PSO2 NGS Headline Recap #16

Class Level 65 and High Rank Sectors

• Level 65 will be available for all classes
• Rank 4 added to Retem Alnothe and Maqead lower level.
• New High Rank Sectors with NPCs in Co-Op Trials
• PSE Burst is guaranteed after completing Aina & Manon Trials.

Balance Adjustments

• Certain weapon types will see improvements to cancel timing, guard performance and attack range, making it easier for attacks to hit.
• Power will be increased for certain actions, including Photon Arts and especially Photon Blasts.
• Photon Blasts will have increased power and expanded attack range.

Future planned balance adjustments.

• More balance adjustments are scheduled for December 2022 update!

Class Level 65 and High Rank Sectors

• Within the new High Rank Sectors, PSE Bursts can turn into PSE Burst Forte.
• When this occurs, only Megalotix and Golden Rare enemies will spawn.
• Also for Combat Sectors, once it reaches above PSE Level 2, it will no longer go level 2.
• PSE Burst Encores will now be available in combat sectors they weren't before like Rank 1 Aelio and Retem.
• In the new high rank sectors, the Rugged weapon series will be added to drops for all enemies.
  • The drop rate will be higher than other combat sectors.
  • New ★7 Efidice Armor Belta increases Range and Technic power can be found in Retem.
• Expect to see the arrival of Might IV and Soul IV

Class Level 65 and High Rank Sectors

• New Ranks added to Retem Emergency Quests! Plus Trigger Quests versions!
  • Enemies will be Level 65. BP Requirement: 2878.
  • Trigger versions will be available from the Team Badge Exchange Shop.
  • Completion rewards include new level 4 special abilities. You may even get Rugged weapons.
• Support NPCs can appear in Emergency Quests.
  • The number of support NPCs will change based on number of players.
  • You can disable this in Matchmaking Settings.
• New Rank will be added to Battledia Purple: Retem Devastators.
• Gigantix that spawn in all regions will be raised to level 69.
  • They have a higher rare drop rate so you can get capsules like Gigas Might IV as well as Revival Weapon Camos and Motion Changes.
• Enhanced Enemy rewards have been improved.

New 7 Star Rarity Weapons

• New ★7 Obsidia series weapons.
  • You can get them from Enhanced Enemies.
  • Later on they will drop in additional highly difficult Trania quests and Title Rewards.
• Weapons with the ★1 ~ ★6 rarity can now be upgraded to Grind Cap +60.
  • The number of Special Ability Slots will remain at 5.
• In addition, ★1 ~ ★6 rarity weapons can now reach Potential Lv.5.
• There will be mini episode featuring characters from Retem and Kvaris.

New Features and Improvements

• You can now teleport to Region Mags.
• Music Discs can now be previewed at Scratch Ticket and My Shop screens.
• Vertical rotation feature will be added for the ARKS ID. There's also going to be new backdrops.
  • You can earn the new images from Titles.
  • Lydia will teach you about the ARKS ID. There will also be a new task to teach you.
• You can now remove the Classification Titles when customizing the Quick Menu.

New Features and Improvements

• The Gather Party Feature will allow you to gather party members even if they are in different rooms.
• Currently Recruiting Parties can now search in all sectors in the same block.
• Teams can now see each other's most recent login information.
  • The level of detail in the information displayed can be adjusted for each Team.
• A new lock-on setting will prioritize nearby enemies and weakpoints that your character is facing.
  • You can switch to the current lock-on mode or this new one.

New Features and Improvements

• Toggle Symbol Arts display in the Player Shop menu.
• You can turn off Character Motion Correction so that your character's knees will no longer adjust to the terrain.
• You can change the Character Simple Models to be silhouette, white, or translucent.
• HDR Setting: You can see the game in newly vivid colors.
• Play Character Video: Replaces the default character with your own character in the Title Sequence Movie.
  • This features is only available to PC players.

AC Scratch: Melty Blood Style

• Collab with the 2d Fighting Game MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA
• Dress up as Shiki Tohno, Arcueid Brunestud, Akiha Tohno, and Ciel.
• There's Lobby Actions too like Melty Blood Fight, Stamps, Camos, and Music Discs.

New High Rank Sector

• Rank 3 coming to Belugana Ruins and Lost Central
• New Ranks and Trigger Quests will be added to Kvaris Emergency Quests.
• The Kvaris Co-Op trials will feature Aina, Manon, Meri, Kukka, and their siblings.
• The high rank Sectors of Kvaris will drop [Efidice Armor: Tseza] which boosts Striking and Tech Power.

SG Scratch: Refined Form 7

• Popular outfits and Parts from the [NGS Costume Request Survey] like Ridel Minadol and Behind the Dusk.
• Avatar items related to Behind the Dusk will be set as a featured item, so their win rate will be up to double the normal rate.
• Among the items being added, The items from the aforementioned survey will no longer be available after the next update.

ARKS Records for Field Races

• Available October 12th through October 19th
• Central Aelio Board: Stage 1
• Central Retem Board: Stage 1
• Central Kvaris Dash: Stage 1

NGS Season 13

• Mag Form/Jack-O

New High Rank Sector

• New Rank will be added to Mt. Magnus, Vanford Lab Ruins, and Resol Forest.
• New Ranks will be added to Aelio's Emergency Quests plus trigger versions, as well as, Battledia Purple: Aelio Devastators.
• Aelio Co-Op Trials will feature Aina, Manon, and Bruder.
• The high rank sectors of Aelio will drop ★7 Efidice Armor: Alga which boosts Striking and Range power.
• Support NPCs will appear in the new ranks of Emergency Quests, however they will NOT appear in Dark Falz Interception and its Trigger Quest: Dark Falz Interception R2.

