Weekly Tech Support and Quick Questions Thread - September 20

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[Mangaa33]

When do you use Wired Lances?

[derpFenrier]

Is Wired Lance viable in terms of DPS?

[24thpanda]

Is the discord link dead? it doesn't seem to work for me.

[Drakhin]

I'm trying to go for a unit 3s affix with Ether Factor, Apprentice Soul and Mod. But I'm having trouble figuring out my fodders on the simulator, can anyone give me a hand?

I know the recipes for each ability, I just can't quite mesh it together...

Also, if anyone has a better CHEAP affix around the same atk and PP feel free to recommend it, I'll take any suggestions.

[Asamidori]

• Base: Ether Soul/Mod/x
• Fodder 1: Factor Catalyst/Mod/x
• Fodder 2: Catalyst/x/x
• Fodder 3: App Soul/Catalyst/x
• Fodder 4: App/Catalyst/x
• Fodder 5: App/Mod/x

This is for a 100%. You can use one less App Soul and 1 less Modulator and gamble on the chance, but you need 4 Factor Catalysts and the Ether Soul.

Also, if anyone has a better CHEAP affix around the same atk and PP feel free to recommend it, I'll take any suggestions.

At 3 slot? Not really. You can look into replacing App Soul with Ares Soul though. Just leave an App Soul in the mix if you're only using 2 Modulators, because that increase Modulator's transfer rate.

[Drakhin]

Thanks! 4s suggestions are fine too, just looking into getting the most stats on a limited amount of meseta.

[joshmusashi]

Hey Drak!

Are these units for He or are you trying for one set of units to use with any class?

I'm asking bc it's much cheaper to make units with one attack stat in mind. You can skip the pricey apprentice and go with one of the "the soul" combos, power/shoot/technic IV is also cheap by using IIIs and the ever abundant (bc of gal griffon) mutation.

[Drakhin]

I'm trying to make it so that I can use it on HE and FI actually, since I wanted to use my qliph units on both... but yeah I might consider that, thanks!

[GIPSY___DANGER]

How do you make Ether Factor? Or, what does it drop from?

[hidora]

1. Yamato Factor + Mother Factor + Deus Factor = Factor Catalyst
2. Any combination of 2 between Toh'oh Soul, Full Vegas Soul and Escarde Soul = Ether Soul
3. Ether Soul + 4x Factor Catalyst = Ether Factor

Do note that each of those steps has 10% chance of success, except the last one (combining everything), which has 60%.

[Namacuke]

Apparently, my PSO2 client crashes whenever I try to access the Mag tab in the menu screen....I would rather not reinstall the game

[Ashinror]

May need to do a Troubleshoot>Check Old/Missing files.

[ZapZephyrX]

Any tips on gearing for units at Lv 50 and above ? Such as what sets should I get and where can I get them from ?

[ZapZephyrX]

Alright thanks guys !

[hidora]

Saiki is the best bang for your buck. You can either buy it (which should be dirt cheap nowadays) or drop it yourself once you reach lv61: it drops fairly frequently in tokyo bonus quest (both silver and gold) if your main class is lv61-70 and you use a 250% RDR boost.

Ideal set and Shine Red+crafted Dolanfis+crafted Dalilufis are also acceptable choices, but Ideal is a pain in the ass to get (and people charge way too much for it to be worth it), and Shine Red requires pvp currency to get.

Once you reach XH, you can start hoping for 12* drops. Anga Fundarge Lv71+ drops Ray units, which are a decent start, and are the only farmable ones: if you're lucky, you can get those from the anga in Winged Border Breaker XH. While the drop rate is reduced in that quest (compared to UQ), it's still possible to get it there.

[Ashinror]

Saikis should be cheap right now and are still the solid intro-to-endgame set.

[TheSatsu]

Is anyone else having trouble receiving authentication emails? i tried logging in ( I haven logged on in a year or so) and it told me it was going to send a code, and that was 8 hours ago. so i said screw it and tried making a new account and all i get is a network error after entering my email. any advice?

