While most of the changes in today's Phantasy Star Online 2 content update were detailed in previous stories (1 & 2), there are some additional details that we now have thanks to today's patch notes on the official JP PSO2 site. For the sake of simplicity, we've gone ahead and combined both the old and new information into one massive list of patch notes that follows the outline of today's official patch notes. You can view the full translated notes below!

Class Updates:
[*]Level cap increased to 50 (unlocked by clearing a specific client order)[*]Subclasses now available (starting at level 20, also unlocked via client order)[*]New skills added to the skill tree for all classes[*]New photon arts added for the following weapons:
  • Wired Lance
  • Knuckles
  • Twin Daggers
  • Double Saber
  • Gunslash
  • Assault Rifle
  • Twin Machine Guns
[*]New Technics added with Fire, Lightning, Wind, and Dark attributes

Field Updates:
[*]New Rare Enemies Added[*]New Very Hard Missions Added (list below)[*]New Interrupt Event Added (Mr. Umbra)[*]New Client Orders[*]New Daily Orders[*]New Items:
  • 10-Star Weapons / Units
  • Level 11+ Photon Arts and Technic Disks


<a name="VeryHardMissions"></a>New Very Hard Missions:

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<tr>
<td nowrap>Type</td>
<td nowrap>Quest</td>
<td nowrap>JP Name</td>
<td nowrap>Field</td>
<td nowrap>Lvl</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">Free field:</td>
<td>Forest Exploration</td>
<td>????</td>
<td>Forest</td>
<td>41+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Volcanic Cave Exploration</td>
<td>??????</td>
<td>Volcanic Cave</td>
<td>42+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Desert Exploration</td>
<td>????</td>
<td>Desert</td>
<td>42+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="10">Arks Quest:</td>
<td>Subdue Za Oodan</td>
<td>???????</td>
<td>Forest</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subdue Fangulf</td>
<td>????????</td>
<td>Forest</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dagan Extermination: Forest</td>
<td>??????????</td>
<td>Forest</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nab Rappy Capture</td>
<td>???????????</td>
<td>Forest</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dragonkin Ecological Survey</td>
<td>??????</td>
<td>Volcanic Cave</td>
<td>41+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kartagot Extermination</td>
<td>???????</td>
<td>Volcanic Cave</td>
<td>41+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subdue Caterdra'n</td>
<td>????????</td>
<td>Volcanic Cave</td>
<td>41+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mech Power Survey: Desert</td>
<td>??????????</td>
<td>Desert</td>
<td>41+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cargo Recovery: Desert</td>
<td>???????????</td>
<td>Desert</td>
<td>41+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rare Ore Mining</td>
<td>????????</td>
<td>Desert</td>
<td>41+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="5">Emergency
Quest:</td>
<td>Urban Recovery</td>
<td>???????</td>
<td>Urban area</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Urban Mop-Up Operation</td>
<td>??????</td>
<td>Urban area</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subdue Fang Banther</td>
<td>??????????</td>
<td>Forest</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Guerrilla Warfare</td>
<td>???????</td>
<td>Volcanic Cave</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gigantic Mech Awakening</td>
<td>????????</td>
<td>Subterranean

Tunnels</td>
<td>40+</td>
</tr>
</table>


System Updates:
[*]Rooms that have existed for over four hours will no longer spawn enemies nor will rooms nearing four hours (at 3 hours & 30 minutes) be accepting new parties.[*]Vendor prices for weapons and units will be falling to "combat inflation."[*]Vendor prices for single star weapons and items will be raised (*previous report, unconfirmed in patch notes).[*]10 star and greater items will not be tradeable in any way.[*]Level 11 disks will not be tradeable in any way.[*]A new default hair style has been added for female characters

Balance Adjustments:
[*]7 Star or greater weapons will now drop with elements in the 20% to 45% range[*]Tekked Items will be granted elements in the 25% to 50% range.[*]Bosses will drop more meseta when they drop meseta (this doesn't mean they'll drop more meseta but the value of the meseta they drop will increase).[*]The amount of data required to complete the Level Cap Trial I (?????????) client order has been reduced.