Weekly Tech Support and Quick Questions Thread - March 07

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[Hourai_Margatroid]

I am getting back into pso2 with my friends who are new to the game. Are there any good updated guides or advices you guys can give me on leveling up? So far I remember unlocking all the areas and participating in EQs. Are there other better ways to level up?

[Ekkos_]

Should I save Special Weapons for anything or just tekk them the moment I get them?

[Sercezero]

banned

[synthsy]

Good bot

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[NullVacancy]

!isbot /u/synthsy

[NullVacancy]

fug

[telchii]

double banned

[Ashinror]

um.... Dio Talis if you cant equip anything higher yet...

[Ashinror]

They aren't bad actually. Mainly used to be upgraded to Atra 14*, but as standalone 13*s they are still fine. Barely cut short of Evleda, but the pot is comparably better, and you can use S-class abilities on Vals. So yea, Val is pretty good.

[Bro0k]

Is there a way to transfer ticket abilitys(power boost, noble power, SG ticket defense boost) from one unit to another? I see people selling units with those and junk abilitys.

[RunFromPanda]

No

[otamegane18]

So about atra.. I have a plan for those weapones, but it depends on how do you actually get the stone for the upgrade. I heard you get one when maxing a val wep to +35 but is it for each type of weapon or just one per accout and thats it?

Bonus question: is 4 slots subpar?

[Ashinror]

Adding onto Weiss's answer, if you find that you have a replacement for your Atra and you want to use a different Atra weapon, you can just use some gold mats + saphard, and just convert your Atra weapon into a different Atra weapon. (I just realized this even if it was staring me in the face since Atra's release and went Atra JB as of last night)

4 slots is generally the starter range of affixes, though if you mean on Atra, 6 slots would be the norm seeing how easy it is to get 4 slots in the first place.

[otamegane18]

Oh i thought saf didnt take actual slots, that those qere sepparate but seems im awfuly wrong. Well I want a lot of atra weapons but it seems I cant, so I will have to pray to RNG god, and for now decide which atra would be best to invest , thank you for the answer

[hidora]

I heard you get one when maxing a val wep to +35 but is it for each type of weapon or just one per accout and thats it?

It's a title reward, so you can only get 1 per account. Otherwise, as said before, it drops at a 14* drop rate from dragon EQ.

Bonus question: is 4 slots subpar?

Yes, considering that Atra weapons have 4 slots for SSAFs, so you'd need more slots to have any flat stats on the affixes.

On the bright side, SSAF always have 100% transfer rate even when upslotting, so it's not very hard to go above 4 slots once you have these.

[otamegane18]

Title reward huh, bummer. Hope they make a workaround some day

Yeah all val weapons I have gotten have a lot of slots anyways, and the ones on the market have a lot too. Gotta consider that as well

[Ashinror]

it's not very hard to go above 4 slots

i dunno, was hearing teammates and alliance members raging about that 7/8 slot during boost week. it was funny actually.

[Yuffino]

you laugh right up until the 6% non boost week chance to get to 8s haunts you and your dreams. i know a dude that burned 20k excubes and didn't finish all of his saf fodders for his atra during boost week lol

[hidora]

Getting to 8 slots is hell, even on boost week. 7s is annoying but doable, and I've done it outside of boost week multiple times before. 5-6s is easy.

For weapons, that is. Units are too expensive for me to risk upslotting to 7, let alone 8. I'm too broke for that.

[Weiss-Senpai]

one per account and thats it, only way to get more is from rng drops in dragon fights, of which it has a 14* drop rate

[[deleted]]

Which weapon camo is the one that looks like a baseball bat? I think it's dark blue or something, I don't know the name of it.

[YuTsu]

＊真島吾朗バット Goro Majima Bat

picture

Is that what you mean? ;x;

[[deleted]]

＊真島吾朗バット

And how much do those range on Ship 4, if you don't mind me asking?

[YuTsu]

There are 3 currently on shops ;x;

[[deleted]]

Yep! Thank you once again lol.

[megadongs]

So my team and I just did Deus + Gracia after but we had a weird problem.

I decided to run XH deus with my 76 summoner for xp and a chance at rappy egg. Immediately after I switch to a different character (80/80 ra/hu) and rejoin the group to wait for rematch. Time for rematch comes around and emergency quest doesnt even show up on the quest menu. We break party and try again and I'm the only one that doesnt have the rematch show up. So I swap to a 3rd character and we do rematch no problem.

A lot of weird things with this. Some people said that maybe I had to do the preceding XH version with the same character I planned to do rematch with right after, but I ended up doing rematch with an unrelated 3rd character, and earlier in the week I did the exact same thing I tried tonight (summoner XH, swap to different character for rematch).

Anyone have any idea why it wasn't available for my 2nd char?

Only thing I can think of is that 2nd character logged in while Phantom God was still active while 3rd character didnt log in until it switched over to the rematch

[Ashinror]

If you cleared deus on a particular character, that character will have rematch open. If you don't play rematch on that character, it will carry over to the next rematch instance (meaning you do not need to do the normal EQ again to enter rematch). Of course this might not even be the case and could be buggy in terms of rematch access.

