Update for the August 12th

[serenade]

Attention, GUARDIANS!
We will have a maintenance this week for PSU, starting at the usual time of 11:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Thursday the 11th. This week’s update will contain the following (see first post):

+Great Arms Race panel rewards (til Aug 25th):
(Super Holy Light, Weapon Upgrade +10%, Item Synth +20%)

+New Rare Free Mission Ranks!:
Phantom Ruins S2, Illusionary Shaft S2, Phantom Fissure S2, Forest of Illusion S2

+GUARDIANS Advanced Style 8th Wave

Link: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150269101058052&id=40808578051

[str898mustang]

got the date wrong, supposed to be the 12th

wonder what Sorc Rod will look like

[x Incubus Leo x]

Just to make sure Superholy(2*) or Megaholy(3*)?

[Crysteon]

Must be Megaholy.

And yay, more reskinned unique weapons. \o/

I wonder if they, at least, had the touch to consider putting a GC weapon per rare mission instead of a shameful reskin. Hmmm....nah....it's Sega...they dont think that far, lol.

[sKx']

Thank the lord bout damn fawking time...

[Midori Oku]

Woot new GAS wave! :)

[TeeZy]

Revenge Blaster, useful. Will this make Beast better though?

[shiningflare]

Revenge Blaster, useful. Will this make Beast better though?

We aren't getting Revenge Blaster yet, that will be the next GAS update.

[TeeZy]

We aren't getting Revenge Blaster yet, that will be the next GAS update.

Thanks just found that out. Oh well the Customizations on 7th Gas Update seem alright.

http://psupedia.info/Talk:GAS

[Psu5675]

do we get are Motav Prophecy

[Midori Oku]

I just noticed that it says nothing about the event weapons. It kinda worries me a bit. =/

[Radori Nighthawk]

do we get are Motav Prophecy

This.

[oG Epik]

I will Grind my motav 10/10!

[Ellrick C-63]

If they dont have the skins for em Id rather wait for them to come out, even though I doubt Ill ever use that spear with its awesome ACC...

[Lock]

time to grin my Guld & Milla and Crea Doubles+! =)

[TeeZy]

Well It doesn't say our GAR weapons. But it does say GAR Panel Rewards, maybe its just the other half...hmm

[gordon/alpha999]

Yes, i has have been saving my rare missions up since spring event. I really hope they will add some PSPo stuff if they dont have the right skins!

[TeeZy]

Ooo, maybe thats why the main forums down so we wouldn't get to ask questions about the update lol. I'm just saying.

[gordon/alpha999]

Hah........

[chaos-shadow]

Sounds like it will be just the reward panels, not so much the rewards themselves.

I'm not sure if someone was asking about re-skinned GAR weapons, because that's an obvious no. Why would they switch the rewards to something else if they were just planning on re-skinning it? XD So I'm sure the GAR weapons at least will be ok.

Now for the S2... I hope everyone will please get their whining done before Friday, kthx. The worst part is when people whine when the news is released, then AGAIN after the update is available. XD;

[gordon/alpha999]

"SELLINGZ S2 RARE 2MILZ" <---- I expect to see this.

[sKx']

I just noticed that it says nothing about the event weapons. It kinda worries me a bit. =/

I'm worried too ><

[pikachief]

Now for the S2... I hope everyone will please get their whining done before Friday, kthx. The worst part is when people whine when the news is released, then AGAIN after the update is available. XD;

lol its one thing to whine about the thought of reskinning those weapons, but its different to whine about reskins that you have recieved.

If everyone whinned all day every day till friday and were completely whinned out and thought they could never whine any more, the update will cause them to whine anyways D:

[Recon Tactical]

"SELLINGZ S2 RARE 2MILZ" <---- I expect to see this.

Yeah, no kidding. Shit like this on the 360 servers is inevitible. I'm curious. Do people try to sell rare missions on the JP PC servers?

[Midori Oku]

I'm curious. Do people try to sell rare missions on the JP PC servers?

Nope!

[oG Epik]

random question are we getting a unique sorc rod?

[Midori Oku]

random question are we getting a unique sorc rod?

More than likely. =/

[oG Epik]

More than likely. =/

well i would not mind a Psycho wand Jr lol

[DPShiro]

Posted this question on their Facebook page since the forums is down, regarding the new S2 Rare weapons, see reply;

http://www.shingela.se/upload/s21.png
http://www.shingela.se/upload/s22.png

Maybe, just maybe we will get the correct ones?

