PSO2 JP: Extended Maintenance and Patch (4/26/2017)

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Golden Week

April 29th @ 00:00 ~ May 9th @ 23:59

PSO2 is kicking off Golden week with a new login campaign. Log into the game on the appointed day to claim prizes from the Visiphone.

Login Day Prize
April 29th
経験値獲得15000
15,000 EXP Ticket ×3
April 30th
ハーフドール
Half Doll ×1
May 1st
エステ無料パス
Free Salon Pass ×1
May 2nd
ボーナスキー東京【銀】
Bonus Key Tokyo: Silver ×1
May 3rd
トライブースト+100%
+100% Tribooster ×1
May 4th
レアドロップ倍率+250%
+250% Rare Drop Booster ×1
May 5th
経験値獲得15000
15,000 EXP Ticket ×3
May 6th
ハーフドール
Half Doll ×1
May 7th
強化大成功確率+50%
+50% Grind Great Success ×3
May 8th
ボーナスキー禍津【銀】
Bonus Key Magatsu: Silver ×1
May 9th
カラーチェンジパス
Color Change Pass ×1

You have until 23:59 JST to claim the prize designated for that day. Those who remain logged in from the previous day, should re-login to qualify for the current day.

 

You'll also qualify for a [Bonus Key Tokyo: Gold], if you log in a total of 5 days during the campaign period. This prize, in particular, will be released Late May.

 

AC Shop Bargains

May 1st ~ May 10th

The following bundles will contain AC Shop items at a discounted price!

Item Package Contents Price
半額ACスクラッチ券
AC Scratch Ticket Half-Off
AC Scratch Ticket (x1) 100 AC
550AC初心者セット
550AC Beginners Set
Item Pack Expansion+10 (x2)
AC Scratch Ticket (x1)
550 AC
キャラクター育成セット
Character Raising Set
Mag Ticket (x1)
+150% EXP Booster (x3)
Scape Doll (x1)
1,000 AC
スクラッチ27個
27 Scratches
AC Scratch Ticket (x27) 4,900 AC
スクラッチ55個
55 Scratches
AC Scratch Ticket (x55) 9,900 AC

※Each package is limited once per account.

 

These bargains will appear in yellow at the AC Shop.

 

Buy AC Campaign #35

May 1st ~ May 7th @ 23:59 JST

Purchase set amounts of AC during the campaign period to receive these wonderful prizes.

Campaign Qualifications 

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

  • +100% Tribooster (x1)
  • 15,000 EXP Ticket (x3)

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

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • 15,000 EXP Ticket (x5)

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

  • Rappy Suit (x1)
  • +30% Ability Affixing Success (x1)

(4) Purchase 10,000 AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • +150% Tribooster (x3)
  • Lambda Grinder (x2)

If you purchase 2000+ AC during the campaign period, you will receive (1) and (2). However, if you purchase 10,000+ AC, you’ll receive all four 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

  • Late May 2017

 

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Maintenance will occur a couple hours earlier this week.

April 26th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/26/2017 @ 8:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 4/25/2017 @ 7:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

April 26th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 04.00.03
  • Client: ver. 4.0901.1
  • Patch Size: 27 MB (PC) / xx (PS4) / 33 MB (Vita)

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Balance Adjustments

  • Reduced the HP and ATK PWR of Deus Esca Zephyros.

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PlayStation 4 Celebration Boost

We're getting 4 kinds of boosts in celebration of the PlayStation 4 anniversary!

Boost Period

  • April 29th ~ May 7th

All Quest Boost

  • +100% EXP Boost
  • +100% Meseta Boost
  • +100% Rare Drop Boost
  • +100% Rare Enemy Rate

 

Grinding Boost Week

Boost Period:

  • May 1st ~ May 7th 

Grinding Boosts:

  • Item Grinding (Old Types / Units / Skill Ring) Success rate + 5%
  • Ability Affixing (NT Weapon / Old Types / Unit) Success Rate + 5%
  • NT Weapons Grinding Great Success Rate + 25%

 

Golden Week Scratch

A Golden Week Revival Scratch will begin May 1st ~ May 10th.

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An emergency quest ranking event will be held this week. Check out the PSO2es Guide for more details once maintenance is complete.

