Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity - English Localization v2 Update released (August 2022)

Fefo · Dec 7, 2020

Silvor said:
Has anybody else noticed this and managed to fix it?

Could be just input lag - it's a common emulation issue to varying degrees. PPSSPP did some improvements not-so-recently on that front (buffer graphic commands), but since it didn't bother me before I can't evaluate it.

metastase · Dec 7, 2020

OTHER CONTROLS OPTIMIZATIONS/IMPROVEMENTS:

Shortcuts you may not be aware of:

- X + L = Consumable items pallete
- X + Square = Armor palette
- X + R = Weapons palette
- Holding "R" allows you to use the emoticon of the opposite gender

Camera improvement:

If you're using the Right Analog Camera Support cheat code (ideally you should) + optionally the Camera Angle No Limit code, your camera may fly all over the place upwards/downwards when trying to rotate the camera in combat. There is a very easy fix for this: simply remove any button binding from RightAn.Up and RightAn.Down under Control Mapping settings.

Now your right analog can only rotate the camera without any up/down motion (which you can still use with unlimited angle via the d-pad). You can even play the game with a more immersive/zoomed in camera through this (by pushing UP on the d-pad), as long as you don't press "L" your zoomed in camera will stay the same but you can still freely rotate the camera via right analog (the downside is that the zoomed in camera is too close to the floor so even though it looks cool it may be impractical).

Use Palette while running/without d-pad:

This can be a bit hard to get used to at 1st but it is a nice convenience if you want it. Basically, since you can map more than 1 button for each real hardware button, you can do something like this:

- D-Pad Up: mapped to both D-Pad Up and R2
- X: Mapped to either X or O (O was the default on the previous game so that's what I prefer) and L2

As you may have noticed, with the setup above you no longer needs to touch the D-Pad for any palette shuffling, you can do it while running AND you can navigate any palette both up and down even as you run (as opposed to being stuck to shuffling only in 1 direction or being forced to use the d-pad to navigate the other direction).

- If you quickly hold L2 followed by L and release it, you instantly use a consumable. While holding L2, tap L to shuffle down, tap R2 to shuffle up. You can still use D-Pad Up/Down for this while getting used to the new setup.
- Hold L2 to bring up Weapons, tap R to shuffle down and R2 to shuffle up.
- Hold L2 and tap Square to bring up Armors, tap R to shuffle down and R2 to shuffle up.

Technically, all of this was possible on real hardware by holding the PSP with "the Claw" shape (index finger on d-pad, middle finger on L).

Unrelated post EDIT about a glitch:
I think this glitch is in the original game too but just to be sure I'll mention it here: no matter how many times you play Fanta Quiz Battle, even when the Fanta Sticker event happens at the end you will never get any prize and thus never get Phantasy Burger or the Showtime Remodeling Ticket...in Story Mode.

For some reason, the mission works correctly in Multi Mode. I know this is not some huge game breaking glitch that needs patching ASAP but I wasted a lot of time for nothing in this mission and I'm sure I won't be the last one so that's a problem. There is no easy fix as far as I know but removing the story mode version of the mission would be a solution.

ghgh3022 · Dec 8, 2020

By the way what are the stats I should rise the most for my char (iam using a hunter male beast with close range weapon like fists and twin swords)

metastase · Dec 8, 2020

ghgh3022 said:
By the way what are the stats I should rise the most for my char (iam using a hunter male beast with close range weapon like fists and twin swords)

If you mean via armor Modules and Type Abilities, I highly recommend focusing on ACC.

For Rebirth it depends on what your Rebirth plans are. If you're going to grind fast early Rebirths, focusing on ATK or PP is solid. However most people seem to prefer doing less Rebirths at higher LVLs, in which case you want more stability. I still recommend focusing on ACC or PP for Beasts at 1st.

ghgh3022 · Dec 8, 2020

metastase said:
If you mean via armor Modules and Type Abilities, I highly recommend focusing on ACC.

For Rebirth it depends on what your Rebirth plans are. If you're going to grind fast early Rebirths, focusing on ATK or PP is solid. However most people seem to prefer doing less Rebirths at higher LVLs, in which case you want more stability. I still recommend focusing on ACC or PP for Beasts at 1st.

