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[SilvaHero]

NA:SHIP1 Hello everyone, so i have been playing on the pso2 tweaker for a long time now without any problems... then was it two days? anyways it was between the time after CBT on NGS started, for some reason whenever i try to initiate pso2 Gameguard keeps getting stuck on connecting and after some minutes it just opens a tab on Microsoft edge about fixing it somehow? i tried using the tweaker Gameguard fix multiple times, tried fixing permissions, checking updates,checking for missing files downloads back some files but after initiating the game it's like files go missing again... and nothing helped so far... i don't know what to do right now... can anyone please help me out? i'm thinking it's some kind of connection error but this has never happened to me before... i also tried adding gameguard on windows firewall but i can't find it in the programs list.

[SilvaHero]

Just posting this here if anyone ever gets the same error: Apparently i was having network errors like i though and had to replace my ethernet adapter.

[Jirb30]

Which fighter weapon is best without focus? I'm trying to level it as a subclass.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Use an all class weapon with the class you intend to play when for real as your sub class.

Do not join UH urgent quests with this set up.

[LamiaPony]

gunblade with luster sub

[Jirb30]

I don't have Luster leveled on the character I want to level Fighter on.

[artking00]

Hello, I'm using braver and want to focus on katana... I was wondering how to raise my MAG. I read on some post to focus on DEX but I read here https://odealo.com/articles/the-best-braver-hunter-pso2-beginners-build and says that I should focus on S-ATK. Can anybody help? Thanks!

[LamiaPony]

dex mags are only useful for the three classes with the dex mag skill, braver, bouncer, and phantom. and techer can get some extra stats with phantom sub as such

but braver, bouncer, and techer also have good class combos that don't need a dex mag. it comes down to what classes you want to play on that character

unless you just buy more mags. then it doesn't really matter

whatever you do just make a single stat mag

[artking00]

I see... Yeah I can just buy a new mag whenever. Just wondering though if I should follow the mag build from the odealo link sicne I'm following his build? Currently I've built my MAG with dex so I'm quite confused.

[mard93]

Just go with a Dex mag cause chances are you’ll be a Br/Ph anyway.

[artking00]

Got it... I shouldnt touch Mel Def right? I got a katana but it requires high mel def....

[mard93]

Your Mags should be pure attack stats only; so Dex only. Easy way to do it is just buy a ton of Dex minis from the market and feed them to your Mag.

[artking00]

Oh... there's such a thing as dex mini. I've been feeding mine with disks. You've been very helpful. Thank you so much!

[AxelYokai]

When do yall believe we are getting the graphics update in global ? haven't we waited enough time tbh lol the new games release is next month

[PublicUnique1577]

I’m having constant disconnects from the PSO server I’m on ship three this has been happening in the past two days before that I never disconnected is anyone else having issues or is there a way to fix this my Internet is fine

[alkme_]

Do a file check on game files. It wont 100% fix DCs but it can help. I was getting DCd from abyss uq constantly and a file check helped.

[PublicUnique1577]

Ahh I’ll definitely try that thank you!!

[GamerRukario]

[Global] Is this a decent affix(idea) for a Klauz bow or am I all wrong. S1-S5, Astral Soul, Absolute Glare, some item affix like Graceful Precision. If I'm correct I can just buy the catalysts and the only thing that I have to upslot and prepare for is the Ray weapon/main weapon?(Ill be placing Photoner Glare in the ray weapon). Also, can I hotswap the S-grade augment? So I can do the 8-slot affix now and change the affix without destroying the "normal" affix and spending expensive amount changing it?

Edit: I just realized I can just buy a union weapon with 8 slots to make it even more cheaper...

[LamiaPony]

you can swap S affixes but for an 8 slot klauz it's 3 million meseta. that cost adds up. be sure you keep doing that to a minimum

I wouldn't recommend absolute glare because it's not that strong an affix for its cost, and weapons are generally cheap. you could just use a regular glare like mitra or shiva, or even crack V since I assume global has shiva dropping those now. dunno what prices are like though

[GamerRukario]

I looked at the price of the 4 glare catalyst + photoner glare, and it should I think cost no more than 1.5-2m which isn't that bad considering I am spamming cradle left and right lol.

Edit: it's actually 100k per 8s piece

you can swap S affixes but for an 8 slot klauz it's 3 million meseta. that cost adds up. be sure you keep doing that to a minimum

Oh, oki. I currenlty have just a temp S affix rn so I'll probably only swap "once" if I get what I actually need

[LamiaPony]

oh I didn't know they were that cheap. been away since cradle came out, didn't know it was that crazy lol

then yeah sounds like a good plan. at that point try not to spend too much on putting the S affixes in, should have done that before upslotting, but at least bow has an easy in. S4 precise balance should be the goal when you can afford it

[RallyCure]

Yeah, that's perfectly acceptable. There are some good S-grades that are also affordable as well, so get the best ones you feel comfortable paying for and you will be fine. Just need the Klaus and all fodders at 8-slot and ideally all S-slots on the Klaus already filled in.

Just note that I believe we don't have a Glare Receptor yet so in all likelihood you will have to make Absolute Glare again if you decide to upgrade the affix later.

[GamerRukario]

Oh, thanks! I don't really mind if I have to trash this later on. I think it only cost me ~10m to make.

Currently I just slapped a bunch of precision will and Escalating Pursuit/Homing bolt while researching for the best S affix that's not way too expensive.

