PSO2 JP: Maintenance and Patch (4/5/2017)

Tackle Episode 4's final main story chapter in a thrilling update for PSO2!

April 5th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/5/2017 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 4/4/2017 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

April 5th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 04.00.03
  • Client: ver. 4.0802.2
  • Patch Size: 447 MB (PC) / xx (PS4) / 153 MB (Vita)

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Update Notes

Easter Lobby
April 5th ~ May 10th

 

Partial New Item Listing

 

New Partner Cards

  • Hitsugi
  • Kohri
  • Enga

Story Board

  • Added new Story Board events

Treasure Shop

  • Updated the Item Listing of the Treasure Shop

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

▲▲ Eastern Daylight Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

▲▲ Japanese Standard Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

Eastern / Central / Mountain / Arizona / Pacific

Hawaii / São Paulo / London / Berlin / Moscow

Bangkok / Philippines / Sydney / Japan

Please Note:

  • The Emergency Quest schedule will update automatically during maintenance. Please wait until after maintenance has ended to see the current schedule.
  • Please resync the calendar periodically to receive the latest updates, as the schedule may change at Sega's discretion.
  • This calendar is unable to show Emergency Quests that occur at random.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will appear with only their start times.
  • Boost Events that occur for several hours will use the "period" suffix in their titles. Please check the Google Calendar itself to view the event duration.
  • ARKS Leagues are typically 3 hours long. Check the event itself for details on its duration.

 

PlayStation 4 Anniversary Tweet Campaign

Players who tweet from the campaign page will receive Star Gems and booster items.

Campaign Period

  • April 5th @ 14:00 ~ April 26th @ 14:00 JST

Campaign Qualifications

Log into your SEGA ID and authorize Sega to tweet a message from your twitter account!

  • 100 Star Gem Ticket (x1)
  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • Free Salon Pass (x1)
  • Bonus Key: Tokyo [Silver] (x1)

A SEGA ID and Twitter Account are required to participate in this campaign.
Players will only qualify if they tweet from the official campaign page.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Mid May

Important Links

 

PlayStation 4 Anniversary Avatars

PlayStation 4 Avatars are now available!

 

Story Board Campaign 3

Clear the specified Story Board nodes to receive several prizes.

Campaign Period

  • April 5th ~ April 19th (Maintenance)

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Clear Story Board piece [161-C] to receive:

  • Evolution Device / Losher
  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • Free Salon Pass (x1)

(2) Clear Story Board piece [172-C] to receive:

  • Klothov M 238
  • Craftsman Seal (x10)
  • 40 Star Gem Ticket (x1)

Those who have met the campaign conditions prior to the campaign period will also qualify for the prizes.

Prize Expiration

  • Available instantly but expires May 20th

 

 

PSO2 Station #6 Recap

Warning! This post is updating in real time!
Please take note as the information below is subject to change.

 

April 1st Tidbits

~ Ichitaro and Kimura have a new look! ~

Battle Arena Skills

  • Protection: Reduces Damage & Invalidates Status Effects. Can be used two times
  • Stun Shot: Can be used 3 times.
  • PP Unlimited: Greatly Reduces PP consumption for 20 seconds.
  • Sprint: Increases movement speed for 5 sec. Can be used 3 times.
  • Cure: Completely recovers HP. Can be used 3 times.

Battle Arena Weapons

  • Gran Wave's invincibility frames will be shorter than normal.'
  • No deband for Gran Wave.
  • No shifta for Strike Gust.

Grind Cap + 1

  • Battle Rank has no effect on the chances for a [Grind Cap +1].

Rappy Suit Mini

  • Costs 100,000 Battle Coins!

Phantom Emblem

  • You get just 1 Phantom Emblem for clearing Chapter 8.
  • Enga's Weapon Camo supports Assault Rifles and TMGs.

Coordination Catalog

  • Originally called the  "Fashion Catalog," but they changed the name.
  • This catalog covers only your ship.

Scratch Content

  • Laia and Lumia's voices will indeed be coming in the PSU Scratch.
  • They plan to revive previously released SG Scratches in the future.

Mining Base VR

  • They plan to release the Mining Base VR Trigger late April.

Deus Esca Emergency Quest

  • Limited to 1 clear per ship.
  • Enemies in the quest are considered Phantom-types.
  • Angels are weak to Dark only. Deus Esca is weak to Dark and Light.

Phaleg Battle

  • This is basically Episode 4's Gaiden.
  • They believe 5% of players will finish the battle.
  • No easy mode, no half dolls/scape dolls.
  • Features the "damage cap," explained in the adjustments section.

Zeinesis Weapon  (3 Potentials)

  1. Ability Affixing Success +10%
  2. HP recovery for party members and increases the party's power.
  3. Doubles the effect of Special Abilities (ATK / DEF )

Potential 3 requires special items dropped by Deus Esca

Qliphad Series (Zeinesis Upgrade)

  • You'll need a [Zeinesis Weapon] + [Qliphad Fuse] materials to upgrade the weapon.
  • As for the weapons, the upgrade is mainly intended for looks.

14 Star Weapon

  • Takt: Waving the Takt during Alter Ego, releases a megid-like projectile. Automatically assists Pet Sympathy.
  • Wand: Increases normal attack and step attack speed. Unleashes a slash attack on the 3rd normal attack.
  • Double Saber: Changes the color of the whirlwind and extends its duration.
  • These may also drop in Defense-style Emergency Quests

Adjustments

  • They're aware of the Chaining Marron issue so they plan to make revisions along with other adjustments when Episode 5 hits.
  • Deus Esca is going to set a cap on the maximum amount of damage an attack can deal. (This means there's a cap towards how much damage you can deal to it through a single attack.)
  • The max damage cap mentioned above will be set to 999,999.

Other Stuff

  • They're aware that all the Operator names end with [A].

More to come…

 

~ ARKS Baseball ~
~ Coming April 31st ~

※You know April 31st doesn't exist right!? Happy April Fools!

 

 

 

 

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