PSO2 JP: Maintenance (11/18/2015)

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See last week's maintenance post for details on the latest update and information on participating in the Best Partner General Election.

November 18th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 11/18/2015 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 11/17/2015 @ 8:55 PM ~ 3:30 AM EST

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PSO2es Guide

AC Scratch

Item Code Offers

Item Listings

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Campaign Rewards Distributed This Maintenance

  • Fairy Tail Fantasia Bargain Campaign
  • One-time Password Campaign
  • Live Broadcast #36 Secret Phrase Rewards
  • November 13th's Maintenance Compensation
  • ARKS Ship Fire Swirl Bugged Item Compensation

Adjusted the names of blocks on each ship.

 

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Best Partner General Election

The mid-term results have been announced! Patty and Tiea holds the lead in first place with Luther & Xion and Dudu & Monica coming up behind them. The voting period ends November 25th, so there's still some time to change the course of the election! Once the voting period has ended, the development team will begin working on an item themed after the winning pair!

Voting Page

Voting Period

  • November 11th @ 14:00 ~ November 25th @ 14:00 JST.

General Election Details

  • You can vote for a character pair once per day.
  • Voting resets everyday at midnight in Japan.
  • The current standings will be published midway through the voting period.
  • After the results are posted, they plan to create an item themed after the winning pair.

Vote Post
Step 1: Click the purple button to vote!
Dudu Monica
Step 2: Press 「はい」 to submit your vote!

Current Top 5 Standings

  1. Patty and Tiea
  2. Luther and Xion
  3. Dudu And Monica
  4. Saga and Katori
  5. Hadred and Quna

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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 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.

 

AC Shop Bargains

November AC Shop Bargains

Purchase AC Shop items at a discounted rate between November 18th ~ December 2nd.

Item Package Contents Price
プレミアム30日+おまけ
30 Days Premium + Freebie
30 Day Premium Set (x1)
AC Scratch Ticket (x1)
1,300 AC
プレミアム30日+スクラッチ
30 Day Premium + Scratch
30 Day Premium Set (x1)
AC Scratch Ticket (x5)
AC Scratch Gold Ticket (x2)
3,000 AC
プレミアムサポートセット
Premium Support Package
Salon Pass (x1)
30 Day Order Limit Expansion (x1)
700 AC
スクラッチ27個
27 Scratches
AC Scratch Ticket (x27) 4,900 AC
スクラッチG23個
23 G Scratches
AC Scratch G Ticket (x23) 9,800 AC

※Each item package is limited one per account. 

AC Shop November

※These item packages will be listed in yellow at the AC Shop!

 

 

Challenges from the DF Girls

4 million ID campaign

Players can receive a variety of prizes by clearing Client Orders and Quizzes from each of the Dark Falz Girls!

Campaign Period

  • November 18th ~ December 9th @ 23:59 JST
    • Each Wednesday (excluding December 9) reveals a new set of challenges.

Summary

  • Each Wednesday during the campaign period, we'll announce a new set of challenges from the Dark Falz Girls.
    • Marika Kouno's Challenges were revealed on 11/18/2015.
    • Riko Kohara's Challenges will be revealed on 11/25/2015.
    • Yurika Takagi's Challenges will be revealed on 12/02/2015.
  • You'll receive rewards by clearing specific client orders.
  • You'll receive additional rewards by clearing 5 Client Orders within a week.
  • You will receive even more rewards based on the number of client orders cleared during the entire campaign period.
  • Aside from Client Orders, there will be a quiz related to the DF Girls which needs to be answered using the in-game chat.

 

Marika Kouno's Challenge

Marika DF

November 18th ~ November 25th (Maintenance)

Character Name Client Order Clear Reward
Hans 宙を舞う母艦
(Dancing Mother)
+50% EXP Booster (x1)
Hans 砂漠の黒飛蝗
(Black Desert Locusts)
+50% EXP Booster (x1)
Hans 黒き鋏音打ち鳴りて
(Sound of Scissors)
+50% EXP Booster (x2)
Hans 地より出ずる龍
(Earthbound Dragons)
+75% EXP Booster (x1)
Hans 暴虐なる執行者
(Tyrannical Enforcer)
+75% EXP Booster (x1)
Revelle ブラッディ・スカフォード・IV
(Bloody Scaffolds IV)
+50% Rare Drop Booster (x1)
Lubert ダガンの弱点は!?
(Dagan's Weakness)
+50% Rare Drop Booster (x1)
Lottie 砂漠のブーストエネミー・I
(Desert Boosted Enemies I)
+75% Rare Drop Booster (x1)
Hans 漆黒の鋏獣
(Jet Black Scissors)
Lambda Grinder (x1)
Revelle エクスタミネート・ジャーニー・II
(Extermination Journey II)
Lambda Grinder (x2)

During Marika's campaign period, those who clear 5 or more of the Client Orders mentioned above receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)

Marika Kouno's Quiz

Marika DF

Responding to the Quiz

  • Players must say the answer to the question through the in-game chat.
  • Those who answer correctly will receive a Grind Risk Reducer (+2) (x1)

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.

