We hope everyone had a happy New Year's day. The first scheduled maintenance of 2016 will occur two hours earlier than usual.

January 6th Maintenance

• 1/6/2016 @ 9:00 ~ 17:00 JST
• 1/5/2016 @ 7:00 PM ~ 3:00 AM EST

PSO2es Maintenance

• 1/6/2016 @ 8:55 ~ 17:30 JST
• 1/5/2016 @ 6:55 PM ~ 3:30 AM EST

Last Chance Reminders

• The Christmas event will conclude during January 13th's maintenance. Check here for guides on the bingo and Xie's client orders.
• Enter the secret phrase from the latest live broadcast before January 13th's maintenance to receive prizes at a later date!

Ship Transfer Sale Ending Soon!

• Ship Transfers at the moment are priced at 350 AC as part of a limited-time offer that has been going on for several years.
• This sale will end on January 27th's maintenance resulting in Ship Transfers being priced at the original 700 AC.

PSO2 The Animation Boost Week

• PSO2 will be holding a boost period from January 8th ~ 13th to commemorate the airing of the anime's first episode.
• Boost Period (1/8 @ 3:00 ~ 1/13 Maintenance)
  • +100% EXP Boost
  • +100% Rare Drop Boost
  • +100% Rare Enemy Boost

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

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 in this calendar 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.

 

New Registration Campaign #25

Prospective players can score some helpful items right away by registering a new account during the campaign period.

Campaign Period

• January 6th ~ 27th (Maintenance)

Campaign Qualifications

Create a new PSO2 account and start your first character to receive:

• Evo. Device / Red Puyo
• 3000 EXP Ticket (x5)
• リア／フレッシュオーラ ║ Rear / Fresh Aura

※PSO2 accounts created prior to the start of this campaign do not qualify for the prizes. The campaign specifically targets new registrations for PSO2, not PSO2es.

Prize Pickup Expiration

• Until maintenance on April 27th, 2016.

 

PSO2 The Animation Quiz!

Players can receive presents for each question they answer correctly in the PSO2 The Animation Quiz! Questions will be announced both in-game and on Twitter each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.

Quiz Guidelines

• Players must say the answer to the question through the in-game chat.
• Players will receive a +100% Tribooster for each question they answer correctly.
• Questions will be announced each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.

Let’s say, for example, the answer to the question was [ARKS].

Acceptable Answers
アークス	Answering in Full-Width Katakana

Unacceptable Answers
あーくす	Answering in Hiragana
ｱｰｸｽ	Answering in Half-Width Katakana
Arks	Answering in English
ア　－クス	Answering with spaces, symbols, or punctuation marks breaking up the response.

Proposed Answers

PSO2 The Animation Quiz Cheat Sheet
Answer	Deadline
イツキ	1/12 @ 23:59 JST

The first question will be announced on Saturday, January 9th around 11:00 AM JST.

 

Prize Distribution Date

• During upcoming maintenances after the answering period has ended.

 

There will be no maintenance this week! See last week's post for the latest patch notes and guides for the Christmas 2015 Bingo and Xie, Shiki, and Oudo's client orders.

 

Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation has been officially licensed for North American release by Sentai Filmworks. The show will air as part of their winter 2016 anime lineup.

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

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 in this calendar 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.

 

Xmas Campaign Rewards

Despite there not being maintenance, the rewards for the Xmas Campaign will be distributed on December 31st @ 0:00 JST. Players who participated on the Xmas Campaign's website will receive only the rewards for the days they qualify for. Aside from that, all players will be receiving two Grind Risk Reducers (+2), and a +5% Grinding and Affixing Boost week.

+5% Grinding/Affixing Boost Week

• Begins: December 31st @ 0:00 JST
• Ends: January 5th @ 23:59 JST

Xmas Campaign Rewards Expiration Date

• All qualified rewards can be retrieved until March 23rd's Maintenance.