by Arenegeth Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:23 pm
I have plans to start Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast myself eventually, through Broadband adapter or Dream Pi, when I eventually can excuse the funds to get them.
I want the Dreamcast version because I want to emulate the experience I would have on the Dreamcast back when the game came out, since I missed out on it because I didn't have access to the internet back then.
But unlike you, I'm not all that particularity concerned about playing with other people, since from what I understand everything in the Dreamcast version can be done solo, and knowing myself I was going to be playing predominantly solo even back in the day where the game was really active. I just like having the option to play with other people occasionally.
But anyway, more specific to your needs, with a quick search I was able to find a save editor for the PC version, which would allow you to recreate your character, but is for a offline only version of Blue Burst. So that doesn't help.
From the two most popular servers which is Ultima and Ephinea, Ultima might be the best for you since it will allow you to organically get old progress back much faster due to their 3xp bonus and some other stuff.
There may be some minor servers out there that allow complete character customization, but they probably have a lower population and/or balance issues.
But yeah if you want to play the game online with other people these days, sounds like the Ultima server on PC Blue Burst is the way to go.
If you absolutely must continue on the Dreamcast, I advise just eating the cost of a Dream Pi, since is the most effective way to go about it, and will probably give you better access to Dreamcast online related features well into the future.