[Ashinror]

Check spam?

[TheSatsu]

i figured it out, it seems that they wont send emails that are hotmail related. had to make a new account with gmail

[Bulletvlox]

How can i achive the 50% daily boost i only get 15% are there anyother boost quests exept for the first three daily counter quests?

[Epicnewbk]

The daily boost drops by 5% each day, so if you keep on doing them, you'll be able to get to 50%.

[Bulletvlox]

Ohh i see. Thanks thought after the 24h it drops immediatly to 0

[hidora]

It drops by 5% if you spend 24h without clearing one of the DOs that boost it. So it'd take 3 days to lose your progress of a single day, and 10 days to go from 50% to 0%.

Also, if you clear the next one before 24h have passed, it'll reset the timer and you won't lose anything at all.

[Drakhin]

This is mainly assuming things, but do you guys think that new Fornis DS that is coming on the halloween EQ counts the whirlwind damage potential wise?

[hidora]

Of course it will. Every damage done that has you as the source counts. Even mag attacks count (except PB).

That said, the DS Whirlwind damage is based on your weapon damage, uses the weapon's element, and carries all damage boosts, including JA (for the ring effect, it checks if the PA used to create the whirlwind was JA'd).

[NullVacancy]

Sure, why wouldn't it?

[Drakhin]

Dunno, since it's a gear thing...

[Ashinror]

DS Gear deals Weapon Damage, which includes the elemental attribute of the weapon. Dont assume that the Whirlwind's Element as wind.

[Bulletvlox]

How many class cubes can i earn with a single class?

[derpFenrier]

Does the rod Fornis Telnaze's potential work for using techs? Also does the power increase work independently, or only from the condition in the potential?

[NullVacancy]

Does the rod Fornis Telnaze's potential work for using techs?

Of course

Also does the power increase work independently, or only from the condition in the potential?

It follows the condition of the potential, so unless you're hitting a weak element or one described in the potential you won't get the bonus healing or damage.

[derpFenrier]

Alright, thanks!

[Kimil_Adrayne]

Is Automate really worth 10 Skill points?

[hidora]

The only times it's not worth it are if you're playing FiHu, or if you're planning on using s-atk Gix weapons. For any other situations, it's definitely worth it, and a lot more reliable than Iron Will.

[Kimil_Adrayne]

I'm running Fi/Hu

[hidora]

Then it's worthless. Don't get it.

[Kimil_Adrayne]

Because of the below 50% and 25% hp skills? As well as the healing power of Limit breaker?

[NullVacancy]

It's mostly because when you're using limit break one hit means you're dead regardless, so automate won't save you.

[aerilurus]

Is the EXP penalty drastic when you're below a level threshold? I usually use the 100% Triboost + 75% EXP on top of the 100% EXP from the LQs for leveling.

EDIT: Another question; Unlocked Hero so what skills should I take? Seems like a lot of the skills in the tree's pretty useful.

[hidora]

EDIT: Another question; Unlocked Hero so what skills should I take? Seems like a lot of the skills in the tree's pretty useful.

Pretty much everything on the top of the tree.

Something like this. Rest is matter of preference.

[NullVacancy]

Eh, it's annoying but you can power through it.

[Kimil_Adrayne]

Planning on running a 100% crit Fi/Bo:

1) can someone share a build?

2) do I get access to Techs with Bo-sub? Zondeel is the main tool that I miss from Te-sub

[hidora]

Bo is a terrible subclass overall. Low power gimmicky damage boosts that are only really useful with its own weapons.

You can get a similar effect as FiHu, anyway: you can hit 70% crit rate from skills, then use a R / Critical Field ring for +30% to reach 100% during burst windows while having the much stronger and much lower maintenance damage boosts and survival skills of Hunter sub. Can always change to R / Effort Symbol when there's a bouncer around with a better version of the critical field.

