PSO2 Live Broadcast #29 Recap

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 Post Livestream Updates

  • Added information to most of the slides.
  • Added videos.

Shimatarou

Secret Phrase

Type しまたろう in chat sometime between now through March 11th to receive even more voice tickets from the ARKS Cadets.

  • These voice tickets will be distributed some time in the future.

 

29 EQ Poll

Emergency Quest Poll

  • Advent of the Annihilator (March 1st @ 22:00 JST)
  • +200% Rare Drop Boost / +200% EXP Boost

 

XH Despair

March 11th Update

  • Pitch Black Province (Extra Hard)
  • New Rare Weapons
  • 12 star item grinding relief.

 

Winners Design 2 side b slide

March 11th Update

  • Charming Costumes from the Item Design Winners.
  • Accessories, Mags, and Weapon Camos appear!
  • Bathrobes!?

 

Challenge Quest

March 11th Update

  • Meet all ARKS Members on Shared Ships.
  • Challenge Lobbies
    • Challenge Lobbies are available on each ship.
    • Your class turns into the "Challenger" class at level 1.
    • You cannot bring your items with you to the Challenge
      blocks — not even your mag.
  • All 12 Players start Challenge Quests barehanded at level 1.
  • Advance through the quest without running out of VR Energy.
  • Let's Clear the 5 Missions!

 

Challenga

March 11th Update

  • Interval Area (Recycle Shop)
    • A rest area with a recycle shop where you can trade for weapons and equipment.
    • Trade in a number of weapons to receive better weapons.
    • Trade in a number of Grinders to receive Units.
    • Trade in a number of Disks to receive PAs or Skills.
    • Trade in a number of Grinders to receive Consumable Items.
  • Earn Challenge Miles by playing Challenge Quests.
  • Trade in Challenge Miles for 13 star weapons!
    • These weapons allow you to change the color of the blade for free at the Item Lab.
  • Tablets on the field will display your "Personal Best Record" for the Challenge Quest.

 

Nagisa Deluxe

March 18th Update (March 19th DX Package)

  • Nagisa appears in PSO2. You can obtain her partner card.
  • Added items to Zieg's Emblem Exchange Shop
  • Create weapon camos of PSO2 Package weapons at Zieg's Emblem Exchange Shop.
    • Example: *Wing Spada (Weapon Camo)
      • 10x Craftsman Seal
      • 1x Wing Spada

 

 

Sakura Lobby

Late March Update

  • Sakura Lobby (~ 4/8)
  • PSO2es 1-Year Anniversary
  • Seraphy (CV: Eri Kitamura) appears in the lobby with Client Orders.

 

School Daze Graffiti

Late March Update

  • School Days Graffiti (AC Scratch)
  • Retro School Uniforms and Dressing Gowns
  • Cool hero style costumes
  • School themed Room Items

 

Emergency Quest Magatsu

Late March Update

  • Magatsu's Emergency Quest Updated.
    • You'll be allowed to clear it four times per ship.
    • Increased Shooting and Ice Resistances applied to specific areas.
    • All Skill Tree Reset Pass distributed.
    • ★10 and ★11 Rare Drop rate increased on XH.
  • Fight in a series of battles against 3 types of Magatsu.
    • Board the A.I.S and Battle Magatsu
    • (Striking Type and Ranged Type Magatsu)
    • Magatsu Shigan and Magatsu Higan.

 

 Magatsu Sai

Late March Update

  • "Magatsu Sai," the golden colored Magatsu type.
  • A.I.S powered up with new abilities! (High Jumps, WB, Healing)
  • New Rare Items

 

Easter Update

Early April Update

  • Easter Event (~ 5/13)
  • Emergency Quest: Wild Easter 2 (~5/13)

 

 Zestiria Collection Scratch

Early April Update

  • Zestiria Collection AC Scratch
  • Sorey, Lailah, Rosé, Dezel Costumes, Hairstyles, and Accessories
  • Sorey and Dezel female costumes.
  • Weapon Camos from each character.

 

 Chelsea Hyuga

Early April Update

  • Hyuga and Chelsea costumes and voice tickets.

 

 

PSO2 Roadmap Spring to Summer

PSO2 Spring to Summer Roadmap

Spring

  • Challenge Quests
  • Challenge Lobby
  • Limited-time NPC "Nagisa"
  • Magatsu Update
  • Episode 3: Chapter 4
  • Tales of Zestiria

Mid-Spring

  • New Ultimate Quest
  • More PA/Technics/Skills
  • Mag Feature Update
  • Limited-time Emergency Quest
  • New Collaboration Scratch
  • Limited-time "Creator Collaboration" NPC
  • Advance Quest Update

Early Summer ~ Summer

  • Interlocking Web event
  • New Casino Game
  • Limited-time Collaboration Nyau
  • Lobby System Update
  • New Limited Quest
  • New Collab Scratch
  • Limited-time Creator Collaboration NPC
  • PSO 15th Anniversary Boss
  • PSO 15th Anniversary Team Room

 

~ Ultimate Quest Lillipa ~
~ Coming Late April ~
13 Stars Aren't Only For Anga

 

PSO2es Chips

PSO2es 1 Year Anniversary Event

  • March 25th ~ April 22nd.
  • Seraphy will appear in the lobby.
  • Clear Seraphy's Client Orders to receive Chip Fragments (Bronze / Silver / Gold)
  • Collect those Chip Fragments to receive items that are available for a limited time.
  • You can also obtain Chip Fragments in PSO2es.