Players must answer the question to Marika's quiz before November 25th @ 23:59 JST.

Proposed Answers

DF Girls Quiz Cheat Sheet
Answer Deadline
グアルジグモルデ November 25th, 2015

Players must answer the question to Marika's quiz before November 25th @ 23:59 JST.

Other Rewards

All DF Girls 2

Players who clear any 15+ Client Orders from the 3 DF Girls receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x5)

Players who clear any 24+ Client Orders from the 3 DF Girls receive:

  • Ragol Memory (x1)
  • Photon Booster (x3)
  • Ability Affixer Success (+30%) (x2)

Players who clear 30 Client Orders from the 3 DF Girls receive:

  • Ragol Memory (x2)
  • Photon Booster (x7)
  • Grind Success (100%) (x2)

Only client orders specified within each [DF Girls Challenge] qualify for the rewards mentioned in this section.

Prize Distribution Dates

Rewards for Marika Kouno's Challenge can be picked up at the Visiphone after clearing and reporting back to the NPC who requested it. Aside from this, the rest of the rewards will get sent to the Visiphone late December, for any prize that comes from the quiz, or requires a certain number of COs cleared.

PSO2 JP: Extended Maintenance and Patch (11/11/2015)

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Things are heating up in this week's update with the return of the Burning Rangers themed quest and a new 7th Dragon III Code: VFD scratch.

November 11th Maintenance (Extended)

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 11/11/2015 @ 9:55 ~ 19:30 JST
  • 11/10/2015 @ 7:55 PM ~ 5:30 AM EST

November 11th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 03.00.04
  • Client: ver. 3.0902.1
  • Patch Size: 22 MB (PC) / 26 MB (Vita)

Last Chance Reminders

  • Enter the secret phrase from the latest live broadcast before maintenance to receive prizes at a later date!
  • Be sure to visit the Visiphone on each of your characters and pick up the skill tree reset passes given out with October 14th's update.
    • The offer will expire after November 18th's maintenance begins.

Profound Darkness Reminder

  • The ship-wide ranking system that appears during the victory pose for [Progeny of the Apocalypse] has no effect over the rare drop rate.
  • The placement you receive in that quest is akin to the honor-like ranking system after each wave in Mining Base Defense.

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PSO2es Guide

AC Scratch

Item Code Offers

Item Listings

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PSO2 AGP
ARKS Ceremonial Lobby
November 11th, 2015 ~ December 9th, 2015

Level Up Quest

  • 境界を砕く混沌 (Chaotic Border Break)
  • N: 8 / H: 20 / VH: 40 / SH: 60
  • November 11th ~ November 25th

Limited Challenge Quest

  • アークスGP2016予選 (Arks Grand Prix 2016 Preliminaries)
  • You will not be able to obtain Items or EXP from this quest.

Quest Difficulty Added

  • Added extra hard difficulty to [Arks Ship Fire Swirl].
    • Arks Ship Fire Swirl will become a pre-scheduled emergency quest.
  • Added super hard difficulty to [Chaotic Border Break]

Quest Adjustments

[Arks Ship Fire Swirl] has received the following adjustments:

  •  [Weapons Badge Gold] will be distributed depending on the clear result ranking on [Extra Hard] difficulty.
  • Adjusted the rewards for the Emergency Trials.

Enemy Adjustments

  • Some boss enemies appearing in Chaotic Border Break will be adjusted to have their enemy levels correspond to the quest level.

Other Changes

  • Within normal blocks, a new category known as [Limited AGP Quests] will display in the bottom-most row of the Quest Type selection screen. However, since this is a Challenge Quest, you will not be able to access this quest from outside of Challenge blocks.

 

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Best Partner General Election

It's time to vote in the Best Partner General Election! Each day, players will be given the opportunity to vote for their favorite pair of characters. After the results are in, the development team will begin working on an item themed after the winning pair!

Voting Page

Voting Period

  • November 11th @ 14:00 ~ November 25th @ 14:00 JST.

General Election Details

  • You can vote for a character pair once per day.
  • Voting resets everyday at midnight in Japan.
  • The current standings will be published midway through the voting period.
  • After the results are posted, they plan to create an item themed after the winning pair.

 

Vote Post
Step 1: Click the purple button to vote!
Dudu Monica
Step 2: Press 「はい」 to submit your vote!

 

 

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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 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 #21

Buy AC Campaign 21

Purchase among the eligible amounts of AC during the campaign period to receive an all-new lineup of prizes!

