PSO2 JP: Extended Maintenance and Patch (4/22/2015)

A new Ultimate Quest on planet Lillipa lies ahead, joined by a multitude of new skills, PAs, and weapons!

April 22nd Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/21/2015 @ 22:00 ~ 4/22/2015 @ 17:30
  • 4/21/2015 @ 9:00 AM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

April 22nd Patch

  • Launcher: Version 03.00.02
  • Client: ver. 3.0501.0
  • Patch Size: 2.2 GB (PC) / 1116 MB (Vita)
  • If Pre-Patched: 100 MB

 

Class Skills

  • Added Skills to each class.
  • An [All Skill Tree Reset Pass] has been distributed.

New Photon Arts and Technics

  • ハリケーンセンダー Hurricane Sender
  • シュトレツヴァイ Strezwei
  • グリムバラージュ Grim Barrage
  • イモータルダーヴ Immortal Dove
  • フォメルギオン Fomelgion

Fomelgion can be obtained by clearing a client order from Klariskrays. This client order is available to level 70+ Forces or Techers with Episode 3's Matter Board selected. [Creating a New Technique I] must be cleared as well.

Crafting Update

  • New crafting recipes and achievements are available.
  • You may now desynthesize up to 10 items at the same time.

New Ultimate Quest

  • Corruption Survey: Lillipa (Lv 70+)

 

Partial New Enemy Listing

 

New Interrupt Event

  • Added a new Interrupt Event.

New Client Order

  • Added new Client Orders

 

Partial New Item Listing

 

Adjustments

  • The effect for Fury Gear Boost will also apply to Guard Stance. The name of this effect has been changed from [Fury Gear Boost] to [Hunter Gear Boost].
  • One More Time has been adjusted so that when [Showtime] automatically reactivates, the player will only have to wait 1 second of recast time to manually activate Showtime again.
  • Adjusted [Chase Arrow] so that its effect continues even if you switch to another Bullet Bow.
  • Some Photon Arts and Technics will have their animation effects toned down when activated by other players.

Party

  • Added a party recruitment tool called the [Party Maker] which can be placed down on the field in Multi-Party areas. This tool can be deployed from the Quick Menu.
  • Added a [Players Welcome] setting when setting up a Party at the Quest Counter. Parties with this setting will give priority to players even if the party is full of NPC partner characters. Partner characters are automatically removed once other players join mid-way.
  • Adjusted the display priority of parties set with a password.
  • Added a [Room Number] sorting method to the Party List menu.

Quest

  • Made it easier for the player to know which diverging routes they've selected in the Story Quest. Here an [!] icon will display for the choices the player hasn't selected.
  • Made adjustments to EP1 and EP2 Story Quests to allow the player to interact with the menus during certain transmission events in the story.
  • For [Advance Quests], the contents of the drop items in containers will change to match the level of the appearing enemy.
  • Made it easier to distinguish from items you are unable to use when browsing the Challenge Quest Recycle Shop.
  • [Quest Records] Untekked weapons will be documented in the Item Records as their tekked versions.

Enemy

  • Attacking the shields of Ga Wonda, Gu Wonda, Sil Dinian and Sil Sadinian will no longer repel the attack. However the player will deal no damage if they attack the shield.

Potential Abilities

  • Added new Potentials

AC Shop

  • Removed the [+150% Rare Drop Booster (x3)] from the AC Shop

My Room Shop

  • Updated the My Room Shop Listing

FUN Shop

  • Added items to the FUN Shop list.

Pyroxene Shop

  • Added weapons that can be obtained through Crystals at the Pyroxene Shop.

Photon Drop Exchange Shop

  • Added items to the Photon Drop Exchange Shop.

EXCube Shop

  • Added items to the EXCube Shop.

Casino Prize Shop

  • Added items to the Casino Prize Shop
  • Some items have been removed from the listing temporarily.

My Shop Search

  • You may now search up to 4 Special Abilities at the same time.
  • Added an option to search for certain rarities in the My Shop Search window.
  • Some items distributed before March 10th will now display as search candidates.

Team

  • Boosted the Team Points earned when clearing quests with Team Members.
  • Reduced the team points needed to acquire [Team (Lv2)] and [Team Rooms].
  • The confirmation window for leaving the team will now place the cursor on [No] by default.
  • Added a new feature in the Team Room Expansion menu, that lets you lock or unlock the team room. Unlocking the Team Room will allow non-Team Members to enter the Team Room.

