PSO2 JP: Maintenance and Patch (4/11/2018)

Take the form of Dark Blast [Loser] and soar the skies in a new update!

PSO2 Maintenance

  • 4/11/2018 @ 11:00 ~ 17:00 JST
  • 4/10/2018 @ 10:00 PM ~ 4:00 AM EDT
  • ※ Click the above link to convert to your timezone.

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/11/2018 @ 9:00 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 4/10/2018 @ 8:00 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

April 11th Update

  • Launcher: Version 05.00.03
  • Client: Ver.5.0602.0
  • Patch Size: 465 MB (PC) / xx (PS4) / 410 MB (Vita)

 

 

 

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Patch Notes

New Dark Blast

New Quest

Quest Name Difficulty Requirements
Incarnation of Knowledge
異界に紡がれし知の化身
Normal Lv.20+
Hard Lv.40+
Very Hard Lv.55+
Super Hard Lv.70+
Extra Hard Lv.80/80+
※Main/Sub

 

New Enemy

Omega Falz Loser

 

New Collection File

  • Added Incarnation of Knowledge Collection (~October 10th, 2018)

 

Partial New Item Listing

 

New Client Orders

  • Added Client Orders to Gene and Bruno (~June 6th, 2018)

 

System Updates

Quest

  • Adjusted the timing when damage occurs for certain attacks from Apostle of Water, Ophiel
  • During Extreme Training: Terran Phantoms, if a player clears the quest while you are incapacitated, you'll be revived.

Badge & Memory Exchange Shop

  • Added TCG Memory Exchange Shop

Zieg Exchange Shop

  • Added a section for [Obtain Invade-NT Series]

Expert Matching

Other Changes

  • In the Title counter, adjusted the ordering of the Titles that qualify for Expert Matching
  • Added Time Reversal Stone Chronos to the Quest Records

Beckoning Woods Boost
April 11th ~ April 18th

The [Beckoning Woods] will receive the following boosts:

  • EXP +100%
  • RDR +100%
  • Meseta +100%
  • Extra Hard Only
    • Increased Autumn Series NT Drop Rate
    • Additional drops such as Arm / Hang Bode, etc

※Trigger version does not qualify.

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

▲▲ Eastern Daylight Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

▲▲ Japanese Standard Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

Eastern / Central / Mountain / Arizona / Pacific

Hawaii / São Paulo / London / Berlin / Moscow

Bangkok / Philippines / Sydney / Japan

Please Note:

  • The Emergency Quest schedule will update automatically during maintenance. Please wait until after maintenance has ended to see the current schedule.
  • Please resync the calendar periodically to receive the latest updates, as the schedule may change at Sega's discretion.
  • This calendar is unable to show Emergency Quests that occur at random.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will appear with only their start times.
  • Boost Events that occur for several hours will use the "period" suffix in their titles. Please check the Google Calendar itself to view the event duration.
  • You can see the Emergency Quest schedule on your phone by subscribing to the Google Calendar.

 

Buy Premium Set Campaign

With all the benefits being added to the Premium Set, a campaign will be hosted to purchase the [Premium Set 90 Days]. Those who purchases it within the Campaign Period will be rewarded with gifts!

Campaign Period

  • March 22nd ~ April 25th

Gift Items

  • Perched Rappy (Accessory)
  • Bonus Key Kazuchi Raid
  • Tribooster +150% (x3)

Gift Pickup Period

  • Available instantly, but expires May 26th, 2018

 

 

Spend AC, Get Items

Players who spend set amounts of AC during the campaign period will receive several prizes!

Campaign Period

  • April 4th ~ April 15th @ 23:59 JST

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Spend 2000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • +100% Tribooster (x2)
  • 15,000 EXP Ticket (x5)

(2) Spend 5000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • Rappy Suit
  • +30% Ability Affixing Success

(3) Spend 10,000 AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • +150% Tribooster (x3)
  • Lambda Grinder (x2)

※AC / iAC spent in PSO2es prior to linking does not qualify for this campaign. However, any AC or iAC spent after linking will qualify for the campaign.

Ways You Can Spend AC

  • Playing Arks Scratch on PSO2 or PSO2es
  • Buying Arks Scratch Ticket Bundles
  • Buying Items in the AC Shop
  • Using a Scape Doll to revive
  • Using AC Content at the Beauty Salon
  • Spending AC to add a Skill Tree
  • Spending AC to reset a Skill Tree
  • Spending AC to buy a character
  • Transferring to another ship

Using [Arks Scratch Tickets] to play the AC Scratch does not fulfill the campaign requirements of spending AC.

Prize Pickup Period

  • Available instantly but expires May 17th, 2018

 

LINE Friend Registration Campaign

The Official PSO2 Line Account is holding a Friend Registration Campaign! Everyone will receive Star Gems based on the number of friends registered with the official account.

