PSO2 The Animation Drama and Character Song CDs

PSO2 The Animation Drama CD

PSO2 Anime Drama CD ~Seiga Festa 2027~
Drama CD ~Seiga Festa 2027 Path to Success!~
ドラマCD 〜清雅祭2027成功への道! 〜

PSO2 The Animation is launching its first ever drama CD, featuring the cast of Seiga Academy's student council as they get ready for the upcoming school festival.

  • Release Date: June 8th, 2016
  • Price: ¥2,800

Track List

  1. 遊園地ラプソディ 〜Scene.1〜
  2. 遊園地ラプソディ 〜Scene.2〜
  3. 遊園地ラプソディ 〜Scene.3〜
  4. 遊園地ラプソディ 〜Scene.4〜
  5. 終わりなき会議 〜Scene.1〜
  6. 終わりなき会議 〜Scene.2〜
  7. 終わりなき会議 〜Scene.3〜
  8. 戦う覚悟 〜Scene.1〜
  9. 戦う覚悟 〜Scene.2〜
  10. Cast Comment

 

Story 01 – Amusement Park Rhapsody

Seiga Academy's student council visits an amusement park in search of fun before the school festival. Between roller coasters, a haunted house, and a pool, there's sure to be loads of fun in store. Even Kota comes along for the ride in the perfect ending to this slapstick story.

Story 02 – Endless Meeting

With just a small amount of time left before the start of the school festival, the student council stays overnight to make the final preparations.

Story 03 – Battle Preparation

Dawn rises as the student council meeting wraps up. They head to a family restaurant for breakfast, where Aika receives a transmission from Oracle.

 

PSO2 Anime Drama CD Benefits

Item Code Benefits

  • CDパッケージマット4 ║ CD Package Mat 4
  • PSO2アニメ壁シール3 ║ PSO2 Anime Wall Sticker 3
  • 男性共通ラッピーボイス ║ Male Voice – Rappy
  • 女性共通ラッピーボイス ║ Female Voice – Rappy
  • リリーパうきわ ║ Lillipa Inner Tube

※The item code included with purchases of this product expires on June 30th, 2018.

 

PSO2 The Animation Character CD

PSO2 Anime Character Song CD Art
PSO2 The Animation Character CD
「PSO2 ジ アニメーション」キャラクターソングCD

Enjoy the vocal stylings of PSO2 The Animation's cast this summer with the debut of a new character song CD!

  • Release Date: July 6th, 2016
  • Price: ¥2,800

Track List

  1. 『プロローグ』
  2. 『エレメントの勇気』
    • Performed by Itsuki (CV: Shouta Aoi)
  3. 『prism moment』
    • Performed by Rina (CV: Ayaka Suwa)
  4. 『auditor pride』
    • Performed by Aika (CV: M・A・O)
  5. 『冥刻に穿たれるジャッジメント・コア』
    • Performed by Kota (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki)
  6. 『憧れeveryday』
    • Performed by Mika (CV: Rie Murakawa)
  7. 『コケティッシュシンドローム』
    • Performed by Silva (CV: Emi Nitta)
  8. 『エピローグ』

 

PSO2 Anime Character CD Benefits

Item Code Benefits

  • CDパッケージマット5 ║ CD Package Mat 5
  • PSO2アニメ壁シール4 ║ PSO2 Anime Wall Sticker 4
  • 254「Voパフォーマンス」 ║ Vo Performance

 

 

PSO2 JP: Maintenance (6/1/2016)

June 1st Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 6/1/2016 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 5/31/2016 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

Arks Orders Rush Logo

The theme for this year's anniversary will be the ARKS Orders Rush, an online interlocking event that requires players to complete tasks to earn points towards unlocking rewards listed on the event's official site.

Players can gain points by defeating specific bosses that appear within quests designated for the event. Points can also be earned by acquiring items from Gathering during the event period. PSO2es players will also be able to contribute to the score by playing certain quests targeted for the event.

Let's all work together and unlock all the prizes for our 4th Anniversary Event!

More details about this event, including the rewards for each panel, will be posted in the future!

