Unlimited Blade Works Materializes in Phantasy Star Online 2

~May 13th, 2015~

 

In The Driving Rain 3

Venture forth again into the rainy depths of the forest with the third iteration of In The Driving Rain. The natives of Naberius, Darkers, and bosses Nepto Cassadora and Rheo Madullard await players braving this limited time Emergency Quest. Mr. Umblla can also appear, granting a +100% Rare Drop Boost to players smacked by his cane.

 

Rainy Bingo 2015

(Rainy) Xie will return for a limited time with a new selection of client orders and rewards. Clear the Rainy 2015 Bingo for prizes such as boosters and an umbrella themed Partisan weapon camo.

 

Imitate Phantasm (AC Scratch)

シーナリーパスUBW
シーナリーパスUBW (Scenery Pass UBW)

Fans of the Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Anime will be delighted by the new cosplay opportunities included with this collaboration scratch. Suit up as Emiya Shirou in his Homurahara Academy Uniform, or stay casual with the civilian costumes of Saber and Gilgamesh.

 

騎士王の礼装 (King of Knights Formal Wear)
Homurahara Academy
穂群原学園男子制服 (Men's Homurahara Academy Uniform)
穂群原学園女子制服 ( Women's Homurahara Academy Uniform)
穂群原学園女子制服 (Women's Homurahara Academy Uniform)
Rin Homuhara Academy Uniform
穂群原学園女子制服B (Women's Homurahara Academy Uniform B)
King of Heroes CW
英雄王の私服 (King of Heroes Civilian Wear)
騎士王の (King of Knights Civilian Wear)
騎士王の私服 (King of Knights Civilian Wear)
Kanshou and Bakuya Overedge
*干将・莫耶OE (Kanshou and Bakuya Overedge)
ゲイ・ボルグ (Gae Bolg)
*ゲイ・ボルグ (Gae Bolg)
狂戦士の斧剣 (Berserker's Axe-Sword)
*狂戦士の斧剣 (Berserker's Axe-Sword)
FateUBWポスターA (Fate UBW Poster A)
Fate/UBWポスターA (Fate/UBW Poster A)
Fate UBW Postb
Fate/UBWポスターB (Fate/UBW Poster B)
Kanshou DB
*干将・莫耶 (Kanshou and Bakuya)

The *Kanshou and Bakuya camo released in a previous scratch will re-appear with support for Twin Daggers and Dual Blades! This will apply to the previously released version as well when the update hits on May 13th.

 

Golden Week Revival Scratch

Golden Week Scratch 2015

The Golden Week Limited AC Scratch will arrive on May 1st @ 0:00 JST through May 13th. Highly popular items from past scratches will appear, giving players another shot at acquiring them.

The [GW Accessory Selection 2015] includes hairstyles, accessories, voice tickets, and lobby actions such as the vastly sought after Dance 20.

The [Mystery Bag G 2015] will contain costume, accessory, and Mag device bundles, as well as special ability affixers and attribute changers.

 

 Famitsu Magazine Mascot

Evo Device Necky

Inside the May 7th / 14th / 21st combined issue of Weekly Famitsu, is an item code with Famitsu's mascot as a Mag! This item code is available in the Weekly Famitsu that hit store shelves April 23rd.


Famitsu Issue

 

週刊ファミ通誌5月7・14・21日合併号
(Weekly Famitsu May 7/14/21 Issue
)

進化デバイス/ネッキー
(1x Evo Device / Necky)

ハーフドール
(1x Half Doll)

カジノコインパス
(5x Casino Coin Passes)

 

 

Upcoming Broadcast

  • ARKS Cadet  ~Graduation Special~
  • Broadcasting Live on Nico Nico!
  • Begins April 29th @ 19:00 JST

 

 

PSO2 JP AC Scratch: Warring Chronicles

Warring Chronicles

Warring Chronicles
(Until 5.27.2015)

 

Milettcol Parka

ミレットコルパーカ ║ Milettcol Parka
ミレットコルパーカ雪 ║ Milettcol Parka White Snow
ミレットコルパーカ紅 ║ Milettcol Parka Crimson Red
ミレットコルパーカ夜 ║ Milettcol Parka Night Blue
ミレットコルパーカ月 ║ Milettcol Parka Yellow Moon
ミレットコルパーカ桜 ║ Milettcol Parka Sakura Pink

 