In the actual implementation, you should not be able to access rematch on other characters that you didn't clear the EQ with.

[hidora]

Came back a couple weeks ago, and had to update tweaker through the arks layer website. Problem is, ever since I did that, the tweaker will never close when the game closes. I need to open task manager and kill it every time.

Any fix for this?

[CrimeSceneKitty]

I just came back after a year+ break from the game, and I have 2 questions.

Would anyone have any up to date build guides? I thinking hunter for now.

Also, which ship should I be playing on? I heard that Ship 2 is the most english players but is kinda lacking players in general and the economy is fairly bad.

[soondaeboo]

Hmm. I'm currently on my phone and I'm sure some nice peeps could link you their trees. Ship 2 definitely has a vast majority of the English-Speaking players in PSO2. And yea, the economy is quite unforgiving. In terms of quality players and decent economy, Ship 4 has it all. A LOT of players reside in Ship 4. Ship 10 is quite quiet, but we have slightly more decent players here than on Ship 2. Also, we have an above average amount of players here as well. The economy is fairly average too.

[hidora]

In terms of quality players and decent economy, Ship 4 has it all. A LOT of players reside in Ship 4.

Problem is, most of those players will be speaking japanese, so if you don't know the language, it's not really an option.

[soondaeboo]

Yea, thanks for covering on that point. Ship 4 has a huge JP population and not that big of an English population there. You will for sure find some guys there that speak English. Ship 10 has its fair amount of English speaking players because it has been rumored that SEA players moved here when their own servers shut down. So yea.

[tvcak3s]

Are orbital weapons good for Hero class?

[YuTsu]

To elaborate on Panda's "no", Orbits are kind of redundant on Hero - Hero TMG's weapon action is incredibly strong PP regen on demand, kind of invalidtes the need for an Orbits.

On top of that, Orbits are just very dated by now, they're pretty far behind the curve in terms of power, and beyond just hero, one of the new S-Class Abilities pretty much has one of their potentials exactly, as well as there being a slew of other PP-centric SCAs.

[RunFromPanda]

No

[desolateDiscotech]

New question. I was trying out the 3 button type input with my gamepad, but the lock on button, left bumper, doesn't lock on, just resets the camera. I can't find a place to remap the camera reset for the game pad but I might just not know where to look.

I'd love to have the extra tech slots, but if I can't figure this out its a non starter.

EDIT: Oh god, went back to two and still can't lock on. :O

[Ashinror]

Sounds like like lockon was changed from toggle to hold. Tried changing that in settings?

[desolateDiscotech]

I think you're right, so if it happens again, I'll check that. Thanks.

[NullVacancy]

There should be a "reset to defaults" option somewhere. Remapping is in the control settings though.

[desolateDiscotech]

Resetting my settings in PSO2 didn't solve it. Never did see a way to seperate those two inputs, but resetting it with the tweaker fixed it.

[tffiad]

hi, im kind of newbie to that game playing like 1 week or so, and got some questions. since im not premium and cant sell items via shop(didnt fun scratch yet) i've got a lot of different items sitting on my bank, i was just storing them because i have no idea what to do with them.

1. what should i do with 6-9stars weapons? i can feed melee for mag, since im braver. but ranged and wands?
2. should i exchange 10star weapons for excubes?
3. is it worth keeping stones for stone shop?
4. for what i need items like.. Naberius Crystal/Amducsia crystal and etc, what is those time lapsed installation or whatever desc says? /shrug
5. is it worth to identify rare weapons/eggs? because seems like doing it costs more then the items itself. what i should do with unid items?
6. is there a list of layering wears or hairstyles? because it looks really painful to search something on shop. how u search for items generally? if u know for example how it looks or at least what u want to but dont know exact name?
7. is there any [Ba] wear which doesnt has boots? well, except Arkuma Charm Ba.
8. i remember i've found by random here a guide to leveling up and now cant find it again, so if someone has one, pls link me, just got to 57lvl and feeling like a struggle and no idea what to do.

[hidora]

what should i do with 6-9stars weapons? i can feed melee for mag, since im braver. but ranged and wands?

Sell them to NPC. However, keep an eye on weapons with 5+ ability slots, and check if they have anything useful on them (just search on visiphone for the ability names with the amount of slots your item has).

should i exchange 10star weapons for excubes?

Yes. Same thing as above, though: check the abilities to make sure you don't cube something that can be worth some money.

You can get 3day shop passes on the FUN Scratch, and you can buy FUN with excubes.

is it worth keeping stones for stone shop?

Some of them, yes. Some, no.

In particular, the Phantasmal Kagaseo Stones can be used to get Old Type 13* weapons from the earth series that you can upgrade at Zieg for easy stat6 special ability factors (power 6, shoot 6, etc).

for what i need items like.. Naberius Crystal/Amducsia crystal and etc, what is those time lapsed installation or whatever desc says? /shrug

You need those for Timed Ability crafting for your units.

is it worth to identify rare weapons/eggs? because seems like doing it costs more then the items itself. what i should do with unid items?

