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 three Master Types which are not currently available.

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	30	30	Advanced type with the abilities of Forces and Hunters. Uses TECHNICs and striking attacks. Offers strong defense.
Fortefighter	FF	10	-	-		40	20	-	-	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	20	30	50	Advanced type specializing in support. Has various combat abilities, and TECHNIC focus.

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 Types is 200.
Expert Types do not gain increases to stats after level 100.

MP Requirements

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

• Basic Types can only reach level 10.

Basic Types	Level	1→2	2→3	3→4	4→5	5→6	6→7	7→8	8→9	9→10	10
	TNL	80	160	240	320	400	400	400	400	400	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	80	240	480	800	1200	1600	2000	2400	2800	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	625	725	850	1025	1025	1250	1250	1250	1500	1500	1500	1500	1600	1700	1800	1900	2000	2000	2000
	Total	625	1350	2200	3225	4250	5500	6750	8000	9500	11000	12500	14000	15600	17300	19100	21000	23000	25000	27000

Bonuses

Traps

Ranger, Fighgunner, Guntecher, Fortegunner, Acrofighter, and Acrotecher 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 (more info about the recovery rates here):

• 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.
• 80% bonus to PP recovery on Striking weapons: Acrofighter.
• 80% bonus to PP recovery on TECHNIC weapons: Acrotecher.

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 and Acrotecher have increased attack speed, approximately 20%.

Casting Speed

Acrotecher has increased casting speed, approximately 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.

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