U mean in order to get fast attacks but what about the defense and attack

metastase · Dec 8, 2020

ghgh3022 said:
U mean in order to get fast attacks but what about the defense and attack

The only Race that should consider investing on Defensive stats early on is Deuman and even then, I think that's a mistake (they need more PP 1st). Other than that, all other races benefit way more from investing in offensive stats 1st because that decreases the time it takes for the next Rebirth and in order to max out all stats it can take a REALLY LONG time.

The reason why you want more ACC is because Beasts have the worst ACC in the game and the damage formula DOUBLES YOUR DAMAGE if you have a CHAIN of at least 1 before using a Photon Art.

Also, this game is an ARPG. Emphasis on the Action part. As a player, you have all the tools you need to overcome any defensive stats deficiency your character may have. Dodge Rolling + PP Escape Save = reliable invincibility frames on demand. Shield Blocking + Soak Guard = everything does 0 damage to you as long as you have PP. And so on.

ghgh3022 · Dec 8, 2020

metastase said:
The only Race that should consider investing on Defensive stats early on is Deuman and even then, I think that's a mistake (they need more PP 1st). Other than that, all other races benefit way more from investing in offensive stats 1st because that decreases the time it takes for the next Rebirth and in order to max out all stats it can take a REALLY LONG time.

Also, this game is an ARPG. Emphasis on the Action part. As a player, you have all the tools you need to overcome any defensive stats deficiency your character may have. Dodge Rolling + PP Escape Save = reliable invincibility frames on demand. Shield Blocking + Soak Guard = everything does 0 damage to you as long as you have PP. And so on.

I will try these abilities and test the results also what is the best element to use for weapon and armor and is nature a good element?
Edit : and do u think I should change the class?

metastase · Dec 8, 2020

ghgh3022 said:
I will try this abilities and test the results also what is the best element to use for weapon and armor and is nature a good element?

Just so you know, I edited my previous post explaining why ACCURACY is important to you.

Technically there is no best element as each pair is strong against each other and every element is resistant to itself. The pairs are FIRE-ICE, THUNDER-EARTH, LIGHT-DARK. There is also NEUTRAL which is not strong nor weak to anything. Ideally you want to carry different weapons and armors of all elements, but you can slowly work towards this as you play the game, no need to rush.

But in practical terms, I feel like LIGHT WEAPON and DARK ARMOR is way more useful than the other Elements. There are many reasons for this but the main thing is that DARK is the only Element that has entire missions where enemies are all of this single Element. In addition, many of the hardest bosses are also of this element.

ghgh3022 · Dec 8, 2020

metastase said:
Just so you know, I edited my previous post explaining why ACCURACY is important to you.

Technically there is no best element as each pair is strong against each other and every element is resistant to itself. The pairs are FIRE-ICE, THUNDER-EARTH, LIGHT-DARK. There is also NEUTRAL which is not strong nor weak to anything. Ideally you want to carry different weapons and armors of all elements, but you can slowly work towards this as you play the game, no need to rush.

But in practical terms, I feel like LIGHT WEAPON and DARK ARMOR is way more useful than the other Elements. There are many reasons for this but the main thing is that DARK is the only Element that has entire missions where enemies are all of this single Element. In addition, many of the hardest bosses are also of this element.

Thanks man you are a big help

Fefo · Dec 8, 2020

metastase said:
Shortcuts you may not be aware of:

- X + L = Consumable items pallete
- X + Square = Armor palette
- X + R = Weapons palette
- Holding "R" allows you to use the emoticon of the opposite gender

Good tips, these are so automatic you forget to even bring up.

metastase said:
The only Race that should consider investing on Defensive stats early on is Deuman and even then, I think that's a mistake (they need more PP 1st).

Do you know the damage formula? I vaguely remenber the element formula (enough to know that a 60% weapon/armor should be a big difference) but I wonder if raw stats do much, especially later when enemies can just one-touch you. However I agree that the main setback on deumans are their putrid PP regen.

metastase · Dec 9, 2020

Fefo said:
Do you know the damage formula?

I don't know if the formula is exactly the same for PSPo2 and Infinity. For PSP2, I've done some research on this more than 5 years ago but I never found a definitive answer on how to put all the math together. Ultimately I came to the conclusion that there were only 2 possible interpretations for the damage formula, so I'll post both interpretations. I'm fusing both formulas together for brevity, all you need to know is that the "?" part is the thing I wasn't sure about so even though it's listed twice in my formula, only one of its positions can be true (and I'm using TEC for the calc, it's the same for ATK and for ranged weapons is ACC + ATK/4):

Damage = [(((TEC+(WEPTECx(1+0.3+WEPELEM+LINKS)))xPA%?)-MobMND)/5] x (PAempow+ELEMpow+PA%?)