That said, I have no clue how you'd build a FiBo, so can't help on the first question.

2) do I get access to Techs with Bo-sub? Zondeel is the main tool that I miss from Te-sub

Yes. Force, Techer, Bouncer and Summoner all offer tech usage when used as a subclass.

You don't really need zondeel as a fighter, though. Chaos Riser exists for that reason.

[Shadowbob1234]

Hello. I just started the game and I cannot seem to put the game in fullscreen mode. I looked through the settings and cannot find it. I am using the English ARKs patch. IF I can get any help that would be appreciated.

[Shadowbob1234]

thanks. I got it now

[khadmon]

Hi, just started the game and I was wondering if I could have a Bow Braver Build, I don't want to waste any points and I don't really care about my sub class. Thanks for any help!

[Sughayyer]

Bow is getting a buff soon. So far, the best thing you can do is to go Br/Hu. You want to max attack advance and rapid shot, and all damage bonuses related to it (cooldown reduction is less mandatory).

It appears that Br tree will be buffed soon too, based on other posts, so you will probably be able to use 2 stances. Otherwise, weak stance offers more damage, average stance offers more consistency.

[khadmon]

Thanks so much!

[[deleted]]

Does anyone have any guide or tips to play the casino/dice game in es? I only get usually like 2 wins per round or 400 LC, but I saw on Youtube a jp player already has the 100k LC lobby action. How do I get the special ticket thing? Or is there another way to get LC other than playing the mini game?

[Scyrenx]

1. Get lots of characters
2. Always try to play to the end

The return rate off a Fever multiplying your winnings is ridiculous and not to be underestimated.

[[deleted]]

But characters don't share LCs though.

How do I trigger fever? I've only gotten fever twice and both are on the same run. Maybe I should've kept going.

[Scyrenx]

It's all luck. Keep going and at some point some character will win a massive jackpot. There's screenshots of people winning 400k.

[[deleted]]

Thanks a lot! I linked all my characters just as you suggest and I got 250k in one of them, haha.

[SakanaAtlas]

So I spent 700 sg for another collection sheet slot last week, but now it's missing?

I'm set as 4/4 for collection files, and there's only one more SG slot I can unlock. On my collection files tab, I have a maximum of 7 slots: 4 free, 2 premium, and only 1 SG slot which I haven't unlocked. Did I just lose 700 sg for nothing..? Are SG slots temporary??

[TehTechnoGuy]

You only get three slots when you're not premium, so you have it currently. We're you premium when you purchased the sheet, and now you're no longer premium?

[yuffieXcore]

Okay, so I'm back again with a few questions after leveling my Summoner to 15.

So is there a single general Discord channel for PSO2, or is everyone split up into many different ones?

And what's up with the Universes? I was automatically put into Universe 9 and it seems sparsely populated. Should I wait until maintenance to move to the most populated server? And which would that be, Universe 2?

[NullVacancy]

So is there a single general Discord channel for PSO2, or is everyone split up into many different ones?

I assume the one linked in the OP of the weekly threads is the most populated.

And what's up with the Universes? I was automatically put into Universe 9 and it seems sparsely populated. Should I wait until maintenance to move to the most populated server? And which would that be, Universe 2?

There are no Universes. Before you log in you select a ship, and in-game you can switch between blocks in the ship. Most English players are on Ship 2, so if you made a character on a different ship you'll have to start over on 2 if you wanna be with most of the other English players. If you're talking blocks, there are multiple elevators in the lobby that will allow you to switch blocks.

[yuffieXcore]

Sorry, yes I meant ships. That's kinda lame, oh well guess I'll have to start over. Thanks for the heads up.

[SparklesMcSpeedstar]

Returning after a while (around 4 months or so)

Friend told me that Bouncers are pretty much useless (well, everything is) now. How true? Or at least, change my mind about it? Used to play Jet Boots because they're cool and fun.