Current Schedule

  • 4th Anniversary Web Panel Event
    • June 8th ~ July 20th
  • Quest #1: Bellowing Dragon (Temporary Title)
    • June 8th ~ July 6th
  • Quest #2: ??????
    • To Be Announced
  • (Beefed Up Progeny EQ)
    • June 22nd ~
  • Reward Period #1
    • July 27th ~ August 3rd
  • Reward Period #2
    • August 3rd ~ August 10th
  • Reward Item Distribution Period #1
    • July 27th ~ August 17th
  • Reward Item Distribution Period #2
    • August 3rd ~ August 24th

 

Current Contest Schedule

  • Item Design Contest Submission Period
    • June 1st ~ July 20th (Link)
  • Character Contest Submission Period
    • June 1st ~ July 6th (Link)
  • Illustration Contest Submission Period
    • June 1st ~ July 27th (Link)

Item Design Contest

No PSO2 anniversary would be complete without the arrival of an Item Design Contest! Similar to last year's event, there will be four contest categories to choose from. However this time, the new [Hairstyle] division will be replacing the Room Item category from the previous year.

  • Weapon Camo Division
    • Any Existing Weapon Category, including Tacts.
  • Costume Division
    • Unisex Costume
    • Male Costume
    • Female Costume
  • Accessory Division
  • Hairstyle Division

The winning designs will be distributed through the game as AC Scratch content in a future update.

Please keep in mind that they are not accepting Head Parts, Arm Parts, Leg Parts, and Body Parts for this contest. In addition, for the [Hairstyle] Division, they ask that you not include hair ornaments or accessories as part of your hairstyle design.

Designs must be an original work and can only be submitted by the contest entrant themselves. Entries must be submitted as a JPG file no larger than 1MB. Please refrain from posting your designs on social networking sites and blogs. More rules and regulations can be found in the contest page.

Item Design Categories
Sword
ソード
Wired Lance
ワイヤードランス
Partisan
パルチザン
Twin Daggers
ツインダガー
Doublesaber
ダブルセイバー
Knuckles
ナックル
Gunslash
ガンスラッシュ
Katana
カタナ
Dual Blades
デュアルブレード
Assault Rifles
アサルトライフル
Launchers
ランチャー
Twin Machine Guns
ツインマシンガン
Bullet Bows
バレットボウ
Rods
ロッド
Talis
タリス
Wand
ウォンド
Jet Boots
ジェットブーツ
Unisex Costume
全種族男女共用
Female Costume
全種族女性
Male Costume
全種族男性
Tacts
タクト
ヘアスタイル
Hairstyle
   

 

Contest Submission Form

The Contest Submission Form is available here.

Entrant Information

  • Email Address
  • Pen Name

Event Submission Details

  • Event Name: (Already Ticked)
  • Category Selection:
    • Weapon Camo Division
    • Costume Division
    • Accessory Division
    • Hairstyle Division
  • Category: (Check Chart for Japanese Names)
  • Entry Comment: (Text Entry Form: 200 characters or less)
  • Upload Entry

Press the blue button on the left to submit!

Rewards Distributed This Maintenance

Campaign Condition Rewards
PSO2
Live Broadcast
#42
Ichitaro Challenge
All Accounts +100% Tribooster ×3
PSO2 7th Players Survey Completed the Survey Casino Coin Pass ×5
+100% Tribooster ×1
PS4 Service Start
Buy AC Campaign
Purchased 500+ AC 1000 FUN Ticket ×3
15,000 EXP Ticket ×3
Purchased 2000+ AC Good Fishing Rod ×10
Good Pickaxe ×10
Purchased 5000+ AC +30% Ability Affixing Success ×1
Summer Rappy Suit ×1
Purchased 10,000+ AC +150% Tribooster ×3
Ragol Memory ×3

Seven Spot Campaign's 進化デバイス/エスカくん ESCA-kun's mag device was also distributed during this maintenance.

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

▲▲ 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.

 

120,000 Nationwide Concurrent
Connections Memorial Campaign

120,000 Nationwide Concurrent Connections Memorial Campaign

Sega is celebrating achieving 120,000 nationwide concurrent connections in PSO2 with a memorial campaign! For more information, see our previous post about it.

