PSO2 JP: Extended Maintenance and Patch (10/8/2014)

Enter a facility on Planet Wopal, and level your Mag to new heights after this maintenance!

 

October 8th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 03.00.01
  • Client: ver. 3.0101.0
  • Patch Size: 1.9 GB (PC) / 502 MB (Vita)
  • If Pre-Patched: 221 MB

Sega is implementing two measures in response to their investigation into the server load.

  • Free Partners will be temporarily suspended.
  • Partial matches will no longer be made when searching for others at the Visiphone through [Character Search], as well as [Player Search] by Player ID, Wish List, or Present List.

They plan to carry out another server investigation in the future. The schedule will be announced at a later time.

 

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浮上施設 Emerging Facility

New Field

  • Emerging Facility

New Quests

  • 浮上施設地域生態調査 Emerging Facility Ecological Survey
  • レオマドゥラード討伐 Subdue Rheo Madullard
  • 浮上施設探索 Emerging Facility Exploration

Free-Field Coast Exploration must be cleared to unlock the new field.

Nepto Cassadora
ネプト・キャサドーラ Nepto Cassadora

レオマドゥラード Rheo Madullard

New Orders

  • New Client Orders, Daily Orders, and Team Orders added.

New Interrupt Events

Mag

  • Level cap raised to 190.

Crafting System

  • Timed Ability raised to 50.
  • New recipes and achievements added.

Daily Crafts

  • Daily Crafts will now cover Timed Abilities.
  • New Daily Craft NPCs were added.

 New Latents

  • New latent abilities were added.
  • Added latent abilities to some pre-existing weapons.

AC Shop Update

  • Added an item to the AC Shop.
  • Changed the price for [+150% Rare Drop Booster (x3)] to 500 AC.

FUN Shop

  • Added Lobby Action:   139「ポーズ13」 (Pose 13) to the FUN Shop.
  • Revived the Dragon Altar scenery pass in the FUN Shop.
  • Changed the price for [Grind Risk Reducer (+2)] to 1600 FUN.
  • Changed the display order so that it shows items of the same category.

My Room Shop

  • Updated the My Room Shop lineup.

Prize Exchange Counter (Casino)

  • Added regular and limited items to the exchange counter.

Some items may go out of rotation, and will re-appear at a later time.

Team Names

  • You can now re-edit the Team's name in 7 days instead of 30 days.

Lobby Action Items

  • Changed the names of all lobby action items making it easier to understand their contents.

AC Auto Charge Settings

  • AC will be automatically charged to your account based on the Auto Charge Settings when logging into the game.

Server Load Reduction Measures

  • Partial matches will no longer be made when searching for others at the Visiphone through [Character Search].
  • Partial matches will no longer be made when searching for others at the Visiphone through [Player Search] by Player ID, Wish List, or Present List.
  • The Free Partner system has been temporarily suspended. You will not be able to summon Free Partners at this time.

Special Weapon Adjustments

  • [Lucky Rise I], [Meseta Fever I], and [EXP Boost I] abilities selected during item appraisel has a set chance of being granted with the rank [II] or rank [III} ability.

Gunner Skill Adjustments

  • Increased the chaining time by 1 second for Chain Trigger.
  • The maximum values for S-Roll JA Bonus has changed from 160% to 110%.
  • An all skill tree reset pass has been distributed. This can be found in the Admin Storage Box.

Gunner PA Adjustments

Action Name Power PP Range Speed
Aerial Shooting ※1 UP
Bullet Squall UP
Dead Approach UP
Messiah Time UP
Infinity Fire UP
Satellite Aim UP
Elder Rebellion UP
Reverse Tap ※2 UP
Heel Stab UP
Shift Period UP

※1 Shortened the charging times.
※2 Adjusted its range and behavior so that the suction effect occurs when activated in the air.

Double Saber Adjustments

  • The Double Saber's weapon action is capped at two whirlwinds occurring at the same time.

Launcher Adjustments

  • Cluster Bullet's power has been reduced.

