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[spyhunterzero]

Emergency Quests are limited-time missions that pop up at random. They start on the hour, with 15 minute notice. Most last half an hour, but the one that was up (Big Vardha, the boss of the Mines area) only lasts 15 minutes. It's best to head to a populated block corresponding to your difficulty level (5-8 for Hard, 9-12 for Very Hard IIRC) as soon as you hear the announcement that it's going to happen. Especially if Dark Falz is announced.

*is squeezed*

I know that, I just meant what is a 5 sp

 

[StarCreator]

I know that, I just meant what is a 5 sp

SP are the points you use to upgrade your class's skills. You get one SP per level, and additionally your class NPC will provide client orders that give 5 additional SP when you reach certain level milestones. The first one requires you to kill a bunch of Dark Ragnes and Rappies, while the second requires you to kill Quartz Dragons, Big Vardhas, and a Fang Banther.

 

[Hasemo]

2 new posts on bumped:
Today's patch notes
First 2013 Emergency Quest grinder campaign.

 

[spyhunterzero]

2 new posts on bumped:
Today's patch notes
First 2013 Emergency Quest grinder campaign.

Sweet, I could use those grinders. I kinda used up all mine when I saw some of the Falz weapons and armor didn't have a penalty to grind all the way. Boy do I regret it now.

 

[StarCreator]

Has anyone gotten kidnapped yet? We ran through all the Time Attack quests on Very Hard last night then repeatedly restarted the Naberius one trying to trigger the kidnap event. No dice. Maybe I should make a sign that says "FREE CANDY" to make myself a more attractive target?

 

[Hasemo]

Has anyone gotten kidnapped yet? We ran through all the Time Attack quests on Very Hard last night then repeatedly restarted the Naberius one trying to trigger the kidnap event. No dice. Maybe I should make a sign that says "FREE CANDY" to make myself a more attractive target?

Wunder got kidnapped after S ranking a normal quest and switching to time attack (abduction happens after the countdown finishes). Impossible to solo is what he said, lol.

 

[StarCreator]

Wunder got kidnapped after S ranking a normal quest and switching to time attack (abduction happens after the countdown finishes). Impossible to solo is what he said, lol.

Did he go to the lobby before switching, or did he switch from inside the campship?

 

[Omnistalgic]

My first online game...I bought a Dreamcast and a Keyboard just for this experience, and what an experience it was!

I hope the magic is back, but a little bummed all you guys are on PC. I don't game on PC at all (too lazy to setup) and was hoping this was officially a Vita project. So far, I only see Japanese talk about the title on Vita though'-( Any word on it coming to states?

 

[Reknoc]

My first online game...I bought a Dreamcast and a Keyboard just for this experience, and what an experience it was!

I hope the magic is back, but a little bummed all you guys are on PC. I don't game on PC at all (too lazy to setup) and was hoping this was officially a Vita project. So far, I only see Japanese talk about the title on Vita though'-( Any word on it coming to states?

Sometime soon on PC and maybe eventually on the Vita. It's cross-platform anyway I believe? The vita version will probably get more love in the thread during the beta and when it's out in Japan.

 

[Hasemo]

Did he go to the lobby before switching, or did he switch from inside the campship?

According to the comments on the Japanese wiki/2chan it doesn't matter, you can switch quests from the lobby as well.

My first online game...I bought a Dreamcast and a Keyboard just for this experience, and what an experience it was!

I hope the magic is back, but a little bummed all you guys are on PC. I don't game on PC at all (too lazy to setup) and was hoping this was officially a Vita project. So far, I only see Japanese talk about the title on Vita though'-( Any word on it coming to states?

What are you bummed about? The game is coming out on the Vita in the end of February if you'd like to try the Japanese server and own a Vita.

 

[Hasemo]

We're now going to try to get abducted. 2 slots, only people with VH unlocked can join.

 

[spyhunterzero]

We're now going to try to get abducted. 2 slots, only people with VH unlocked can join.

What is abducted? Is this something new the added with the patch?

 

[Hasemo]

What is abducted? Is this something new the added with the patch?

Yeah, the details are here.