[str898mustang]

Posted this question on their Facebook page since the forums is down, regarding the new S2 Rare weapons, see reply;

http://www.shingela.se/upload/s21.png
http://www.shingela.se/upload/s22.png

Maybe, just maybe we will get the correct ones?

Im guessing they just wanted to avoid the correct answer

[Ilikelamp7]

The drop boost and exp rates will be lowered to 400% right?

[str898mustang]

Yep though they may keep it at 500% since yall are "unique"

[oG Epik]

The drop boost and exp rates will be lowered to 400% right?

i believe so

[Crysteon]

Posted this question on their Facebook page since the forums is down, regarding the new S2 Rare weapons, see reply;

http://www.shingela.se/upload/s21.png
http://www.shingela.se/upload/s22.png

Maybe, just maybe we will get the correct ones?

Wewt! Their answer has nothing to do with the question, lol. What a shame, ;<

[Noc Codez]

There going to be reskins.. looked at psupdeia and all the new weapons has JP flags on them and in my experience with JP flag symbol is were getting reskins..

http://psupedia.info/Phantom_Fissure
http://psupedia.info/Phantom_Ruins
http://psupedia.info/Illusionary_Shaft
http://psupedia.info/Forest_of_Illusion

[Midori Oku]

Is it bad to say I hope it looks like an Okarod?

[BIG OLAF]

If they're really not going to give us our GAR weapons this weekend, then...wow. Hopefully they aren't ridiculously dumb enough to give us the GAR weapons after the grind boost is over. But, I don't rule anything out nowadays, no matter how ludicrous it sounds.

[Noc Codez]

If they're really not going to give us our GAR weapons this weekend, then...wow. Hopefully they aren't ridiculously dumb enough to give us the GAR weapons after the grind boost is over.

Big blue they want to milk as much money as they can from us.. I predict we'll get them after the grind boost in about 4 weeks. when our monthly need to be paid.




Is it bad to say I hope it looks like an Okarod?

LOL We really need that DLC package... I hope Edward can influence SOJ to give it to us..:(

[TeeZy]

Is it bad to say I hope it looks like an Okarod?

Okarods alright, but I'd rather Dallgunrod ^^;....jk
Kazarod and Halarod are alright.

[BIG OLAF]

Yes, it's very bad when we're trying to decide which re-skin would look the least terrible. It's like step 3 of the Kübler-Ross model, which is "bargaining."

[TeeZy]

Yes, it's very bad when we're trying to decide which re-skin would look the least terrible. It's like step 3 of the Kübler-Ross model, which is "bargaining."

Lol very true, discussing which secondary skin we should think of rather then its original skin. :no:

[S-T-H]

http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=1112

I believe there's been some confusion about the boosts. When the S2s came out in Japan, they changed the notation from 500% to +400% (emphasis on the plus sign). I'm not sure I have a preference either way and without drop boost items it might not make a difference to the devs either. Regardless, neither of the rates actually changed (just their representation).

Also of note is that this is when the 175+ enemy parameters were modified. Again, can't be sure that they'll be making this change either.

[TeeZy]

Quick question, or more of peoples opinion. With S2 Rares on the way, do you believe the price of the SN will gradually decline? Slowly but surely in my opinion then again if the boost gets to 400% instead could remain the same.

[oG Epik]

Quick question, or more of peoples opinion. With S2 Rares on the way, do you believe the price of the SN will gradually decline? Slowly but surely in my opinion then again if the boost gets to 400% instead could remain the same.

i heard they drop like crazy on JP servers

[gordon/alpha999]

If the s2 rares will drop res-skins, they could replace them with PSPo weapons like this:

Forest of Illusion S2-- Skull Sorcerer <3 or Bringer's Rifle <3

Phantom Fissure S2-- Girasole, Twin Cannon or Frulein Rose

Ilussionary Shaft S2-- Soul Banish, Inferno Bazooka, Twin Glasher, Morat Machinas

Phantom Ruins S2-- Lukmin, Magna Revolta, Vaspras Shooter, or even more motavs :>

They are are not going to do this so, but a man can dream..

[TeeZy]

If the s2 rares will drop res-skins, they could replace them with PSPo weapons like this:

Forest of Illusion S2-- Skull Sorcerer <3 or Bringer's Rifle <3

Phantom Fissure S2-- Girasole, Twin Cannon or Frulein Rose

Ilussionary Shaft S2-- Soul Banish, Inferno Bazooka, Twin Glasher, Morat Machinas

Phantom Ruins S2-- Lukmin, Magna Revolta, Vaspras Shooter, or even more motavs :>

They are are not going to do this so, but a man can dream..

