Month: April 2014

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The Guardian of the Gate: Apos Dorios

Apos Dorios is a gigantic Darker who serves as a guard for Dark Falz. In this new emergency quest, [The Cunning Ebon-Winged Vanguard], Apos Dorios has the power to manipulate, fire, ice, and lightning.

In addition, he can release a tremendously powerful attack by summoning four pillars across the field. Players can intercept this attack by destroying the pillars before they finish charging. By defeating it several times, we get closer and closer to determining the location coordinates of the new Dark Falz!

 

The Gate of Despair: Dark Falz

This new Dark Falz has the power to manipulate time. He wields two gigantic swords and can perform attacks of various elements. He holds power befit for the strongest winged Darker. Use caution and challenge it with all your might!

 After defeating him, everyone will get to perform a victory pose!

 

 

Players can obtain new 11★ and 12★ drops from Dark Falz.

 

Arks Grand Prix Preliminaries

The [Phantasy Star Festa 2014] coming this summer will commemorate the 2nd year anniversary of Phantasy Star Online 2! A tournament at the event will determine the fastest players across the nation! Players can hone their skills in the [ARKS Grand Prix Preliminaries Quest]! The quest will feature an assortment of Darker and Mech enemies, where you'll face Falz Arms, Goldrahda, or Luda Sorcerers along the way.

• EXP and Item drops are not available in this quest as it is merely a training quest for the Arks Grand Prix.
• Free field [Volcano Caverns Exploration] must be cleared before this quest is available.

 

Klotho will also have a new client order available for this quest.

 

Io Partner Card and Client Orders

You can now receive new client orders from ARKS General Election winner Io! Her client orders are slightly different as they'll require you to defeat enemies through just attacks. In addition she'll require you to clear certain quests by forming a party with 2 or more players.

Eventually, you'll receive her partner card, which lists her as an intellectual, tsundere, condition master.

 

Wedding Lobby

The Wedding Lobby will be available between May 7th through June 11th. With the reverse side of Spring Bingo, you can acquire the Assault Rifle weapon camo. [＊ピュアブランカ] Pure Blanca. See as confetti bursts through the air with each round!

 

Celestial Luster AC Scratch

Celestial Luster will feature divine ceremonial outfits and a Project CUTE costume.

ユピテルカリス Jupiter Charis

 

ユーノーカリス Juno Charis

 

ユヒテケラス Juhite Cheras*

 

ポップスコア Pop Score

 

 

 MJ x PSO2 FUN Shop

ＭＪ麻雀卓ヘッド (MJ Mahjong Table Head)

The extremely popular mahjong game [MJ] will be collaborating with PSO2 to bring you a FUN Shop that will be available for a limited time!

 

東牌＆西牌ヘッドアクセ (East&West Tile Head Accessory)

This FUN Shop will cease operations come June 11th.

 

 

Post Broadcast Updates

• Added a note about [Loser] which may contain obvious spoilers.

 

 

 

Emergency Quest Challenge

• Audience members chose the Wild Easter EQ for April 27th @ 23:00 JST. (Added to Calendar)
• Since Ichitaro succeeded in the Emergency Quest Challenge, this livestream scheduled quest will receive a +200% Rare Drop and EXP boost.

 

 

May Update

• Spring Bingo
• Wedding Lobby
• Io's Just Attack and Party themed Client Orders
• Io's Partner Card

 

May Update

• Arks Grand Prix Preliminaries Quest
• This time, the preliminaries quest will have client orders from Klotho.

 

May Update

• Celestial Luster AC Scratch
• Mystical themed Costumes
• Wedding themed Camo and Mag
• Project CUTE's "Pop Score" costume. (Yes the one Xie wears.)

 

May Update

• New Boss, Apos Drios, who can manipulate fire, ice, and lightning.
• Lets all work together to identify the coordinates of Dark Falz!

 

May Update

• ダークファルス【敗者】: Dark Falz [Loser], a powerful opponent who has the ability to manipulate time.
• New 11 and 12 star drops are available like Caduceus, Lavis Blades, Meteor Cudgel and more!
• Defeat him to perform a victory pose!
• As for [Loser], the kanji translates to [a person who loses, or lost (a match)]. Alternatively, you can go with a  more fancier name like [The Vanquished] or [Defeated], or something along those lines.
• (UPD) However it appears that the boss's name itself is spelled "Dark Falz Luther," in the broadcast, yet the quest descriptions, powerpoint slide, and quest title has it listed as [Loser] in kanji. So to work around this, whenever the kanji form is used, we'll put [Loser] in brackets, but if his name is used directly, we'll use Luther instead.

 

Late May Update

• In the Driving Rain 2
• Lv 70 Super Hard enemies.

 

 

Late May Update

• F. Continent Team Room
• A beautiful team room where you can enjoy the passage of time.
• Features catapult jumps.

