Phantasy Star Universe -- Dancing the Phantasy Star Universe Update Shuffle.

I am sort of intentionally zoning out and not starting anything new. It doesn't mean I'm not playing anything though. As always, I'm eternally plugging away at Phantasy Star Universe. I'm now a few hours short of fifteen-hundred hours spent in the game. That's far longer than the time spent with any previous entry in the series. And with all the content yet to come, I won't be stopping anytime soon. We're in the middle of sorting out an update issue. Apparently a needed title update for the Xbox 360 version of the game is bugged and couldn't be released. This caused the Xbox 360 update to be canceled last week which resulted in a shift in content for the servers in the west. The PlayStation 2 and PC users got the content and the Xbox 360 fell behind. So SEGA set about correcting the title update and have submitted it for approval to Microsoft. It wasn't done in time for this last maintenance period. SEGA did however update the Xbox 360 servers with the content that isn't tied to the title update. So we've gotten some balance and drop rate adjustments and a new trade mission as well as the next chapter in the story missions and a bunch of new casino items. They've also sort of put up what's called the Guardian's Boost Road Mission. It seems the GBRM are partially tied to the title update. As a result all progress in the GBRM will be reset come next week's maintenance period. The GBRM is a very cool idea and will be great fun once its fully implemented. Each month SEGA will create a road comprised of missions on a particular planet. The more you travel this road, the more you level certain bonuses, up to fifty percent. So you'll get bonuses like increased drop rates and increased combat experience and increased photon art experience. Beyond that, there is the chance of finding a rare mission along the road. A mission called Forest of Illusion which actually is Phantasy Star Online's forest area. This mission has even more chances at rare enemies and items. Plus the extremely cool PSO all over again factor it provides. It's February so that means Valentine's Day decorations and rare enemies with rare drops to hunt. We're at the level cap so all we're really doing is hunting rares and working on our photon art levels. We know of three or four more free missions on the way, a couple of major events, and the final boss and the story yet to come.  We're hunting eleven star weapons and rares at this point in the game. They'll go all the way to fifteen stars. There is a lot left in the game. And we'll continue plugging away.