Since ship 2 is full and that most english speaking players have decided to join ship 10 instead, I thought a thread for those in that situation or those thinking of joining PSO2 (ship 10) might be useful.

My character name is Francis, sega id is MrOldboy.

Some others posted in the Track Maniacs thread.

• SpreadN'Needles
• Rusalka

I think I'll jump into Ship 10. But what blocks are the English crowd in?

We could start a new group called the Luchadeers. Maybe The Hardcore Daves.

[Edit] Bumped.org mentions an English community in Ship 10 Block 20. I think I'll start there.

I have a character on Ship 2 but when I join its mostly Japanese names I see on blocks 20-22 (assuming I can get in). Are there enough GB people on Ship 10 to delete my, low level, character on Ship 2 to join you guys?

On ship 10, the English crowd is concentrated on block 20. I'm there, and my name is BoG.

I'm also on ship 10, username is Gmag

Ship10 is where all the people not cool enough to be in ship 2 with the pso vets and jeff hang out and do there thing.

Glad some more GB users are on ship 10. I'll probably be on later tonight. I'm still low level 4 or 5 so it would ne nice if some people could show some of us new PSO2 players the ropes. Playing PSO before only goes so far.

This game will come out in English at some point. So why not just wait? I could understand if you wanted to learn Japanese or something, but wouldn't it be other-wise more enjoyable to have your native language included in some fashion?

@QuantumPilot: Like most new releases, some of the appeal is playing when its new. Besides, its free.

I'll add you Bombers when I get online tonight :D

Hopefully I can figure how to add folks.

AHHH im downloading this now! so ship 10 then?

@Jackel2072: good luck, took me about 15 hours to download, install, then download the patch. The patch is huge so plan to download the game twice basically.

Heres the guide to add friends. I added those that posted here.

http://bumped.org/psublog/pre-open-beta-starter-guide-for-phantasy-star-online-2/#friend

@MrOldboy: Thanks man. yeah so far downloading the base game has been going pretty smooth (maybe about 3 hours) we'll see once i get to the patch.

I made my character on ship 10, after hearing that 2 was getting overpopulated. Character name is Kira, for any interested.

@QuantumPilot:

There's a novelty and a challenge that people enjoy from playing it. It's still in the same spirit as importing Japanese games and modding your consoles to play imports. It does make me feel a bit special, honestly, like I've jumped off the deep end (no-one else I know dares to do this). There's a satisfaction in the discovery and puzzling out the parts you don't understand.

Personally, this is temporary and casual fun until the game releases in English. I'd prefer to understand everything, but it's nice to have access to see changes on the game first-hand on what is ostensibly the "primary" version of the game. It's also a good stress-test for my Japanese.

For anyone that wants to add me: I'm usually lurking at Block 20, my character's name is Slant_Six.

I've finished the first couple solo quests and did the group area type quest. I don't really know what I'm doing but I'm not bad at the combat.

Character name is Abraxas, profile ID is Beenercoo.

I've heard that the English localization, if it happens, will likely just be a patch that you apply to your game. So theoretically I could use my existing account still afterward. Does that sound right?

Character name is Technica. I usually hang out on Block 20; say hi if you see me! :'D

Just started playing today, so I went ahead and joined ship 10. In game name is Xasthur.

Just started as well on Ship 10. In game name of Kelkirith

Ship 10, Block 20

I'm Ravenlight in game as well. If you guys can figure out the friends thing, add me :D

CaptainMidnight

Had to go to Ship 10 cause the game wouldn't let me make a character anywhere else. And yeah, most of the English speakers are on block 20-23.

I'm on Ship 10 as FlipperDesert, but I haven't played much yet.

I'm on Ship 10. My character name is Nate

My name is Tinako on ship 10.

I've repeatedly seen Gmag. Do we have a guild or guild like thing in place? I'm level 10 I could technically start one.

Just got to the Caves and level 15. Ship 10 (Block 21 usually, as 20 is often full). Character name is Ewy.

Looks like the English speaking influx is going to cause ship 10 to be locked as well (source). The game is down for maintenance until 3am eastern, this is in the maintenance notes on bumped.org:

• To change the number of blocks on each ship in response to the number of concurrent connections and premium block status.
• To set a limit to the number of characters that can be made on Ship 10.