 

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Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

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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 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.
  • ARKS Leagues are typically 3 hours long. Check the event itself for details on its duration.

 

Emergency Quest Rush Campaign

Players who clear qualifying Emergency Quests will earn Weapon Camo and item rewards! Please read the instructions below to learn how to qualify for each of the items.

 

Campaign Period

April 29th ~ May 7th @ 23:59 JST

 

General Election Camo Rewards

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Clear the quest: 新世を成す幻創の造神  (Phantom God of Creation)

  • *ヴィタDブレード (*Vita D Blade)

(2) Clear the quest: 月駆ける幻創の母 (Racing the Phantom Mother)

  • *ヴィタフォールオンス (*Vita Fallounce)

(3) Clear the quest: 世界を堕とす輪廻の徒花 (Perennial Apocalypse)

  • *ヴィタオーバー (*Vita Over)

(4) Clear the quest: 来襲せし虚なる深遠の躯 (Profound Invasion)

  • *ヴィタクラシェルブ (*Vita Crashelb)

(5) Clear the quest: 採掘基地防衛戦:終焉 (Mining Base: Demise)

  • *ヴィタブラスター (*Vita Blaster)

 ※ The campaign begins April 29th!

 

Star Gems and Booster Rewards

(1) Clear one of the qualifying Emergency Quests to receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • Lambda Grinder (x5)
  • 30 Star Gem Ticket (x1)

(2) Clear 3 different qualifying Emergency Quests to receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • Lambda Grinder (x5)
  • Re-Order Timer Reset (x1)
  • 30 Star Gem Ticket (x2)

(3) Clear 5 different qualifying Emergency Quests to receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • Color Change Pass (x1)
  • +40% Ability Affixing Success (x1)
  • 30 Star Gem Ticket (x3)

Qualifying Emergency Quests

  • 新世を成す幻創の造神 (Phantom God of Creation)
  • 月駆ける幻創の母 (Racing the Phantom Mother)
  • 世界を堕とす輪廻の徒花 (Perennial Apocalypse)
  • 来襲せし虚なる深遠の躯 (Profound Invasion)
  • 採掘基地防衛戦:終焉 (Mining Base Demise)

※ Trigger Quests do not qualify for the campaign.
※ The campaign begins April 29th!

 

Prize Distribution Date

Late May

 

PSO2 JP: Maintenance and Patch (4/19/2017)

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Fight the Phantom God in a new Emergency Quest coming in today's update for PSO2!

April 19th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/19/2017 @ 7:00 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 4/18/2017 @ 6:00 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

April 19th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 04.00.03
  • Client: ver. 4.0901.0
  • Patch Size: 1.4 GB (PC) / xx (PS4) / 726 MB (Vita)

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PSO2es Guide

AC Scratch

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Patch Notes

Limited-time Ruleset

  • アークスBT2017予選 (Arks Battle Tournament  2017 Preliminaries)
  • Available until September 6th

Limited-time Client Orders

  • アネット (Annette)
  • Added new client orders for Bruno / Gene

New Emergency Quest

  • 新世を成す幻創の造神 (Phantom God of Creation)
  • We'll change the name to match the English Patch.

New Enemy

  • デウスエスカ・ゼフィロス (Deus Esca Zephyros) OR (Deus Esca Zephiroth)
  • We'll change the name to match the English Patch.

 

Partial New Item Listing

 

Story Board

  • Added new Story Board events

Potentials

  • Added new potentials.

Style Catalog

  • Added the Style Catalog where you can like, browse, and share fashion styles with other players.

My Fashion

  • Added 20 extra My Fashion preset slots for Premium Users
  • Added a feature in which you can register Style Bookmarks into My Fashion presets.

Battle Arena

  • Added Skills to Battle Arena
  • Three skills will be shown at random at the start of the match.
  • Each player is allowed to choose one of these skills for battle.
  • Added new weapon categories: Jet Boots & Bullet Bows
  • Reduced the time it takes until Battle Matching is automatically cancelled.
  • Added an entry that explains the method on assigning Unions with Password Matches.

