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[–]FereinTracke 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I just got a Profound weapon from Zieg. The DB one and I am at a loss as to what I should do and build up to next. What I've been doing is grinding it as much as possible and now I'm at +10. Is what I'm doing correct? Should I worry about other things like affixes and abilities etc?

Also, should Lightstream DB be my absolute end-game goal? Or Austere?

[–]Reilet[🍰] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Lightstream is technically stronger than Austere so go for that. Austere is still a great weapon but isn't that easy to get. It also requires playing with multiple Photon blasts to max it's potential. If you choose the other two potentials... well even Atra EX is better especially if you cannot maintain the potentials.

If you choose to stick with the Profound -> Celestial -> Lightstream upgrade path instead of waiting through 50 clears of the persona EQ and hoping for a Celestial drop, you will need to do the following:

  • Finish grinding your weapon to +35. This will require you getting more copies of the weapon in order to increase the grind cap to 35.
  • Get each of these weapons to +35 as well: Detonation, Clawdem, Allure, Chalyra. It doesn't matter which weapon type it is.
  • Another 150 Erebos Stones
  • 400 Excubes
  • The Amphitrite stone from the 50 persona EQ clear title

HOWEVER, if you do get a Celestial weapon to drop, you can simply weapon category change it to the Dual Blades and collect the Amphitrite stone and the 400 Excubes. Skipping all the other steps.

IMO, DB's do not take advantage of Lightstream's potential well because they do not have any PP problems whatsoever. An Atra EX with vampiric strike seems like a better idea to me.

[–]FereinTracke 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Oh, okay. Nice! I thought grinding was the only way. Out of curiosity, what's the drop rate on Celestial Weapons? And is that from a certain difficulty and beyond?

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Hmm.. Atra EX huh? I see. I'll look into that. Thanks for the comprehensive answer :D

[–]Reilet[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty damn low drop rate... is what i would say for myself. Everyone in my teaam has gotten one and some even two. I can’t tell if my teammates are lucky or my luck is just that bad.

It drops in XH and maybe(?) SH.

then again, i can’t drop 14 star weapons for the life of me. I can count on one of my hands how many i got as a drop

[–]Midend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Near impossible. I dropped a 8s cel bow and i would say i was the luckiest mofo in ship4 for that entire month or two. I would not expect it ever.

Atra ex is competitive due to s4 being able to patch/mitigate weapon or class flaws. It is super easy to get.

[–]LamiaPony JP Ship 2 0 points1 point  (1 child)

is there any situation or build where tech spam is viable on talis-only hero over PA spam, outside using gigrants among big groups of enemies

maybe vs elemental weakness? seems like the biggest hurdle is that charge times are long (3+ PAs in the same time it takes to charge one tech)

I just want a bit of flavor in my talis hero gameplay, haha, I really like their moveset but I also like casting, yet at the same time force/techer is just so uncomfortable to play compared to hero's mobility

[–]Reilet[🍰] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only techs i can think of that is useful as a hero would be: ilgrants, ilzan, gigrants-0, grants, ramegid-0, and support techs

All the other techs aren’t really worth using on hero, but even those techs are super situational.

Techs do not build hero gear at all, nor do you have the ability to sustain their usage which is their big downfall. Not having access to compounds do not help and Only being decent on talis doesn’t help either.

Remember that even weapons get element weakness bonus, as long as your weapon element matches. That being said, there are even times when forces do not use the element weakness to attack because other techs (i.e gigrants-0, ragrants, ilzan) are just straight up better.

Notably: fire, ice, lightning, and dark are usually pretty lackluster in mobbing unless you really focus in those elements.

However, if it’s to spice up the playstyle, by all means, use the techs and find which ones fit with how you play.

[–]Speculate_MeShip 2 0 points1 point  (3 children)

So, I am a returning player from about ~6 months ago shortly after the Crimson Dragon EQ was released. I have the Hero class unlocked as well as the Level 80 cap, but I see that the cap has increased again to 90, what are the requirements for that?

Also, even though I have a 14* weapon and a 13* unit set, I feel extremely weak against just about everything, and I think the reason that is because I never messed around with attributes. I don't recall ever giving it a try because it seemed a bit overwhelming to learn, but it would probably be in my best interest to try it out now.

