Update for Oct 30th [Archive]

str898mustang

Oct 26, 2009, 03:34 PM

http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com/community_quests.php?item=20091030a

Colony GBR!!!!

Our rare mission is called Phantom Ruins

Dark God S2 will not be included in the GBR(we'll get S2 at a later date)

Halloween Lobbies

New Level Cap

Casino Items will be rotated

inb4BAWFESTAboutKIllerEliteNotDropping

neilp4453

Oct 26, 2009, 03:40 PM

Agito Repcas and Spread Needles..sounds great.

But both beings things that I won't find and that I will need to buy.

Sucks about the Elites...I'd really like to get some boards.

Neith

Oct 26, 2009, 03:43 PM

lol @ Dark God S2 not being released- not that I care about the Fisher-Price rifle anyway yet.

HIVE S3 = <3

Chuck_Norris

Oct 26, 2009, 03:45 PM

Dang...I kinda wanted to see the day we got HIVE S3's. Oh well.

Guess those guys on the 360 can stop whining about the last achievement finally.

str898mustang

Oct 26, 2009, 03:46 PM

lol @ Dark God S2 not being released- not that I care about the Fisher-Price rifle anyway yet.

HIVE S3 = <3

yes always loved Dark Satellite and Hive

Pwincess

Oct 26, 2009, 03:48 PM

I'm excited about the halloween lobby!!! It'll be the perfect setting for a halloween costume contest!!!!! xD Woohoo!!!

ashley50

Oct 26, 2009, 03:51 PM

Not bad...Not bad.

Ryna

Oct 26, 2009, 04:01 PM

I was expecting this update either this week or early next month. It is good to see they are finally releasing the Colony GBR.

I hope the droprate increase is more noticeable than what we received on the Moatoob GBR.

Noblewine

Oct 26, 2009, 04:09 PM

I can't wait.

Tyreek

Oct 26, 2009, 04:18 PM

Looks like we won't fight the REAL Falz in this GBR. Shame. But I welcome this with open arms.

Mystic_Nessly

Oct 26, 2009, 04:21 PM

This sounds very exciting! I can't wait to play at the Colony again! Spread Needle, here I come!

Hrith

Oct 26, 2009, 04:33 PM

Macras

Oct 26, 2009, 04:39 PM

kinda sad we'll be higher level than the monsters available again plus the lack of things I'd want from all of the GBR and the rare mission...

Gunslinger-08

Oct 26, 2009, 05:16 PM

Cool, I guess. I've not had any time to sit down and play for about a week now. It'll be nice getting something new when I do have the time.

Dhylec

Oct 26, 2009, 05:37 PM

Not a bad update. Hopefully, the Colony GBR is enjoyable.

DeZZ

Oct 26, 2009, 05:41 PM

I'm pumped...I've got Friday off work...PSUzombie for the weekend, haha

Allison_W

Oct 26, 2009, 06:16 PM

I'm disappointed with the lack of Dark God S2. That's really going to screw the regional economies where Killer Elites, Hizeri / Staminas, and Ank Kireeks are concerned. Perhaps to a lesser extent S-rank Flowens as well, but at least Flowen's Souls will drop in MAG+ when it comes.

That aside, I am looking forward to Phantom Ruins and the S3 HIVE missions. It's just too bad that once again something was left out that we really could have used.

Hopefully they'll add Dark God S2 partway through the GBR. That'd help a lot.

WHlTEKNIGHT

Oct 26, 2009, 06:37 PM

lol we will be level 170 and on 1 of the missions we have to do we will be fighting level 100, I thought 145 was bad enough

Allison_W

Oct 26, 2009, 06:46 PM

WHlTEKNIGHT

Oct 26, 2009, 06:48 PM

125, actually, but that just means faster Gekitsnata hunts.

That aside, however, I wouldn't be surprised if we get Dark God S2 partway through the event. As an added bonus you might well have your 50% by then and you'll be able to spam it to your heart's content.

Dark god s2 will not be out until mag+ has been and gone
ooooh 25 levels more soooo challenging. Does anyone actually need gekitsnatas anyway?