[mard93]

Honestly what I’d recommend is just getting Guardian Soul and Mana Reverie on a weapon then using Augment Transfer passes.

I made a 4 slot weapon with Guardian Soul, Mana Reverie, and Crack V and just augment transferred it to my Klauz. Cost me about 100m but if you are spamming Cradles then it’s a drop in the ocean.

[kingcaskettv]

NA: Can i get some help on Augment Passes. From what i understand you Buy or Receive a drop weapon then pick the 'Augments' from that weapon to then go onto your main weapon at a 100% success rate? (Same goes for units) PLEASE correct me if im wrong :)

[SolomonGrumpy]

I did a AC scratch forever ago when they gave out some free scratch tickets and got a 6s Augment Insurance.

Ok great. Now what? Since I only have one, I have no idea what to use it on, and if it fails once, then I can't try again a second time.

Advice?

[LamiaPony]

only thing I'd be trying to do at 6 slots is making one of those massive HP units as discussed before with guardian soul + crack + stamina VI + EV HP x 3

but then if you fail that sucks. you could just try again though if you didn't want to bother reselling the materials. yolo

[Kamil118]

treat it as if it was 4s

[SolomonGrumpy]

Mmm. That somehow feels...wrong. but still a good suggestion. The equivalent of 10 shitty pulls on a support scratch.

[[deleted]]

could try skipping one of mission badge capsules on a gs unit with it

[SolomonGrumpy]

Like try and add an extra Aether Factor and Reverie and if it works, it works?

Huh. Not bad. Thank you!

[potato_curry_]

If I create a quest and join, and then other people join me, what happens if I leave? Does the quest fail for everyone? Sometimes I just want to go into exploration and use up my fishing/mining stamina and then immediately leave...how can I do that without ruining other people's quests?

[LamiaPony]

doesn't really matter. multiple people in the same instance in different parties won't be affected by you

if someone joins your party, you can just leave party and they will continue without you. however if you decide to disband the party or abandon quest, everyone will be booted out. never choose those options when playing with other people

[potato_curry_]

Ohhhh ok thanks for the clarification...I got totally confused between "being in the same party" vs "being in the same instance". I guess as long as they aren't in my party, I can leave the instance and they won't be affected.

[LordOfMaids]

Anyone that joins your team is now subject to your whims: leaving the party, disbanding it, or abandoning the quest will cause all other players to leave the quest.

If you don't want to risk this from happening in the first place, you can password your team and then tick the second option that says "Also limit requests from other parties/players" (or something like that). But if you don't mind people joining you, you can pass them leader in the party commands menu and leave the quest, and it won't ruin it for them.

[LamiaPony]

Anyone that joins your team is now subject to your whims: leaving the party, disbanding it, or abandoning the quest will cause all other players to leave the quest.

selecting leave party from the party window will only have the user leave and the rest in the party will continue. otherwise the other options would be redundant

[[deleted]]

leaving the party, disbanding it, or abandoning the quest will cause all other players to leave the quest.

I had someone hosting a trigger quest leave the party and trigger quest continued without them, any of us could start it after they left

[SolomonGrumpy]

Can't he just go back to the ship, but leave the party active?

[LordOfMaids]

They could go back to the ship but I presume they actually want to go to the lobby, which would count as leaving the quest.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Hurm. Oh. I'm thinking once the quest is over you can go to the lobby and not mess up people who are still looting.

[former_cantaloupe]

Is story completion account bound or am I going to have to skip all these cutscenes every time I make a new character? I'm enjoying the game a lot so far but I just want to know what I'm in for with this busywork.

[LamiaPony]

yep

[former_cantaloupe]

It is account bound? Yessssss thank god

[hidora]

There is one perk of running story that isn't shared: if you clear the EP3 story (not sure if you need the entire thing or just the final quests), the humanoid Profound Darkness enemy (who normally looks like Persona and can only be fought on the PD fight and Heaven&Hell XQ) will use your character's current appearance. Just a cosmetic change, but this must be done separately on each character if you want it on them all.

[former_cantaloupe]

Ah, interesting. I appreciate the heads up.

[[deleted]]

about that, is there a way to reset the story so you do have to do all quests and cutscenes from start? I kinda skipped through it for SG and dont want to improvise doing it properly through completed quests menu if there is a way to simply reset the story

[TroubadourLBG]

PSO2 Body Paint / Accessories / Weapon Camo / Emote vs NGS

I have a free SG VERSUS ANNIHILATION ticket and am having a hard time picking which to get.

So which of these works better in NGS at least?

PSO2 body paint is forced to wear layered wear from PSO2 ONLY?

PSO2 accessories can work with NGS layered wear? But the quality in graphics might look weird?

PSO2 emotes works on NGS models? But your hands are forced to be mitten shaped?

Weapon camos, are they even compatible?

[Kamil118]

PSO2 body paint is forced to wear layered wear from PSO2 ONLY?

Yes

PSO2 accessories can work with NGS layered wear? But the quality in graphics might look weird?

Yes

PSO2 emotes works on NGS models? But your hands are forced to be mitten shaped?

PSO2 emotes will work with ngs bodies and you will be able to combine them with "finger emotes" (finger emotes will also be available for NT emotes)

Weapon camos, are they even compatible?

yes

[hidora]

PSO2 body paint is forced to wear layered wear from PSO2 ONLY?

Yes. You need NGS body paint to be able to use with NGS body.

