PSO2 New Genesis: Patch Notes: August 2022

August 03 2022 | Patch Notes

Class Update

Waker Class

• Tech Weapon: Takt
• Class Trainer: Wilmina

Story Update

• New Side Story: Favors For the Five
• Added Short Episodes
  • Learn more about the characters.

Field Update

• In all regions, added a rare trial where Empe Rappy and Great Rappy can appear.
• Added [Challenge Settings] and [Rank.2] to some Trania.
• Battle Triggers have been consolidated into [B Trigger / Common Yellow] and [B Trigger Common Purple].
  • You can trade in the region specific Battle Triggers at the Item Trader.
• Added a feature that allows you to move to the front of the Racing Console after clearing or while playing a Field Race.
• Limited Quests will now have simple quest information displayed.

Interface Update

• The power for certain Class Skills will now be displayed in the [Class Skill Details] area.
• You can now bulk use Star Gem Tickets.
• A feature has been added that allows you to rearrange the listing of each menu.
• You can now change the background of the Arks Card.
• For Standard Sorting when selecting a room at the Ryuker Device, it will now display non-full rooms with the most players near the top.
• Added a control operation in which you can refresh the room list using your keyboard or gamepad.
• The World Map will display the event locations of Short Episodes.
• Added a feature for Field Races in which you can transition to the Random Event Records.
• Some objects that appear while playing Field Races will now be displayed on the Radar Map.
• An icon indicating the Quest Counter will be visible on the World Map
• Removed "Move Cursor" and "Cancel from the World Map operation guide.
• You will now be able to write a note even when you place a pin on a location in the World Map.
• [Display Guide Info] will be greyed out if the task is already being displayed.
• The Mag Jukebox will display a confirmation window if you cancel while editing.
• When changing rooms, the search conditions will be changed from "Filter Rooms in the Same Section" to "Filter Rooms in the Same Section and [Rank]".
• Removed the "No Password" sorting option when changing rooms.
• The Voice Volume settings in Options will be split into [Voice Volume: Player Character] and [Voice Volume: Other Characters].
• The [Drop Animation Display Rarity Setting] will be expanded to ★7 or higher rarities.
• Added [Ambient Occlusion: Character] setting in Options.
• You can now return to the previous window when when you cancel by right clicking.
• For the PC and PS4 versions, you will no longer need to install PSO2 game data when playing PSO2-spec songs.
• In the PS4 version, if the language setting of the console is set to a language other than Japanese, the trophy text will display in English.

Character Creation Update

• The number of thumbnails displayed in the Character Base selection screen has been changed.
• In the Edit Head menu in the the Salon, the option name will be changed from [Easy Edit] to [Sample Selection]
• The behavior for the following Full Setwear will be changed for Body Edit in the Salon:
  • Fighting Panda [Fu]
  • Combat Panda [Fu]
• Due to the above changes, your appearance with those two Full Setwear may be different if you were wearing it before Aug 3rd's maintenance.
• Increased the amount of positioning increments for Glow Cube and Glow Circle.
  • If you are currently using these items, please adjust them again.

Item Update

• Adjusted the number of items required for Special Ability Capsule Exchange.
  • Removed some Ⅰ and Ⅱ type Capsule Exchanges.
  • Changed the Capsules used to exchange for [C/Stamina Ⅲ] and some other Ⅲ-type Capsules so that you can choose from either ten Ⅰ-type Capsules or four Ⅱ-type Capsules.
  • Removed the need for Ores and Photon Quartz for SOME Special Ability Capsule exchanges.
  • Adjusted the required items for exchanging with [C / All Resist I]
• Changed the rarity to some Special Ability Capsules to ★4.
  • The amount of N-Meseta consumed when affixing at the Item Lab per ★4 Rarity Capsule will be changed to 100.
• Added new item drops to some enemies.
• Enemies at level 26 ~ 40 who spawn in Aelio and Retem will no longer drop some ★3 weapons and armor, and instead will drop Meseta.
• Added Takt support to Armati Camos.
• Battle Triggers from enemies or Task Rewards will now become [B Trigger / Common Yellow] or [B Trigger / Common Purple].
• Changed the lineup of Trigger Items in the Team Badge Exchange Shop.
• Added [Arks Record Badge Exchange] to the Item Trader NPCs.
• You will now be able to sell off your [Kvaris Expedition Prep Tickets].
• Lowered the SE volume for the Lobby Action [Space Channel 5 Dance].
• You can now possess up to 999 of some support items.
• You can now register PSO2-spec Mag Evo Devices that were obtained from NGS scratches in PSO2 blocks.

Other Changes

• The block at the top of the list in each region will be prioritized when the player logs in.
• The System Voice Volume will be lower in PSE Bursts and Trials.
• Cross-play is available for the PC / Cloud / PS4 versions.
  • Cloud Shared Blocks on normal ships will be removed. All platforms will be able to cross-play on normal blocks.
  • However, due to the nature of cloud gaming, it is difficult to cross play in Shared Ships' Battle Blocks, so the dedicated Cloud Block will remain.
• PlayStation 4 exclusive blocks will be added.
• Due to the removal of es-Linked EXP, it will no longer be displayed in the Class Information area in PSO2.

Balance Adjustments

• Gold and Silver Rare enemies will drop Silver and Gold Prim Armor at +20 Grind.
• Increased the chance for Tames to drop ingredient items.
• Increased the amount of EXP earned when defeating some enemies and bosses.
• Reduced the HP for enemies in Battledia Yellow [Aelio Troopers] & [Retem Troopers].
  • It was stated in the 7/26 NGS Headline that All Battledia Yellow would have received those changes but this will not apply to [Kvaris Troopers]. They are sorry for the mistake in the previous information.
• Adjusted the hit collisions for some actions with the [Lizentos].
• Improved the PP Recovery amount for Mobile Cannon Rapid Fire.
• Adjusted the range in which ice crystal (Crystalline Ice) scatters.

System Update

Add-On Skills

• Set a variety of skills for each class.
  • Requires N-Class-EXCube And N-Meseta

Assist NPC

• NPCs will fight alongside players who join a Combat Sector.
  • You can disable this feature in Room Settings.

Scratch Update

AC Scratch: Sunshine Marine Stars '22

• Swimsuits and Swimwear.

SG Scratch: Waker Caparison

• Waker Outfits.

August 10 2022 | Patch Notes

Scratch Update

Rewind Collection 3

• Revival Scratch of NGS-Spec Outfits.

Seaside Memories

• Revival Scratch of summery PSO2-Spec Outfits

August 17 2022 | Patch Notes

Quest Update

New Quest: Cannonball Rumble

• This is part of the [Trania Advance: Bunker] quest type.
• New Capsule Type: Super
  • (Example) Super Power I: Strike Weapon PWR + 2.25%
• N-Class-EXCube may drop.

System Update

New Event: ARKS Record

• Players compete with each other for the highest score by participating in the qualifying content.
• This Week's Content: Solo Trinitas Geometric Labyrinth.
• Based on your score, you will be placed into Gold, Silver, or Bronze.
• This ranking will determine the amount of ARKS Record Badges received as rewards.
• You can trade in these badges for Armati Camos or Kaiseram Mk.I weapons.

Mission Pass

• NGS Season 11 Mission Pass will be available until September 14th.
• Rewards include Flex Barrel, Wooden Sandals, and Mag Form: Arion Machina, etc.

Scratch Update

SG Scratch: Refined Form 5

• Phaleg, Mother, And Hagito outfits in NGS-spec.

AC Scratch: AC Support Item Selection 3

• Adi-type Capsules.