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Author: Ricardo
PSO2 JP: Maintenance (1/13/2016)
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Test your skills in PSO2's first solo Extreme Quest in the final update of Episode 3.
January 13th Maintenance
- 1/13/2016 @ 11:00 ~ 17:00 JST
- 1/12/2016 @ 9:00 PM ~ 3:00 AM EST
PSO2es Maintenance
- 1/13/2016 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
- 1/12/2016 @ 8:55 PM ~ 3:30 AM EST
We've updated the Nagoya post with even more tidbits about Episode 4!
Dengeki PlayStation Vol. 606
A new issue of Dengeki will release on January 14th, filled with information about the Episode 4 update. Included inside of the magazine is a code for two in-game Summoner items. Command your pets in style with a baton smartphone weapon camo, and slip a cookie into their candy box for some extra PP.
- ＊アークフォン ║ ARKS Phone
- スピリタクッキー＋1 ║ Spirita Cookie +1
※This code will not be usable until after Episode 4 launches on January 27th.
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PSO2es Guide
AC Scratch
Item Code Offers
- Sympathy 2015
- Festa 2016 Goods
- Shiki Figure Release
- Episode 1 & 2 Materials Collection
- PSO2 Music CD Releases
- Sweets Paradise Collaboration
Item Listings
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Update Notes
Level Up Quest
- Chaotic Border Break (N: 8 / H: 20 / VH: 40 / SH: 50)
- Available until January 27th's Maintenance
New Extreme Quest
- 独極訓練：天極と地極 ║ Solo Training: Heaven and Hell (Lv. 75+)
- This quest may be cleared up to 5 times a week per ship.
- Your clear count resets on Wednesdays at 13:00 JST.
- Enemies will not drop Meseta in this quest.
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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 in this calendar 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.
Buy AC Campaign #22
Purchase set amounts of AC during the campaign period to receive these wonderful prizes.
Campaign Period
- January 12th (14:00 JST) ~ February 12th (17:59 JST)
Campaign Qualifications
(1) Purchase 500+ AC during the campaign period to receive:
- 1000 FUN Ticket
- +50% Tribooster
(2) Purchase 2000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:
- 15,000 EXP Ticket (x3)
- Grind Risk Reducer +2 (x5)
- Grinder (x50)
(3) Purchase 5000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:
- +30% Ability Affixer Success
- Lovey Rappy Suit
If you purchase 2000+ AC during the campaign period, you will receive (1) and (2). However, if you purchase 5000+ AC, you’ll receive all three prizes! Please be sure to login with a character on your account.
※ Purchasing [AC] or [iAC] from PSO2es will not count towards the campaign.
Prize Distribution Date
- Early March
PSO2 The Animation Quiz!
Players can receive presents for each question they answer correctly in the PSO2 The Animation Quiz! Questions will be announced both in-game and on Twitter each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.
Quiz Guidelines
- Players must say the answer to the question through the in-game chat.
- Players will receive a +100% Tribooster for each question they answer correctly.
- Questions will be announced each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.
Let’s say, for example, the answer to the question was [ARKS].
| Acceptable Answers | |
|---|---|
| アークス | Answering in Full-Width Katakana |
| Unacceptable Answers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| あーくす | Answering in Hiragana | ||
| ｱｰｸｽ | Answering in Half-Width Katakana | ||
| Arks | Answering in English | ||
| ア －クス | Answering with spaces, symbols, or punctuation marks breaking up the response. |
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Proposed Answers
| PSO2 The Animation Quiz Cheat Sheet | |
|---|---|
| Answer | Deadline |
| イツキ | 1/12 @ 23:59 JST |
| リナ | 1/19 @ 23:59 JST |
The next question will be announced on Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.
Prize Distribution Date
- During upcoming maintenances after the answering period has ended.
- It can take a few weeks before prizes are delivered.
Buy Premium Set Campaign #12
Get your hands on the coveted Flowen's shield and Rico's Red Rings by purchasing Premium Sets during the campaign period. This campaign is open to both PSO2 and PSO2es players! However, PSO2es players must link their account to qualify.
Campaign Period
- January 13th ~ February 24th (Maintenance)
Campaign Qualifications
(1) Purchase a 30 Day Premium Set (1,300 AC) during the campaign period to receive:
- +100% Tribooster
- Casino Coin Pass
- Ragol Memory
(2) Purchase a 60 Day Premium Set (2,300 AC) during the campaign period to receive:
- +100% Tribooster (x2)
- Casino Coin Pass (x2)
- Ragol Memory (x3)
(3) Purchase a 90 Day Premium Set (3,300 AC) during the campaign period to receive:
- +100% Tribooster (x3)
- Casino Coin Pass (x3)
- Ragol Memory (x6)
Purchasing different premium sets during the campaign period qualifies you for each of the respective prizes. For example, by purchasing the 60 day and 90 day premium sets, you can receive nine Ragol Memories, five +100% Triboosters, and five Casino Coin Passes!