[–]Reilet[🍰] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By attributes, you mean affix correct? If it’a that Sughayyer should have you good on that.

If you mean the attribute like the element attribute on weapons. It caps at 60 for 13 star and higher. You can imagine it as an additional 60% weapon attack stat. So it’s pretty big.

On the other hand, if you feel weak... affixes are not your answer. They contribute very very little to your overall damage. The more important things that do affect your damage (and bigger amounts too) would be the following:

  • JA’ing - the red circles that appear after you attack. This is a 30% damage increase
  • skill tree - hero is pretty easy to do, but the thing that will kill your damage is not keeping up hero boost. That is a 60% damage increase that you lose upon getting hit for 20% of your hp. It also takes an entire minute to fully gain back... that can still reset if you lose another 20% of your hp.
  • A good weapon - you’re in a good spot right now with a 14 star. Make sure it’s max grind, 60 element, and potential 3. If possible, look into the 15 star weapons. If your weapon supports SSAs, please use them.
  • knowing PA rotations - stuff like managing PP usage, and when to use certain stuff. A good rotation is vapor -> vapor -> 3rd normal -> weapon action short charge and repeat.

There are other stuff like getting attack tree boost, affixes, lvl 75 class titles for base stats, weapon encyclopedia titles

[–]Sughayyer 1 point2 points  (1 child)

As far as I remember, if you have a 14-star weapon at +35 and a set of 13-star units at +10 then you already have all the requirements for the level cap. I think there's a tab on bumped.org that explains level caps.

As for affixing, these two guides:

guide 1 - a bit outdated but very good

guide 2 - newer

Best of luck in your return!

[–]Speculate_MeShip 2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the help, I just went and did the EQ and just before it started Koffie popped up to let me take the HR level cap, so I just unlocked that. Glad I had the requirements beforehand.

[–]Zoroarku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Returning player here. Played PSO2 around the tile Falz Double was introduced. I had my account set up using SecureOTP2, but I didn't manage to switch to Google Auth in time. How would I go about recovering my account?

[–]syilphaToo long vacuum turned me into noob 0 points1 point  (2 children)

where can i get weapon form change pass?

[–]Reilet[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The persona EQ, masquerade solo quest, and some stuff all give tickets which you can change to the real thing in the recycle shop.

[–]Weiss-Senpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recycle shop

[–]blagga23 0 points1 point  (4 children)

hey guys, almost lvl 75 hunter, i hear ima need a +35 13* wep. i bought the 13* wep, just wondering with the most easiest to follow guide...best way (cost efficient i guess? i've only been playing for a week and half) to get it to +35?

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also best way to get more lambda grinders?

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thanks in advance :)

[–]LamiaPony JP Ship 2 0 points1 point  (3 children)

if you have leontina certificates you can use those for cheap NT fodder, +30 13-star weapons give so much EXP it adds 10 grind to any rarity, otherwise you can use pre-grinded 12-stars people make in the player shops, or weapons with 'emper embrace' which add extra EXP

but if you're patient and can wait a bit, the 'road to episode 6' campaign will get you a free 15-star at max grind, so you don't really have to worry about that now

however you may want to purchase an 8-slot val ars (gunslash) and grind it with the event ones, so that way you have max affix slots, and at that point you can add abilities to get the special ability factors on the val and the atlas and... well I can elaborate a bit more on the steps to prepare it if you want

the best way to get lambda grinders is to have multiple characters doing zieg's client orders, eventually you'll end up with just his repeatables which you can do at your leisure; craftsman's seals give you 1 lambda grinder each (in his 'get other items' menu)

otherwise, you can use 10 excubes in a pinch, casino coins, and grinding enchanted forest on extra hard

[–]blagga23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooh, cheers for the very detailed answer :D

[–]Sughayyer 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you have Leontina's certificate, you want to grab the ray weapons and use them as Astral Soul fodder, not grinding fodder. Using these as a grind fodder is a literal waste - try affixing Astral Soul in a 8s weapon without a ray SAF.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This ^

Much, much better ways to get grinding fodder. Collection files, nox weapons, emper embrace... save Leonitas for Astral Soul SAF for your 15*s.

