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[Candescence]

I didn't know they did a Fate/stay night crossover.

I just saw Gilgamesh's sword in a player shop.

And they're doing a Fate/Hollow Altraxia content pack, which includes stuff from that game, plus Saber Alter and more Prisma Illya stuff. I might just get Bazett's suit, Fragarach and Excalibur Morgan, that shit is BOSS. I already have Rin's full set, shame they don't have her Kaleido Ruby costume.

 

[ShinMaruku]

Streaming some pso2: www.twitch.tv/shinmaruku

Bouncer is really fun

 

[batfax]

I haven't been able to play this in like, a year. What's some of the neatest stuff that's been introduced? I saw a new class and the casino and stuff.

 

[ezodagrom]

I haven't been able to play this in like, a year. What's some of the neatest stuff that's been introduced? I saw a new class and the casino and stuff.

A year, hmm...

Dark Falz Luther emergency quest:

Mothership area (only accessible through a story quest or a scheduled only emergency quest):

Mining Base Defense Despair emergency quest and AIS (Arks Interception Silhouette):

Collaboration boss, Knight Gear. It was the boss of one of the 2nd anniversary event quests, despite that quest not being available anymore, the boss can still appear randomly on free fields.

New class, Bouncer, which has access to the Dual Blades and Jet Boots weapon types:

New planet, Harkotan, and new area, Shironia:

New special enemy, Nyau (based on Phantasy Star's Myau), when defeated or when its sword is broken, it has a chance to changeover into a boss.

Casino area, at first introduced with the Rappy Slots and Mesetan Shooter games:

New Shironia emergency quest:

Coast and Seabed time attack quest:

3rd Vopar area, Facility:

Scheduled only Coast emergency quest:

Naberius Ultimate Quest (requires lvl 70, lvl 80 enemies):

Extra Hard difficulty mode (currently only available on emergency quests, though not all of them have XH mode), like the Naberius Ultimate quest, these require lvl 70:

Some new photon arts, and of particular note, a new technic, which needs a client order to be unlocked, the technic works more like a photon blast, it can only be used when it's fully charged, and it's charged by using damage technics:

Magatsu emergency quest:

Facility emergency quest:

Black Nyack casino game:

In tomorrow's update, we're getting the White Day seasonal EQ, and XH mode for the Dark Falz Luther EQ and the (scheduled only) Mothership EQ:

And sometime in the next few weeks/months we're getting Challenge Quests and an AIS vs Magatsu quest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NqoF6jHHeg

 

[batfax]

Jeez, that's a lot of new stuff. Is the GAF group still active? My old team seems to not have anyone ever active when I'm playing (most of 'em probably left because of the IP thing) so if the GAF team is active that'd be pretty swell.

 

[Nikkuthulu]

Who's the client order where you can pick up the the techic skill that has to be charged?

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Who's the client order where you can pick up the the techic skill that has to be charged?

Klarisklaes?

 

[ShinMaruku]

If you have a female character and you leave Nyau alone, he talks to you. Use the Kiss Lobby action. Priceless.

 

[spyhunterzero]

If you have a female character and you leave Nyau alone, he talks to you. Use the Kiss Lobby action. Priceless.

:O But do you still get the boss change over?

 

[ShinMaruku]

He just hangs out.

 

[ShinMaruku]

www.twitch.tv/shinmaruku
Streaming and answering pso2 questions.

 

[Ramune]

If you have a female character and you leave Nyau alone, he talks to you. Use the Kiss Lobby action. Priceless.

Is that true? Mind blown if so!



Not really, but neat!

 

[Nightbreeze]

This game still looks so awesome to me. One of only modern Sega games that actually looks to still have that Sega magic.

Ive given up the dream of it ever coming out here...

 

[ShinMaruku]

Yup if there are no mobs and you leave him alone and you have a female character, Nyau talks to you.

www.twitch.tv/shinmaruku more bouncer time.

 

[IMACOMPUTA]

says that the server is down for maintenance i think. This is the first time i've tried playing in about a year. Is it really down for maintenance?

 

[StarCreator]

says that the server is down for maintenance i think. This is the first time i've tried playing in about a year. Is it really down for maintenance?

Yes, it went down for scheduled maintenance about eight hours ago and is scheduled to return within another seven.

 

[ShinMaruku]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLcCtUfx8MA
I need more HP and PP. Which is more power, GIVE ME MORE POWER!

Spoiler

DMC is the best.

 

[Ayumi]

Gonna try out this game! I played it slightly on PC when it came out years ago, but figured I should try again since more and more people seem to play it now. It seems like I know a few people who play this, just when I thought the game died out in the west. I'm on a binge to find my new timewaster, and PSO2 is next up (tomorrow).

 

[ShinMaruku]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LXvu4tFrh4
Rockbear pls.

 

[spyhunterzero]

D: Why you always beating on Rockbear???

 

[ShinMaruku]

Have you ever seen him grab a darker out the air and smash the shit outta it? He was trying to do that to me. So I kicked the shit outta him.

