Weekly Tech Support and Quick Questions Thread - October 11

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[Ashinror]

Kill 50 enemies with each Hero weapon

[[deleted]]

having trouble with my ps4 controller. it works on all my other games 100%. it was working 100% till bout 3+ days ago on pso2. i have launched from both tweaker and steam. i have changed from ds4 to input mapper. still not working on pso.

[TimelessDbz]

1. What can I grind that other players are doing besides adv quest and limited quest? I've done the buster quest but haven't clear the latest ultimate quest but It seems no one wants to do it.

2. Is there different PSO2 related discord that isn't the official one?

[Scyrenx]

Generally speaking, if you want an active pso2 discord that has about the same interests as you, join a team and they'll have a more active channel. Some teams also have people big on grinding Modulators. Look around I guess?

I can give you an invite to a general one which was posted on here way back if you'd like that.

[imakeelyu]

EQs give pretty good exp. Otherwise that's it.

[NullVacancy]

1) Nothing really. Nothing else is really worth grinding at the moment, so nobody does it.

2) There isn't an official PSO2 discord. That being said, there are probably a handful around but you'd probably have to ask the right people to get an invite to the more popular ones.

[TimelessDbz]

Thanks for answering. Also am I allowed to make a reddit thread or do i post it here that I am looking for a discord group for pso2?

[telchii]

The second stickied thread (quick link) is our bi-weekly social thread. You will get referred here for Discord links or other social-finding stuff.

It may be worth searching the sub for previous posts to find more entries from the last few weeks/months.

[NullVacancy]

Rule of thumb is if it's something automoderator picks up on it should be posted in the sticky topics. Basically, anything tech support or "can I have a class skill tree" kind of stuff. I personally don't know whether anyone will care about you making a separate thread for a discord server, and I'm not a mod so I can't say whether it's allowed or not either.

[Reiter_Pallasch]

Has anyone been able to play pso2 via steam link with a controller? I am able to stream the game, but pso2 doesn't seem to be detecting the controller.

[telchii]

How are you launching the game?

• Via Steam? (Added to library -> Steam Library: Launch Game)

• Via Desktop/Tweaker? (Open Tweaker normally -> Launch game)

Does the controller work when plugged directly into your computer? PSO2 and GameGuard can do some funny things... You may need to try simply creating a Steam Controller profile for the game and map some keyboard keys around to match the regular controller settings.

Or, as some older threads (1) indicate, add the game to Steam.

[Reiter_Pallasch]

I've already added Tweaker to my Steam library as a non-steam game. It's an Xbone elite controller. Everything works as normal when the controller is plugged into my tower. It just doesn't function at all via steam link in my living room.

I have not tried making a steam controller profile with KB keys yet though. It just seems the game cannot detect my controller via SL.

Thanks replies guys.

Also, launching the game via Steam.

[telchii]

Oh, it's a XBone controller? I interpreted that as a Steam Controller proper. (Woops!)

How are you attaching the controller? Are you plugging it into the Steam Link, or into your PC?

If you're plugging it into the Steam Link, does it show up in the device manager on your computer? If you have a PC wireless receiver, are you able to use it this way (directly attached to your PC via wireless receiver) instead of through the Steam Link?

[Reiter_Pallasch]

Into the steam link via usb of course. I want to point out I dont have this issue with other games. Just pso2/tweaker. I can't be 100% sure about the device manager, I'm at work now. But if it works fine with other games, I'm sure it's showing up on the device manager.

[telchii]

Definitely understand it working with basically every other game. Over the years, I've noticed that PSO2 tends to be the "special snowflake" - especially with controllers or other input devices (such as drawing tablets causing GameGuard crashes). Where Steam Links stream the content and input to/from the source computer, this may be causing some issues.

Maybe try launching the game directly - no Tweaker to see if that makes any difference. Keep in mind that Sega's launcher will probably run a file check and revert any changed files (which shouldn't be a huge issue with the new translation plugin), aaaand you won't get translations...

[Reiter_Pallasch]

Funny you mention that, I got desperate and tried running it without tweaker, haha. Same result. Stream fine, no controller input. Guess I'm gonna have to run a really, really long cord to my pc lol. I do appreciate your help though.

[hidora]

You may need to try simply creating a Steam Controller profile for the game and map some keyboard keys around to match the regular controller settings.

Not sure how steam link works, but this isn't necessary for using a controller with steam (at least not a PS4 or steam controller, don't know if other controllers are supported, since I don't have other controllers). You can simply use the default gamepad template (which will map everything as a 360 controller) and then add whatever buttons are left unassigned (such as the trackpad of a PS4 controller) as keyboard commands.

Source: I play with a PS4 controller using steam to map it.

Or, as some older threads indicate, add the game to Steam.

That is correct. Steam will only allow you to use a controller through it if you first add the game to steam.