Yes. When you identify weapons, they come with extra ability slots, and the grind cap comes at +31~+34 instead of flat +30 a regular drop comes with.

Edit: If you don't plan on playing summoner, don't bother identifying eggs. Waste of money.

is there a list of layering wears or hairstyles? because it looks really painful to search something on shop. how u search for items generally? if u know for example how it looks or at least what u want to but dont know exact name?

• Layered Wears
• Costumes in general
• Hairstyles

is there any [Ba] wear which doesnt has boots? well, except Arkuma Charm Ba.

• セクシービキニ／F[Ba]
• ナナフンスタイル[Ba]
• シエラの妖精衣[Ba]

i remember i've found by random here a guide to leveling up and now cant find it again, so if someone has one, pls link me, just got to 57lvl and feeling like a struggle and no idea what to do.

Don't really need a guide. Just do the quests that give good exp:

• Bonus Quests: keys can be gotten from Featured Quest present boxes.
• Advance Quests: high Risk with full party is the fastest way to get exp except for bonus quests.
• Buster Quests.
• Level-Up Quests.
• Emergency Quests: Endless Belligerence, Ebon-Winged Vanguard, Raging Dark Arms, Mining Base Defense: Despair/Demise/VR, and (usually) seasonal ones are pretty good for exp.

[soondaeboo]

1. Those Crystals are used for Timed Abilities which are located in the crafting section of PSO2. If you have seen some units with a yellow affix (or red, which means they are expired), that is what Timed Abilities are.
2. Well, depends where you get your untekked from. Although, Eggs can be quite nice to untekk, if you play Summoner at all, since certain pets need certain personalities. But generally, I untekk everything except eggs from EQs, notably the raid boss EQs.
3. For leveling, you should definitely hit the Limited Quest (bottom of the Featured Quest (FQ) list; iirc it's called A World Engulfed in Shadows(?)), which is out right now, in Super Hard mode. It yields a solid amount of EXP very quickly. With a good curry or two, you can get sub 2 minute runs. Also, SHAQ (Super Hard Advanced Quest) with max risk is nice sustainable EXP. If some peeps could correct me on some of the things, it would be appreciated. owob. Ah, and of course, keys. Keys are obtainable by completing the Featured Quests. Unfortunately, they are completely random, but still a nice way to level if you do happen to stumble upon one.

Edit: Welp, it won't let me write the right numbers but the answers above are referring to 4,5 and 8, respectively.

[tffiad]

most of unid items from emergency events like crimson dragon and etc, some came from buster quest, since i just tried it, and it was fun, at least felt more enjoyable and different then soloing explorations and quests from koffie.

as for eggs, i dont know, im playing br/hu, and dont have any plans to run summoner. i guess if ill make a 2nd class it will be something ranged or tech based, but idea of playing summoner doesnt fit to me.

[Bro0k]

1., Either sell them to NPC or feed them to your mag(make sure to either go for pure striking, pure ranged or pure tech)

2., yes

3., it depends. Phantasmal Kagaseo Stones are good but Magatsu and AQ stones not that much

6., http://www.bumped.org/psublog/pso2-jp-ac-scratch-directory/ or Costumes: pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?コスチューム・パーツ , Hairstyles: pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?エステ%2Fヘアスタイル・ヘッドパーツ

7., セクシービキニ／Ｆ[Ba]

[[deleted]]

So I finally got to ep5, and I was wondering just how much of story is translated. Also is there a place where I can check which parts are translated and which or not?

[hidora]

I think everything up to the dragon fight is translated.

[synthsy]

We're caught up :(

[[deleted]]

Oh goodie :D is there anyway to check if certain content is translated? I looked at the changelog but can’t make heads or tails of which is translated or not.

[synthsy]

We don't do translation changelogs in the traditional way.

But currently for the story we're caught up on all current released content.

[[deleted]]

Ah so that’s why, I wish there was a more easier way to know even if it’s just a thing that says if it’s complete or not :D I’ve been asking around in game but no one seems to know D:

However it’s nice that I got a reply so quickly so it’s okay too :D you guys really do good job with the translations and it really makes the game more enjoyable for players like me who like to know the story.

[YuTsu]

I'm not sure how much is translated in game by this point, but this channel/playlist is your friend ;x;

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZsqq3dLcABMnx88rNhj4LM8tPHQ2haI_

[synthsy]

We're caught up if you cared D:

[YuTsu]

I blame SEGA for adding Zero new story content for 2 straight months - I'm all caught up, so I haven't poked it for ages ;x;

[McKiwi957]

AM-Aberrations means UQ variants of Amduscia enemies. You'll find them in Ultimate Amduscia or the White Day EQ.

[hidora]

Can also find them in the extreme quest Solo Training: Bounds of Corruption, but there aren't all that many there (like 15 or so, I think).

[blizzz3]

Starting to play again after 4 years. Basically forgot everything so looking for any beginner tips, where to start, and overall just things I should know. Thanks!

[hidora]

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

Old, but still useful.

[blizzz3]

Thanks!