TEC = Char TEC.
WEPTEC = Weapon TEC value.
WEPELEM = Weapon Elemental Photon %.
LINKS = 5% for each same element TEC allocated in the same weapon, only applies to TECs.
MobMND = Enemy MIND (or DEF against physicals). As reference, base Enemy MND/DEF at LVL100 = 332. LVL150 = 447. LVL 200 = 577. This was for PSP2 vanilla so it may have changed.
PAempow = PA % boost only available to special weapons or Tenora Works.
ELEMpow = Elemental Empow ability.
PA% = TEC/ATK mod tied to the Photon Art. This is what I'm not sure where it should go in the formula. I SUSPECT it goes at the end.

Things to note:

- CHAIN BONUS is 200% + 12.5% for any extra chains in single player. In multiplayer, the extra bonus is 7.5% per chain.
- If PAempow and PA% are multiplicative (independent) instead of additive, that would mean they boost the boost of each other leading to a greater boost than anticipated. I'm not sure which one is right.

The reason why DEF/MND is kinda suck at least in vanilla is because, for reference, enemies have this base ATK at LVL100 = 1119. LVL150 = 1550. LVL200 = 1750 base ATK, 1890 base TEC. Keep in mind that enemies can spawn with Boost Auras and they can also spawn with VARIATIONS (those little icons) which are basically more stat boosts. The max DEF we could reach was around natural 500 and the armor was around the same.

In Infinity, HumanMALE+Hunter+Max Rebirth = 1119 base DEF. Then again, now we have enemies LVL 200+ so...

And finally, there is something else to consider. When you're hit by a multi-hit attack (and there are A LOT of them in this game), depending on how much damage you take you may be knocked down. If this happens, it will save your life. If you're NOT knocked down your chances of insta-dying are much higher. Half-Defense can be used to bypass OHKOs. There is no way to bypass multi-hit insta-death.

Personally, I stick to PP Escape Save and Soak Guard. They are way too good.

As for Rebirth stat investment, as already mentioned every time you invest in ATK/TEC (or PP) you accelerate the time it takes to reach your next Rebirth. The thing is, even if you're dying left and right it doesn't matter as long as you're also killing enemies fast. You don't lose any EXP or levels when you die even if you fail the mission. The way I see it is like this: if you're going for fast lower LVL Rebirths, invest in ATK first. If you're going for slower, higher LVL Rebirths, invest in PP first.

It is precisely for this reason that on the 1st day I started playing I made a new character and got to LVL 50 for my 1st Rebirth. All I did was pretty much Kamikaze myself in Infinity Missions with boosted EXP. I lost count for how many times I died but as you can see I still got to LVL 50 in 1 day.

On the subject of PP regen, I know you know it was changed for Infinity. It is no longer sped up based on how much max PP you have. However, the effect of having more PP is still unbelievably good even with bad regen because having enough PP to unleash even 1 more PA per enemy group can be the difference between instantly wiping them out without downtime OR having to deal with waiting/using melee to recharge. The time it takes to run to the next enemy group will usually top your PP so this difference adds up A LOT throughout an entire mission.

If you don't care about Rebirth speed and prefer to make the game more enjoyable sooner, then invest on either PP and ACC first depending on your race. ACC is deceptive because it does way more to improve your game than one would think. Obviously, it makes reaching a base +200% extra damage from Chains more reliable. But one thing people forget is that about half of the weapons in this game (a lot of single handed ones) have really poor Accuracy to the point where they become almost unplayable at certain points specially if your Race is not on the upper end of base ACC. So investing in ACC makes more weapon types viable for you to have fun with so even if it's not the most efficient stat to invest in you know what they say, variety is the spice of life.

zeroviral · Dec 9, 2020

ghgh3022 said:
By the way what are the stats I should rise the most for my char (iam using a hunter male beast with close range weapon like fists and twin swords)

I say go ACC for Rebirths. Since you'll be at a low level the ACC helps in hitting higher levelled enemies. It is the easiest to max via Rebirth and is the most useful for a beast specially a Hunter Male. Less Miss means more chains and damage. Then Go Atk then PP. Leave EVA even if you plan to max all stat via Rebirth, extremelly expensive.