Crafting Adjustments

  • Raised the minimum damage for some high level recipes. (Previous articles state this is for weapons that require Silvadest, Silvagrimo, and Silvania as materials.)
  • Ice Fang Nabarta and Umbral Namegid merit values have been nerfed.
  • Reduced the Meseta costs for Technic Customizations.

Mining Base Defense Adjustments

  • Enemies with the panic status effect will try not to target the base.

Pajhadu-lin's Adjustments

  • Pajhadu-lin will move at a slower speed.

Pitch Black Territory Adjustments

  • Adjusted the number of tainted lanterns at the start of the Pahjadu-lin Emergency Trial
  • Relaxed the difficulty by reducing the amount of Pahjadu-lin's you have to defeat in the Emergency Trial.
  • The Gigre Gunnegam Emergency Trial has changed to appear after defeating all the Pahjadu-lins.
  • Changed the PSE's that occur.

Celestial Bullet Nerfs

  • Lv.1:0.3%
  • Lv.2:0.4%
  • Lv.3:0.5%
  • Max HP Absorption per hit: 50.

Innocent Appearance Nerfs

  • Lv.1:Same
  • Lv.2:Uncharged Technic Power 60%
  • Lv.3:Uncharged Technic Power 70%

 Elysion Adjustments

  • Elysion T-ATK increased.

Other Adjustments

  • Changed the sorting order when setting active skills to the sub-palette.
  • The "Observe the Event" camera will focus on some large scale enemies at a more appropriate location.
  • Falz Angel/Falz Hunar can now appear in an Emergency Trial in each Free-Field.
  • After clearing an Emergency Quest, you now have the option of selecting to retry the same quest again from the Camp Ship teleporter.
  • Shortened the quest area structuring of the "The Long-Awaited Tomorrow" Story Quest.
  • Crafting notices will display when recipes, achievements, craft-lines, and licenses are unlocked.
  • New timed abilities will be elected for the "Recommended Effect" in the Timed Ability Installation menu.
  • Added a preview display window to the Arks Ship Competition Prize Shop, and Casino Prize Shop.
  • Added a [Rewards Available] tab at the Title Counter for titles you have yet to claim.
  • Changed some of the rewards at the Title Counter. (You may pick up the new rewards if you've already claimed them prior to this update.)
  • The color changing entry in the Beauty Salon has changed to only be selectable for a costume that supports it, even when you do not possess a color changing pass. (Though you won't be able to access that menu anyway without the pass.)
  • Added message packs in each free field.
  • EXP numbers will still display even when enemies are defeated off screen.
  • You can now sell items en masse by using the "multi-select button" on the PC version.
  • If the numpad keys are set for switching the palette in the Keyboard Configuration settings, you can now use keys 7 ~ 9 to switch the sub-palette.
  • Each effect will display with an icon in the "ongoing effects" pane when checking your character's stats.
  • You can now fuse [Mind Resist] and other similar abilities in Item Affixing.
    • Ex: Mind Resist + Shot Resist + Blow Resist = All Resist
    • Ex: Flame Resist + Ice Resist + Shock Resist = All Resist
  • In addition, [All Resist] can now be transferred.
  • The Matter Board will automatically set the guide marker to the most appropriate node in advancing the story.

Campaign Rewards

  • Episode 3 Balance Adjustments Compensation
    • トライブースト+100% +100% Tribooster
    • FUN1000獲得チケット 1000 FUN Ticket
    • カラーチェンジパス Color Changing Pass
    • 強化成功率+100% Grind Success (100%)
    • 強化リスク軽減(+2) Grind Risk Reducer (+2) x4
    • リリパリウムフルチャージ Liliparium Full Charge
    • メリット値+30% Merit value +30%
    • デメリット値-10% Demerit -10% (x4)
  • TGS Secret Phrase Present
    • *ダブル・ハリセン Double Harisen
    • カジノコインパス Casino Coin Pass x5
  • PSO2 x PSO2es Linked Play Campaign
    • +100% Tribooster
  • Episode 3: Create a Character and Level Up Campaign
  • Buy AC Campaign #13

 

PSO2es v.1.6.2 (October Update)

  • Download (Uploaded by Synth)
  • English Patch by AIDA of Arks Layer
  • Corrected a bug where the game becomes inoperable if you had too many items/chips.
  • A Rappy Medal can be picked up at the mailbox as compensation for this bug.
  • Patch Notes Incomplete.

