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October 7th Tidbits
October 25th Balance Adjustments
Passive Stance
Some stances will become passive skills:
Fury Stance
Brave Stance
Elemental Stance
Average Stance
Stance Behavior Changes
The following stances will remain Active Skills.
However, these stances will be paired with their counterpart where the effects will switch when activated.
For Example: (Guard Stance : Fury Stance)
If you press the stance button again, the effect will return to the original stance.
Guard Stance
Wise Stance
Weak Stance
Break Stance
Skill Activation Animation Removed
Some skills will have their activation animations removed
Guard Stance, Wise Stance, Weak Stance
Break Stance, Wand Lovers, Wand Gear Element
Talis Fast Throw, Switch Strike, Pet Switch Strike
Pet Switch Shoot, Critical Field, Elemental PP Restorate Field
Reverser Field
Skill Activation Animation Speed Up
Some skills will have faster activation animation speed.
War Cry, Limit Break, Photon Flare.
Techer Skill: Elemental Weak Hit Improvement
Damage will also rise when attacking the non-elemental weakness.
10% non-elemental weakness at level 10
Braver & Bouncer Skill: Braver Mag / Bouncer Mag
Changed the conversion rate to 100%
Becomes a default skill
Future Balance Adjustments
Movement Speed Improvements
They are looking into measures so you don't have to continuously use movement type PAs/Technics. They'll announce whatever their plans are in the future.
Technic Battle Tempo Improvements
They are looking into implementing a skill that treats charged technics as Just Attacks.
Gameplay Content to Test the Strength of Powerful Players
They plan to release content in the future where the enemies are stronger. They'll increase the rare drop rate in response to match how difficult it is.
Other Stuff
Trick or Treat 2017
The EQ will drop a new ★13 Talis (Lumihorrey)
Solo Buster Quest
You'll soon be able to start a Buster Quest solo.
Dark Blast
Dark Blasts can be used once per quest and lasts for 60 seconds.
In the future, you might be able to customize the color too!
Dark Blast EXP is shared among the account, but the skill assignment is character based.
(Dark Blast has a bunch of skills that requires a set amount of EXP to level up. For example, Punishment Short Charge reduces the charging times for Punishment Knuckle. This skill requires zero EXP on LV. 1, but then asks for a very high amount on Lv. 2. Also on an unrelated note, some Dark Blast skills require certain actions before they're unlocked in the Dark Blast Skill List.)
Emergency Buster Quest
Emergency Buster Quests will have difficulties: N, VH, SH, XH
The enemy level in SH is 75
★14 may drop in SH too, but the drop rate on XH is higher.
XH requires Lv. 80/80
You can play two times per ship.
Elder Pain Omega is said to have a potential similar in some way to Elder Pain.
Regular Buster Quest (10/25~)
Buster Tower and Pile HP will change based on the number of people.
Buster Quest Play Stamina limit will be removed.
ARKS Boost Rally
Deus ★14 weapons will drop in the next ABR
Buster Quest Weapon Camos
They plan to add weapon camos with each country.
Story Quest Campaign (TBA Oct 11)
You can get the Valiant camo by clearing upcoming story content in chapter 2
You can get EP Zero Memory by clearing upcoming story content in chapter 2 and one of Episode 2's Omnibus Quests.
Exact details will be announced during an upcoming maintenance.
Ultimate Quest Resuscitation
They're thinking about having NT versions of the Slave series, etc, in the future.
Ultimate Amduscia is getting a special boost for a limited time. It's the type that buffs the enemies while increasing the RDR.
★14 will be inserted into the drop table during this special boost.
Special Ability Reordering
They haven't finalized their decision yet, but they're thinking of having a feature that reorders the list of the special abilities.
Skull Rush is a new limited event that spawns a plethora of skeleton enemies onto the field. During the event, Buster Quests will receive a +100% RDR, while adding skeleton themed weapons into the drop pool.
Event Schedule
September 27th ~ October 11th
Present List
Players can receive items based on the number of times they've cleared Buster Quests. Only [Main Match] and [Main Match: Advanced] will count toward the clear rate.
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.
ARKS Leagues are typically 3 hours long. Check the event itself for details on its duration.
Weaponoid Costume General Election
The Weaponoid Costume General Election returns, this time splitting male and female costumes in separate divisions. Players will have the opportunity to vote once per day in each division for their favorite weaponoids. After the final votes have been tallied, the winning weaponoids will have their costumes appear in a future update.
General Rules
You may vote once per day in each costume division.
The voting period resets once per day at 00:00 JST
The General Election will close October 25th @ 16:00 JST
The brand new Unit Design General Election makes its debut. Players will have the opportunity to vote once per day for their favorite unit sets. After the final votes have been tallied, the top units will appear in a future update as accessories.
General Rules
You may vote once per day.
The voting period resets once per day at 00:00 JST
The General Election will close October 25th @ 16:00 JST
Players who spend set amounts of AC during the campaign period will receive several prizes!
Campaign Period
September 27th ~ October 9th @ 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:
White 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.
Our heroes journey forth towards Verun's capital as Schlegger continues to fan the flames of war from his throne. What lies in the pasts of Gettemhart and Melphonsina that fuels their profound hatred of the emperor?
