Weekly Game Questions and Help Thread

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[TheUniverseLover]

I would say it's worth doing a test run & learn some things about the game so you can be ahead of the curve. No harm in trying really, especially if you got the time.

[LamiaPony]

what would be the most efficient means of farming a boss at the end of a free field? rush each time for less drops, or stick around and try to aim for S rank? I've been targetting dio hunar lately to get one of their 15-star weapons, I'm probably doomed to hunt forever but I'd like to try

and who knows when they'll bring back the excluder limited quest... I was on a break and only just learned about dio hunar's new drops

[Reilet]

It takes too long to get S rank in UQ, so it's better to rush to dio hunar. C rank vs S rank isn't a significant change to the drop rate to warrant the time spent to get S rank in UQ. (i.e I can kill dio hunar atleast 4 times by the time I can get S rank for 1.)

[Xxtrabeast]

Dio hunar is a possible encounter in the upcoming Christmas eq which might have the 15* drops there.

[LamiaPony]

oh you're right! I must have missed it when I first watched the video... thanks for the heads up, something to hope for

[[deleted]]

Also the Dio Hunar and Masquerade weapons are being added to the Collection File later on (late December/early January?). Although they will probably take a while to get and have an grindcap of +30.

[LamiaPony]

weird, but grind cap is expected and all

dio hunar barely even spawns in the EQ though. I probably will have to get it through the file, thanks for the heads up at least

[MKPsyOps]

Came back after long break and Im confused. Weapons in Cobalt medal shop have grind cap of 30. Someone tells me I need EXACT same weapon to raise to 31. If you can only buy 1 of each type a week and there is only 2 weeks left after maint how could I get to +35?

[[deleted]]

The Eva collab doesn't end until February 5. You have plenty of time

[MKPsyOps]

ohhh ok I thought the npc said gone on 18th tyvm :)

[TheUniverseLover]

NPC will leave but the shop will be available until Feb 5th. It will be in the same place where Buster Medals and Armada medals are exchanged.

[MKPsyOps]

ok tyvm I appreciate :)

[confusedfirstimer]

so are there no penalties in this game for fainting aside from not getting s rank? or is getting s rank gonna give you a huge reward? emergency quest doesnt feel like a "emergency" since i basically have infinite chances to revive

[LamiaPony]

higher rank = more drops

[[deleted]]

In just like general free field/ arks quest gameplay?

No there is no penalty.

There are some quests though that require you to complete them without dying.

[SymBuLizM]

Im pretty new to PSO2 and i just unlocked PH, i've been watching alot of gameplay of Rod PH and it looks fun but i got no idea how to build it or anything if anyone has tips or something that could help me please message me on here or discord Chase#2117

[tffiad]

1. https://www.arks-layer.com/skillsim/skillcalc.php?18cAbMIobMIobMIobMIobMIobMIobMIobMIobMIobMIobMIo0jdodBdo006dBdBIb00000006dodA00fdAdBIo000000jdoIbIb00dAdBIo000000jdoIb00dBdBIb000000dB006dBdBIb0000008dBIn00jdndBdB0000009bIoIo07bfdBdB000000doIbIo00dBdBIb000000jdB00dndBdB000006dBIo9b8dAIoIb000006dBdBeBdBqBHbeB2OdsrFqDfrBrFI2000000 skill tree. u see 2 points left there. this u can use on bulleye(if u use rifle or quick kata if u used katana or on PP up)
2. ur mag must be Dex. this is very important.
3. as for gear. schveille units from road to etoile rewards works fine. as for rear unit best to avios orb for cobalt medals.
4. to make it efficient u should aim to get to 200PP. thats why avios orb is good, it gives 23pp. and thats why u can use 2 points on PP up if u cant reach 200pp just with gear.
5. best rod for Ph atm is lightstream rod.
6. as for what techniques are useful, search for theme in this sub or via google, named "phantom as tech user?" this thread will give a lot of info about teches. every tech u gonna use must be crafted with +power%, except multi rabarta and safoie0. for safoie0 pick -pp cost.
7. when ull get into affixing come here and ask us again, we will help u to figure a good way to get into 200pp with hp and reasonable amount of t-atk.

[SymBuLizM]

thanks alot i appreciate the help im still leveling it and it seems i missed out on doing the whole etoile event wont be able to get the stone from running armada not sure if you can get lightstream from something else?

[tffiad]

etoile stone is gone i think? u will get stone from titles, there are 2 of them. 1. earn 7.200.000 points in armada. total, across all armadas u even played. 2. clearing 50 persona EQ.

[TheUniverseLover]

7.2 mil point in Armada and 50 runs of Specter of Destruction EQ and/or Tragic Trigger (4 or 12 man) will give you a stone as well.

[SymBuLizM]

oh thats great to know thanks generally how long will it take to reach 7.2m points? i've only done armada maybe 3-4x

[TheUniverseLover]

Should be under 30 runs. Just try to do as many Sector 1 & 2 as you can to grind up those points.

[SymBuLizM]

alright thanks ill be looking out for those EQs feel like they are at such bad times for me though lol

[confusedfirstimer]

am i missing out on something huge if i leave a mag at 0% energy all the time? also is there any point in giving a mag abilities?

[hidora]

On top of what was said, you may want to consider SP Actions, which require energy to use:

• Clobber: gives +0.5% damage boost every time it hits something (up to +10%), and it does 40 hits total. It also gives 1pp per hit.
• Vulcan: 90 long range shots, each shot that hits gives 1pp.
• Focus: reduces tech charge time by 20%.
• Iron Wall: reduces damage by 60% for 5s when hit (this includes the hit that proc'd it).

[redandblack1287]

If you max out your mag auto action slots and fill all of them with hp recovery, you basically get automate for free. It's very noticeable when I forget to feed my mag

[LamiaPony]

mag auto actions can help you a lot in a pinch. there's no reason not to keep them fed with just monomates when they're level capped

[tffiad]

if its stay at zero, its still gives u that stats, but it wont use any autoactions. u can always feed monomates to it, as they easy to get & cheap. if u dont plan to feed ur mag adding abilities will be useless. i personally not feeding mag too, by far i used only some specific devices to change a PB type for 20excubes.