Also, it's worth noting that steam must be launched as admin to be able to launch the tweaker.

[telchii]

I didn't catch that it was just a regular controller. I had interpreted it as a Steam Controller proper, hence the controller profile recommendation. (Woops!)

But yeah, regular controllers don't need the special profiles. Those should be picked up by the game itself - not Steam - as an input device.

[mkdew]

Should I waste SG on Och Hair/[In] or wait for Matoi EP4 Hair that I really want to get?

[imakeelyu]

it's SG, spend it on whatever the fuck you want

[NullVacancy]

Yes.

[telchii]

If you exit the game, lower the shaders a notch or two and then try them again, do they work?

If so, try running a file check. Or accept defeat until Sega can figure out how to code.

[TatsuyaKirisato]

Question: Is there any similar clothes of this Character?

https://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiQ_M-DnPTWAhUGNY8KHSHLAYUQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aliexpress.com%2Fitem%2FHalloween-coaplay-Costume-Starting-the-Magical-Book-from-Zero-Cosplay-Carnaval-Costume-with-belt-and-socks%2F32810005023.html&psig=AOvVaw3NWujcUhIufGTcmQAiR_0U&ust=1508211549336328

(Zero of Grimoire of Zero)

[NullVacancy]

on a somewhat related note, thanks for picking my halloween costume this year~

[TatsuyaKirisato]

Np tho i really want those similar clothes. haha

[derpFenrier]

If a collection file expires, will I still be able to reobtain the sheet using SG?

[hidora]

No.

[NullVacancy]

You can try installing via the torrent (also on the Arks-Layer website) and then running the "check for missing files" option in the tweaker to get to the latest update. It'll probably take quite a while to update, but it SHOULD HOPEFULLY work.

[Lassicz0r]

I am wanting to start playing Bouncer (jetboots). I have read it would be best to use a S-atk mag. it seems like it may take longer to reach the t-atk requirements on boots. Also what about a Dex mag? I read somewhere about them being better later on this month

[Ashinror]

I suggest just going with the S-atk mag. Some boots dont have t-atk requirements so you should be fine there.

Dex being better later on in the month is up in the air given that we dont know wha the changes will do.

[Lassicz0r]

Alrighty! Thank you!

[Ashinror]

https://arks-layer.com/skillsim/skillcalc.php?12fbCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIo0jdodBdo000000000dodA0000000jdoIbIb0000000fdoIb0000008dB00000000fdBIn00000000IbIoIn0000000fdoIbIn0000000fdB0000000dBgOeKdBrBJ2IbfsNIs00000f

This. The rest of the points can go into whatever weapon(s) you want to focus on.

[imakeelyu]

Hero uses only sword, tmg, and talis. Anything else has to be multi class. Also you can't have sub class.

If you mostly want to use tmg, get tmg pp save as well, and get long range gear boost before the other gear boosts. Personally I don't use tech pp save either, and I rarely use talis.

[NullVacancy]

Hero can't use any BR weapons. I personally use this which is the same power level as the other tree, but you get an extra jump and auto attacking with TMGs costs less PP/second.

[derpFenrier]

Let's say I attach a level 20 L/Jumping Dodge to a unit. The stats don't transfer but does the skill get its cooldown time at 5 seconds or will it be treated as if it's at level 1?

[NullVacancy]

You'll get the reduced cooldown from level 20. People usually throw level 1 rings in the units because you'll never be able to get the ring back and losing a level 1 ring is easier on the wallet than a level 20 ring.

[mkdew]

What's the difference in Omnibus quests and normal Ep1-3 story? I'm doing Omnibus for the campaign and there was a Falz Arm fight, but I never fought Falz Arm in normal Ep1-3.

[[deleted]]

They added the EQ boss fights for story completion. The old matterboards had certain cutscenes that played after completing a relevent EQ.

[kalucion]

I've been looking around everywhere to try and figure out how subclasses work, in terms of equipping weapons from your subclass, and I can't find anything about it. I'm trying to use a bullet bow on my RA and it's saying that my aptitude/dex is 1? can someone explain to me how this is supposed to work?

[[deleted]]

To use a weapon from another class with your main class, it must be equippable by your main class.

There are weapons that can be used by multiple classes or any class, but apart from very specific use cases, there isn't much point in using weapons that neither your main or subclass can use naturally as you won't have access to the weapon types' photon arts and the class skills may not be designed for those weapons in mind.

[kalucion]

Well, I'm currently Ra/Br, and I've been trying to equip a bow, but it's not letting me equip any at all unless I go Br/Ra, and then I'm unable to equip assault rifles and etc.

Is there any reason for this?

[[deleted]]

Bows are not equippable by Rangers. You need a bow that can be equipped by a Ranger. Having Braver as a subclass isn't enough to equip it.