※Premium Sets must be purchased to qualify. Using previously acquired sets will not count towards the campaign.
Prize Distribution Date
- Mid-March
PSO2 Live Broadcast #37 Recap
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Post Livestream Update
- Added tidbits to most Episode 4 sections and added more slides.
- Added Magazine Item Codes.
- Clarified BGM tidbit for Tokyo.
- Added tidbit on Egg Synthesis.
- Added Caramel Cubes.
Secret Phrase
- Say よいおとしたろう in chat to receive these lovely mats to add to your room:
- Dudu Mat
- Monica Mat
- 2016 FUN Ticket
- The phrase must be said at some point in time, as long as it is done before maintenance on January 6th.
- The prizes will be distributed at a later date.
EQ Boost Poll
- Progeny of the Apocalypse! (+200% Rare Drop / EXP Boost)
- Get a 10% Live Boost for attending the ARKS Dance Festival!
- December 23rd @ 22:00 JST after the ARKS Dance Festival event.
January Update
- New Year's Lobby and Nyau
- New Year's Revival Scratch at Midnight
January Update
- Shining Live Encore (AC Scratch)
- Costumes, hairstyles, and accessories from Excela, Kirika, Jenius, Zest, and Sonia.
- Weapon Camos and Room Items too!
January Update
- A solo Extreme Quest with only 10 Stages.
- Complete the final stage to get "Ace of Class" stickers.
- Earn various rewards like Torana fragments, Photon Boosters, and Lambda Grinders.
- You can even earn Nero fragments as a Title reward.
PSO2es Update
- PSO2es updated today with a brand new story and main character!
- Jeané (Sora Amamiya)
- More (Tomoko Kaneda)
- Zackard (Hikaru Midorikawa)
- Seraphy (Eri Kitamura)
- Details here!
PSO2es January Update
- You can make Weaponoids you've acquired show up in the lobby.
- Weaponoids will have voices that can be heard in the lobby or in battle.
- PSO2es Linked Storage.
- PSO2es will also support new features implemented in PSO2's Episode 4.
PSO2es Updates (Late December ~ Early January)
- New ★12 "Yamigaras" Weaponoid chip.
- Christmas and New Years limited chips.
Dengeki Bazooka Collaboration
- The March Issue of Dengeki Bazooka will contain an item code for a Ketsukacchin Mag device.
- This issue goes on sale January 21st, 2016.
PSO2 x Hello Kitty Collaboration
- The final Phantasy Star Festa in March will release item codes for a Hello Kitty themed outfit, sticker, accessory, and room item.
- Unfortunately these items will have trade restrictions imposed on them.
PSO2 Original Soundtrack Vol. 4 Announced!
- The soundtrack goes on sale March 2016!
- The soundtrack will be compiled on 4 CDs and will also contain item codes.
Episode 4 Launch
- Episode 4 launches after maintenance on January 27th, 2016!
Reborn Episode 4
- New Class: Summoner!
- You can give instructions to your pets with the Takuto (Baton).
- This [new experience] lets you raise pets to fight enemies.
Summoner Skills
- "Pet Switch Strike" and "Pet Switch Shoot" are shown near the top of the skill tree. Other skills include "Support Fire," "Pet Element Weak Hit," "PB Advance" and "Subclass Grow Up."
Reborn: Episode 4
The First Three Pets
- The All Mighty "Wanda"
- The very first pet you'll obtain.
- Known as the All Rounder.
- Good Attacking Range + High Vitality.
- "Torim" who's effective against bosses.
- Swift + High Attack Power + Low Range.
- Has Low Vitality.
- "Cery" who excels at support.
- High PP Recovery + Gathers enemies together.
- Restores HP of other pets.
Reborn: Episode 4
- After obtaining an egg, you can name your pet, and raise it
- ?Special Eggs can be identified at the Shop.
- You can level up the pet through combining eggs. (It is similar to feeding a Mag, except you're technically performing a Synthesis of the Egg with the Pet.)
- There's a cooldown system in place when performing this action.
- (This cooldown works in a similar way to the one that prevents you from overfeeding a mag.)
- You can use AC items to decrease the cooldown timers.