 

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★7 Arks Quest [Ruins] Field Added!

 

Banther Ong
Sharp Fangs Charges Across the Field
October 10th ~ October 17th @ 14:00 JST

New Emergency Quest

  • Defeat the Banther Ong for a chance to acquire its ★11 Chip.
  • Recycle those chips to acquire ★11 weapons available for a limited time. 
  • One of these 11 star weapons comes equipped with 5 special abilities.

 

Recycle Shop
New Recycle Shop Items
(Available until 10/22)

 

Weapon Name Recycle Shop Special Abilities
Hurio Snorty ヒュリオスノーティ
Hurio Snorty
Ten 
★11 [Banther Ong]
Chips
Gift Receptor
Soul Receptor
Shoot III
Stamina III
Fang Soul
Hurio Sangoku ヒュリオサンゴク
Hurio Sangoku
Five
★11 [Banther Ong]
Chips
Shoot III
Stamina III
Fang Soul

 

New PSO2es Special Abilities

  • The ギフトレセプター (Gift Receptor) special ability provides a set chance at transferring  [Meseta Fever I], [Lucky Rise I], or [EXP Boost I] special abilities.

Chip Lab

New Feature

  • Chip Laboratory: Enjoy conversations with Seraphy while perusing a library of chips.
  • Receive bonuses based on the number of chips you have gathered.

Special Quest

  • United Rendezvous (Energy Costs Halved) until October 15th.

esScratch "PSO2 Illustration Collection Vol.3"

  • Echo [Excellent]: Provides a great deal of damage to Naberius natives.
  • Mystery Chip

 

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 / 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.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will appear in this calendar with their start and completion times as separate entries.
  • 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.

 

AC Scratch Ticket Bargain Campaign #2

AC Scratch Ticket Bargain Campaign 2

Purchase AC Scratch ticket bundles during the weeklong campaign period to earn valuable prizes at a later date.

Campaign Period

  • 10.8 ~ 10.15

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Purchase the AC Scratch Ticket (12x) bundle to receive:

  • Free Salon Pass

(2) Purchase the AC Scratch Gold Ticket (11x) bundle to receive:

  • Latan Rappy Suit

※Purchasing individual 200 or 500 AC scratch tickets will not qualify you for this campaign.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Late October

 

New Registration Campaign #11

New Registration Campaign 11

Receive items aimed towards players just starting out by registering a new PSO2 account and creating a character during the campaign period.

Campaign Period

  • 10.8 ~ 11.5

Campaign Qualifications

Create a new PSO2 account during the campaign period to receive:

  • Evo. Device / Green Puyo
  • +50% EXP Booster (x4)
  • セレスタレイザー/ナハト Celesta Laser / Nacht

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.

Completion PeriodPrize Distribution Date
1st Round10.8 ~ 10.15Late October
2nd Round10.15 ~ 10.22Late October
3rd Round10.22 ~ 10.29Early November
4th Round10.29 ~ 11.5Mid-November

 

Client Order Campaign #66

Client Order Campaign 66

Clear the qualifying client orders for Hans and Kressida during the campaign period to receive several prizes.

Campaign Period

  • 10.8 ~ 10.15

Qualifying Client Orders

(1) Complete Hans' client order 「竜宮の駒からの挑戦」Challenge from the Palace to receive:

  • +50% EXP Booster (x2)
  • Casino Coin Pass (x2)

(2) Complete Kressida's client order 「浮上施設のテッテーテキな探索!」 Thorough Exploration of the Emerging Facility! to receive:

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

Prize Distribution Date

  • October 22nd after maintenance at the Visiphone.

 

750,000 Downloads Campaign

750,000 Downloads Campaign

Sega is celebrating PSO2es reaching 750,000 downloads with three campaigns!

#1 Login Campaign

Earn one Rappy Medal each day you log in from October 9th @ 0:00 JST ~ October 15th @ 23:59 JST.