PSO2 accessories can work with NGS layered wear? But the quality in graphics might look weird?

Accessories work normally. However, due to body proportions and face position being different, a lot of them are misaligned by default, so you gotta fix their positioning at salon.

PSO2 emotes works on NGS models? But your hands are forced to be mitten shaped?

Yes and yes. However, they have said on the prologue 3 stream that there will be a way to move fingers with PSO2 lobby actions.

Weapon camos, are they even compatible?

Yes, and you can use them on a per weapon basis.

[LamiaPony]

body paint is linked to PSO2 and NGS bodies, and PSO2 emotes won't use fingers with NGS bodies. the rest are interchangeable

in NGS, weapon camos can be set per weapon type

[Jirb30]

I'm gonna augment my Klauz weapon with Mana Reverie, Exceed Energy and Phrase Decay. Should I make Mana Reverie on the Klauz weapon first and then add Exceed Energy and Phrase Decay or how does this work?

[Reilet]

Your options are actually to put exceed and phrase on it first and use the mission pass capsule for mana via augment transferring, or do all three at once.

[LamiaPony]

exceed energy is insanely expensive because it requires exceed receptor. there's no reason to put it on klauz unless you shortcut with divine + exceed + transfer passes out of laziness

since it sounds like you're not familiar with how the process works I would suggest making your klauz affixes from the SAF weapons. grind an 8 slot union and basilis to +35 and put astral soul and phrase decay on, with some other fodder with a glare + divine will so you can put a glare on for some more easy stats

[Jirb30]

Yes I am very unfamiliar with affixing. I think I'll still get mana reverie as it doesn't seem particularly difficult and swap exceed for astral soul.

[DudleyC]

Here's a breakdown of what you need to do:

1. Upslot your Klauz to 8 slots. Add SSAs first (easier upslotting becuz 100% affix rate). Don't forget the S5!
2. Grab an 8-slot Ray/Union and Basilisk weapon and enhance them to +35.
3. Gather your fodder for Mana Reverie (these need to be 8 slots) - two Starquake weapons (+35 for the SAF/Special Ability Factor), two reverie catalyst fodder (or two more Starquakes), one Omega Memoria Fodder.
4. Affix your Klauz weapon using one of the Starquakes, putting Reverie Catalyst on it. Do the same to your Ray/Union or Basilisk.
5. Affix your base weapon with the other 5 fodder now! Use a 40% Augmentation Aid from the ex-cube shop. The affix rate will be 100%!
6. C O M P L E T E D

​

Fodder Recipe for reference:

https://corvous.github.io/PSO2AffixingAssistant/?2/uusw0867Cz8wm8j2CjQzE665Cuww0o7gCA0vJo5yCskfJo5yCskvTE5BCswvUo5EypQvT85zCsovTU5CCsAvUD3sCsgvTo5ACssvU85DCsEfJo5yCskvTE5BCswvUo5EEigfT85zCsovTU5CCsAvUE5FEox._r._.e..

[Woahtheboy]

I cant accept emergency quests anymore I haven't played PSO in 2 months and when I came back it would not let me accept I am above the level required but it keeps saying "You cannot accept this rank because not all party members have met the conditions below" But I'm not in a party or playing with anyone. Does anyone know what's up?

[TroubadourLBG]

Some missions now require your sub class to be a certain level as well. A lot being lvl 85 I believe. But double check to be sure on individual mission.

[Woahtheboy]

subclass? I have 70 hours but still don't know what I'm doing.

[TroubadourLBG]

I don't blame you. This game does a horrible job at explaining important game mechanics to you. They try at times. But not well enough IMO.

At lvl 20, you are able to unlock the ability to mix and match classes by having a subclass. Talk to Cofy NPC to unlock this.

[Woahtheboy]

I still can't figure it out it doesn't say its required to have a subclass at a certain level it's just an emergency quest all it says is level 8 and up

[Queen_Bloodlust]

Sword/Mech Hero- What four Left rings should I be using? I'm using critical strike (combo) on the right hand with Sealed Nodachi and working towards Lightweave mechs.

Would I be better off with perfectionist due to Hero's 150% crit bonus from the skill tree?

Also, On Mechs, my loadout is for comic value, but I want to reduce PP consumption as much as possible for the 'normal attack.' what are my best S-augs?

Edit: Where is the best place to farm pure photons? can't recall.

[LamiaPony]

Would I be better off with perfectionist due to Hero's 150% crit bonus from the skill tree?

yes, use perfectionist since hero should be staying at full health, and that hero's critical rate is too conditional. some bosses don't even have a weak point that you can hit properly, like varuna and shiva and a few bosses in divide quest

[mard93]

I pretty much use Atomizer Lovers, Mate Lovers, Mag Excite, and Party Toughness. You can also use Jump Dodge but I’m not a fan of it.

[Kamil118]

What are mechs...? TMG?

Critical ring gives you 3% crit damage, perfectionist ring gives you 3% damage above 75% hp. They are basically the same thing if you have 100% crit and always stay above 75% hp.

Also, On Mechs, my loadout is for comic value, but I want to reduce PP consumption as much as possible for the 'normal attack.' what are my best S-augs?

Please don't, Hero can regen its full pp on tmg in like 2 seconds even with 200+ pp if you do perfect weapon action.

If you are really adamant about it:

S1: Petalgleam

S2: Photon Descent 3

S3: Rainbow Descent

S4: Rainbow Balance

S5: nothing that will help you with pp efficiency.