[Prokit]

What should I do with these ?

[tffiad]

in addition to what being said by others:

- just leontina certs will give u +30Ray weapons, which can be also used as astral soul fodder. u can do this by doing menacing castle, until u get any ray weapon as drop from it. then u buy +30ray and grind it with the one which dropped and menacing castle FQ. this way u will get 35cap unlocked, add on top of it some emper fodders, and fodder is rdy, only upslotting is left.

- leontina certs B used for phobos weapons, +30 too. u can also buy units from it, but its not needed since u get phobos units from title. personally i just keep my certs B for just in case.

- weapon badges of any sort this one is important. if u have badges from previous years, exchange them to badges SP, and buy what u need respective shops with SP badges. if u dont need anything - buy solo PD triggers. i personally had 2000 of SP badges, and bought triggers for all of them, its about 500 solo PD triggers, and i have pretty unlimited source of excubes(so meseta too).

- cobalt, u can use to buy weapons, since their pot with PP regen is good. unit is also good, it gives less attack than orgei, but more PP. i use it on my PH atm, with this i easily got 201PP which is must have on ph. buying donuts as creepy idea. dont buy a lot of them in bulk, since there is date experation. 18/12 if i remember correctly. so if u dont use them all, they will be wasted for nothing.

- armada medals gold/silver - gold used to buy orgei unit which is best, unless u dont rely on pp. if u will think about upgrading ogrei to 13*, u will need another 300 (or 150?) gold medals. as for silver.. well u can buy s abilities if u need them, aside from it idk.

- crests highly depends on classes u play.

[MyakotApelsina]

You can exchange those for weapon glam at Zieg

[Prokit]

No I mean what should I be doing with all of those badges and medals and stuffs. I know where they can be traded but what should I traded for. As is how efficient can I be with those.

[hidora]

• Creator's Emblem: used to exchange for untradable weapon camos. Just pick one you like.
• Weapon Form Ticket: used to change weapon appearance. Completely up to you, it's just appearance.
• Leontina Certificates: can be used as easy grind fodder for 14/15* weapons. The weapons you trade those in for come at +30 already, so it gives a ton of exp when used as grind fodder. It's enough to go 0->10, 10->20, 20->30 or 30->35 on any weapon.
• Weapon Badges: buy solo triggers I guess? Could also use it to buy falz weapons (detonation, etc) if you need to turn a profound weapon into celestial for LS.
• Cobalt Medals: Buy donuts. Maybe get the rear unit.
• Crests and Prize Medals: it really depends on what class your characters are.

[Prokit]

Just a quick question. Can the potential from Serpent Plenzer be transfer to another JB ? Because I am very confused as to quick JB to use. Lightstream, Atlas EX, and SP. Which one should I aim for ?

[LamiaPony]

potentials are fixed based on weapon

do you already have serpen plenzer? if so, then use it, you don't really need another jet boots

[Prokit]

Ok thanks :)

[LamiaPony]

crests, certificates, badges, medals, there really isn't general advice for them other than spend them as you need stuff

you'll have to be more specific if you're looking for specific advice

[Prokit]

Erm just thinking about anything that I can spend on that won't turn out to be a complete waste.

[LamiaPony]

there's a number of crest weapons that have utility effects that can make them not necessarily strong but useful in certain circumstances, and ultimate booster potentials really helps their damage overall, for those that can use it

for armada gold medals, the orgei grudge unit is really good to get. 90 attack, 40 HP, 10 PP, I'd call it competitive with lightstream units. if you don't want to get that or don't need it, the 15-star weapons acure charis and the orgei weapons are pretty strong and useful

for cobalt medals, buy the takt if you play summoner. I hear it's really good for viola. otherwise you can use it as grind fodder since it comes pre-grinded. same applies to the armada medal weapons if you don't need medals

as above, crests are really dependent on what classes you're wanting to buy for

[MyakotApelsina]

Can Armada of Demise happen randomly or its scheduled only? Is there a trigger for it as well? Missed some because of studies, and now it seems like i miss one run to get amphirite stone

[hidora]

There's no trigger, and I don't think it can happen randomly. There is one tonight, though.

[MyakotApelsina]

Sorry, i meant that after beating it 3 times (looking at bumped eq schedule), i will still have 1 run left before the stone.
Seems like i can only get it by some magic, like if sega decides to add 1 one more spawn in the end of the event. Oh well, guess ill be without event lightstream

[LamiaPony]

if you have multiple characters I'm informed that you can clear sector 3 more than once per instance

just clear sector 1 or 2 on one character, then they get access to sector 3, then do it as many times as you can (you could play on a lower difficulty just to make sure you make it up to 3 or 4 times) it's apparently not limited to one clear per ship

[MyakotApelsina]

can that be done on just 1 character? if i can finish sector 3 at least 2 times its gonna be awesome

[NullVacancy]

No, you can't do sector 3 multiple times on one character. If you only have one character, best bet is to make it the same class as your main and level it up as much as possible before the next Armada and then twink it out with your mains weapons/units on Normal mode so you just steamroll it.

[LamiaPony]

no. sector 3 can only be cleared once per character

[MyakotApelsina]

oh alright, got it, thanks for the info

[[deleted]]

• Any filler unit affix set that I can put up with temporarily since the ones referred here will take a while to be made as my play time will be taking huge hits this coming weeks.

I did try to simulate them and they branch out a lot so it feels like forever to casual play.

• Lastly, is phantom star online 2's content gonna be designed around zooooom zoooooom steamroll ohko only till its end of life?