 

[batfax]

So, I'm probably quitting my team as not only am I continuing to not see people online, but it recently put a bunch of offensive crap all over the team room and changed the name. Been checking on the team leaders mentioned in the OP but they're never online and/or haven't even posted in the topic in months, so if any of the 64 managers could set up a contact with me that'd be keen.

ID Name:bat-fax
ID Num:10174835

 

[StarCreator]

I'm hearing from several sources that some ISPs that could not connect to the game before can now. If you can load http://pso2.jp chances are you can connect to the game servers.

EDIT: Yep, I can connect from home again. I took the time to see if I could stream effectively while playing (recording here) too.

I was definitely not looking forward to dealing with this first thing

 

[StarCreator]

Streamed again earlier tonight. Realized too late last time I should stream in 60fps, fixed that this time. Not sure if I should up the bitrate a bit more though...

 

[pants]

Having endless issues again aaaargh SEGA pls

 

[StarCreator]

So I actually wrote a post that announced that I was streaming again tonight... and for some reason, never actually hit the Submit button. orz

Anyway, the game was being extraordinarily mean tonight, so the recording is probably an entertaining watch at my expense.

 

[Aomber]

Looks like my apartment's internet is able to connect to the website again, which means I can play without a proxy

I might be tempted to jump in again, haven't played in almost 2 years and I'm in a gaming mood again

 

[Bilix]

I haven't touched this game since the open beta. After struggling to get my account back up and going, I played a bunch over the weekend. With the partial translations that I now have, this game is pretty great. I'm still a little confused on how to unlock more missions to do. I'm guessing I have to do more stuff on the Matter Board. There's just so much going on, it's taking me some time to get used to it all. Seems like the took some stuff they did in Phantasy Star Universe, made it way better, and threw in the stuff you wanted from PSO.

I might even be tempted to buy some ARKS Cash, but trying to figure out the best use for it. Seems like getting your inventory to 100 would be a big plus. I'd like more costumes, but I probably wouldn't have the best luck with the scratch system.

 

[StarCreator]

I'm still a little confused on how to unlock more missions to do. I'm guessing I have to do more stuff on the Matter Board.

No, you need to take client orders from Koffie to unlock new areas, although I suggest also completing the episode 1 matterboard at the same time. Koffie is the middle lady with the short silver hair on the right quest counter.

I might even be tempted to buy some ARKS Cash, but trying to figure out the best use for it. Seems like getting your inventory to 100 would be a big plus. I'd like more costumes, but I probably wouldn't have the best luck with the scratch system.

The inventory expansion was one of the first things I did, and I also am perpetually using the Premium Set - grants full MyRoom and MyShop access, access to the premium storage (which can carry up to 300 items), expands the number of client orders you can take at once up to 40, etc. The easiest method of obtaining AC outside of Japan at the moment is through PSO2es on an Android device (PSO2es on iOS charges a separate fund, known as iAC, which cannot be used outside of iOS at all).

 

[Reknoc]

No, you need to take client orders from Koffie to unlock new areas, although I suggest also completing the episode 1 matterboard at the same time. Koffie is the middle lady with the short silver hair on the right quest counter.



The inventory expansion was one of the first things I did, and I also am perpetually using the Premium Set - grants full MyRoom and MyShop access, access to the premium storage (which can carry up to 300 items), expands the number of client orders you can take at once up to 40, etc. The easiest method of obtaining AC outside of Japan at the moment is through PSO2es on an Android device (PSO2es on iOS charges a separate fund, known as iAC, which cannot be used outside of iOS at all).

Incorrect. I guess they changed it at some point but you can now use iAC in PSO2. It's how I got my Dewman an inventory upgrade.

 

[Nikkuthulu]

I might even be tempted to buy some ARKS Cash, but trying to figure out the best use for it. Seems like getting your inventory to 100 would be a big plus. I'd like more costumes, but I probably wouldn't have the best luck with the scratch system.

Inventory, first. It's the the biggest quality of life you'll get. Scratches are a total gamble. You could hit big, or could hit nothing great, but maybe recycle the trash into something else. Only do it if you're okay with the absolute worst result and consider anything better.

Premium sub can be a very nice thing depending on how geared / ungeared you are. My room access for whatever, the 3 extra crafting slots, the ability to trade in 10/11 star weapons was huge for me and the reason I was able to gear up as quickly as I did. Plus it's a lot easier to make money using my shop. I also liked getting into full blocks with the premium space.

New Mags are also a good buy if you play multiple classes or messed yours up.

 

[Reknoc]

Definitely get the inventory upgrade first. If you do find yourself wanting to try your luck at the costume scratch then maybe try your luck with FUN scratches for the my shop pass, or buy one, or go premium. Everything you can get from a scratch can be sold on my shop so you can try and just buy whatever costume you want.

