Types

Types, unofficially known as Classes, are one of the most important gameplay mechanics in PSU. They determine a character's Stats, their level caps for Photon Arts, which weapons they can use, how much PP regeneration weapons get, and proficiency with Traps. There are fifteen Types in total. Three Basic Types are available to everyone immediately, nine Expert Types that are unlocked by progressing with Basic Types, and four Master Types which are available after making progress in certain Expert Types.

Basic Types

Type	Abbr.	Req. Type LV			Version	Photon Art Caps				Description
		HU	RA	FO		Skills	Bullets	Attack TECHNICs	Support TECHNICs
Hunter	HU	-	-	-		20	10	-	-	A balanced type with high attack power, good for melee combat. Skilled in the use of striking weapons. A good fit for beginning players.
Ranger	RA	-	-	-		10	20	-	-	A ranged fighter that can defeat enemies and support allies from a distance. The type's high accuracy makes firearms an ideal fit. Suited for intermediate players.
Force	FO	-	-	-		10	10	20	20	A type geared toward TECHNICs use. Allows advanced players to play a variety of different roles from powerful attacks to healing and support.

Expert Types

Type	Abbr.	Req. Type LV			Version	Photon Art Caps				Description
		HU	RA	FO		Skills	Bullets	Attack TECHNICs	Support TECHNICs
Fighgunner	FI	7	5	-		40	30	-	-	Advanced type with abilities of Hunters and Rangers. Strength is in striking weapons, but can also use firearms.
Guntecher	GT	-	7	5		10	40	30	40	Advanced type with abilities of Rangers and Forces. Can use both firearms and TECHNICs for ultimate long-range support.
Wartecher	WT	5	-	7		40	20	40	30	Advanced type with the abilities of Forces and Hunters. Uses TECHNICs and striking attacks. Offers strong defense.
Fortefighter	FF	10	-	-		40	30	-	-	Expert melee fighter with limited weapon choice. However, attack and defensive power are unparalleled.
Fortegunner	FG	-	10	-		20	40	-	-	An expert ranged fighter with limited weapon choice. However, attack power and accuracy are unparalleled.
Fortetecher	FT	-	-	10		10	30	40	40	An expert TECHNIC user that can use all TECHNICs with unmatched power. Lacks a strong defense in combat.
Protranser	PT	5	5	5		30	40	-	-	An experimental type focused on traps. All traps become several times more powerful with this type.
Acrofighter	AF	7	7	-		40	30	-	-	Advanced type skilled with single-handed weapons. Has very fast reflexes and can use multiple weapons.
Acrotecher	AT	-	7	7		20	30	30	50	Advanced type specializing in support. Has various combat abilities, and TECHNIC focus.

Master Types

Master Types can only use S-Rank Weapons and Line Shields.

Type	Abbr.	Req. Type LV								Version	Photon Art Caps				Description
		FF	FI	FG	GT	FT	WT	AF	AT		Skills	Bullets	Attack TECHNICs	Support TECHNICs
Fighmaster	FM	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-		50	-	-	-	An advanced type specializing in close-quarters melee combat. An expert at striking attacks.
Gunmaster	GM	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-		-	50	-	-	An advanced type specializing in long-range combat. An expert at ranged attacks.
Masterforce	MF	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-		-	-	50	10	An advanced type specializing in TECHNICs. An expert at TECHNIC based attacks.
Acromaster	AM	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20		50	30	50	20	A prototype combat type. Nothing is known about this mysterious type.

Type Levels

Types can be leveled up to increase a character's Stats. To level up a Type, you will need to earn Mission Points, abbreviated MP, by completing Missions. The maximum level for Expert and Master Types is 125.
Expert and Master Types do not gain increases to stats after level 100, and the vast majority of a Type's stats are gained by level 20, with only marginal gains from 21-100.

MP Requirements

Below is a chart showing the MP requirements for levels 1 to 20.

• Basic Types can only reach level 10.
• MP per level past 20 can be calculated using the following formula: ((Type LV * 4000) / 15)

Basic Types	Level	1→2	2→3	3→4	4→5	5→6	6→7	7→8	8→9	9→10	10
	TNL	30	40	45	50	65	80	90	100	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	30	70	115	165	230	310	400	500	600	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Expert Types	Level	1→2	2→3	3→4	4→5	5→6	6→7	7→8	8→9	9→10	10→11	11→12	12→13	13→14	14→15	15→16	16→17	17→18	18→19	19→20
	TNL	400	500	600	700	850	950	1000	1000	1500	1500	1500	1500	1500	1500	1500	1500	1500	2000	2000
	Total	400	900	1500	2200	3050	4000	5000	6000	7500	9000	10500	12000	13500	15000	16500	18000	19500	21500	23500
Master Types	Level	1→2	2→3	3→4	4→5	5→6	6→7	7→8	8→9	9→10	10→11	11→12	12→13	13→14	14→15	15→16	16→17	17→18	18→19	19→20
	TNL	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000
	Total	2000	4000	6000	8000	10000	12000	14000	16000	18000	20000	22000	24000	26000	28000	30000	32000	34000	36000	38000

