12/11 Maintenance

[FOnewearl-Lina]

http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=796

"Oh yay" says I as me clicks on the update for this week's maintenance.

Well let's see what we get this week.

-Christmas lobby
-Story Mission 8 for Episode 3 'For brighter day' and some event?
-S2 rank for HSM

On the items side, we get alots of new casino items, the Christmas Box, and the Christmas reform ticket.

So here we go again, yet another S2 rank for party mission but no new item drops...

Oh well, at least we don't get a rollback :P

[EspioKaos]

http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=796

Seasonal lobbies
* The Christmas lobbies (and Rappy Noels) return from December 11 and will run through December 25.

Story mission
"For brighter day"
Thanks to funding from GRM, the startup of the confinement systems of the three planets is moving along smoothly. And thus begins the battle to start the fourth seal...

Existing mission additions
* Depending on which choices you have made throughout Episode 3, another ending will become available to the story.
* Her Secret Mission S2 will become available.

New items
* Many new items will be added to the exchange counter at Casino Voloyal. Also, the regular rotation will take place.
* For the duration of the Chistmas lobby, Christmas (remodeling ticket) and Xmas Box (AOTI decoration) will be available at Variety Shop.

EDIT: Never mind. I had to leave my computer for a moment and forgot to click the "post" button. By the time I got back, this was already posted. D: Mods feel free to delete, merge or what have you.

[EspioKaos]

I managed to forget to click the "post" button when I finished translating the notes, so you beat me to it. :-P But seriously, here's some more details on this week's update.

(Go go Gadget copy-pasta!)

http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=796

Seasonal lobbies
* The Christmas lobbies (and Rappy Noels) return from December 11 and will run through December 25.

Story mission
"For brighter day"
Thanks to funding from GRM, the startup of the confinement systems of the three planets is moving along smoothly. And thus begins the battle to start the fourth seal...

Existing mission additions
* Depending on which choices you have made throughout Episode 3, another ending will become available to the story.
* Her Secret Mission S2 will become available.

New items
* Many new items will be added to the exchange counter at Casino Voloyal. Also, the regular rotation will take place.
* For the duration of the Chistmas lobby, Christmas (remodeling ticket) and Xmas Box (AOTI decoration) will be available at Variety Shop.

[FOnewearl-Lina]

Sorry, just expressing dismay at this week's update :

[Arika]

Last story mission, finally, time to end this!
(and I m quite sure, Olsan partner card! although who want a PT that never use trap?)

[FOnewearl-Lina]

Last story mission, finally, time to end this!
(and I m quite sure, Olsan partner card! although who want a PT that never use trap?)

And then what? No more story mission until next expansion... whenever that is, if ever.

[Chibi_psu]

Last story mission, finally, time to end this!
(and I m quite sure, Olsan partner card! although who want a PT that never use trap?)

So its true you can save his life in the optional story mission?

[Arika]

So its true you can save his life in the optional story mission?

yup, it is the same to US server, you can already save him now on 3-5.

[Lyrise]

You can save his life in the alternate path. Doing so grants you the ability to obtain Karen's card.

[Chibi_psu]

Oh shit.I have to do that lol

[amtalx]

I'm so jealous of you guys. ;_;

[Inazuma]

wow really? its the last story mode chapter? fuck yea. i hate story mode w/ a passion. having a 1 player only mode in an online game is fucking stupid. keep that shit offline please. fighting lv 62 monsters as a lv 170 char is pretty stupid too. i just need to figure out how to get karens card so i can say さらば to story mode once and for all.

its possible we can hear news about the next expansion as soon as next month rite? cant wait for that. the current psu has been running dry for like 6 months now.

[Tyreek]

For Brighter Day huh? Heh. It's finally coming to a close.

[Akaimizu]

Aww schucks. I looked at the brighter side of the existance of online story mode. The fact that so many people didn't want to bother with it, made it easy money for those who did bother with it. It was also about the stuff you can get from Story Mode missions, which were relatively rare to the public because most didn't bother to play them. However, they're worth good money and easy to get once you've done that mission once (thanks to a skip option).

Oddly enough, the fact that the 360 users didn't have an offline story-option starting in AOI, did nothing to really help make sure more people would play the online Story Mode.

[moomoopenguin]

\(O,O)/ yay!!!! Now I can get all of them!

[EspioKaos]

I'm going to have so much freaking work to do on these. I still haven't finished going through all of Episode 2 yet. D: (I've only taken the time to complete the second chapter.)