 

[squadr0n]

Actually got the game running finally and installed the English patch. The Sega ID part was the hardest but finally after a few tries over the years I'm in! Are people still playing atm and is everyone still on ship 2? Obviously this will just be a guilty pleasure, I was jw in case I run into any trouble solo.

 

[Bilix]

Thanks for the replies. I'll be looking into that in the future.

Incorrect. I guess they changed it at some point but you can now use iAC in PSO2. It's how I got my Dewman an inventory upgrade.

So, I made an Japanese Apple ID and set up PSOes on my iPhone. Where do you go from there to buy iAC? Do you need to buy Japan iTunes credit somewhere? Don't think I can use my credit card without setting some flags.

 

[Reknoc]

Thanks for the replies. I'll be looking into that in the future.



So, I made an Japanese Apple ID and set up PSOes on my iPhone. Where do you go from there to buy iAC? Do you need to buy Japan iTunes credit somewhere? Don't think I can use my credit card without setting some flags.

It's been a while since I've done it but you will need an iTunes card. I got mine from play-Asia who'll email you your code and I think the scanny thing so you can feel like you're from the future. I don't quite remember the process when you're on es though sadly.

 

[StarCreator]

Play-Asia and the other places that sell codes all have crazy markup. You might want to try sending a PM to colinp, he has picked up codes for me in the past for a much more reasonable price.

 

[StarCreator]

So I figure more people will watch me streaming PSO2 if I actually announce that I'm streaming it (I even wrote an announcement post last time but forgot to hit the Submit button on it, oops). So, yeah, tune in to http://www.hitbox.tv/starcreator if you want to watch me being ultra rusty. I'm upping the bitrate from last time, so let me know if you have any issues watching.

Starting with some time attack, not sure if anything else will happen during/after.

EDIT: Oops, capture setup was broken so it was unintentionally an audio-only stream .-. Nothing going on that justifies streaming now, but I might try again in a couple hours for the scheduled EM if I'm still awake.

EDIT: Okay, trying again, for at least half an hour or so.

 

[nicoga3000]

So what should actually be translated into English? Here's my current screen...Which looks like a bunch of jibberish still. :|

 

[ezodagrom]

So what should actually be translated into English? Here's my current screen...Which looks like a bunch of jibberish still. :|

You did something wrong, I guess.

 

[nicoga3000]

Strange...I did all the tweaker stuff. What am I doing wrong?

 

[ezodagrom]

Strange...I did all the tweaker stuff. What am I doing wrong?

Probably have to click in the orb in the top left of the screen in the tweaker, Install/Update patches option, and then install the english patch, english large files, and english story patch.

I don't use the tweaker myself, so unfortunately I can't help more than that, I apply the patches manually from here (doesn't include story translation):
http://psumods.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=206

 

[nicoga3000]

Huh...Started working when I booted back up again just now. Maybe I needed to run as admin?

Mag stats on a Ra/Br build? I can't find much out there on "ideal" mags.

 

[ezodagrom]

Huh...Started working when I booted back up again just now. Maybe I needed to run as admin?

Mag stats on a Ra/Br build? I can't find much out there on "ideal" mags.

Most likely pure R-ATK.

 

[ChickenHunter]

Most likely pure R-ATK.

Yup, pure one stat. S,R,T-atk depending on what class you want. Dex is pointless and defense can be made up for in a thousand different ways. Even Te with it's wand shenanigans only really needs one of the two (S or T).
Just cycle feeding the mag R-atk weapons to raise the attack and 5 star furniture or dimates to lower the dex stat when it gets near a level.

More damage, more better.

 

[nicoga3000]

Dex isn't needed for endgame equipment?

 

[ChickenHunter]

Dex isn't needed for endgame equipment?

No. All dex does is reduce damage variance, which doesn't matter because damage variance is a complete non issue. A couple of weapons use dex to equip but there are always better alternatives that use the attack stat to equip. For the most part the few endgame dex weapons don't have equip reqs so high that you need to put points into your mag's dex. In fact some of the (current) end game weapons can't be equipped unless you put a large amount of points into the attack stat.

 

[nicoga3000]

Alright cool, thanks. I'll start feeding my mag then!

Hit level 21. *woo* I remember why I quit playing last time...Slow XP gains, haha. At least it's fun!

 

[spyhunterzero]

Are there any active people on Team GAF? Last time I was part of the team there was no one there. Ended up joining another team because of that

 

[StarCreator]

Alright cool, thanks. I'll start feeding my mag then!

Hit level 21. *woo* I remember why I quit playing last time...Slow XP gains, haha. At least it's fun!

I was pretty sure the level curve was compressed so that getting to lv50 or so is fairly trivial. Just make sure you are fighting enemies within 5 or so levels of you.

Also, while my team isn't accepting new members, you can always toss me a friend request (player name StarCreator).

 

[batfax]

Are there any active people on Team GAF? Last time I was part of the team there was no one there. Ended up joining another team because of that

Guessing not. I've asked about joining the GAF team and haven't heard anything from anyone.