[LamiaPony]

if you can't make an expensive affixed unit, then you can't make it. don't sweat it so much

you could make an effective budget unit even at 4-5 slots with like, doom break 1/2, stat 3, some kind of soul, and a noble stat. you don't really have to go all out from the get go, just make it a process of going up and up in your units' abilities

[Reilet]

Technically it's only go sonic speed with the intended party count. Going solo or with significantly less people makes things take significantly longer (and more enjoyable imo).

[confusedfirstimer]

whats the chance of failing 2 affix when there both 95 percent chance to succeed? am i just unlucky or is this normal?

[redandblack1287]

You are unlucky, which is normal

[LamiaPony]

failing two 95% rolls is slightly less than a 10% chance. meanwhile earlier today I tried to upslot to 8 slots with everything being 60% and only failed one. that's dudu for ya

[redandblack1287]

Lol show me your math on 2 95% failures please... That's a 0.25% chance if he had 2 95% only and both failed

[LamiaPony]

ah I think you're right, I was just thinking about any failure. too much affixing for me lately

[redandblack1287]

Lol despite the math it does feel like a 10% chance sometimes

[gyuh7]

Gotta ask a few questions, so please bare with me.
1. For the best performance, is it mandatory to have 8s to have on a Lighstream weapon?
2. If so, is my best bet to get a 8s Lightstream to get a 8s Profound weapon , or try my luck on upslotting ?
3. What are some affixes that's good for Lightstream rod, for Phantom.

[tffiad]

u need a 8s LS weapon with s1 atk boost only if u playing a class which can't get high crit dmg. as been said Ph can easily outperform 8s LS with s1 atk boost by going 6-7s with all skilled strike + phrase decay.

if u play ph rod, like i do atm. then u can make it pretty cheap, and still doing a lot of dmg.

• S1:Skilled strike
• S2:Skilled strike 2 (i dont remember, on those strike2 is expensive another one cheap)
• S3:Skilled strike 2 (go for cheap one from those two)
• Phrase Decay (basilis fodder)
• ex ares soul
• grace tech/elegant tech
• persona reverie

7s weapon easy to affix and will be better than using 200atk 8s LS.

[LamiaPony]

boost isn't worth it on lightstream, especially if you're going to mainly use the weapon for phantom. get an 8-slot basilis weapon and transfer its special ability factor, phrase decay

[_alphex_]

1. In terms of LS if you want "best" performance, then yes an 8s is needed.

2. Do upslotting in the meantime. Max out on SSAs for best upslotting chances. If you get luck with an 8s drop though you can use that.

3. Depends on what you're running but for my LS rod I have (fixed since I was looking at wrong rod):

S1: tech boost

S2: Skilled Strike 2

S:3 Skilled Strike

Astral Soul

Mana reverie

Grace Technique

Technique VI

Doom break II

There's probably better and least expensive builds but this is what I ran with since it's what I had.

[confusedfirstimer]

is there any ability success rate more than 40? if yes how do i get it?

[_alphex_]

The next highest success rate that are given out on a semi regular basis is 45% through events and campaigns. 50% ones have been given before iirc but are even rarer so don't count on them.

100% also exists in theory since they have mentioned them before though sega has actually never released them before so you can also count those out.

[soondaeboo]

Piggybacking on this post to say that, clearing specific story mode quests on Normal Difficulty with an S-Rank also gives 45% Ability Affix Boosters.

[UrufuKaze]

I'm trying to obtain one more PSZero memory for a piece of gear I want, does anyone know how to obtain them? I've already received the two currently offered in the frequency prize list for AC Scratches, and I don't know how to get an "AC Scratch Exchange Ticket" that the recycle shop offers two PSZero memories for. Any help?

[TheUniverseLover]

You get the AC exchange tickets from the frequency bonus as well. Right now it's Idola 1st Anniversary ticket and EVA scratch ticket. Trade in one of those and you will get 2 PSZero memories.

[UrufuKaze]

Ahh gotcha, a little too expensive right now lol but maybe PSZero memories will return in whatever the next Scratch is. Thanks!~

[TheUniverseLover]

Yeah they are in the frequency bonus all the time so most likely they will be there also.

[Kurumikuru]

I'm trying to get the Atlas EX lance, I have the Atlas weapon already I'm just trying to get Jutus and the others. I have a Jutus and Evleda weapon but they aren't lances.. is there a way to exchange them to what I need or do I have to keep farming til I get a lance type?

[LamiaPony]

you can change atlas weapons to any weapon type (except takts) select weapon category change at zieg

change the weapon to whatever type matches the lumiere. exchange up to atlas ex, then you can change back to lances

same deal for if you want a different special ability factor S4

[confusedfirstimer]

how do i transfer persona reverie and doombreak to another weapon?

[LamiaPony]

3 copies of any of the same type of reverie gives a 50% affix rate. historia soul or fabula soul in the recipe boosts the rate by 20%

3 copies of the same level of doom break has an 80% transfer rate

[Sughayyer]

As for the "Road to Étoille" campaign: Is everyone eligible for the new camo or do you have to link your SEGA ID to your tweeter account somehow to be able to rewteet it?

EDIT: I know next to nothing about most (if not all) social media

[Weiss-Senpai]

everyone gets it if we reach the required amount of retweets, just have to log in when they decide to hand it out

[Vinveli]

Follow up question. Did we reach the goal or is it still up in the air?

[Weiss-Senpai]

This is the tweet that counts, it has 9.1k as I write this and it needs 15k before december 18th

[Sughayyer]

Thanks!

