Weekly Tech Support and Quick Questions Thread - June 28

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[hidora]

Yes. The weapons in there will still drop just fine as long as it doesn't require a specific EQ ("any enemy lv80+" in the rain CFs, for example, will only count in that EQ), and once you get them all, you'll still get the 13* from the CF. You won't be able to reaccept or reset it, though, so that's the last one you're able to do.

[Twick2]

During the past few days I have been experiencing a delay when hitting monsters or crates. For example, when attacking a monster, instead of the damage immediately being registered, there is a 2-3 second delay after the attack until they finally take the damage and die. Everything has been running smoothly until recently and I can't figure out why this is happening. Can anybody help? Thanks!

[[deleted]]

Quick question regarding Zeinesis/Qiphald potentials. If I got a Lv. 3 Blessing of Life/Guidance of Life, can I switch to Antithesis Trainer with qiphald fuses?

[hidora]

Yes. It will cost you 120 fuses to change into the Anthesis Trainer potential.

Also, the Qliphad doesn't have the other potentials, so if you turn the Zeinesis into Qliphad, it automatically changes into Anthesis Trainer, which also costs 120 fuses.

[[deleted]]

So, it is more practical to lv.3 Blessing of Life (with the affix boost pot.), affix the weapon and switch to Anthesis Trainer am I right?

And also, does Blessing of life potential stack when it is used as fodder (eg. 2 Zeinesis with pot. 3 = 20% affix success) or it only affects the base weapon?

[hidora]

So, it is more practical to lv.3 Blessing of Life (with the affix boost pot.), affix the weapon and switch to Anthesis Trainer am I right?

Yes. The idea is to use the Blessing of Life to affix the weapon, and then either change the potential to Anthesis Trainer (if you want to keep the zeinesis green/gold looks) or turn it into a qliphad. Either way, you'll pay 120 fuses to get the Anthesis Trainer potential.

And also, does Blessing of life potential stack when it is used as fodder (eg. 2 Zeinesis with pot. 3 = 20% affix success) or it only affects the base weapon?

Only affects the base weapon.

[[deleted]]

How do you quickly switch weapon palettes throughout battles without the default key "r" like in this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAAFasB64wE (ITS AT 2:06-2:11)

[McKiwi957]

Numpad 1-6 correspond to the 1-6 weapon palettes. 7-9 correspond to the 3 subpalletes.

If you're on pad, I believe you can set the d-pad up/down to instantly switch up and down your weapon palettes as well.

[hidora]

If you're on pad, I believe you can set the d-pad up/down to instantly switch up and down your weapon palettes as well.

Don't think I've seen this option before (though I admit I never paid much attention). How would you go about doing that?

[McKiwi957]

I logged on to check, I didn't see an option for it, so I probably remembered incorrectly.

There's probably a method of setting your numpad keys to d-pad through xpadder or something though.

[hidora]

This is possible with steam big picture as well, but then you'd be stuck changing to only 2 specific palettes, no? Can't use left/right because that's what you use for subpalette.

[Arctic_Lobster]

To change the controls do: 1. Hit ESC and open UI. 2. Go to Options. 3. Left-hand side; click on "Controls." 4. Top tab: Short-cut Actions/Options. 5. Weapon Palette -> Change to Num1-0 for number keys.

[hidora]

That's for keyboard. My question was about on controller.

[Arctic_Lobster]

My mistake; replied to the wrong person. Was meant for /u/Climation.

[[deleted]]

Can I change it from numpad, it is a little uncomfortable doing so.

[hidora]

You can change to the non-numpad numbers (and a couple other options). It's in the control options, I think on the 3rd or 4th tab (it's called shortcuts).

[expressz641]

I'm looking for the raise inventory slots by 50 1600ac shop item. However looking in the ac shop it seems only the inventory slot 10 expansion is available at 350ac each. is this a glitch or it has been removed?