Changing Type

You can change your current Type to any of the Types available at the Type Select Counter at Clyez City's 5F on the Colony. By doing so, you will not get any of the benefits of your old Type in your new one. You will not lose your old Type level though. Changing Types will cost a certain amount of Meseta, dependent on one's Character Level. The formula for obtaining the cost of a Type change for any given Character Level is 150 + (50 * CL), where CL is the character's level -- this is also represented in the following table.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Cost	200	250	300	350	400	450	500	550	600	650	700	750	800	850	900	950	1000	1050	1100	1150	1200	1250	1300	1350	1400
Level	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
Cost	1450	1500	1550	1600	1650	1700	1750	1800	1850	1900	1950	2000	2050	2100	2150	2200	2250	2300	2350	2400	2450	2500	2550	2600	2650
Level	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75
Cost	2700	2750	2800	2850	2900	2950	3000	3050	3100	3150	3200	3250	3300	3350	3400	3450	3500	3550	3600	3650	3700	3750	3800	3850	3900
Level	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100
Cost	3950	4000	4050	4100	4150	4200	4250	4300	4350	4400	4450	4500	4550	4600	4650	4700	4750	4800	4850	4900	4950	5000	5050	5100	5150

Bonuses

Traps

Ranger, Fighgunner, Guntecher, Fortegunner, Acrofighter, Acrotecher, Fighmaster and Gunmaster are able to use certain Traps; Protranser can use all of them at increased damage since it is their specialty; inflicting damage 50% greater than that of normal trap users. Protranser also gains access to special "EX" traps, which are several times more powerful than regular traps.

• A trap's Status Effect should affect any monster that can be affected by that Status Effect, despite normal restrictions of Status Effect level.
• A trap's Status Effect level remains constant despite level or Type.
• Trap damage itself, as well as damage from Status Effects, is non-elemental. This means that they are not affected by a monster's element.
• Traps can charge SUV and Nanoblast bars.

PP Recovery

Every five seconds, weapons recover a certain amount of PP. This amount is variable, and Types get recovery bonuses for their 'native' weapon types as well:

• 25% bonus to PP recovery on Striking weapons: Hunter, Fighgunner, Wartecher and Fortefighter.
• 25% bonus to PP recovery on Ranged weapons: Ranger, Fighgunner, Acrofighter, Acrotecher, Guntecher and Fortegunner.
• 25% bonus to PP recovery on TECHNIC weapons: Force, Guntecher, Wartecher and Fortetecher.
• 50% bonus to all types of PP recovery: Acromaster.
• 80% bonus to PP recovery on Striking weapons: Acrofighter and Fighmaster.
• 80% bonus to PP recovery on TECHNIC weapons: Acrotecher and Masterforce.
• 110% bonus to PP recovery on Ranged weapons: Gunmaster.

PP will regenerate on all weapons regardless of being currently equipped, however, they must still be on the palette.

PP Consumption

Fortefighter, Fortegunner and Fortetecher consume only 80% of the original PP when using Skills, Bullets and TECHNICs, respectively. In other words, they have a 20% reduced PP cost for Photon Arts.

Attack Speed

Acrofighter, Acrotecher, Fighmaster, Acromaster and Gunmaster have increased attack speed, approximately 20%.

Casting Speed

Acrotecher, Acromaster and Masterforce have increased casting speed, approximately 20%.

Penalties

PP Consumption

Fighmaster PP Consumption is increased by 30%. Gunmaster and Masterforce PP Consumption is increased by 20%.

Race Bonuses

Some of the possible combinations of Races and Types gain additional statistical bonuses. The bonuses listed below are applied cumulatively to the Type's inherent modifiers. For example, a Human playing the Hunter class will receive a 2% increase to all Hunter stats.

None of the four Master classes have race bonuses.

Type	HU	RA	FO	FI	GT	WT	FF	FG	FT	PT	AF	AT
Human	102%	102%	102%	105%	105%	105%	-	-	-	105%	105%	105%
Newman	-	-	103%	105%	105%	105%	-	-	103%	-	-	-
CAST	-	103%	-	-	-	-	-	103%	-	-	-	-
Beast	103%	-	-	-	-	-	103%	-	-	-	-	-