Modules, stick with ACC. Its more useful than anything else. Beasts really want to hit more rather than higher Atk as They alot of it already.

Type Abilities, PP Escape Save, ACC Boost[RA/Lv2](You can try to unlock the higher tier from Ranger Types if you wish so), Escape Advance, Knockdown Arts and PP Skill Save. Some Optional but still useful ones are the ATK Boost/Hi/Super, the Weapon Advance, Full Custom Power once you have access to +10 Weapons and Critical Power for higher Damage on Crits including Perfect Attacks.

Fefo · Dec 9, 2020

Agree overall with what you said. PP pool size also didn't affect regen on PSP2; I didn't put too much thought on it when I tested but there should be some old note in this thread. Still, it's a key resource that can't be raised aside from abilities and rebirths, making PP Boosts very valuable.

Another tip to fix crappy ACC is always go for enemies' back, it negates their EVA. Should be the same for you too, so be careful. I also found the guard much more reliable than I expected, did the PP comsumption decreased from PSP2? Sometimes I just block instead of mistiming a parry/dodge.

Anubis1101 · Dec 10, 2020

Yea even if you don't use guns, ACC is extremely important.

Nothing is more frustrating than missing combos because your last attack missed. Or especially in the case of Beasts, just missing in general, a lot. ACC also factors into the damage for ranged weapons, and Twin Handguns and Machine Guns both have awful ACC.

metastase · Dec 11, 2020

ghgh3022 said:
Edit : and do u think I should change the class?

You don't HAVE to, but getting some abilities from other Types will help a lot. But here is the thing: the higher LVL you are (base LVL, not Class), the easier it is to quickly LVL up other Classes because you can do harder version of Tactical and other missions that give you more Type Points. So when you're above LVL 100 it's very easy to quickly breeze through the first 10 or so Type LVLs of any other class.

So when you have the time or patience, I highly recommend changing to Ranger and getting the Type Abilities from Ranger LVL 2, 8 and 15. They are ACC Boost, Elemental Hit and ACC Hi-Boost respectively. Elemental Hit is a very fun Ability to have with any Class (as is Charge Shot 2, which you will also get in this process) since it adds a flat +10% chance to inflict negative statuses regardless of the base infliction chance. Very fun with Incapacitation too. In the original PSPo2 we had "not enough Ability Slots" syndrome so Elemental Hit, despite being really fun, often got tossed to the side later on. But in Infinity we can actually keep it without ruining our build thx to 4 extra Ability Slots.

All of this said, if Beast is your first character, I'd recommend switching over to Vanguard for a long long time. Vanguard still has good close combat melee but the ACC is MUCH higher. Until you get S Rank armors and a bunch of Lumirus/Feril HIT modules, Beasts have a hard time enjoying many aspects of the game. Specially Beast Hunter.

Fefo said:
Another tip to fix crappy ACC is always go for enemies' back, it negates their EVA. Should be the same for you too, so be careful. I also found the guard much more reliable than I expected, did the PP comsumption decreased from PSP2? Sometimes I just block instead of mistiming a parry/dodge.

The problem with this is that you can't rely on this type of tactic to deal with enemy groups but even against single enemies usually the time it takes to run around the enemy is almost the same as switching to a T-Mag/Wand/Rod and casting Zalure. Granted, having to cast Zalure too frequently is annoying as hell so at least approaching enemies form the back doesn't interrupt the gameplay flow I suppose.

I don't know what exactly changed regarding PP costs on Block but SOMETHING changed. I know that in Infinity the PP cost also depends on the damage you took, I can't remember if it was this way on vanilla PSPo2 as well. But yeah, Block + Soak Guard is AMAZING. I mean, it's not just the fact that you take 0 damage right? This enables you to attempt a Perfect Block AND take 0 damage if you fail. The only way to keep offensive momentum without losing pressure is by doing Perfect Blocks mid-combo so this is VERY powerful and fun.

Anubis1101 said:
Nothing is more frustrating than missing combos because your last attack missed. Or especially in the case of Beasts, just missing in general, a lot.