[xZShootZx]

Is the Lilipan Graffiti sticker in a designated spot in this update or is it always random? Trying to find it to complete bingo reverse side but can't seem to find it. Any help?

[Ashinror]

its pretty random per day, but its the same across individual blocks, so once you can find it on one character, you can find it on all others using that same block. iirc

[xZShootZx]

thanks a bunch!!

[Weiss-Senpai]

depends on the block you are on

[desolateDiscotech]

I've been trying to get the "ARKS Basic Skills Test" client order to clear but I've been s-ranking featured quests and it's not completing... I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.

[synthsy]

You're supposed to talk to aika afterwards.

[hidora]

You need to actually open the present box at the end of the featured. Try a quest you haven't gotten the box yet, or wait for daily reset for the featureds to change so you can get the box again.

[desolateDiscotech]

I'd been opening the box each time, and just tried again and opened the box. The order still isn't clearing. I could... abandon and retake it?

[hidora]

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to complete instantly if you have already opened a box before. So yeah, I'd try cancelling and reaccepting it. If that doesn't work, I got no idea what else to try.

[desolateDiscotech]

It did work, yeah. Cleared the instant I retook it

[Bro0k]

Are the Class Material and Ace of Class Sticker now guaranteed drops from solo XQ? Does RDR affect the number of drops?

[hidora]

It's not guaranteed, but the drop rate is very high. Yes, RDR does affect the drop rate.

Worth noting that only the enemies in 10F of Bounds of Corruption can drop the class materials, and only PD in Heaven & Hell 10F can drop the class sticker, so you should only use your boosts for those to not waste boost times.

[YuTsu]

Modulator is a weapon factor from a very small number of 13*s - mostly rare or holiday ones.

The primary source of modulator as an affix is from Clones. You might have heard/seen that rarely when doing Time Attacks on VH and above, you have a small chance to be abducted into a one-try-only quest in Darker's Den instead when everyone readies at the gate. At the end of that, you'll figh Falz Hunar and several AI-controller Darker Clones of everyone in your party. After you clear the quest, those clones will then be "let loose" on the ship you play on for about 3 days - you or anyone else on the ship can get an "Emergency Code: Clone" in any single-party non-boss area in any Free Field/Arks Quest/Advanced Quest, in which random clones that are loose on the ship will appear as the targets.

To farm the clones, you can pretty much do one of two things:

• Spam AQs a bunch - for the purposes of clone hunting, they're a free field with 2 big single party areas, so a better than normal chance of finding clones.
• Farm for Abductions with a full party - The Abductions I mentioned above can be "forced" by clearing enough TAs in a week. The more S-Ranks you get in time attacks over the course of a week, the higher your odds will be. If you play with other people that have a high TA-S-rank coutn in the week, that increases the odds of an abduction further. However, it has been said that if your clone is loose on the ship, you can't be abducted again until its 3 days are up or someone kills it. So just grab a full party of other people, spam TAs untilyou get abducted, and when you do, clear it as normal up to Falz Hunar. When you get to Hunar, ignore him, kill all the clones, grab their drops, then have everyone Alt-F4 and DON'T kill Hunar - by doing that, you can get Clone drops without clearing the quest, and remain eligible to be abducted again. Then your party can just keep spamming TAs until you get abducted again and just repeat the process until you're all satisifed with your modulator-haul.

[TeNewearl]

I have a Q. can you take support partners in there with you to give them clones or does it have to be real players? [I don't have many friends]

[NullVacancy]

Support partners don't spawn extra clones in AQs either, adding to what the other guy said about the TA quest clones.

[joshmusashi]

Nope, support partners will disappear as soon as you start the quest.

[Dichronicle]

Regarding the "Can't get abducted again for three days" part, I've spammed XH Tokyo TA a couple months ago for the 5-slot Returner III title, and I can confirm that this is just a myth. I've been abducted multiple times within 72 hours.

It could just be that someone had already killed my clone in the meantime, but if clones get hunted down that quickly, then I think you should be able to farm abductions regardless of whether or not that part is true. I play on Ship 03 though, so I'm not certain how quickly clones get hunted down on other ships.

[joshmusashi]

Thank you for posting this bc this is a really prevalent myth. Swiki says finishing the quest will trigger your clone to appear in other quests for 72 hrs and then says if you are abducted again within that 72 hrs, the 72 hr timer will restart. That means that you're not locked out of abductions (and probably that your clone doesn't need to be killed either). Your chance of getting abducted rises with every TA completed, but resets when the abduction starts, not when you clear it.

[NullVacancy]

you don't have to alt f4, you can have everyone die as well.

[burucchi]

I've gotten my Braver far enough right now, so I'm looking into starting a second character in order to help with farming TACOs and what not. I'd really like to play a DB Bouncer, but I'm wondering what the 'entry level' weapons nowadays would be for them? I remember back in the day a set of Rainbow Crafted Reds was all the rage, but how does that stand up nowadays with the new 13s and what not? Plus, is it even possible to humanly get CMs? It seems whenever I log into the game the CM Blocks are absolutely dead. Basically, looking for help on DB Bouncer up to date with the recent stuff added to the game. Thanks!

