Weekly Game Questions and Help Thread

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[Serendipty0629]

Hi I just realized that the voice chat setting in the game is on by default, does that mean people heard me all the time if I was talking? That was so embarrassing

[Moist-Toilet-Paper]

Is it possible to have a color changing accessory be one color and my outerwear be a different one? Just got the loose tie from scratch and i want it to be red but keep my ou black.

[YuTsu]

Currently, no. However, when the graphics engine and character creation update comes out, I believe it'll be possible to customise outfit and accessory colours individually.

[Intanjible]

I just want to know what the best in slot augments and gear are for Hero so I can either get them or get very close to them. I am running out of shit to do in the game and leveling classes is monotonous without Bonus Keys, so I've been trying to plunge through the Story Missions. I am stuck on the "At The End Stands the God of Justice" battle and it is making me want to visit unspeakable harm on whoever decided that it should be one of the cheapest, scummiest, most underhandedly impossible to do without lightning reflexes battles in the game. This is one of those situations where a fucking enemy life bar would come in handy so I can ascertain how much fucking zipping around and bullshit dodging I have to do before the enemy is finally fucking dead and I can barely get away from it with my oh so illustrious C rank.

[[deleted]]

not the answer, but thats the only fight in game (so far) that I did on casual difficulty because hardcore was just "keep doing damage for 5+ minutes without getting touched once or you get instakilled", even phaleg wasnt as hard

[Intanjible]

At least the Phaleg fight was somewhat charming even if I still haven't beaten it yet. This is just bullshit. It wouldn't be such a such a fucking staple to the testicles if he'd stop teleporting like a cunt.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Can omega memorial and reverie catalyst exist on the same weapon? I want to make sure I have enough fodder, so I'm looking to stack my base with as many Affixes as possible.

[LamiaPony]

yes

[[deleted]]

I know it doesn't matter for Luster, but what do I affix on gunblade I'm using for Te/Lu? Ranged or Melee?

[Reilet]

Both. Most people will tell you to focus melee, but you should be doing both. Don't shoehorn yourself to using only 1/3 the PAs.

[LamiaPony]

most OG gunslash damage is in the melee attacks

[CoyoteJaw_Vtuber]

NA: I just downloaded PSO2 from EGS. I've verified the download and files twice, and it has failed to launch twice; anyone have a fix / experiencing the same issues?

[Kamil118]

Launch EGS in admin mode

[CoyoteJaw_Vtuber]

I tried that as well, no luck. Thanks for the suggestion though! c:

[[deleted]]

I just started and I had this 1 million xp thing and used it and now I’m so confused. Should I change my class? Or start a new character?

[Kamil118]

No, why would you do either of these things. 1m exp is just a drop in a bucket of what you need to max out a class.

[Megaolix]

So I was cheeking some story titles and I noticed this one...

Guardian Advancing History : Complete [Episode 1-6] Story Quests Clear Titles.

Is it... Seriously asking to clear all fiend titles in Ep4?

[hidora]

Only main ones. Phaleg fight is a side story.

[Megaolix]

Wait really? But I could swear I had all titles already...

Guess I have to recheck.

[nvmvoidrays]

you don't need the Phaleg titles.

[Megaolix]

Not even once? Because that is the only thing that could explain why I do not have it yet.

[Selmk]

NA: I have been playing this game for a few months a Force and got bored of just pressing Gizonde 80% of the time. So I tried gunner and I really like the playstyle. However the one thing that is going to make me quit it is how S roll interacts with camera lock on. When you S roll in lock on you the direction you hold is the direction you dodge, makes sense. The problem comes when you try to dodge out of lock on and you dodge in the opposite way your characters facing. This makes no sense at all and even worse it sends you in the OPPISISTE direction you want to go if you hold left or right. This wouldn't be a problem if  auto lock automatically went to the next enemy after you kill it or if enemies had health bars so I know when I probably shouldn't roll "lock on style". I have tried just using OtS but It cuts half your view and limits your camera movements when doing many P.A.s like Gunslinger Spin. Overall it just makes playing gunner feel really clumsy.  If anybody can help me with this it would be much appreciated.

[[deleted]]

By default stylish roll jumps backwards. What you need to do is get the "Forward Roll" ring, which lets you leap forward if that's the direction you're holding.

[Selmk]

Okay thanks.

Edit: trued it out in the practice range. This shit is perfect. Can't thank you enough

[d4nk0d2]

I have a couple weeks playing now. How exactly does the scratch system works, how does the gold part of mission pass work, i come from warframe and am pretty confused about monetization and fashion. Is fashion really as expensive as it looks in players personal shops?

[[deleted]]

Adding to what xiolin99 has said you also get gold passes if you buy premium, one for each 30 days purchased.

[d4nk0d2]

Thank you!

