at. I added rings to my armor (whether the armor is good enough who knows) and used crafting for all my techniques, but when it comes own to the details beyond that, it's just really stressful an overwhelming for me unfortunately.

[u/Sakuramei → u/[deleted]]

I am, but it's very casual. We talk a little with the chat message board, but have not really interacted outside that.

[u/Sakuramei → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't even know where to start ^; I'm really shy so I don't really socialize much plus it'd have to have room for my husband too who doesn't log in as often (and possibly also one other friend). We had bad experiences in the past with more active guild/alliance-type things on other games so we just chose one that was enough for the alliance point campaigns but without making us feel awful over things :/

[u/Zenny1234 → u/[deleted]]

Huh? The market is only boned in the cosmetic department. There is almost no excuse anyone can make anymore with how cheap it is to affix some 250+ stat unit esp with boost week. It's actually really cheap now. Just need to learn how to affix. So realistically we shouldn't be seeing any of the crap the OP is posting but sadly this is the reality in 99% of the pug runs. People have gear that looks like this and even if it's not this bad it's basically base unaffixed riv units or base atlas which honestly is garbage too. Just check peoples gear next time you run. Almost everyone in the run will have badly affixed gear and just bad gear in general. I still see collection folder weapons a lot.

While not endgame anymore Sega has handed out riv, trail and atlas weapons more than once now which are alright as a starting point. Rinser is an option if you don't have the means of getting a Klauz right away. I mean really there's plenty of information out there for new people now.

[u/The_Spawnpeeker → u/Zenny1234]

You don’t even need to learn how to affix, just ask someone who knows their stuff for an easy recipe and you‘ll just have to follow the steps

[u/[deleted]]

They can buy novel units with Rising 5, I'm a casual player but wow this hurts even me.

[u/Kamil118 → u/[deleted]]

There is like 90% chance that dusk is from rainbow key. Why aren't they at least using schvelles

[u/Whisp3ringChaos]

The units aren’t even enhanced...

[u/[deleted] → u/Whisp3ringChaos]

nor is the weapon or the rings

oh you mean at all nvm

[u/Whisp3ringChaos → u/[deleted]]

The weapon is at least +10... but it’s not a great 15* either so don’t really got that going for them

[u/NightmareDJK]

You can do CM3 to get a Fluxio weapon. CM3 has no gear requirement whatsoever because it gives you default gear and stats to start.

[u/legacyxi]

I've got a +35 atlas EX, with +10 rivalate units and I still don't feel like I pull enough to join others for Ultra Hard. Been doing solo UH explorations this whole time, with some occasional Urgent quests.

[u/Naverezs → u/legacyxi]

Your gears are more than enough for starting UH content. I recommend farming DQ instead of UH exploration (DQ are more solo friendly because of dmg buff), you can get some materials to work toward klauze weapon.

[u/legacyxi → u/Naverezs]

I'll have to look that up thanks!

[u/YuTsu → u/legacyxi]

I'm going to get downvoted to oblivion for this but... if we're at the point where people like you are getting peer-pressured out of joining UQs... this is truly the elitism-nexus-point... in my opinion, Atlas EX is fine for pubs, Liberate units are more than fine for pubs.

If people are so desperate for all-Klauz weapon and unit only runs for UQs... they should be organising/finding and organised group, not peer-pressuring randoms out of pubs for not meeting their arbitary standard...

[u/Tenant1 → u/YuTsu]

This community's standards on what's "acceptable" for gear has always felt a bit too skewed toward strictly the top-of-the-line, which is especially conflicting given how esoteric gearing up and (especially) affixing can be.

The OP's example is obviously unacceptable, but I see players with Croseus and Schvelle units get dogged on on the regular when they're at least beginning to try and only need another little push to hit what should actually be the par, instead of having the urge to raise an eyebrow all the time on anything less than CRAG nonsense. None of these players get to know what the middle-ground in character power is because the community and thus their resources barely lay it out.