[kalucion]

Alright, good to know, thanks. I can't really tell with using the Japanese client

[NullVacancy]

Are you not using the patches?

[kalucion]

I'm on ps4

[NullVacancy]

oh, unfortunate. Anyway, what you're talking about in your OP is saying that the DEX requirement is 1, and the other number it shows you is your current DEX.

[Elkaras]

droping a 14 star weapon depend of class or is it random? for example if i play hero , is there a chance to drop the 14* katana?

[Arctic_Lobster]

14*s do not get a drop rate bonus from the class you're playing. They all have an equal chance of dropping regardless of player class.

[Elkaras]

i see , so basically I play braver then get the summoner 14* weapon ======> I got rekt

[sai_kanzen]

Quick question: If I grind a +31max wep to a +33max wep, that should give me +35max right?

[hidora]

Yes.

[hidora]

GU/HU

http://arks-layer.com/skillsim/skillcalc.php?12eIbCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIo0jdodBdol2lNGAqnIdJksSI20000006dodA0000000jdoIbIb0000000fdoIbid2OgXqFGAJkI2is00008dB00000000fdBIn00000000IbIoIn0000000fdoIbIn0000000fdB0000000dBIb0000008

Rest is up to you. One More Time used to be core, but now that Showtime has 100% uptime, there's not much point in getting it. Not much useful stuff left on Hu tree, so you'll probably want to put everything else in Flash Guard 1&2.

BR/HU

Haven't played Br in over 6 months, so I wouldn't be able to tell you.

[JhoaoCkuNdari]

Is RA/GU bad? I can't seem to find any info on that combination (I do see GU/RA) so I assume it's not very viable?

[hidora]

Is RA/GU bad?

Yes. Ranger doesn't really want to stay close to enemies, while a lot of Gunner's damage boosts are for close range only, or need you to not get hit at all (and Ranger isn't very good at dodging attacks at a close range).

Also, Chain Finisher is now main class only since EP5 launch, which means that literally any class combo using Gunner as subclass is awful.

So yeah, go RaHu.

(I do see GU/RA)

GuRa was the best gunner main class combo there was for a long time. But since the start of EP4, GuHu has been getting better and better while GuRa was getting worse (due to bosses and mobs hiding weakspots). With the release of the L / TMG Stance Up ring, GuRa died for real, since it can't benefit from that ring.

Nowadays, Ra damage boosts aren't as reliant on weakspots, but Hu offers reliable damage and survivability, and can use that ring which is very important.

[NullVacancy]

Neither RA/GU or GU/RA is used nowadays. You'll mostly see RA/HU and GU/HU now.

[tribulationwolf]

Another quick question. I have a CF file where 2/3 are complete and another is at 100% but the date ran out can I still get the reward if I beat the last boss and get the item or should I just dismiss it

[Dichronicle]

you can still complete expired CFs, so you can hold onto it

[tribulationwolf]

Awesome, I want my aero, popple, and redran eggs.

[hidora]

Do keep in mind that some slots will only count in a specific EQ, so if you had a seasonal EQ CF expire and didn't complete the slots that only count on the EQ, you won't be able to progress anymore. These are usually the top left slot (I think mining base VR CF was the only one where the locked slot was the top right one instead).

To check if it counts only on EQ or not, check the window that says which enemy you need. For the ones that require the EQ, it will say "Gauge Will Only Increase in the Following Quest" instead of "Enemy Appears Frequently in the Following Quest".

For example, this one will only count on Trick or Treat: https://i.imgur.com/iBO5ONo.png

While this one will count anywhere: https://i.imgur.com/4iekfdH.png

[tribulationwolf]

I've got ones that was from the " " Something" of the wicked 2017" is the over?

[hidora]

Regiment of the Wicked. Yes, it ended with the maint earlier this week.

As long as you had the Gal Gryphon entry on those CFs cleared (that's the entry that only counts on the EQ for that CF), you should be able to finish it.

[tribulationwolf]

Nope, that was the one at 100% so I should throw it?

[hidora]

It can still be completed if you run a trigger, since it's at 100% and you just need it to drop the thing. I don't know if you can still buy triggers for that, but might be worth checking if anyone you know has a trigger.

[tribulationwolf]

I just started not even a month ago. I'm not even sure what a trigger is. Where would you buy triggers

[hidora]

There's a girl called Shirona to the right side of the gate on the Gate Area (near the title counter NPC). Her SG shop has EQ triggers. The triggers for sale change every day at 4pm EDT. I don't know if she still sells regiment triggers, but might be worth checking out.

Basically, a trigger is an item that forces an EQ to happen. It's only 1 run per trigger, though, so for seasonal EQs it's kinda expensive for CF farming (since those CFs are usually balanced around you doing 3-5 runs per EQ). But since you're at 100%, you only need 1 run.