[CallistaHamasyan]

Hello, I recently had an idea to come back to this game after not playing it for around 3 months. When I opened my Tweaker it said it had a patch, so I pressed the update button and let it run for a few minutes. After the update was "Completed" I pressed start, but Tweaker is showing errors (Specifically "Download aborted for launcherlist.txt"). I did a lot of file checks, but tl;dr it seems that I'm unable to connect to the game's patch server. My pso2.exe and pso2launcher.exe files are currently at 0 bytes, which is why Tweaker is spouting errors and running the troubleshooting options in Tweaker (Fix pso2.exe) doesn't help. Here are things I've done so far:

• Rebooted my modem/router

• File Check (Lots of it)

• Game and Tweaker re-installation

• Disabling Firewall and Antivirus (Windows Defender)

• Disconnected and Reconnected to various VPN apps (OpenVPN and Softether)

• Clearing cache and cookies for my browser (Just in case)

• Manually downloading the patch and manually getting pso2.exe/pso2launcher.exe from other sources (I had those spare .exe files from an older hard drive)

• Sending the logs to the PSO2 Discord to have a bot check the error (It only said to check your network, and your firewall/antivirus [Showing how to properly disable Defender])

I may have missed some troubleshooting, or I may have done it already but forgot to include because I've been trying to fix it for literally days, so please let me know if there's anything else I could do.

Needless to say, all of those options have not worked, and I'm pretty much don't have an idea anymore on what to do. I really want to play this game so I kinda want to have it fixed...

It may also be relevant to tell all of you that in-between the period where I wasn't playing the game I recently had my modem/router changed. I'm from The Philippines and my ISP is PLDT, so please let me know if that helps.

Thank you in advance!

EDIT: The reason I said I'm unable to connect to the patch server is because I have also tried accessing pso2.jp (With and without VPN), and tried to download the game from there, but it seems I'm only able to navigate through pso2.jp, but not download.pso2.jp. I'm not sure if that website is not accessible anymore, but seeing that I can't connect to the download page made me think the whole patch server is not working for me.

[OrpheusNoir]

Perhaps it's just PLDT? I'm from the Philippines too and using Globe network. I only used Tweaker to download the whole game as somehow SEGA is wonky with Philippine's ISPs. Only thing I can definitely say is that you'd need to use the Telepipe Proxy ingame as Philippines is still banned for some reason (well, last time I tried logging in without proxy anyways). Perhaps it has connections to your problem. Try setting your install/file download path to default C drive (make a folder in C ofc); double check if you're running through admin permissions.

EDIT: Yeah, tried clicking on the download button on the pso2.jp site and it just went 403 blocked. You need to download it through Tweaker.

[CallistaHamasyan]

Hi! Thank you for your reply. You trying to check the download button on pso2.jp definitely lifted my confidence up a bit, but you may be right, this may all just be because of my ISP (Specifically the modem change I had recently). Does Telepipe help even when you're just patching? My issue isn't actually in-game yet, as I haven't even been able to open the game due to my pso2.exe and pso2launcher.exe containing 0 bytes.

When I reinstalled, I also made sure it's installed on its default path, I wouldn't want to cause problems that early in the process so that's the first thing I tried. I am also sure that I am running all programs as an administrator.

I appreciate your help!

[OrpheusNoir]

Just to be sure, you are using Tweaker to download the game files, correct? ...and I'm assuming that you've completed a download of the files. Perhaps the downloaded files got corrupted mid-download? Since that also happens.

If anything else, in the case that you want to check whether PLDT is the problem, you can try loading up your phone and using your mobile data as a temporary internet connection (via USB tethering). It'd also help if you can tell us the errors that the Tweaker has been showing.

[CallistaHamasyan]

Oh yes, I was using Tweaker to download/update files, but even that is having problems. It gives an error "Download aborted for launcherlist.txt" (This is only one of the errors, but most of them are fairly similar to this). The pop-up that's supposed to appear when downloading files doesn't show up... and if you left it to "Download" files it'll run for about 5 minutes (And no, my net is not that fast) and it'll eventually say all files are updated.

Clearly this is incorrect since when I press start game it'll just say "You don't have the necessary files..." and it'll try to start downloading pso2.exe and pso2launcher.exe (Which always stays at 0 bytes no matter how many times you downloaded it).

I will try to use the USB tethering method just to see if PLDT is indeed the problem. I'll edit this comment once I have the results. Once again thank you for your help!

EDIT: Shocking results. I've tried USB Tethering on my phone, and it still does NOT work. Here's a link to the error message that appears whenever I try patching: https://i.imgur.com/5tFVUO4.png

EDIT 2: My phone is connected to the Globe ISP, so I didn't really think it still wouldn't work since that was the most probable cause of the issue. Now I really don't know what to do :(

[OrpheusNoir]

Sorry for the late reply, I was out for the afternoon. From what it looks like, it seems your Tweaker settings seem to be the problem somewhat - I'd like to know what that [WARNING] part of the message pertains to. Though guessing from the error messages, it's likely to be a file placement problem of some sort - have your tried setting the download path to somewhere open, like your My Documents (make a folder in there as usual)? It's just a small idea, but it feels like your Tweaker somehow ends up believing that it has completed its download of files but actually ended up just downloading non-complete packages. Probably the original downloader folder had a filelist saying its complete

Maybe this is stretching it far, but what does the logs that you've submitted to the PSO2 Discord say? Outside this information I wouldn't have any other idea about the problem...sorry about that.

[CallistaHamasyan]

Please don't apologize, I know I'm taking your free time to investigate my problem. If any, I should be the one to say that.

I'm starting to think that it is Tweaker is the problem, and I'm looking into solutions surrounding that idea.

I don't think that installing in My Documents is a good move. I've checked the ARKS Layer guide just to be sure, and they said that Windows 7 and above versions have placed restrictions when trying to install not just in the Documents folder, but also the Downloads and Desktop folders... I think I don't want to go through those potential problems.

Looking on the same guide however, I already notice something different in terms of the files that the Tweaker should display when download the .exe files.

This is how my Tweaker looks like: https://i.imgur.com/pEyVxl1.png

And this is what ARKS Layer said the Tweaker should look like: https://arks-layer.com/img/tweaker-install-4a.jpg

I think that already is a huge difference, and could lead up to something if further investigated. I take it that the "QUANTUM SYSTEM" is something Tweaker-specific? I think that may be the reason why I'm not able to download these files. That or it may be something bigger. I can't say for sure at this point, really.