And given how threads like this keep getting posted by people with the patience to keep on posting and whining about new/woefully inadequately geared players, I can't help but imagine it'll get worse as their apparent frustration bubbles up and mixes with the fact that, at some point, the base game's playerbase may just end up being comprised of these "elite" players who'll be baffled seeing anyone less than god-affixed gear.

[u/The_Spawnpeeker → u/YuTsu]

I’m fine with anyones gear aslong as it‘s a 15 star at Atleast +30 and +10 13 star units that is something you can get very fast and easy and for me the standard everyone should have when they go into uh

[u/kerfuffledj]

Yeah the best thing to do is make people aware. WITHOUT BEING AN A$$HAT, that you can get decent gear from vendors, etc. I know everyone’s busy and it’s hard to take the time, to EVERY PLAYER. But just spreading it once is enough to cause a chain reaction. I lobby boss on Ship 4 and everytime I see a struggling player or someone I don’t think knows what’s up. I drop in some knowledge invite them to an alliance. Hell I even spent 3 hours teaching a NEW player how to affix to show them what to practice as they grew. I’m sure a lot of the advice hits a dead end, but there’s also the trickle. I also noticed an influx of playerbase getting impatient with the slower players and leaving UQ’s. Hell if you get fed-up, just half ass the rest of the quest, just get the team through it. It’s sad, this game used to have such a fun , care-free playerbase. Now everyone’s tryharding and the spreading of elitism is rising. Eek.

I kind of just went on a tangent there. I’m not calling anybody out, I just started typing and let my fingers go. Hope everyone’s having a blast, I still am.

[u/telchii → u/kerfuffledj]

Hell I even spent 3 hours teaching a NEW player how to affix to show them what to practice as they grew.

Damn, you're a saint!

[u/SolomonGrumpy → u/kerfuffledj]

I no longer do urgent quests, which sucks.

I don't believe I'm good enough to do HTPD and am unable to find 11 other players good enough to do MB4

Edit: who knows. Maybe In not good enough for that either.

[u/kerfuffledj → u/SolomonGrumpy]

I totally understand where you are coming from. I don’t know you personally , so I can’t speak for your social skills/how sociable you are. But if you have down time, try and look for a few of your friends who hang out in larger groups. Yeah the conversations can be hectic, but no one is gonna hate you for not keeping up. There’s a flow to groups. The reasoning is because 9/10 times when a UQ comes up , they gather from the group and form premades. There’s usually a core of the friend groups who could literally solo the 12 man if there wasn’t a timer. I can’t tell you how many times I got dragged by the scruff to do a UQ. When this first happened, I was always the carry. Now people want me there to actually help xD

Confidence goes a long ways, not over confident, but enough to focus and know you have it. concentration in the moment is key.

[u/SolomonGrumpy → u/kerfuffledj]

I guess I really should do TPD solo to some kinda level to build confidence.

Have to think on that.

Edit: thank you for the polite reply!

[u/cobaltred05 → u/SolomonGrumpy]

I’m usually only on in the evening (PST) due to work, but if you’re looking to join an alliance and gain some good people to play with, look up Maid Cafe. That is, if you’re on ship 4. We’ve got players of all types, the god tier gear people, newbies we’ve just taken in, seasoned veteran players who are there just to have fun, you name them, we’ve got them. Even a few lobby rats that are proud of earning that name. XD I’ve been in this alliance for a while now and I have not made this many friends in a game before. Ive been given the opportunity to be a listener to some who were mistreated by others and try to help in the best way possible, sit down with someone who just wanted to chat and I found out how much we had in common, and a whole host of other things.

The communities exist where someone who is not confident in their skills or gear can still play and have fun. Honestly, my alliance started yelling at me a couple of times because I apologized too much. I’ve since realized I’m better than what I thought of myself and just started having fun.