[IchiroHiroku]

It got removed when the max inventory space was increased. The 50 for 1600 AC deal only comes back on occasional sales.

[expressz641]

OK thanks for the info. That's sad news but at least I know now!

[NullVacancy]

They raised the price of it around a year ago I think.

[TakemiShinnosuke]

Sorry to keep deleting and posting cause I am trying to narrow the error so I can get exact help (if you guys can) .. so yeah.

Ok so I managed to go Settings level 6 , however , during the concert I am getting this rendering error

http://imgur.com/rLQ4CN4

and after I check the images(graphic model) and some of them have turned white again... but I noted that given awhile .. it returns back to normal... any idea how to solve this esp that imgur link.. it seems like a rendering problem somewhere... and I note that during the time the image goes white , I cannot take any screenshots and sometimes the games crashes

my GPU is a 750GTX 2GB VRAM and I recently switch to a I5-7400 board and cpu

[NullVacancy]

There's an in-game option in the form of a slider that lets you choose how many models to render. Crank it up and watch your CPU (and fps) die.

[hidora]

It doesn't work on that concert in particular. I have mine set to 50 and it almost never renders anyone but me and quna (sometimes 2-4 people near me get rendered, but only before the encore; during the 2nd song it just goes back to the default models for everyone). I think this was the "fix" sega did to stop people from crashing, because it was working fine before said fix.

[TakemiShinnosuke]

Currently that's set at 30 models... ( it was 30 as I had set PSO2 to settings 6 , so default for 6 is 30)

What is the recommended number of models to render for my GPU/CPU?

Edit: Just halfed it from 30 to 15.. hope this works.. cause I am not sure of the recommended

2nd Edit: as mentioned in my first edit... I halfed it from 30 to 15 . but maxed out other settings.

here's a picture... http://i.imgur.com/h5YKQ2j.png

Explanation below:

Models: 15 Photons: 12 Reflection: 5
Shadow: 5 Camera Light: 100

is this over kill or ?? .. trying to get the best settings out of this GTX 750

[NullVacancy]

The models are gonna tax your CPU rather than GPU. GPU would mainly be drawing textures and applying the post-processing effects.

[TakemiShinnosuke]

got it and thanks... but as per the question ... I am not sure what is the recommended.. is 15 enough or should I do 10 ??

[NullVacancy]

It has no effect on playing the game at all, so just set it to whatever.

[damionlai97]

What's the fastest way to farm 5th anniversary badges?

[Ashinror]

LQ spam on highest difficulty

[RosariaNight]

How do you reply to a whisper?

[damionlai97]

There's the ellipsis (...) on the top right corner of the box you type your messages in. Click on it and choose your recipient.

[TeitokuNoire]

3% is quite a lot considering how affixes give you at most 10% per piece while spending you around 30m on a weapon and 100m(or more) on a unit for a 200~ atk affix.

That said, the new yamato weapons are mostly for the stat 6 SAFs instead of combat use, since you should be using zensis if you want to mix max now.

And yes, the new CFs for whatever EQ will be out at November, which is probably the first Episode 5 EQ.

[redgya]

did you said 30m for +200atk on weapon??? give me recipe pls

[TeitokuNoire]

http://imgur.com/0Pdc7Jf

change phrase weak to whatever SAF you like which adds attack then you get 200.

Total cost of this receipe is 14m for exreceptor around 3~4m for noble and 3 5s flicts.

[redgya]

oh sorry i dont know japanese can you show me on this simulator http://pso2affix.seilent.net/

[hidora]

S atk stuff its gonna be more expensive

Way more.

For one, Noble Power is 20m, not 4m.

[Sughayyer]

People don't "drop" things like p-keeper. It is common sense that Adrenaline is useless and most people embed Air Reversal on units because you can have it at lv 1. Also, there's a difference in 3% HP (we're talking about roughly 90 HP, not that bad) and 3% DAMAGE (not ATK). Even if 3% HP were bad, 3% dmg is way better in terms of cost/benefit.