That would leave MF's unhappy.

[Midori Oku]

I wouldn't mind it looking like the Okarod, Psycho wand, or Caduceus, but with my luck it will be the Halarod. I hate the Halarod, Kazarod, and Dallgunrod. ;-;

Edit: I would not mind if the Motav Prophecy/Lukmin drops in one of the rare missions, as long as it is not account bound.


Also of note is that this is when the 175+ enemy parameters were modified. Again, can't be sure that they'll be making this change either.We should already have the update for that. Enemies are giving the same EXP that they do on JP, so............

[gordon/alpha999]

That would leave MF's unhappy.

The good techer weps in PSPo were Lukmins, Motav, Caduceus, Twinkle star, and Rutsularod, all of those can be an option to. Twinkle star was a A-rank so that's out, and if Rutsu drop, i'm might have to go bankrupt for the next 4-6 months..

[Midori Oku]

if Rutsu drop, i'm might have to go bankrupt for the next 4-6 months..

I'm sure I would keep you from having to spend your money! ;-)

[gordon/alpha999]

I'm sure I would keep you from having to spend your money! ;-)

My reaction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyZoe-r9qb0

[Crysteon]

"Nothing can beat the complains about reskins of hundreds of 360 players in unison!" That's what Kefka would say in a case like this.

[TeeZy]

TBH, I'd prefer the rutsalarod. I dont mind too much on not having the Sorcerer Rod atm with the Caduceus count I have. As far as it being replaced with tech mags I wouldn't waste my time running that rare then. I have plenty Okiku's and a Kakwane on the way to 10^. Definitely not a wand. Unless of course it just happened to be that Zero Cane I see on PSUpedia.


Speaking of Zero Cane, anyone know what it looks like?

[S-T-H]

We should already have the update for that. Enemies are giving the same EXP that they do on JP, so............
I just ran a bit of Distant Memory on 360 to check again and the values appear to be unchanged. A 175 Deljaban would for example be 554 on 360 as opposed to 579 on JP. These are the base values before and after the change. I usually check on these sorts of things after updates.

[Powder Keg]

So, what are some of the great "unique" items we will see from the rare S2's?

I'm not familiar with which items debuted on PSP1 and 2 so I don't know which ones will be reskins.

[pikachief]

So, what are some of the great "unique" items we will see from the rare S2's?

I'm not familiar with which items debuted on PSP1 and 2 so I don't know which ones will be reskins.

im pretty sure all 4 of the new weapons from the S2's will be "unique"

[Noc Codez]

im pretty sure all 4 of the new weapons from the S2's will be "unique"

you are correct.. there all psp2 weapons.. so reskins here we come

[Crysteon]

inb4....

Gaozoran Rod X
Killer Elite X
Tippo Dogma X
Sweet Death X

\o/

[pikachief]

inb4....

Gaozoran Rod X
Killer Elite X
Tippo Dogma X
Sweet Death X

\o/

technically they can still call the Gaozoran Rod a Sorcerer's Rod lol

[WhammyKing121]

technically they can still call the Gaozoran Rod a Sorcerer's Rod lol

They haven't been doing that tho... all the "unique" weapons have "unique" names to match... Hand Spear X, Violent Thorn, the list goes on...

If we have the skin for the Rutsularod, I can't see why they don't make the Sorcerer Rod a reskin of it...

[Midori Oku]

They haven't been doing that tho... all the "unique" weapons have "unique" names to match... Hand Spear X, Violent Thorn, the list goes on...

If we have the skin for the Rutsularod, I can't see why they don't make the Sorcerer Rod a reskin of it...

We have the skin for the Rutsularod. It is in the original AOTI download.

[Crysteon]

It might be either Rutsularod X or Rutsularodoc. D:

[Nzxt]

Silly crys.
You can't Kubara a Kubara!

[Crysteon]

Tell that to Segac, lol.

[WhammyKing121]

We have the skin for the Rutsularod. It is in the original AOTI download.

Then let's reskin it! It looks cooler than the Sorcerer Rod anyway xP


Tell that to Segac, lol.

xD Best Segac joke I've heard yet <3

[Midori Oku]

It looks cooler than the Sorcerer Rod anyway xP

That's debatable.

[Lumpen Thingy]

reskins are tasty

[S-T-H]

http://xbox360.phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=516

Some extra notes based off JP's page:

GAS wave is JP's seventh
Fireworks seasonal event (and related items) to be posted until 9/8
Casino rotation

I'll have the article updated shortly.