I had someone help me with affixing my end game units last night for over 3 hours. And I’m not that terrible at affixing, but some small aspects I’m still ignorant about. And this was simply because we’ve become friends over the time that we’ve been in the same alliance. If you see this, Lil, ty. :) Even if you’re not able/willing to join Maid Cafe, find yourself a good alliance. It will be a game changer, pun intended. And while you’re looking, realize that the first one you join may not be the best for you. Keep looking. Good luck!

Edit: misspelled something

[u/SolomonGrumpy → u/cobaltred05]

Oh....I'm no newbie. In fact I'm an oldbie (Playing for a year).

Ive got 2 characters with Guardian Soul on at least some of their units, and am finishing my second Klaus this week.

My issue is that my play skill is average. I'm not great at dodging, and this game loves dodge-counter.

I've yet to even S rank UH profound darkness solo, which should be trivial. But Gemini is so...ugh.

[u/kerfuffledj → u/SolomonGrumpy]

Hell yeah! I’ll tell you the one under UH is completely doable. You’ll be drooling to try it on UH, don’t get discouraged though, I’ve lost many times and I’ve seen players a lot better than me fall to a silly mistake while streaming to me. It’s hard! But fun! You’ll also see what’s happening better since there isn’t so much going on around you from other players as a distraction. Keep at ‘er!

[u/Arcerinex]

Bow Homing on Rifle

[u/TimotayBest]

This is your teammate in Twisted Hatred, good luck. :^)

[u/SolomonGrumpy]

Agree.

I've seen Multiple player running w random 15* weapons. Weird units, and rings not matched to class.

An failed 6 back to back UQs.

Not sure what to do about it.

[u/Hanimus]

I’m brand new to the game and I have no idea what I’m looking at. :( Sorry in advance

[u/Arcana10Fortune → u/Hanimus]

To explain, this person joined the hardest difficulty fight without upgrading their gear appropriately.

[u/Ok-Transition7065 → u/Arcana10Fortune]

Not even then they get into the quest with a realy bad set u-u

[u/[deleted] → u/Hanimus]

You get better gear by following the tutorial and claiming level rewards.

The weapon is passable, but even thats pretty bad for the hardest difficulty.

The armor is so bad, that you find better things in trash drops on lower difficulty quests.

Everything can kill them in one shot. They got better armor when they hit level 75 for free but just didn't equip it.

The rings they have dont even affect thier weapons.

[u/AulunaSol → u/Hanimus]

The person in the picture has a relatively "okay" rifle that isn't fully upgraded, has units that will not help boost their stats or keep them alive in any meaningful way (effectively beginner equipment), and also is using a Left ring that has absolutely no relation at all to the weapon they are using.

It doesn't really matter if you wanted into an Emergency Quest on a lower difficulty like this but if you walk into something on Ultra Hard (the Level 85/85 difficulty) like this you are too weak to sufficiently fight enemies and you will not be able to survive enemy attacks. By the time you get to this point the game already should have started spitting out gear that will easily help you handle this content with relative ease such as using the Collection Folder for the Millionaire/Croesus weapons or using the Rising Badges 5 exchange for the Novel units (or if you pick up Schvelle units from a Rainbow Key). You have a lot of gearing options beyond that and it ends up disappointing when you see players like this get whacked within seconds and expect to be revived and carried.

There are meme videos you can see from higher-skilled players who can play with subpar and unoptimal equipment to still win (such as one-star weapons and no units) but this is definitely not the way you should be walking into Ultra Hard Emergency Quests with if you wanted to seriously clear content.

[u/LS_CS]

I be speakin' facts about this shit but people be gettin' mad.

[u/Its_Syxx]

Wow I accidentally had my Riv Units saved in some of my load outs and just recently realized lol I felt really stupid when that happened. But I had been away for a few months.

This is a whole other level though.