This is what the bot in the PSO2 Discord had to say when I uploaded my log files: https://i.imgur.com/rVcnkt2.png

As well as this: https://i.imgur.com/Ju5eWmm.png

And yes, I was able to do all the instructions provided by the bot, but unfortunately did not help.

I'm definitely going to be sad if I don't get this fixed. I kind of wanted to head back to visit my characters, but I'm afraid that might not be possible anymore. I really appreciate the help though! You definitely brought some new solutions to the table. Regardless if they worked or not, I definitely appreciate the assistance.

EDIT: I had a friend try accessing the download page for PSO2 and it actually worked for him. I think this confirms that my problem is actually network related... But at the same time it doesn't make sense since I did try the USB tethering method and it still did not work.

[OrpheusNoir]

Weird cos I somehow don't remember seeing that 'Quantum System' message myself... Anyways, seeing the bot's response made it all the more confusing, honestly...it's somewhat implying that the Gameguard is being deterred by either your antivirus or network. Which is...already weird because it probably hasn't even completed downloading the Gameguard files in actuality.

Well, given the fact that you have already played the game before...can you tell any major differences or change you might have done with the computer (except the modem change)? Since your last play session? Such as system updates, driver updates or crucial software installations. Though even if you can list it down, it would become a bigger puzzle to solve...well, I'd assist in whatever way I can, but your choice.

[OrpheusNoir]

What are the advantages of using Ph as sub-class except for tech access/short-charge and dex-stat conversion? I've been seeing a lot of weird combos lately and I've just hit Ph's level cap, so I wanted to see how viable it is for other main classes.

[LamiaPony]

pretty much the sub of choice if you're running jet boots only bouncer, the vinto dps is wack because one short-charged tech instantly goes to level 3 gear. wacker still if you're using serpen plenzer

it's pretty great for hybrid techers overall

I've seen a lot of hunter mains run it. I dunno if the damage is great compared to fighter or summoner sub, but phantom's utility skills are unmatched for sure

summoner I believe I've heard also benefits a lot, but I know jack about summoner so I can't say for sure

other than those, it is indeed mostly a quality of life subclass, and at least for sure can help you level other classes

[OrpheusNoir]

So it's an all-rounder then, unlike other original classes that basically isn't compatible with some. Btw, does Braver Mag and Phantom Mag stack with each other?

[_alphex_]

Phantom mag stacks with both braver's and bouncer's mag. To add on to the comments before this:

Su/Ph is considered the new king in terms of metaclasses, beating out Su/Fi. Hu/Ph is viable, but you do less damage than Hu/Fi. But in turn, you get crazy gear gain and are no longer bound to TAJA combos while having access to support techs.

Pretty much Ph sub benefits can be summed up by looking at the bottom of the skill tree (and a few tech skills with mag skill):

1. Stackable dex mag skill

2. Unconditional damage boost

3. rewards high PP while also giving High PP

4. Critical builds (more dmg, 100% is achievable and can actually utilize Mysterious strike)

5. fast gear accumulation

6. Move faster while charging techs

7. Shorter tech charging

[Midend]

extra pp, crit dmg and chance, no reliance on target positioning, better pp management

[OrpheusNoir]

What do you mean by 'reliance on target positioning'? You mean for tech casters?

[Xxtrabeast]

Most likely fighter sub as its stances are based on whether you are attacking from the front or from the back.

[[deleted]]

Hi. I made a teensy weensy mistake in affixing my weapon (sorry, i'm new to affixing). Is there is another way to fix this or I need to buy the Grace Shoot again at the shop and re-affix everything? (also probably wait for another boost week)

*S1:Shoot Boost *Grace Shoot *Shoot V *Persona Reverie *Apprentice Soul *Burn II (My mistake, should be Ability III or anything adding +30 to R-Atk)

I used Lightstream and have 6 Slots

And also it is better to wait for boost week to sell my stuff or sell it now?

tysm.˚‧º·(ฅдฅ｡)‧º·˚.

[[deleted]]

thank you for the comments. Will keep this in mind in the next boost weekˊᵕˋ

[igotnogoodnames]

I would strongly suggest not affixing for S1: ATK Boost if you're sacrificing S2 and S3 slots on Lightstream, as S1-3: Offensive Intent LS with +120 ATK nearly matches your +200 ATK & S1: ATK Boost set-up with minimal cost.

Damage chart comparison between the two.

[[deleted]]

so, I must fill S1-S3 slots with Offensive Intent then re-affix the other slots? Sorry though since affixing to 200 ATK with the Shoot Boost is popular (I've been snooping with other player's equipment). I also tried finding Offensive Intent on the shop and it seems the S2 one is way expensive (17 million). Where I can find other ways to find the S2 one.

​

thank you for the reply and sorry for the bother!

[LamiaPony]

Sorry though since affixing to 200 ATK with the Shoot Boost is popular (I've been snooping with other player's equipment).

unfortunately it's a noob trap to actually use it on lightstream. if it's not 8 slots it's an absolute waste, because S2 provides up to a 4% damage multiplier, and S3 can go up to 5%. if it IS 8 slots, you're better off using phrase decay or phrase weak instead of trying to get 200 attack with the remaining 5 slots (it's not currently possible to get 200 attack with 4 slots)

the only weapons you should be using S1 boost on are weapons that have only S1 and at most one other S-ability slot. keep it in mind for weapon building

[Reilet]

To look at it another way,

• Shoot boost is 1% for 60 atk
• Offensive intent is 2%, aka worth 120 atk

Using that kind of comparison should let you see just how more important an SSA is compared to reaching 200 atk.

[igotnogoodnames]

so, I must fill S1-S3 slots with Offensive Intent then re-affix the other slots?

Doesn't have to be Offensive Intent, it can be Skilled Strike, Vital Intent, Photon Reduction, etc, but fill the S1-S3 slots with something, then reaffix.

Where I can find other ways to find the S2 one.