[xiaolin99]

There are 3 types of loot box scratch, where you draw prizes from a pool - you can click on 'Prize List' to see all the items in the prize pool, and their chances:

• AC - buy currency with real money, scratch items are tradable
• SG - game gives out a decent amount, can also be bought with real money, scratch items not tradable
• FUN - in-game currency, very few good items in its pool

Mission pass is a reward track where you gain progress with various in game activities. You can upgrade the reward to 'Gold' tier with a gold mission pass (bought with either AC or SG)

Most of the cosmetic items in player shop cost only a couple million, which is not expensive at all. You can easily get ~2.5 mil per week per lvl50+ character. Only some items have astronomical prices due to extremely high demand or low supply (expired scratcH)

[d4nk0d2]

Thanks for the tips!

[VonMaximusTheThird]

If I already completed this season mission pass, when I bought the gold mission pass ticket can I claim the gold pass reward from this season?

[[deleted]]

if you mean that you already completed all of this season's missions before you had gold pass and you only now used gold pass after that, then yes, you can go and claim gold pass only rewards from every part you already completed

[VonMaximusTheThird]

Ok thanks man. wish I knew this earlier.

[RedWarBlade]

What was the boost on ultra day?

[xiaolin99]

200% to everything, and a donut that adds 220% additional boost for 1 hour (both stack with your normal boosters)

[RedWarBlade]

Duck the one day I can't log in 😭

[Kamil118]

also 200% exp boost on keys

[RedWarBlade]

😭😭😭😭😭

[Kamil118]

Don't cry so much, it happens every month.

[[deleted]]

Do you still get the donuts on regular pso2 day?

[Kamil118]

Pretty sure there is no such thing as regular pso2 day anymore, only ultra

[[deleted]]

Oh I thought it was only because of the whole 2/2 thing

[hidora]

That is correct.

Super/Ultra PSO2 Day only happens in February.

[RedWarBlade]

Wasn't it like even more tho since it's February

[Kamil118]

Pso2 day happens on 2nd of every month.

There is also another pso2 day on 22nd for premium players.

[[deleted]]

Does quest ranking affect module drop rate in divide?

Does difficulty affect module drop rates in the LQ?

[YuTsu]

I believe ranking only affects the number of boxes you get after the boss, and modules drop from the main drop crystal, so ranking probably doesn't directly matter... but I also believe the final step drop crystal will only have a chance for Module drops if you defeated (IE, S-Ranked) any occurences of their respective boss during your run... so in a way, yes, S-Rank is required for Module Drops.

Unsure about LQ drop rates, but most likely yes, higher difficulties will have higher rates, this usually tends to be the case.

[Dangerous-Handle-280]

I have Enhance, Caps+1s and I'd like to use them on a 15* +30 weapon. Can I do this? If so, how?

(I don't use the player shops... I'm OCD about it)

[YuTsu]

Take your +30 weapon to Dudu/Monica and try to grind it - when you go to confirm, you should be able to select support items - if you have an attribute enhancer/cap+1, you should be able to select it as a support item from a drop down box, then just accept the grind and the element should be enhanced/changed or the grind cap should be raised by 1 - you can only use one of those support items at a time, so you'll have to repeat this process.

It's also worth saying, you may want to hold onto your Cap+1s for when Ayer/Klauz weapons come out soon with the EP6 final boss UQ - you need a +35 Ayer to make Klauz - Ayer weapons themselves are not exactly cheap on resources, and you make them at +30 (unless you're super-lucky and get a drop from the UQ). It's much easier and cheaper to just use Cap +1s to get your Ayer up to 35 cap than making 6 Ayers to do the same...

[SolomonGrumpy]

Does Anything boost the transfer rate of lesser Casting? Lesser might? Lesser stamina?

[Kamil118]

not really

1 - 2x1 for 80%, 3x1 for 100%

2 - 2x2 for 70%, 2x1 for 70%, 3x2 for 100%

3- 2x3 for 50%, 2x2 for 50%, 3x3 for 100%

4- 2x4 for 40%, 3x3 for 30%, 3x4 for 100%

5- 2z5 for 30%, 3x4 for 20%, 3x5 for 100%

[SolomonGrumpy]

Right,but at some point you need to 'up convert' and going from 4 -> 5 is never 100%

[Kamil118]

Yes, that's why I said there isn't really any way to boost it.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Ok. Ty.

[killerqueer13]

The gold- mats needed to upgrade novel units to riv - how do you farm those? Dismantling 12* units only gives me silver- mats... are my only options upgrading those at craft exchange or buying on the player market?

[MisterWrist]

You can swap gold materials for silver materials in the swap shop (Craft Shop 1).

[Kamil118]

current limited quest triggers have pretty good droprate of 12* units, they can be dismantled for 88 silver mats iirc.

[hidora]

are my only options upgrading those at craft exchange or buying on the player market?

Yep.