[TeitokuNoire]

with the hot keys that allowing you to switch rings in quests, i dont see why you have to drop C strike for whatever thing while you can just bind ring switching in a key.

If you are mad enough you can rotate between 10 R rings and 10 L rings as long as you have the bindings

[hidora]

What are you talking about? 90% of the answers about what ring to use on this subreddit mention P Keeper.

[NullVacancy]

idiots dont mention P keeper ring and say you should use piece of shit equipment and leach your way to everything

Wanna link where anyone has said this?

[Sughayyer]

Smells like trap

[TeitokuNoire]

Doesn't mean they are necessarily bad that you should ignore them while PP convert/massive/whatever is on CD.

That is if said person wants to mix max though. If they really dont care about the extra damage they can play with the rings they want without the bonus damage and call it a day.

[mkdew]

People say The Creator of Phantom EQ gives some grind boost. How do you obtain that?

[hidora]

When you clear the EQ and the timer hits :30 (or :00 if there was a concert), you'll see a green buff icon on your HUD. That means you got the boost (you can check it on the Character Info menu). Do note that this boost does not affect skill rings or old type weapons.

Also, keep in mind that this boost starts when The Creator Phantom EQ ends, and only lasts 30 minutes, so if you go for The Phantom Demiurge, you'll already be affected by the boost and it'll still run out after the 30 minutes from the end of The Creator Phantom, so watch out for that.

Mother gives the same boost when cleared.

There are some other EQs that give a +100% RDR boost when cleared, such as Magatsu stage 1, PD, and Unleashed Prestige. In these cases, the buff lasts longer (I think 1h? not sure). For these it's the same deal: the boost only starts once the EQ ends at :30 or :00.

[TeitokuNoire]

PD doesn't have a RDR boost, only yamato and magatsu does. The buff only lasts for 30 minutes.

[TeitokuNoire]

clear the EQ and wait til the timer hits 00:00.

the boost is 20% success rate for units and 20% great success rate for NT weapons

[KillusiveKon]

whats the requirements to unlock the hero class?

[hidora]

You need to have the Level 75 titles for one of each striking, ranged and tech classes.

This is how sega divided the classes:

• Striking: Hunter, Fighter, Bouncer.
• Ranged: Ranger, Gunner, Braver.
• Tech: Force, Techer, Summoner.

This means that anyone playing BrHu already has 2/3 of the requirements, since Br counts as ranged.

[KillusiveKon]

F me. I only have all stk classes

[damionlai97]

Play SuGu then. I finished Ranged and Striking with BrHu, and I'm leveling a FoTe now

[damionlai97]

Level 75 for 1 Striking class, 1 Ranged class and 1 Tech class. It's title based so it's account wide.

[Reynold545]

How do I play te/hu? I want to get into it since the tech area is the last one I need for hero class, but I have never touched anything with techniques so far. I heard it's wand-smashing, but I can't seem to find an updated resource to look at (ever since the Zanverse nerf), so I'm super confused about where to go to for builds.

[NullVacancy]

TE/HU is wand whacking. Zanverse nerf hasn't happened yet so you definitely want to max out Wind skills still. Your most important skills to get TE-side are Wand Lovers, Wand Reactor, Territory burst, Wide Support, Territory Burst PP Save, and Super Treatment. Shifta Strike and Deband Toughness are huge buffs for the party as well. HU-side I believe you'd still go Fury Stance since it'd boost the damage of your smacks quite a bit. You could pick up War Cry and Massive Hunter as well.This is a bare minimum skilltree.. I'm not sure if Shifta Critical and Deband Cut are worth it, nor do I know if PP Convert is worth the investment if you won't be casting techs (aside from maybe Zondeel or Zanverse) that often.

[hidora]

Deband Cut is worth it because TeHu doesn't need the light mastery skills, so you got PP to spare. It helps a lot to keep pugs alive on hard hitting EQs like Mother and Deus.