 

Late May Update

• Twinkle Splash AC Scratch
• Quarry themed costumes.

 

Late May Update

• [Extreme Quest: Tundra and Mechs] stage 61 ~ 70!
• Get 25 Scarlet ores for clearing the final stage.

 

 

 

Roadmap: Phantasy Star Festa [Part 1]

• Limited-time Web Event
• Limited-time Event Quest
• New Bingo Card
• Craft System Expansion
• New Event System
• [Mining Base Defense: Despair] (Such a fitting name.)
• Extreme Quest Expansion
• New Collab Live Event
• Event Chronicle
• New Craft System

Roadmap: Phantasy Star Festa [Part 2] [Summer]

• Limited-time Web Event
• Limited-time Event Quest
• New Bingo Card
• Collab Lobby
• Collab Boss
• Collab Scratch
• Extreme Quest Expansion

 

 

 

June Update

• Sega Collaboration Part 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog mag
• Valkyria Chronicles costumes and weapon.
• Yakuza Ishin costume.
• Yakuza 5 costume and weapon.
• Space Channel 5 costume and lobby actions!

 

 

Secret Phrase

Say ちょうにこたろう in chat sometime between now through May 7th's maintenance to receive the prizes below:

• Bouquet Rifle
• Rose Bouquet (Camo)
• Lilliparium  (Small) (x9)

 

The stage is set 10 years into the past.
What are the ARKS?
What is Xion's true wish?
~July 2014~

 

Phantasy Star Festa 2014 (Held at specific dates across Japan)

• P-Spec Vol.3 and official T Shirts
• Falz Arm Balloon and a life sized Racast.
• Those in attendance can receive an Original Neck Strap, an ARKS Card, a 2014 PSO2 Fan, and item codes.

 

Special perks at the Phantasy Star Festa 2014

• Item codes to receive an official T-Shirt and a 500 FUN Ticket.

 

Special perks at the Phantasy Star Festa 2014

• Item codes for accessories and room items limited to the convention's hosting city.

 

 PSO2es iOS

• iOS version is releasing in May!

 

Lets create artwork to celebrate the 2nd year anniversary of PSO2. Some artwork suggestions include; a fierce battle, a pleasant exchange with team members, or a typical day on PSO2.

PSO2 Art Contest

• Entry Period: April 27th ~ June 18th @ 16:00 JST
• Purpose: A collection of illustrations to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of Phantasy Star Online 2!
• Publication: July 2014
• Prize: The selected artworks will be made into items to decorate your room.

Submission Criteria

• The original creator can submit unpublished artworks. Please refrain from posting the artwork to blogs or social networking sites, etc.
• One person is allowed to submit several pieces of artwork.
• The submitted artwork must be a JPEG file up to 1MB in size.
• Artworks must be created in 1280 x 720 resolution.

Links:

• Contest Details
• Submission Form

Notes:

• Please refrain from posting the artwork to the public, even after the winners are selected.
• The copyright of the works you submit will belong to SEGA.
• Selected artworks may be slightly modified when converted into an in-game item.
• The winners will receive their room items separately from the general public.

Game Server Connection Issues

• They are currently investigating an issue where players were unable to connect to the server.

4/28/2014 Special maintenance

• 4/28/2014 @ 8:00 ~ 13:00 JST
• 4/27/2014 @ 7:00 PM ~ 12:00 AM EDT

Maintenance Contents

• Correction of the bug where some of the EXP drops down for characters linked with PSO2es.
• Maintenance is scheduled to end around 13:00 JST, but it may end earlier or later depending on the situation.
• They plan to distribute some form of compensation for this issue. Details will be revealed at a later time.
• They also have plans to reschedule the emergency quests affected by this maintenance, which will be posted at a later time.

Emergency Quest Rescheduling

• Wild Easter will now occur at 4/29 @ 15:00 JST
• Mining Base Defense will now occur at 4/30 @ 15:00 JST
• These will be added to the calendar.

PSO2 Taiwan

• Sizustar linked to the video showcasing PSO2 Taiwan's exclusive content.

May 7th Dark Falz

• A new Dark Falz battle will be arriving in the May 7th update.
• The new Dark Falz has two phases similar to the Falz Arms and Elder battles. The first quest, [The Cunning Ebon-Winged Vanguard] lets you face a new boss known as "アポス・ドリオス" Apos Dorios! Apos Dorios is a wing-type Darker magician who can manipulate three elements; fire, ice, and lightning. It can summon pillars on the field that will eventually lead to a powerful attack. You can intercept this attack by destroying the pillars.
• The new Dark Falz can drop Red Scorpio, Caduceus, Edel Arrow, Gal Wind, Lavis Blade, Meteor Cudgel, Berdysh, and Judgement Hearts.

Thanks Sizustar.