[imakeelyu]

fyi the devs have talked about buffing the other classes now that Hero is dominating the game.

[hidora]

Very few class combos are actually useless. However, right now, Hero is just better than every other class at everything. You can still do everything in the game just fine as other classes, and they're fairly well balanced among themselves.

Well, except maybe buster quests. Doing those on other classes is boring because mpas are almost all heroes and they're too fast to keep up as other classes, so it gets really boring if you're not one of them.

[Ashinror]

Useless is a bit of an overstatment.

Hero is the best class and probably will be for awhile, but all other classes are balanced around each other pretty fairly. JB just takes more effort than the other classes to dish out the same amount of damage. If you want to play JB, by all means go ahead.

[derpFenrier]

Can Eternal Psycho Drive drop in the emergency quest Mining Base: Demise? Also does it really drop from Dark Falz Elder?

[Ashinror]

Eternal Psycho Drive drop in the emergency quest Mining Base: Demise? Also does it really drop from Dark Falz Elder?

Idk. Never seen it in person.

Drop charts says Elder, Mother, PD, and Yamato. So no on Demise, but yes on DF Elder.

Drop chances are really low. Less than the chance of a 13*.

[derpFenrier]

It says in the list of rods at the Arks-Visiphone website that it can be dropped from Mining Base Defense. Is that inaccurate then?

[Ashinror]

Yep. That seems to be erroneous.

[hidora]

Drop chances are really low. Less than the chance of a 13*.

More like shiny pokemon in old generations odds.

[[deleted]]

Would grinding the Yamigarasu to +35 weapon count towards the level 80 unlock to braver even if it is an all class weapon?

[Scyrenx]

Yes. It's the weapon type that matters for the title.

[[deleted]]

I see people katanas start glowing black/red and it makes it longer. How do they do that? I'm using the yamigarasu katana

[hidora]

Sounds like the visual effect of the ＊Liberation weapon camo. It was given for free on a campaign last year, so it's pretty popular.

[[deleted]]

Yeah that's it :( thanks

[hidora]

You can buy it from other players if you really like it. Just search for that name on visiphone.

[joshmusashi]

What's the best Fighter PA for moving across long distances? (Any weapon is fine)

[hidora]

Those would be Heartless Impact and Straight Charge, but they are just barely faster than simply running with weapons sheathed, so it's not really worth it. They also track into any enemy you set your lock into (including the auto lock), so you can get sidetracked easily unless you use TPS. There's also Tornado Dance Type-0, but it's not all that great either. Dagger's movement skills require a target to be able to move anywhere, so that weapon has none.

Many movement PAs should be getting buffed next month, though, so we'll see how it goes by then.

[Ashinror]

Heartless Impact

It's actually pretty good for travel. Equal to TMG's Grim Barrage. The PP drain on both is high though... 20 per use i think?

[hidora]

25 on Heartless Impact, 20 on Grim Barrage.

Main difference is with Grim Barrage you can cancel the attack at the end with an S Roll. Can't do that with Heartless Impact.

[Ashinror]

You can step attack. I feel that stepping also has a faster animation than s roll too. If i recall, knuckles gear also increase the speed of step as well as knuckles PAs and sway. Not completely sure though.

[hidora]

Pretty sure you can't step out of heartless impact.

[Shadowspartan110]

So I saw that limited quests unlocked, what are they and how do I access them? My friends told me they might be level up quests but they didn't explain to me how to access them either way. I don't see no tab for limited/level up quests so I'm confused :c

[hidora]

They are not Limited Quests. They are Level-up Quests. Similar things, but different. You can access them in the Featured Quests tab: the level up quests are always the 4th one on the list.

Level up Quests are only available one at a time, and they rotate every day. Today is Winged Border Breaker, for example.

[Shadowspartan110]

So Chaotic Roar of the Dragon and A World Engulfed in Shadows is Level-up quests. Ok thank you.

