More merchandise coming at you, but first we have to update the news about the Premium Package coming this September.

Premium Package (Special Bonuses)

So something else is coming to the premium package that goes on sale September 13th, 2012. You can purchase the package separately from Play-Asia. If you purchase the product through the Sega Store through Ebten, you have the option to choose a keyboard cover. These are on a first come first serve basis. 

 

PSO2 Arks Keyboard Cover Cloth

 

Rappy Design Keyboard Cover Cloth

Keyboard Covers:

• Size: 480 x 220m
• Material: W Suede

Premium Package:

• Release Date: September 13th, 2012
• Price: 6279 Yen
• 2 DVDS

Purchase Options:

• Play-Asia
• Ami-Ami

Item Codes Include:

5 Original Weapons

• ドリルナックル／ナハト Drill Knuckle / Nacht (Knuckles)
• ブラッディアート／ナハト Bloody Art / Nacht (Twin Dagger)
• H10ミズーリT／ナハト H10 Missouri T / Nacht (Twin Machine Guns)
• ウィンドミル／ナハト Windmill / Nacht (Wand)
• クロノスケィス／ナハト Kronos Scythe / Nacht (DblSaber)
  

 Other Item Codes

• 30 Day Premium Set
• 1000 Fun Ticket
• Mag Evolution Device
• Color Change Item
• Scape Doll x 5
• Boost type item Set.

Phantasy Star Online 2 and COSPA

Remember COSPA? They made those cool PSP2 T-shirts a while back. Now they've returned to sell ARKS t-shirts just in time for the Tokyo Game Show. (But you can just purchase these shirts directly from sites like Ami Ami.)

 

Singing Rappy T-Shirt (3,045 Yen)

 

ARKS Shoulder Tote (2,100 Yen)

 

ARKS Reflector Shirt (3,045 Yen)
(The logo reflects light)

 

Fonewearl T Shirt (3,045 Yen)

Final words:

• Don't forget Maintenance tonight at 10:00 PM EST.
• Mag raising in Smartphone version of PSO2, to what extent I don't know.

 

• ドリルナックル／ナハト Drill Knuckle / Nacht
• ブラッディアート／ナハト Bloody Art / Nacht
• 朧 Oboro
• H10ミズーリT／ナハト H10 Missouri T / Nacht 
• バンシーズロアー Banshee's Roar
• ウィンドミル／ナハト Windmill / Nacht
• レガリア Regalia

 

Sakai updated today with his status report blog post. Here's a summary of what happened so far. We never had any emergency maintenances for a whole week and they launched their first crystal dragon update. Next week they will implement the second part of the update with the new field and new boss!

There's still a few kinks left in the server, at times a block may go down, or when they release an update with new costumes, the My Shop menu gets bogged down. They will continue to make adjustments to fix problems to make your gameplay experience more comfortable.

As for some of the feedback sent in, a while back people reported that the bosses in story mode were very difficult. Sakai plans to make some changes about this in the future.

As for that annoying Koffee, he's thinking about relaxing some of the time limits you have to do to open up the different fields. He's planning to make some adjustments to this probably as early as next week.

He's looking into making some adjustments towards the game's balancing. It's going to take a while to do this because they'll have to perform some tests and calculations to see how everything flows out.

If you're at the level cap and feel like there's nothing left to do, you can expect new classes and new quests in the future. Also later on, expect to see some content geared towards higher level players.

As for yesterday's update, they've received many reports that the new Emergency Quest featuring the Fang Banthers has not yet appeared on certain ships. This isn't a bug though, the quest's appearance is determined at random, they are sorry for the stress this has caused for ships who haven't received the quest yet. They believe they should use this sort of problem as a reference to think about how they'll distribute content in the future.

As for next week's Crystal Dragon update, there's going to be a considerable amount of bug fixes, he didn't specify what they are for though.

 

Porori

As for today's porori image, it's the concept artwork for the Quartz Dragon!

Does his head's design remind you a little bit of Panzer Dragoon?

 

 

To everyone who draws 3000 AC worth of AC Scratch Cards during the campaign period will receive a special item!

Campaign Period

• August 1st ~ August 22nd @ 11:00 JST

Applicable Scratches

• 「夏だ！祭りだ！スクラッチ」 Summer Festival Scratch
• 「夏だ！祭りだ！スクラッチG」Summer Festival Scratch G
• 「サマーバケーションスクラッチ」Summer Vacation Scratch
• 「サマーバケーションスクラッチG」Summer Vacation Scratch G

Campaign Prize

• ラッピースーツ×1個 (One Rappy Suit)

You must draw a total of 3000 AC worth of AC Scratch in order to receive the item. If you purchase above this amount, you will still only receive one Rappy Suit.

You may optionally purchase the AC Scratch tickets (which lets you draw 11 scratch cards), however,  you will need to draw the scratch cards in order to receive the prize. You can not simply purchase the ticket and not draw the cards.

Follow this pattern below to ensure that you get the prize. As long as you draw a total of 3000 or more AC of scratch cards you will get the Rappy Suit.

Patterns you can follow:

• (Draw 15 Regular Scratch)
• (Draw 13 Regular Scratch and 1 Gold Scratch)
• (Draw 10 Regular Scratch and 2 Gold Scratch)
• (Draw 8 Regular Scratch and  3 Gold Scratch)
• (Draw 5 Regular Scratch and 4 Gold Scratch)
• (Draw 3 Regular Scratch and 5 Gold Scratch)
• (Draw 6 Gold Scratch)

Item Code Distribution Date

• Currently Planned for Mid September.

 

To everyone who purchases a プレミアムセット Premium Set (of either the 30, 60, or 90 day ticket) during the campaign period will receive special items.

Campaign Period

• August 1st, 2012 through August 22nd @ 11:00 JST

You must purchase at least one of any of the following:

• プレミアムセット30日
• プレミアムセット60日
• プレミアムセット90日

Campaign Prizes

• 獲得経験値＋50％  (One EXP+50%)
• レアドロップ倍率＋50％ ×1個 (One Rare Drop Boost +50%)
• 獲得メセタ＋50％ ×1個 (One Meseta+50%)

Item Code Distribution Date

• Currently Planned for Mid September.