Medal shop is the 1st reliable source that we've ever got as for as I know. Before that, it was Advance Quests and the Treasure Shop.
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This is the source of information for the lottery. (Is this what you looked up?)
I'm not completely certain, but, from what I read, I think simply having the tickets in your inventory (or storage?) will enter you into the lottery automatically, where having more tickets gives you a higher chance of winning. Then after this week's maintenance is over, you can exchange the tickets at a new exchange shop (where you can exchange them for Sage Crests?).
EDIT: I meant you need to have the tickets in your inventory during maintenance. Then right after maintenance is done, you can exchange the tickets for sage crests, assuming I've gotten any of this right.
You can also get Pure Photons from Divide Quest reward boxes.
What weapon is better for Phantom, katana or rod?
So I stopped playing PSO2JP right at the end of Episode 4 (just before 14* weapons came out IIRC) and I was thinking of picking the game up again, but ~3 years of content is a lot to catch up on. I would like to ask couple general questions:
1. Is the core gameplay loop still similar? (i.e. grind to level cap then wait around for EQs)
2. Aside from raids/EQs is most of the content still solo-able?
3. Are there any good resources for what progression is like now for new players?
I know the english version is out now but I'd really rather not toss out the ~1000 hours I've spent on this game.
Thanks in advance for the help!
1. Yes mostly
2. Yes (personally been soloing those solo-able content like Endless Quests and Divide Quests which are new if youre not familiar with it)
3. Yes (we have a thing called 'Arks Mission' which are separated by main, daily and weekly missions. Main gives really good stuff for new players, straight out gives good units and tickets to be exchanged for weapons that new players can start with. Weekly missions (must be lvl50 for the good stuff) can net you around 2m meseta and a Bonus Tokyo Gold ticket)
Does Calming Intent work on successor classes? If not what S4 should i get for Ph or Hr?