Nov. 18th Blog Update + α2 drawing pre-signups

[Mike]

The official blog (http://ameblo.jp/sega-psblog/entry-11081895016.html) has been updated again. This time is on the second of the three revolutionary bits that are going in to PSO2: Action. Possibly the greatest amount of action for an online rpg. PSO's 10 year old combat system and the left clicking of other ARPGs of the time just won't cut it in today's world so PSO2 will have action similar to a console action game while being an online RPG. Dodging and blocking have been things that the Phantasy Star series added to it's list of actions and PSO2 adds jumping and mid-air actions. The 3rd person shooting view point is also new to PSO2. The three classes also mean three different playstyles. Hunters up close, tanking it out. Rangers at mid-range and forces, with various attack and healing techs, at long.

Of course, this is prety much stuff we all know. This blog entry, like the last one, is fluff. It does mention something that I think we all know though: there will be more weapons than the few found in the alpha. Other news in today's blog is that anybody who wants to can now sign up for the PSO2 mailing list. You can sign up here if you don't have a SEGA ID (https://iway.isao.net/sega/mail_in.cgi?siteno=P1). Or you can sign up here if you already do. (https://cha.isao.net/profile_oem/OEMLogin.php?product_name=pso) Everyone who signs up for the mailing list will automatically be given a chance to participate in the second alpha test. It looks like there will be another drawing for participants so just signing up doesn't mean you will get to participate. You will get entered in to a drawing to pick new participants. (from the PSO2 twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/sega_pso2/status/137485226434760704)) Previous testers are guaranteed a spot in the second test though.

There are also a few cleaner pictures of the weapon design pics that were posted earlier.

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23992

Swords


http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23991

Gunblades


http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23990

Wired Lances


http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23993

Assult Rifle


http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23994

Rod

[NoiseHERO]

Interesting... I think..

[Norco]

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23992

I spy with my little eye some concept art for HUnewm and it looks goood ^_^

[NoiseHERO]

If that's HUnewm's new default outfit , then YES.

Otherwise I'm sure it's a new outfit either way... that I'll be wearing.

[Norco]

Totally, I always go for a red/black or black/red outfit on my characters in Phantasy Star games and I must say I am loving that one.

[Mike]

According to the PSO2 twitter account, everyone who signs up for the PSO2 mailing list is also automatically entered in to the selection for participants for the second alpha this coming January. So, uh, do it if you haven't already.

[Seth Astra]

1. The first system seems to imply the ability to "level up" weapons, which is supported by weapons with larger blades in later pics.

2. *Goes to sign up to the mailing list*

[Mike]

1. The first system seems to imply the ability to "level up" weapons, which is supported by weapons with larger blades in later pics.
I think that may be refereing to weapon tiers. Saber -> Brand -> Buster, etc. That's the way it worked in the alpha at least.

[Seth Astra]

Oh. Also, the link to sign up to the mailing list without a SEGA ID isn't working for me. Anyone else having this problem?

[Mike]

You need to create a Sega ID before you can sign up and the first link takes you to the sign-up screen.

[Seth Astra]

Oh. Darn. I see that there's one of those character recognization things. In Japanese. Which I'm pretty sure I can't type.

[NoiseHERO]

dagnabbit... too lazy to sign up @_@

/does so anyway..

[Magil]

ok let's try °-°,
registration its = to the psu one

[Tyreek]

The SEGA ID site is giving a 500 Internal Error. Greaaaat.

[Magil]

The SEGA ID site is giving a 500 Internal Error. Greaaaat.

you mast have japan languate on the browser :P to skip that error ( i get that error too without jp language)

[Tyreek]

I'm using Firefox, so that allows for Japanese Language support, plus I have JP language support on my laptop. This kind of puts me at a loss, as I can see JP characters.

[Anon_Fire]

Does the newsletter get sent to my e-mail address?

[Tetsaru]

https://iway.isao.net/sega/mail_in.cgi?siteno=P1

Can anyone translate this page for those of us who aren't educated in Moon Runes please? I'd like to be able to play the Alpha this time around, and I'm sure other people would too... ><

[Magil]

that's its email verification :)

[Masterflower]

Dammit Soo close and yet so far ; ;

Having a hardcore epic adventure to sign up for an ID lol

[D-Inferno]

How long is this going to be opened? And does SoJ have a problem with Non-JP players playing in the alpha?

Also: I made a PSU JP account, although I never actually played on it. Would I be able to user that instead?

