Sonic Team has finally provided details of the forthcoming "expansion" update to Phantasy Star Universe. The information was posted on the official Japanese site, and a translated version has been provided by players over at Sega's official US/EU PSU forum.
The update, which is specifically targeted to PC players, will be made available to the Japanese as a free download sometime later this year. According to Sega, the download will completely overhaul the game by rebalancing races, classes, Photon Arts and SUVs. Players will also be able to customize their characters' abilities using extra EXP.
As far as new additions, the update page states that a number of items will be added to the game, many from Phantasy Star Portable.
Interestingly enough, this update could also begin the era of Phantasy Star Universe DLC. The translated page mentions the addition of "PSU Tickets", which can be bought on Sega's billing site. The tickets can then be used to download additional content for the game, such as new weapons, armors, clothes, missions, etc. Not much appears to be known about this addition at the moment, so we'll see what happens. I have to say that I'm less than thrilled with this idea, though, because it could fundamentally change the way Sega handles updates to the game.
In any case, this "expansion" is most definitely many months away for US/EU players, so more information will probably be revealed before we even come close to seeing this update hit our servers.
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