 

[spyhunterzero]

Man, how I would love to play with you guys, but leveling in the 30s is a pain

 

[StarCreator]

No one was around and decided I could try and tackle some of the Lisa escort COs as Ranger since I'm completely overleveled for them anyway at this point (42 RA/50 FO).

Just to find Snow Banther's full-screen attacks are completely undodgeable as Ranger and one hit by one, you're on the ground so long that you can't possibly try to dodge or heal before the next one. Dead in three swipes.

Actually bought a scape to finish the fight because at that point I had been in the mission for an hour, because the class fails to deal any sort of meaningful damage to anything.

To say I'm a little pissed off right now would be an understatement.

 

[Omnistalgic]

According to the comments on the Japanese wiki/2chan it doesn't matter, you can switch quests from the lobby as well.

What are you bummed about? The game is coming out on the Vita in the end of February if you'd like to try the Japanese server and own a Vita.

Ok, so I just have to get a memory card and switch to my Jap account then correct?

Will definitely download once its available, but still would be nice to play where I can actually read the text lol...

 

[StarCreator]

The ship is nowhere near full judging by block capacity, but despite this the ship is reading red status when trying to sign in and you get nothing but error 614 actually trying to do so. Happened last night and is happening again now...

 

[ezodagrom]

The ship is nowhere near full judging by block capacity, but despite this the ship is reading red status when trying to sign in and you get nothing but error 614 actually trying to do so. Happened last night and is happening again now...

I think it's very likely that it's cheaters that are causing these issues, for some reason this is only happening in Ship 2.

 

[Stubo]

The ship is nowhere near full judging by block capacity, but despite this the ship is reading red status when trying to sign in and you get nothing but error 614 actually trying to do so. Happened last night and is happening again now...

I think it's very likely that it's cheaters that are causing these issues, for some reason this is only happening in Ship 2.

I really hope this isn't the cause. This game deserves better.

 

[Hasemo]

I really hope this isn't the cause. This game deserves better.

I really hope this isn't the cause and if it is, that those are Japanese hackers. Foreign IP will most likely be banned altogether if foreigners cause any more trouble, at least if what Sega said before is to be believed.

 

[StarCreator]

Ran a bunch of Naberius TA with wunder and a couple teammates. Got our clear time down to 6:11 but it still isn't enough to make us attractive kidnapping targets apparently ._.

 

[ezodagrom]

Hmm, well, next week's maintenance is going to be earlier and longer than usual, so hopefully these issues will be fixed then.

 

[StarCreator]

Just had a nice 47 minute romp through hell. More later.

 

[Forkball]

I forgot about this game for a while and then started thinking about it recently. To my surprise the full game has been out a while and there's an English patch. I tried it out a bit tonight. At first I was a bit disappointed since it seemed dead, but then I realized you could switch blocks to find more active people. It's PSO... 2. IT'S EVERYTHING I COULD EVER WANT.

I'm on ship 2, is there a GAF guild I can join? Also how do I switch subpalettes on a controller?

 

[nicoga3000]

Is that English patch strong enough where you're not stuck guessing at upgrading/drops? Or is it best to just wait it out for the US release?

 

[Hasemo]

I forgot about this game for a while and then started thinking about it recently. To my surprise the full game has been out a while and there's an English patch. I tried it out a bit tonight. At first I was a bit disappointed since it seemed dead, but then I realized you could switch blocks to find more active people. It's PSO... 2. IT'S EVERYTHING I COULD EVER WANT.

I'm on ship 2, is there a GAF guild I can join? Also how do I switch subpalettes on a controller?

I can invite you to the guild now, just give me your character name. The guild itself has only a few active members at the moment, but that will probably change when the Vita version is released.

As for the changes since release this thread has most of the info, excluding the recent Abduction/Clone stuff and the Dark Falz fight.

 

[StarCreator]

Is that English patch strong enough where you're not stuck guessing at upgrading/drops? Or is it best to just wait it out for the US release?

I believe item names are untranslatable due to them being server-side. Attributes on weapons and units appear to be translated judging from screenshots I've seen of the patch in action though.