Dragwind

Oct 26, 2009, 07:06 PM

Doesn't look there's anything I want to hunt, but I suppose I'll be somewhat excited for the 160-170 grind for 4 characters :-?

ChibiBecca

Oct 26, 2009, 07:07 PM

Fingers crossed for no connection problems this time. ^^;

Allison_W

Oct 26, 2009, 07:11 PM

Does anyone actually need gekitsnatas anyway?

Yes.

(10 chars)

Max B

Oct 26, 2009, 07:47 PM

http://lulzful.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/1231364050235.jpg
I <3 this update!!!:-D:-D:-D:-D

xBULLYDOGG

Oct 26, 2009, 07:48 PM

I'm excited about the halloween lobby!!! It'll be the perfect setting for a halloween costume contest!!!!! xD Woohoo!!!

you and your fashion shows eh

Shou

Oct 26, 2009, 07:59 PM

I thought we would get MAG+ first, but actaully, I think the Hive and dark enemies will go better with the Halloween theme!

THRILAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Edit- Oshi* I better take my hizeri stamina out of my shop! D:

Xefi

Oct 26, 2009, 08:09 PM

I was expecting MAG+ first, but oh well, I can wait
until then before resubscribing again. It's still a good
update. Other then that, i'm going to get my hands on
Tekken 6 and enjoy that for the time being until MAG+ arrives.

rayner

Oct 26, 2009, 08:16 PM

Dang...I kinda wanted to see the day we got HIVE S3's. Oh well.

Guess those guys on the 360 can stop whining about the last achievement finally.

Wait we're getting the last Achievement this Friday?

Delete

Oct 26, 2009, 08:28 PM

Well, assuming I will be a level 50 on Borderlands by Friday and have all the achievements, I guess I can give this event a try and see what's up. I still want a Spread Needle and Repca too.

str898mustang

Oct 26, 2009, 08:30 PM

Wait we're getting the last Achievement this Friday?

no Dark God S2 wont be on there

Hiero_Glyph

Oct 26, 2009, 08:41 PM

Screwing up GBRs must be a trend, now.

No Citadel of Sand for the previous GBR, and no Dark God S2 for this one (meaning only 4 points per run, too = harder to get 50%).
Lameass job, as usual.

I'm repeating myself, but EspioKaos is a better translator than SEGA's team.

I have to agree with you, the mixture of a S, S2 and two S3 missions in a GBR is just pathetic. PSU is really a joke at this point for the Regional servers as even when we get an update it is always lacking something important.

Squirrel3D

Oct 26, 2009, 09:02 PM

finally, something to do in this game.

Now let's just hope people don't abandon it after 3 days and go back to white beast like they usually do.

But no Dark God S2....kinda defeats the purpose of rasing the cap to 170, don't you think?

Cleptomaniac

Oct 26, 2009, 09:03 PM

No Dark God S2 = Bullshit

Squirrel3D

Oct 26, 2009, 09:56 PM

No Dark God S2 = Bullshit

And I'm throwing out a bet of 9K of meseta to anyone who thinks the majority of the population won't be back in white beast after the weekend.

I have a huge feeling they will, and I'll get my 9K meseta for it! 8-)

Alamar

Oct 26, 2009, 10:12 PM

s3 enemies are only 150-160. No Dark God S2. Why do they always leaves something out for us. Take care of JP make sure they get their stuff. Let see how many don't run GBR like the Moatoob one for the same reasons. Level cap is needed for us to get stuff JP had for months now.

HyperShot-X-

Oct 26, 2009, 10:24 PM

Dark God S2 in itself as a stand alone combined with the last chapter story mission and other updates could be another whole update package later on, as it has the potential to rival or even end WB as the king of hot spot in PSU history.

Keilyn

Oct 26, 2009, 11:37 PM

Bye Bye "EXP FULL" Curse!

Ruru

Oct 27, 2009, 12:09 AM

as i always say. any update is a good update.

now if only sega would get on the ball and stop hacking and slashing our updates before they release them it would be even better.

170 cap (yay)
colony GBR and rare mission (yay)
Hive S3 (yay)
no Dark god S2 (fail)

3 out of 4 isn't too bad for sega i guess....