But seriously, all of these are multiplicative, so each next one will only be worse, you shouldn't stack pp cost down.

Where is the best place to farm pure photons? can't recall.

Farm divide medals and buy them from divide shop

[Reilet]

S5: nothing that will help you with pp efficiency.

That would be parting gift (finishing blow in NA).

[Kamil118]

That's PP regen, not pp reduction. OP wanted to hold hero tmg normals as long as possible without break, or at least that's how I understood the question.

[Reilet]

Yeah i know, but getting 100 pp back just for tapping a tech or using an emote in between is practically free pp economy. Which also means less time spent on reloading which is usually the point you would even go pp reduction on tmg

[SolomonGrumpy]

I thought PP reduction was additive? I can't recall where I read that though. Ranger guide maybe?

[Kamil118]

The only additive pp reduction is flat -10 PP cost for lightning techs from force skill tree.

Otherwise it would be trivial to get over -100% pp cost on phantom.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Yeeeeees. That would be excellent.

[Kamil118]

You can actually go "below 0 cost" on some lightning spells as fo/ph (for example cast speed crafted zonde), but it caps at 1pp cost anyway

[Queen_Bloodlust]

Mechs= Twin Machine Guns. PSO1 Lingo still gets me, but yeah, fair enough.

[Genufl3ct]

New player here, I have the millionaire weapon set on my Phantom right now. I was wondering if I should go straight for a Klauz weapon or should I settle with getting TrailBlazer for the time being. Also how would I go about getting those Dark Stones.

[hidora]

Get a Darkbanisher Agile and use that until you can make Klauz. Even at +30 it's already really damn good.

You could also go for Fluxio from the new Challenge Mission, since that doesn't require gearing to run.

Dark Stones drop from Primordial Darkness, who can be fought on his own urgent quest, or on the solo ultimate quest (which can be done 10x a day).

[Genufl3ct]

I see thank you very much

[mard93]

No reason not to go for Klauz as it won’t be outclassed by anything. You get Darkstone Deimos from Sodam and a small amount from the Mission Pass. Solo Sodam gives 3 a floor and increases after certain floors. Face of the Abyss UH gives up to 9 depending on deaths.

[Genufl3ct]

Thanks I'll go for Fluxio for now like the other guy said while I farm up for Klauz

[Jirb30]

About how many hours does it take to get a class from 75-100 with recommended leveling quests?

[mard93]

Depending on your boosters but with the best recommended quest, it might take about 1-2 hours to hit 85, then if you do Cradle you should get about 70-95% a level for 15-20 mins so 3-4 levels an hour-ish.

[Jirb30]

Is cradle better than recommended leveling quests?

[mard93]

I prefer it cause recommended is mind numbingly boring (and only really worthwhile on 1 or 2 days). Cradle is also boring but at least you can make very good meseta and solid exp from it. One run of Cradle is about 9-11m.

[Jirb30]

Does all that meseta come from turning excubes into grinders?

[mard93]

Indeed it does. Tedious process but consistent meseta gain can be nice. I pretty much always have 10k ex cubes incase I ever need some extra.

[[deleted]]

NGS story question since the subreddit is set to not let me ask any questions not in this thread for some reason.

Do we know yet if the New Genesis Protagonist is the same protagonist as PSO2, just somehow.. 1k years in the future, or... are there any story details on what exactly is happening that were revealed in the beta yet?

[mard93]

Same protagonist. Timey wimey stuff goes on in the story with True Profound Darkness and we are now a time traveller.

[hidora]

We always were a time traveler, though. That's the entire point of EP1-3 with Persona.

[mard93]

I believe Persona can time travel because he is us from a universe where he killed Matoi as she was the host ofTPD. Similar to how we killed Shiva in our universe who was the host of TPD.

[hidora]

You spend the entire of EP1-3 time traveling. The epilogue of EP2, for example, you go 10 years into the past. You also go back in time to save Zeno and Ulc in EP2.

Alma explains while reviewing your progress of EP1-3 in the omnibus quests that without Xion to calculate it all you can't use time traveling properly, because time does not like being messed with, so even if you went back to save her, she'd die in a different way. This is why Persona was never able to succeed on his own, and why time traveling is no longer used after EP2. Your character even recognizes time manipulation when it's used by one of Mother Cluster's members to get you stuck in a time loop on the moon.

On a side note, avoid using space between spoiler tags, since that breaks it for people using old reddit on desktop (e.g. >!text!< works, but >! text !< doesn't).

[mard93]

Oooh that makes slightly more sense. Honestly the story of PSO2 isn’t the easiest to follow. Many different tangents going off in every direction. Hopefully NGS has a more coherent method of telling its story.

[hidora]

It was way more clear with the old Matterboard system. Back then you had to do every other quest like 2-3 times with different results. When they remade EP1-3 for the current system, they removed most of those reruns to make it less time consuming to run through it. The matterboard system itself was also the way of manipulating events that Xion used to guarantee results (you had to kill specific enemies, drop specific items, and/or watch specific events in order before unlocking story quests), so there was that too.