I don't use the patch at all personally but I have little issue with item management and upgrading despite minimal Japanese knowledge. Small price to pay for avoiding what will inevitably be a trainwreck of an international release.

 

[nicoga3000]

I believe item names are untranslatable due to them being server-side. Attributes on weapons and units appear to be translated judging from screenshots I've seen of the patch in action though.

I don't use the patch at all personally but I have little issue with item management and upgrading despite minimal Japanese knowledge. Small price to pay for avoiding what will inevitably be a trainwreck of an international release.

I tried to play without translation when it first came out, but I was gimping myself HARD. I had no idea what I was supposed to be upgrading nor how to upgrade efficiently. With the patch, though...I may be able to manage.

 

[ezodagrom]

Info about the late January update, which will include a new Time Attack quest, a new limited time Emergency Quest for the Valentine's Day seasonal event, the return of Shie, and new clothes (including a pink Rappy Suit, no pictures or video yet though).

http://bumped.org/psublog/pso2-jp-late-january-tidbits/

And, on another note, several videos that I've been uploading lately.

Frozen Tundra Hard Mode quests as a Force:
Tundra Regional Survey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_smVuHDGPpg
Arks Search: Tundra - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KthUdKfXWEg
Subdue De Malmoth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6dJhQYhIBQ
Frozen Tundra Exploration - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2D2VrBuPOk

Subterranean Tunnels Hard Mode quests as a Ranger:
Mech Power Survey: Tunnels - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkXK7nsK6rE
Distress Signal Investigation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcWEMqGzT0s
Transformer Takedown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrNemlwNH0
Subterranean Tunnels Exploration - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLtvL6hl3Bg

Floating Continent Hard Mode quests as an Hunter:
Berserk Dragon Suppression - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heju2-t5PpE
Sample Collection: Skyland - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXYKv4gzlXs
Subdue Caterdransa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbhA9wPJt9o
Floating Continent Exploration - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTHEIgvkxQ

Falz Arms and Dark Falz Elder in Very Hard (when I recorded the video it was only like the 3rd time that I was doing the quest, I had no idea that we had to attack the wrists to break Elder's arms, I also didn't really know his patterns too):
Inbound Dark Arms - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9dYx1uStcg
Profound Darkness' Kin: [Colossus] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-ts8V-kTlk

 

[Hasemo]

Summary of the new update trailer is live on bumped.
So, level cap rise AND advance quests in mid February it seems.

Edit:
Interesting tidbits from the new blog post:
- New invites for the Vita beta early next week
- Possible lengthening of the Vita beta, because everything is going smoothly
- No level cap CO this time, but there won't be any new skills added to the skill trees
- New roadmap will be posted in early February

 

[SuperAngelo64]

Summary of the new update trailer is live on bumped.
So, level cap rise AND advance quests in mid February it seems.

Edit:
Interesting tidbits from the new blog post:
- New invites for the Vita beta early next week
- Possible lengthening of the Vita beta, because everything is going smoothly
- No level cap CO this time, but there won't be any new skills added to the skill trees
- New roadmap will be posted in early February

Here's to hoping we get another 5 SP CO at 55.

 

[Hasemo]

So, about yesterday's update!
Patch notes
New campaigns (get grinders for changing your Sega account password)
New scratch with 0 interesting parts for male Casts

 

[ezodagrom]

A member of PSOW started an english patch project for the PSO2 story, there's already an early version of the patch, but since it was a bit rushed, it only includes the story chapters, it doesn't include matterboard scenes or Shion events yet, plus it may has several mistakes/typos and incomplete lines.

The person making the patch said that in February 2nd he'll release a more complete version of the patch with Shion events and matterboard scenes.

Here's his webpage:
http://sun.gmobb.jp/collins/

He also made a topic in PSOW for people to report typos and mistakes:
http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204164

(Note: do not post the link to the patch there, PSOW has a policy to not post direct links to patches for the game)

 

[Hasemo]

Advance Quests details are out.
2ch comments - "RMT victory".
Also, new Magic Stones shop update.

 

[ShadiWulf]

Sorry if this isn't the place to post this, i don't want to start a new topic, someone else can if they want, but I just had to share this. Here is the reason we haven't been getting any news on the English version of the game. SEGA West marketing isn't allowing it to be talked about at all.