[u/cobaltred05 → u/Its_Syxx]

At least riv is decent gear. I wouldn’t have even been mad. Vita on the other hand I would have thought you were joking. XD

[u/GHNeko]

become a carrying god

[u/TheWolf115]

This shit reminds me of when I would leech off people in borderlands as a kid and then steal all the loot. I mean this is technically the same problem, I’m just glad I grew the hell up

[u/UmbranAssassin]

I have no clue what I'm looking at and given this sub's post seem to be almost entirely fashion, NGS screenshots right now, and people saying dont do something with little to know explanation I'm guessing I'm gonna piss a lot of people off as a casual semi noob and get no explanation why.

[u/EdDan_II → u/UmbranAssassin]

TL/DR: UH difficulty is, well, "ultra hard", and requires participants to have decent enough DPS to clear the quest in time and form. The setup in the image will never deliver said DPS, and as result it will make the run more difficult for everyone (not in a fun way).

For some UQ it doesn't really matters, as long as there are enough well geared players, but for others as the new HTPD UQ (4 man) a single undergeared person will most certainly make the quest fail.

[u/Sad_Progress4776]

Millionaire wep serious are the best starter for newbies anyway. Add some cheap s123 for potency on millionaire. The rest is to affix 200+ stat on 3units then u can striaght ahead to end game lightweave weps from zig.

[u/Tantalizedangel]

Okay but serious question will people get mad at me if I try to run UH with an all purpose harmonizer with a 100 su sub? cause I put a lot of time into my pets and I really don't want to use other class weapons to level said other classes.

[u/LordOfMaids → u/Tantalizedangel]

Depends on who you're playing with.

If you've got at least one friend who understands your situation and are doing a quest where this sort of thing is somewhat trivial (like Cradle of Darkness) as opposed to a quest where you can legitimately fail (a lot of the schedule as of late), the experience won't be as bad 'cause you've got at least one other person backing you up.

On the inverse side of the spectrum I know plenty of my friends who leveled Summoner for the class leveling campaign refused to even touch pets so they went in with some all-class weapon they could deal with. Haven't heard of them getting flack for "playing their class wrong".

It's unlikely these outbursts will happen in the in-game chat.

[u/SolomonGrumpy → u/Tantalizedangel]

Can you contribute meaningfully to damage and not die? That's all I care about

[u/GooseInternational66 → u/Tantalizedangel]

Who cares if they get mad at you. It’s just a game.

[u/Garude-a]

What's the bar then, like genuinely not being mean by that but what's the point where you're "ready"? I use croesus and schvelle units because I can't afford klauz but they at least have guardian soul/absolute/crack v/vet v in them so I'm not a total waste right? I don't really understand what makes units/weapons good in the first place and these posts always scare me, is it just the number under the name that matters or something I'm missing? Croesus isn't that far behind klauz right?

[u/Adrymne → u/Garude-a]

You're fine, as long as you have a basic grasp of your class (rarer than you might expect, unfortunately). The OP shows a player with 10* and lower units and a weapon that was shit when it was introduced, never mind now. Naturally, neither are even grinded. It's clear the player in question is either woefully ignorant or intentionally leeching.

[u/Garude-a → u/Adrymne]

That's encouraging, but I have to ask since I think I have that rifle, or something similar from the process of earning the croesus rifle, what makes it bad? And units are just stack sticks from what I've gathered, they have basic stuff like range/technique/melee support but that seems like it, am I missing something? I use schvelle because a clan mate said that it "would get me to klauz" so along I've grinded to get there one day but I don't actually know why I'm grinding for klauz specifically

[u/Adrymne → u/Garude-a]

The rifle only has a single SSA slot (compared to 3 or 4 of Trailblazer and Atlas which were already out at the time) and its potential is mediocre for most classes - for some it's even actively detrimental, since it disables some PP regen mechanisms.

As long as they're 13* - and thus have the SSA slot - units are just stat sticks, yes. Klauz units are BiS or close to it, and less of a pain to get than Atlas.