[hewitt]

Sorry, just expressing dismay at this week's update :

Complaining about an update? :/ Sorry but that just sounds spoiled, from US/EU's point of view.

[moomoopenguin]

I'm going to have so much freaking work to do on these. I still haven't finished going through all of Episode 2 yet. D: (I've only taken the time to complete the second chapter.)

It's a good way to level up bullets XP I have a tendency to get episode 2 out of the way simply because I enjoy having the NPC cards. Episode 2 and buffs >.> most annoying things to do so best to get them out of the way first lmao

[FOnewearl-Lina]

its possible we can hear news about the next expansion as soon as next month rite? cant wait for that. the current psu has been running dry for like 6 months now.

Don't count on it... I'd say the next expansion won't hit until ALL missions have their S3 counterpart, that's ST's long term plan after all.

[DreXxiN]

It's hilarlious seeing the complains on the JP side.

One man's trash is the next man's treasure.

Shit's funny

[AweOfShe]

I'm going to have so much freaking work to do on these. I still haven't finished going through all of Episode 2 yet. D: (I've only taken the time to complete the second chapter.)

I'm on the same boat. I did it on US servers, and didn't have the energy to do it again on JP. :P But I REALLY just want Karen's card. >.>

[Rayokarna]

It's hilarlious seeing the complains on the JP side.

One man's trash is the next man's treasure.

Shit's funny

QFT

I dont understand why the JP players are complainning about getting an update. I don't know if it is either sad, pethetic or both.

[Inazuma]

QFT

I dont understand why the JP players are complainning about getting an update. I don't know if it is either sad, pethetic or both.


so just b/c there exists a very poorly run ver of the game, means i have no right to complain about the jp ver? that doesnt make much sense. if anything, its sad to complain about the eng ver, b/c you CHOSE to play on a bad ver of the game.

its like if you had to pick a college to go to, and you purposely chose one that had gang shootings everyday. then later you complain about being shot in the leg. stupid...

bottom line. if you are jealous of the players on the superior jp ver, why not do something about it, and move there yourself?

[moomoopenguin]

I'm trying to recruit people on the 360 side, yeah not much going on with that >.>

[Dhylec]

bottom line. if you are jealous of the players on the superior jp ver, why not do something about it, and move there yourself?
Indeed. However, I believe a decent PC, credit card & language barrier are some of the issues for some people. To some, it's not even an option. ;]

[pikachief]

I'm trying to recruit people on the 360 side, yeah not much going on with that >.>

oh i will come back eventually ._.

[FOnewearl-Lina]

QFT

I dont understand why the JP players are complainning about getting an update. I don't know if it is either sad, pethetic or both.

So, just because the JP version is a little less poorly run than the english version, we don't get a right to complain? Poor service is Poor service no matter where you play, guys act like JP is heaven yet when you do actually come over to play, you don't even stay a month before throwing in the towel.

In this game's current state, ST have practically run out of new things to add and have to resort to reusing old items and slapping a + sign at the end of their names, apart from a small handful of items, they've already totally run out of content. MAG+ is testament to this.

[Xaeris]

A "little" less poorly? Ah ha...ha ha...ha.

[Arika]

They already hired people to plan for expansion anyway, I expected to see announcement around 2009. unless it might be a new title, but I guess not.

[FOnewearl-Lina]

A "little" less poorly? Ah ha...ha ha...ha.

Actually, we've had our fair share of rollbacks and servers taken down as soon as 5 mins aftering going back onling because ST forgot to upload the 'patch' file, or bugged missions or something like that. Bugs that don't make it over to your side because we're the guinea pigs that iron out all the niggly little bugs. The other half of the time, ST is busy extending maintenance by 2-5 hours because they broke something WHILE trying to add new content.

[Yusaku_Kudou]

They already hired people to plan for expansion anyway, I expected to see announcement around 2009. unless it might be a new title, but I guess not.

Probably just going to be everything in PSP minus the storymode. Weapons, missions, hopefully they'll finally fix the 360 slowdown, robot slowdown, add normal maps and HDR, and utilize actual updates via the hard drive and not even release it on PS2.

[Arika]

Actually, forget to mention that this update is an update at the middle of MAG event, so it should be consider pretty cool already, they do this to keep the long term schedule correct.

[EspioKaos]

http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=800

Here are a few things that may interest our JP ver. players.

* MAG+, the PA EXP boost and the GM event (MAGMAG GIRLS plus) have been extended until maintenance on December 25.
* In commemoration of the download version of AOTI, Lumilass makeovers will be free and all clothes and parts will be half-price until maintenance on December 25.