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April 1st Tidbits
~ Ichitaro and Kimura have a new look! ~
Battle Arena Skills
- Protection: Reduces Damage & Invalidates Status Effects. Can be used two times
- Stun Shot: Can be used 3 times.
- PP Unlimited: Greatly Reduces PP consumption for 20 seconds.
- Sprint: Increases movement speed for 5 sec. Can be used 3 times.
- Cure: Completely recovers HP. Can be used 3 times.
Battle Arena Weapons
- Gran Wave's invincibility frames will be shorter than normal.'
- No deband for Gran Wave.
- No shifta for Strike Gust.
Grind Cap + 1
- Battle Rank has no effect on the chances for a [Grind Cap +1].
Rappy Suit Mini
- Costs 100,000 Battle Coins!
Phantom Emblem
- You get just 1 Phantom Emblem for clearing Chapter 8.
- Enga's Weapon Camo supports Assault Rifles and TMGs.
Coordination Catalog
- Originally called the "Fashion Catalog," but they changed the name.
- This catalog covers only your ship.
Scratch Content
- Laia and Lumia's voices will indeed be coming in the PSU Scratch.
- They plan to revive previously released SG Scratches in the future.
Mining Base VR
- They plan to release the Mining Base VR Trigger late April.
Deus Esca Emergency Quest
- Limited to 1 clear per ship.
- Enemies in the quest are considered Phantom-types.
- Angels are weak to Dark only. Deus Esca is weak to Dark and Light.
Phaleg Battle
- This is basically Episode 4's Gaiden.
- They believe 5% of players will finish the battle.
- No easy mode, no half dolls/scape dolls.
- Features the "damage cap," explained in the adjustments section.
Zeinesis Weapon (3 Potentials)
- Ability Affixing Success +10%
- HP recovery for party members and increases the party's power.
- Doubles the effect of Special Abilities (ATK / DEF )
Potential 3 requires special items dropped by Deus Esca
Qliphad Series (Zeinesis Upgrade)
- You'll need a [Zeinesis Weapon] + [Qliphad Fuse] materials to upgrade the weapon.
- As for the weapons, the upgrade is mainly intended for looks.
14 Star Weapon
- Takt: Waving the Takt during Alter Ego, releases a megid-like projectile. Automatically assists Pet Sympathy.
- Wand: Increases normal attack and step attack speed. Unleashes a slash attack on the 3rd normal attack.
- Double Saber: Changes the color of the whirlwind and extends its duration.
- These may also drop in Defense-style Emergency Quests
Adjustments
- They're aware of the Chaining Marron issue so they plan to make revisions along with other adjustments when Episode 5 hits.
- Deus Esca is going to set a cap on the maximum amount of damage an attack can deal. (This means there's a cap towards how much damage you can deal to it through a single attack.)
- The max damage cap mentioned above will be set to 999,999.
Other Stuff
- They're aware that all the Operator names end with [A].
More to come…
~ ARKS Baseball ~
~ Coming April 31st ~
※You know April 31st doesn't exist right!? Happy April Fools!
Secret Phrase
- Say the phrase エピソード4いよいよ完結 in chat to receive a plethora of voices!
- You have until March 29th's maintenance to complete this task.
Emergency Quest Boost Poll
- Racing the Phantom Mother (After Quna Concert)
- March 18th @ 22:30
- 150% Rare Drop / EXP Boost
- +Live Boost when attending concert.
Early April Update
- Easter Lobby (~5/10)
- Egg Rappy (~5/10)
- Acquire Hitsugi, Enga, and Kohri's Partner Card
- Receive a [Phantom Emblem] from clearing Chapter 8.
Trade it in for an Avatar weapon camo.
Early April Update
- Episode 4's Final Chapter
- What will be Earth's destiny?
- Save Earth with Hitsugi et al.
Early April Update
- Item Design Contest Winners Side A (AC Scratch)
Mid April Update
- Laia and Lumia will appear in the lobby ( ~6/7)
- You can also receive their Partner Cards!
- They also have 13 star weapon rewards!
- Laia's Weapon: Laia Axe
- Lumia's Weapon: Viedima
Mid April Update
- Gurhal Collection 3 (AC Scratch)
- Contains Laia's presidential outfit.
- PSP2i Beast costumes as layered wear.
- Gives you another chance to acquire previously released costumes!
- Scratch Bonuses include Nagisa Swimwear[Ba] and Beast Face!
Late April Update
Battle Arena Weapons
- Jet Boots and Bullet Bows are coming to Battle Arena
- Bullet Bows will receive Last Nemesis
- Jet Boots can double jump and will receive Gran Wave or Strike Gust.
Battle Arena Skill System
- Battle Arena is getting a Skill System
- 3 random skills out of 5 will be shown at the start.