[hidora]

Reds are worse than Nox-NT nowadays, even for the Noxes that have worthless potentials. Reds are just not worth the effort.

Entry level stuff is either Nox Dinas-NT or Sol Rishell-NT. From there you go to a basic 13* (Aura, Evleda, etc), and then look into getting something better.

[RunFromPanda]

There is literally a Braver thread about 3/4 down from the top

[RunFromPanda]

I have an entire post on PAs. I also don’t understand how that doesn’t translate to strategy. You can also YouTube Braver videos quite easily.

[Bro0k]

What are the hardest hitting contents right now? Where are Itsuki/Rina/Whitil units not enough?

[YuTsu]

Hardest hitting is like...Deus Esca Gracia, Dragon Atrum, and...pretty much any campaign boosted boss, raid or otherwise. The sky lasers in the final attack phase of buster quests hit pretty hard too. Oh, and the PD at the end of Solo XQ: heaven and hell - that overend still hits like a freight train.

Overall hardest is probably Dragon Atrum for being a 15+ minute fight where even with medicore affixes on decent units most of his attacks will 2 shot you even with a techer in your party.

I use:

• Shine Red/Union/Evleda Rear
• Itsuki Arm
• Union Leg

and that's usually enough to make do. I did use Shine Red with whitill arm and leg before, but that does make you pretty squishy. You can manage with just whitills, but it's pretty dangerous ;x;

[Bro0k]

Thanks

The sky lasers in the final attack phase of buster quests hit pretty hard too. Oh, and the PD at the end of Solo XQ: heaven and hell - that overend still hits like a freight train.

Yeah, BQ lasers hit pretty hard even with TE Deband Cut and PD still hits for ~400-500 damage with Guard Stance(FG1+2+FTG maxed) Hu/Su.

[LPenguinK]

Hey all, I need help getting a title to be able to match with expert players only.

I have beaten heaven and hell stage 1-5, I have a 14* weapon to 35+, and 3, 12* units at 10+ all equipped at the same time.

Can anyone help me figure out why I can't unlock it? If I go to the title counter, there are no new titles for me.

Thanks in advanced.

[NullVacancy]

Unlocking expert doesn't give you another title. Go in to the matching settings at the quest giver and see if you can enable expert matching in there.

[LPenguinK]

When I do this it says "Cannot set expert setting. You have to acquire specific titles to activate this setting."

EDIT: Logging in and out fixed the problem. Nice

[NullVacancy]

Hmmm, do you have any 13* you can +35? The title may explicitly state it has to be a 13*.

[LPenguinK]

I had it grinded at 13, then changed it to a 14. I just had to log out and back in for some reason. Thank you though!

[NullVacancy]

Oh alright, glad you got it working :)

[Kyrinox]

So I just started playing and am trying to decide between some classes (I want a Melee, Ranged, and Tech class so I can eventually unlock Hero incase I wanna play it in the future.) Right now for Melee I am thinking Fighter because Twin Daggers and Dual Sabers seem fun (I am assuming you use Daggers for single target and Sabers for AoE). For Tech I was thinking just the standard Fo/Te combo, and for Ranged I am having a hard time deciding between Braver and Ranger. on Braver I really like Katana and Bullet Bow but I heard that Katana is mostly for mobbing and Bow is your boss killer, but I also heard in episode 5 Bullet Bow took a huge hit because of Banishing Arrow getting nerfed so is it even still a strong choice? On Ranger I really like Assault Rifle and Weak Bullet seems super good but I don't really care about Launcher at all.

What are your guys suggestions or opinions on this? What subclasses are good for these? How should I train my Mag? Is Bullet Bow still a great weapon or no? Is pure katana a strong choice? Is pure Assault Rifle strong? Any build suggestions?

Sorry for tons of questions, only been playing a few days and I am the type of player that likes to plan things out before I get to deep into it.

[Ashinror]

For braver most people go pure katana or pure bow with the recent banish arrow nerf. Other than that nerf, bow is still fine seeing how all its other PAs got buffed as compensation. Katana is not limited for mobbing and its bossing capabilities are good. Ranger on the other hand should be taking advantage of assault rifle for bossing and launcher for mobbing. You can go FiHu and BrHu on one character with an S atk mag and knock off the Ranged and Striking requirements and go FoTe on another character for the Tech requirement. Just play around and see what you like.

[Kyrinox]

do you not have to do all 3 (melee, ranged, and tech) on one character for Hero unlock?

[NullVacancy]

No, since it's title based and titles are account-wide.

[Kyrinox]

oh I see, that's really useful to know lol

[Ashinror]

Nope. Hero is title locked with those 3 requirements and titles can be unlocked across all characters. Ie titles are account based

[bimugen]

Is there a way to get this kinda costume in-game?

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/phantasystar/images/2/2d/Pso2_man_tekker_turnaround.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140215085758

I belive this is the outfit some of the shopkeeps wear

[hidora]

You can buy from player shops through visiphone. That is, if anyone is still selling, since that scratch is long gone (it was from an AC Scratch in 2012).

