Author: Ricardo

The Phantasy Star Online 2 servers will be undergoing an Emergency Maintenance on April 21st.

Emergency Maintenance Schedule

• April 21st @ 14:00 ~ 22:00 JST

Maintenance Reasoning

• Due to the confirmation of a serious bug.

The development team has confirmed a bug in which items with the [Returner II] special ability could appear in the Unit Shop. Seeing as how this bug could considerably affect the game's balance and economy, they've decided it best to perform an emergency maintenance.

Course of Action

• In order to correct this bug, the development team has removed [Sub/Add Mind e] from the Unit Shop.
• In order to lower the value of [Returner II], they plan to have units attached with [Returner III] as a reward for clearing the "Escape Quest" on Extra Hard. This will be performed in a future update.

 

 

 

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Check out the previous post to learn more information on the April 20th update which was last updated on April 13th.

Other April 20th Updates

• Arks Grand Prix 2016 Main and Final Quests
  • These will appear in the challenge blocks for a limited time.
• Magatsu Bonus Quest
  • Boarding the AIS 5 or more times lowers your result.
• 3 Button Type
  • Supported only through the PC and PS4 versions

 

 

Secret Phrase

• Say ぷれすてよんたろう in chat to receive these candies:
  • Stability Roll
  • 1 Layer Pancake +2
  • Stamina Cookie +2
• The secret phrase must be said at some point in time, as long as it is done before April 27th's maintenance.

 

Emergency Quest Boost Poll

• Wild Easter 2016 (+250% EXP Boost / +250% Rare Drop Boost)
• Extra +10% Boost for attending the Live Event.
• April 16th @ 23:00 After the Arks Dance Festival

 

Mid May Update

• Winged Border Break reappears as a Level Up Quest (~6/8)
• Gal Gryphon will of course make an appearance.
• Some of the drops have changed. You can obtain Yozakura weapons.

Mid May Update

• Winners Design 3 [Side B]
• Part 2 of the Item Design Contest 2015 winners.
• Weapon Camos, Accessories, and Room Items will appear.

 

Mid May Update

• Raid Boss: Phantom Battleship Yamato
• A Pre-scheduled Emergency Quest
• Advance the frozen ocean and defeat the Phantoms.
• Dash through the sky with High Boosters
• Concentrate all your efforts against the largest class boss ever.

 

 

Mid May Update

• Collection File [Steel Prestige Collection] (~ 6/22)
• Phantom Battleship Yamato and A.I.S themed Weapons appear.
• New Seiga and Quotz weapons.

 

Late May Update

• Wedding Lobby (~6/22)
• Stage Clearing Type Time Attack Quest
• Clear the three areas and hurry to the boss.
• 3 Hunars appear at the end.

 

 

Late May Update

• New Scratch: Airy Elegant Summer.
• Klariskrays, Sarah, Casra layered costumes.
• Light Summer layered costumes.
• Head Riding Umblla in the Bonus Scratch.
• Hello Kitty Items will appear in the Recycle Shop.
  • According to the video, the Hello Kitty Basewear T-shirts are 20 AC Scratch items each.

 

Late May Update

• Yet another incident happening after Hitsugi returns to Earth.
• Bethor Zelazny (CV: Ryūsei Nakao, the voice of Freeza)
• A film director toying with our heroes.
• You can also receive Aika's Partner Card.

 

PSO2es Update

• Weaponoid Side Stories (4/20)
  • If you have the weaponoid chip, you can play through its entire story.
  • If you don't have it, you can only play a part of the story.
  • Clearing a quest with the weaponoid chip equipped will show a gauge that unlocks the 2nd story onward.
  • Clear the complete story to increase your chip's performance (Reduced cost/increased elemental values).
  • You can also receive a present from your weaponoid.

 

Weaponoid Side Story Release Schedule

• April 20th: More & Dragon Slayer
• April 27th: Psycho Wand
• May: Rose Flotz, Adaman, Strike Brute

 

PSO2es Update

• Added [VH] version of Rappy Special Survey.
• Rappy Special Survey's [N] and [H] drive costs will be adjusted.
• esTrophies added among the ranking rewards.
• Auto-Attack Mode added.
• Voice volume setting added.
• Balance adjusted for some chips.
  • PA, Technic, and Specializer chip costs lowered and other buffs.