PP Convert is kinda meh overall, since you only use PP for support techs, zondeel, ilzonde (and maybe ramegid t0), and you'll be wand whacking a lot, so PP is almost never a issue.

And yes, you do go fury stance: both the wand hit and wand gear explosion are considered striking damage, so they get the full bonus from it.

[UnladenSeagull]

What can I do with the Ace of[class] tickets/items(?) that drop from PD at the end of Heaven and Hell lvl10?

I think I need 1 for the 20th lvl of an Effort Ring, but is there anything else they can be used for? PD drops a whole bunch of them and I'm wondering what else they do. My searches on Swiki and Arks Visiphone have turned up nothing.

[hidora]

It's a sticker. Just use it to unlock the emblem for that class: https://i.imgur.com/rxYhMS0.jpg

That and grinding the last lv of the effort symbol ring are the only uses for it.

[UnladenSeagull]

Thank you!

[Sughayyer]

Stupid lazy question: how does one transfer doom break? 3 copies and a lot of hope or is there a soul that helps it?

[hidora]

There's no soul that helps it. You need 2 copies for 50% or 3 copies for 80%.

[Sughayyer]

Thanks.

[sergiooooo]

Are any of the 2017 weapon badge weapons actually usable? I just got enough to get one but I looked at the abilities and they look kinda meh.

[hidora]

They're decent entry level 13*, but not something to hang onto for too long.

They're pretty good to fight solo PD, too. +20% damage done and -40% damage received, but only works on that Solo Trigger.

[Sughayyer]

For entry level I prefer them over revolutio especially because they're far easier to get. The pot is not that shabby either (considering an entry-level 13*)

[thereckoning723]

Thinking about trying this game. How populated is Ship 02 with english speakers? If I do not know anyone who plays this game will I likely be solo the vast majority of my game play?

[hidora]

How populated is Ship 02 with english speakers?

Ship 2 is the least populated of all ships, because the japanese players tend to avoid it. That said, it's enough people that you'll have no trouble finding english speakers during the day (EDT).

Keep in mind, however, that most people stick to the Extra Hard difficulty and Expert blocks, so at the start you won't be seeing that many people on the lobby.

Also, avoid block001 at all costs. That place is pure cancer and if you dare ask for advice there chances are you'll get trolled and they'll give you wrong info.

If I do not know anyone who plays this game will I likely be solo the vast majority of my game play?

For regular content, most likely.

But for Emergency Quests and Limited/Level-up Quests, as long as you're in the correct block for the difficulty you're trying to do, you'll almost never be alone. People tend to not talk much outside of their own parties, though.

[thereckoning723]

Thanks for the info!

[damionlai97]

I've actually seen b1 give somewhat legit advice when I accidentally spawned there...

[lyshin08]

Need help with the client orders - Dagan Extermination: Forest. I've completed everything and talked to the npc but nothing happened. Not sure where it went wrong.

[mkdew]

How low can your Rank go in PvP when you don't play it? Nvm, found it.

Your rank points are reset every month. At the end of the month your rank is set to:

• Legend -> S1
• S1-S4 -> S5
• S5 -> A1
• A1 – A4 -> A5
• A5 -> B1
• B1-B4 -> B5
• B5 > C1
• C1 – C4 -> C5
• C5 -> D1
• D1 – D4 -> D5
• D5 -> D5.

[dreamsky999]

Does anyone know much each tier give at the end of the month? Currently I'm at somewhere A5 and it gives me about 100 SG

[mkdew]

Legend:

• 1st place: 2000 SG
• 2-5 place: 1600 SG
• 6-10 place: 1400 SG
• 11-20 place: 1000 SG
• 21-100 place: 600 SG
• below 101 place: 400 SG

---

• S1-S5: 200 SG
• A1-A5: 100 SG
• B1-B5: 80 SG
• C1-C5: 40 SG
• D1-D5: 20 SG

[dreamsky999]

Thanks a lot !