Yusaku_Kudou

Oct 27, 2009, 12:50 AM

Increased Repca drops, Spread Needle, Ruins (yay), and new level cap... sounds good to me!

Kinako78

Oct 27, 2009, 02:41 AM

Perfect timing! My friend Ryo and I already made plans to play on friday! :D

neilp4453

Oct 27, 2009, 03:20 AM

I really hope to get my repca fix for this GBR.

I sure as hell want to synth atleast 5 repcas.

Back when True Darkness S2 was THE mission to make meseta on...boards were 50-60mil...so I expect them to lower quite a bit for this GBR.

Yusaku_Kudou

Oct 27, 2009, 08:32 AM

Boards on 360 are at 75 mil right now... I'm hoping to get some before Friday lol. 3* luck today... come on!!

Tianna

Oct 27, 2009, 09:28 AM

Does anyone actually need gekitsnatas anyway?

Meeeeeee, I can't get a 50% Gek to save my butt. Maybe I can get a decent amount of boards to keep trying.

I run the hive missions more than anything else anyway so I am gonna love this update. Now if I get a rare flag I won't have to run off to Neudaiz to run PF. Maybe even get lucky and get a real Spread Needle even though the drops are said to be worse that red units :)

NiceOnes

Oct 27, 2009, 10:10 AM

Shou

Oct 27, 2009, 10:13 AM

I am hoping Diad prices will finally fall.

LanCow13

Oct 27, 2009, 10:19 AM

SPREAD NEEDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! screw everything VANDAM NEDDS SPREAD NEEDLE ASAP cuz SN/G is not cool lol

Squirrel3D

Oct 27, 2009, 10:37 AM

The funny thing is that all the WB nubs are going to have a a hard time with this GBR... What is Dark Armor? What do you mean I need light weapons!?!

ROFL!!! That's gonna be very interesting!

Streak could benifit from having a Spread Needle...

Tru Reaper

Oct 27, 2009, 02:03 PM

Powder Keg

Oct 27, 2009, 02:11 PM

Jesus, most of the ppl do is complain about not having an event and when they finally get one NOOOO!!!! I didn't get the mission I wanted. As the old saying goes, "beggers can't be choosers". It's a good thing that we can't get KE's makes it an actual rare weapon. This is going to be fun, yes people will be doing WB for god knows why, but that makes one less noob to play with.

Also to the people excited about this gl with ur rares and lvling.

Stop making sense.

I bet half of the people complaining about this update not being exactly the same as JP are the same players who whine that "There are no rare weapons in the game anymore". When this is probably one of the best things to do when it comes to the Killer Elite.

Badwords

Oct 27, 2009, 02:47 PM

Nice update, any info on the Guardians GBR boost? Are we getting exp, drops, etc.

Dragwind

Oct 27, 2009, 02:48 PM

I really want to see the new ruins rare mission most of all.

The highlights of things that I'll personally find worthwhile to collect (aside from awesome materials):

Gaozoran Rod
[B] Agito Repca
Armas Line
[B] Ank Zagza
Spread Needle
Red / Stamina

Allison_W

Oct 27, 2009, 05:45 PM

Nice Nice.

This is huge.

I hate white beast... Why would anyone still play that mission when Armas Lines, Repcas and Twin falclaws are going to drop on Seed Awakened S3? Not to mention the huge MP reward...

The funny thing is that all the WB nubs are going to have a a hard time with this GBR... What is Dark Armor? What do you mean I need light weapons!?!

The problem is that the Armas Lines and Twin Falclaws drop premade, which generally entails lousy percents. Also, if memory serves, swords are not very popular due to the current mechanical superiority of spear/axe/double saber PAs, and I'm not sure the raw power of (highly ground) Repcas is enough to offset this. Gravity Break will come into its own come the Supplemental Update, granted, but that's not until the Supplemental Update. S-rank Twin Claws, on the other hand, are only usable by Fortefighters and Wartechers, which aren't master classes (and the latter one really kind of sucks at the moment, which I say even though I play one).

vashir_talon

Oct 27, 2009, 09:36 PM

Personally, I'm with Dragwind siting the Spread Needle as the best thing (or one of them as they said).