Campaign Period

  • April 4th ~ April 22nd

Campaign Rewards

Sega's Number of Friends Reward
27,000 Friends 50SG Ticket (x1)
30,000 Friends 50SG Ticket (x1)
35,000 Friends 50SG Ticket (x1)

Reward Distribution

  • Early May

 

New Player! Level Up Campaign

Create a new character and raise them to certain levels to receive prizes!

Campaign Period

April 4th ~ May 9th

Campaign Qualifications

New Character's Level Prize
Level 10 経験値獲得15000
15,000 EXP Ticket (x2)
ぶら下がりニャウ
Dangling Nyau
Level 20 経験値獲得15000
15,000 EXP Ticket (x3)
ヒットアンドブロウ
Hit and Blow
Level 30 経験値獲得15000
15,000 EXP Ticket (x4)
224「やったー」
224 "Yatta"
Level 40 レオンティーナ証書
Leontina Certificate
*ルクスフリーデン
*Lux Frieden

※Characters made prior to the start of this campaign do not qualify.

 

What's Leontina's Certificate!?

Leontina, the Arks Handbook Administrator, is giving away a ★13 Ray weapon of your choice at +30 grind! She is located at the counter to the left of the main gate.

To acquire this weapon, you'll need the レオンティーナ証書 (Leontina Certificate) when her shop opens on April 25th.

 

Item Distribution Date

Item Conditions Met Before April 18th

Item Conditions Met Before May 9th

 

PSO2es Login Campaign

Sega will be holding a login campaign to celebrate the 4th year anniversary of PSO2es! The objective will be to login to PSO2es during one the periods below. Logging in will reward you with Star Gems at a later date.

Login Periods

  • (1): Login to PSO2es between March 28th ~ April 11th
  • (2): Login to PSO2es between April 11th ~ April 25th
    ※You cannot earn the SG for both login periods, only one!

Campaign Reward

  • 40SG Ticket (x2)

Reward Distribution

  • (1): Late April
  • (2): Mid May

 

Conqueror's Crest 4x Campaign

Complete the following goals to obtain Conqueror's Crests. The crests can be exchanged for ★14 Weapons at Zieg!

Campaign Period

August 15th ~ August 22nd

Campaign Tasks

  Goal Reward
1 Clear (2x) Beach Wars 2018 Conqueror’s Crests (x40)
2 Clear (2x) Underground Nightmare Conqueror’s Crests (x40)
3 Clear (1x) Perennial Apocalypse Conqueror’s Crests (x40)
4 Clear (2x) Enchanted Forest Exploration
Conqueror’s Crests (x40)
5 Clear Huey (Summer) Client Order:
Step Into the Core
ステップ・イントゥ・コア
Conqueror’s Crests (x40)

Reward Distribution

  • Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 rewards will be distributed instantly.

 

PSO2 Station #18 Recap

Warning! This post is updating in real time!
Please take note as the information below is subject to change.

April 7th Stream

 

Omega Falz Loser

  • The boss's behavior has changed since the first iteration.
  • This time he's weak to Dark And Light. Take note of this.

Dark Blast Loser

  • The Clawdem series have a potential that's useful for Loser Form.
  • Recall that the Detonation Series had a potential for Elder Form.

Incarnation of Knowledge

  • The ★14 weapons have some unique potentials.
  • The Launcher has a partial homing ability with its potential.
  • The ★14 Talis' potential makes support Technics' charge-time 0.
  • Conqueror's Crests may also drop in the quest.
  • Clawdem Series can also drop. Clawdem supports Super Special Abilities.

Easter Event

  • You can get a Leontina's Certificate as a Bingo Reward
  • Trade the certificate in at her shop for a +30 Ray Weapon.

Arks Boost Rally

  • Arks Boost Rally will cover Urban, Seabed, and Kuron
  • Alta Feina will drop during the event.
    • Potential is similar to other Alta weapons in the series.
  • The Val Series will drop!
  • There's also a new Super Special Ability.

Wild Easter

  • This time it will take place in Las Vegas
  • The collection file contains a color variation of Las Vegas weapons.
    • These weapons will support Super Special Abilities.
  • The 14 Star Wired Lance is known as [Quelle Glitter?]
    • Powers Up Grapple PAs when at Max Gear.
    • Just Guards create a temporary effect that stops Gear consumption.

Crimson Dragon Trigger

  • It's coming in the future, but they didn't say when.

The Next ★14 Weapon Category:

  • Easter is adding a ★14 Wired Lance.
  • After that, the next seasonal ★14 is a Bow.
  • At present, they do not have plans for a ★14 Gunslash

New Boost Event

  • They're planning to have a boost event for Magatsu and Vardha in the future.

When Was PSO2 Cloud Planned?

  • They started the project about a year ago.
  • But development actually started to advance around May/June.
  • It went pretty fast since they didn't have to create something new like Vita/PS4.

