Month: April 2013

PSO2 JP: The Forest Team Base

April 12, 2013April 12, 2013 Ricardo Leave a comment

So yesterday there was an announcement that Fury Stance will be getting an R-ATK nerf. This happened because players discovered certain combinations of classes and skills which would have ultimately affected the game's balance in the future. The Fury Stance nerf coming up in the next maintenance will only affect the R-ATK modifiers. This was very embarrassing for the development team, but they hope you understand that such changes have to occur to keep the game's balance. So as an apology they will once again distribute an item that resets all skill trees.

As for PC players, you may have noticed your characters were showing up with the wrong stats. If this happens to you, please perform a file check at the launcher. In fact…

Launcher Update

PC Launcher: Version 01.07.03

All PC players should update their launcher since a new version was released today.

The new time attack quest on the 24th will introduce a new gimmick called the "Wait-On Switch." You can activate it by standing on top of the switch for a certain amount of time.

The Goronzoran and Vol Dragon appear in the time attack quest too.

And that's not all, things will get pretty chaotic when three Dragonkin bosses appear further into the quest.

PSO2 Episode 2 plans to release this summer with new weapons, races, classes, fields, and many other new elements. Episode 2 news will start in June at the Thanks Festa.

At the Nico Nico Livestream, Sakai announced the Sympathy Concert CD will be released in September. It comes with a set of promotional items that were released at the event. As for those highly popular musical instruments, they're going to be available in a "FUN Shop" that's coming in a future update.

Porori

As for today's porori (which previously I would have thought to be a new field) is actually another Team Room Base. This is the Forest Base, which gives you a taste of some basic platforming.

PSO2 JP: Imperial Guardian Part 2 Video

April 11, 2013April 12, 2013 Ricardo Leave a comment

On April 24th, 2013 Phantasy Star Online 2 will update with the second half of the Imperial Guardian update. Don't expect to see too much content this time since it's only a time attack and scratch update.

The next AC Scratch "Butler Maid Tea-Time" brings elegance and class to the ARKS with new outfits such as the "Pure Maid Dress" and the "Butler Tail Coat." The scratch also includes two other styles, one with a more 'fit' design like Zelsius and Zamlord, while "Najin Series" and "Beluga Series" take on a mines inspired approach.

レディバトラーコート Lady Butler Coat

ピュアメイドドレス Pure Maid Dress

バトラーテイルコート Butler Tail Coat

PSO2 : Code : Episode 2 Teaser

Here's the higher quality teaser video that was shown in the Nico Nico Livestream. The BGM sounds like a national anthem, maybe it's an anthem for the _____.

Vita Guides

The long overdue Vita Menu Guides are slowly adding up. This week's focus is getting the Options Menu translated for yesterday's update. You can comment below to request other menus for translations.

UPD: So about that Fury Stance Change…

Due to certain combinations of classes and skills, the development team have deemed the R-ATK stats for Fury Stance were higher than originally thought. They are really sorry but they will have no choice but to lower the R-ATK damage modifiers for Fury Stance. They will correct this problem on April 17th's maintenance.

Along with this correction, they will once again distribute an item that resets all skill trees.

As for Guard Stance, the development team has confirmed that its effects are lower than the previous adjustments. Therefore, they have decided to buff S-DEF* for Guard Stance. This will be corrected in April 17th's maintenance.

*Sega made a mistake in the original Guard Stance post, the Guard Stance changes apply to S-DEF, not R-DEF.

PSO2 JP: Melody on Stage AC Scratch (4/10/2013)

April 10, 2013April 10, 2013 Ricardo 39 Comments

The Judgement Co– er… Melody on Stage Scratch will run from April 10th through May 15th, 2013. You can view the complete list of contents within this scratch at the official site.