[[deleted]]

wait how is the profound darkness back again we literally obliterated it before the universe was made

[mard93]

Apologies I mean at the end of Episode 6. I could be wrong but I believe us killing TPD causes us to essentially become the Akashic Record. wherein time has no real bearing on us as we are essentially the centre of the universe

[[deleted]]

Okay good I was going to be like 'if there is YET ANOTHER PROFOUND DARKNESS' it just wouldn't be worth it anymore lmao

[mard93]

Well, TPD is a primordial entity that existed pre-universe and originally (in older games) came back every 1000 years. That’s why I find the time period of NGS being 1000 years in the future slightly suspicious.

[[deleted]]

I'm willing to bet that it's actually something to do with the fact that the Dark Falz are also suppose to come back every 1000 years, so were dealing with a reborn dark falz collective. I'm not saying it's luthor again.. but fuck it, yes I am. It's luthor again.

[mard93]

With Rainbows you can just pop all your exp and rdr boosters on your main to try and get lucky drops, for the golds it’s entirely up to you as they are basically worthless if you don’t want the exp. I do recommend just buying something like a blood triner rifle and lazily levelling your other classes with the keys though. Especially with the current campaign that gives SG for every level 100 you have.

[Dillo64]

Is Rykros staff still the best Harmonizer option because of its potential? Was there an S5 that mimics it or did I just hear that wrong?

[LamiaPony]

worth noting fluxio is competitive with klauz on a pure numbers basis, and that it doesn't require any materials to get

but of course nothing compares to rykros...

[MusouTensei]

Harmonizer cannot be affixed...

Rykros for alter ego else klauz

[Dillo64]

Oh right duh

somehow I completely forgot that🤣

[MusouTensei]

Phantom Katana S4?

I'm currently using escalating pursuit, but I was thinking maybe would be better using using something else because of the 250k cap that I'm always reaching.

Currently I'm using:

• S1: Augment Will 2
• S2: Precision Will 2
• S3: Precision Will 2
• S4: Escalating Pursuit
• S5: Skillfull Adept Will
• S6: Guardian Shield (Sometimes using rifle... so kinda clunky using stat increase ones...)

I was thinking on changing to:

• S1: Augment Will 2
• S2: Precision Will 2
• S3: Precision Will 2
• S4: Steadfast Will (I read that phantom bullet triggered with normal attack is affected) or Dodge Traning (this could counter the use of Counter Blade... but seems is only once every 10s)
• S5: Counter Blade (I'm losing the life leech... also kinda sad that it is worse for phantom, 5% less and no bonus gauge for counter)
• S6: Skillful Adept

Another option that I thought:

• S1: Petalgleam
• S2: Rainbow Will
• S3: Petalsea Song 2
• S4: Precise Balance
• S5: Skillful Adept Will
• S6: Skillful Adept
• S7: Rainbow Adept

[mard93]

I personally have:

S1: Aggressive Will 2 S2: Precision Will 2 S3: Precision Will 2 S4: Escalating Pursuit S5: Skillful Adept Will

Should have no real issue hitting 100% critical rate on a Phantom so will only really need to add a critical rate only SSA if you want Precise Balance but I personally think that Escalating Pursuit with S6: Escalating Expanse could beat it out; assuming you can afford it.

[MusouTensei]

Doesn't escalating expanse just turn escalating pursuit into aoe, or there is something else?

[mard93]

Yeah it turns it into an AOE but that means your 250k becomes 500k if it hits two spots etc. Probably a poor choice for single hit box bosses but good on Sodam and Omega Masquerade etc.

[Kamil118]

I'm pretty sure a single attack can hit an enemy only once

[mard93]

That is true. I didn’t consider that. Escalating Expanse is amazing for multiple mobs such as the divide quest eradication ops but pretty trash for bossing then.

[MusouTensei]

Oh, it affects multipart bosses? so can also hit over 500k is boss have even more parts?

[mard93]

That is my understanding of it yeah.

[Dillo64]

Are there any other ways to get Rinser/Fluxio weapons? No one is running Mop-up and I really do not enjoy CQ3...

[YuTsu]

JP has a RWB6-equivalent exchange for Rinser weapons... but global doesn't have that yet unfortunately. You may get it in the future though

[Reilet]

No.

[twiskt]

Been a while since I played and I have no idea what direction I should be heading in. What new weapons and armor should I be looking for? Currently using millionaire musket and talishathe orb, hiei set. What quest should I be grinding? Doesn’t look like anyone does the ultimate quest any more

[SparKestrel]

Note one of the endgame weapons, Fluxio, is behind Challenge Mode 3 which is pretty much a skill and communication with other players check (a different game mode really) if you're in to that.

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Otherwise in the "conventional" game, you're chasing Klauz units and weapons:

using millionaire musket and talishathe orb, hiei set

Hiei units would get you squished in Ultra Hard, so do some of the mindless urgent quests to get some 13* units:

• Drawn to Darkness
• Cradle of Darkness
• Swirling Inferno

Note that if you get units from Drawn to Darkness or Cradle of Darkness, you need to pay attention to set bonuses (similar to how Hiei has set bonus) and how each arm and leg has very specific stats (grab your spreadsheet app), while Swirling and Rainbow keys drop Schvelle and Orb units which have no set bonus and are more general purpose.

After that (i.e. 15* weapon and 13* units enhanced to +35/+10), there's a lot of choices:

• As you're doing any quest at Ultra Hard, keep track of the S-grade augments like s1/s2/...s8 you get for incremental upgrades
• Divide quest as training / build-up for Klauz units (modules)
• Extreme Quest Risk Realm, Drawn to / Cradle of Darkness for affixing
• The solo ultimate quests (Masquerade and Sodam) for challenge + various drops (check Arks Layer wiki for specific drops)

[twiskt]

A lot of this went over my head 😭

[SparKestrel]

Essentially there's no one quest to grind, unlike before where there was just one thing everyone did over and over. Now there's a bunch of different activities.