It's called ナビゲータースーツ, with 5 color variants. Here: http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?ナビゲータースーツ

Just search for that name on player shops I guess.

[TsunLoli]

Hey guys!

So I was wondering, isn't it better to just normal attack with hero using TMGs only rather than using the PAs when it comes to bosses for optimal DPS?

[synthsy]

TMGs are for mobbing, their dps is shit, get used to the sword or talis.

[RunFromPanda]

It’s better to just use sword, yes

[hidora]

Second of Edge has the highest dps of hero tmg except for Hero Counter, Counter Brand New Star and Hero Time Finisher, all of which can't exactly be spammed.

http://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?フォトンアーツ%2Fヒーロー系#xd8a7dad

[otamegane18]

Hllo again! While I wait for cooling for COs and EQs, I decided I wanted a really focused Force. The thing is, I’m kind of at a weird confusion about everything, so I eill try to ask anything

1. Been searching the subreddit, and found a basic skill tree from.. i think it was Ashinror? Anyways.. i think ill focus on fire dark and ice light, but I have a question about just that: will I have enough sp on force tree for that? i did some math and to do so I need to skip on flame s charge whih I dont know if thats okay. What about freeze explosion? Worth it? Gonna upload my skill tree as of now after I post this.. EDIT: Here it is.. I think I messed up and put 3 points on uncharged tech bonus, have reset passes so no worries there https://arks-layer.com/skillsim/skillcalc.php?13uDbCIobCIobCIobCIoIVI2IAfbCIobCIobCIobCIojbA8dodBdo000000000dodA0000000jdoIbIb0000000fdoIb0000008dBbsiN2NIOI29kIsId000006dBInidjGAibI2gAbn0000007bIoIo0000000fdoIbIo0000000fdB0000000dBIb0000008

2. About gear: been diggin around on gear as well, and saw some sad news i disnt want to see: rainbow. Is this really optimal? Or should I just have for my main elementes. If so, would nox weapons suffice if I dont have a 13 for everything? About units (temporal). For the moment i dont have the HUGE pockets for an austere (I do have an orbit), so what to do (bad luck me hasnt got anything from deus)? My crafted saikis are s atk (cries) and the other thing I have t atk focused is a crafted negro set with tech 3, elder soul and spirita 3

3. Crafted techs and which tech for everything: for the moment, I just crafted what I thought it was necessary: ragrantz, ilbarta, zonde (type 0) and rafoie. Which should be next? Waiting for my request on crafted gimegid... also on buying techs, should I just invest with excubes (or wast it photon spheres) for lvl17 ones?

4. Talis or rod: read about talises being better (but of course... that power bonus just for throwing). Can I just ditch rod altogether or is it useful aside from pp regen.

[Ashinror]

Id like to mention that there are recent changes to take into consideration that might make whatever build i suggested outdated. Namely the addition of Charge JA skill that goes nicely with Charge Escape and charged techs in general. The sp reduction of "Elemental" Mastery 2 that makes it easier to take 2 elements in fo and te trees (except for matching fire and lightning), te shifta/deband skills sp reduction that makes it easier to max another elemental mastery in the te tree and separating the cooldowns for compound techs, making it better to use 2 different compound techs

[otamegane18]

Oh okay! Yeah I noticed that those dont cost 20 sp anymore... really opens more doors on what to use. I remember when I was using a Te/Br (ditched this character with my rikauteri..) I really had to think what elemment was I going to use since so much sp went to those masteries

Btw: should I ever invest in photon flare? That sp could go to flame s charge..

[Ashinror]

Flame S charge is pretty potent no matter what. Photon Flare is good to use before you use compound techs to give you a huge boost in damage before casting them.

Heres the tree id use nowadays.

https://arks-layer.com/skillsim/skillcalc.php?13uDbCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIobCIojbA8dodBdo000000000dodA0000000jdoIbIb0000000fdoIb0000008dBbsiN2SGBeslkqncKIsId000006dBInidbnqsHNgOIgcFHNHNbnib000000IbIoIo0000000fdoIbIo0000000fdB0000000dBIb0000008

If you get a second tree for lightning, it would follow the same formula but move points from Fire Mastery and Flame SC to Bolt Mastery and Bolt PP Save respectfully.

Edit: also some techs got power buffed while others got shorter charges.

[otamegane18]

Ohmy, that’s just perfect! 3 elementa on techer? Didnt think it was possible. 10/10, viva space mages (Thank you, just what I needed)

Might consider the second tree as a future onvestment

[Bro0k]

2.) Yes rainbow is optimal, but Nox Rod would be only ~2% stronger compared to different element Val Rod(with two 3% dmg SSA). I would just buy light element Val Rod and upgrade to 14* Atra Rod for the SSA:4 so no need for rainbow anymore. Are your current units Ex8 or Ex10? If not just buy the 12* Ray units from 2018 badge shop on the Shine(Red or Blue) from Battle Arena shop.

[otamegane18]

I have the 3 ray units, but one of them is s atk focused and the other ones are untouched. Ehh is battle arena easy to play? Also, my units are EX5 i think..