And the comment about WB nubs, I think it funny... I currently run hive missions with a 50% light serafi-senba, just cause I prefer the look of light armor. So if you're good with your weapons, and skills, light armor doesnt mean you're doomed. Just means you have to perform at a higher level of combat than the dark armored people. Honestly, that seems to me like player training instead of character or skill leveling.

My 2 cents, take it for what its worth. Ciao. ^_-

BIG OLAF

Oct 27, 2009, 10:48 PM

I'm just glad they're giving us something(especially the level cap increase. Those are always my favorite updates ^^). Though, I can't do much with it, considering I'm still Xbox-less.

NiceOnes

Oct 27, 2009, 11:01 PM

The problem is that the Armas Lines and Twin Falclaws drop premade, which generally entails lousy percents. Also, if memory serves, swords are not very popular due to the current mechanical superiority of spear/axe/double saber PAs, and I'm not sure the raw power of (highly ground) Repcas is enough to offset this. Gravity Break will come into its own come the Supplemental Update, granted, but that's not until the Supplemental Update. S-rank Twin Claws, on the other hand, are only usable by Fortefighters and Wartechers, which aren't master classes (and the latter one really kind of sucks at the moment, which I say even though I play one).

I think that 30% is fair.. You can't argue the mission points and the fact that is isn't WB..

Guess I won't be seing you on the boost road.. Lemme know if anything exciting happens over at WB!

BIG OLAF

Oct 27, 2009, 11:09 PM

S-rank Twin Claws, on the other hand, are only usable by Fortefighters and Wartechers, which aren't master classes

I really hope you aren't saying that "anything that's not a Master Class sucks", Allison. Because that would be silly. Not to mention false.

Allison_W

Oct 27, 2009, 11:58 PM

I really hope you aren't saying that "anything that's not a Master Class sucks", Allison. Because that would be silly. Not to mention false.

No, I'm not, but they do represent less of the population.

Allison_W

Oct 28, 2009, 12:00 AM

I think that 30% is fair.. You can't argue the mission points and the fact that is isn't WB..

Guess I won't be seing you on the boost road.. Lemme know if anything exciting happens over at WB!

Oh, you'll be seeing me there. If you're on the PC/PS2 server, at least. There's actually stuff there I want, but I can see why people are bitching about no Dark God S2--that would certainly have gotten the glut of CAST Gunmasters attending.

Ceresa

Oct 28, 2009, 12:06 AM

Some Spread Needle drop ramblings from jp server...

According to the top 50 rarest drops from the last year in our thanksfesta 3 report, some results there were:

220 Spread Needles
41 Red / Wall
58 Red / Force
Red / Knight and Stamina aren't listed, thus they dropped more often.

And the breakdown of rare missions played over the year
54.1% Ruins
32.1% Caves
7.7% Mines
6.1% Forest

So Ruins played about 8-9x as much as either Mines or Forest, and only 4-6 times as many Needles dropped per Red / Unit.

So looking at twice as rare or so, good luck!

S-T-H

Oct 28, 2009, 02:37 AM

You have two switched. It was Caves (pictured for #1), Ruins, Mines, Forest. 32.1% still isn't too bad for Ruins as it wasn't out as long. If they measured from the end of August 2008 to 2009, it would be about 2/3. End of September 2008 to 2009 would be about 3/4 the time clocked as opposed to the others (which had all been out).

Rayokarna

Oct 28, 2009, 02:39 AM

This update needs more Killer Elite

Ceresa

Oct 28, 2009, 08:20 AM

Ooh I did mix them up, I guess that makes it about the same rarity as a red unit.

PKS

Oct 28, 2009, 02:38 PM

Wait... how rare seriously is the Spread Needle?
I want atLEAST 1.
(3 won't hurt though).

CromartieDude

Oct 28, 2009, 03:56 PM

Dang...I kinda wanted to see the day we got HIVE S3's. Oh well.

Guess those guys on the 360 can stop whining about the last achievement finally.

Whoa, what's the last achievement? i haven't heard anything about it.

NDW

Oct 28, 2009, 05:04 PM

Whoa, what's the last achievement? i haven't heard anything about it.