[Magil]

you need a sega id :)

[Masterflower]

I would love someone for a very long time if they can help me sign up for this as the address part is kickin my butt XD

[chibiLegolas]

Oh! My lovely gunblades! So it IS true. It's the gunblades from PSZ and not a saber + handgun combo.
Sweet! Great to see upclose concept art of it.

And the animation for the rod opening and closing.... sexy....

[Blueblur]

Where can I create a Sega ID? I only see a PSO 2-branded log in page.

[Magil]

this
https://iway.isao.net/sega/mail_in.cgi?siteno=P1

[Blueblur]

this
https://iway.isao.net/sega/mail_in.cgi?siteno=P1
Must be down because I keep getting a 500 error. Thanks though.

[Vashyron]

If I signed up for the First Alpha Test and didn't get in do I need to do it again here?

[Magil]

Must be down because I keep getting a 500 error. Thanks though.

no its up ; you have the jp language?

explorer:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/741/iebrowsejx8.jpg

FIREFOX:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/271/ffoxjpenablecq9.jpg

[Arkios]

Can someone post/link to instructions for signing up for a SEGA ID?

[Noblewine]

Any concept art for axes yet? The wire Lancer looks cool though.

[ThePendragon]

Yeah, I'm trying to sign up for the ID and it's a bitch. I thought I had everything right, but I keep getting this error message.

[kyuuketsuki]

I have a JP Sega ID and can log in... I just can't tell how to sign up for the newsletter. ;.; Just being able to read kana isn't getting me through this.

Edit: "ファンタシースターオンライン2 メールマガジンの登録が完了しました." Woohoo! Got signed up. Now I just hope I know if/when I get the e-mail telling me I'm in the 2nd alpha.

[ThePendragon]

So I was able to sort of translate. no idea what it means though.

Contains the last name other than double-byte characters
Contains a non-byte characters in the name
State has not been entered in the address
Illegal address format (please enter full-width).

[Arkios]

Yep, I'm having the same problem.

I found an address in Fukui that I've been using, but I'm pretty sure I've got some missing information or have it in the wrong format. I'm also not sure what to put for the second section, I think it wants my name in "Katakana" so I'm not sure what to do for that.

Translating line-by-line was working OK, but I'm stumped on a couple sections. If someone gets some time to create a walkthrough for this, that would be awesome.

[kyuuketsuki]

Contains the last name other than double-byte characters
Means you're not using kana or are using the wrong kana font in the last name field.

Contains a non-byte characters in the name
Pretty sure this also means you're using the wrong characters in the name field.

State has not been entered in the address
Self-explanatory... you skipped the field for entering the State.

Illegal address format (please enter full-width).
The address you used is either formatted incorrectly, you used the wrong Japanese font, or you just entered a bad address in general. What I did for that part was search for examples of Japanese addresses and then copied and pasted them until I found one that it accepted.

I'm also not sure what to put for the second section, I think it wants my name in "Katakana" so I'm not sure what to do for that.
Either type your name out using a katakana approximation, or enter some BS. You could use Arkios in katakana, for example: アーキオス

[ThePendragon]

I've tried copying and pasting random Kana words, but nothing seems to work for the name.

As for the state, I'm not sure what that means. It only gives you one line for the address, but I have no idea if I'm doing it right. Does it have to be in japanese? That might be my issue. If not, the format and address is right, as far as I can tell. This is what I'm using:

Hakodate, Hakodate-shi, 1-18-15 Yunokawa-cho


EDIT: Ok, switched to this 茨城県つくば市学園南D25街区1 and got rid of the state complaint. Problem is, it still says illegal formatting. I have no idea how to reformat the moonspeak to suit their requirements.

[Blueblur]

I believe that's the same error I'm getting.

"State has not been entered in the address
Please, type in address format is invalid"

[Magil]

for the registration part you can use this one from psupedia :).
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/5657/createaccount5to0.jpg

[ThePendragon]

I'm not sure what you mean. The fields aren't filled out, and even if they were, it's a screenshot. No way to copypasta.

[Magil]

i want to mean this page have the same esamples in kana and numbers, like the image above :), in the real page of the sega id you can copy and paste. ( the red signed ones)

[Blueblur]

I think a couple of us are mostly having a hard time with the address part.

Edit: Got it to work. The site wants the address in Japanese and specifically wants the State (for example, Osaka), then the city (ex. Osaka City) and then the actual street address. I used the address of Osaka City University; I got the correct format by looking the university on Google Maps (with the address in another format).

大阪府大阪市住吉区杉本３丁目３－１３８

[ThePendragon]

Well, I need a name too, since it refuses to accept mine.

[Blueblur]

I just translated my name using the Bing Translator and used that for both Last Name and First Name fields. It worked for me.