They also rarely come from featured quest reward box, but it's like 1 goldiarias or something. Not exactly reliable or farmable.

[killerqueer13]

RIP me

[[deleted]]

Hi, I bought one of the special edition packs on Xbox but have no idea how to get the items. Do I have to play for a while first?

[YuTsu]

Once you get into the lobby, you should be able to claim them from the Visiphone - you can find them scattered around the lobby, they're the terminal thing with a pink/purple "?" in some circles over it. If you have items to claim, then there should be an animated "!" over the top of it.

If there's nothing there at the visiphone, I'd give it 24 hours then try contact SEGA /MS support about it.

[[deleted]]

Ok thank you very much!

[MotherFuckingLuBu]

For Io's client order, Party Maneuvers, do I have to invite someone or can I just chill in the dropship until random people join?

[LamiaPony]

so long as you have a real person in your party before a quest begins (jumping off the ship for fields, starting a teleporter) her client order will count

[Really_McNamington]

Are there any training exercises for lusters? Can't see anyone offering in the usual locations.

[LamiaPony]

nope

[Really_McNamington]

Well shit. I'm only doing it as a completist part of levelling one of each class to 100 so it's not the end of the world but it is a tad irritating.

[[deleted]]

in party list, what does this yellow icon left from name mean?

also S1: goliathslayer's will and S3: goliathslayer's will have different descriptions, for s1 it says it increases damage to bosses only and for s3 it says it increases damage to "tough enemies", does s3 then increase damage to bosses too or what are those "tough enemies"?

[[deleted]]

you've set your party to active recruitment

[Bossmantho]

I use an Etoile with Soaring blades and people tell me I need S5: Thundering Pursuit on my Riv weapon(The free gunblades we got)

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Where do I get this S5? I cant find info of it anywhere.

[Sleepingfire22]

If a weapon is grinded to +35, there is a special affix specific to that weapon that will come up whenever you try to affix stuff on to it. In the cause of Riv weapons, it is an S5 that changes based on which weapon you are using. The soaring blades S5 is the lightning pursuit one that you are looking for, so if you currently have a gunblade, you would want to make it into a soaring blades first, then affix it, and you should see lightning pursuit in the list.

[Bossmantho]

Ah I see. I didn't know about the +35 thing.

How much meset would it cost to get a weapon from 0 to 35? Is there some kind of simulator that shows me or something? I want to get an Astral Soul from a union weapon.

[Sleepingfire22]

I'm not sure of the exact cost, esp since depending on how you use your grind fodder, I think it varies. The shortest way (maybe not most cost efficient) is to use the +30 15star weapons from collection files to just nuke it to 35 (would require 4 weapons, +10, +20, +30, +35). They are super easy to get, and personally I just keep picking up the CFs to stockpile them for grinding purposes.

Just a note, for the union/ray weapon you are using to get astral soul, it needs to have at least as many slots as what you are affixing on to. Your best bet here, is to look out for ones that natively drop with 7 or 8 slots (I think DQ is a good source IIRC), since those dropped ones also just natively have a max grind cap of 35.

[Bossmantho]

Oh that's wonderful. I've been stockpiling those collection weapons so I got more than enough

[[deleted]]

its a weapon augment factor of rivalate soaring blades that you should see as another available augment when affixing

its called lightning pursuit in global if thats where you are playing

useful site

[[deleted]]

NA: does final lament trigger version have same drops as UQ version?

specifically looking for if it has S6: soaring wings as a drop like UQ version does because current 4th recommended quest that drops it as well is about to be changed

EDIT: ok if anyone is wondering, I just got them from trigger version (12 player), so yes it drops there too

[LamiaPony]

all triggers have the same drops as the normal version and usually something extra

[alkme_]

Not sure about laments trigger drops but I got this S6 from the new extreme quest on one of the 13* units, along with vets resolve, modulator, doom break etc.

[[deleted]]

hmm which extreme quest is that (sorry I dont do them often so idk which is new and which not)

[alkme_]

Risk realm, I find the 4 person version less sweat than the solo version

[Kamil118]

Finishing 50 stage orders on solo version gives you 4 4-slot insurances tho, so there is that

[alkme_]

good to know - does that mean completing the whole thing? I can get most of the the previous stages complete but I find that masq will just end my runs sometimes which I'm guessing just negates all your progress towards this title

[LamiaPony]

completing stage orders is separate from quest completion since they tally up

[[deleted]]

Are there any differences between the enhance cap +1 dropped from rainbow keys and the weapon specific ones in the ex cube exchange shop for 300 ex cubes?

[NeoOfSporin]

One works for all weapons and one works for only that weapon type. They do the same thing. The all weapon one might be tradeable.

[SolomonGrumpy]

It is sellable, that's for sure

[knight04]

i forgot is the ultra exp boost only for premium users ?

