PSO2 NGS Headline Recap #19

Two Revival Scratch Tickets

• NGS Spec: Rewind Collection 8
• PSO2 Spec: New Years Memories

Revival SG Scratch: Halpha ARKS Revival 2

• Previous SG Scratch prizes will return.
• A free version will be released so you can draw it 10x a day for free!

Limited Time Event: New Year '23

• Central City will be decorated for New Years
• Nord Rappy and Nord Empe Rappy
• Xiandy will dress in Japanese style New Year's Outfit.
• Seasonal Exchange Shop
  • Illusionary Heart
  • Arms Refiner
  • Infernium / Hexakite
  • Seigain // Tenebrous Series +40
• Defeating marked Dread Enemies have a chance to activate a Rappy Spot.
• Complete Title Task: New Year 2023 Point Collector to get Star Gems.

Two Special AC Scratches

• Remix Line contains previous outfits in newly customized desisns.
• Reminiscence Collection 3 re-releases motion change items, hairstyles, and more!
• Scratch Bonus contains Special Ability Capsule JP: [Ability IV S] // GB: [Mastery IV S], and the camo＊Weapon Stealthing

Winter '23 Event

• Xiemi will appear.
• Seasonal Point Exchange Shop
  • Snow Crystal Tiara
  • CV: Dash – Skate
  • Gigas IV Series Capsules
• Mineral Exchange shop to trade in minerals for other minerals.
• Get the Weapon Camo ＊Seigain Armati through a Title
• ARKS Record: Ordinal Tower Rank 7 Solo and Party

New Field Races

• North Aelio Board Stage 1 and North Retem Board Stage 1

Limited Quest: Practice Drill Sandstorm Windup

• An 8 Player Quest that takes place in the desert.
• Snowflake Kelkundo will appear at the end where he creates Rappy snow sculptures in the desert.
• Rewards include Special Scratch Tickets and SG Tickets.

AC Scratch: Quaint Ensemble '23

• Shrine Maiden garments and Hakama Style pants with a streetwear twist.
• Lobby Action: Rappy n' Me
• Scratch Bonus: Dash – Shadowswim EX

SG Scratch: Refined Form 10

• Previous PSO2 outfits remade in NGS Specs.
• Scratch Bonus: Dash – Jet Boost

Mission Pass Season 16

• Mag Form: Etorabbi Machina // Bitrab Machina

New Battle Section

• Neuson Plant: Every time a PSE Burst occurs, certain game elements and spawned enemies will change dramatically. Players will also receive buffs.
• Use decoys that attract the enemies' attention which will eventually explode.
• Skychargers will enhance your diving attack after you jump on them.
• Plasma Traps deal massive damage to enemies. This can be activated when you step evade an enemy's attack.
• Quartz Skodin is a new boss enemy that can drop the camo Curio Dragon Slayer.
• Stia Relentless Training will be added to Ronaldine's Looping Tasks. Limited Tasks focused on defeating Malevolent Vardias and the Recon Gigants with Infernium and other rare items as rewards.

Geometric Labyrinth

• Trinitas Geometric Labyrinth will be easier to play.
• Added a Side Mission Completion Boost that will enhance the player
• The difficulty can be fine-tuned even more with new Challenge Settings which can reduce the score-multiplier, enhance your characters, and lower enemy levels.
• New functions to join other parties, modify part of the drain on the 3rd floor, the ability to end the quest after 30s when all party members have been incapacitated, allowing the party leader to select challenge settings even if Party Members haven't unlocked them yet.

Stia Emergency Quests

• Trigger quest versions of Emergency Quests: Nils Vera & Doldoris Vera
• You can obtain Triggers by trading in Team Badges or through other means.

New Mini Episodes

• See the aftermath of the combat in the Stia Region with Guren and Kanui.

Grinding Cap

• You can grind ★7 to ★8 up to +60 Grind Level.
• Requires Arms Refiner II from the newly released Neusen Plant

New Improvements and Features

• The locations of Gathering Items in Aelio have been revamped to make them easier to collect.
• Alpha Reactors can be collected entirely within Central Aelio.
• The Wanted Item List allows you to select which items you want to get. This can be useful when searching Player Shops.
• View Lobby Action variant motions right from the Preview Window.

New Improvements and Features

• Coordinate Information will be added to the Advanced Settings for Accessories.
• A Change Motions function has been added to the Fashion Editing area.
• You can now check whether a Music Disc has been registered or not.
• Current Effects in the Stat Information area will now display the totals for EXP Earned, Meseta, and Rare Drop Boost.
• The Stat Info window will now show Damage Adjustment and Damage Resist stats.
• The display priority for Tasks will be updated so that tasks that must be completed within a set period will be prioritized for display over Side Tasks / Repeatable Tasks. However, Main Tasks will continue to be set as the top priority.

AC Scratch: Cosmic Convict

• Cosmic Convict includes jail and prison themed outfits.
• Lobby Action: Cash Money
• Motion: Landing – Nailed It
• Motion Glide – Rappy Balloon EX

Revival AC Scratch: Sweet Memories

• PSO2-Spec Valentine Themed Outfits

Specification Changes for Late January

To improve the issue of players finding it harder to have spontaneous encounters with others due to Blocks being expanded to address the increase in regions, we'll incorporate a change in the late-January 2023 update to generate and add Blocks based on region congestion.