I feel bad for Edward and anyone else inside SEGA that is passionate and wants the game to succeed in the west.

http://i.imgur.com/75QD8Nx.png

comment 240
http://blogs.sega.com/2012/07/09/phantasy-star-online-2-is-coming-west/#comment-84712

 

[ezodagrom]

Sorry if this isn't the place to post this, i don't want to start a new topic, someone else can if they want, but I just had to share this. Here is the reason we haven't been getting any news on the English version of the game. SEGA West marketing isn't allowing it to be talked about at all.

I feel bad for Edward and anyone else inside SEGA that is passionate and wants the game to succeed in the west.

http://i.imgur.com/75QD8Nx.png

comment 240
http://blogs.sega.com/2012/07/09/phantasy-star-online-2-is-coming-west/#comment-84712

And this is why SEGA West marketing is terrible.

Advance Quests details are out.
2ch comments - "RMT victory".
Also, new Magic Stones shop update.

Posted this in PSOW, my speculation about the new weapons for the pyroxene shop.

What we know based on the picture of the new pyroxene weapons.

- 4 weapons listed, 3 with wind element, 1 with fire element.

- The original versions of those weapons have 374 of their attack stat as requirement.

- Twin Dagger requires 600 S-ATK, has Mutation I and Power III affixes.

- If all the weapons have the same affixes (with Power III being replaced with Shoot or Technique depending on the weapon), the weapons are stronger than the current 10*, even without the affixes.

- Twin Dagger requires the original weapon and 90 fire pyroxenes to be obtained.

And now for some speculation:

- There are 9 weapons that have 374 of their attack stat as requirements, most likely all of those are the ones that will have upgraded versions in the shop.

- Every 3 of those 9 weapons have similarities between them.

- Ikutachi, Ishurai and Seitenweise look like they're made of wood, plus their upgraded versions all have wind element, so I find it very likely that these will require the wind pyroxene.

- Messer Agate, Divulcan and Schmidtore look like they're made of similar materials, plus the upgraded version of Messer Agate is shown to have fire element and requires the fire pyroxene. It's very likely that the other 2 also have fire element and require the fire pyroxene.

- Rust Device, Gravel Core and Metalisolidom look like they're made of robot parts. Seeing how the previous 2 groups work, it's likely that these will require a 3rd type of pyroxene, and that all 3 will have the same element.

- Since it's likely that there are 3 types of pyroxenes and that there are 3 advance quest areas, it's likely that each type of pyroxene is obtained in a specific advance quest area.

- Looking at the pyroxene elements and their respective weapons, most likely the wind pyroxene will be obtainable in the forest, the fire pyroxene in the caves, and the 3rd pyroxene in the desert. This is all speculation, of course.

- Since the original version of the new weapons all have the same requirement, there's the possibility that the strike weapons may all require 600 S-ATK, the shoot weapons 600 R-ATK and the technic weapons 600 T-ATK. No idea if it is really like this though.

 

[VariantX]

Sorry if this isn't the place to post this, i don't want to start a new topic, someone else can if they want, but I just had to share this. Here is the reason we haven't been getting any news on the English version of the game. SEGA West marketing isn't allowing it to be talked about at all.

I feel bad for Edward and anyone else inside SEGA that is passionate and wants the game to succeed in the west.

http://i.imgur.com/75QD8Nx.png

comment 240
http://blogs.sega.com/2012/07/09/phantasy-star-online-2-is-coming-west/#comment-84712

Whomever is making boneheaded decisions like that needs to be removed. People just won't play this game if you don't take the time to explain what it is and why we should play it. Makes me think that yet again, the non-japanese versions will be un-supported and what ever community that forms behind it will be ignored. Rather it didn't go down like it did in the past; the western versions getting content months or even a year later rather than in days and weeks.

 

[StarCreator]

Whomever is making boneheaded decisions like that needs to be removed. People just won't play this game if you don't take the time to explain what it is and why we should play it. Makes me think that yet again, the non-japanese versions will be un-supported and what ever community that forms behind it will be ignored. Rather it didn't go down like it did in the past; the western versions getting content months or even a year later rather than in days and weeks.

