PSO2: Episode 2 Teaser + Vita Livestream

Episode 2, launching July 17th, 2013, will introduce a brand new story, new race, and new class. Expect tons of new features like ARKS Road which aims to guide players from beginners to experts.  Create and raise your very own "Support Partner" and take them along with you in quests. Other features include a team list, a mini room, more space for room items, and more!

 

4th Race: Dewman

Dewman Female

Dewmans have horns and separate eye colors.

 

Dewman Male

When Episode 2 launches, all players will get a "2nd" character for free.

 

 New Class: Braver

PSO2 Bullet Bows

カタナ (Katanas)

 

Bullet Bows

 バレットボウ (Bullet Bows)

 

New Characters

Azanami

アザナミ Azanami (VA: Mai Nakahara)

 

Io

イオ Io (VA: Ayana Taketatsu)

 

Planet: Vopar

PSO2 Planet Vopar

A film of water covers the sky on this mysterious planet.

 

Planet Vopar 2

On the planet's surface are strange facilities still in operation to this day.

 

New Field: Coast

Planet Vopar 3

The day seamlessly transitions from day to night.

 

Neptunians

The Neptunes, strange creatures who inhabit Planet Vopar

 

Bird Darkers

The new bird-type Darker

 

Olgevran

Olgevran: A strong Neptunian who can throw rocks.

 

Val Rodos

 Val Rodos: A boss who swims freely inside a whirlpool.

 PlayStation Vita Livestream

Livestream Recap

  • Soul Sacrifice x PSO2 Collaboration; costumes from PSO2 are going to appear in Soul Sacrifice

 

Thanks Festa (Nagoya) Field Report: Warning Rumors!

We scoured the internet for news from this weekend's Fan Festa and here's what we found. Since there's no way for us to verify any of the contents listed below, read at your own risk.

  • ARKS Road is a tutorial-like system where you collect stamps and receive items.
  • Seems Azanami is one of those weapon/class client order type characters.
  • Luther is the last Photoner.
  • When EP2 starts they want to increase EP1's matter board drop rates.
  • Dewmans have high S-ATK, average DEX, low HP and DEF.
  • Katanas: Can Guard and Guard-Counter
  • Katanas: Just Guards at Max Gear counters with increased damage and critical rates for a limited time. (An aura surrounds the weapon.)
  • Bullet Bows: Weak Stance increases damage to weak areas, reduces damage everywhere else.
  • When Episode 2 starts, they're going to add new skills and distribute skill tree reset items.
  • New PAs and Techs. (Na Grants / Na Zonde  / Na Megid / Na Barta / Zanverse)
  • They're thinking about implementing a Mag Camo system, though nothing is certain at this time. 
  • Gunner's flip evasion will see some adjustments.
  • There was a question if we're getting a "Subdue Dudu" quest, and they responded that they're adding another grinding shop attendant. This person was described as a "clumsy girl." (This may have something to do with the +15 grind shown in the video?)
  • A new team feature in August? It might be something you perform as a team.
  • They want to add a special turret that can kill Gel Bulfs.

Known Bugs

  • Some players have reported that some Bingo Card spaces refuse to clear even though they've completed the objective. Though they're currently investigating this issue, Sega recommends to reselect the [reverse] bingo card from the bingo menu as a workaround
  • Sega is currently investigating an issue where the "Photon Blast" sound effect can be heard in the lobby. (This seems to occur when a player changes their outfit during the glow stick lobby actions)
  • Sega has confirmed a bug where the Fan Festa T-shirts appear black. They plan to correct this problem in the future.