[ThePendragon]

I tried translating my name, anglicized Japanese names using translators to Japanese. I tried translating random words, searching for random words and using those. Hell I've even go to websites with Japanese names listed and tried using those. No dice. Very frustrated right now.

[RemiusTA]

I really like the weapon concepts. They look really....functional, i guess? Just enough in each area. They look like the same weapon, but different enough to be interesting.

I like how the swords all get what looks like a small reactor upgrade of sorts to fit the larger photon blade. Im eager to see the purple/red/golden versions now.

[RLbitClassica]

As awesome as the swords look, I really think I'm going to have to go with the rangers this time around. The guns and gunblades look cool(not to mention as a PSZ player, I'm already familiar with gunblades in phantasy star) and tps aiming/ dodge rolling is cool. Now I just have to pick whether to be a human or a cast...

[kyuuketsuki]

I tried translating my name, anglicized Japanese names using translators to Japanese. I tried translating random words, searching for random words and using those. Hell I've even go to websites with Japanese names listed and tried using those. No dice. Very frustrated right now.
Have you tried what Magil suggested? Copying and pasting the examples from the registration page itself (what was highlighted in red)?

[Macman]

This is nice, but I don't read moonrunes, so it's of no use to me.

[ThePendragon]

I figured it out. I'm a moron. I didn't realize both name fields needed to be in japanese. Sadly, my session timed when I finally got it to work. Time to go again.

[ThePendragon]

It took me to a page to register for the mail magazine and now I've got, Phantasy Star Online 2 mail magazine registration is completed.

Is that what I needed to do? Or do I still need to register at that link above? Because I can't reproduce that captcha.

EDIT: NVM. Translated a previous post and it appears that's it! Fingers crossed! I really want in!

[Rotek]

how do i get passed the captcha ?

[kyuuketsuki]

how do i get passed the captcha ?
You'll have to type in the matching kana. You'll either have to install a Japanese keyboard and use it to type them in by referencing a katakana chart such as this one (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Table_katakana.svg/768px-Table_katakana.svg.png), or find one somewhere that has it in text so you can copy and paste the kana.

Is that what I needed to do? Or do I still need to register at that link above? Because I can't reproduce that captcha.
How'd you get successfully registered without getting past the captcha? o_0 Being able to read kana and having a Japanese keyboard installed was able to get me past the captcha. You should've also gotten an email to whatever email you used to register from SEGA, that says something identical to this:

（株式会社ISAO） SEGA IDサポートチーム

瀬賀 太郎 様

このたびは、「ファンタシースターオンライン2」メールマガジン登録に
お申し込みいただき、ありがとうございます。

お客様のメールマガジン登録が完了しました。

※本メールはシステムより自動送信されています。
　本メールに返信されましても、返答できませんのでご了承ください。
Copyright (C) ISAO CORPORATION, All rights reserved.
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(Basically it says you have successfully registered for the newsletter.)

EDIT: NVM. Translated a previous post and it appears that's it! Fingers crossed! I really want in!
That makes a lot of us. =P Was the post you translated mine, out of curiosity?

[NoiseHERO]

COPY AND PASTING JAPANESE TEXT ISN'T HARD JUST PAINFUL. REALLY REALLY PAINFUL

[Rotek]

[QUOTE=kyuuketsuki;2701984] You should've also gotten an email to whatever email you used to register from SEGA, that says something identical to this:

（株式会社ISAO） SEGA IDサポートチーム

瀬賀 太郎 様

このたびは、「ファンタシースターオンライン2」メールマガジン登録に
お申し込みいただき、ありがとうございます。

お客様のメールマガジン登録が完了しました。

※本メールはシステムより自動送信されています。
　本メールに返信されましても、返答できませんのでご了承ください。
Copyright (C) ISAO CORPORATION, All rights reserved.
[転載・転送・複写禁止]
(Basically it says you have successfully registered for the newsletter.)

So will i get this email almost immediately after i register for the newsletter because im not sure i did it right because im not getting any emails from them. :-(

[Dinosaur]

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23992

Swords


http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23991

Gunblades


http://www.pso-world.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1789&pictureid=23990

Wired Lances


1. The first system seems to imply the ability to "level up" weapons, which is supported by weapons with larger blades in later pics.


You may be right. There is a bar on top of the Attack + PA HUD which increases as you land hits. It starts at 0 and ends at 3. This feature may have not been implemented in the Alpha. It is exclusive to hunter weapons. Further note, the Gunslash does not have this bar.

However in these pictures, the actual models are slightly different from each other. I'm not too sure if these weapons magically grow parts after using them...