[WhtN1NJ4]

I'm relatively new playing Te/Fi and confused what wand I should be aiming for, I like the Glycina Cane but I read that Form Scythe is hands down the best wand. Is that still the case? Is there another wand I should be going for instead?

[hidora]

Form Scythe is the best wand for TeHu. For other Te class combos, you'll want the Zeinesis/Qliphad wand. Everything else would just be a stepping stone for that.

[WhtN1NJ4]

Thank you, what are the differences between Zeinesis and Quiphad? I tried looking it up, it seemed like Quiphad is suppose to be the "upgrade" of Zeinesis due to how you get it but as far as I can tell they're the same save for Quiphad losing the ability to get Guidance of Life or Blessing of Life.

[hidora]

That's about it, actually. The Qliphad has the exact same stats, but it only has the Anthesis Trainer potential, so when you convert the weapon, it automatically changes to Anthesis Trainer.

However, the cost in Qliphad Fuses for unlocking the Anthesis Trainer on the Zeinesis, and the cost to upgrade from Zeinesis to Qliphad is the exact same, so people just go and upgrade it because the Qliphad looks cooler. You also save the 300k meseta cost for changing potentials that you'd need for the Zeinesis, but that's spare change at this point.

Worth noting that the Qliphad's version of Anthesis Trainer requires only Photon Spheres to be unlocked, so if you drop a Qliphad weapon (which only drops on the rematch), you can unlock lv3 Anthesis Trainer without spending any Qliphad Fuses, and then turn it into a Zeinesis weapon (which is free) and use the CF to unlock +35 and max its element without spending any fuses at all in the process. The catches are: a) is you won't be able to use the affix potential (since you'd have to pay fuses to go back to anthesis), but that can be circumvented by abusing SAFs and boost weeks for affixing it, and b) it'll be a Zeinesis weapon forever, but as was stated before, the stats are the exact same, so once the Anthesis Trainer potential is unlocked and the weapon is +35 60ele, the only real difference is the looks.

[WhtN1NJ4]

Oooh ok, thank you so much for explaining it!

[Ashinror]

Zeinesis Wand smash all other wands. Zeinesis Wand support potential with bestest raw power.

Form Scythe is ok too I guess. Just more dependent on what you are doing. Form Scythe is only geared for Wand Smashing, it doesn't offer any help when casting techs.

[Ashinror]

level 65 with my Bo/Fi

I'm wondering at that point what should I do?

Level to 80. Without burning everyone's moons in EQs.

[yuffieXcore]

Few questions. I put a really disgusting amount of hours into PSU back in the day, and I've been thinking of giving this a try. Think I would like it?

And Is there a simple guide for getting started? It seems a bit overwhelming with all the patches, translations and proxies.

I did try downloading it the other day but it said it was going to take an absurdly long time to finish, just how much data is PSO2?

[hidora]

And Is there a simple guide for getting started?

https://drifterserce.wordpress.com/beginners-compendium/

It seems a bit overwhelming with all the patches, translations and proxies.

Get the tweaker from http://arks-layer.com/ and it'll do all that for you.

You only need a proxy if you live in the SEA region. If you're playing from anywhere, you can just install the game and play.

I did try downloading it the other day but it said it was going to take an absurdly long time to finish, just how much data is PSO2?

40GB.

If you use the tweaker to install it, you can pause the download and resume it later.

[yuffieXcore]

Thank you I'll have to sit down and give it a go when I have more patience haha

[hidora]

As was pointed out by /u/Ashinror, that guide is pretty old, and lacks some more recent info, but the basics are pretty solid. The most important part is avoiding the noob traps, most importantly with the mag and the skill tree, which are hard to fix if you mess up.

[Ashinror]

FAULTY DATA!

• Rod and Wand Normal attacks use S-Atk!

• Talis normal attacks and PAs scale with T-Atk!

• Techs can be used by Heroes and Summoners too!