Dawnlight Colored Garments

曙光彩衣 ║ Dawnlight Colored Garments
曙光彩衣 紅 ║ Dawnlight Colored Garments Crimson Red
曙光彩衣 陽 ║ Dawnlight Colored Garments Orange Sun
曙光彩衣 雅 ║ Dawnlight Colored Garments Elegant Purple
曙光彩衣 葉 ║ Dawnlight Colored Garments Leaf Green
曙光彩衣 影 ║ Dawnlight Colored Garments Black Shadow

 

Kunkou Rakuka

クンコウラクカ ║ Kunkou Rakuka
クンコウラクカ夜 ║ Kunkou Rakuka Night Blue
クンコウラクカ萌 ║ Kunkou Rakuka Sprout Green
クンコウラクカ雅 ║ Kunkou Rakuka Elegant Purple
クンコウラクカ雪 ║ Kunkou Rakuka White Snow
クンコウラクカ影 ║ Kunkou Rakuka Black Shadow

 

Olettgil Parka

オレットギルパーカ ║ Olettgil Parka
オレットギルパーカ雪 ║ Olettgil Parka White Snow
オレットギルパーカ紅 ║ Olettgil Parka Crimson Red
オレットギルパーカ夜 ║ Olettgil Parka Night Blue
オレットギルパーカ空 ║ Olettgil Parka Sky Blue
オレットギルパーカ雅 ║ Olettgil Parka Elegant Purple

 

Dawnlight Armor

曙光具足 ║ Dawnlight Armor
曙光具足 雪 ║ Dawnlight Armor White Snow
曙光具足 紅 ║ Dawnlight Armor Crimson Red
曙光具足 海 ║ Dawnlight Armor Blue Sea
曙光具足 空 ║ Dawnlight Armor Sky Blue
曙光具足 雅 ║ Dawnlight Armor Elegant Purple

 

Race Swaps

Recolors

  • 新光女恋鎧 茜 ║ Pristine Lovely Armor Madder
  • ハマノイクサ玄 ║ Hamano Ikusa Mysterious
  • ハマノイクサ海 ║ Hamano Ikusa Blue Sea
  • 新光漢大鎧 茜 ║ Pristine Grand Armor Madder
  • バリスティックコート影 ║ Ballistic Coat Black Shadow
  • アドヴェントニア陽 ║ Adventonia Orange Sun
  • アドヴェントス陽 ║ Adventos Orange Sun

Gradient Variants

  • イオニア・ヘッドGV ║ Ionia Head GV
  • イオニア・ボディGV ║ Ionia Body GV
  • イオニア・アームGV ║ Ionia Arms GV
  • イオニア・レッグGV ║ Ionia Legs GV
  • アングリフ・ヘッドGV ║ Angriff Head GV
  • アングリフ・ボディGV ║ Angriff Body GV
  • アングリフ・アームGV ║ Angriff Arms GV
  • アングリフ・レッグGV ║ Angriff Legs GV

Revivals

  • 新光女恋鎧 ║ Pristine Lovely Armor
  • ハマノイクサ影 ║ Hamano Ikusa Shadow
  • ハマノイクサ雪 ║ Hamano Ikusa White Snow
  • 新光漢大鎧 影 ║ Pristine Grand Armor Shadow
  • バリスティックコート ║ Ballistic Coat
  • ハイライト下 大 ║ Low Highlights L
  • ハイライト下 小 ║ Low Highlights S
  • 新光女恋鉢金 ║ Pristine Lovely Steel Headband
  • 新光漢大兜 ║ Pristine Grand Helmet 
  • 三度笠 ║ Sandogasa 
  • 茶三度笠 ║ Brown Sandogasa
  • クラス追加(ガンナー) ║ Class Addition (Gunner)
  • クラス追加(テクター)║ Class Addition (Techer)
  • 属性変化(炎属性) ║ Attribute Change (Fire)
  • 属性変化(風属性) ║ Attribute Change (Wind)
  • 属性変化(光属性) ║ Attribute Change (Light)
  • 特殊能力追加(法撃) ║ Add Special Ability (T-ATK) 
  • フードデバイス/射撃 ║ Food Device / R-ATK

Maria Kawamura – Female Voice #71

  • 女性追加ボイス71
  • 女性C追加ボイス71 (Cast Ver.)

Ami Koshimizu – Female Voice #72

  • 女性追加ボイス72
  • 女性C追加ボイス72 (Cast Ver.)

Masaya Onosaka – Male Voice #55

  • 男性追加ボイス55
  • 男性C追加ボイス55 (Cast Ver.)

