Today Sakai talks about Scape Dolls and their importance to game balance. (Which pretty much means, you guys who need more than 1 scape doll are noobs. JK!)
Scape Dolls are used to revive a player from battle. Based on the number of scape dolls a player can hold, it changes the importance of the battle greatly. The amount of scape dolls you could hold were different in each game.
- Maximum Scape Dolls
- Phantasy Star Universe: Ten
- Phantasy Star Zero: Three
- Phantasy Star Portable 2: One
By lowering the amount of scape dolls you can carry, Sakai feels that it puts more tension on the player. There were those who yelled how difficult the game was. On his own blog, he saw comments ranging from, "Please increase the number of scape dolls you can carry" and those who said, "Don't increase it."
For balancing the game, Sakai believes only 1 scape doll is suitable. But for those of you who thought the game was too difficult, he has a compromise. You now have a new ability called, "エスケープマスター" or Escape Master.
Escape Master エスケープマスター lets you use 2 scape dolls.
Escape Master takes up 3 ability slots and will be available by default. Yet equipping this ability will take up all your slots for those who started a new game and have a low type level. It might be useful to use this for those very difficult missions or you're just not used to the game mechanics and are dieing on the first story mission.
Now you can hold more than 1 scape doll.
If you were to pick up a scape doll that is above your maximum limit (with escape master ability or not), it is sent straight to the shared storage box. If you were to remove the Escape Master ability, the second scape doll is sent straight to the shared storage box.
[via pspo2iblog]
*Please note that the above function does not apply to the rules of Challenge Mode.
New Ability
自動回復薬ハーフライン: Automatic Recovery Medicine: Halfline
自動回復薬デッドライン: Automatic Recovery Medicine: Deadline