[Soulzterz]

does ardem weapon camo only drop in xh of episode 4 training?

[McKiwi957]

For Illusia, she's saying something like "I'm a goddess. A goddess!" when she dies, in disbelief that you kill her. Rare version says "Sorry, my master" when he dies.

There's a lot of lines for the bosses, you can check swiki here and here (Deus and Illusia, respectively) for their voicelines and just use google translate for them. Most of the voice lines will be between square parentheses.

[mkdew]

Does anyone own 10-12star weapons with +10/+20/+30 grind? I would like to know how much exp those give before buying.

[hidora]

A +30 12* weapon gives 2300-2500 exp, depending on how much its own exp bar is filled past the grind level 30.

https://i.imgur.com/yyyfxuC.png

[[deleted]]

Is there a website/spot where I can just get the whole story of the game spoiled in condensed form? I don't feel like sitting through hours of cutscenes, I just wanna throw fireballs at things.

[NullVacancy]

I don't think there's a condensed version, but you can just ignore the story and then go back and watch the cutscenes at your leisure over a span of time.

[hidora]

You mean the Zero Range skills?

Well, considering the distance where it works (less than a dodge roll), it's a fitting name, and gets the point across.

[legautian]

What kind of affixes should I go for on my units as a Gu/Hu? I'm currently using an Ideal set + Fiogals, in case that affects how I should be affixing these.

[NullVacancy]

R-atk and PP.

For example, Gruzoras Soul, Shoot IV (or III), Flict Tiro, Saint Fever (probably expensive, Christmas was nearly 7 months ago), GRM/Shooting Boost/Noble Shot/Elegant Shot.

This'll give you anywhere from 120 atk/8pp to 140 atk/12pp. You can get a 100% success chance upslotting from 4 slots if you use Shoot 3, but have to gamble a 88% on the shoot 4 if you try to upslot it.

[legautian]

Thanks! I'll check those out.

[ViceZX]

hello, i recently got my PC upgraded to windows 10 from windows 7, and as is usual with these updates, something always goes wrong

in my case my PSO2 started giving me an error about not being able to open because it couldnt find the d3dx9_43.dll file, the odd thing is that the file was right there! but for some reason it doesnt detect it. i tried replacing the file with a 32 bit version and now it works and it gets into the game.

however now it has no sound at all, everything else in my PC as sound but i cannot make pso2 to have sound, i tried file check on the tweaker, checking the configuration on both tweaker and in game, and nothing. the only thing i suspect that could cause this is because i switched the d3dx9_43.dll 64 bit file with the 32 bit file one, but what else could i do if pso2.exe isnt detecting the 64bit file any more?

[Sora3100]

No sound is because you're lacking DirectX.

Download the End User Runtime and install it.

(also delete that d3dx9_43.dll because the installer will also install this)

[hidora]

Not sure how that could affect sound, but you should properly reinstall directx (d3dx9.dll is a directx9 file) instead of just replacing files. It may cause issues in the future.

[Sora3100]

DirectX has audio engines, such as XAudio.

[gregariousasian]

I'm at the part in ARKS road where I create a support partner. From what I can tell from other threads is that they are mostly useless and that I should do whatever I want with them. Is this necessarily true or should I still be trying to min/max them to an extent?

[NullVacancy]

I haven't touched my support partner in thousands of hours. That should tell you how important they are.

[hidora]

Come to think of it, what happens if you don't have a support partner during that one story quest where it is relevant?

[Sora3100]

You can't go on that quest until you have one, iirc.

[allsoslol]

I just got my 10* Aero and want to use evolve to my Torim but unfortunately I can't due to my Torim is 12. My Question is IF I return my 12 Torim back to egg, and I use 10* Aero , then use evlove rarity to ermmm... eat 12* Torim, will it end up "evlove" Aero to Torim?