There’s also an English community on Ship 10, so if you are new you should try to join them as quick as possible since Ship 1 through 5 are all full.

So, if you're on the fence maybe get on it!

well this sucks. i just get logged on and begin to make my character when, the servers go down for maintenance... also this game does not like my graphics card it would seem. crazy artifacting all over the damn place. i really hate my 560 ti.

Ship 10. In game name is Miria, add me :D

I will be adding everyone as soon as maintenance ends in about half an hour, character is bradbrad, account name is Centimani. I also think we need a ship 10 group made. and @MrOldboy can we get a list of the player names from this thread in the first post?

@wemibelec90 said:

I made my character on ship 10, after hearing that 2 was getting overpopulated. Character name is Kira, for any interested.

Apparently a popular name, a bunch of Kira or KIRA or kira show up when searching.

I sent request to those who posted here. I am curious if I did this right. Someone sent me a request, I accepted and they are on my offline list. So maybe people just haven't accepted mine.

@MrOldboy said:

@wemibelec90 said:

I made my character on ship 10, after hearing that 2 was getting overpopulated. Character name is Kira, for any interested.

Apparently a popular name, a bunch of Kira or KIRA or kira show up when searching.

I sent request to those who posted here. I am curious if I did this right. Someone sent me a request, I accepted and they are on my offline list. So maybe people just haven't accepted mine.

Right, I forgot how common some names can be. My SEGA ID is wemibelec90, just like my username here. That might be easier for people to find.

Really? Cutting access to ship 10? Ugh. So much for playing with my friends.

I created a new guy on ship 10 last night, tried to get a buddy on ship 2 with me and found that it had stopped taking registrations so had to pony up for some Arc points and make a second guy.

My character name is Kagato and im usually hanging around ship 20, edit: sorry, should have mentioned, my segaid is shinkagato

Character: LaksaForce

Level: Ranger 5

Ship 10

Block: 20

uh so now what? cant create a toon on ship 10 :<

Yeah it looks like practically all ships had their capacity limited as of last night's maintenance. It might be another one-two week for SEGA adjusts it again, but they've been doing maintenance more frequently than a weekly basis so the issue may be addressed even sooner than that.

This is probably demonstrating to SEGA that PSO2 is becoming really popular even beyond the shores of Japan, if anything. I mean they even announced it's coming stateside; still, though, I feel like they should at least try to get it translated a little sooner.

I finally get the time to play this game, and the primary ships for the english speaking community are both full. Well, I guess I'll wait until I can either get into ship 2/10, or until another english community steps up.

@Ravenlight: So, I saw that you sent me a message. So I clicked and stuff, and then there was a menu with you, and I did some more clicking, and then your name disappeared, and now I'm scared. Did I broked it?

If playing this game doesn't teach me Japanese in the next week, I quit.

@BoG:

Okay, it looks like we're best buddies ingame. At least, I hope that's what it says.

I don't want to rule out the possibility that a cyber-samurai kill squad has been dispatched to kill us both. Be vigilant!

@Ravenlight: Thanks, 最高の仲間

For those on Ship 10, we now have an official Giant Bomb Trackmaniacs Team! See Ship 2, we're pretty cool too.

@jeffisbiking: I heard ship 6 is the new one. Might be wrong.

Would anyone like to get a guild going on ship 10?

@Laksa: I think trank maniacs II is the one

@MrOldboy: I just joined in Ship 10 and I'm a FOmar lvl 4.

So should we all just jump to block 20 and make a team eventually?

Just installed again and went through another sign up. Devlare on Ship 10. Add me and lets play like its 1998.

I just got into PSO2 as well, I'll probably be playing this weekend on ship 10 if anyone is willing to show me the ropes

Did they ever fix the terrible gameguard issue that caused versions of WIndows 7 to stop being genuine? I haven't followed up on this in forever.

I just made on ship 10, but I'm playing on Vita; is everyone on here just playing the PC version?

@morbid_coffee:Been playing for the last few days, and no issues with Windows 7.

Do we have duders on any other ships? I'm on Ship 5, which apparently lacks a concentrated english block, unless I'm mistaken.