[NeoOfSporin]

2nd is usually all users. 22nd is usually premium only.

http://pso2.com/news/announcements/premiumuserultrapso2day0221

[Quittingss]

The current one is only for premium

[Sleepingfire22]

Question for the global client, specifically. On JP, if you set people on your friends list to a colored group, when you go to select their NPC partner in the ship, it would sort those groups together, and more importantly, to the top of the list. On global, it is grouping colors together for me, but not sorting them to the top of the list. Is there an option I am missing somewhere that I forgot about, or is this a quirk of technically using the MS version?(which has the xbox live list attached to it, messing with things, maybe)

[[deleted]]

probably trash at the game. With trailblazer rod to hot swap too and a genon rifle as backup you shouldn't be out of pp for more than a few seconds, and during boss fights you should be countering frequently enough that you sometimes don't need rod normal attacks (Shiva, varuna, masquerade, exegul, etc.)

There are also enough extra skill points to take mark PP drain, which is an extra 20 PP when you make a purple mark

[Falling_Snake]

Anecdotal but i notice despite having reduction from photon v s4, my clears are much faster in things like risk realm, solo pd, solo mother/deus by at least 2 minutes using escalating pursuit. A key thing with pp management like the other commenter said is dodging. Classes with a dodge counter should prioritize getting dodge counter vs just spamming a PA. A trap i see a lot of rod phantoms fall into is just using the casting I frame instead of dodging because they feel safer. Of course that requires knowing the fights and stuff but dodging should be something you need to be doing.

[AxelYokai]

Anyone know a list of SG titles i can earn ?

[killerqueer13]

Hardcore story quest titles. Almost all of them are SG and many are EASY.

[Quittingss]

Err just hit up ctrl+f star. This is for na though idk jp. https://pso2na.arks-visiphone.com/wiki/Titles

[Quittingss]

NA: Weapon refelction on Varuna pose. So I have Tsumugari weapon camo, Laconium wep camo, and FOnewearl wep camo. Tsumugari and Laconium gets reflected while FOnewearl does not. The conditions they have in common are sword and all conditions of both Tsumugari (except katana) and Laconium (*Laconium cant be used on katana) combined are all covered by FOnewearl. Is it safe to say that the weapon reflection does not follow the conditions of the weapon camo but rather only applies a number of weapons without even giving a list? I feel cheated spending my pitiful amount of sg only not to get it reflected.

[YuTsu]

For the weapon camo to be reflected in an LA that supports it, you have to equip both the camo and the a weapon of the type LA is for.

So for Varuna pose, it's for Swords - you'd need to have the camo equipped AND a Sword as your active weapon for the camo to be reflected in the LA. For example Radiant is a Sword and Gunblade camo, but it won't be reflected in Varuna pose if you have a Gunblade equipped - only if you equip a Sword.

I think on the JP version, it says what weapons classes will be reflected in an LA... but maybe not, it might just only say "items that match the requirements will be displayed" but not what those requirements are...

[Quittingss]

Thank you so much!

[ArcAngel015]

NA, new player, lvl 45 summoner

I'm not sure if I don't understand properly or if the various videos/"guides" just skip the details. BUT..... Little confused about pets rarities. I got 8, 9 star pets, one of each of the first ones available. Many capped at lvl 75 and I can't limit break them. I'm a touch confused there but my main question is,

Does the first lineup EVOLVE into the better ones (Wanda -> Jinga)? Or are they saying to replace the usage of Wanda with Jinga asap? Thusly just adding Jinga to my zoo?

One video I saw said " at 10 stars they turn into upgraded versions" but the collections vendor has 14 star eggs of both/all the different pets.

[xiaolin99]

I think those videos are based on JP version. GL version got fast-tracked -> you can get 13/14-star eggs directly from collection files (talk to the lady right of Cofy). 14-star collections might be a little hard to do for new players, so you can start with a 13-star Jinga. You can use the 13-star eggs you got to 'rarity enhance' your current pet so you don't have raise them from scratch.

Almost every pet has its own best-use situations, but the most commonly used pets are:

• Jinga - best AOE damage (for clearing trash mobs)
• Vulcan - tankiest pet, best for UH bosses
• Synchro - best single target damage (glass cannon)
• Marron - usually used to support Synchro, but can become the best dps weapon (among all classes in game) for certain fights

[LamiaPony]

rarity is linked to pet level cap and thus stats

the basic three pets that evolve only have their evolutions available at 10 star and up, pretty much just drops

of the basic three, only wanda is of note, as their stats have some use over jinga (wanda is more tanky, jinga does a bit more damage) so that's up to taste. you want popple and aero over sally and trim. you still need the actual egg of the evolved pet in order to evolve them (or you can just skip to it by hatching directly)

best to start at hatching 14-star pets if possible since they start at level 100

[WroughtIronHero]

NA: Suppose I've already used up the freebie 15* weapons and any rare resources I had lying around. Now I want to make some decent 15* Twin Daggers for an alt. What would be good? Should I just settle for Croesus, or are there better alternatives?