- You can strengthen a pet's rarity at the Pet Lab.
- You can arrange candy in the Candy Box to customize the pet's abilities.
- You can shrink the candy even more to make room for more abilities. (Think Megaman Battle Network).
- There is a success rate attached to the process of shrinking.
- Certain areas on the Candy Box are inaccessible due to cubes blocking you from placing candy on top of them.
- Some of these cubes can be removed with "Caramel Crushers."
Reborn: Episode 4
- Added new skills to all existing classes.
- Counter Staff and NPC renewal.
- Tutorial renewal, made it more gentle.
- My Set increased to 12 slots.
- You will now have 3 free character slots.
- You can now have a maximum of 20 characters.
- You can quickly transport over to the Beauty Salon through the Quick Menu.
- Newly added tickets will have the "new symbol" mark on the icons of accessories, etc.
- You can now change your body paint and hairstyles no matter where you are.
- Similar to "My Set", the new "My Fashion" feature lets you save up to 10 different ensembles that you can switch to on the fly.
- Layered Wear
- New outfits can come with 3 types of layering.
- (Innerwear / Basewear / Outerwear)
- Utilize the three types to create a stylish combination.
- All races receive inner/basewear defaults.
- You can set the Innerwear beneath the body paint.
- Innerwear and Basewear are registration types in the same way accessories are handled.
- Outerwear is treated like a costume, and are color changeable.
- New outfits can come with 3 types of layering.
PlayStation 4 Service
- Closed Beta Test launches late February.
- PlayStation Plus membership is not required.
- The PlayStation 4 version plans to officially launch in Spring.
Reborn: Episode 4
- New Planet: Earth!
- The stage takes place in Japan in the year 2028!
- BGM changes at day and night. BGM also has lyrics.
Reborn: Episode 4
- New Enemy Type: Phantom!
- The embodiment of people's fears and imaginations.
- Enemies include form shifting animals.
- Encounter the T-REX and missile launching tanks!
- Witness the Attack Helicopter as it launches an assault against the ARKS.
Reborn: Episode 4
- New Field: [Tokyo]!
- Run through the city at high speeds with "Dash Panels."
- Replenish the Energy and try to defeat the Phantoms in time!
- Destroy the Phantom Cars driving recklessly.
Reborn: Episode 4
- New Boss: Train Ghidoran
- A train that forms a 3 headed dragon.
Reborn: Episode 4
- EP4 takes place two years after the end of Episode 3.
- After the update, all players can choose to start from Episode 4
- From the character selection screen you can choose Episode 4 or Episode 1 ~ 3.
- New Area revealed: The Bridge!
Reborn: Episode 4
- Introducing, "Sierra," an operator exclusively for the player character.
- Progress through the story using the "Story Board."
Reborn: Episode 4
- In Episode 4, we finally get to see "earthlings."
- High school students Hitsugi and Koori, and the mysterious boy, Al.
- Hitsugi is voiced by Risa Taneda.
- Koori is voiced by Aya Suzaki.
- Al is voiced by Aki Toyosaki.
Reborn: Episode 4
- [Episode 4: Character Creation Demo] announced!
- See how your PC handles [Tier 6] graphics settings.
Dengeki and Famitsu Item Codes
- Purchase the 2/10 Issue of Famitsu Weekly to receive a fan Baton Camo:
- ＊奏従扇 (Magazine goes on sale January 28th)
- Stamina Cookie (1×1)
- Purchase Dengeki Playstation Vol. 606 to receive a different camo.
- ＊アークフォン (Magazine goes on sale January 14th)
- Spirita Cookie (1×1)
PSO2 Episode 4 Roadmap
2016 Winter
- New Class "Summoner"
- New Weapon Category "Baton"
- Added 3 Types of Pets
- Planet Earth receives its first field "Tokyo"
- Many new enemies.
- New Boss: Train Ghidoran
- New System "Layered Wear"
- New System "Story Board"
- Added EP4 Chapter 1 Story Quest
- PS Festa 2016 Online
- Two kinds of Limited Quests
- Added "Story Board" events
PlayStation 4 Closed Beta Test
Early Spring 2016
- The arrival of an "entirely new" system
- New Equipment Category
- New area to the lobby added.
- New NPCs added.
- Story Board Event added.
- EP4: Chapter 2 added.
- Another Ship Competition.
PlayStation 4 Service Launches
Late Spring 2016
- Tier 6 Graphics setting added.
- New contents for beginners.
- New 12 player boss battle.
- New NPCs added.
- New Story Board Event added.
- Added EP4 Chapter 3.