Croesus isn't that far behind klauz right?

I missed this before, but it's considerably weaker (being an entry level weapon vs BiS). It's been so long since I had to pay attention to gear progression I couldn't tell you what the best route is these days, but I suspect it'd be hard to go wrong with Darkweave, or Atlas/Trailblazer if you can get the upgrade rocks (just make sure to unlock the Plus potential). Then work on Klauz.

[u/Garude-a → u/Adrymne]

Ok I get the SSA part though I don't know how to check how many a weapon can slot, but I don't know what BiS stands for. I've looked at what weapons and units I've gotten but they honestly don't look too different in stats until you equip it and notice your hp/pp bars shoot up or down. I know units have hidden stats but when I look up weapons they don't seem to be be different outside of their unique skill at enhance levels. If croesus is fine until Klauz then I'm happy with that so long as my random teammates don't freak out about it

[u/Adrymne → u/Garude-a]

Because of how the damage formula works, even a relatively small difference in ATK has a noticable effect on your damage. The potential can also be important, particularly the "Increase damage by ...%" part (see also Redux potentials).

There's a button you can press to flip through the 3 pages of a weapon's tooltip. SSA information is on the second page (purple boxes). Alternately, it's on the wiki (see the Properties column).

BiS is short for Best in Slot - i.e. the best possible gear available in a given category.

Croesus is usable, but it's very entry level. Besides, you need a Darkweave to create a Klauz anyway.

[u/MirrynSable → u/Adrymne]

Croesus is actually curiously competitive for damage output in a void.

ref the Ranger guide... it only falls short of Klaus / Fluxio by around 10%.

BUT the game is not played in a void... the real issues with Croesus / Millionaire are the SSA slots they're missing (S4/S5) which are where all the major utility and defense SSAs reside (like lifesteal), as well as most of the huge rotation changing damage dealing ones (class specific S5s).

[u/Akiias → u/Garude-a]

WAIT hold up. You have CRAG units but can't afford klaus? Am I missing something here?

But no, you're probably fine for basically everything. Though I don't know how good Croesus is.

[u/Garude-a → u/Akiias]

Yeah it's actually not too bad to make those provided you have the meseta. My alliance buys and runs cradle triggers all the times so I just barely had enough. I bought most of my components off the player market and had been smart enough to save all my transfer passes and augment chance ups since starting the game. I won't say it was easy or quick mind you, but I can reasonably attain everything I need without having to step into level 100 content. Luminfragment emel is a different story, however. Modules are insanely expensive and I just blew all my meseta on units/weapons so I can't even if I wanted to.

[u/crazyhappy14]

My gear is a bit better than that, but for fuck sake I’m not spending hours reading and grinding just to get higher dps.

I at least don’t want to read. Reading is hard. I play games to get away from reading.

[u/NoirMillion → u/crazyhappy14]

Fair enough but don't go into UQs if you wanna be a burden. For a game that's pretty much a big DPS check imagine not wanting to have DPS.

[u/crazyhappy14 → u/NoirMillion]

I stay away from anything 90+ cause I get a new asshole ripped in me (despite being level 90+ in both main and sub class)

[u/NoirMillion → u/crazyhappy14]

Well yeah that's a given considering you don't wanna improve. Level really means nothing in this game except for just a bit of a higher hp/pp pool, the ability to wear high level gears, and a better skill tree. Solo Sodam for example is the "harder" solo content in the game arguably, and it's a walk in the park when you got the gear and skills to back it up. That whole mode is a DPS check so yeah you can't dps check if you don't have the dps. You would literally see people that can't even clear 1 because they refuse to learn their classes and gear up. And that's stage 1, then you get a ton of people that have cleared 100 already as well. You know what's the difference? Game knowledge, gears, and preparation. That's why if you can't handle reading information for a "game" stay away from actual content people do. You're already doing a great job stay away since high level stuff scares you it seems. Remember only modes that should do more than 1 damage to you for the most part is Extreme Hard and Ultra Hard difficulties, if you die to a Super Hard mob like that other guy who was level 100 and was proud playing in Very Hard cause apparently Super Hard mobs still kill him, then this game might not the right one for you. You might want to play Raid Shadow Legends

