Hi, there are two things I ran into that has me puzzled in regards to Phantasy Star Online V.2 for Dreamcast:
1.) I beat the first boss solo and that unlocked the caves, but for the second boss I beat it online with one person helping (we were close in level) and afterwards I was able to play in the next area for a while. There was also new dialog in the principle office. However, after saving and quitting the game and then going back later I noticed that I no longer had access to the next area in online or offline mode and the principal office dialogue reverted. So do I have to be careful to only beat the bosses in offline mode so as to have access to the new areas in online mode? It's not that I can't do it, I just want to be sure if I am required to play offline through each area before playing online.
2.) I downloaded the quest "Garon's Scheme" onto my VMU because I heard that you could get a rare MAG with 0 DEF (to make a MAG for pure MIND bonuses), but after playing through the quest I didn't get the MAG and instead got a Photon Point. I read up on it and that is so online mode shop, but I can't figure out if the shop is where I get the MAG or where exactly the ship is or if it's just a random chance of getting the MAG. Or do I have the wrong quest? Oh yeah, and does that MAG pass the legit checker on all 4 online ships? I heard that Garon's shop upgrades break legit checkers on other ships.
3.) Does cancelling quests result in the MAG synchro decreasing? Because I had it at 120% and was careful to take the MAG off before saving and quitting to change modes, but the Synchro fell by 10% at some point and the only thing I could think to explain it was that I cancelled the VR quest line because I ran out of TP restoring items. I didn't die, but does the game treat that as the same? I never really liked that mechanic because, offline, I am required to save and quit to reset areas quickly so want to be sure on how to avoid Synchro loss. Especially because I have my MAG's diet especially formulated and bringing the synchro back up without ruining the stat balance is a bit of a pain.
Thanks!