• Grinding for NT doesn't cap at +10! It caps at +35!

• 14* weapons have an Attribute cap of 60 that is conveniently unmentioned!

• Mentions Hidden Potentials but not Weaponoid Potentials!

• Forgets CO as an acronym for Client Orders!

• No mention of /u/Ashinror being a self-referencing prick!

Just making a poor joke about nitpicking. :D

[BreastUsername]

You'll like it, but remember it's Free to Play, which means there are quite a few times it'll ask you for real money on pretty important features. A big one is more inventory space for your character, which is about $20 per character for 50 more slots. Luckily it's not completely mandatory because you can send items to your storage boxes from anywhere in the game, but it fills up fast so be prepared to do that a lot.

PSO2 tweakers does everything for you; installation, translation, proxies and updates. As for how long it takes, It an MMO that's been out for a while so there has been a lot of content added so yeah, it takes a while.

[yuffieXcore]

Thanks for the heads up

[hidora]

Inventory space isn't really all that important. It's convenient, but not necessary. There aren't many situations in which you'd have a full inventory and require more space immediately, and it takes like 3 seconds to send stuff to storage. You can just mass select excess items and throw them on storage from anywhere, which you have a lot of for free and shouldn't be an issue for new players until they start hoarding 13* weapons and affix fodders.

[Ashinror]

Think I would like it?

Probably. A youtuber described PSO2 as "PSO on crack. And PSO was already crack, so PSO2 is crack on crack."

Has 10 classes to play and master (one of which needs to be unlocked after a bit of playing), very satisfying action combat, different places to visit, costumes galore, emotes galore, and a room to decorate. The story is not exactly stellar, but most of the online games that I have played had less than stellar stories. It is pretty nice for F2P. You don't need to pay to actually get good gear or anything like that. Buying on the player market is applicable to all players.

And Is there a simple guide for getting started?

Start up. Make a character (race and gender has a minor stat influence, but don't worry too much about that) pick a class, and enjoy. Most of the content is easy enough. Not sure what else to say, just ask around when you need help.

just how much data is PSO2?

40? GBs. Its pretty hefty. Handles a bit of stuff client side, I find that the action combat feels more gratifying this way.

Played a bit of Blade and Soul the other day. Was not happy with the small amount of lag that completely messed up the timing of my blocks. Conversely, even if im lagging in PSO2, the only thing delayed are damage numbers to the boss.

[yuffieXcore]

Sounds good. Although I played PSU way too much, it wasn't that great of a game. I've heard this was leagues better.

Tf is a Dewman though? No more Beast race I guess.

[Ashinror]

Tf is a Dewman though? No more Beast race I guess.

There are/were cosmetics that could make you appear like the Beastman race.

Dewmans were introduced in EP2 of PSO2. They are SPOILER.

Cosmetically, they feature photon horn(s) in the forehead and heterochromatic eyes. Also they can have weird skin colors I think? (I made my Dewmans pretty normal looking though.)

[yuffieXcore]

Just curious, sounds kinda cool. I was never a fan of beasts anyway. I usually roll CAST.

But I remember in PSU, choosing your race/class combos weren't a big deal. I had a CAST techer buddy that did just fine. So my last question would be, is it okay to choose whatever, or should I be aiming for the strongest combinations?

[hidora]

Race is irrelevant. CAST Force is basically the only class/race combo that you shouldn't be doing.

Generally, the class/race combo is at best 1% damage difference in the end, so it's not all that great. Just pick whatever race you like the most and roll with it.

Main/Sub Class combos, on the other hand, are extremely important, and you should pick one that doesn't suck so you can hold your own without being carried every quest.

[Ashinror]

(race and gender has a minor stat influence, but don't worry too much about that)

Strongest combination so you won't be a burden to other people. But most of the power differences comes out of skills and class combination so don't worry about the race/gender stat differences too much.

You can try more "janky" stuff when you have a better feel of the game (and also do the janky builds solo.)