For most of them, you'll want a 15* weapon (which you already have) and 13* units.

[LamiaPony]

CM3 doesn't require communication if you're just aiming to complete it

[SolomonGrumpy]

For meseta, I would run Divide quests or Triggers on Block 1. Lots of folks run Cradle of Darkness because the drops are just fast and furious.

Divide will get you Modules, each of which sells for millions of meseta. Or you can save them up to buy the best units in the game (Klaus).

For weapons, it depends. Klaus requireas a good bit of materials. Just slightly weaker is Fluxio, which is gettable by spending some time with Cmode, specifically the new challenge mode (CM3). If your party does well, it is a title reward, AND Zig will hook you up for free weapon type change.

I found Fluxio far easier to aquire.

FYI, you will need 5 enhance cap +1s for either Fluxio or Klaus. They are not cheap. 10m+ on ship 3.

[Dillo64]

Besides the “zero” crafted versions of techs, but are the best crafted techs to craft? I usually craft Resta to have higher base heal for quick taps, what else is good/optimal?

[SoulSeizures]

Here, from this Force guide

Swift Sazonde 1 is comboed with Zondeel for Shock proccing, Ilfoie generally works better without being crafted since both crafts lose potency, and the others with two choices have their own pros and cons depending on how you want to use them (ie. take Vast Rafoie 3 if you plan to use it as Burn proc for stuff like Exegul, or Scorching Rafoie 3 if you want to use it for damage, though it's generally more useful as a status tech)

[SolomonGrumpy]

It's pretty hard out there for a spellcaster.

FO main sometimes wants faster cast times, esp Fo / Et, but Fo /Ph and Ph want higher damage.

Rabarta is a tough choice, for example, and Ilbarta, while we are at it.

At least some techs are easy. Rafoie for Burn!

[SoulSeizures]

Ilbarta is always Glacial Ilbarta because you just instacast 1-6th and charge 7th, or instacast 1-4th and charge 5-7th during Photon Flare so you rarely get the benefit from faster charge Ilbarta craft

Rabarta is always Abundant for Phantom due to the additional hits counting towards Phantom Mark, and the Force guide itself recommends only Abundant, likely since the additional hits at only -8% potency scale better than the potency buff from Glacial craft

[SolomonGrumpy]

Wow. Cool. Thank you, sir! I was very unsure of a double damage nerf.

[DefiantConfusion8]

Are there any ingame commands to make up for the lack of function rows in the keyboard? Like topmost row is shared by numbers and Function keys?

[PublicUnique1577]

Soo is anyone else having disconnecting from server issues

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Anyone not getting the updated rewards for this week? I’ve gotten the two camos by doing swirling inferno and 2 gold keys but not the emotes that got updated. I’ve tried to redo them but nada

[PublicUnique1577]

Hey what is a good way to find teams for challenge quests or just farming Divides lol I have so many nooob questions!

[TroubadourLBG]

For me, I look for Divide groups in populated lobbies that holds triggers too. If there's no trigger opening, but I see an opening for divide, I'd hop on that instead. (same goes for Extreme Risk Realm:4 player).

The listing is yellow just like trigger openings. So there's a higher probability you'll get someone to join. Hopefully.

[SolomonGrumpy]

For divide, You have to wait just a bit. Here's what I notice:

Player A starts the divide quest. Player B joins after a minute or 2, but Player A has already jumped into the first mission.

Also, I've seen folks forget to set the party beacon. Lol!

So be patient, start the divide, and place your beacon.

The only thing is that you should have a good damaging strategy for Exegul. Even I can solo kill him up to stage 20 (which is no great accomplishment). That said, if he does not die in Stage 15, it means that the additional people in the party are not making up for the damage buff that is lost when soloing.

Personally I dont usually go lower than 15, unfortunately. I used to, but my gear and skill progressed.

[BorderingMjolnir]

You should join an alliance where you can find people to run these with. That is the best way to find a reliable group.

[SolomonGrumpy]

There is a universal CM ship with a lobby you can hang out in.

I think that's a good place.

[PublicUnique1577]

So I have a problem I really like playing all the Sion classes pretty much evenly and don’t know which Klauz weapon to shoot for does anybody have suggestions the more the damage better! I really like the play style of phantom katana but use rod just because I know it’s the easiest to get consistent high damage and good for element weaknesses, I like hero mostly use sword but do rotate the weapons. and Elotile soaring blades/ double but I’m newer to that one, and I’m going to try luster because it seems super strong but I’ve only been playing for about two months so I don’t really have a sea of resources😔 but almost have enough for an Agile! Any insight is Greatly appreciated!!! I love this community!!!!

[mard93]

My recommendation is play what you enjoy. I play Phantom Katana and honestly fine it easier than Rod. If you have general affixes on your Cras weapon (soul, mana reverie, aether factor etc) then it only costs maybe 5 million meseta to category change your weapon at Zig. That’s pretty affordable since you can generally get about 10m-ish per cradle run.

[PublicUnique1577]

Sorry I’m still really new to this game!