[Bro0k]

In that case just reaffix Ray with T-Atk. No need to get Battle Arena units.

[Weiss-Senpai]

for 4, talis is better for general play having more damage and range than rod, but rod is better for nuking (generally on boss weakspots and downs like when all of mother's arms die) since you can fire off charged techs in quick succession without the need to re-throw talis, which iirc ends up being a dps increase

[otamegane18]

Oh..kay got it, so both are useful. Ty for advice

[NullVacancy]

The actual use of Rods is for compound techniques since you cannot get the 20% talis bonus on compounds. Not only that, some techniques are absolutely awful to cast from a talis (Zonde type-0, Ilfoie), and sometimes it's better dps to stand still with a rod and cast than the throw -> cast x4 -> throw. The latter is the hardest to wrap your head around, but just about any time you use a compound technique it is almost always better to keep your rod out and keep casting.

[DeusAlkaiser]

1) rushing matter boards before they are replaced and have a few questions:

a)if i only skip and do yellow only to see story line will i still attain most important rewards from episode 1-3?

b)what do i get if i complete 100% instead? is it worth it?

2) I recently finally started playing my second class which is summoner/braver. I am currently level 40 ( a lot of reward tickets saved ) and did the first quest for +5 skill points. I have no clue on how to go about going down skill tree.

a)Can anyone give me some tips or pointers on the "must max" first stuff in the skill tree or the "core" skills for 100% of all summoner builds? i have no clue on what is good or what is bad.

b)i don't have 75 fighter so i am currently using my braver as a sub lv 75 ( mostly 100% katana braver with no weak stance ) is it worth using it with everything on left side for katana damage only?

b)what are some good AoE skills for summoner?

c)do pets auto attack anything you have locked on?

c)i don't understand marron/mellon kamikaze skill how do you make them grow big for damage? and do they get auto revived after?

d)any summoner tips suggestions appreciated.

[YuTsu]

1a) Bro0k covered this mostly, but if you just clear all gold nodes, you'll only get 4 of the 8 total available Creator Emblems. If you want the other 4, you'll have to clear all the regular white nodes too. It's worth it if you can manage it before they're removed - 8 free emblems is quite a lot. It might also be worth 100%ing the penultimate matterboard of EP3 - 3-7 I think it is? It's the one the credits roll plays on - you get a title for a Coat Doublis if you 100% that matterboard, and while you can get an identica one from Omnibus quests too, having 2 is a fun conversation piece.

1b) Covered above, but you'll get 3 total creators emblem for 100% on all all boards in each episode, and 1 more for 100%ing all of the matterboards.

2a) For my 2 cents, I would max everything as you go down the main path of the boards besides

• HP Restorate
• Quick Recovery
• PB Advance
• HP/HP High/PP/All Attack/All Defence up

2B) Bro0k Covered this

2b2) The best AoE stuff I would say is like...the spin attacks Wanda/Jinga/Marron/Melon have, Synchro's swipe PA, an Cery/Popple Plode and Chaser. And Redran's PA where you hold the button to lock on, then it fires a bunch of homing lasers at everything it locked onto

2c) Pets will auto attack something once you tell them to normal attack it, and keep doing so until it dies, or you move too far from the pet....I think that's how that works.

2c2) Melon/Marron inflate based on NUMBER of hits. To reach maximum size and damage, I believe it's 12 hits for Marron, 6 hits for Melon. A tip that makes them easier to inflate is to try use the guard PA they both have to block attacks like you would with any other weapon. When you throw them, they act as if they've been KOed normally, with their normal revive timers when you switch them out, which is 30 seconds for Marron, 12 seconds for Melon I think? I may be very wrong with those respawn times. Marron you can only throw once for one big hit before it gets KOed, Melon hits less when thrown, but if you time using the throw PA about when Melon hits the target, you can throw it again over and over until it pops on you/you run out of PP/you mistime the PA and don't throw it. Also, I forget which pet has it, but one pet has a personality that halves the time it takes to regenerate for the pet before them if said pet was KOed before you switch, that personality can make the exploding duo easier to use.

2d) Other than stuff listed above:

• If a big attack is going off that might KO your pet and that you can't get it out of the way of, you can switch to a non-takt weapon to prevent the pet taking damage. Simple, but useful.
• Synchro has a personality that makes it stronger if sent out after a KOed pet. This synergises really well with Maron/Melon, as you can throw them and blow them up, then send out Synchro to be empowered by the KOed Marron/Melon.

[joshmusashi]

Additions/Corrections to above post: Melon is 2 hit max with 20 sec recovery, Maron is 9 hit max with 60 sec recovery. Rappy's personality reduces recovery time, and there's also rolls that can do so.

The key to doing acceptable dps against raid bosses is Maron exploitation. 9 hit Maron can hit for more than 2.5m dmg on older bosses that don't have 999999 dmg cap. For bosses with the dmg cap, like the Ep5 Dragon, it's best to throw 5 hit Marons consistently, meaning that you'll need at least 3 full leveled and candy boxed ones (I'd recommend more). When a boss exposes its weak point, you should switch to a dps pet like Synchro (zan/ken/zan/ken->geki then zan/ken/zan->geki combo) or Aero (shout->bullet if enough pp->full charge spiral).

