Sakai's Fill in the Blank and Sega At Comiket 82

Fill in the Blank

Sakai dropped a hint in his previous blog post about something new coming up in a future update. Can you fill in the blank?

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_ U B _ L A S S

Well that was easy. If you've been following the data mining reports, you've probably known about this already. As a matter of fact, in a really really old screenshot (before the alpha test), subclasses were mentioned in the skill tree menu.

 

Click to zoom in!

Wow look how different it looked back then! The yellow rectangle box should point you in the right direction.

 

Sega at Comiket82

 

Looks like Sega will be setting up a booth at this year's Comiket82. If you happen to be there, you can get some Sega Goodies! They will be there from August 10th and 11th, from 10 ~ 17:00 JST and August 12th from 10 ~ 16:00 JST.

 

PSO2 Clear Foil (2 Set)
A4 Size Clear Foil sheets for 1000 Yen

 

PSO2 Silver Lacquer Stickers (3 kinds)
Around 3x4cm for 500 Yen

 

"Hastune Miku and Future Stars Project mirai" Zipper Charms
200 Yen

 

Phantasy Star Universe Japan Shuts Down September 27th, 2012

On September 27th, 2012 @ 24:00 JST , Phantasy Star Universe Ambition of Illuminus will shut down. Please take note of the following schedule.

August 28th, 2012 @ 17:00 JST

  • Discontinue sales of the Guardians License
  • Discontinue sales of the Game Key and Illuminus Game Key

After August 30th, 2012 maintenance through September 27th, 2012.

  • Premium Course is Free.

September 27th @ 24:00 JST

  • End PSU ID Registrations
  • Discontinue sales of Guardians Cash
  • Service Shuts Down.

Regarding unused Guardians Cash

  • Unused Guardians Cash can be converted into Arks Cash or refunded as Webmoney Credit.
  • We will discuss this procedure later after the service shuts down.

You can continue to play Phantasy Star Universe offline on the PlayStation 2 version of the game.

PSO2 JP: Summer Update 2 (Crystal Dragon)

 

The Crystal Dragon update spans three separate dates, August 1st, August 8th, and the end of August. The August 1st update is covered in the previous post.

 

August 8th Update

A new field on Planet Amduscia will open up on August 8th, 2012. This field is known as the floating continent, but you may also refer to it as "Dragon Land." When the campship is in Amduscia's atmosphere, you can see this new field as floating islands high above the surface. It's theorized that these islands float due to the magnetic forces of the earth's crust.

 

Those level 35 and over can gain clearance to access this area.

 

New enemies include the バリドラン Baridran, one of the dragons that inhabit the floating continent. They can produce photospheres from within their bodies. They are slightly more intelligent than other dragons and may behave differently based on whether it's alone or with other enemies. Though their vision is slightly poor, they have keen sense of smell and will hurl these photospheres at targets.

 

Check out this new interrupt event! Similarly to an electric cage death match,  the dragons have set up a trap that has players confined to a small arena surrounded by an energy field.

 

Another enemy is the ウィンディラ Windira, one of the dragons that inhabit the floating continent. With their huge wings, they can perform mid-air beam breath attacks, as well as body attacks.

 

 

The クォーツ・ドラゴン Quartz Dragon is a huge crystal dragon that inhabits the floating continent. The crystal covering its body doesn't only function as armor, it can also be used as a weapon to shoot off powerful attacks. If you want to reduce its mobility, one should aim for its wings.

Around August 20th, Sakai will talk about more details regarding the third part of the Crystal Dragon update. Expect news of new story quests, new time attack quests, and the next scratch update!

[via psblog]

 

A Deluxe Michela!

From August 8th through September 26th, 2012, a new character will be appearing in the lobby. Her name is ミケーラ Michela and she'll be giving out client orders. She'll have her eyes on players who change classes and will be giving out various requests under the guise of "finding yourself"?

 

You can find her by the Aesthetics Counter.
I wonder why they placed her here…

(I have a feeling this is referring to SOMETHING…. It's soo transparent..)