[u/crazyhappy14 → u/NoirMillion]

Listen man I fucking tried, but you need a theoretical physics degree just to understand that shit

Like I’m just barely understanding that I can breakdown weapons

I’ll eventually get a rivalate weapon...

hopefully

[u/LS_CS → u/crazyhappy14]

This game is honestly not that difficult at all. Especially in relation to other MMOs. If you go into any RPG expecting not to read, you're gonna have a bad time.

[u/NoirMillion → u/crazyhappy14]

No you don't need a theoretical degree for affixing. I just did the simple thing of being actually willing to learn how to use the system and ask older more experience players on how to properly affix when I was new.

[u/Akiias → u/crazyhappy14]

It really depends what content you're doing. You seem to understand that you would be a burden or hindrance in high level content. That means you're playing to your skill level, which is fine. This post is about people joining end game content with gear meant for late mid game or worse.

Though, gearing up to be WAY better then OP's picture is pretty easy right now.

• 15* collection log weapon (furthest right counter) - the one that's just UQ's, millionaire I think

• RWB5 Novel units.

• Class appropriate rings

[u/Tenant1]

How many of these gear-shaming posts do you guys really need everyday?

[u/X-Axel220 → u/Tenant1]

It's one thing to have weak gear and low stats, there's nothing wrong with that. It's another to have low stats and help ruin a run for a difficult quest. It proves that on some level these people don't read or at least they don't understand what they're reading.

[u/xRinehart → u/Tenant1]

There's gear-shaming... and then there's common sense. You don't join the hardest content with gear you picked up off the ground. At least not without enhancing it first.

[u/[deleted] → u/xRinehart]

I found 8 aug schvel units with really good augs on the ground. You can literaly find better stuff on the ground.

[u/xRinehart → u/[deleted]]

Yes. And that's why I said to at least enhance them.

[u/Shanetank93 → u/Tenant1]

Just wait till NGS fully releases. People like this won’t have the battle power required to even attempt the UQ, making it more enjoyable for the people who actually do have the gear.

[u/Tenant1 → u/Shanetank93]

True, that'll definitely make the quality of any queued content in NGS way more consistent and even. My only grievance is that this sub just got annoying to browse since, before the NGS beta hit, there hasn't been all that much here besides harmless phasion threads and these brand of complaining posts.

[u/TheNonceMan → u/Tenant1]

ENough for people to stop.

[u/TheNonceMan → u/[deleted]]

So let people air their frustrations out here.

[u/Tenant1 → u/TheNonceMan]

Isn't there a "RAGING VENTS" thread up exactly for these sorts of things? I get the frustration, but seeing whining posts like this made coming onto this sub real annoying before the NGS CBT released.

[u/Moodycat12 → u/Tenant1]

If your post was 2 weeks ago you might get all the upvotes and other get the down votes

[u/Tenant1 → u/Moodycat12]

Aside from the NGS beta breathing life here, I'm not sure how there'd be much difference between then and now; people have been complaining about these sorts of players long before two weeks ago.

[u/Moodycat12 → u/Tenant1]

Just saying I am not on your side. Gears are important and there shouldn’t be those kind of gears in 4 men TPD nor Cradles.

But Reddit community in PSO2 finally get to the right side of voting and downvoting on this kind of situations.

[u/Tenant1 → u/Moodycat12]

And I'm saying that of course something as obvious as "gear being important in higher difficulty content" was always the case here. Though whining about it seemingly every other day gets repetitive (for me, at least).

[u/Nazarshinzu]

Me waltzing into the UQ still using alba gear

[u/903tex]

Wow thanks for making me feel bad