Load Reduction Measures

  • Adjusted the graphics for freezing status effects to help reduce the graphical load.
  • Free Partners can now be called upon once again from the Partner Terminal. The behavior for this feature has been adjusted to help reduce the server load. Re-accepting a quest may cause a bug that prevents Free Partners from being removed through the Partner Terminal. If this happens, they suggest using the Party Command menu to remove the Free Partner from the party.

Ship Transfers

  • Ship Transfers will now be performed at the next scheduled maintenance.

 

Balance Adjustments

Hunter Adjustments

  • Reduced the charge times for Nova Strike, Guilty Break, and Rising Edge.
  • Reduced Ride Slasher's charging time with the Gear Gauge at the first stage.
  • Buffed the performance of Ignite Parrying.

Fighter Adjustments

  • Extended the Just Guardable period for [D Saber Wind Parrying]
  • Adjusted Scar Fugue and Facet Folia so that you can Just Attack from them even if you fail to hold onto an enemy.
  • Adjusted the following Photon Arts so that you can cancel them through Weapon Actions (aka Shift)
    • Tornado Dance
    • Scissor Edge
    • Illusion Rave
    • Fake Capture
    • Surprise Dunk
    • Deadly Archer
    • Deadly Circle
    • Chaos Riser

Techer Adjustments

  • Expanded [Reverser Field's] range and shortened its recast times.

Braver Adjustments

  • Boosted the power of Katana Combat's finishing attack. Adjusted the number of hits necessary to produce the maximum damage.
  • Adjusted the skill tree to make it easier to learn Snatch Step
  • Extended the distance of the counter attack for [Counter Edge]

Bouncer Adjustments

  • Expanded Critical Field and Elemental PP Restorate F's range.
  • Adjusted the cancellation timing with evasive actions for Strike Gust, Gran Wave, and Moment Gale.

Mag

  • Boosted the amount the stat rises when feeding certain items to your mag.
  • Added a [Mag Level Down Device] at the EXCube Exchange Shop

Item Adjustments

  • Added Fighter and Ranger to Halva Tornado's equippable classes.
  • Added Force and Bouncer to Nox Qucross' equippable classes.

 

Other Adjustments

  • Boosted the scaling of the [Wings of Darkness] potential at level 2 and 3.
  • Adjusted the Item Pack so that it can hold 999 Advance Capsules.
  • Relaxed the difficulty and adjusted the attack power of the bosses appearing in the [Day of Resurrection] story quest.
  • Boosted the 12 star drop rates for Mining Base 1 and 2 on [Extra Hard].
  • Relaxed the difficulty for destroying parts on Zeshraider and its rare counterpart. Relaxed the range of their attacks as well.
  • Adjusted the [Chance Occurrence] balancing for Rappy Slots.
  • Adjusted the initial cursor position for the friends list so that it goes to the top-most online friend.
  • Added a new setting in Options to stop the mouse from controlling the camera.
  • Added a +500% Zoom for Symbol Art editing.
  • The [Critical Field] and [Elemental PP Restorate F] effect icon will now display for Partner Characters.
  • Added a feature that lets you overwrite your [My Sets] without changing their names.
  • Added sub-categories to the Title List and Title Counter. This feature will display your progress in obtaining all titles within the sub-category.
  • For Timed Abilities, the effects for "Subterranean Tunnels" will also work for Corruption Region: Tunnels.
  • Added a button in the [Title List] menu that lets you remove the active Title.
  • Added a lobby action category for actions that form letters or numbers.
  • Raised the maximum height a player is allowed to reach for the following areas:
    • Forest Field
    • Vol. Caverns Field
    • Desert Field
    • Quarry Field
  • Approaching an unread [Message Pack] will now automatically display its message.
  • Interacting with a [Message Pack] will no longer force the player to stop moving.
  • Wulffs can now appear on PC/Vita Shared Blocks.
  • Wulffs can now be destroyed with striking attacks.
  • Adjusted the frequency of Mr. Umblla's attacks
  • Adjusted Mr. Umblla so his attacks are aimed at the player.
  • Even if you attack Mr. Umblla, the Emergency Trial will not fail.
  • Changed Mr. Umblla's success conditions so that he just has to attack the player once.
  • Reduced the strength of Mr. Umblla's attacks.
  • Adjusted the sorting of client orders for Marlu, Ouza, Risa, and Azanami
  • Changed the maximum number of grinders/synthesizers you can purchase from 99 to 999.
  • When purchasing items at certain shops, the text color will change as you purchase near the maximum amount of any given item.
  • The time to receive the reward for Shared Ship Challenge Rankings has moved from Maintenances to Mondays at 7:00 JST.
  • Added Time Attacks to the weekly rankings. This ranking will begin on April 27th with results posted on May 4th. Check ranking information for details.
  • The Jukebox menu can now sort the BGM into categories.
  • The Music Disc menu will now make it easier to distinguish Discs that were already registered.
  • Limited prizes in the [Casino Prize Shop] will now display the date until they move out of rotation.
  • There is now a new setting in Options that allows you to select which rarity range will display the Rare Drop animation.
  • The [Team Command] menu is now available on non-shared ship challenge blocks.