Boost Event

Boost Event
Period June 1st ~ June 8th (Maintenance)
Boost All Quests receive a [+120% EXP Boost] and [+120% Rare Drop Boost]

※This boost only applies to PSO2, and not PSO2es.
※Challenge Blocks and Shared Ships are not subject to the boost.

 

Login Campaign

Receive a new prize each day you log in during the campaign!

Day Present
6/2 50 Harvesting Stamina Drink
6/3 15,000 EXP Ticket (x3)
6/4 Casino Coin Pass (x5)
6/5 +100% Tribooster
6/6 50 Fishing Stamina Drink
6/7 Free Salon Pass

※You have until 23:59 JST on the appointed day to retrieve your items from the Visiphone.
※Players who were continuously logged in from the previous day, must log back into the game again to qualify for the current day.

 

 

PSO2 JP: 4th Anniversary Update Brings New PA Customizations

~ June 8th, 2016 ~

Phantasy Star Online 2 is celebrating its four-year anniversary with a new Limited Quest, WEB Panel Event, Bingo, and the return of Xie!

 

Limited Quest

The festivities begin with the new [Bellowing Dragon] Limited Quest! Available until July 6th, this quest pits players against Dragonkin and Darkers alike amidst the Dragon Altar. With the quest nearing end, the "Battle Cry" Goronzoran will appear to give players a final challenge.

 

WEB Panel Event

Sega is launching a special site for PSO2's 4th Anniversary, detailing a new [ARKS ORDERS RUSH] WEB panel event! By clearing the conditions of each panel, players can collectively earn a variety of rewards. The event will be held through July 20th.

 

Bingo & Limited Client Orders

Xie 4th Anniversary

Xie is back from vacation to offer new client orders in commemoration of PSO2's 4th Anniversary! Among the rewards for clearing her orders is the Weapons Badge 2016 (Gold).

 

The 4th Anniversary Bingo card centers around our new Limited Quest, with handy rewards like a Star Gem Ticket and Harvesting Stamina Drink.

 

Star Gem Expansion

Treasure Shop

New Star Gem content will be implemented on June 15th, several days after the update launches. The first of this content is the Treasure Shop, where you can spend not only Star Gems, but Meseta as well. The selection is different per currency, however.

On the Star Gems side, you'll find more valuable items, including Quest Triggers and the All Candy Remover. With Meseta, you can purchase Rare Enemy Triggers, Pyroxene / Spellstones, a rare weapon camo, and other useful items, such as those for Gathering.

The selection of items the shop offers changes daily; however, you can spend Star Gems to update it immediately.

 

Quest Triggers

Triggered Mining Base Defense

With the new Quest Trigger items, players can at last initiate an Emergency Quest at any time. As of this update, only the Profound Invasion and Mining Base Defense quests will be available. Support for further quests will be added in the future.

 

Once you use a Quest Trigger, the item will be removed from your inventory. Upon cancelling the quest or disconnecting from the game, it will not return.

 

Darkness Ruler (SG Scratch)

Elder Costume

Darkness Ruler marks the first SG Scratch, giving players a chance to spend Star Gems to receive Dark Falz Elder, Apprentice, and Persona's cosmetics. Items within this scratch will have trade restrictions imposed upon them.

 

 

PA / Technic Customization Recipes

Other Cyclone Type Zero

New Photon Art and Technic customization recipes are on the way. By using these recipes, players can alter the behavior of specific photon arts.

  • Other Cyclone Type-Zero
    • Alters the span of time you'll swing around the enemy based on how long the button is held.
  • Infinity Fire Type-Zero
    • Alters the attack so you can continuously fire shots while immobile.
  • Kestrel Rampage Type-Zero
    • Consumes all Gear and creates a large blade that performs slicing attacks to the enemy. 
  • Deadly Circle Type-Zero
    • Makes the double saber spin around in high speed with
      "Guard Points" added into the attack. 
  • Type-Zero Zonde
    • Alters the technic so that a series of lightning strikes occur within a certain range.
  • Type-Zero Nazan
    • A Strong Kamaitachi (Whirlwind) effect occurs after blowing away the enemy.

Both Type-Zero Zonde and Nazan are different from the Technic customization recipes that have been released so far. Since they're similar to PA Customization recipes, they'll instead use support items that boost the effects of [Custom Type 1] and [Custom Type 2].