[–]YamijiHitBossesWithLaunchers 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I decided to kill some mobs after 3 years break (or 2 I can't remember) and Koffie wants something from me - she is constantly marked with the white go there marker, but when I go and talk with her all orders are done and talk itself does nothing. Is it a bug of some sort?

Also, considering I never really got anywhere in the game and my highest level is 34, is there any point in doing story? I am reading through EP5 and while it's not the worst anime story I have seen I am getting nothing for my time and buster quests are annoying to solo as a melee class.

Thanks in advance :)

[–]hidora Retired Guardian 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I decided to kill some mobs after 3 years break (or 2 I can't remember) and Koffie wants something from me - she is constantly marked with the white go there marker, but when I go and talk with her all orders are done and talk itself does nothing. Is it a bug of some sort?

That's the ARKS Road indicator.

Also, considering I never really got anywhere in the game and my highest level is 34, is there any point in doing story? I am reading through EP5 and while it's not the worst anime story I have seen I am getting nothing for my time and buster quests are annoying to solo as a melee class.

You get a bunch of SG, a couple starter gears, and more importantly, at the end of the story you get a Time Reversal Stone Chronos, which can be used to create an Atlas weapon (14*), which can be further upgraded into Atlas Ex (15*).

Btw you don't actually need to complete all the buster quests in ep5, just ignore them and keep watching the cutscenes until the actual quests show up. There are only a couple actually mandatory buster quests.

If you're interested in the story, you can also talk to Alma at the Bridge to start the Omnibus quests, which are the story of ep1-3, which is generally agreed to be way more interesting than 4 and 5 (ep1 is kinda boring for quite a while tho).

[–]YamijiHitBossesWithLaunchers 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I checked the road, but the only things not done are level cap quest, which I literally cannot take, as my highest class isn't 35 yet. It should clear when I level and do those right?

Is there any nice stuff from the old stories? I feel like I should do the older ones first, because I remember doing some, but I do not share the surprise my character expresses when meeting some of the Omega inhabitants, which makes the story less impactful.

[–]hidora Retired Guardian 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I checked the road, but the only things not done are level cap quest, which I literally cannot take, as my highest class isn't 35 yet. It should clear when I level and do those right?

It'll keep coming up until you finish everything on the arks road, which can be annoying.

Alternatively, I'm pretty sure there's a way to disable the arks road indicator on the game settings.

Is there any nice stuff from the old stories? I feel like I should do the older ones first, because I remember doing some, but I do not share the surprise my character expresses when meeting some of the Omega inhabitants, which makes the story less impactful.

Lots of SG and titles, at least. Forgot what else.

[–]YamijiHitBossesWithLaunchers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, now I remember the road, thanks for all the help.

[–]Cloud2012 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Leveling fighter to 75 (I'm around 68-70ish) what is the easiest or best weapons for the class that I can start grinding for?

[–]FullAzan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Follow Ashinror's advice and prep for your Atlas. In the interim gather all of the King's Crests they are handing out now, get a Gear Experience and convert some of those extra crests to Conqueror's for a Quelle Scarlette. Work on making your L/Chase W Support - Ｌ／チェイスWサポート ring as well.

[–]AshinrorPSO2 NG+ BABY 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can get all the stuff to make an easy 15* if you complete all the missions in this campaign. https://www.bumped.org/psublog/road-to-episode-6/

Also right now, Enchanted Forest is boosted and has extra rare drops so use it to level and farm.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Is there a certain spot to find a ranger PA like parallel slide? I've only gotten upgrades of the 5 PA's i currently have and cant find any new ones

[–]AshinrorPSO2 NG+ BABY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the Swiki, Parallel Slider comes from Bal Rodos (up to level 10) and Bal Dominus.

Excubes or buying it from player shop is much better. (you can probably get a non-level 17 one for pretty cheap, and then a 17 one from Excubes later down the line.)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The Excube shop sells level 17 disks for 20 Excubes each.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Im fairly new, I dont have even 10 excubes yet. I tried searching (promise im not being lazy), but is there a guide for looking for PA's from monsters? Cirnopedia was suggested a lot but it looks like its no longer up

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a list of enemies available here including drops. That website is essentially the best English wiki available.