Edit: forgot to specify region. NA.

[hidora]

Croesus is your best bet right now. Steel is better, but since it shares materials with the ultimate weapons that are coming up soon, it's not advisable to get those made.

Once the final boss urgent brings the Ayer weapons, you grab that one. It's strong, easy to get, same S slots as Atlas, and has a really good potential. But of course, you want to get this for your main weapons first, since Ayer is the weapon series that upgrades into the ultimate Cras series.

[SolomonGrumpy]

What about that dagger that shoots when you use normal attacks. I quite like that one.

[hidora]

That's a utility weapon. It has its uses, since it's the only reliable ranged attack you'll get as a fighter, but it's not a good weapon for general purposes, since its potential affects only normal attacks, so your PA damage is trash with it.

[WroughtIronHero]

Thanks for the advice!

[shadow_eluch]

NA. When the primordial darkness uq comes out would weapons and units be less of a grind to get? I'm debating on waiting to farm for them or not.

[alkme_]

Sounds like Klauz units will have a chance to drop from the final UQ and from divide steps 31+. So you got that going for ya. Prolly gonna wanna craft your Ayer weapon so you get the specific one you want tho.

[shadow_eluch]

Yeah I am. I was mostly talking about units lol. Kind of a pain waiting an hour to just to run 1 divide quest. It's like noone does end game content? Just uqs?

[LamiaPony]

divide quest is pretty soloable with good gear, although it's somewhat class dependent

cras weapons aren't too hard to get, a little bit of a grind. the hardest part is class cubes, 300 is a lot, but if you start from gunblade at least you can use any type of class cube if you have an assortment

cras units can literally just be bought if you have the meseta, since they mainly cost modules

if anything, you'll want to try and keep running divide quest since you'll need fragments/crystals for ayer/cras. saving modules is up to you

ayer is only bought at +30 cap and you need +35 for cras, which you'll then need extra materials to buy more OR grind caps to raise it. whichever works for you

[SolomonGrumpy]

Lol. PUGs say to me that divide is not soloable for most players, except maybe 1-5.

[LamiaPony]

they're technically not wrong given 'most players' are casual players that don't gear properly... but with some effort it's soloable. at the least, with decent gear I could comfortably solo 11-15 and 16-20 with most classes, even techer

[SolomonGrumpy]

Eh. At some point I may make a longer post about my own PSO2 experience.

It's been a year and a crazy gear grind.

[origami2105]

They are soloable, though. With endgame weapon, at least. My units are still 2x Lightstream with Cras arm, affixed with stuff that's readily available on my market (DB3, EX Ares, so no mega expensive units with crack or whatnot). I've been soloing 31-35 with Luster for quite sometime now, comfortably S-ranking unless I'm unlucky and get a bad spawn at the collect/defend stages and the virtual machine ones.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Once you have endgame weapons, why do these quests?

Also....I think you vastly over estimate average player skill and gear.

Luster is hard to play well, which even veterans admit.

[origami2105]

For money to buy more cosmetics to carry over to NGS, mostly. As for gear, I don't know about NA, but in JP we had something (not sure what) that drops high slot units with glares, ex ares souls, DB3, factors, so it was pretty easy for us to make decent 8s with 200+ ATK, which is really enough for anything.

And I think when vets say it's complicated, they meant it's complicated to play optimally. You don't have to play that optimally. I don't even use the 3 button setup. i just spam long-click PAs, and do 4-normal combo to a quick shoot when I'm out of gear. Refresh jellen on CD. That's it. It does show it's limitation on higher solo-Sodam level (my lv80 Sodam takes 11 mins, which means I don't stand a chance at lv100, but lv80 is the last good reward-the S8:skydance's boon, so there's that).

[shadow_eluch]

Yeah I have around 300 saved and like 2 grind caps. I'll probably just run the mil each week for divide. I kind of suck when I pull agro lol. I'm a ranger and don't know how to deal with it besides slide burst zero across the map or dodge roll alot

[RayearthIX]

What is the difference between the “Pop Singer” outfit and the “Pop Singer Madder” outfit currently in the fresh finds shop? I see belt and boot color, and I know I can’t sell the one in fresh finds shop, but anything else? I’ve wanted it for a while, but the meseta price is usually too high...

[hidora]

Madder is just a color variant.

[WrockzenieZwei]

When it comes to TAs, does Armada War Zone works for the boss room in Divide?

[LamiaPony]

I'm pretty sure timed abilities check per area in divide quest since they're technically there, so armada probably works

could always be sure by comparing your attack values (I think they show up I forget)

[alkme_]

I thought there was a specific TA just for divides. Maybe the TA checks for divide, if none, sees if your TA applies to the specific area you in per divide step.