Dark Falz 2 Slayer.

Xx Fallen Angel xX

Oct 29, 2009, 04:26 PM

170 level cap, YAY :D

Allison_W

Oct 29, 2009, 04:44 PM

Ooh I did mix them up, I guess that makes it about the same rarity as a red unit.

...So how rare are those, again?

In either case now I have two Red units I need to chase, asilhaxfg;lhsa.

Been forever since I've gotten a rare flag, too.

Smokey's Princess

Oct 29, 2009, 07:21 PM

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update for october 30th,2009
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Massamix3.0

Oct 30, 2009, 01:01 AM

The servers just went down here on the East Coast. When the come back online, the real party will begin. ^_-

Squirrel3D

Oct 30, 2009, 01:04 AM

Good thing I played the GBR missions before the server went down. I should be able to remember the maps and what enemies appear there tommorrow.

xBULLYDOGG

Oct 30, 2009, 01:42 AM

like omg omg omg
the servers totally went down omg omg omg
time to kick ass when they come back up

Macras

Oct 30, 2009, 01:54 AM

omg omg omg the servers went down next the sky will fall and all will end! /sarcasm

Ellea

Oct 30, 2009, 03:12 AM

Allison_W

Oct 30, 2009, 03:14 AM

Like Ruru said, any update is a good one at this point.
Even though it is a bit of an annoyance that Dark God will not be getting an S2, I still think I'll have fun this GBR. At least it gives me something to do besides tech leveling and hunting Diad.

You on PC/PS2? I have like three of those and need the money more than I need Psycho Wands or Voloyals. I assume you'll be using them for the former.

WHlTEKNIGHT

Oct 30, 2009, 05:02 AM

like omg omg omg
the servers totally went down omg omg omg
time to kick ass when they come back up

omg omg omg the servers are back up :roll:

Squirrel3D

Oct 30, 2009, 12:54 PM

And I'm throwing out a bet of 9K of meseta to anyone who thinks the majority of the population won't be back in white beast after the weekend.

I have a huge feeling they will, and I'll get my 9K meseta for it! 8-)

No one has taken a bite into this yet. Come on...don't you want an oppotunity to get 9k meseta? Or have to give it to me?

I'm sticking with the prediction that after this weekend they'll go back to white beast.

Gunslinger-08

Oct 30, 2009, 01:28 PM

No one has taken a bite into this yet. Come on...don't you want an oppotunity to get 9k meseta? Or have to give it to me?

I'm sticking with the prediction that after this weekend they'll go back to white beast.

Then you've vastly underestimated the absurd drive players feel when it comes to getting that 50% drop boost.

WHlTEKNIGHT

Oct 30, 2009, 01:32 PM

I still think atleast 25% will do 1 or 2 runs then go back to nub beast, its a bit sad really.

Hrith

Oct 31, 2009, 05:23 PM

This GBR is fail.

Two missions have monsters below Lv150, which is inexcusable at this point.

DS and SA are fine, but then come BN with pitiful Lv145 monsters and tDG without S2 difficulty.

Ruru

Oct 31, 2009, 05:38 PM

This GBR is fail.

Two missions have monsters below Lv150, which is inexcusable at this point.

DS and SA are fine, but then come BN with pitiful Lv145 monsters and tDG without S2 difficulty.

after quite a few runs of this i sadly agree that this GBR is just not very good.

everything about it just seems off for a GBR.
for one, the points are badly out of alignment. for every 2 runs through all 4 missions you have to do the dark god twice just to keep the points even, and even then you have to turn back and do another run of black nest every few trips because it's only worth 5 points...

also the fact that there are no return missions to keep the GBR in motion makes it kind of stupid, since you have to manually return to the city to start it over again (which isn't a huge problem but it kind of throws off the point of doing a circuit)

the weirdest part of all is the overall feel of the missions (solo anyway) the first two missions are long and tedious and if you're solo they're just plain annoying. then you get to black nest and dark god and everything there is just very weak.

then i realized after all the runs I've done that i don't even want anything that drops from this >.>; since i already have all the things i want from these missions (that we currently have anyway)

oh well lol.

Allison_W

Oct 31, 2009, 07:44 PM