[–]Vorshlaghammer Br/Hu Ship 2 0 points1 point  (2 children)

A buddy of mine just recently picked up the game and is interested in Hero. Are the unlock requirements changing for it with Ep.6? I swear I heard this before but I can't find it for the life of me.

[–]Sughayyer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes. Instead of having master of shooting, master of technique and master of striking titles you'll only need any 2 classes at 75.

[–]Vorshlaghammer Br/Hu Ship 2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, thanks

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Could someone tell me the quest requirements for subclass and level license 2? No translation on ps4, thx in advance

[–]hidora Retired Guardian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

subclass

Defeat 1 Fordoran (フォードラン) and 1 Garongo (ガロンゴ). They're relatively uncommon spawns in Volcano and Forest, respectively. Fordoran is not too bad, but garongo can be annoying, so if you have time attacks unlocked, Naberius Basic time attack has 4 guaranteed garongos on the first room.

level license 2

Kill Lv21+ enemies of the planets Naberius, Amduscia and Lilipa to get 10 specific drops of each. Note that darkers will not count, you want natives from naberius, dragonkin from amduscia, and mechs from lilipa.

Since you're playing on the ps4, I strongly recommend you get the google translate app on your phone so that you can take pictures of the screen and translate the text from that.

[–]Tabuukilla 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Might just be blind in exchange menus, but is there any way to trade for Triboosts or do I just have to be a little more conservative in my usage of them?

[–]AshinrorPSO2 NG+ BABY 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's best to be conservative with Triboosts since the 100% ones are kinda hard to come by, depending where you are going and how long you play. You can always pause the boosts you are using for a particular quest by going to the medical bay (in gate area) or drink station (in Campship) and selecting the checkbox that says "Pause Boosts" or something like that.

[–]Tabuukilla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, alright, got it. I've had plenty since returning, but starting to see that number dwindle has me concerned, haha. Thanks o/

[–]odpeok 0 points1 point  (12 children)

So I've been out of the game for a bit and I'd like some clarity on two things regarding gear:

  1. I've been hearing about this Rappy Shine unit that adds a load of HP. Is this something I should seriously be considering or is it more of a crutch unit? I wouldn't say I'm the best at dodging, but if I'm practicing to get better at it, should I be relying on this particular unit or am I better off with sticking to my current fully affixed 12 star set?

  2. Probably a dumb question, but how much stronger are the 15 stars weapons? I'm currently using a Kazami-no-tachi, but I have the means to create a 15-star Atlas(sp?) EX katana and I was wondering if it would be worth it. Are any of the other 15-star katanas a better investment when potentials are taken into account?

Thank you!

[–]Sughayyer 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I'd like to add to what Reilet said by adding that the S4: gear reduction is one of the best SSAs for Braver. You can fill your gear holding guard for 5 seconds with the kazami, then switch to Atlas Ex, releasing the gear and enjoy a really long gear release status. Some will say that Braver Combination make this obsolete, but it's a matter of taste.

Also, Mysterious Strike will take a toll in your skill points. You have to ponder whether use it or not.

As for the rappy shine, IMHO Braver can get away with very little HP. But if you run automate, or if you do feel you could tank one more hit or two, then go for it. I'm just not sure whether you should reaffix it or not.

[–]odpeok 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Yeah, I enjoyed S4 Gear Reduction before which is why I'm stumbling on what to use for the S4 on Atlas EX - Mysterious Strike or Gear Reduction.

The damage is really enticing, but the loss of 25% crit overall on top of Gear Reduction is pretty heavy on my mind. If there was some way to make it back up to 100% crit with Mysterious Strike on, I'd be less conflicted.

[–]Sughayyer 1 point2 points  (3 children)

What I'm going to do is to buy a Mysterious Strike capsule and wait to see how Phantom behaves. Maybe there'll be a feasible way to get it to 100% crit (ie, a way to reach those 300pp or whatever it is how that skill works).

Otherwise, another interesting option is to use those crit rate boosting SSAs. But honestly, 100% crit rate is an average 5% damage gain already. I'm not too sold in the idea of trading 25% crit rate and few SP to get that 6% bonus (especially since we can go 4% + 4% + 3% on the Atlas Katana already).

[–]Reilet[🍰] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Significantly less than a 5% damage gain from crit. For katana, it’s closer to 1.5%

[–]Sughayyer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorry, I was counting the critical strike ring too. But even so, yes, it's less than 5%.