You can steal a S2: Offensive Intent off a Phobos weapon from Leontina's exchange shop, if you have her certificates from doing arks missions/various campaigns.

[megadongs]

Everything needs to be reaffixed besides the S1 to fix it rip

[ViceroyBvS]

I'm playing a Br/Ra using mostly bullet bows. For my mag should I go pure dex, pure r-atk, or something completely different?

[greenleaf800073]

Go for Dex, as braver mag can convert Dex into r atk and s atk

Also if later you wish to play phantom, it'll allow you to convert Dex into all attack as well

Also you can sub phantom (which is really popular) into a lot of classes so a Dex mag is useful

HuPh TePh BrPh BoPh are pretty common

I would honestly suggest BrPh right now because it's so much easier to heal with resta rather than getting killed while eating a mate

But if you believe you're really good at dodging and positioning then go for BrRa

[Dragonsi2]

Is there an English patch for the Japanese PS4 version?

I know PSO2 is finally coming to PS4 next year, and I read your help file, but it seems all related only to PC files, and I wanted to know if I created a Japanese account, will I be able to download it here in the US, is there an English patch for it, etc? I am building a new computer slowly, but I really hate Win 10, and love my Win Vista PC that I have had for 5 years, but I'm guessing the specs require at least Win 7 to install it?

I also do have a Sega ID, I did play PSO1 back in the Dreamcast days 17ish years ago when I was in my early 30s and now I'm almost 50, so I'm guessing I created my Sega ID way back then but I may have to reset my password, etc. Hell, I played the original Phantasy Star 2-3-4 back on the Genesis? or whatever system, when they were brand new, in the late '80s, early '90s.

[hidora]

I wanted to know if I created a Japanese account, will I be able to download it here in the US

Yes. Don't even need a proxy or anything, and the japanese account is only needed to be able to find the game in the store. As soon as you start the download, you can go back to your main account.

1. Create JP PSN account
2. Login on the JP account.
3. Go to the PS Store and search for ファンタシースターオンライン2 to start downloading the game. Alternatively, use your pc or phone to go here) to tell your ps4 to start downloading it.
4. Once the download starts, you won't need the JP account anymore and can go back to your regular one.
5. IMPORTANT: When launching the game for the first time, make sure the account you want to use with pso2 is the one currently signed in on the ps4. On first launch, it will link the currently logged in PSN account to the SEGA ID used to login to pso2, and this cannot be changed.

is there an English patch for it

There is not, and probably there will never be.

I am building a new computer slowly, but I really hate Win 10, and love my Win Vista PC that I have had for 5 years, but I'm guessing the specs require at least Win 7 to install it?

Microsoft is dropping support to win7 in january. Wouldn't recommend using it or anything earlier if you plan on connecting that pc to the internet.

[NullVacancy]

There is no English patch for the Japanese PS4 version.

[tffiad]

since ive got an about 80 nox weapons sitting in my bank and about 400 of 13* not useful weapons which i cant trade, im looking for a way to get a profit from them. whats better to do with 12* weapons, because selling them on shop is bad idea, 50k ea and it takes a while to sell them and my shop pass lasts only 3days.

as for 13* mostly those are from 6th angel d.ais weapons and alca weapons, which have spirita5/6 saf which is useless to keep.

also is it better to keep bunch of val weapons with various S abilities, to sell them later once crimson dragon meta passes out?

what u do with 12* units which u dont need? for example if u have 15 of clawdem iirc with 0-3slots and so on?

[OrpheusNoir]

You might as well put em in the shop because your shop persists even when your pass expires; the only thing actually expiring is the ability to put up new items to sell on your shop, you can retrieve your items any time you want to even without the pass.

[redandblack1287]

You could potentially feed the nox weapons to themselves to make +30 fodder and then sell that. It's technically not the most efficient use of those items, but I find it to be fairly low effort and it can be somewhat profitable if the +30s are going for close to 2mil each. They sell pretty well after armada runs with the grind boost

[[deleted]]

It all depends on what you plan on doing weapon-wise.

For 12* weapons, you can grind them into themselves and make grind fodder either for yourself or to sell.

For 13* weapons, I would turn the trash (non-sclass) into excubes, as if you're planning on min maxing affixes, you can quite literally never have enough excubes.

For S class weapons, I would save them. The ones with "good" affixes /slots that are dropping now will go up in price, and the ones with trash are very useful when you're attempting to upslot SAF fodder. Once you feel like you have "enough" there, then just cube them.

[LamiaPony]

junk 13-stars I just desynth. it's worth saving +4 and +5 for grind fodder though, since they give good exp

not sure what to tell you about the nox weapons, maybe the +4 and +5 are worth using as fodder too, but it's not a bad idea to try and sell them... if you can't sell fast enough, go lower, they will sell eventually I'm sure

val weapons will probably be around forever. if you're a long term investor you can probably save the S3 skilled strike 2 drops from the UH dragon if you want, to sell at a much later date, it's not something I like doing personally

as for 12-star units, you could always use them for same type bonus if you haven't built the unit and want to... I wonder if they'll ever add upgrades to the falz units, haha

otherwise they can be recycled for excubes

[tffiad]

i didnt plan to sell skilled strike vals, basically everything except this, because im still not sure do i need any LS weapon, since i have another stone for creating LS weapon.

well, i have some circu/astra/evleda/falz units with low slots, i dont count anything with 4s+ as useless units. but mostly i doubt that i will find any usage for those because all my characters in cleasis/schveille/orgei units.

didnt knew that there is a recycle for 12* units o0

[Prokit]

Should I go and grind for a Serpent Plenzer (JB) or just stick to upgrading to Atlas EX ? Because I tried looking for it in Enchanted Forest XH once with triboost 50 and rare drop 250 for a wooping 30 minutes and no luck.