Lobby Action

  • 167「Sジャンプ」 (unknown_command) S Jump

 

FUN Scratch

Revivals

  • ストレートラージテール ║ Straight Large Tails
  • ショルダーカバー ║ Shoulder Covers
  • 角笠 ║ Tsunogasa 
  • 黒角笠 ║ Black Tsunogasa 
  • ゴールドアリエスホーン ║ Gold Aries Horns
  • ブラックアリエスホーン ║ Black Aries Horns
  • ゴールドアリエスキャップ ║ Gold Aries Cap
  • ブラックアリエスキャップ ║ Black Aries Cap
  • 42「ダンス7」 ║ Dance 7
  • フライング・カープ ║ Flying Carp

Music Disc

  • PSO2 イベント「勇壮」 ║ PSO2 Event [Heroic]

FUN Shop

  • ドラコンチャレンジャー ║ Long-drive Challenger
  • 169「人文字1」 ║ Symbol 1
  • 170「人文字3」 ║ Symbol 3
  • 171「人文字4」 ║ Symbol 4
  • 172「人文字5」 ║ Symbol 5
  • 173「人文字6」 ║ Symbol 6
  • 174「人文字7」 ║ Symbol 7
  • 175「人文字8」 ║ Symbol 8
  • 176「人文字9」 ║ Symbol 9
  • 168「人文字0」 ║ Symbol 0

Revivals

  • 97「人文字P」 ║ Symbol P
  • 98「人文字S」 ║ Symbol S
  • 99「人文字O」 ║ Symbol O
  • 100「人文字2」 ║ Symbol 2
  • シーナリーパス・遺跡 ║ Scenery Pass / Ruins

 

 

PSO2 JP: Extended Maintenance and Patch (4/22/2015)

A new Ultimate Quest on planet Lillipa lies ahead, joined by a multitude of new skills, PAs, and weapons!

April 22nd Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 4/21/2015 @ 22:00 ~ 4/22/2015 @ 17:30
  • 4/21/2015 @ 9:00 AM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

April 22nd Patch

  • Launcher: Version 03.00.02
  • Client: ver. 3.0501.0
  • Patch Size: 2.2 GB (PC) / 1116 MB (Vita)
  • If Pre-Patched: 100 MB

 

Class Skills

  • Added Skills to each class.
  • An [All Skill Tree Reset Pass] has been distributed.

New Photon Arts and Technics

  • ハリケーンセンダー Hurricane Sender
  • シュトレツヴァイ Strezwei
  • グリムバラージュ Grim Barrage
  • イモータルダーヴ Immortal Dove
  • フォメルギオン Fomelgion

Fomelgion can be obtained by clearing a client order from Klariskrays. This client order is available to level 70+ Forces or Techers with Episode 3's Matter Board selected. [Creating a New Technique I] must be cleared as well.

Crafting Update

  • New crafting recipes and achievements are available.
  • You may now desynthesize up to 10 items at the same time.

New Ultimate Quest

  • Corruption Survey: Lillipa (Lv 70+)

 

Partial New Enemy Listing

 

New Interrupt Event

  • Added a new Interrupt Event.

New Client Order

  • Added new Client Orders

 

Partial New Item Listing

 

Adjustments

  • The effect for Fury Gear Boost will also apply to Guard Stance. The name of this effect has been changed from [Fury Gear Boost] to [Hunter Gear Boost].
  • One More Time has been adjusted so that when [Showtime] automatically reactivates, the player will only have to wait 1 second of recast time to manually activate Showtime again.
  • Adjusted [Chase Arrow] so that its effect continues even if you switch to another Bullet Bow.
  • Some Photon Arts and Technics will have their animation effects toned down when activated by other players.

Party

  • Added a party recruitment tool called the [Party Maker] which can be placed down on the field in Multi-Party areas. This tool can be deployed from the Quick Menu.
  • Added a [Players Welcome] setting when setting up a Party at the Quest Counter. Parties with this setting will give priority to players even if the party is full of NPC partner characters. Partner characters are automatically removed once other players join mid-way.
  • Adjusted the display priority of parties set with a password.
  • Added a [Room Number] sorting method to the Party List menu.

Quest

  • Made it easier for the player to know which diverging routes they've selected in the Story Quest. Here an [!] icon will display for the choices the player hasn't selected.
  • Made adjustments to EP1 and EP2 Story Quests to allow the player to interact with the menus during certain transmission events in the story.
  • For [Advance Quests], the contents of the drop items in containers will change to match the level of the appearing enemy.
  • Made it easier to distinguish from items you are unable to use when browsing the Challenge Quest Recycle Shop.
  • [Quest Records] Untekked weapons will be documented in the Item Records as their tekked versions.