Logging in every day during the campaign period will earn you three Rappy Medals on the final day, bringing your total to nine.

The medals can be picked up from your mail in the game.

#2 Thanks for Continued Playing Campaign

Players who logged into PSO2es between September 10th and October 8th's maintenance will receive one Hunewearl Chip in their mail.

This Hunewearl chip provides additional damage when an attack hits the enemy.

※The gift will expire if not picked up before October 22nd's maintenance.

#3 Welcome Back GO! GO! Campaign

Players who have not logged into PSO2es since September 10th's maintenance will receive gifts in PSO2 and PSO2es.

In addition, ★1 Arks Quests will provide a x1.5 EXP boost during the campaign period.

Campaign Period

  • 10.8 ~ 10.22

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Log into PSO2es during the campaign period to receive the following items in PSO2es:

  • Fonewearl Chip
  • Rappy Medal (x5)
  • Singing Rappy Chip (x5)
  • 500 FUN

Gifts will be delivered to your in-game mail the day after logging in following October 8th's maintenance @ 15:00 JST.

(2) Log into PSO2es during the campaign period to receive the following items in PSO2:

  • Casino Coin Pass (x5)
  • +50% Triboost (x5)
  • Grinder (x55)

Gifts will be delivered in late October at the Visiphone.

※You must log into PSO2es during the campaign period to receive the gifts. Logging into PSO2 will not count towards the campaign.

 

1 Million Vita Users Special Campaign Part 2

1 Million Vita Users Campaign 

10 Day Boost Period

October 10th through October 19th @ 23:59 JST

  • +100% Rare Drop Boost
  • +100% Rare Enemies
  • +100% EXP
  • Daily Campaign Rewards.
Login Day Present
10.10 +100% Tribooster ×1
10.11 Halfdoll ×1
10.12 Casino Coin Pass ×2
10.13 Extreme Pass ×4
10.14 Grind Risk Reducer (-2) ×2
10.15 +250% Rare Drop Booster ×1
10.16 +100% Tribooster ×1
10.17 Half Doll ×1
10.18 Casino Coin Pass ×2
10.19 +100% Tribooster ×1

You have until 23:59 on the appointed day to claim your Campaign Reward.

Phantasy Star Nova: Mid-Sized Gigantes + The Restaurant, Shield Units, and Ring Generators

Here you can watch Captain T fight reskins and the Gigantes Gration!

 

In the previous article, we introduced the concept of customizing the base. Players can install various facilities around the base and task crew members with managing their daily operations. These facilities can be leveled up providing greater effects while players advance through the game. Today we'll briefly look at a few more facilities.

 

The Restaurant and Other Facilities

Restaurant PSNova
The Restaurant

You can prepare all sorts of meals at the Restaurant by acquiring the required ingredients.

Each meal provides different effects like [Atk Up], [Def Up], or [x Elemental Damage Up]. Choose the appropriate meal for the upcoming adventure, as these effects last until the quest is over.

 

Hyperion bust

 

In line with this, we introduce a new character called "Hyperion." He will be voiced by Hōchū Ōtsuka, who is known for his role as Jiraiya in Naruto. As you may have guessed from his design, Hyperion belongs to Delta Valiant's food supply division. He has the habit of comparing everything to food, and though he's cheerful, he becomes distressed during severe food shortages.

 

PSNova Gran Booster
The Gran Booster

Installing the Gran Booster increases the amount of Gran energy you'll acquire. Furthermore, it can also decrease the GP costs for Gran Arts.

There's also other things you can install aside from the two mentioned above:

  • Item Surveying Device: Increases the item appearance rate during quests.
  • Enemy Radar: Increases Rare and Boosted enemy appearance rates. Stationing the right kind of crew member here increases the effect.

 

Core Abilities

Armor Shop

We talked a bit about the "Armor Shop" in the previous article, but we'd like to go more into detail about the materials you'll be using to create these items.

The properties of these items will change depending on the materials used in the process. Cores are one such material that comes attached with a special ability.

