Author: Ricardo

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Update:
[/label] On May 25th @ 0:00 JST Sega confirmed an issue where players could neither connect to the official site, nor access the game servers. As of May 25th 1:15 JST, both the PSO2 official website and game servers are back online! Initially they thought that they would have to do another Special Maintenance, but after further investigation, this was deemed unnecessary.

As compensation for the connection issues on May 25th, the following items will be distributed:

• Tribooster (x1)

 

Emergency Quest Rescheduling

The following Emergency Quest has been rescheduled to a new time.

• Mecha Awakening: May 26th @ 0:00 JST
• Check Google Calendar for other timezones.

 

 

The PSO2 servers will undergo special maintenance at the times listed below:

PSO2 Special Maintenance

• May 23rd @ 8:00 ~ 12:00 JST
• May 22nd @ 7:00 PM ~ 11:00PM EDT
• Check Google Calendar for other timezones.

Though they plan to finish maintenance at 12:00 JST, it may end earlier or later depending on the situation. They also plan to distribute some form of compensation, details to be announced at a later time.

Bug Correction

• Corrected a bug where large quantities of Vita Crashelb dropped while playing Tundra and Mechs Stages 65 – 70.

As compensation for this maintenance, the following items will be distributed in the future.

• 1 Tribooster

As compensation for this bug, those who cleared Extreme Quest: Tundra and Mechs between May 21st's maintenance until May 23rd's maintenance will receive:

• One Extreme Pass
• One +250% Rare Drop Booster
• One +100% Tribooster

These items will be distributed at a later date.

Boost Event Reschedule

The Forest / Caves / Desert Advance Quest boost has been extended to:

• May 24th @ 0:00 ~ 12:00 JST
• Check Google Calender for other timezones.

 

Today, Sakai wanted to answer some questions concerning the new Dark Falz! You may have noticed that the annihilation rate—shown at the top part of the screen—increases after defeating Apos Dorios. This system is set up in a way so that the percentage counts towards the rare drop rate.  In other words, if the annihilation rate is 145%, then the second phase will apply a [+145% Rare Drop Rate]. The highest annihilation rate you can achieve is 200%, and as of May 16th, 2014, none of the ships so far have made it to that number. He thinks they may have judged the annihilation rate too harshly, so they're thinking about ways to address it.

In addition, players have noticed another hidden mechanic in the drop system. Based on the number of times you defeat Apos Dorios, increases the number of drops in the second phase. However, you just have to defeat four of them to attain that drop number cap. Please take note of this because it increases the burden on the servers when high level players defeat them several times over on low difficulty settings.

In the future, they plan to not only examine the situation with the annihilation rate, but to take small steps in reducing the server load during a pre-scheduled emergency quest.

In other news, the next PSO2 Live Broadcast is scheduled for May 27th. Details will be posted on the official site in the future.

Other Stuff

• [PSO2es] Rappy Special Survey has reopened!