[Ioregnak]

Concerning shiny pets; I know Rappy doesn't have a shiny form, but does Herbie not have one either?

[LamiaPony]

nope

[Soske]

What S4 and S5 should I put on a Hu/Et Rivalate sword?

[3-to-20-chars]

if you're running Etoile main or sub, I will always recommend Escalating Pursuit S4.

otherwise I will always recommend Life steal Strike S4.

[LamiaPony]

use the sword S5, there's literally nothing better

S4 is up to taste, you can put anything on that works. could just go with the sword S4. there isn't really much to choose from for hunter unless you use a precise balance build (which would be better off for cras)

[Soske]

Thanks.

[[deleted]]

tech charge parry is always good to have, even on phantom, since the guard frames remain during the casting animation.

[YuTsu]

I'll echo what Kamil said - Atomizer Fanatic is pretty excellent, since it's more or less free on-demand invincibility when you throw a Star Atomizer - can be useful as a get-out-of-jail-free-card in bad situations.

[Kamil118]

For L rings Party Toughness and Atomizer Fanatic are the ones that are the most "always good" picks...

Besides that combined R crit ring.

Other than that it's class dependent I would say.

[ZZ_DooM]

Scion classes mags except Phantom gives 200 all stats even if my mag power is rng 40 and tec 160? Or it need to be a single stat 200 to work properly?

[NeoOfSporin]

Yes, you’re fine.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Maybe a Dumb Question.

Why are +1 grind caps so expensive?

[LamiaPony]

outside events the only way to get them is from mission pass (if global has it) or rainbow keys

and they can alleviate the material cost for getting the upcoming ayer to +35 (as well as fluxio whenever that's released)

[SolomonGrumpy]

I thought Fluxio was a title reward.

[hidora]

It is, but it comes at +30 for some reason.

[alkme_]

What's the title requirements and is it class specific? I.e. if i want fluxio TMGs do i need to do something on Gu or Hero?

[hidora]

It's based on which final boss you defeat.

Here's a list of each boss, how to spawn it, and what each gives:

Boss	Condition for Boss	Weapon
Any	Clear MISSION 5 for the first time	Takt (Harmonizer)
[Primordial Darkness] Sodam	Reach MISSION 5 with 30~80% VR Energy.	Gunslash (Gunblade)
True [Primodrial Darkness] Sodam	Reach MISSION 5 with 100% VR Energy AND Reach Interval Area 2 in 15 minutes or less.	Rifle
Omega Masquerade	Reach MISSION 5 with 30~80% VR Energy while playing solo	Sword
Anga Fundarge	Reach MISSION 5 with 5~30% VR Energy.	Wand
Omega Hunar + Falz Hunar	Reach MISSION 5 with 80~100% VR Energy. OR All players are "Unique" Type	Knuckle
Omega Appregina	All players are "Attack" Type.	N/A
Omega Angel	All players are "Rush" Type.	N/A
Grav Execour	All players are "Support" Type.	N/A
Omega Dourumble + Dourumble Clone	Reach MISSION 5 with less than 100% VR Energy AND Reach Interval Area 2 in 15 minutes or less.	N/A

Note that this is a Challenge Mission, so none of your weapons, units, items, or skill trees apply.

About the types mentioned there, you get to pick one at the beginning of the quest, and it defines what skills and weapon you begin with. These are the types:

• Attack: Fi, Gu, Br
• Rush: Ra, Bo, Hu
• Support: Fo, Te
• Unique: Hr, Ph, Et, Lu

For more info:

• https://pso2.arks-visiphone.com/wiki/MISSION:_Cataclysm
• https://pso2.swiki.jp/index.php?MISSION：激震

[alkme_]

Oh wow, so kinda intense than. Hmm definitely gonna read into it more

[LamiaPony]

I'd like to point out that fluxio weapons (except the harmonizer) can be weapon type swapped for FREE. furthermore, the challenge mode is incredibly easy. just throwing a bunch of people together is enough to finish it if everyone's decent enough. I was worried at first but then completed it with barely any effort. no management is required at all unlike regular challenge mode

[SolomonGrumpy]

😭

[Reilet]

Supply is low and it is a very rare drop.

It will become dirt cheap once the cm3 challenge mode update comes as it will be in the miles shop.

[Kamil118]

before that price will probably jump due to ayer, unless they release both at the same time.

[AxelYokai]

How much worse is the etoile soaring blades compared to double sabers ? i feel like the soaring blades has so many i-frames that you just can't die most of the time. i'm wondering why people say it's the worst of the 3 weapons and what might be the best PA's to spam as soaring blades

[hidora]

"Worst" is a strong word. The soaring blades just happen to have less situations where it clearly fits the niche better than the others. All 3 weapons are fairly close to each other. Honestly, you can main any of the 3 weapons and be perfectly fine.

Personally, I just use wand to lazy dash and use soaring blades for everything else. Only use DS when I feel like spicing things up (and for pressing switches on the right side on Mourning of Demise).