Campaign Period

  • November 9th (14:00 JST) ~ December 11th (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
  • New Year 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

  • Late December

 

New Registration Campaign #23

New players can get a head start on the game by registering a PSO2 account during the campaign period.

Campaign Period

  • November 11th ~ December 9th

Campaign Qualifications

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

  • Evo. Device / Red Puyo
  • 3000 EXP Ticket (x5)
  • 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. The campaign specifically targets new registrations for PSO2, not PSO2es.

Prize Pickup Expiration

  • Until maintenance on March 9th, 2016.

 

Phantasy Star Online 2 Quiz

4 million ID campaign

Answer the questions correctly in the Phantasy Star Online 2 Quiz to receive some wonderful prizes!

Campaign Period

  • November 5th @ 0:00 ~ November 17th @ 23:59 JST.

Campaign Qualifications

Players who answer 2 or more questions correctly will receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x1)

Players who answer 5 or more questions correctly will receive:

  • Ragol Memory (x1)

Players who answer 10 or more questions correctly will receive:

  • Ragol Memory (x1)

Qualification Procedure

Starting November 5th, the official PSO2 Twitter Account will tweet out a question which must be answered before 23:59 JST. There will be one question per day, excluding November 11th, 2015. Players must respond to the question using the in-game chat by answering in full-width katakana.

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.

Questions from the twitter account will also be announced in-game, and must be answered prior to 23:59 JST to qualify for that day.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Late December at the Visiphone

Proposed Answers

Phantasy Star Online 2 Quiz Cheat Sheet
Answer Date
ファーレン November 5th, 2015
ニャック November 6th, 2015
レイニー November 7th, 2015
クローディア November 8th, 2015
ジョーカ November 9th, 2015
ヤスミノコフ November 10th, 2015
ウィークバスター November 12th, 2015
コスモ November 13th, 2015
ミケーラ November 14th, 2015
メギバース November 15th, 2015
ギンナガム November 16th, 2015
ティフリス November 17th, 2015

※ Please bear with us as we may not be able to post the answers in a timely manner.
※ Players must say the answer to the question through the in-game chat.

 

PSO2 JP: Maintenance (11/4/2015)

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The Halloween Event will disappear like a ghost with November 11th's maintenance.

November 4th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 11/4/2015 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 11/3/2015 @ 8:55 PM ~ 3:30 AM EST

Yozakura Weapon Series

  • For those who need to keep track of such things, the recent livestream revealed the correct spelling of the ★13 weapon series from Xie.
  • Check at the top of the individual weapon page on the swiki to see how they should be written.

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Item Code Offers

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4 million ID campaign

PSO2 will be holding various events and contests in celebration of surpassing 4 million SEGA ID registrations!

Boost Week (+100% Rare Drop + Rare Enemy + EXP + Meseta)

  • Begins after maintenance lasting until November 11th's maintenance.

Special Contests

Campaign Rewards

  • Celebrating Atsuko Enomoto's Birthday
    • 17 Lambda Grinders
  • Ichitaro Challenge
    • 1 +100% Tribooster
  • Arks Museum: My Room Contest Commemorating Over 4 Million IDs
    • 3 Day My Room Pass (x1)

 

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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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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 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.

 

 

Phantasy Star Online 2 Quiz

4 million ID campaign

Answer the questions correctly in the Phantasy Star Online 2 Quiz to receive some wonderful prizes!

Campaign Period

  • November 5th @ 0:00 ~ November 17th @ 23:59 JST.

Campaign Qualifications

Players who answer 2 or more questions correctly will receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x1)

Players who answer 5 or more questions correctly will receive:

  • Ragol Memory (x1)

Players who answer 10 or more questions correctly will receive:

  • Ragol Memory (x1)

Qualification Procedure

Starting November 5th, the official PSO2 Twitter Account will tweet out a question which must be answered before 23:59 JST. There will be one question per day, excluding November 11th, 2015. Players must respond to the question using the in-game chat by answering in full-width katakana.

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.

Questions from the twitter account will also be announced in-game, and must be answered prior to 23:59 JST to qualify for that day.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Late December at the Visiphone

 

Proposed Answers

Phantasy Star Online 2 Quiz Cheat Sheet
Answer Date
ファーレン November 5th, 2015
ニャック November 6th, 2015
レイニー November 7th, 2015
クローディア November 8th, 2015
ジョーカ November 9th, 2015
ヤスミノコフ November 10th, 2015
ウィークバスター November 12th, 2015
コスモ November 13th, 2015
ミケーラ November 14th, 2015
メギバース November 15th, 2015
ギンナガム November 16th, 2015
ティフリス November 17th, 2015

※ Please bear with us as we may not be able to post the answers in a timely manner.
※ Players must say the answer to the question through the in-game chat.