 

PSO2es New Chips

• New ★12 Chips: Sacred Duster and Gun Salute Seraphy [Anniversary].
• Gun Salute Seraphy [Anniversary] will be available for 48 hours starting May 14th @ 10:00 JST.
• Itsuki, Rina, and Aika will appear as chips.

 

Future PSO2es Chips

• New Weaponoids and PAs.
• Tourmalinca, Rock Knuckle, Narl Crescent, Mine Bunker

 

Episode 4 Roadmap

• 4th Anniversary Web Interlocking Event
• Limited-time Event Quest
• More PA / Technic Customizations
• Enhanced versions of Existing Bosses
• Part 2 of Anime Characters Appearing
• Story Quest EP4 Chapter 3 Part 2
• New Collaboration Scratch

Summer Update

• 4th Anniversary Web Interlocking Event
• Limited-time Event Quest
• FFXIV Collaboration Boss:  Odin
• FFXIV Collaboration Scratch
• New Casino Content

Summer to Early Fall Update

• New Story Board Events
• New Collaboration Lobby
• New Live Event
• New Pet
• Part 3 of Anime Characters Appearing
• New Field
• New Enemy and Boss
• "New Experience" Field Gimmick.
• PSU 10th Anniversary Content
• New Time Attack Quest

 

PSO2 The Animation Blu-ray/DVD Vol. 4  Bonuses

• Costume: †Coa† Repca and Lilika Repca
• Accessory: Wild Scarf
• Sticker: Lilika Sticker
• Voice: †Coa† and Lilika Voices
• Layered Wear: Seiga Academy Summer Uniform 2 M/F [Ba]
• Hair: Kota and Mika's Hair
• Eyebrow: PSO2 Anime Eyebrows B & C
• Eye: PSO2 Anime Eyes B (Large and Small)
• Body Paint: Seiga Academy Uniform High Socks B

 

Dengeki & Famitsu Item Codes

• Receive Item Codes by purchasing specific magazines.
  • Buy the Weekly Famitsu issue going on sale April 21st to receive:
    • ＊Cursed Mistilteinn
  • Buy the Dengeki PlayStation issue going on sale April 28th to receive:
    • ＊Sigh of A God (Tact)

 

PSO2 The Animation Drama CD Announced

• On Sale: June 8th
• Comes with Item Codes

 

June Update

• Enhanced Profound Darkness
• Sakura Wars Collaboration

 

New Lobby Actions

• Gravure Pose 2
• Bang Bang
• Cat Pose
• Kancho (Reaction Supported)

You can receive these presents from future Publicity Squad broadcasts.

 

The PlayStation 4 version will be launching on April 20th, 2016! PC players can download a portion of the update ahead of schedule by opening the official launcher after the following date.

Updates	Availability	Space Required	Mirror
#1	April 15th @ 14:00 JST	17910MB	torrent

※ Pre-Patched machines are required to download a patch during maintenance requiring 889MB of space.

You will be given the option to download the pre-patch upon opening the official launcher after this date. Once the dialog box appears, press [Yes] to begin the download process.

The downloaded files will be stored in the "_precede" folder located in your PSO2 installation directory.

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This instruction is intended for people who are pre-patching through the PC version's official launcher.

If you'd like to free up space, you may delete the files in the "_precede" data folder after you can successfully launch and sign into the game when the servers go online following April 20th's maintenance. Do not delete the files in this folder prior to or during April 20th's maintenance.

Example Precede Folder

• C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2\pso2_bin\_precede\data\win32

This directory may change based on the location PSO2 was installed on your machine.

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This instruction is ONLY intended for people who have pre-patched on January 27th, 2016 or earlier.

If you'd like to free up space, you may delete the files in the "_precede" folder as long as the modified date is before January 27th, 2016. Any precede files that were downloaded after April 14th must remain in the folder until you can successfully log into the game after April 20th's maintenance.

 

Example Precede Folder

• C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2\pso2_bin\_precede\data\win32

This directory may change based on the location PSO2 was installed on your machine.

You may delete the files in the _precede's data folder ONLY after you've successfully signed onto the servers when April 20th's maintenance ends.

 

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The launcher will automatically copy the pre-patch files into your PSO2 installation directory after the patch goes live during April 20th's maintenance.