Enemy

  • Attacking the shields of Ga Wonda, Gu Wonda, Sil Dinian and Sil Sadinian will no longer repel the attack. However the player will deal no damage if they attack the shield.

Potential Abilities

  • Added new Potentials

AC Shop

  • Removed the [+150% Rare Drop Booster (x3)] from the AC Shop

My Room Shop

  • Updated the My Room Shop Listing

FUN Shop

  • Added items to the FUN Shop list.

Pyroxene Shop

  • Added weapons that can be obtained through Crystals at the Pyroxene Shop.

Photon Drop Exchange Shop

  • Added items to the Photon Drop Exchange Shop.

EXCube Shop

  • Added items to the EXCube Shop.

Casino Prize Shop

  • Added items to the Casino Prize Shop
  • Some items have been removed from the listing temporarily.

My Shop Search

  • You may now search up to 4 Special Abilities at the same time.
  • Added an option to search for certain rarities in the My Shop Search window.
  • Some items distributed before March 10th will now display as search candidates.

Team

  • Boosted the Team Points earned when clearing quests with Team Members.
  • Reduced the team points needed to acquire [Team (Lv2)] and [Team Rooms].
  • The confirmation window for leaving the team will now place the cursor on [No] by default.
  • Added a new feature in the Team Room Expansion menu, that lets you lock or unlock the team room. Unlocking the Team Room will allow non-Team Members to enter the Team Room.

Load Reduction Measures

  • Adjusted the graphics for freezing status effects to help reduce the graphical load.
  • Free Partners can now be called upon once again from the Partner Terminal. The behavior for this feature has been adjusted to help reduce the server load. Re-accepting a quest may cause a bug that prevents Free Partners from being removed through the Partner Terminal. If this happens, they suggest using the Party Command menu to remove the Free Partner from the party.

Ship Transfers

  • Ship Transfers will now be performed at the next scheduled maintenance.

 

Balance Adjustments

Hunter Adjustments

  • Reduced the charge times for Nova Strike, Guilty Break, and Rising Edge.
  • Reduced Ride Slasher's charging time with the Gear Gauge at the first stage.
  • Buffed the performance of Ignite Parrying.

Fighter Adjustments

  • Extended the Just Guardable period for [D Saber Wind Parrying]
  • Adjusted Scar Fugue and Facet Folia so that you can Just Attack from them even if you fail to hold onto an enemy.
  • Adjusted the following Photon Arts so that you can cancel them through Weapon Actions (aka Shift)
    • Tornado Dance
    • Scissor Edge
    • Illusion Rave
    • Fake Capture
    • Surprise Dunk
    • Deadly Archer
    • Deadly Circle
    • Chaos Riser

Techer Adjustments

  • Expanded [Reverser Field's] range and shortened its recast times.

Braver Adjustments

  • Boosted the power of Katana Combat's finishing attack. Adjusted the number of hits necessary to produce the maximum damage.
  • Adjusted the skill tree to make it easier to learn Snatch Step
  • Extended the distance of the counter attack for [Counter Edge]

Bouncer Adjustments

  • Expanded Critical Field and Elemental PP Restorate F's range.
  • Adjusted the cancellation timing with evasive actions for Strike Gust, Gran Wave, and Moment Gale.

Mag

  • Boosted the amount the stat rises when feeding certain items to your mag.
  • Added a [Mag Level Down Device] at the EXCube Exchange Shop

Item Adjustments

  • Added Fighter and Ranger to Halva Tornado's equippable classes.
  • Added Force and Bouncer to Nox Qucross' equippable classes.

 