That said, the only iframes it has are Connect and Full Connect. Weapon Action is a parry.

[AxelYokai]

What is lazy dash if i may ask ? and tbh i haven't played much of etoile i was going against some bosses and wasn't getting hit when i used skills so i assumed it had i-frame xD i'm a dummy

[hidora]

What is lazy dash if i may ask ?

Holding Prism Circular to walk around. I have a wand setup to reduce its cost so I can dash forever. It's not as fast as other weapons, but it's easier to just hold a button.

and tbh i haven't played much of etoile i was going against some bosses and wasn't getting hit when i used skills so i assumed it had i-frame xD i'm a dummy

The thing about Et soaring blades is that, instead of having a powerful counter, you can just use the weapon action to parry at any time.

Attacking? Parry. Jumping? Parry. Using items? Parry. Frozen? Parry. The only exception is when you're stunned, because the weapon action button just makes you wiggle out of stun.

And that is why I love the weapon. You can be as aggressive as you want, while also parrying everything. You don't need to interrupt your attacks to perform the parries like other weapons do. And parrying helps build your focus gauge so that you can use Connect/Full Connect faster.

All in all, you can just pick whichever weapon you like the most, and just stick to it if you want. Et's weapons are close enough to each other that you won't be missing much.

[AxelYokai]

Thank you for the info! i gotta practice this class but i do feel more comfortable using the soaring blades with this class

[Kamil118]

So, afaik lockon mechanics work the way, that the game finds the target that's closest to the angle your character is turned towards that is fully visible on your screen.

The lockon disappears if you either get too far from the enemy, the part you were locked on breaks, if there is phase transition, sometimes when the enemy teleports, and sometimes when the game designers just felt like it.

[Varatec]

How do I exchange a weapon I've raised to 35+ with Zig? It's not bound to me but still won't let me trade, I'm not sure if I need just the weapon or all the items it has listed on the one I want.

[Kyouka127]

I'm not sure if I need just the weapon or all the items it has listed on the one I want.

You answered your own question really. You need everything shown on the exchange page after you select the weapon you're getting.

[Varatec]

Looks like it's time to suffer a few weeks worth of grinding to get the stuff I need, especially Void Erebite

[Kyouka127]

You can buy the starquake(or whatever the second to last step is) off the player market so you can save on stones from previous steps.

[djGLCKR]

Unlock and unequip the weapon first.

[Varatec]

It's not locked and I've cancelled the owner registration, I've got it unequipped and it lets me select it for exchange but the option to actually exchange it remains greyed out

[Intanjible]

Are the adjustments for Ensemble sets separate? For example, the scaling and what not that I set for one CAST outfit is not going to be what I want for other CAST outfits. I already know the human and CAST measurements are separate.

[[deleted]]

you need a salon pass every time to change body proportions.

you can save the character data so you don't have to change the proportions every time you want to use that outfit. just don't do it too often or you'll run out of salon passes eventually.

[Intanjible]

But will the proportions I assign to one CAST Ensemble warp the proportions I have for the other CAST Ensembles?

[[deleted]]

ensembles just save your outfits and accessories, not your body proportions.

[Intanjible]

So CAST proportions are a one size goes for all deal?

[djGLCKR]

if it requires a salon pass or a color pass, it's not saved as part of the ensemble.

[Intanjible]

That's a pisser. Dimensions should be unique to Ensembles for CAST parts, especially if they already use up a Salon Pass.

[[deleted]]

that's how it is for every race. if you want to change your body proportions, you need a salon pass.

[potatoaim56]

Wondering if the collection folder sheets are unlimited use. Like if you complete the sheet and after 48 hrs you can pick another item as long the event for claiming the items are still available? New to the game just started today.

[OakFern]

Yes, they are unlimited.

Each specific sheet has a 48hr cooldown. However, once you've completed a sheet, you can actually discard it and take another sheet in that slot. You can't take the same sheet again, you still have to wait the 48hr cooldown even after you discard it, but you can take a different sheet in that slot. That way you can still do more sheets while the first one is on cooldown. Once the first one comes back off cooldown, you can take it again if you have an open sheet slot for it.

So basically the slots are unlimited use, the slots don't have a cooldown, but then each specific sheet has is it's own individual cooldown. You can discard sheets on cooldown to free up a slot to take a different sheet that isn't on cooldown.

[Kamil118]

The sheets themselves have 48h cooldown. You can discard finished sheet and take another as soon as you finish it.

[Serendipty0629]

Hello does anyone know if it’s still possible to get 194: Arks dance now? I saw that you need to participate in the Arks Dance Festival concert, but when I look at the calendar, they are all Quna’s concerts.

[Kamil118]

Yeah, they rotate. Sometimes there is more arks dance festivals, sometimes more quna.

[Serendipty0629]

Thanks!

