PSO2 JP: Maintenance (6/4/2014)

June 4th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 6/4/2014 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 6/3/2014 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

Boost Event 49

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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.
  • If you are using a mobile device or an external application, please [sync] the calendar after maintenance has ended.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will be posted in this calendar with the duration of 1 minute. This change was made to make the calendar easier to read when viewing the events as a list.

 

300,000 DLs Commemorative Campaign

300k Downloads Campaign

SEGA is holding a special PSO2es campaign to commemorate reaching 300,000 downloads. Login to PSO2es during the campaign period to receive prizes!

Campaign Period

  • June 4th @ 0:00 JST ~ June 10th @ 23:59 JST

Login Bonus Period

Login DaysEarned Bonuses
1st Day1 Rappy Medal
2nd Day10 Grinders
3rd Day1 Rappy Medal
4th Day500 FUN
5th Day1 Rappy Medal
6th Day10 Grinders
7th Day1 Rappy Medal

Items are given based on the number of days you login during the campaign period. If you login everyday, you can achieve the 7th Day login bonus.
You can pick up the rewards in the mailbox.

ARKS Museum: Character Portrait

The ARKS Museum is now accepting entries for its third Character Portrait contest.

Purpose

  • Take a picture utilizing the [Character Portrait] feature on your PlayStation Vita for the three contest divisions.

Contest Divisions

  • Costume Division: Submit a picture of a character wearing a costume like the Lillipan Suit, Rappy Suit, etc.
  • Male Division: Submit a picture of a male character.
  • Female Division: Submit a picture of a female character.

Entry Submission Period

  • Until July 16th @ 17:00 JST

Contest Announcements

  • Mid-August 2014

Prizes

  • Gold Medal of Thanks
  • 1000 FUN Ticket
  • EXCube
  • Grind Success (100%)
Screenshot Example
Example Entry

Submission Contents

  • One picture intended for the contest.
  • One picture with your Player ID

First Picture Conditions

  • Characters saved as Character Portrait Data or Partner Character NPCs.
  • Personally identifiable information such as a person's entire face and body should be avoided in the photograph.
  • Even if you are photographing a person in a way that does not make their identity known, you must obtain consent from that person before submitting it into the contest.

Acceptable Outfits for the Costume Division

  • Rappy Suits (Any color variation, even Docomo)
  • Summer Rappy Suit
  • Latan Rappy Suit
  • St. Rappy Suit
  • Love Rappy Suit
  • Lovey Rappy Suit
  • Egg Rappy Suit
  • Frog Rappy Suit
  • Lillipan Suit
  • Black Lillipan Suit
  • Otsukimi Lillipan Suit (Moon Viewing)
  • Torajima Lillipan Suit (Striped Tiger)
  • Warrior Lillipan (Samurai)
  • Reindeer Costume

Second Picture Conditions

  • Please take a screenshot with your character and their player ID overhead.
  • The picture should be taken in a location where the Player ID is clearly visible.

Tips and Advice

  • Use the Left Stick in Character Portrait to move the character.
  • Use the Right Stick to rotate and adjust the size of the character.
  • Use the arrow keys to tilt the character.
  • In Pose Settings, you can select your character's pose, facial expressions, and equipment.
  • In Speech Balloon settings, you can change the speech bubble, the message contents, the symbols, and justification style.

Submission Criteria

  • Works submitted should be unpublished works made by the contest entrant. Please refrain from making edits to the image like cropping and such.
  • Submitted works should be a JPEG file up to 1MB in size.
  • Pictures must be taken in the landscape orientation.

Important Links

Important Points

  • The work must be submitted only through the entry submission form.
  • One entry per division for each person; meaning one person may enter up to 3 entries, as long as ONE entry is submitted for each contest category.
    (1 x Costume) + (1x Male ) + (1x Female) per person.
  • If you submit two or more entries for one contest division, only the last submitted entry for that division will be counted for the contest.
  • One entry per person allowed. When you submit two or more entries, only the last entry is counted for the contest.
  • Any last minute edits or changes will not be accepted after the entry period is over.
  • You must get permission from the person in your photograph before submitting it into the contest.
  • Sega may edit the works in someway.
  • The copyright of the works submitted will belong to SEGA

Client Order Campaign #55

CO Campaign 55

Clear Xie and Revelle's client orders to earn several items!

Campaign Period

  • June 4th until June 11th's maintenance.

Qualifying Client Orders

(1) Clear Xie's client order 「ロックベア対Mr.アンブラ」 Rockbear vs. Mr. Umblla to receive:

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

(2) Clear Revelle's client order 「イレイザー・レポート・V」 Eraser Report V to receive:

  • Grind Risk Reducer +1 (x2)
  • Liliparium (Small) (x1)

Prize Distribution Date

  • June 25th at the Visiphone after maintenance.

Phantasy Star Nova Details Coming To The Phantasy Star Festa 2014!

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PSO2 Nova

  • PlayStation Vita
  • Releasing 2014
  • 1 ~ 4 Players
  • Adhoc Multiplayer

After obtaining the Famitsu scan, we've updated this post to reflect what was written in the article.

The Japanese blogosphere is abuzz with some details on Phantasy Star Nova, here's what they found in a recent Famitsu interview.