 

Campaign Rewards

  • Shared Ship Challenge Ranking Rewards
  • PSO2 Senryū Contest Rewards
  • Seven Spot [United Festival Stamp Rally]
    • 進化デバイス/ルクミン (Evo Device / Rukmin)
    • Color Change Pass
    • Free Salon Pass
    • 711 Casino Coins
  • PSO2es 1st Anniversary Login Campaign
  • PSO2 Live Broadcast: Secret Phrase Rewards
    • 鯉のぼりヘッド 黒 (Black Carp Streamer Head)
    • 鯉のぼりヘッド 赤 (Red Carp Streamer Head)
    • 鯉のぼりヘッド 青 (Blue Carp Streamer Head)
    • 5 Casino Coin Passes
  • PSO2 Live Broadcast: Ichitaro Challenge
    • +100% Tribooster (x3)
  • Class Skill and Balance Adjustment Compensation
    • All Skill Tree Reset Passes

 

 

 

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

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

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

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.

 

New Registration Campaign #16

New Registration Campaign 16

Join in on the fun of PSO2 for the first time and receive various prizes!

Campaign Period

  • April 22nd ~ May 27th

Campaign Qualifications

Create a new PSO2 account and play your first character to receive:

  • Evo. Device / Green Puyo
  • +100% EXP Booster (x3)
  • リア/フレッシュオーラ ║ Rear / Fresh Aura

PSO2 accounts created prior to the start of this campaign do not qualify for the prizes. Logging in without creating a character will not qualify you for the prizes. The campaign specifically targets new registrations for PSO2, not PSO2es.

Prize Pickup Expiration

  • August 26th

 

PSO2 x PSO2es Linking Campaign #10

PSO2 x PSO2es Linking Campaign 10

Link your PSO2 account with a PSO2es account and play to receive prizes in each!

Campaign Period

  • April 22nd ~ May 13th

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Play PSO2es during the campaign period to receive these items in PSO2:

  • +100% Tribooster (x5)
  • Free Salon Pass

(2) Play PSO2 during the campaign period receive these items in PSO2es:

  • Rappy Medal (x30)

Accounts linked prior to the campaign are not eligible for the prizes.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Late June

 

Client Order Campaign #85

Client Order Campaign 85

Prizes await players who complete the qualifying client orders for Kressida and Hans!

Campaign Period

  • April 22nd ~ 28th

Qualifying Client Orders

(1) Clear Kressida's client order 「へっぽこぴーなSランククリア」 Rookie S Rank Clear to receive:

  • +50% EXP Booster (x2)
  • Grinder (x20)

(2) Clear Hans' client order 「砂礫の機甲兵団」 Armored Corps to receive:

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

Prize Pickup Expiration

  • July 29th

 

 

PSO2 JP: Maintenance (4/15/2015)


One more week until the Ultimate Lillipa update!

April 15th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/15/2015 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 4/14/2015 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

Reminders

  • The Seven-Eleven Oracle Store, Seraphy's Exchange Shop, and Nagisa will disappear from the lobby on April 22nd.

Campaign Rewards

  • Shared Ship Challenge Ranking Rewards
  • One-time Password Campaign
  • PSO2 x PSO2es Linking Campaign #8
  • Twitter Campaign
    • +100% Tribooster
    • サクラアフロ (Sakura Afro)

Large Monitors

  • PSO2 Video Contest Selections

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

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

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

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.