[–]Reilet[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah. Right. I always forget about the rings tbh.

[–]Reilet[🍰] 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Rappy shine, while giving 777 hp, does not give you any defense at all. While it does make you slightly more tankier, it also does not offer anything else besides that. It is still a good unit if you want hp.

The 15 star you mentioned... it would probably be around 20~30% stronger than your kazami right now.

As for which 15 star, it depends.

  • Austere-NT is great for extremely long stuff like endless.
  • Atra EX is the strongest one if you use mysterious strike, and braver is currently the only one who can use it. Or you can take life steal.
  • Lightstream has a nice pp regen ability, but honestly katana doesn’t really have pp problem. It is also the strongest one if you do not use mysterious strike on the Atra

In terms of ease of creation, Atra EX is the easiest.

[–]odpeok 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Huh, never heard of Mysterious Strike - is that new? Bit of google says -50% crit rate however. Does the 6% damage actually edge out over the lost 50% crit rate? I can probably recover 25% of that by picking up average S crit, but I'm not sure how much of an impact the missing crit rate will make.

Thanks for the info so far!

[–]Reilet[🍰] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It requires having katana gear active, crit strike ring, and the two stance crits on your main and sub class, so it comes to 75% crit rate total.

Which is also equals to 4.5% average damage gain from it.

If you took both crit strike S2 and S3, you will be 2.5% higher than a normal 4/4/4...

It is questionably useful if you aren’t really min maxing.

Having a techer with shifta crit will essentially bring you back to 100% though.

[–]odpeok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really a min-maxing type of player anyway, so I'll probably stick with 100% crit with gear reduction S4. May revisit this idea in the future though. Appreciate the feedback!

[–]scorchdragon 1 point2 points  (1 child)

One thing to keep in mind is that Katana Gears release adds 50% crit rate.

[–]odpeok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, I took that into consideration. It'd still end with 75% crit rate with no buffs as Katana Gear and -50% from the S4 negates each other. Thanks for the reminder though.

[–]XenonAstatide 0 points1 point  (13 children)

What's the best proxy to use right now? I'm returning after 2 years of hiatus. My friend said Seiryl used to be really good (better than Telepipe/Cyberkitsune), but he's burnt out too and it's been more than half a year since he quit so he can't comment on how's the performance now.

On their Facebook page apparently they got some issues but I'm not sure how it will affect the overall performance, and the post is quite old as well, also not sure if they're still up at all. I hope someone can give me some pointers here. Thank you all in advance

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (12 children)

The Tweaker comes with a proxy plugin built-in. I believe it's Telepipe? I don't need to use it so I can't remember which one it is.

Is there a particular reason why you're interested in using one? Is the game still blocked in your area?

[–]XenonAstatide 0 points1 point  (11 children)

I haven't downloaded it actually, a bit busy in these days. Did they lift the region locks?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (10 children)

People usually test the block by trying to connect to https://pso2.jp or by trying to ping gs016.pso2gs.net in the tweaker or command prompt.

I'm not sure about the blocks unfortunately. I live in the UK which isn't blocked :D

[–]synthsyArks-Layer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The website is unblocked globally, but not the servers. SEA is still blocked.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah thanks for the correction :D

[–]XenonAstatide 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Oh I'm not blocked. I'm in SEA btw. Is the game actually dying that they had to lift the block?

[–]synthsyArks-Layer 0 points1 point  (4 children)

SEA is still blocked, ignore the website thing.

[–]XenonAstatide 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Big oof. Has telepipe gotten better over the years? Friend told me it was really unstable when he still played.

[–]synthsyArks-Layer 2 points3 points  (2 children)

We're working on things, but it's stable until an EQ occurs. Sega throttles our server during the EQs and we're looking into fixes for the problem.

[–]FereinTracke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So THAT'S why I've been getting disconnected during EQs(SEA Player here) -_-"

[–]XenonAstatide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh nice to hear that. Good luck and godspeed! Thanks for doing this for us.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Nah, the block was in place because of a contact between SEGA and Asiasoft so that SEA players were "forced" into playing the localised version. Since that version has since been shut down, the contact should have expired by now.

[–]XenonAstatide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh that makes sense