[Kent]

You may be right. There is a bar on top of the Attack + PA HUD which increases as you land hits. It starts at 0 and ends at 3. This feature may have not been implemented in the Alpha. It is exclusive to hunter weapons. Further note, the Gunslash does not have this bar.

However in these pictures, the actual models are slightly different from each other. I'm not too sure if these weapons magically grow parts after using them...
Pretty sure that's not what that meter means.

If I recall correctly, you can set three different PAs to a weapon, and which one is used depends on where you are in your combo when you use it, and you can use PAs in sequence, causing the game to cycle through those.

More than likely, that bar is completely irrelevant to the "levels" stated in the picture. It looks to me like it's just referring to higher-level versions of basic weapons, as in the aforementioned Saber -> Brand -> Buster progression of PSO.

[Anon_Fire]

You'll have to type in the matching kana. You'll either have to install a Japanese keyboard and use it to type them in by referencing a katakana chart such as this one (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Table_katakana.svg/768px-Table_katakana.svg.png), or find one somewhere that has it in text so you can copy and paste the kana.

How'd you get successfully registered without getting past the captcha? o_0 Being able to read kana and having a Japanese keyboard installed was able to get me past the captcha. You should've also gotten an email to whatever email you used to register from SEGA, that says something identical to this:

（株式会社ISAO） SEGA IDサポートチーム

瀬賀 太郎 様

このたびは、「ファンタシースターオンライン2」メールマガジン登録に
お申し込みいただき、ありがとうございます。

お客様のメールマガジン登録が完了しました。

※本メールはシステムより自動送信されています。
　本メールに返信されましても、返答できませんのでご了承ください。
Copyright (C) ISAO CORPORATION, All rights reserved.
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(Basically it says you have successfully registered for the newsletter.)

That makes a lot of us. =P Was the post you translated mine, out of curiosity?

I didn't get the email, is there something I did wrong?

[cosmos-169]

for those having a problem with the address you can simply copy the example address.

[ZER0 DX]

Been on the PSO2 mailing list for a while ever since I tried getting into the first alpha, so luckily I don't have to deal with all of that again.

Even saved my fake name and fake address information in case i ever needed it for future reference haha.

[Anon_Fire]

Been on the PSO2 mailing list for a while ever since I tried getting into the first alpha, so luckily I don't have to deal with all of that again.

Even saved my fake name and fake address information in case i ever needed it for future reference haha.

saved mine too when I tried to enter the first alpha.

[BlackCosmic]

What does this mean?

[cosmos-169]

i dont know japanese but maybe ur id isnt 6 letters or more.

[Omega-z]

OH, you can also use Hiragana in the first two fields too.

[Masterflower]

Apparently You can use English text for the ID and Password.

[Cayenne]

Apparently You can use English text for the ID and Password.

Comfirmed! Just did it and I'm in!

[RemiusTA]

The japanese capcha was annoying as shit, but im on the newsletter.

[Cayenne]

I didn't get a capcha, lucky me!

[RemiusTA]

Thats...not possible. Are you sure you signed up at the right place?

[pikachief]

i didn't have to do it either :P

and yes at the right place, it said that I am now signed up for the newsletter

[Fatal-Killer]

I can't even access the Japanese Sega ID registration site im using a Japanese browser and everything. Is there something im doing wrong?

Getting Error 118 Connection timed out

[Anon_Fire]

I didn't get the email, is there something I did wrong?

no answer to my question? how sad. :(

[RemiusTA]

I mean....you can always google translate the text you dont understand. I didn't get any email about the PSO2 alpha but I did get a confirmation about the newsletter

[Rotek]

no answer to my question? how sad. :(

Im not sure but i think your are just signing in to your account but not actually signing up for the newsletter. Once you sign in and enter the captcha you must click on the PSO2 newsletter and sign up for it once thats done you will receive an email saying you have signed up for the PSO2 newsletter or something like that...

[Anon_Fire]

Im not sure but i think your are just signing in to your account but not actually signing up for the newsletter. Once you sign in and enter the captcha you must click on the PSO2 newsletter and sign up for it once thats done you will receive an email saying you have signed up for the PSO2 newsletter or something like that...

ugh, this is so frustrating. :mad:

[Masterflower]

Anon where are you stuck? The Register part or the signing up for the Newsletter?

[Omega-z]

Huh, that's funny I didn't get an e-mail but do have the newsletter services on my account for PSO2, all it does now is sends me to a the website for PSO2.

[Fenn777]

Quick question, I'm trying to understand what needs to be done:

I have the link to sign up for a SEGA ID. Can I use English characters?