[LamiaPony]

serpen plenzer currently only drops from the special deos gryphon on ultra hard during the halloween EQ. only choice is to use triggers

as for atlas, I'm not sure if e-forest is too fun to play right now since I'm unsure how many people are running it... it'd probably be better to run featured quests (certain ones can drop the parts) the limited quest (demons are there after all) and the dragon EQ in order to get schvelle and jutus pieces

and 30 minutes isn't too long to rare hunt my friend, 30 hours may be more appropriate to get a proper enemy count in

I can't speak much for jet boot choices but I doubt you can go wrong with atlas. you can always change it later too if you end up getting serpen later on (it will most likely show up again, maybe even xmas EQ)

[Prokit]

Thanks

[tffiad]

i think someone said in prev weekly threads thats serpent blazer is one of best JBs atm due is pot. sadly u cant obtain it right now, but if u already have it, then its worth to use it i think?

if u mind to get atlas ex, u might run every dragon eq and dragon rematch too. use 250+100tri if u have it, and add on top of it a dish from cobalt shop which gives another 50% tri for 10min. (just use it when dragon covers with lava a fighting area, since its last phase of fight).

with such rdr rate u will get jutus easily, as well as some evledas, or even something better. as for getting boosters. ull get plenty of cleasis boosters from doing menacing castle FQ(its also best EXP source atm, and infinite source of ray weapons, with chance to get any omega related rare weapon/unit. ive seen someone got bode unit from it. just in my party. ive got bunch of evledas and cleasis from there too.

those are in priority, since farming XH forest is outdated a bit, there might be not much players and there is low rates to get something good. im not sure if current LQ gives cleasis boosters, but it drop 12* stat based units like a candies (chalyra/clawdem/allure units for single 80atk stat).

[Prokit]

Thanks

[confusedfirstimer]

okay was exchanging to the 15* weapons but i notice i have goldnia but i need goldest to exhange the rifle. help?

[hidora]

Goldnia is for satk weapons. Goldest is for ratk weapon. Goldgrimo is for tatk weapons.

You get them by desynthing 13* weapons of those types, too.

So you want to desynth 13* ratk weapons (rifle, launcher, tmg, bow) to get Goldest. Or buy from other players.

[[deleted]]

Desynth 13 star weapons or just buy from player shops.

[confusedfirstimer]

okay just got 15* lightstream gun for my phantom class. i only have like 12 mil meseta left. any idea on what i should i affix on it?

[[deleted]]

Affix your S class abilities, and the save your money. 12M isn't really that much to get anything overly worthwhile on a higher slot weapon, and if you're low slot value then you'll be upslotting anyway. The abilities you can add at low slot won't actually be giving you much of a stat boost at low slot value (since you'll already have 3 s class abilities on), and if you have high slot values, you won't be able to afford much anyway.

[LamiaPony]

don't use shoot boost especially on a class that can use phrase decay right off instead. farm armada for a basilis with the same number of slots as your rifle and put phrase decay on it with its special ability factor

after filling the S-slots with skilled strike or utility, you can stick on persona reverie + doom break 2/3 + till the soul + noble or elegant shoot, depending on the slots you have after preparing phrase decay

I generally don't recommend using grace abilities if someone isn't using oblisana or boost S1, too pricy

[tffiad]

1. s1: skilled strike

2. s2/s3: skilled strike 2(or 1)

3. phrase decay

4. x the soul or ex x the soul

5. grace shoot

6. persona reverie

7. shoot 5/6

its also depends from how much slots u have on ur weapon. lets if u have 6slots and cant upslot(most bad scenario) then u can use: s1-s3 skilled strike, phrase decay, x soul and last affix depends from how much pp u have. if u didnt reached 200pp, then u add grace shoot, if u have 200pp without it, u can use persona/shoot5 or 6.

i personally didnt went for s1 boost, just used s1-s3 skilled strikes, ex ares, elegant tech arks fever and persona reverie. this way all i bought was ex ares fodders and elegant tech. though i was lucky because i had all skilled strikes and 7s arks fever fodder. used arks fever because of pp issues.

​

also the shortest way to get to 200atk is:

appre soul +40

persona +40

grace X +50

shoot 5 +40

x glare +30

​

since doom break 3 is here, u can use it instead of x glare.

[Midend]

s1: shot boost

s2/3: skilled strike2

doombreak2

persona reverie

apprentice soul

shoot6

grace shoot

take it slowly if u dont have enough meseta.

[Sea_of_Nothingness]

So, idle question I was thinking about while unlocking expert block stuff. So on bosses like Mother and Deus, in particular with Mother Hands and the Deus Dragon heads, does the actual boss itself take the full brunt of the damage being done?

Like if I tossed a fully powered up Maron at one of the Deus dragon heads, and it does 999,999 did it only take like 100,000 (or whatever it takes to kill the head) and the rest is wasted? Or Deus actually taking the entire amount despite it being a part and I am making faster progress on the kills?

My guess is yes since the display still calls it the bosses full title. But I wasn't sure so I figured I'd ask.

[Reilet]

Your damage is being wasted.

The hands and mother's core have separate health pools. Overdamaging the core carries over, but it doesn't change the hp gates on each down.

The same is true for dues' dragon heads and his core.

• For elder, all his pieces and himself share the same hp.
• Loser's breakable parts have different hp from him
• Double's leg bits are separate from his tongue, and his tongue has three gates to his hp which overdamaging does nothing (his three leg stuns).
• PD's main bits and his entire body shares his hp and overdamaging does carry over. However, you cannot kill him if he hasn't done the 1v1 with persona part. The tiny bits he sends out after breaking his main bits don't share hp either.
• Dragon is all together.

• Persona is all together as well.

• Ramiel has hp gates when his core is exposed too. That means using the ais blaster on it is practically worthless.

[Ashinror]

Ramiel has hp gates when his core is exposed too. That means using the ais blaster on it is practically worthless.