 

Infinity Es

PSO2es March Update

  • PSpo2 Infinity and PSO2 -ON STAGE- Chips
  • EQ Improvements: Increase your score by assisting other players.

 

Nova 105

 Phantasy Star Nova: Version 1.05

  • Level Cap 200
  • Extra Hard difficulty
  • New Quests
  • New Skills
  • Higher Gran Arts Level Cap
  • New ★13, ★14, and ★15 weapons.
  • New Cold Sleep Crew Members
  • New Operators
  • Kisara and Rietheia as Party Members
  • Weapon Extensions
  • Character Re-Creation.
  • Available in March

Nova DLC Schedule

  • Feb 26th
    • Sunshout's Story Episode 2
    • Garnet's Story: Episode 2
  • Mar 5th
    • Memory Fragment Recovery
    • Super Rappy Time
  • Mar 12th
    • Time Attack (Fire Highgrounds)
    • Point Attack (Gigantic Spire)

 

 Nova Drama CD

Phantasy Star Nova Drama CD

  • Releases March 25th
  • Product Codes for EXP Boosts

 

 APSY Plastic Model PSO2

Kotobukiya x PSO2

  • Plastic-model Casts designed by Masaki Asai.
  • They'll appear in-game around May

 

 

PSO2 Special Maintenance (2/27/2015)

PSO2 Special Maintenance:

Special Maintenance Contents

  • To correct a bug where the [Annihilation Rate] effects from Apos Dorios stopped working.

Special Maintenance Compensation

The following compensations will be distributed to all users in the future:

  • A +100% Tribooster to compensate for this maintenance.
  • Two +100% Triboosters to compensate for the bug.

Scheduled Emergency Quest Changes

  • Beckoning Darkness: 2/27 @ 12:00 JST → 3/1 @ 10:00 JST
  • Mining Base Despair: 2/27 @ 18:00 JST → 3/4 @ 22:00 JST

 

Challenges Coming in March to PSO2

Challenge Quests are coming to Phantasy Star Online 2 on March 11th, 2015. Along with it comes a few surprising features that haven't been implemented thus far.

 

What Are Challenge Quests?

Challenge Quests are a new type of quest reminiscent to Challenge Mode from Phantasy Star Online. Up to 12 players will participate in a multiparty quest where they start off barehanded at level 1. Along the way, players must procure their own items and equipment if they wish to improve their chances of survival.

In Challenge Quests, participants will play an exclusive class called "Challenger."  Challengers are able to use all weapon categories, and have access to Photon Arts and Technics.

Challenge Quests are time limited through a "VR Energy" bar. Your progress through the quest is halted once the bar fully depletes. However, you can restore some time by collecting green "Energy Capsules" along the way. These capsules can be found on the field, indicated by a little green icon in the Area Map.

 

The Interval Area

The Interval Area is basically a rest area with a Recycle Shop. Here you can trade in items at the Recycle Shop for weapons, units, photon arts, technics, and even skill disks! 

Item Exchange Challenge

You can also exchange items with other players. This might be useful if you don't have enough to obtain an item from the Recycle Shop.

Recycle Shop: Example Product Listing

  • Grand Cross / Licht
  • Striker
  • Wand Lovers
  • Sword Gear
  • Zero Range Advance 1
  • Twin Machine Gun Gear
  • Foie
  • Raging Waltz
  • Bullet Squall
  • And more…

Shared Ships & Challenge Lobbies

Challenge Lobby

The Challenge Quest update will introduce Shared Ships and Challenge Lobbies. Shared ships allow you to play together with people from other ships. Challenge Lobbies are special lobbies exclusively for Challenge Quests. These lobbies will appear on both Normal and Shared ships.

  • Shared Ships: Ships that anyone can enter regardless of their current affiliation. All blocks are Challenge Lobbies.
  • Challenge Lobby: Lobbies that exist on Challenge Blocks. Players can participate in Challenge Quests from here.

 

Challenge Mile

exch shop

Challenge Miles are like a form of currency used to acquire ★13 weapons, lambda grinders, and EXP at an Exchange Shop. Challenge Miles are accumulated through some Challenge Quest evaluations shown on the results screen. Challenge Miles can also be acquired from the Mile Crystals that appear within the quest.

 

Ideal Edge
"Ideal" Weapon Series

After you've obtained enough Challenge Miles, you can trade them in to acquire ★13 weapons. These weapons have a unique characteristic which lets you change their blade colors at the Item Lab.

 

Other Things

 Bath Robes

Ogar Tattoo

Other Things

  • XH for Mining Base: Despair
  • XH for Pitch Black Province
  • Nagisa's Partner Card
  • Nagisa Client Orders
  • Winners Design Scratch Side B
  • A "Big Size Bath"