Ragol.org strives to offer a mostly minimal changed Phantasy Star Online experience. It might be best to describe the experience as "Vanilla+"

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• All free adventure areas unlocked online regardless of offline progress
• Individual drop system (or "PSO2 Drops") by default
• Rare items drop in quests online using individual drops
• Remixed drop table, see here for more info. Highlights include:
  • Rates improved to be similar to GameCube/Xbox
  • Common drop table improved in Ultimate to not be worse than Very Hard
  • TP Materials now appear as a common drop
• Quests backported from future versions
• Various custom quests
• Ability to play solo story quests online
• All quests available as download quests
• Crossplay between Ver. 1, Ver. 2, and PSO for PC.

• All free adventure areas unlocked online regardless of offline progress
• Individual drop system (or "PSO2 Drops") by default
• Remixed drop table, see here for more info. Highlights include:
  • Uber 1/300,000 rates equalised to be similar to other uber rates
  • Episode 2 hit % rate increased to 5% on all IDs
  • TP Materials now appear as a common drop
  • All seasonal items available all year round
  • Offline challenge mode items available
  • ELENOR, Chao, RoboChao, and Mark 3 can drop with Photon Blasts
• Quests backported from future versions
• Various custom quests
• Ability to play solo story quests online
• All quests available as download quests
• Crossplay between GameCube and Xbox

• Full support for the Episode III Plus mod; retail and Plus can play together seamlessly
• Rebalanced drop tables online - obtain all cards regardless of CLv
• All offline free battle maps available online, along with custom free battle maps
• All offline quests online, including the official downloadable quests
• Custom quests, including quests that reward all unobtainable E-cards, bossing quests, and official tournament recreations
• All maps and quests downloadable
• Custom tournament system - players do not all have to meet at a specific time and tournaments can take place over a long period of time
• EX loss disabled