AC Scratch: Monster Masquerade

• Contains Ghost pirate, haunted capes, and sea creature style outfits.

New Quest: Ordinal Tower

• Trania Advance: Bunker Type 2
• The quest is centered around fighting bosses. Each time you complete a Rank, a new Rank will be unlocked.
• The first time you complete each rank, you'll receive the three types of ★7 rarity armor that were mentioned above in each region.
• Other rewards include Arms Refiner and N-CLASS-EXCubes and accessories.
• The Title Reward set by each class will deliver a grinded ★7 Obsidia weapon!
• A new side task will be added after completing chapter 1 that relates to the Ordinal Tower by the instructor Schraft.

TwitchCon San Diego

• Event: TwitchCon San Diego
• Date: Oct 7th ~ Oct 9th
• Venue: San Diego Convention Center
• A PSO2:NGS demo will be available at TwitchCon. You can get a T-Shirt from playing the demo.
• Item Codes will also be given out.

Overlord Collaboration

• It will include avatar items and voice tickets based on Ainz and Albedo, plus other items such as Weapon Camos and Lobby Actions.

AC Purchase Campaign (10/5~)

• Receive LA: 761: Sonic/Tails 3, Pixel Rappy, and more based on the amount of AC you purchase.

SG Shop Sale (10/5~)

• A special set will include [N-Rare Drop Rate [24hr] + 100%] and [Material Storage Use (30 Days S)] and [PSO2 10th SP Scratch Ticket] x10.

Boost Campaign (10/5~)

• EXP Boost in combat sectors for beginner sectors.
• Rare Drop and EXP Boost for the newly added Combat Sectors.

Pre-Scheduled Emergency Quest (10/26~)

• Take on the new Ranks added to Emergency Quests.

Halloween Costume Campaign (10/26~)

• Halloween Login Bonus and a Free Salon Campaign where you can use the paid features in the Beauty Salon for free without having to use any Salon passes.
• You can receive up to Two N-Color Change Passes during the campaign period.

Thank You Campaign

• We've reached 10 million registered ARKS worldwide!
• A Thank You campaign will be held to commemorate this occasion.

Character Song CD ～Song Festival～ BEST Vol.2

• Release Date: October 26th
• A compilation of Character Songs plus new variants sung by Matoi, Hitsugi, Harriet, and Quna
  • Hear the new Memorial Versions of Zero-G and Thank You
• The Standard Version includes Chat Stamps of Mother, Stratos, Harriet, Shiva, PSO2 Heroines, along with 841 [Vo Performance 13] Lobby Action.
• The deluxe version includes everything above, plus Stratos, Harriet, and Margareta Voices, 471 [Vo Performance 27], Stratos Pose, and 730 [Vo Performance 11]

When do you plan to implement the Region Mag Buff override that you previously announced?

Sorry for the delay, we are working on this change and plan to release this in an update in December. It will be possible to extend individual Region Mag Boosts by feeding them additional material items.

My motivation to play always takes a hit when the PSE Gauge level drops. Is there anything you can do about this?

In October, we plan to adjust the PSE Bursts so that they never drop below level 2 and in addition to that we have something else planned for the December update that will help keep you motivated even if the PSE Gauge level drops. Furthermore, after some discussion we decided it would be detrimental if the Gauge never dropped at all, doing this would force us to reduce the number of PSE Bursts, otherwise they would be sprouting out left and right all the time. Many users would not agree with this kind of change, so the dev team said they would be looking into other ways to improve this aspect of the game.

When you are downed in Trinitas, you have to stay like that and wait until time is up to get your reward. Can you change this so I get my rewards even if I abandon the quest?

In the future, we're considering changing it so that when all party members are incapacitated, the quest will end after a few seconds and the party will receive rewards according to their clear Rank.

With all the new regions, gathering materials like Minerals now takes up so much of my time that I don't get to play any other content. Please reduce the distance required to gather materials so that it takes less time to get everything.

In response to your comments, we will look into making adjustments to the gathering locations, especially in the Aelio Region where it is particularly difficult to collect materials. We will also make sure to consider this when we decide where we will place materials ion the Stia region which is coming in December.

There was an announcement in a previous stream that the next time there are Rappy Spots, they will spawn where the Dread Enemies have been defeated. However, that means that the spots get even further away from players wo are fighting other Dread Enemies. Can you please consider this?

We have heard your comments and thought about this issue again and have decided the highest priority should be to ensure that players who have defeated the Dread Enemy can get to the Rappy Spot. We will implement the changes to the spawning points as announced. However we will be adding something at the same time that will help to avoid inconveniencing players who are fighting other Dread Enemies in a different location to get a Rappy Spot.

The Implementation of features similar to Personal Quarters and Alliance Quarters from PSO2 has been announced for after Spring 2023. I can't wait that long! If it is already in development, can you at least give us a sneak peek of what's coming?

This has been requested by a lot of players since the start of NGS and we apologize for the delay in bringing you this content. As we have mentioned in the past, we are working hard to bring you new and exciting content in as polished a state as possible, so we can't rush these things. But of course, it's not good to keep you all in the dark. Although this is still under development, we will gradually increase the amount of info we will share with you. But please be aware that this will be info about a still in progress version of this feature.

The Next NGS Headline will be held October 25th!