 

 

PSO2 JP: AC Scratch (Sega Star Selection)

 Sega Star Selection Scratch

Sega Star Selection

Cosplay as your favorite SEGA stars in this month's newest scratch!
Available: June 12 ~ July 24th

 

Selvaria Repca Pic

セルベリア・レプカ Selvaria Repca
セルベリア・レプカ雪 Selvaria Repca Snow
セルベリア・レプカ夜 Selvaria Repca Night
セルベリア・レプカ影 Selvaria Repca Shadow
セルベリア・レプカ紅 Selvaria Repca Red
セルベリア・レプカ葉 Selvaria Repca Leaf

 

Student S Repca Style

スチューデントS・レプカ Student S Repca
スチューデントS・レプカ雪 Student S Repca Snow
スチューデントS・レプカ鋼 Student S Repca Steel
スチューデントS・レプカ桜 Student S Repca Pink
スチューデントS・レプカ紅 Student S Repca Red
スチューデントS・レプカ空 Student S Repca Sky Blue

 

Fiona Repca Pic

フィオナ・レプカ Fiona Repca
フィオナ・レプカ紅 Fiona Repca Red
フィオナ・レプカ夜 Fiona Repca Evening
フィオナ・レプカ影 Fiona Repca Shadow
フィオナ・レプカ月 Fiona Repca Night
フィオナ・レプカ雅 Fiona Repca Purple

 

Arle Repca pic

アルル・レプカ Alre Repca
アルル・レプカ紅 Arle Repca Red
アルル・レプカ影 Arle Repca Shadow
アルル・レプカ雅 Arle Repca Purple
アルル・レプカ萌 Alre Repca Green
アルル・レプカ月 Arle Repca Moon

 

Akira Repca pic

アキラ・レプカ Akira Repca
アキラ・レプカ影 Akira Repca Shadow
アキラ・レプカ夜 Akira Repca Night
アキラ・レプカ紅 Akira Repca Red
アキラ・レプカ月 Akira Repca Moon
アキラ・レプカ雅 Akira Repca Purple

 

Black lillipa suit

ブラックリリーパスーツ Black Lillipa Suit

 

Color Changes and Revivals

  • アルフライラ雅 Alf Laylah Purple
  • アルフライラ空 Alf Laylah Space
  • ウォフマナフ雅 Vohu Manah Purple
  • ウォフマナフ葉 Vohu Manah Leaf
  • ヘルマ・シリーズCV Helma Series CV
  • アラオ・シリーズCV Araoh Series CV
  • アルフマスク雅 Alf Mask Purple
  • アルフマスク空 Alf Mask Space
  • リリーパザック Lillipa Sack

Female Voice 13 Eri Kitamura

  • 女性追加ボイス13
  • 女性C追加ボイス13

Female Voice 33 Satomi Sato

  • 女性追加ボイス33
  • 女性C追加ボイス33

Male Voice 30 Ryouhei Kimura

  • 男性追加ボイス30
  • 男性C追加ボイス30

Lobby Action

  • 追加ロビーアクション41 (clight3)

 

FUN Scratch

BGM Disc

  • SONIC HEROES
  • Escape From The City
  • VAL1 メインテーマ (Valkyria Chronicles)
  • SeventH-HeaveN (7 Dragon)
  • HeavenZ-ArmZ (7 Dragon)
  • 20thAnniversaryFEVER!! (Puyo Puyo)
  • 時空を超えて久しぶり! (Puyo Puyo)

Lobby Action

  • 追加ロビーアクション48 (hima)

New Color Variations

  • マナフヘッドギア雅 Manah Headgear Purple
  • マナフヘッドギア葉 Manah Headgear leaf

The other glowstick lobby actions are available in the FUN Shop.

1 Yr Anniv. FUN SHOP

  • 追加ロビーアクション39 (clight1)
  • 追加ロビーアクション40 (clight2)
  • The rest are musical instruments and Sega logo.

Festa Clothes

Tshirt

感謝祭2013TシャツM Festa 2013 T-shirt M)
感謝祭2013TシャツF (Festa 2013 T-shirt F)

These shirts are only available for free at the Thanks Festa Fan Event. Otherwise you'll have to purchase them in player shops.