Battle Arena Skills

  • スプリント Sprint (Increases movement speed)
  • キュア Cure (Recovers HP)
  • スタンショット (Stuns the enemy for a limited time)
  • プロテクション (Provides resistance to status effect and reduces damage received.)
  • PPアンリミテッド (Reduces PP consumption)

Zieg's Emblem Exchange Shop

  • Added [Zeinesis Series Upgrade]
  • Added [Qliphad Series Upgrade]
  • Items known as クリファドフューズ (Qliphad Fuses) are required to convert Zeinesis into Qliphad
  • Added items to the product listing.

Battle Coin Exchange Shop

  • Added items to the Battle Coin Exchange Shop.

Treasure Shop

  • Updated the product listing of the Treasure Shop

Recycle Shop

  • Added items to the product listing of the Recycle Shop
  • Added a [Class Excube Exchange] category.

Other Adjustments

  • You may now [Perform a Shortcut Word] from the Quick Menu during LIVE stage events.
  • Added the ★13 rarity of the pet Rappy.
  • You can now hold up to 25 Pets.
  • NPCs will give you certain Lv. 17 disks as a present for increasing their affinity.
  • [Extra Tree Transfer Pass] will now charge Star Gems instead of AC
  • You can now see whether a Friend or Team Member hasn't logged in for a long while.
  • Changed the color of some attack indicators for Deus Hunas.
  • Laplace Demon will now have a set chance to drop items with the [Doom Break] special ability.
  • Added a voice for Xiera's transmissions in Mining Base: VR.
  • Added a survey feature that shows up when you login under certain conditions.
  • Setting the price of an item in My Shop will now change the color of the text based on its value.
  • Made adjustments so that the rendering of the character appears more distinct within the Preview window.
  • Adjusting the position of accessories will no longer make the arrow guides shrink below a certain size.
  • You can now compare the current Ring Skill with the one you are about to add, when embedding Ring Skills at the Item Lab.
  • Added whether a Lobby Action supports a [Reaction] on the descriptions of LA tickets.
  • Added tabs to filter through Comments with / without a Good Job
  • Expanded the history to 100 entries for Comments with / without a Good Job.
  • Adjusted the positioning of [Item Trade Proposals] option in the Character Menu.
  • Reduced the furniture space cost to 1 for the following items.
    • ウェスタンシェルフA
    • ウェスタンシェルフB
    • ウェスタンシェルフC
    • ウェスタンベッドA
    • ウェスタンベッドB
    • ウェスタンベッドC
    • ウッディシェルフA
    • ウッディシェルフB
    • エレガントシェルフ
    • エレガントシェルフB
    • クラシックシェルフ
    • クラシックシェルフC
    • クラシックシェルフP
    • ゴシックシェルフ
    • スイートシェルフ
    • スイートシェルフB
    • スイートシェルフC
    • タン・ス
    • タン・スB
    • タン・スC
    • チャイナシェルフ
    • チャイナシェルフB
    • チャイナシェルフG
    • ビンテージシェルフ
    • ファイトリング
    • ファンシーベッド
    • ファンシーベッドB
    • ファンシーベッドG
    • モダンシェルフ
    • モダンシェルフB
    • モダンシェルフY
    • 階段&ロフト
    • 二段ベッド

 

 

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Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

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

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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 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.
  • ARKS Leagues are typically 3 hours long. Check the event itself for details on its duration.

 

Battle Arena Boost & Client Order Campaign

Battle Arena Boost Event

  • +50% Earned Battle Coins
  • April 19th ~ April 26th

Client Order Campaign

Clear Klotho's Client Order 力戦奮闘の力試し・I before May 10th to receive:

  • SG40 Ticket (x2)
  • +100% Tribooster (x3)
  • Color Change Pass

Prize Expiration Date

  • Available instantly but expires June 10th

 

Buy Premium Set Campaign #17

Players who purchase premium set tickets will receive Bonus Keys and Casino Coin Passes.

Campaign Period

  • April 19th ~ May 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 (x2)
  • Tokyo Bonus Key (Silver)

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

  • +150% Tribooster (x3)
  • Rappy Fever Bonus Key
  • Tokyo Bonus Key (Gold)

Purchasing different premium sets during the campaign period qualifies you for each of the respective prizes.