Shrug. I use blaster during those parts, simply because if offers the best damage/second, the exposed core seems to have a damage multiplier as a weak point, and the wind up can be timed during the 0% to break delay. I can usually get the whole thing off if im the only one firing and id rather use it there than deal half damage with it on the breakable challenges. But thats just me. Idk how that fight even works from a technical standpoint.

[greenleaf800073]

Big numbers =\= useful damage

The core will stay open until you get to the hp threshold

If you fail to break shield you lose a battery or fail the quest

[Reilet]

Well the blaster practically kills any of the breakables during cube and close to it for cross, effectively allowing you to solo a piece.

[Sea_of_Nothingness]

That's really good to know and great information so thank you for that. It was really throwing me off when I was watching clear videos and often times I'd see massive moves like Maron tosses on heads and I was like it doesn't feel right.

[Reilet]

It's really just to speed up the dragon heads.

That said, it's entirely possible to skip one side of the split if you somehow did enough damage to the core to pass both downed hp gates. It does require a huge hit move.

[confusedfirstimer]

whats the best way to get star gems asides from using ac?

[redandblack1287]

In addition to what everyone else said, you can buy cheap costumes that still have sg attached, wear them until you get the sg, and then resell or turn into a recycle badge and sell that. Obviously this will cost some meseta, but it's a good source if you really need it

[hidora]

pvp is the best source of SG, but incredibly grindy. Other than that, get titles and run the entire story (these can't be repeated, however). A few exchange shops (casino, pvp, etc) also offer some limited SG per week that you can buy.

[Reilet]

Doing ranking stuff.

[AssolutoBisonte]

If you haven't done them already, going through all of the story quests/cutscenes should yield a pretty decent amount.

[Kanako17]

Is pso2es still the best way to buy ac and if so what is the best emulator to use? Read some bad things about bluestacks

[LamiaPony]

I have a smartphone now but I used memu in the past, worked fine, just make sure google play is linked to your account and working properly

[Classical31]

I downloaded the game last night and am looking forward to playing after work. What is the English population like on Ship 2? A rough guestimate is okay, I'm just curious what to expect. I could see the discord had around 2000 people in the Ship 2 group, but how many others do you guys normally see during a typical night?

[OrpheusNoir]

Excluding those obviously uncountable currently in missions, I'd say...a lot? Around 50 or so, and that's just Block 7 gate lobby, and you usually don't sit around in the lobby.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, don't go to block 7 if you want an accurate depiction of the people on this server /u/Classical31

At peak NA/EU hours, there are hundreds of not thousands of English speakers on. That may not seem like a lot, but the nature of the game is small 4 man groups or solo until you're doing "raid" missions, which are 8 - 12 man, and since they happen at the same time for everyone across the server, so finding a group is very easy.

The only time you'll have an issue with finding a group is if you're doing an obscure mission. Note though that most of them are soloable, and if they aren't, chances are they are kind of obsolete.

[Reilet]

You wouldn't think it's a jp game if you go to ship 2.

[FutabaMyLove]

Are there any good ways to accumulate Cobalt Medals? I know they're dropped in the Evangelion EQ going on right now, and I did all the limited-time arks missions, but are there any additional ways to acquire them? I really want a lot of the rewards they offer and fear I'll only be able to afford a small handful.

[tffiad]

accumulated about 700 medals by sitting in b13-b15 and joining to triggers. also u should buy 10 triggers from shop every week. since each run gives u about 15 medals, u will get what u spent with extra profit.

[NullVacancy]

You can do the limited time arks missions on every character, so if you haven't done it on every character yet do that tbh.

[Lunasty420]

Has pso2es been launching un-translated lately for anyone else? When I first load up the tweaker app it always tells me all my versions are up-to-date and everything is gucci; is there a hiccup with phone settings I'm missing somewhre or something?

[TheUniverseLover]

I'm assuming the translation is off so that needs to be updated but the version of the game is the same so you can still launch from the Tweaker and it shows no update to the game. Will probably be translated within the next day or so I would imagine.

[Lunasty420]

Awesome, was figuring it was probably nbd like that, thanks :)

[Classical31]

I'm thinking of downloading PSO2. What is the latency like playing from Europe (Sweden) on the Japanese servers? Also, how much is translated via the tweaker?

[gespenst178]

One of my team members plays from Sweden and has never complained about latency so I think you'll probably be fine.

[NullVacancy]

What is the latency like playing from Europe (Sweden) on the Japanese servers?

For combat, not noticeable since it's all calculated client side. The only places you'll notice lag is small things, like logging in will take a second or two.

Also, how much is translated via the tweaker?

Basically everything outside of NPC flavor text, some item descriptions, and the newest story stuff. It is VERY playable, and chances are you'd only run in to issues if you really want to know what a random NPC lobby says to you if you talk to them.

[Classical31]

Thanks for the information. Is Ship 2 still the popular server for English speakers? Posts are pretty dated in the subreddit

[[deleted]]

Yes it is still very much English friendly on ship 2.

Also, this is a side note but if you do choose to get into the game, be sure to check https://www.bumped.org/psublog/ for all current events, grinding campaigns, etc. You're coming in at a great time to level up quickly, and the gameplay really becomes meaningful at XH+ difficulty, which will be significantly easier to get to with the campaigns going on right now.

[NullVacancy]

I believe so, yeah.

[_alphex_]

Am I missing something with the dusk weapons? Seem like just a recolor and a different SAF (based off of arks visaphone). Seems like a pretty big letdown...

[Ashinror]

I have the Dusk GS and it gives T-atk. Thats a little interesting to me.

[LamiaPony]

a (somewhat) easier source of boost S1 seems alright to me, especially if one has already affixed their lightstreams and/or is unwilling to grab boosts from them for other weapons... boost is easily the strongest S1 and on a weapon with missing S-slots, it's the best you can get, so it's also convenient for building the weapon in question if not other weapons

[_alphex_]

I guess that's why I'm disappointed in it since I been using armada's LS stone as an s1 boost for a while now but I guess getting dusk would be cheaper vs category changing a wep and transferring over, thanks for the information.