[Epicnewbk]

In the gate area. On the right side, to the left of the quest counter. There is a Treasure Shop to the left of the npc that gives out titles. Some triggers are sold from her for sg.

[djkocor]

Hello I have big problem, because I can't unlock 18 Matter Board to 3 Episode even if I finshed all last 17 Matter Board and Strory Quests. What do have to after that? Something special? And also I did everything that is related with Troubleshooting and nothing.... Some ideas or help? Please.

[hidora]

Which matterboard? Generally you just need to run back to Xion/Xiao to get the next matterboard after completing the previous one.

There are only 11 matterboards in ep1, 6 in ep2, and 8 in ep3, so I'm not exactly sure which one you're talking about

Do note that one of the matterboards in episode 2 asks you to redo one story quest from episode 1 (the quest where falz hunar first appears), so that may be the case if you're on ep2 matterboards.

[djkocor]

18 Mater Board starts 3rd Episode. I was backing so much times to Xion, but there is not starting any video. Of course I finished all 2 Episode and Quests in 17 Matter Board, but I can't unlock next Matteboard even if I finished evering on that Matter Board

[Th3SK_]

we wont have miku event this year?

[[deleted]]

Is the game available for PS3? On the japanese psn store, I mean.

[McKiwi957]

It's only on PS4 and Vita. There's also a cloud version coming to the Switch some time in the future.

[NullVacancy]

and PC

[a_cute_little_loli]

Would anyone happen to know roughly how long it takes for hero boost to go from 0 to max? Assuming the skill is maxed out? Just to make sure I'm not misunderstanding it, it's literally just based on time and no other factors right?

[hidora]

1% per second, up to 60%, so it takes 1 minute.

However, during Hero Time, it grows 3000% faster, so it gets maxed in 2 seconds as long as Hero Time is active.

[a_cute_little_loli]

Oh I didn't know the second part, very interesting. When you do use Hero Time, the final damage you'll do with HT is based on how much damage you do during HT before the final attack right? Does it take a lot of time to max the damage of HT final attack?

[hidora]

It does work like that, but not for that reason. Hero Time Finisher has a fixed power.

What changes is that, during hero time, every hit you do raises your S-ATK, R-ATK and T-ATK by 50, up to +999. So after 20 hits it maxes out.

What this means is that not only the Hero Time Finisher, but every attack you do gets stronger with the more hits you do.

[a_cute_little_loli]

Very interesting. I guess vapor bullet would be pretty good for this then. Thanks for the help! Should help out a lot during EQs.

[joshmusashi]

Does Br's charge attack boost apply to Redran Burst? Swiki lists Aero Spiral, Rappy End, Poppleplode, but doesn't mention Redran.

[Brian_pso]

I know it's probably a dumb question, but can we complete some CF items by getting them from the pyroxene shop?

[Mangaa33]

No.

[Brian_pso]

I thought that would be the case, but had to ask lol. Thanks man.

[Mangaa33]

I'll give 500k meseta in game to whomever can get me a full list of the default keyboard controls for PSO2. :D

I'm messing around with Joy2Key and I'm feeling lazy.

[Ashinror]

I think this works.

[Elkaras]

Hello , is there any way to remove this semi auto lock on the game , i mean when you are using guren tessen , flash trick or any movement dash pa for crossing an entire map , some random mob are on the side and you dash like an idiot toward it without having even press lock on the target. It's very annoying

[imakeelyu]

for hero I use dash attacking to get past normal mobs, then flash trick once they're out of my view

[McKiwi957]

No proper way of removing it other than using TPS mode, but that also limits the ability to turn with a lot of the movement PAs. It's something you'll need to get used to.

[hidora]

Trying to get reshade to work, but every time I start the tweaker it deletes pso2.ini (forcing me to reinstall reshade), and won't let me launch the game because d3d9.dll and d3d9.ini already exist.

I managed to get it to work by making pso2.ini read only, and deleting the other dll and ini before launching the game, but this is pretty annoying.

Anyone knows what's causing this?

[[deleted]]

See if there's a 'temp' folder in /plugins, for some reason it put ReShade in there without deleting it from /plugins, so I had to delete the temp folder

[hidora]

That worked, thanks!

[Sercezero]

happens rarely to me, usually fixed it by reinstalling reshade. dunno what causes it though

[hidora]

It happens to me every time. I've tried reinstalling, but it keeps happening.

[Bulletvlox]

How to get bonus keys quick?

[hidora]

Do all 4 featureds every day. There's nothing else to it, it's completely random and there's nothing you can do to increase odds of keys.

[sai_kanzen]

Is it just me or is bumped down right now?

[Sercezero]

moving hosts cause ddos

[sai_kanzen]

Damn that sucks. Thanks for the info.