PSO2 JP: 1 Year Anniversary Update Part 1

Sonic Lobby

  • June 12th through June 26th

New Enemy

  • Cougar NX

Limited-time Quest Available for  A Limited Time

Chaotic

  • 境界を砕く混沌 Chaotic Border Break
  • June 12th through August 7th

Limited-time Client Orders

  • Xie (1 Yr Anniversary)
  • June 12th through August 7th

New Items

Janus

*D92ジェイナス D92 Janus (Weapon Camo)

Tear Downer txt

*SW‐ティアダウナー SW Teardowner (Weapon Camo)

New ARKS Bingo Card System

Login Stamp Card

Login Stamp

This card is stamped once per day. You can receive a prize for every 5 stamps you collect. Once you collect all 50 stamps, you'll receive a brand new stamp card.

Premium Set users receive an additional stamp

Visiphone Campaign Item Menu Changes

  • You will receive mail whenever they distribute campaign items.
  • From now on, every campaign will have a deadline, and once that date has passed, the items will no longer be available.
  • Campaigns are sorted by the closest deadlines. (Campaigns that show up at the top are the earliest to expire.)

(The new changes allow them to distribute campaign items immediately. This does not apply to all campaigns, however, you can pick  them up as long as you sign-on during the campaign period. )

Precede Update

  • The Precede (Pre-Patch) files are deleted once they are no longer needed.

Net Cafe

  • Net Cafe Shop lineup changed

FUN Shop

  • A new limited-time 1 year anniversary FUN Shop is available until August 7th.
  • You can obtain musical instruments, and glowstick lobby actions here!

AC Shop (Vita Feature)

  • Placed a small banner with a QR-Code in the AC Shop, making it easier for smart phones to purchase AC.

Precede Downloads

  • The contents of the precede folder are automatically deleted once the final update is in place.

Latent Abilities

  • Added new latents

FUN Shop

  • A new 1 year anniversary FUN Shop will be available until August 7th.
  • The contents of this FUN Shop include musical instruments and glow stick lobby actions.

Emergency Quest Changes

  • Big Vardha's EQ will now appear for 30 minutes alongside the other desert EQ.
  • It's now easier to destroy certain locations on "Falz Arms" in the "Approaching Dark Arms" E-Quest. They've also added some drop items as a result.
  • Added voices to the announcements within the ship for the 'Falz Arm' and 'Dark Falz Elder' E-Quests and changed some of the text
  • Adjusted the number of Falz Arms needed in order to advance to the Dark Falz Elder E-Quest
  • Added voices to Hilda and Brigitta in the Dark Falz Elder E-Quest
  • Adjusted the location of the Event Tablet that appears in the Dark Falz Elder E-Quest.

E-Trial Adjustments

  • Code: Collect trials will give rewards to the player that acquired the items.
  • Adjusted the drop items and appearance rate for Code: Clone.

TA Quest Adjustments

  • Made adjustments to the spawning arrangements and gimmicks placed within the Dragon Sanctum TA quest.

Other Changes

  • Parallel Areas will no longer contribute to the drop item tallies that appear in Quest Item Records.
  • The conditions for acquiring Matter Board 11 will now require you to clear B-2 of Matter Board 9
  • Changed the title of a setting in options from "Temporarily Save Party Settings" to "Save Party Settings"
  • A message will display concerning the issue as to why you were not able to transfer to another block.
  • Changed the login bonus message that displays when you sign in 5 days in a row.
  • The System > Information menu will display entries for in-game help and news.
  • When talking to NPCs, the client order menu will appear on top.
  • The message that's shown when receiving an Extreme Pass from Pudding has changed.
  • Added some information in the tutorial explanations for Extreme Pass
  • Saying the word "hute" will no longer turn into censor symbols.
  • Extended the range enemies are displayed in the (mini) radar map and area map. Enemies are easy to recognize when an emergency trial or such appears.
  • The arrow keys will now scroll the text displayed in the news window.
  • All ship block names have changed

Campaign Items

Campaign prizes have been distributed for:

  • Client Order Campaign 10
  • PlayStation Vita reaching 500,000 users
  • Border Break Campaign
  • Use AC, Get Item Campaign
  • Compensations for the AC page crash.
  • Compensation for the Advance Quest bug that didn't drop items with Level III abilities.