The fact the game isn't already up and running dooms it to being eternally behind on updates as it is. There's no way the game can launch with everything the JP version has now out of the gate.

 

[VariantX]

The fact the game isn't already up and running dooms it to being eternally behind on updates as it is. There's no way the game can launch with everything the JP version has now out of the gate.

I guess I should have been more clear about what I was trying to say. If an update takes a month or two to happen between releases in the JP version, it shouldn't take 7 or 8 months or longer for that same update to happen between versions in the west. The updates don't have to be as frequent as in the JP version, but the time between those updates shouldn't be ridiculous either like they have been in the past.

 

[StarCreator]

So will it ever be OK to post screens from the Vita closed beta?

And there should be no problem posting screens from the PC link client for it, right?

 

[rykomatsu]

god dammit...the Techer quest is annoying...5 Vol Dragons...the hell...

 

[opoth]

I'm getting started on this and grabbing the translation patch - is there any particular ship/block that has a large international population?

 

[StarCreator]

I'm getting started on this and grabbing the translation patch - is there any particular ship/block that has a large international population?

Almost every one here is on Ship 02. Be warned once you change a ship you can't transfer an existing character without paying cash; the only way to change for free after the fact is to delete all your characters and start over.

 

[Blueblur1]

Sorry if this isn't the place to post this, i don't want to start a new topic, someone else can if they want, but I just had to share this. Here is the reason we haven't been getting any news on the English version of the game. SEGA West marketing isn't allowing it to be talked about at all.

I feel bad for Edward and anyone else inside SEGA that is passionate and wants the game to succeed in the west.

http://i.imgur.com/75QD8Nx.png

comment 240
http://blogs.sega.com/2012/07/09/phantasy-star-online-2-is-coming-west/#comment-84712

Well, yeah, that's how marketing departments work. No doubt they're as busy as the localization team working on ways to promote the game once it's close or nearly ready for launch. Knowing Sega they'll advertise it on their blogs and if they actually give the marketing team a decent budget then they may be attempting to make promotional deals like Sega of Japan does. If anything I'd expect an announcement in the Spring (so sometime in March or later).

 

[Hasemo]

Two new important pieces of information from the g-heaven's author for everyone who's not following me on twitter (lol):
- Interesting fact about the Dark Falz Elder - while you can get units from breaking arms, the 11 and 12 star weapons are a body drops.
- About abduction - clearing specific quests with high ranking rises a chance to be abducted and retiring lowers that chance. The fastest way is to S-rank clear Time Attacks.

Both pieces of info come from the dev team and I'm guessing that the source is this week's Dengeki Playstation.

 

[Hasemo]

Translation of the 2013 road map published today.
Seems like we won't be seeing new classes any time soon. The most interesting points, at least for me are the new items category and the new quest types.
Since the new quests will come in the "Phantasmal Tower" update, maybe it will be some kind of a "get to the top"/"survival mode" type of quests.

 

[Hasemo]

Today is a good day for all PSO2 players. Sega has published balance changes slated for February. Bumped translation.

 

[ChaoticPotion]

Ridiculously confused as to how to contact any of you. I seem to be able to whisper to you, but I'm not even sure if it's going through. If any of you could get back to me in game on the Character Name: Pherr and invite me to the team that'd be great.

Thanks in advance.

 

[StarCreator]

Ridiculously confused as to how to contact any of you. I seem to be able to whisper to you, but I'm not even sure if it's going through. If any of you could get back to me in game on the Character Name: Pherr and invite me to the team that'd be great.

Thanks in advance.

You have to catch them while online. Whispers are real time and just go nowhere if the recipient is offline. It's probably better to coordinate here if you want a team invite, as you also have to be online to receive it.

 

[ChaoticPotion]

You have to catch them while online. Whispers are real time and just go nowhere if the recipient is offline. It's probably better to coordinate here if you want a team invite, as you also have to be online to receive it.

Alright, I'll come back on later. Silly how it doesn't tell you that the whisper was never sent. At first I thought I was being ignored, but I was able to whisper everyone, so I thought something weird was going on.