And it's not just your moment-to-moment gameplay that's ruined by bad ACC. You simply can't even have the luxury of choosing weapon categories with bad ACC like Mechguns, Slicers, Cards, R-Mags, etc. So so sad. There is also the fact that many Photon Arts that are fun to use have bad ACC. That's why Casts were and always will be my favorite Race by far.

I'm messing around with Human right now and so far, I already miss playing as a Cast. The Dark Mirage blast got improved and can be fun with Wild Blast but that's about all Humans have to offer, their supposed increased survivability doesn't mean shit. But here is some food for thought though:

I'm not 100% sure, but I THINK it may be possible to reach something like 100 Stamina with Human and certain weapon combos/abilities/rebirth/etc. If this is indeed possible and leads to complete negative status immunity, opening up all armor module and ability slots not wasted on RESISTS can be incredible.

Anubis1101 · Dec 11, 2020

metastase said:
I'm messing around with Human right now and so far, I already miss playing as a Cast.

Yea my two mains are a Cast and a Human. The Human, I'm definitely glad I went for a battlemage style so I could switch to Technics when I couldn't hit anything. And yea, my Stamina is pretty high, though I don't remember how it stacks up against my Cast.

I didn't know they buffed Dark Mirage; I'll have to give it another chance. I can do a pretty hefty amount of single-target damage with the Earth-type one and I use the Lightning-type one for general crowd control. Might be time to switch it up and try something new.

zeroviral · Dec 11, 2020

Anubis1101 said:
Yea my two mains are a Cast and a Human. The Human, I'm definitely glad I went for a battlemage style so I could switch to Technics when I couldn't hit anything. And yea, my Stamina is pretty high, though I don't remember how it stacks up against my Cast.

I didn't know they buffed Dark Mirage; I'll have to give it another chance. I can do a pretty hefty amount of single-target damage with the Earth-type one and I use the Lightning-type one for general crowd control. Might be time to switch it up and try something new.

It just means that your Human takes longer to be afflicted by status effects. Not a lot really, it just at most means an extra or so hit before you got the status effect. Once the Protect Abilities and Resist Units arrive it becomes meaningless.

Fefo · Dec 12, 2020

metastase said:
The problem with this is that you can't rely on this type of tactic to deal with enemy groups

Yeah, its better for times where you went in underprepared. 1-on-1 has its advantages - easy to do if you loop knockdowns and some enemies have few/no ways of hitting you without turning. Boring, but risk-free.

Stamina is a illusion just like drop rates; can't tell the number of times I got burned by those Neudaiz dogs on the first hit.

Weyu · Dec 13, 2020

Hey guys,

Now that the patch has been out for a month and everyone has had a chance to play it, we'd like to hear what you think of it.
Were there any things in particular you liked or didn't like? Things you were surprised by? Parts that could be done better? Et cetera.
Such feedback could help us understand better which aspects players value the most, and hearing your impressions will help satisfy our curiosity at the very least.
So if you have something to share, post away.

Regarding patch updates:
At first we said we wouldn't do any releases beyond the initial one, but since a few more significant issues were found than expected, we've decided to create an update after all to address them.
That patch won't be released soon since we want to give people enough time to find other issues that may exist (so we won't end up having to create multiple updates), and so Jam has enough time to program fixes for them.

If you've noticed a bug you want to see fixed, try to be as thorough as possible when explaining it so we can easily reproduce the issue.
There's also a known issues section in the initial post; to prevent duplicates, please look at that before reporting a bug.
Info that will be helpful:

The platform(s) you used (firmware / emulator version?)
Whether the issue occurs every time
What you think causes the issue
Which fixes and workarounds you've attempted, if any
Whether you've tested the original Japanese version of the game for the same issue (this is very helpful)

Thanks!

Silvor · Dec 13, 2020

First off I just wanted to say thanks a lot for deciding to do another patch. Having everything fixed in a iso is just so much more convenient.

Apart from the issues discovered after the launch of the patch like Multiple Mirages/SUV, No Blast Badge and the ones that got cheat fixes, the only other thing I can think of that would be great to have in the update is the fix that enables internet only missions to be played that I posted here.
Another user confirmed that it works here.

I don't have that much feedback to give other than that since I'm not that deeply familiar with the game. I'm about 22 hrs into episode 1 at the moment, taking my time doing side and infinity missions and the translation seems very well done to me.https://gbatemp.net/threads/phantas...on-public-release.576943/page-14#post-9286263

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