Author: Ricardo

PSO2 JP: Maintenance and Patch (8/13/2014)

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The Beach Wars 2 emergency quest makes its debut for a limited time; along with [The Irregular at Magic High School] collaboration and summer themed items.

August 13th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 8/13/2014 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 8/12/2014 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

August 13th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 02.02.00
  • Client: ver. 2.0701.2
  • Patch Size: 20 MB (PC) / 19 MB (Vita)

PSO2 Live Broadcast

  • August 16th @ 12:00 JST at Nico Nico Live
  • Episode 3 Information and unveiling of the future roadmap.
  • PSO2es Episode 3 Information
  • Arks Grand Prix Finals
  • PSO2's 2nd Cosplay Contest!
  • PSNova Information

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New Emergency Quest

  • ビーチウォーズ２！ Beach Wars 2

New Limited-time Client Orders

  • Xie until September 10th.

New Arks Bingo Card

  • Summer Bingo [Reverse] until September 10th.

Extreme Quest Expansion

  • Ruins and Occanids (Stages 61 ~ 70)

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Aranami

アラナミノウチワ
(Aranami No Uchiwa)

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Storm Shadeb

ストームシェード
(Storm Shade)

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New Feature

  • Native PAs and Technics.
  • Some weapons will be assigned a native PA or Technic. This will allow players to use said Arts regardless of their current class or whether or not they acquired them.

Campaign Rewards Distributed

  • PSO2 Livestream #22
  • Spend AC Campaign #9
  • OTP Campaign (Continuous)
  • Arks Museum Character Contest
  • Client Order Campaign #59

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Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

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

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

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Eastern / Central / Mountain / 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.
  • If you are using a mobile device or external application, please resync the calendar periodically to receive the latest updates, as the schedule may change at Sega's discretion.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will appear in this calendar with their start and completion times as separate entries.
  • 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.

Spend AC Campaign #10

Spend AC Campaign 10

Spend qualifying amounts of AC during the campaign period to win various prizes!

Campaign Period

  • August 13th through September 3rd's Maintenance.

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Spend 100+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • Two +50% Rare Drop Boosters

(2) Spend 2000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • Six +50% EXP Booster and Two Grind Risk Reducers (+2)

(3) Spend 5000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • One Yellow Rappy Suit

PSO2es players who linked their account with PSO2 will qualify for the campaign. AC or iAC spent prior to linking will not qualify for the campaign.

You can spend AC in the following ways:

  • Playing AC Scratch
  • Purchasing AC Scratch ticket bundles
  • Purchasing AC Shop items
  • Purchasing a Scape Doll when incapacitated.
  • Spending AC through the Salon Counter
  • Spending AC through the Class Counter
  • Spending AC to purchase another character.
  • Transferring over to another ship.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Late September

AC Scratch Ticket Bargain Campaign

AC Scratch Bargains

A new campaign of its kind where you purchase the AC Scratch ticket bundles to win prizes.

Campaign Period

  • August 13th ~ September 3rd

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Purchase the AC Scratch Ticket (12x) to receive:

  • 1 Free Salon Pass

(2) Purchase the [AC Scratch Gold Ticket (11x)] to receive:

  • ＊トイファイター Toy Fighter (Jet Boots Camo)

Playing the 200/500 AC Scratch does not qualify for the campaign, instead you'll have to purchase the AC Scratch Ticket bundle to qualify. The AC Scratch Ticket bundle costs 2,200 AC, while the AC Scratch Gold Ticket bundle costs 5,000 AC.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Late September

Client Order Campaign #61

Client Order Campaign 61

Clear Xie's qualifying summer client orders during the campaign period to earn prizes!

Campaign Period

  • August 13th until August 27th's maintenance.

Qualifying Client Orders
(1) Clear Xie's client order 「サマーリゾート計画！」 Operation: Summer Resort! to receive:

  • +50% EXP Booster (x2)
  • Grinder (x30)

(2) Clear Xie's client order 「バル・ロドスを追っ払え！」 Get Out, Bal Rodos! to receive:

  • +50% Rare Drop Booster (x2)
  • Grind Risk Reducer +1 (x2)

Prize Distribution Date

  • September 3rd at the Visiphone after maintenance.

 

PSO2 JP: Bouncer Skill Preview

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Here are the new bouncer skills posted by Shougai (a PSO fansite). Not everything is explained in depth but it gives you a glimpse at what to expect. Some information was discovered from a magazine and has been inserted into some of the skills descriptions.

 

Photon Blade Fever (Active Skill)

  • Doubles the number of photon blades.

Switch Strike (Active Skill)

  • For Jet Boots only.
  • Changes the dependent parameters [T-ATK → S-ATK]

Bouncer Mag (Unknown)

  • Converts the Mag's DEX into S-ATK
  • Converts the Mag's DEX into T-ATK
  • The rate of conversion is unknown.

Craft Mastery

  • Stat bonuses are given to a crafted weapon when equipped.
  • Stat bonuses are given to a crafted unit when equipped.
  • The details of these stat bonuses are unknown.

Break Stance (Active Skill)

  • Bonus damage is given to parts that are breakable.
  • It is unknown if this bonus is kept after the parts break.

Elemental Stance (Active Skill)

  • Bonus damage when attacking the enemy with the weak element weapon.
  • It is unknown if this is effective from technics by said weapon.

Critical Field (Active)

  • Support your allies.
  • Produces a field in your surroundings with an effect that increases the critical rate.

Elemental PP Restorate F (Active)

  • Support your allies.
  • Produces a field in your surroundings with an effect that recovers PP when attacking the enemy's weak element.

Deband Attack PP Restorate (Unknown)

  • Occurs during the Deband effect.
  • Increases the value in which normal attacks restore PP.

Elemental Burst (Unknown)

  • When the Jet Boots Gear's element returns back to its original, it produces an "elemental explosion" causing damage to its surroundings.
  • It activates when cancelling (through weapon actions) the element of the Jet Boots that was overwritten by a Technic.
  • These elemental explosions (or bursts based on the name) can damage and cause status effects to enemies.
  • (Weapon Actions are commonly used by the Shift Key)

 

Dengeki Playstation Vol 572's Jet Boots

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Jet Boots
ロゼフロッツ／リヒト
Rose Flots / Licht

If you puchase Dengeki Playstation Vol.572, you can acquire a Jet Boot item code, a +50% Tribooster, and a 500 FUN ticket.

The item contained in this magazine is an all class weapon with "Moment Gale" attached as its native PA. This magazine will go on sale August 12th, 2014.

 

In other news, Shougai (a PSO fansite) posted some of the extend level information for the Jet Boots.

  • Jet Boots: Beg. Extend Level 4 (479 S-ATK) and (496 T-ATK)

This puts Jet Boots in 3rd place for T-ATK and 6th place for S-ATK in comparison to all weapons at Beginner Extend Level 4. However, this doesn't factor in Dual Blades as that information is not available yet.

In addition, Rare Enemy Triggers seem to have some hidden effects. Rare Enemy Triggers are items that forcibly spawn a Rare Enemy. When you defeat the rare enemy summoned by that item, the rare drop/rare enemy rates go up. The value and duration of these effects are unknown at this time.

Lastly, Party Bonus effects are going to increase when Episode 3 arrives. Party Bonus applies an EXP boost depending on the number of people in a party. Currently it applies a 10% bonus for 2 members up to a 20% bonus for four members. However, the bonus will rise up to +40% in the Episode 3 update. But there's a catch, the +40% bonus applies to real party members, you won't be able to achieve that number with NPCs.