Link to the announcement
Greetings, Arks! Due to the issues encountered Friday, February 7th, we have decided to extend the beta testing period and add a new Urgent Quests schedule for Sunday, February 9th.
We did it, Arks. The foundation of Oracle's ARKS Ships has been thoroughly tested. On behalf of everyone in the PSO2 Team, we would like to thank you for your support and patience during the unexpected server issues experienced at the start of the Closed Beta Test this Friday, February 7th.
Good news, Arks! We are extending the Closed Beta Test and giving you a few more hours to experience the game on Sunday, February 9th. We are still actively working on our servers, so the service will still need to be interrupted this Saturday, February 8th at
midnight, 12:00 AM (PST). Servers will undergo maintenance from morning until late afternoon on Sunday and will be open again from
5:00 PM (PST) to 12:00 AM (PST).
During these additional hours on Sunday, we will be adding
URGENT QUESTS to the schedule. Completing those will also count towards your requirements for acquiring the Closed Beta Test's
Special Rewards. Please reference the schedule below:
February 9th Extended Schedule:
Attention: Servers will shut down Sunday, 12:00 AM (PST)
Time (PST)
12:00am (midnight) – 5:00pm
Server Maintenance (Users won't be able to log in)
5:00pm
Servers Open (Start of Extended Period)
8:00-8:30pm
Urgent Quest: Giant Automata: The Awakening
10:00 – 10:30pm
Urgent Quest: Elder of the Unfathomable Abyss
12:00am, February 10th
Server Shutdown (End of the Closed Beta Test)
*Users will not be able to download the client after 11:00 PM (PST) on Sunday, February 9th.
As a special thanks to our beta testers, we will also be sending out Casino Coin Pass (x10) as a Daily Reward for those who log in on Sunday, February 9th.
That's it, Arks! Thank you for participating in this early glimpse of Phantasy Star Online 2 in North America. We hope to see you returning to Oracle soon!
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Next, I want to talk about how the alliance is shaping up and what some of the plans are for later. Since we don't know when the open beta will be, please understand that if you don't get in tonight, you will have to wait until whenever that may be. Now, the game itself makes it a bit complicated to add people to the alliance, so for now the easiest method is send myself a message though Xbox Live so I can add you as a friend, then I can invite you to the alliance in PSO2. All of this is handled much easier through discord, so here's another
link to the ERA PSO2 server for those interested. Remember if your just joining us,
SHIP 02: UR is where our home shall be.
After accepted, you can visit the alliance HQ by pressing select and choosing that option, or at the top of the block selection list. Feel free to stop by & look around, you longtime fans might even find some old memories....
Also, if you navigate to your alliance submenu, you will see an option to equip an alliance accessory. At the moment, I've made this a stylish purple cape, and i'll have pictures of the HQ and accessory up later tonight.
Look forward to seeing you all tonight, and remember to feed your MAG!