What info do I have to provide to sign up for the newsletter? I'm don't really want to have to make up fake info.

[Anon_Fire]

Huh, that's funny I didn't get an e-mail but do have the newsletter services on my account for PSO2, all it does now is sends me to a the website for PSO2.

I still have my SEGA ID from the 1st alpha. So, that's where I'm stuck at.

[RikkiBlackNanobeast]

Quick question, I'm trying to understand what needs to be done:

I have the link to sign up for a SEGA ID. Can I use English characters?


You can use English characters for your SEGA ID and Password, that much I know. But remember that when you successfully register, your ID will be in all lowercase. Trust me, that one piece of info ended up almost causing me to register on another email address just to make sure I did it right. ^^;

[xCypherx]

After completing the Registration , i am unsure how to sign up for the alpha test.. any wise gurus help?

[Fenn777]

You can use English characters for your SEGA ID and Password, that much I know. But remember that when you successfully register, your ID will be in all lowercase. Trust me, that one piece of info ended up almost causing me to register on another email address just to make sure I did it right. ^^;

Thanks! Once I do that how do I sign up for a newsletter?

Also, I'm assuming the newsletter will be in Japanese lol?

[pikachief]

After completing the Registration , i am unsure how to sign up for the alpha test.. any wise gurus help?

you click on the button for the PSO2 Newsletter...

[RemiusTA]

After completing the Registration , i am unsure how to sign up for the alpha test.. any wise gurus help?

copy/paste all that text into a translator. One of them says PSO2.

I believe it's the third one. click the button in that link.


If you're lost, just translate the text. It'll be engrish, but you don't have to understand much to complete the process.

[Macman]

I'm gonna laugh if nobody with a western IP address gets in.

[Rotek]

I accidently registered 2 accounts and signed them up for the newsletter because the 1st account i thought it wasn't working because i wasn't getting an email. If i have 2 accounts registered will they see it and not let me in the alpha? Or will that double my chances of getting in the alpha?

[RemiusTA]

i reaaaaallly doubt they care that much

they could probably check the obviously bs profile of all the filthy gaijin and easily ban us all if they wanted anyway

[Fayorei]

Woo! I had the most trouble with switching my browser(never had to do that before!) but I'm familiar with the JP compatibility and typing in Windows from my old Uni homework. So very awesome.

It was all worth it to see this:

ファンタシースターオンライン2 メールマガジンの登録が完了しました。

I think I'm all signed up for the newsletter and all that. I'm super rusty though, and need to learn more Kanji at any rate so thanks for the help in the topic!

Hope I get in, but que sera sera. :)

[Omega-z]

Anon Fire when you log in there should be a list with info. Above your E-mail you should have info for things you have sign up'd for. There will be two lines in that category one is your Sega ID and the bottom one should be the sign service for the PSO2 newsletter should look like this ファンタシースターオンライン2 メールマガジン 配信中. Now if it's not there go to the link on the right side which has a little arrow next to it, and it's the third option on that list. I hope that helps.:):rappy:

[Anon_Fire]

Anon Fire when you log in there should be a list with info. Above your E-mail you should have info for things you have sign up'd for. There will be two lines in that category one is your Sega ID and the bottom one should be the sign service for the PSO2 newsletter should look like this ファンタシースターオンライン2 メールマガジン 配信中. Now if it's not there go to the link on the right side which has a little arrow next to it, and it's the third option on that list. I hope that helps.:):rappy:

This one?

http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww353/anon_fire/Untitled.jpg

[Mike]

The tick next to the Sega ID Info box is set to not sending you any emails which may be why you didn't get anything.

[Omega-z]

Mike is right it's must likely the Sega ID not going to you.

[Neith]

ファンタシースターオンライン2 メールマガジンの登録が完了しました

Took forever to stumble through. For some reason, it wouldn't accept my name in alphanumeric, despite asking for katakana immediately after it :lol:

[Allan Davidson]

i managed to create my Sega ID, but i need to fill a form with Login, Password and Captcha to login in the system. But the captcha asks for Japanese characters.

Someone know one way to skip the Japanese captcha?

Thanks!

[kyuuketsuki]

I don't know of any way to skip it.

If you can't install a Japanese keyboard, you could try copy and pasting the matching characters from the chart on the Wikipedia katakana page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana).

[pikachief]

I've always found this to be the easiest route for me at least.

http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/katakana.htm

[kyuuketsuki]

I like yours better Pikachief.

[Quebe_Lae]

Finally on the mailing list. Maybe this means I have a chance at the beta? WE'll see~!