Conqueror's Crest Ranking (March 27th)

  • 1st Place: Eternal Psycho Drive
  • 2nd Place: Quelle Scarlet
  • 3rd Place: Lavis Cannon

Extreme Quest Clear Rate (March 27th)

Terran Phantoms

  • Participation Rate: 31.7%
  • Clear Rate: 73.3%

Phanatical Phantoms

  • Participation Rate: 28.6%
  • Clear Rate: 38.2%

 

 

Road Map Correction

New Roadmap

  • The Roadmap has slightly changed.

Early Summer Changes

  • Standard Class Level 85 Cap
  • New Skill Added
  • New Free Field [Enchanted Forest]
    • Special E-Trial: Recover 1 Dark Blast Usage
    • They're adding weapons that can be upgraded into 14 stars.
  • New Enemies
  • Episode 5 Story Chapter 4
  • New Collaboration Live Event
  • New Collaboration Scratch
  • New 4-Player [Endless Quest]
    • How far can you advance?

Summer Changes

  • PSO2 6th Anniversary Web Event
  • Event Limited Quest Added
  • New 8 Player Raid Boss
    • Not 12, but 8 Players.
  • Added New PA/Technic
  • Dark Blast Semi-Transparent Form
  • New 12 Player [Mother & Deus] EQ

The 14 Star Eggs should be coming around summer time.

 

More To Be Added

 

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Omega Falz Loser Materializes April 11th

~ April 11th, 2018 ~

 

Omega [Loser] Arrives

Omega [Loser] has materialized in the valley! To protect Cuent from harm once again, the protagonist goes forth to quell the threat.

 

Incarnation of Knowledge

The caldera lake of Cuent Canyon is home to a new Emergency Quest! Here we'll face an even more ferocious Falz Loser, tormenting players with his time manipulation abilities. Though similar in appearance to his previous iteration, his attack patterns have changed for this quest.

 

Incarnation of Knowledge is a pre-scheduled Emergency Quest that can only be cleared once per ship. Playing this quest on Extra Hard will require [Standard Classes] a main and sub class of level 80, or [Advanced Class: Hero] a main class of level 80.

 

Four New ★14 Weapons

Victorious players will have the chance to receive a new ★14 weapon drop.

 

Incarnation of Knowledge Collection

This collection features an assortment of weapons designed in the theme of Omega Falz Loser. Collection Files will cover Partisan, Talis, Gunslash, Katana, and Jet Boots of the Clawdem series.

 

Dark Blast Loser Form

Unleash your own Big Crunch Project of laser beams galore when the next Dark Blast form launches on April 11th! Take flight and blast your enemies from afar with new skills and attacks. You can unlock this Dark Blast [Loser] form by either clearing a certain story quest, or completing [Incarnation of Knowledge] on SH or higher.

 

Several new Photon Arts will be available for this form. First we have Ortho Sa Barta, which fires ice crystals capable of locking onto several targets simultaneously, and recovers the user's PP. Gamma Burst, on the other hand, causes a mass explosion upon impact. Lastly is Convergent Ray, capable of amassing demonic power to fire laser beams in a straight line.

 

Partial Skill List

Skill Name Description
Sharp Glide
シャープグライド
Move at a high speed for a limited time.
Diffusion Ray
ディフュージョン・レイ
Unleashes a torrent of demonic power dealing massive damage. Can only be used once.
Wisdom Force
ウィズダムフォース
A skill that simultaneous defends and attacks, producing shock waves in the vicinity.
Dive Assault
ダイブアサルト
Performs a nosedive attack.

 

New Client Orders

Additional client orders will be added for Gene and Bruno. Assist the Darker Busters along with their new investigation and receive Chip Fragments as rewards.

 

Start Over Zero (AC Scratch)

Check out the costumes, hairstyles, and accessories of Emilia, Rem, Ram, Ferris, and Subara from the hit anime series, [Re:Zero]! The artificial spirit, Puck, will appear as a Mag Device. Collect new lobby actions and recreate scenes from the series. Apart from that, PSU's popular [Voloyal Set] will finally make its way to PSO2 alongside Alfort Tyler's PSPo2i apparel!

 

エミリアの服 | Emilia Attire
ラムとレムのメイド服 | Ram & Rem Maid Attire
フェリスの普段着F | Ferris Casuals F
フェリスの普段着M | Ferris Casuals M
スバルのジャージ[Ba] | Subaru Jersey [Ba]
*レムのモーニングスター | *Rem's Morning Star
ボルワイヤルセット[Ba] | Voloyal Set [Ba]
タイラー・レプカM[Ou][Ba] | Tylor Repca M [Ou][Ba]

 

Shining Revival (AC Scratch)

~ April 18th, 2018 ~

In commemoration of the PS4 launch of Shining Resonance Refrain, previously released content from the Shining franchise will be revived.

With Shining Resonance Refrain's english localization coming later this year, some of the character names have changed. We'll follow suit and adjust their costume names.

 

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