 

 

Pure Photons

Burn Guard Skill Ring

A material known as Pure Photons will be added for use in creating new Skill Rings. Pure Photons will only drop in certain quests, one such being the new Limited Quest.

  • R / Burn Guard
    • Grants resistance to the Burn status abnormality.
  • R / Freeze Guard
    • Grants resistance to the Freeze status abnormality.

 

Franca's Ocean Café

Franca's Ocean Café

Franca's Café will be transformed into a coastal resort for a limited time! This Ocean Café features a sandy beach lined with cottages and palm trees. Lounge about in a beach chair or hammock and watch the day change with the passage of time.

 

Shimamura Collaboration

PSO2 Shimamura  T-Shirts

Sega is teaming up with Japanese clothing store chain Shimamura to sell a small line of PSO2 themed t-shirts, starting June 18th. Each purchase comes with a 16-digit code for one of five sets of in-game items, including basewear recreations of the t-shirt line, and Tokyo Bonus Keys!

 

As part of the collaboration, Shimamura stores will appear across the Tokyo field during the June 8th update.

 

Kabukimono Style (AC Scratch)

Kabuki Gufuu
カブキグフウ (Kabuki Gufuu)
[Ou] / [Ba] / [In]

New Japanese and martial artist themed layered costumes are set to appear in a new AC Scratch. This totally different style will allow for even more unique outfit combinations! Two new CAST part series will also be included in the scratch.

 

Kabuki Kamitoki
カブキカミトキ (Kabuki Kamitoki)
[Ou] / [Ba] / [In]
Martial Lillian
マーシャルリリアン (Martial Lillian)
[Ba] / [In]
Martial Léon
マーシャルレオン (Martial Léon)
[Ba] / [In]
Valkia Parts
ワルキア・シリーズ (Valkia Series)
Gigante Parts
ギガンテ・シリーズ (Gigante Series)

 

Additional Improvements

Training Quest Expansion

Techer Training Quest

Training Quests will be added to cover the Fighter, Gunner, and Techer classes.

  • Fighter Training: Fighter Basics
  • Gunner Training: Gunner Basics
  • Techer Training: Techer Basics

 

Weapon General Election Winners

The seventeen winning designs from the Weapon General Election will appear as ★13 New-Type weapons equipable by all classes. They can be obtained from the Weapons Badge Exchange Shop for Gold badges, or through random drops in the Limited Quest.

 

Login Stamp Adjustments

Login Stamp Star Gems

The content of the Login Stamp system will be adjusted to include Star Gem rewards. Put your new source of SG to use at the Treasure Shop and by playing the SG Scratch!

Previous Reward New Reward
「Large Ishana Source Pyroxene」×10
「Star Gem」×5
「Large Himalaya Snow Pyroxene 」×10
「Star Gem」×5
「Large Prithvi Earth Pyroxene」×10
「Star Gem」×5
「Large Vayu Wind Pyroxene」×10
「Star Gem」×5
「Large Sarasvati Wealth Pyroxene 」×10
「Star Gem」×5
「Large Yama Soul Pyroxene 」×10
「Star Gem」×5
「+10% Grind Success」×3
「+30% Grind Great Success」×3
「Grind Risk Reducer (+2)」×5
「Good Fishing Rod」×5
「+30% Grind Success」×1
「Good Pickaxe」×5
「Grind Skip(→5)」×1
「+50% Grind Great Success」×2

 

Weaponoid Potentials

Psycho Wand Weaponoid Potential

Continuing from Claymore and Dragonslayer, comes new Weaponoid potentials for Psycho Wand, Koi Houou, Rose Flotz, Blade Dance, and Strike Brute. You can unlock these new potentials by gathering Weaponoid Boosters from PSO2es. Some of the new potentials include:

  • Psycho Wand
    • Increases the rate at inflicting a status effect. Increases damage towards enemies suffering under a status effect.
  • Koi Houou
    • Increases Fire technic damage.
  • Strike Brute
    • Increases damage to enemies when attacking on the ground.
  • Rose Flotz
    • Increases Lightning technic damage.