Phantasy Star Universe

I completed the DLC in about 40 hours with the MAG+ 3x EXP event. In 12 hours I went from Level 67 to 90. When I hit level 90, I went to an area with lots of other avatars hanging around and offered "1 million mesetas to any high level character who helps me defeat Dark Falz 2 on Rykros" in public chat. They'll come running! Just be sure to have your Trimates and Scape Dolls ready for the final battle, because Dark Falz 2 is seriously difficult.

My character currently has about 160 hours play time on it. I've had my subscription for 30 days (give or take a single day). That means that I played for roughly 5 hours a day. Also, I didn't even log on for 6 of those 30 days. And, I'm currently level 89 with 240k exp until level 90. I didn't participate in ANY events (as there are none running currently).

Although it seems tough, with some dedication and planning, level 90 is EASILY achievable within one month. Keep in mind that I had no help from friends or higher levels. The math that the OP states does sound daunting, but there is a mission called Innocent Girl, and on B rank when I was level 70ish and even now at level 89, I can run through Block 1 within 3 minutes easy. And that's 5,500-7,000 EXP.

Stretch that over an hour, and I'm making 110,000~140,000K exp an hour.

If you do the math, and feel around level 30~50 you just aren't going to cut it, well things get much better once you are able to clear Block 1 of Innocent Girl on Rank B. (Finishing the mission takes 14 minutes and gives only 30k EXP, so it's much better/faster to only clear block 1)

Good luck!

Note: I'm a Fighmaster with average gear, nothing special. I also use Tornado Dance to clear so quickly :P

Thanks for the input xgamehero. But have you actually done the lvl 90 required mission yet? Reason why I never brought up doing Innocent girl is because if your backing out of Innocent girl over and over, your not gaining any MP for your Classes. If your not trying to get to lvl 20 Fighmaster, then there's no reason to be a Master class. A lvl 20 Advanced class is alot stronger than a low lvl Master class. My point was its all about personal experience. There is TONS of stuff to take into account. BTW If you don't have someone to basically hold your hand and walk you through the final boss, you won't stand a chance by yourself at lvl 90. I am only talking from experience, as I have played this game since release on both servers. I was just talking about getting lvl 90 on your character lvl. Not Classes, Photon Arts, Weapons or armor. Keep in mind the game has been patched and adjustments to exp have been made over the years of us vet's playing.

Also not everyone will be able to grind that mission's first block over and over. It is tedious and boring. Your not finding anything to make you money, not gaining MP for your class, and your playing by yourself in a game built to play with others. If you can get a good party together you would be making a lot more than that exp while spamming White Beast. But again, this is knowledge coming from someone who has played since release. There is a reason why everyone just flocks to the mission White Beast. Over all best rewards for the time you spend.

There are two missions that give you the needed boss:
0) planet -> lobby -> mission (difficulty (needed lvl))
a) Guardians Colony -> Rykros -> The Dark God (difficulty: S2 (lvl: 90) and up)
b) Guardians Colony -> Falz Memoria -> Distant Memory (difficulty: C (lvl:0) and up)

Hey guys, I just wanted to add my own experience to the great guide and info that Will made.

I started the online mode of PSU Thursday two weeks ago, so I am in for 12 days now. I am Lvl 90 and could do the Dark God S2 mission. As for experience points it is absolutely possible to reach the required lvl 90 way under one month. I started directly after Absolute Zero (a big event where everybody got loads of experience multipliers and so on) with normal experience gained and it took me 12 straight days with a mix of boring White Beast bashing on the one hand and funny missions with lots of nice people on the other hand. My account has 130 hours so far, and I can say that I wasn't farming experience points all the time. As Will said, the innocent girl mission is, besides "White Beast" and "SEED Express" (Mother Brain) a good way to get experience and build up photon arts or photon powers. I am using a Gunmaster (LVL6) at the moment, but as of now I would say that a LVL20 Fortegunner, which I was before, is also a very good class with a lot of different weapons to choose from. If you go the Guntecher-way, you will also have the ability to heal and buff yourself and the rest of the gang. And I can tell you, you will make LOTS of friends if you are a good buffer/healer.

Reaching Lvl90, as Will also said, is just the needed level to get into Dark God S2. But let me tell you this. Alone, or with 2 or 3 friends at the same level, you will have absolutely no chance. The problem is that the damage caused to the enemies is too low and the damage caused bye them is way too high. You will be dead with one hit and your scape dolls are empty before you reach the real fight, Dark Falz 2. I don't have the achievement right now, because I just reached the level needed, but some friends I made in the game are willing to get me through the level in a day or two.

This is the second thing that comes into count in this game. If you just want the achievements you will find no one that will help you. Maybe for a lot of mesetas. But maybe these folks are just on there to steal your hard earned money and will kick you out of the mission as soon as they get paid. The hardcore-community of PSU consists of many nice people that have fun with the game for about 6 years now. The majority of them doesn't like people that just come online for the grabs. But if you try to get deeper into the community you will benefit from it. I personally changed my mind. At first I just wanted to get the achievements and cancel my account afterwards. But now I want to stay there and want to keep these "online-friends" I made there within this short time. Sure, I want the achievements for the completion, but that's not the number 1 anymore.
When I have the achievements surely I will come down and have fun with the game as it is supposed to be. Doing missions, level up, getting nice drops, talking to peoples and stuff like that. Some guys in there are just online to talk all day long. Good thing I find about the game is, that it's not so overwhelming big as WoW or other MMORPGS. PSU is just a MORPG, and that's what I like about it.

That's just my two cents about the achievements and the game itself. My advice, have fun with it, don't push it just for the leveling. :-)

maybe u should post what quest has to be done and where to get it? A guide on how to level doesn't really help in obtaining the cheeve itself.

Is this mission still available?

Yes as far as I know it is. I don't see a reason that they would have removed it.

Still available. Played it today.

Thanks for the confirmation GetGAME.

In order to get to this mission, you need to go to guardians colony 4th floor, and then to the spaceport that takes you to the missions that are in the hive. (to the right of the staris) After the first mission and you get to the lobby, find the next door, and take on that mission and so on and so forth. eventually you will get to Rykros and if you go back to the door you entered at (core area i think) you will be able to access the Dark God S2 if your level is high enough.

I beat it in a party of 6 (i was the lowest level at 104, level 18 acrofighter, castest line armor with 24% dark) and i died once trying to get there, but once i got to the boss i didnt die on either form (but came really close). Good luck!