Other Adjustments

  • Boosted the scaling of the [Wings of Darkness] potential at level 2 and 3.
  • Adjusted the Item Pack so that it can hold 999 Advance Capsules.
  • Relaxed the difficulty and adjusted the attack power of the bosses appearing in the [Day of Resurrection] story quest.
  • Boosted the 12 star drop rates for Mining Base 1 and 2 on [Extra Hard].
  • Relaxed the difficulty for destroying parts on Zeshraider and its rare counterpart. Relaxed the range of their attacks as well.
  • Adjusted the [Chance Occurrence] balancing for Rappy Slots.
  • Adjusted the initial cursor position for the friends list so that it goes to the top-most online friend.
  • Added a new setting in Options to stop the mouse from controlling the camera.
  • Added a +500% Zoom for Symbol Art editing.
  • The [Critical Field] and [Elemental PP Restorate F] effect icon will now display for Partner Characters.
  • Added a feature that lets you overwrite your [My Sets] without changing their names.
  • Added sub-categories to the Title List and Title Counter. This feature will display your progress in obtaining all titles within the sub-category.
  • For Timed Abilities, the effects for "Subterranean Tunnels" will also work for Corruption Region: Tunnels.
  • Added a button in the [Title List] menu that lets you remove the active Title.
  • Added a lobby action category for actions that form letters or numbers.
  • Raised the maximum height a player is allowed to reach for the following areas:
    • Forest Field
    • Vol. Caverns Field
    • Desert Field
    • Quarry Field
  • Approaching an unread [Message Pack] will now automatically display its message.
  • Interacting with a [Message Pack] will no longer force the player to stop moving.
  • Wulffs can now appear on PC/Vita Shared Blocks.
  • Wulffs can now be destroyed with striking attacks.
  • Adjusted the frequency of Mr. Umblla's attacks
  • Adjusted Mr. Umblla so his attacks are aimed at the player.
  • Even if you attack Mr. Umblla, the Emergency Trial will not fail.
  • Changed Mr. Umblla's success conditions so that he just has to attack the player once.
  • Reduced the strength of Mr. Umblla's attacks.
  • Adjusted the sorting of client orders for Marlu, Ouza, Risa, and Azanami
  • Changed the maximum number of grinders/synthesizers you can purchase from 99 to 999.
  • When purchasing items at certain shops, the text color will change as you purchase near the maximum amount of any given item.
  • The time to receive the reward for Shared Ship Challenge Rankings has moved from Maintenances to Mondays at 7:00 JST.
  • Added Time Attacks to the weekly rankings. This ranking will begin on April 27th with results posted on May 4th. Check ranking information for details.
  • The Jukebox menu can now sort the BGM into categories.
  • The Music Disc menu will now make it easier to distinguish Discs that were already registered.
  • Limited prizes in the [Casino Prize Shop] will now display the date until they move out of rotation.
  • There is now a new setting in Options that allows you to select which rarity range will display the Rare Drop animation.
  • The [Team Command] menu is now available on non-shared ship challenge blocks.

 

Campaign Rewards

  • Shared Ship Challenge Ranking Rewards
  • PSO2 Senryū Contest Rewards
  • Seven Spot [United Festival Stamp Rally]
    • 進化デバイス/ルクミン (Evo Device / Rukmin)
    • Color Change Pass
    • Free Salon Pass
    • 711 Casino Coins
  • PSO2es 1st Anniversary Login Campaign
  • PSO2 Live Broadcast: Secret Phrase Rewards
    • 鯉のぼりヘッド 黒 (Black Carp Streamer Head)
    • 鯉のぼりヘッド 赤 (Red Carp Streamer Head)
    • 鯉のぼりヘッド 青 (Blue Carp Streamer Head)
    • 5 Casino Coin Passes
  • PSO2 Live Broadcast: Ichitaro Challenge
    • +100% Tribooster (x3)
  • Class Skill and Balance Adjustment Compensation
    • All Skill Tree Reset Passes

 

 

 

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

▲▲ 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 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 #16

New Registration Campaign 16

Join in on the fun of PSO2 for the first time and receive various prizes!

Campaign Period

  • April 22nd ~ May 27th

Campaign Qualifications

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

  • Evo. Device / Green Puyo
  • +100% EXP Booster (x3)
  • 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. Logging in without creating a character will not qualify you for the prizes. The campaign specifically targets new registrations for PSO2, not PSO2es.

Prize Pickup Expiration

  • August 26th

 

PSO2 x PSO2es Linking Campaign #10

PSO2 x PSO2es Linking Campaign 10

Link your PSO2 account with a PSO2es account and play to receive prizes in each!

Campaign Period

  • April 22nd ~ May 13th

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Play PSO2es during the campaign period to receive these items in PSO2:

  • +100% Tribooster (x5)
  • Free Salon Pass

(2) Play PSO2 during the campaign period receive these items in PSO2es:

  • Rappy Medal (x30)

Accounts linked prior to the campaign are not eligible for the prizes.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Late June

 

Client Order Campaign #85

Client Order Campaign 85

Prizes await players who complete the qualifying client orders for Kressida and Hans!

Campaign Period

  • April 22nd ~ 28th

Qualifying Client Orders

(1) Clear Kressida's client order 「へっぽこぴーなSランククリア」 Rookie S Rank Clear to receive:

  • +50% EXP Booster (x2)
  • Grinder (x20)

(2) Clear Hans' client order 「砂礫の機甲兵団」 Armored Corps to receive:

  • +50% Rare Drop Booster (x2)
  • Grinder (x30)

Prize Pickup Expiration

  • July 29th