• The number of Blocks in each region immediately after each maintenance will be lower than there are at present. When a region becomes congested, a new Block will automatically be added for that region.
• Less populated Blocks will be excluded as potential destinations for Block Transfers at Ryuker Devices. If a player starts matchmaking in a Block that is excluded as a potential destination for Block Transfers, they will automatically be transferred to a more populated Block when their matchmaking has completed.
• The number of Blocks will be reset at each maintenance.

February

• Colossal Boss Suppression: Emergency Quest
• Two Types of Limited Quests
• Special versions of enemies in Exploration Sectors
• Collaboration Scratch Ticket with a partner company.

March

• Spring 2023 Event
• Two Types of Limited Event Quests
• New Rank added to Geometric Labryinth.

April ~ May

• New Class + New Gunslash Weapon Category
• Two Types of 2nd Anniversary Boss Rush Quests.
• 2nd Anniversary Emergency Quests
• Story Chapter 5

June

• NGS Ultra Evolution Update (tentative)
• Creative Space
• Level Cap 75
• New Class Skills

Creative Space was originally scheduled for Spring, but due to the amount of requests received, the development team has pushed it back to June.

NGS × NIJISANJI Collaboration

Outfits from NIJISANJI will be releasing in a February update. Dress up as Kaida Haru, Hakase Fuyuki, Hoshikawa Sara, and Shu Yamino! In addition, life-size cutouts will appear as in-game photo spots.

December 28th Campaigns

• 10x A Day Free SG Scratch!
• Pre-Scheduled Emergency Quests with Boosts
• Ring out the old, Ring in the New Year Boost Event #1
  • +50% EXP Boost, +50% Rare Drop Boost, +100% Preset Attachment Drop Rate

January 4th Campaigns

• Double Drops of Special Ability Capsules: Pre-scheduled Emergency Quests
• Ring out the old, Ring in the New Year Boost #2
  • +40% Grind Great Success Rate, +5% Ability Affixing Success Rate

January 4th @ 4:00 AM

• 5x A Day Special Scratch Ticket

Ring out the old, Ring in the New Year AC Cash-Back Campaign

• Players who purchase 10,000+ AC during the campaign period will be randomly awarded a percentage of the AC they've purchased. A total of 200 winners will be randomly selected among those who qualify, with awards up to 20,000 AC.

Contents	No. of Winners
Match 100% of AC Purchased during the period	10
Match 50% of AC Purchased during the period	30
Match 30% of AC Purchased during the period	60
Match 10% of AC Purchased during the period	100

Rewards will be sent to the winners in February

Spend AC, Get Items [Global Only]

• Starts January 11th Maintenance
• Spend a certain amount of AC to receive prizes such as:
  • Striped Uniform T1
  • Striped Uniform T2
  • 820: PR Pose 7
  • 821: Eat Roll Cake
  • STP: Ran – Team Time
  • Roll Cake

Purchase CENTRAL! the official comic of PSO2:NGS in your respective regions to receive bonuses such as the CENTRAL! Stamp and Motion: Idle – Central! and various Pins.

• Date: January 25th, 2023
• Price: 1,100 Yen / $9.99 USD

PSO2 Comi Collection [Global Only]

• Date: January 25th, 2023
• Price: $16.99 USD
• Includes Manga Memory which can be traded in for various in-game items.

Sympathy 2023 Concert

• Satomi Sato will be the main navigator for the Sympathy 22023 concert.
• Ticket holders will receive various bonuses such as the Phantasy Star Medley music disc, a lobby action, the key visual stamp, Myau, and a shirt.

Sympathy 2023 Special Programme [Japan Only]

• Sound Director, Hideaki Kobayashi, and PSO2 10th Anniversary Ambassador, Yui Hasegawa will host a special stream introducing the music and appeal of Sympathy 2023.
• Date: January 9th: 20:00 ~ 21:00 JST
• Broadcast: Official JP YouTube Channel PhantasystarCh

Could you please add more Ryuker Devices?

We are considering adding more Ryuker Devices on the field. However, we will be cautious about the impact on Field Races if we add them, and the fact that they might be too difficult to select on the World Map's UI if they are too close together.

I would like to be able to use Titles acquired in PSO2 on the ARKS ID for NGS

Due to many requests regarding this matter, we are planning to add a feature to allow Titles obtained in PSO2 to be set on your ARKS ID in NGS.

Can you improve the resolution of the preview screen for checking clothing from Scratch Tickets? The low resolution in the window makes it difficult to check.

In response to this request, we are working to make the preview quality match the texture resolution set in your Options, although this will be limited to the PC version.

Please review the Transport Truck Defense Trial.
The rewards don't feel worth the amount of time it takes to complete it.

The Transport Truck Defense Trial takes longer to complete than other Trials. We are planning to give players an increase in PSE Level when they complete it.

The Creative Space looks interesting, but it seems like a lot of work to make everything from scratch. Will there be any templates provided?

We plan to implement a feature to allow players to publish blueprints of buildings and other structures they have built. Other players will be able to use those blueprints to reproduce the same thing with ease! We're also providing a ranking feature to showcase which blueprints are used the most, and a search function to find blueprints based on several criteria.