※Premium Sets must be purchased to qualify. Using previously acquired sets will not count towards the campaign.

Prize Expiration Date

  • Available instantly but expires June 24th

 

New Registration Campaign!

 Newcomers to PSO2 can receive a pack of beginner items by registering a new Sega ID and playing the game within the campaign period!

Campaign Period

  • April 19th ~

Rewards

  • 3000 EXP Ticket (x5)
  • Evo. Device / Red Puyo
  • Rear / Fresh Aura
  • Half Doll

PSO2 accounts created prior to the start of this campaign do not qualify for the prizes. The campaign specifically targets new registrations for PSO2, not PSO2es.

Prize Pickup Expiration

  • Available instantly

PSO2 JP: Maintenance (4/12/2017)

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PSO2 Station

  • Airs April 15th @ 20:00 ~ 23:00 JST
  • Watch it LIVE on Nico Nico!

PSO2 Station Topics

  • Coverage of the May Update
  • Details on the Phaleg Battle and the 5th Anniv. Online Event.
  • Unveiling of the upcoming roadmap.
  • Guest starring Rina Sato, the voice of Mother.

 

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The PSU 10th Anniversary content continues with the arrival of Laia Martinez and Lumia Waber in the ARKS Lobby.

April 12th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/12/2017 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 4/11/2017 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

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Boost Week

The following boosts will apply until April 19th's Maintenance:

  • +150% EXP Boost
  • +150% Meseta Boost
  • +150% Rare Drop Boost
  • +150% Rare Enemy Boost

In addition, a +100% Rare Drop Boost will apply for the following quests.

  • Mining Base Defense: VR
  • Mining Base Defense: Demise
  • Perennial Apocalypse
  • Profound Invasion
  • Racing the Phantom Mother
  • Raging Dark Arms
  • Ebon-Winged Vanguard
  • All Ultimate Quests

 

Reward Items

The following items will be available as rewards ONLY for those who participated in the [ARKS New Year Carnival 2017] event.

  • +100% Tribooster (x1)
  • Free Salon Pass (x1)
  • Color Change Pass (x1)
  • 30 Star Gem Ticket (x3)
  • 2 Star Gem Ticket (x3)

 

Laia & Lumia

Laia and Lumia will appear in the lobby with client orders until June 7th, 2017. You will also have the opportunity to receive their partner cards, and their signature weapons.

 

ライアアックス Laia Axe (Partizan)

 

ヴィエディーマ Viedima (Rod)

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Laia and Lumia's Client Orders

New pages for Laia and Lumia will be added to the Character Catalogue after maintenance.

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A new Player's Survey is available until April 26th @ 23:59 JST. Those who complete it will receive a ticket for 40 Star Gems! Click the large blue button on the following page to start the survey.

Star Gems will be distributed Mid May.

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Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

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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 / 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 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.
  • ARKS Leagues are typically 3 hours long. Check the event itself for details on its duration.

 

Spend AC, Get Items #35

 

Players who spend set amounts of AC during the campaign period will receive several prizes!

Campaign Period

  • April 12th ~ April 23rd @ 23:59 JST

Campaign Qualifications

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

  • +50% Tribooster
  • 15,000 EXP Ticket (x3)

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

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • 15,000 EXP Ticket (x5)

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

  • Rappy Suit
  • +30% Ability Affixing Success

(4) Spend 10,000 AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • +150% Tribooster (x3)
  • Lambda Grinder (x2)

※AC / iAC spent in PSO2es prior to linking does not qualify for this campaign. However, any AC or iAC spent after linking will qualify for the campaign.

Ways You Can Spend AC

  • Playing Arks Scratch on PSO2 or PSO2es
  • Buying Arks Scratch Ticket Bundles
  • Buying Items in the AC Shop
  • Using a Scape Doll to revive
  • Using AC Content at the Beauty Salon
  • Spending AC to add a Skill Tree
  • Spending AC to reset a Skill Tree
  • Spending AC to buy a character
  • Transferring to another ship

Using [Arks Scratch Tickets] to play the AC Scratch does not fulfill the campaign requirements of spending AC.

Prize Pickup Period

  • Available instantly but expires May 25th