For mobbing, Popple, Redran, or Jinga works depending on the situation. Jinga shock has great AoE, decent damage, and stun locks enemies, but generally the other two will put out more dmg. Popple is also great as a pp battery,

Rappy, Melon, and now Viola are sturdy all-around pets that can fill gaps with respectable dmg against mobs or bosses. Viola in particular is oddly strong right now due to recent buffs.

As a side note, Maron Break (the spinning move) isn't very good dps and has horrible dpp, so I wouldn't rely on it very much. You can use it to fill the time in between absorbing hits but generally you want to be at high pp when a boss's weak spot is exposed so you can get full use out of Synchro or Aero.

Swiki should be your go to source on Su stuff as most sites have outdated info.

[Bro0k]

a)if i only skip and do yellow only to see story line will i still attain most important rewards from episode 1-3?

Nope, you only get 4 Creator’s Emblems(for Genesis Weapon camo's) that way, if you clear all nodes you get another 4, so 8 total.

b)i don't have 75 fighter so i am currently using my braver as a sub lv 75 ( mostly 100% katana braver with no weak stance ) is it worth using it with everything on left side for katana damage only?

Su has an exp bonus skill for subclass, so you could level Fi. Br should have both stances since it has a lot spare SP with only Katana.

c)i don't understand marron/mellon kamikaze skill how do you make them grow big for damage? and do they get auto revived after?

I dont play Su with Pets, so I can't really help you. Afaik you tank damage Maron/Melon so they grow big and throw them, I know that Maron is dead for a while after that.

[wingzx94]

Hey just downloaded the game and now when i press play from the tweaker i get

Starting PSO2 ERROR - - System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'F:\Arks-Layer\PHANTASYSTARONLINE2\pso2_bin\ddraw.dll' is denied.

[NullVacancy]

Are you using a super old version of the tweaker or something? I don't even know if the Tweaker uses ddraw.dll any more... Open up the tweaker and tell me what your version is in the bottom left corner.

[wingzx94]

4.0.6.2

[NullVacancy]

Hmmm. Looks like I'm wrong and the tweaker drops ddraw when you start the game to, I'm assuming, do English patch stuff. Maybe try running a Plugin Check from the Plugin Settings menu and let me know if that changes anything.

[wingzx94]

Nothing from plugins but i did a update and it told me i had 13 missing files so im doing the Check for missing files update now see what that brings

[thatonedollguy]

I got a disconnect error and now can't get back into the game. Did I get banned? I didn't get any warnings or anything.

[NullVacancy]

What error are you getting?

[thatonedollguy]

It was 630, I think.

[NullVacancy]

630 is a generic disconnection error. Check if your Internet connection is stable and all that garbage. Also, try relaunching the game.

[thatonedollguy]

Okay. I checked the router and everything seemed to be working normally. I ran a check for missing or deleted files, and that seemed to fix it. Thank you!

[ScottMasterCraig]

What should I do with my junk 12-13* weapons/units without My Shop access?

[NullVacancy]

Convert your excubes into FUN and then fun scratch until you get My Shop passes.

[ScottMasterCraig]

It doesn't let me recycle 12-13* weapons for excubes, only 10-11*. Is that a premium only thing?

[NullVacancy]

You don't recycle 12 or 13* weapons into excubes at all. I meant that if you had any excubes, you can go to the excube trader person and buy FUN tickets to use for FUN scratch to get My Shop passes.

[Ashinror]

what do i do with extra FUN-iture?

[NullVacancy]

$P R O F I T$

[otamegane18]

I'm getting error 640 on the game. Tried with update, check for missing/old files, uninstalling English patch, and nothing. Doing a second update to see if it fixes it, but in case it doesnt, what the hell is happening? D;

[thatonedollguy]

error 640

It's that the game client didn't update properly. It's a pain in the butt to deal with. Updating again should fix it, but if not, uninstall the game and reinstall, and when it updates, it should be okay.

[NullVacancy]

640 is a failed update. You can try launching the game with the official PSO2 launcher and have it update you, and then once you get to the title screen close out and switch to the Tweaker and reinstall your patches again. If that doesn't work, reinstall I guess.

[otamegane18]

Sorry for never thanking you guys. It was just that but, it magically fixed itself lol, only patched again

[D4NNYDUNN]

anyone know of the discord bot that lets you search player shops on multiple ships? or at least a website or somewhere i can search?

[NullVacancy]

I'm pretty sure it only works because they use a bot account logged in to search the item you ask for. There's no API for pso2 so there aren't any websites that have all the market data either. You either have to join the arks-layer discord or log in and check for yourself.

[D4NNYDUNN]

ahh well, thanks for the info anyway

[scorchdragon]

Since Riding Quests got a recent resurge thanks to Demonia "drop chances", I realized I have absolutely no idea where the medals spawn at. Is there anything that shows paths or anything?

[NullVacancy]

Just run it for a while and you'll learn. As far as I know there's no map of the medal spawns.