 

Twitter Campaign

Twitter Campaign

Phantasy Star Online 2 will be holding a Boost Event in commemoration of achieving 55,710 retweets during their Twitter Campaign. This Boost Event will be held from April 15th through April 22nd, 2015.

Boost Event

  • +100% Rare Drop Boost for All Quests
  • +100% EXP Boost for All Quests
  • Rappy Slot and Mesetan Shooter Boost

 

Matter Board Progression Campaign #7

Matter Board Progression Campaign 7

Obtain the specified Matter Boards during the campaign period to receive prizes at a later date!

Campaign Period

  • April 15th ~ May 20th

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Obtain the Matter Board for Episode 3 – 3 to receive:

  • +50% Tribooster (x2)

(2) Obtain the Matter Board for Episode 3 – 4 to receive:

  • +10% Grind Success
  • +10% Ability Affixer Success

Prize Distribution

  • Mid-June

 

 

PSO2 JP: Maintenance and Patch (4/8/2015)

Hop onto PSO2 after maintenance to experience this year's Easter Event!

April 8th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/8/2015 10:55 ~ 17:30 @ JST
  • 4/7/2015 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

Ship Transferring System Changes

In an effort to prevent connection issues from occurring in the future, the ship transferring system will undergo a slight change in the way it processes requests.

  • Ship Transfer Changes
    • Ship Transfers will now be carried out during the next scheduled maintenance.
  • Implementation Schedule
    • April 22nd's Maintenance (Date subject to change.)

 

Easter LobbyApril 8th ~ May 13th
Easter Lobby
April 8th ~ May 13th

 

Limited-time Emergency Quest

  • Wild Easter 2 (N: 1 / H: 20 / VH: 40 / SH: 50 / XH: 70)
  • April 8th ~ May 13th

 

Xie (Easter 2015) April 8th ~ May 13th
Xie (Easter 2015)
April 8th ~ May 13th

Limited-time Client Order and Bingo Card

  • Xie (Easter 2015) Client Orders. (4/8 ~ 5/13)
  • Easter 2015 Bingo (4/8 ~ 5/13)

 

Partial Item Listing

 

 

 

 

Easter 2015 Bingo

Easter 2015 Bingo

Easter 2015 Bingo Rewards
Lines Reward
1 Casino Coin Pass (x2)
2 +75% EXP Booster (x2)
3 *フレミシュアブレード
Flemish Blade (DB Camo)
4 Grind Risk Reducer +1 (x2)
5 ピンクキャンディパンジャ
Pink Candy Panja
8 +10% Grind Success (x3)
Complete

+100% Tribooster

 

Easter 2015 Bingo
A
A-1 Clear Xie's client order:
まずは安全確保から!I
Safety First! I
A-2 Play Mesetan Shooter  
A-3 Clear Emergency Trial:
[Lillipan Settlement Defense]
 
A-4 Defeat a Dingell Lv. 1+
A-5 Clear Xie's client order:
模様にもこだわりを!
I'm Picky About This!
B
B-1 Feed an item to a Mag.  
B-2 Send a Good Job  
B-3 Draw a FUN Scratch  
B-4 Defeat a Solda Kapita Lv. 1+
B-5 Defeat a Luda Sorcerer Lv. 1+
C
C-1 Defeat a Signo Gun Lv. 1+
C-2 Defeat an El Ahda Lv. 1+
C-4 Defeat a Deue Solda Lv. 1+
C-5 Defeat a Gilnach Lv. 1+
D
D-1 Defeat a Dagan Lv. 1+
D-2 Use a Drink  
D-3 Destroy a green container  
D-4 Play Black Nyack  
D-5 Defeat a Lanz Vareda Lv. 1+
E
E-1 Clear Xie's client order:
まずは安全確保から!II
Safety First! II
E-2 Play Rappy Slots
 
E-3 Clear Emergency Quest:
[A Wild Easter 2]
 
E-4 Defeat a Spardan A Lv. 1+
E-5 Clear Xie's client order:
小さな友人を助けて!
Help Our Tiny Friends!