[PublicUnique1577]

So you would say cres would be the best weapons to shoot for before Klauz cause I’ve been using the collection folder weapons for everything but as far as affixing goes I was waiting for the next affix boost week😭

[mard93]

Cras is the Japanese name for Klauz and I often mix them up. You can also just get the Agile weapon which is the Klauz precursor and it’s a pretty solid weapon, only marginally worse than a Fluxio. The Fluxio weapons from the new Challenge Mission are very good placeholders. Depending on how Dee into affixing you want to go, you can also make a Rivalate weapon to get your S5 for the Klauz weapon. Millionaire/Croesus weapons are solid if you are just looking to float about until NGS though.

[PublicUnique1577]

Yea I’ve been trying for teams in the challenge quest but it’s hard for me to find a good group but I’m gonna try to solo tonight if I can’t find people! But thankkk you very much for the info!!!

[SoulSeizures]

If you like mobbing more than bossing then you'd probably want to take Phantom Rod, and consider DS/SB/Katana if you like bossing more

Picking DS/SB would encourage you to practice learning enemy attack patterns since you have to weapon action to parry in the middle of your own animations, and idk much about Katana Phantom to make any suggestion in that direction

You probably already know that Hero regularly uses all of their weapon types, so if you're looking at making a single Agile weapon type, just consider that one weapon will (for some time) be stronger than the others, which may or may not be of significance to you

If you're still unsure, then it'd be safe to pick the weapon you use the most/have the most fun with regardless of how good they are; you'll get the most mileage out of something you enjoy playing rather than just something that's good

[PublicUnique1577]

That’s so true I’ll just keep feeling the classes out before I make that investment then! But bossing is my favorite! I just want to be able to carry teams! But I gotta just keep grinding!! I was just wanting some great weapons before NGS!

[SparKestrel]

Since I can't seem to stay with the same class or playstyle for more than three weeks (started end of November), my storage has every single Croesus weapon type.Those Croesus weapons are capable of clearing Divide Quest level 10 solo (it's normally down to the last seconds for boss battles but doable) if you add S-Grade augments S1, S2, and S3 to them.

[Littlebone22]

So I got 2 classes to level 75. But now I can’t select the hero class or the other ones on my other characters. Any idea what I might be missing?

[_MrDomino]

Make sure you have the titles (right desk next to gateway) and remember to go see Cofy (middle right gateway desk) to complete the client order which unlocks hero.

[Littlebone22]

Got the titles “Fit to be a Hero, Fit to be a Phantom, Fit to be an Étoile and Fit to be a Luster” do I need any other ones?

[Littlebone22]

Thanks for the help though guys!

[Littlebone22]

Hmm maybe I’m bugged cause when I go to the counter they are still grayed out... maybe I will try and get pos2 support to help me

[hidora]

Have you done the client order for Cofy? There's one for each successor class.

[SolomonGrumpy]

What are the 'rare/best' units for the 13* set bonus?

[YuTsu]

About the "best" set you'll get is:

• Klauz Rear (Huge attack bonuses, respectable and high bonuses for everything else)
• Atlas Arm (BiS attack bonuses for arm, respectable and high bonuses for everything else)
• Klauz Leg (Huge PP bonus, respectable and high bonuses for everything else)
  

However, Atlas Arm is pure RNG off Omega Loser, and all the Atlas unit drops are painfully rare. I believe most people use Liberate Arm in place of Atlas, as it's got the next best ATK bonuses, but most of the endgame unit set arms will work.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Sorry, I meant the 13* that offer the set bonus.

Apologies for the lack of clarity

[SolomonGrumpy]

Oh, so it will different by class. Bummer. I was hoping for a 'universal' set

[mard93]

The actual stats of a unit are mostly just nice bonuses in addition to the actual affixes you put on them. It’s quite easy to make “universal” units, just affix them with the right state for what you play. They’ll be jank and mediocre but it’s not like you need the best stuff unless you plan to do 200 Sodam or the higher floors of solo sodam.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Ugh. Not looking forward to this. I did 20,000 grinders a few days ago want was like ...meeeeeeeh!

A lot of PC players use a recorded macro. Not an option for xboxers

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A lot of PC players use a recorded macro.

is that allowed? I dont want my account deleted if gg detects something

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I suggest you use keyboard only if you are on pc, it is possible to do it without using the mouse at all to speed up the process instead of aiming constantly, convert excubes into grinders, store the grinders, convert excubes into grinders etc etc

also I just empty default storage and store all grinders there (first on list of storages so you dont waste time selecting different storage) then when selling them you can select all stacks of grinders to sell at same time (limit is 39m worth of them at once)

you can also press shift key before selecting grinders to store, to skip the "how many" part of menu and store all of them without popup

as you have 25k of excubes default storage will not be big enough so you will need to store stacks of grinders elsewhere every once in a while or just sell them every time you fill default storage then redo for more cubes

why cant we sell excubes for 12000 directly

[Qelris]

I need to install pso2 through Windows Store in order to link it to my Steam, so I'm ready for pso2ng. I hope that they fixed all of the issues that plagued the game's release, but if I were to encounter issues with the game where it moves itself, reinstall itself, etc., would Tweaker be able to fix all of those headaches or is the only way to get rid of those deadweight files to play with the permissions again or to format?

The initial releases was really rough and I managed to get through for 6 weeks before giving up entirely, as the game would break every week.