[DPShiro]

If the s2 rares will drop res-skins, they could replace them with PSPo weapons like this:

Forest of Illusion S2-- Skull Sorcerer <3 or Bringer's Rifle <3

Phantom Fissure S2-- Girasole, Twin Cannon or Frulein Rose

Ilussionary Shaft S2-- Soul Banish, Inferno Bazooka, Twin Glasher, Morat Machinas

Phantom Ruins S2-- Lukmin, Magna Revolta, Vaspras Shooter, or even more motavs :>

They are are not going to do this so, but a man can dream..

This would be better since we should have the correct data files;


Ok, so we almost know for sure that we only have the data files for PSP weapons, right?
We are missing the Phantasy Star Portable 2, Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity & Phantasy Star Zero weapons/data.

JP PSU got the S2 versions of Rare Missions during this GBR (Colony 2nd) along with the sweet übar drops; Sorcerer Rod, Frozen Shooter, Panzer Faust & Twin Blaze. We will get this update this week.

All those weapons are from PSP2 so we will likely NOT see them at all, BUT instead of giving us more crap like, reskinned and neutral weapons like Promodo Rodoc, Phantoc how about they replaced these drops with the following;

Sorcerer Rod -> Rutsularod
Frozen Shooter -> Bringer's Rifle
Panzer Faust -> Twin Glasher/Soul Banish/Morat Machinus/Twin Cannon
Twin Blaze -> Double Cannon

These replacement is all PSP weapons which we should have the data/correct files for and this switch would surely keep many of us pleased for a looooong time.

Of course this will never happen, but this would be a very good move to get most players to accept our "unique" server.

What do you think?

[dias_flac_0g]

Yeah, no kidding. Shit like this on the 360 servers is inevitible. I'm curious. Do people try to sell rare missions on the JP PC servers?


Lol my two characters have rare missions. Glad I saved them.

Ima keep em at my usual price at 1.5 mill. Anyways stop your crying already :)

I love how some of you here act like someone's rare mission BELONGS to YOU hahahahaha.

Stupid idiots lol.

[Ilikelamp7]

reskins are tasty

Nom nom nom nom nom. Please can I have another SEGA?

[hewitt]

Lol my two characters have rare missions. Glad I saved them.

Ima keep em at my usual price at 1.5 mill. Anyways stop your crying already :)

I love how some of you here act like someone's rare mission BELONGS to YOU hahahahaha.

Stupid idiots lol.

I don't see anyone acting like that, it's more like when someone gets a rare mission in your party you kind of expect them to be polite enough to let you in on it. Instead of being selfish and spamming that you're selling it on the 4th floor. It's really quite obnoxious.

[Radori Nighthawk]

If they are reskins of the Gao Rod and the Double Agito, someone is going to die. -.-

[Spiderbane]

If they are reskins of the Gao Rod and the Double Agito, someone is going to die. -.-

The reskin of the Sorcerer Rod is going to be called Gaozoran Rod Ecks, and the Twin Blaze is going to be called the Twin Love Inferno (it'll be the Sweet Death's skin, but with homage to what it really is supposed to be with the word "Inferno").

See what I did there? :lol:

[TheAstarion]

The reskin of the Sorcerer Rod is going to be called Gaozoran Rod Ecks, and the Twin Blaze is going to be called the Twin Love Inferno (it'll be the Sweet Death's skin, but with homage to what it really is supposed to be with the word "Inferno").

See what I did there? :lol:

In... the ferns...

Oh you!

[VexedEyes]

So theer S2 Rares are out, andyet to see the weapons, nor does psupedia seem to show anything.

[S-T-H]

I would wait for a while. Very rare weapons in rare missions can take some time to confirm. Even then there are very few people around the forums/wiki in comparison to the game itself.

http://xbox360.phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=518

1. Vol Coins x10 will continue for another week as an apology for the Holy Light Festa lobbies going down a week early.
2. Karakuri now has a visible model.

[Zos]

Why don't I have my weapon from the Great Arms Race? I'm looking at you Edward-Sega.

[MaggotSai]

Was it even confirmed that we would be getting our weapons today?

[S-T-H]

It was never a part of the plan to distribute the event weapons today. However, they will be making sure that the three star photon fortune and grind boost are on when they do come out.

[pikachief]

so on the main forums people are saying its a reskin of a Halarodic named Orizlarod. Of all the weapons to base it off of... how sad :P

Here's what an lolzlarod should look like...

http://psupedia.info/images/thumb/b/b2/Halarodoc.jpg/624px-Halarodoc.jpg

to be honest, i actually like the way it looks :)