- You can select one of these skills.
- Battle Arena Skill List
- Protection (Greatly reduces damage)
- PP Unlimited (Greatly reduces (Technic/PA) PP consumption)
- Cure (Recovers HP)
- Sprint (Increases movement speed)
- Stun shot (Stuns an enemy for a limited time)
- Selecting a skill will add it to your sub-palette.
- Skills can be used a limited number of times.
Late April Update
- New Items will be coming to the Battle Coin Exchange Shop
- Rappy Suit Mini
- Battle Bow Camo
- Battle Boots Camo
Late April Update
- Annette will also be coming to the Lobby (~6/7)
- New COs for Gene and Bruno
- Added [Timed Abilities] for Mining Base
- Added [EXP Weapon] to the Recycle Shop
- Use it as NT grinding fodder at the Item Lab.
- [EXP Weapon] costs 8 AC Scratch items from Recycle Shop
- NPCs will give out some Lv.17 PA/Technic disks.
- [Extra Tree Change Pass] will now charge Star Gems instead of Arks Cash.
- Premium players can register up to 30 My Fashion presets
- Klotho is getting Battle Arena Client Orders
New System: Coordination Catalog (I'd rather call it Style Catalog)
- A catalog in which you can register your character's style.
- Use it as a means to peruse the style choices of other characters!
- You can also [Like!] them (just like Facebook.)
- Bookmark your favorite styles!
- You can save your Bookmarks into a My Fashion preset.
Late April Update
- Animal Promenade (AC Scratch)
- Animal themed layered wear and Parts.
- Scratch Bonus: Play with Cat Lobby Action
Late April Update
- The battle against God begins atop the Yggdrasil Tree.
- The first part has you fighting Angels along the way.
- You can also utilize the Dash Panels
- In the second part, you'll face [DEUS ESCA ZEPHYROS]
Late April Update
- Phantom God Collection (until 11/1)
- ★13 Zeinesis Weapon Series
- ★13 Weapons & ★12 Unit [Zeinesis] series will drop.
- ★13 Rappy will drop too!
- Expect new ★14 weapon drops too!
~ Face Phaleg atop the ESCA Tower ~
Coming Soon!
- Face Phaleg atop the ESCA Tower
Episode 5 Announced
- Coming Summer 2017!
- A Story of Resurrection and a New World!
- "Reincarnation"
Synonyms for resurrection include, "Revival, Rebirth, or Come-Back," so you'll have to decide which of these words could be used in its place.
PSO2es 3rd Anniversary: Visual and Chip Collection
- Releases April 3rd, 2017
- Contains art and chip data from April 2014 through March 2017.
- Item Codes include:
- Bruno Voice
- Gene Voice
- Annette Voice
- Free Salon Pass
PSO2 Collaborates with Frame Arms and Frame Arms Girl
- Accessories, Camos, Costumes, and Cast Parts from both Stylets
- Coming Early Summer!
Soundtracks Announced!
- PSO2 Original Soundtrack Vol. 5
- Pre-Sales: June 10th (At Festa)
- General Sales: June 28th
- Contains Episode 4's Tokyo ~ Ultimate Amduscia
- Contains Item Codes
- PSO2 Original Soundtrack Vol. 6
- Coming Summer
- Contains Item Codes
Phantasy Star Festa 2017
- Phantasy Star Festas are events where fans come together to hangout and participate in tournaments.
- Festa 2017 Schedule
- June 10th in Tokyo
- June 17th in Sapporo
- June 25th in Fukuoka
- July 15th in Nagoya
- July 30th in Osaka
- August 12th Finals in Ariake Coliseum
ARKS Battle Tournament
- ARKS Battle Tournaments will be held during the Phantasy Star Festa
- The Tournament consists of 4 vs 4 battles on the PS4 version.
- Registrations will begin Mid April
- A Preliminary quest will be released on April 19th.
PSO2es Update
- So now we're getting [Character Side Stories]
- The King Rappy chip will be available through the [Score Bonus]
PSO2es Update
- 3rd Anniversary Mission: Part 1 (3/22 ~ 04/09)
- Collect Chip Fragments 2017 and trade them in for a Gene chip.
- This chip will also be voiced by Gene
- Annette and Seraphy chips will also have voices and can be displayed in the lobby.
- Egg Paska will drop for the 3rd Anniversary Event
PSO2es Update
- EQ Ranking Event: Embryo Vardha and Banther Donna (Early April)
- EQ Event: Nove Ringadarl (Mid April)
PSO2es Update
- Available for 48 Hours (4/1 ~ 4/2)
- Darker Busters [Anniversary] Chip
- Lufnesia chip (3/22)
- Fahren Gryph chip (4/12)
- Grim Barrage PA (3/22)