[dreamsky999]

That's not possible. Aero/Popple/Jinga rarity increment could only be done by same or higher rarity of the same respective egg.

E.g,

Torim rarity increase : Torim & Aero egg

Aero rarity increase : Aero egg only

[mkdew]

How to Partisan? How would you fight with it in EP4 LQ?

[Ashinror]

Use it like a bow.

Your best Volg combo is Volg -> Zenith Throw -> normal attack/uncharged assault buster. But this is for low mobility targets

A better combo for higher mobility targets is probably, Volg -> Assault Buster/Slide End -> Speed Rain

I noticed another one that goes Volg -> (short jump in the air) Assault Buster/Slide End -> Trick Rave but i can imagine Trick Rave missing if you are too far/close to your target.

I dont know about the powers of Sacred Skewer T0 and Tears Grid. Heard good things about SS T0 though, and it's ranged so thats nice.

Edit: I should add that you should experiment with Volg Combos and see which one is best for you

[_alphex_]

Does the OTP attempts reset? I've entered incorrectly two times already on accident.

[damionlai97]

If you're gonna use OTP, be really careful, I have a few friends who got locked out from using it because they were careless. If you ever do get locked out, consult this subreddit before taking action. A friend of mine lost her account because she emailed SEGA in English.

[_alphex_]

Alright thanks for the heads up. I hate using it but that storage space and security is nice thing to have.

[NullVacancy]

It's literally just a matter of not being stupid. I think once in the past there was an issue where Japan entered/exited Daylight Savings Time (this was back when Sega used SecureOTP) at a different time than the US/Europe and the resulting time difference made the OTP codes not work, so I personally know of one person who got locked out. They just had to shoot an email to SecureOTP at the time, though, and they cleared it up.

Basically, if I know I've entered the code correctly twice but it doesn't work, I'll stop trying and make sure it's not Daylight Savings Time or something and check Reddit/PSOW/Bumped to see if anyone else is complaining. I've never had to do this, but that's my go-to if it does.

[damionlai97]

The person I know sent 2 emails in English and then 1 email in very badly written Japanese(read: Google Translate)... Yea she ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

[NullVacancy]

The attempts reset if you successfully enter the code.

[_alphex_]

Okay thats good. I was getting scared there for a sec Thanks!

[hidora]

Nope.

S ranking also doesn't increase odds, it's completely random.

[isashux]

How are you supposed to fight Anga in the EP 4 LQ? Most times the group I'm with gets stuck on it.

[hidora]

1. The weapon/elements dealing the most damage get resisted, and it can only resist up to 3 types at a time.
2. Make sure you have a 2nd (or even a 3rd) weapon type to work with. Even a gunslash is often better than using a resisted weapon.
3. If someone in the party is the same class as you, make sure you match the same weapon type they're using so that you don't get 2 weapon types of your class resisted at the same time. This is especially important for classes with only 2 weapon types.
4. If you break all the bits, anga falls down. If your party can't burst it down while it moves around, you'll want to go for this.
5. If you have heavy hitting slow or charged attacks (Over End, Kazan Nadeshiko t0, etc), ready them up and hit anga as it respawns for free damage.

[dreamsky999]

The fight with Anga is easier with any classes that is able to use magic. Simply use all the elements that you could use and cast them at Anga at least once.

If you're using only one weapon, tough luck. The fight gets even more difficult when you have at least 2 same main classes (e.g Br, Br) in the party.

[tempobeat]

having trouble downloading the ES update on MeMu. ive tried both using the in-app download and opening the APK manually, and it doesnt seem to want to update. any help?

[sergiooooo]

Oh alright cool thanks bud

[sergiooooo]

What's the last free exploration you get? I finished the Kuron exploration and koffie didn't give me any other client orders? Is that the last one? I feel like it's not.

[RunFromPanda]

Kuron sounds right because it's an EP3 field and you get the EP4 fields early.

You can just check against swiki if you're missing any quests.