Say for example you picked up several "Darker Cores," each with a special ability attached. In the screenshot above, a Darker Core with [Flame Resist 1] was used in the process which increases the elemental resistance for fire. However, you could have chosen a Darker Core with [Technic 1] to increase T-ATK, or [Ability 1] to slightly increase all stats.

 

Ring Generators at the Item Shop

Item Shop

In the demo, you had to use Halos to create these platforms in the air called "Ring Fields" when fighting the Gigantes. In the official version, these "Ring Fields" can also be generated through the creation of an item called the "Ring Generator." These consumable items will allow you to generate "Ring Fields" without having to switch weapons. Just tap the icon on the screen to activate it.

 

Crew Member Traits

You'll have to awaken your crew members from cryogenic stasis if you want to bring them along in battle. Crew members can have different traits that let them specialize in a particular area. For example, crew members could have a "Battle Type" trait where they focus on either [Attacking] or [Healing + Support].

 

Armed, Boosted, and Rare Enemies

There's all sorts of lifeforms you'll come across on Planet Machia. Among them, you'll encounter armed, boosted, and rare enemies. Armed enemies are biological weapons equipped with machine guns, missiles, or other armaments. Most notable of these types of enemies are the Gigantes!

Boosted enemies look just like regular enemies, except with a a golden color. You can earn more experience points by defeating them.

Rare enemies appear in a different color from their non-rare counterparts. Defeating them gives you the chance to acquire rare materials.

 

Mid-Sized Gigantes

Gordos
Gordos, a medium sized Gigantes covered in spikes,
swings its spiked arm to attack.

 

ditoas
Ditoas, a mid-sized lizard Gigantes,
has missile pods and fires lasers from its back.

If you enjoyed the first demo, you can expect another demo coming later this fall. The second demo features character creation, and lets you experience the opening areas of the game. It also lets you transfer over your data to the official version once it finally releases. See you next time.

PSO2 JP: Maintenance and Pre-Patch (10/1/2014)

October 8th Update Pre-Patch Schedule

Update Date Size
1st 10.3.2014 14:00 1002MB
2nd 10.6.2014 14:00 783MB

There will also be an update during October 8th's maintenance.

October 1st Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 10/1/2014 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 9/30/2014 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

Campaign Rewards

  • Server Load Test
    • +100% Tribooster
  • New Registration Campaign #10
  • Client Order Campaign #64

Famitsu Connect!on Item Code

The November 2014 issue of Famitsu Connect!on will feature a Jet Boots item code. This magazine went on sale September 27th, 2014.

Harenogeta

  • Magazine: 月刊ファミ通コネクト!オン (11月号)
  • Item Code: *ハレノゲタ (Jet Boots Weapon Camo)

 

Snow Banther

October 1st Update

New Special Quest

  • Strong Gusts! Snow Banther (10/1 ~ 10/8)
  • Defeat the Snow Banther in one of 3 difficulties!

esScratch

  • Huey: Deals heavy damage; greatly strengthens attack power for a limited time.
  • Council of Six Huey: Same as above. Chip released version of Huey's chip.
  • Twin Informant: Chip Released version of Patty's Chip (Similar to Iron Will)

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 / 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.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will appear in this calendar with their start and completion times as separate entries.
  • 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.

 

 1 Million Vita Users Campaign

1 Million Vita Users Campaign

To celebrate surpassing 1 million users on the Playstation Vita version, Sega is carrying out a special campaign filled with boosts and prizes for an entire week.

Boost: October 1st ~ October 8th
Contents
  • +100% EXP Boost
  • +100% Rare Drop Boost
  • +100% Rare Enemy Chances

 

Login Day Present
Oct 2 1 Tribooster +100%
Oct 3 1 Half Doll
Oct 4 2 Casino Coin Passes
Oct 5 4 Extreme Passes
Oct 6 2 Grind Risk Reducer (+2)
Oct 7 1 Rare Drop +250%
Oct 8 1 Tribooster +100%

You have until 23:59 JST on the appointed day to retrieve your presents. Don't forget to also make room for the Half Doll if one is currently in your inventory.