Category: Phantasy Star Online 2

PSO2 JP: Maintenance (8/6/2014)

August 5, 2014August 6, 2014 Ricardo 30 Comments

The next update is scheduled for August 13th.

August 6th Maintenance

8/06/2014 @ 11:00 ~ 17:00 JST
8/05/2014 @ 10:00 PM ~ 4:00 AM EDT

PSO2es Maintenance

8/06/2014 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
8/05/2014 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

Mission: Episode 3 Adjustments

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The following adjustments will be carried out in August 27th's Maintenance:

Chroto's time attack client order rewards will be increased.
Chroto's time attack client orders can be re-accepted in 166 hours.
Meseta rewards for some Daily Orders will be increased.
They will also add new Client Orders unrelated to time attack quests.

These adjustments will allow one to acquire lots of meseta even from quests outside of Time Attack Quests.

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The following PSE adjustments will be carried out in August 27th's Maintenance:

Some PSE Bonus Effects will be improved.
Some PSE Bonus Effects will be removed.
PSE Omen animations will change to be easier to understand.
They will also adjust the frequency the omens appear.

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The development team has determined that some of the items obtained in the Matter Board are not that useful in accordance with the game's current balance.

The following Matter Board adjustments will be carried out in August 27th's Maintenance:

Change some of the item contents listed in the Matter Board.

Prior to this update, accounts in possession of Matterboards targeted for these changes, will be able to acquire items in the future. More details about this will be discussed at a later time.

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The following changes will occur to the names of ores and fragments to make them easier to understand.

Old Name	New Name
紅桜の原石 Scarlet Ore	ハートキーの原石 Heart Key Ore
紅桜の欠片 Scarlet Fragment	ハートキーの欠片 Heart Key Fragment
真紅の原石 Crimson Ore	ブラッディムーンの原石 Bloody Moon Ore
真紅の欠片 Crimson Fragment	ブラッディムーンの欠片 Bloody Moon Fragment
蒼碧の原石 Cerulean Ore	ファントムナイトの原石 Phantom Night Ore
蒼碧の欠片 Cerulean Fragment	ファントムナイトの欠片 Phantom Night Fragment

The names will be changed on August 27th's Maintenance.

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Emergency Quest Schedule

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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.

Special Campaign: Over 3.5 Million IDs!

Sega is holding a special campaign to commemorate PSO2 amassing 3.5 million registered IDs! If you login during the campaign period, you can acquire various items and receive boosts throughout the week.

Period	August 6th ~ August 13th's Maintenance
Contents	＋100％ EXP Boost ＋100％ Rare Drop Boost ＋100％ Rare Enemies ＋50％ Meseta

Day	Login Prizes
8.7	1x Grind Risk Reducers (+2)
8.8	10x Advance Capsules a/b/c/d/e/f
8.9	4x Extreme Pass
8.10	1x Half Doll
8.11	+250% Rare Drop Booster
8.12	1x Free Salon Pass
8.13	1x 100% Tribooster

You have until 23:59 JST on the appointed day to pick up your item from the Visiphone. If the item doesn't show up, please log out and log back into the game again. Don't forget to transfer any half doll in your inventory to storage before picking up the half doll reward from the Visiphone.

Client Order Campaign #60

Complete the qualifying client orders for Hans and Kressida during the campaign period to receive various prizes!

Campaign Period

August 6th until August 13th's maintenance.

Qualifying Client Orders

(1) Clear Hans' client order 「地より出ずる龍」 Earthbound Dragons to receive:

+50% EXP Booster (x2)
Grind Risk Reducer +1 (x2)

(2) Clear Kressida's client order 「華麗なるウォパル救助隊」 Splendid Wopal Rescue Team to receive:

+50% Rare Drop Booster (x2)
Grinder (x30)

Prize Distribution Date

August 27th at the Visiphone after maintenance.

PSO2 JP: Episode 3 Reveals New Characters

August 3, 2014August 3, 2014 Ricardo 22 Comments

Episode 3 Info

New Operator: Henrietta
New Enemy: Nyau! Break the weapon they dropped for a chance to obtain an item.
Nyau can summon scary bosses.

Episode 3 Info

Revised some of the items listed in EP1&2's Matter Board.
Expanded the range of available 'Item Matter' search nodes for the Matter Board.
All Ep1&2 events are unlocked when Episode 3 starts.
Even players who haven't advanced through the story up until now can play Episode 3 Chapter 1 immediately.

Episode 3: Chapter 1

(Top to bottom in each column.)

Matoi returns in a new outfit.
Dark Falz Double appears! (CV: Rie Kugimiya)
New Story Character: Kotoshiro (CV: Tomokazu Sugita)
New Story Character: Sukunahime (CV: Yui Horie)
New Female Newman Character: Katori (CV: Houko Kuwashima)
New Cast Male Character: Saga (CV: Takahiro Sakurai)

PSO2es Episode 3

Obtain an Extreme Pass or Casino Coin Pass from the Reception Counter in PSO2es.

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This list contains information gathered from attendees who visited the Festa. The information below cannot be verified at this time and is subject to change. Keep in mind this information is not exhaustive and certain details may be missing.

They're planning on making a short 7-8 minute movie that summarizes the story events so far.
They're planning to add new casino games in the future.
You'll have to pay attention to a promo-video to see if you'll receive Matoi's Partner Card.
A Japanese inn team base is under consideration.
Japanese style weapons will be added for Planet Harukotan.
They're taking out the Gunner's fist pump for chain trigger. You can also use it in the air. This also applies to Showtime.
They're looking into addressing the lag.
It looks like Katori and Saga are going to be weapon NPCs. They were described as an "odd couple."
They're going to improve the PAs and adjust the animation speed and PP consumption for Gunslashes.
Na Megid is ineligible for Charge Escape.
No future plans to personally customize the AIS.
As for using the A.I.S in another quest, they're thinking about it. It appears to be in high demand.

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The Irregular at Phantasy Star Online 2

August 1, 2014March 4, 2016 Ricardo 9 Comments

Next Update: August 13th, 2014

Limited-time Summer Event

Summer Rappies will be releasing a new feature this time around. For the first time in PSO2's history, from level 61 onwards, the Summer Rappies will be dropping all-class items with native PAs and Technics. Once equipped, they will allow access to certain PAs or Technics regardless of the player's current class. The level 1 equivalent will be available for players who have not yet learned the specific Art; but for everyone else, it will apply the current level.

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レインボーボード
Rainbow Board (Sword)

This colorful surfboard comes equipped with "Ride Slasher" as its native Photon Art. Unlocking its latent ability further strengthens Ride Slasher's power.

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ストームシェード
Storm Shade (Rod)

This colorful umbrella comes equipped with "Anti" as its native Technic. Unlock its latent ability to strengthen the power of "Resta."

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It's time to head back to the shores for Beach Wars 2! This emergency quest, which appears for a limited time, will feature level 70 enemies on Super Hard from the Coast and Seabed. Expect to see NPCs like Huey, Patty and Tiea, Azanami, Lottie, Io, Zeno, and Echo appear in swimsuits in Emergency Trials across the field.

Summer Xie will be handing out new client orders as well. Clearing the orders will net you various rewards like the [Lilli Shark] launcher and [Camalots Mask].

Irregular's Summer Scratch

Sega teams up with The Irregular at Magic High School (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) to bring you costumes, hairstyles, and weapon camos from the main characters. Aside from that, there's going to be even more summer costumes and accessories coming on August 13th.