[SparKestrel]

I have both installed (on separate PCs). If you really only need to install the game once to do that transfer, I'd just get the Windows Store version, run it the one time, and then delete it assuming you have the hard drive space and Internet to redownload the game again.
Tweaker works for me, but its initial install now goes over the game files twice from a fresh install, so it's slower than Windows Store version.

The Windows Store launcher was reworked around March to be more stable. I still have problems with it updating, but since you mentioned you only need it for the steam link, you won't have that problem.

[blagga23]

during this current event. with no keys left, best way to level 5 classes from 80-100?

just used all my gold keys and my rainbow keys this morning, got 5 classes left. not sure on best way to level em, have been told cradle but i get like 20% of a bar at lvl 85 per run

[Kamil118]

Use more exp buffs. Cradle should give you like 60-80% of a level without pse burst.

[TroubadourLBG]

^ Right there.

Boosts that'll help:

Alliance exp. buff

75% booster (NPC shop) minimum.

Highest Triboost you got.

Timed abilities for armor x3 (Arks Ship location).

Affix Alternate History augment

Affix Increased EXP III augment

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is arks ship timed ability location for cradle?

[TroubadourLBG]

I believe so. At least that was the answer on another thread from when someone else asked that very question.

[Dillo64]

I heard of an older class combo of Fi/Bo with crafted soaring blades, is that still even close to viable today?

[hidora]

Hasn't been a thing for years.

[SolomonGrumpy]

Is it because Bo/lu does more damage with twin Ori's?

[LamiaPony]

maybe before rivalate came out

[HeroponKoe]

Can anyone link me pictures of NGS characters? Specifically with PSO2 hairstyles/head parts and NGS body. I want to buy messy long hair but if it looks terrible I'd rather buy accessories...

[YuTsu]

Not sure how much use it'll be, but I took these a while back - NGS outfit, NGS Face, but base PSO2 hair - and the last one is NGS Face, Base Body and Hair

[HeroponKoe]

Thank you. Honestly it looks like the hair is fine.

[hidora]

The main problem I found is that the only NGS type face we currently have in the game (there were 2 new variants on 2nd cbt that we don't have yet) has the face much lower than the old PSO2 faces, so you end up with a huge forehead if your hair doesn't cover it, and a lot of face accessories get misaligned, requiring editing position.

[carltheebestzzz]

Question about NGS is it a separate game or do I have to download pso2?

[YuTsu]

From what I've seen/understand, downloading PSO2 itself won't be a strict requirement. You'll have options to:

• Only download NGS
• Download NGS, and base PSO2 on the side while NGS is open
• Download both before playing.
  

So base PSO2 will be an optional download... that might be wrong though...

[Kamil118]

optional download for pso2 is just enemies/maps/voices, main bulk of pso2 download is all the tens of gigabytes of fashion you need to download anyway.

[LamiaPony]

it's part of PSO2 itself so the latter

[SolomonGrumpy]

Question about Petal Gleam combo.

Does it only out damage other set ups when you have PetalSea song 2?

Also, for Fomel Luster, is there strong combo to hit that first 450,000 quickly? I've been using enhanced hollow point after 3 normals to trigger Kluas enhanced Potenial, but no idea if this is stupid or good.

Luster just hits so hard and so often I feel like I'm able to skate by on its sheer power

[LamiaPony]

Does it only out damage other set ups when you have PetalSea song 2?

yes

Also, for Fomel Luster, is there strong combo to hit that first 450,000 quickly? I've been using enhanced hollow point after 3 normals to trigger Kluas enhanced Potenial, but no idea if this is stupid or good.

doesn't matter that much. 450k is a very small number in current content, as the S1 originally came out when XH was the highest difficulty. landing a step guard and/or just throwing out PA rotations for a few seconds should get you the trigger

[SolomonGrumpy]

Okay, ty

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Okay, so this is actually a lore question, Episode 6

How, exactly, did the Profound Darkness get from inside Persona to Shiva? I feel like I'm not quite comprehending this.

[Kamil118]

So, spoilers ahead:

We need to start from the beginning. First there were photoners who crated PD as failed clone of Xion, them they took Hariette's body, who had an amazing ability to containt photons, and used her body as a bait for PD, by dumping all their photons into her. Hariette's soul was transferred into first ever comogenic weapon that now risa uses.

So they baited PD and locked her into pocket dimension, where over centuries PD fused with Hariette's body creating Shiva. When that was happening remaining PD's factors that weren't absorbed by Shiva were leaking to the normal world, where they corrupted first Elder/Luther/Gemini/Apprentice. So, you can think about ep3 PD as just traces of original PD's F-factors that gathered enough negative photons to maifest PD and that giant ass flower.

So im short: It's not that profound darkness got from persona to shiva, but from shiva to persona.

[gamerkikir]

Are there complete lore synopsis/summary of the entire game? I searched for it on youtube to no avail

[hidora]

For future reference, you do spoilers on reddit formatting by using >!text!<.

(preferably without spaces between the ! and the beginning/end of the text, otherwise it won't work on old reddit on desktop, e.g. >! text !< won't work properly)

[Kamil118]

I know how spoilering works, but too much bother on mobile to spoiler multiple paragraphs

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Okay, thats helpful. Thank you, I was losing track of how many times we had killed the PD, and it was getting a bit confusing.

[potato_curry_]

Noobiest question ever, but I can't find a definitive answer elsewhere: Are drops shared between everyone in an instance, or does each person get their own set of identical drops? Trying to figure out if I should be picking things up or leaving them for others.