  • The game's atmosphere feels close to PSO.
  • Character Creation is almost the same as PSO2. Confirmed
  • The advancements made in the graphics engine makes the skin and clothing material feel real.
  • Weapons, Defensive Gear, and Recovery items are prepared with "Self Sufficiency." 
  • After coming up with a method for players to visually experience the concept of survival, they came up with the idea where your equipment gets damaged.
  • Since the setting is based on PSO2 Episode 1, they have no plans to do Episode 2's race and classes.
  • The battle system is quite different from PSO2. Those inexperienced with the series could have an easier time getting into the story.
  • Both new and old kinds of enemies will appear.
  • As the player progresses through the game, they can decide which facilities they want to see function on the ship.
  • Game Development is currently at 65%

Characters

  • Lutina ルティナ (CV: Maaya Uchida)  (Human x Force)
  • Sail セイル (CV: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka) (Human x Hunter)
  • Izuna イズナ (CV: Ai Kayano) (Newman x Ranger)
  • Fieldia フィルディア (CV: Miyuki Sawashiro) (Human x Hunter)
  • Magnus マグナス (CV: Banjō Ginga) (Human x Hunter)

According to the blogs, new information for Phantasy Star Nova is expected on June 15 at the Phantasy Star Festa 2014!

 

[via zaregoto od3 / gamestalk / hokanko alt]

Phantasy Star Online 2's 2nd Anniversary Event!

 

A new limited quest will arrive on June 11th through July 23rd. This quest takes place on the infested mother ship with Dragonkin, Oceanids, Mechs, Naberius Natives, and Darkers. The enemies are generally level 65, but some emergency trials will feature level 70 bosses!

New winged Darkers [Doubluné] and [Doublunda] will spawn egg-shaped bombs, while [Lanz Valeda] transforms into smoke and dashes.

 

Expect to acquire new item drops as well!

 

Phantasy Star Festa 2014 Online:
Interlocking Web Event!

Chaotic Silence
Summer Long Anniversary Event
~ June 11th until August 20th, 2014 ~

Let's all participate in the [Phantasy Star Festa 2014 ~Online~] event! Everyone can earn points by clearing the targeted limited quest over and over. Periodically, these points are tallied and used to unlock rewards posted at the event's official website.

Targeted Limited Quest

  • 1 Point = Normal
  • 2 Points = Hard
  • 3 Points = Very Hard
  • 4 Points = Super Hard

Every week we'll get a new mission, where if we earn enough points we can unlock rewards distributed to us in the future! Points are accumulated through the power of all ARKS members, let's aim towards clearing the missions!

※ Missions are somewhat like weekly goals that list the rewards we can get if we achieve certain scores.

 

Mascots

[The Phantasy Star Festa 2014 ~Offline~] event will kick off in Tokyo on June 15th, and move to various locations across Japan. Attendees can receive item codes for 2014 FAN T-Shirts as well as various room items and accessories depicting mascots from the hosting cities!

In the upcoming days, more details about these events will be posted in the [Phantasy Star Festa 2014] category.

Be sure to also check out the [Item Design & Character Contests]!

 

New Client Orders, Bingo, and FUN Shop!

Xie 2nd anniv

For a limited time, (2nd Anniversary) Xie will appear in the lobby with new client orders and her own 2nd Anniversary FUN Shop. The 2nd Anniversary Bingo will feature rewards like boost items and a Morolian Mag.

 

 

Team Merger

Team Merging

With this new feature,  you can merge two teams into one. The team points from the other team will be added into the main team, but their acquired team features will not carry over. You are only allowed up to 100 people in a team. If the total members of both teams surpass that number, they will not be able to merge. In addition, the other team will be prevented from merging until they remove all items from their Team Storage Box. After the process is complete, the other team will be deleted.

 

Victory Pose for Elder

Everyone will be able to perform a victory pose after defeating Dark Falz Elder. This option is available in the [Chat Settings] menu.

 

Crafting Level Cap Rises

Crafting Reset Recipe

The crafting level cap has expanded to level 50! This update increases the extend level cap and adds new level 3 recipes for Technic Customizations. In addition, you can acquire a [reset recipe] which will return the extended item back to its original performance; however the item will still be bound to owner.

 

 Balance Adjustments

Photon Art Adjustments

  • Gekka Zakura: Increased power and reduced PP consumption.
  • Asagiri Rendan: Increased power.
  • Sacrifice Bite: Increased power at level 16.
  • Sacrifice Bite: The effect is extended to 40 seconds when used on Bosses that can't be held.
  • Sacrifice Bite: Expanded attack hitboxes when activated.

※ After examining the state of the balance adjustments made from Early March to Late April, they have decided to nerf Shunka Shunran.  This adjustment will be carried out on June 11th, 2014.  Other balance adjustments may be announced in the future after they examine the current situation.

Mag Adjustments

  • Mag energy depletes even while you're offline.
  • This change does not apply to mags at the level cap.

Daily Order Achievement Conditions Relaxed

  • The quest must be completed once for [Quest Completion Daily Orders]
  • Bosses must be defeated once for [Enemy Defeat Daily Orders]
  • Daily Order rewards are not affected by the above changes.
  • The above changes only pertain to Daily Orders that require a set number of tasks to complete.
  • The other style of Daily Orders (where the completion rate increases the rewards) are not affected by these changes.

[Mining Base Intrusion] Balance Adjustments

  • Increased the number of times you may use the Burst Barrier / Base Recovery functions.
  • Relaxed the number of points needed to activate those functions.

 

 

Sega Platinum Selection AC Scratch

Alicia Repca
アリシア・レプカ Alicia Repca

 

Selvaria Swimwear
セルベリア・スイムウェア Selvaria Swimwear

 

Ulala Repca
うらら・レプカ Ulala Repca

 

Goro Majima Style
真島吾朗スタイル Goro Majima Style

 

Shinsengumi Captain Haori M
新選組隊長羽織M Shinsengumi Captain's Haori M