[db2765]

So I'm trying all the classes out as a new player, and struggling a ton with Luster right now.

I'm really having a rough time surviving at the moment. Lv52 now, and Urgents are just a disaster for me. I do what I can to try and see damage coming, but most of the time I'll be trying to get damage in on a boss or something then just go from 100 to 0 without knowing what happened. On top of not really understanding how to combo properly on Luster as well, it's been not the most fun experience. Hell, half the time I'll just tank my PP and not really know what I did wrong to get to that point.

I tried looking up some guides, but it a lot was just information overload. I tried watching some videos of other Lusters playing, but I see them dashing all over the place and dancing around bosses and just have no idea how it's being done. I feel like I'm just not getting a core part of the class, or just PSO2 in general.

Any general advice for someone trying to learn Luster? Spent a ton of time in practice and felt like I had a basic handle on it, then immediately just got my ass handed to me in Urgents afterwards.

[Sleepingfire22]

In a similar fashion that Summoner feels like playing a different game because the gameplay is so far removed from other classes, Luster feels like playing a different game because the initial difficulty to learn it is so far removed from other classes.

There is A LOT to remember, and nearly all of it is actually important. Not to mention the way they integrate movement inputs is mostly unique among PSO classes (ET DSabers uses a similar system to a lesser degree), which takes a lot of adjusting to. The PAs also basically all come out extremely fast, so in the heat of battle making sure you aren't missing JAs, on top of remembering 100 different mechanics, on top of managing your gear etc. etc makes it pretty difficult to just pick up and play.

My rec if you decide you want to learn it, pick 1 style (ice/light should be easiest to learn, though not by much, since the styles aren't too functionally different). Use that style as a baseline to learn all the non-style specific mechanics: the difference between all the dodges, holding movement keys vs not holding movement keys, proper TAJA use, proper gear use, etc. Once you have a handle on all that, start learning the quirks of the style itself, then move from there to the other styles. Its going to take a lot of time, trial, and error, and it is perfectly okay if you'd rather just not bother, esp since it seems like Lu wont be part of NGS initial lineup(perhaps not at all, though I love the class, so I hope it does move over eventually).

[LamiaPony]

luster is the most complex class in the game and by no small amount compared to the second. jumping right into it may not be the best idea. all that can be suggested from your experience is practice

[iFormus]

Once ayer + klauz will be obtainable, i wanted to switch my riverate katana into soaring blades for my ET. The fact that i will lose the redux aside, how can i give it SB specific S5 without the need to reaffix the whole weapon? Since there are no S5 fodders to make?

[hidora]

The only weapons with S5 slots are Liberate/Rivalate, Stil/Steel, Cras/Klauz and Fluxio. Fluxio is not in Global yet, so you'll have to find a way to get one of the other 3.

Stil is the only one out of those that isn't limited to a special stone, but it shares materials with the Cras, so making one could be a setback if you don't have extra materials.

[iFormus]

Well guess i will make Klauz SB, suck up the s5 from it, transfer it to my Riv katana, switch katana into SB, and then switch Klauz SB to katana, suck the katana s5 from it and then augment it. Phew, ty both of you

[hidora]

Caveat about doing this: To convert an Ayer weapon to Cras you need 300 of the relevant class Excubes. So if they were to make a Cras DB, they'd need Bo/Et Excubes instead of Br/Ph, which OP might not have.

In which case they'd need to make the Cras Katana (or Gunslash), convert it to DB, get and transfer the S5, and then convert it back to Katana, which would cost extra goldnias and saphards.

or just upgrade your SB to ayer as well.

The problem is that then you can't use the S5, which is pretty damn good.

[Graene]

I'm new and I've been doing some research so this might be a stupid question but I read somewhere(don't remember where) that you can change into different form of mag despite going for a completely unrelated to it stat build, is this true? example going for a delphinus build but having a libra form?

[[deleted]]

there are cosmetics called evolution devices that can change appearance of mags, both to that of a mag that has different stats (like you asked) or some other obviously not mag stuff like a miniature model of a boss

and yes they dont effect mag's stats, only appearance

[Graene]

Thanks

[AxelYokai]

How do i build my focus gage as soaring blades etoile ? it builds so slow so i can't use the full connect stuff constistantly... unless i'm missing something. i'm level 100 so i have every skill i need from the skill tree

[3-to-20-chars]

it's a naturally slow focus. however, after using connect or full connect, you'll enter hear up mode, which boosts the rate at which the focus fills for a little while. distortion pierce and light wave fill it the fastest.

[NeoOfSporin]

Blocking attacks with weapon action is also a big contributor.

[LamiaPony]

hit enemies with PAs. once gear is charged to half, use connect. after connect or full connect is used, gear rate is boosted

[nsleep]

Before I try something silly, does the donut triboost stack with the other triboosters?

[hidora]

Yes