Easter 2015 Bingo Rewards (Reverse)
Lines Reward
1 +250% Rare Drop Booster
2 Casino Coin Pass (x4)
3 Half Doll
4 進化デバイス/ジーツター
Evo. Device / Jeatster
5 Grind Risk Reducer +2 (x2)
8 +30% Grind Success
Complete

+100% Tribooster (x2)

 

Easter 2015 Bingo (Reverse)
A
A-1 Defeat a Dicahda Lv. 20+
A-2 Clear Lottie's client order:
浮上施設ののブーストエネミー・Ⅰ
Facility Boost Enemies I
A-3 Defeat a Strahda Lv. 1+
A-4 Defeat Falz Hunar
Lv. 60+
A-5 Acquire Matter Board EP3-4  
B
B-1 Clear Franka's client order:
ヤクトディンゲールの剣刃の調達
Supplying Jagd Dingell Blades
B-2 Defeat Dragon Ex Lv. 20+
B-3 Successfully attribute grind an item  
B-4 Defeat Tranmizer Lv. 20+
B-5 Defeat Biol Meduna Lv. 51+
C
C-1 Defeat King Mesetan in Mestan Shooter  
C-2 Defeat a Custom Kindidd Lv. 1+
C-4 Defeat a Gilnas Lv. 1+
C-5 Destroy a red container  
D
D-1 Defeat Bal Rodos Lv. 51+
D-2 Defeat Org Blan Lv. 20+
D-3 Successfully grind an item  
D-4 Defeat a Signo Beat Lv. 20+
D-5 Clear Lubert's client order:
ヴァーダーソーマの部位破壊を!
Vardha Soma Parts Destruction!
E
E-1 Defeat a Gul Solda Lv. 20+
E-2 Clear Klotho's client order:
新たなランクで力試し
 Trial of a New Rank
E-3 Defeat a Predicahda
Lv. 1+
E-4 Defeat Blu Ringahda Lv. 60+
E-5 Clear Zieg's client order:
クラフト訓練・竹
Craft Training: Intermediate

Xie's Client Orders

Easter Xie 2015

Order Objective
まずは安全確保から!I
Safety First! I
Defeat [Lillipa Mechs] x50
まずは安全確保から!II
Safety First! II
Defeat [Darkers] x50
模様にもこだわりを!
I'm Picky About This!
Deliver 「タマゴのかけら」 x5
※Drops from Egg Rappy.
小さな友人を助けて!
Help Our Tiny Friends!
Complete Emergency Trial:
[Lillipan Settlement Defense]
機械の親玉たち!
Robot Overlords!
Defeat [Vardha Soma] x1
Defeat [Tranmizer] x1
Reward: *ロートパスカ ║ Roto Paska (Launcher Camo)

 

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

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

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

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 #17

Buy AC 17

Purchase qualifying amounts of AC during the campaign period to receive various prizes!

Campaign Period

  • April 6th @ 14:00 ~ May 15th @ 17:59 JST

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Purchase 500+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • 1000 FUN Ticket
  • +50% EXP Booster

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

  • +10% Ability Affixer Success (x2)
  • Grind Risk Reducer +1 (x4)
  • Grinder (x50)

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

  • Lillipa 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 June

 

Premium Set Campaign #9

Premium Set Campaign 9

Receive various prizes by purchasing Premium Sets during the campaign period!

Campaign Period

  • April 8th ~ May 13th 2015

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Purchase a 30 Day Premium Set (1,300 AC) during the campaign period to receive:

  • +100% Tribooster
  • Casino Coin Pass

(2) Purchase a 60 Day Premium Set (2,300 AC) during the campaign period to receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • Casino Coin Pass (x2)

(3) Purchase a 90 Day Premium Set (3,300 AC) during the campaign period to receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x3)
  • Casino Coin Pass (x3)
  • しがみつきニャウ (Clinging Nyau)

Purchasing different premium sets during the campaign period, can qualify you for each of the respective prizes. For example, by purchasing the 60 day and 90 day premium sets, you can receive the Clinging Nyau, 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

  • Early June

 

Client Order Campaign #84

CO 84

Complete Xie's Client Orders during the campaign period to earn prizes at the Visiphone!

Campaign Period

  • April 8th ~ April 22nd

Qualifying Client Orders

(1) Clear Xie's client order 「模様にもこだわりを!」  I'm Picky About This! to receive:

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

(2) Clear Xie's client order 「機械の親玉たち!」  Robot Overlords! to receive:

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

Prize Pickup Expiration

  • Until July 22nd