Aww, I'm sure we've all had those moments 😆 Just enjoy the game on your own pace 🙂 Thanks for watching!

yh we've all had those moments

Don't worry. In the anime, almost the whole squad were killed by a pack of Dagans

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Thank you very much for your compliments! Yes, I think a lot of players were disappointed by the final reward, which is understandable considering the time and effort spent As for me, I guess I'm happy enough to just have been able to clear it at all :)) Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

There are better and faster Hero players, but thank you for your compliments! 😊

Thank you very much! Yeah, it's unfortunate, I was hoping for another Amphitrite stone :( Still, I guess I can still be proud of this achievement If nothing else, it feels good that my compulsive self won't nag at me to clear this quest daily anymore :)) Again, thanks for watching!

@@SammiePso2 Seriously?....

Thank you very much!

Aww, I'm glad to hear that 😊 Thanks for watching!

Thank you for your compliments! And thanks for watching! :D

Thank you very much!

That's okay, take your time, Masq is kind of like Phaleg, which is deliberately designed to be a challenging opponent Considering Masq's resistance gimmick, aggressiveness/attack patterns, and summoned clones, certain classes will also have a harder time against him Equipment is another factor, and I don't recommend going in with less than ★13 weapons

Hi! Yes, absolutely, Hero isn't the only class than can clear Masq 999 quickly :D Here's a list of videos you can refer to, depending on your class :) HuFi: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLJ5h7qdu7PScWg.html FiHu: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJpma66p0cuUZqc.html BoHu: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9uSgap1x5fcc4E.html RaHu: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bpN8hqtjxJnIYIE.html GuHu: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npN-dtaYut-8Z4E.html BrHu: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hN-pdZtjnsCXl2w.html FoTe: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mL10q8eIkrvRgo0.html SuPh: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mMqXktOWnc7ZZKc.html Ph: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7B7ksaZys-rqas.html

Hello, thanks for watching! Sure, here's a screenshot of the equipment I was using: bit.ly/2YUhosQ And here's my skill tree: bit.ly/2N1CGAz Good luck and have fun with your runs!

Hi! For the sword, it's ＊Magnolia Eclair 2 For the TMG and Talis, I applied weapon form change on those using Missouri M13 and Aigle Colette, respectively Thanks for watching!

IKR 😆😆😆 Thankfully, the new Ultimate Quest has valuable items in the drop list The only problem is they're still chance drops 😆

@@SammiePso2 It's amazing how developers actually expect people to FARM him at lvl 999 X_X

Thanks for the compliment :)) I'm using the following layered wear: - Solid Ol Winter [Ba] | ソリッドオール冬[Ba] - Heart Effector [In] | ハートエフェクタ[In]

Thank you for watching! 😊

After about 1,000 rounds against Masq, players just get used to Masq's attack patterns well enough 😆 I'm not aware if there's a guide for counter-attack timing, I feel like it's something that can only be learned through experience Personally, I started learning how to dodge and counter properly through Phaleg 😆

I'm very flattered by your compliment 😄 But I got hit twice here, and I still have lots to learn for a truly perfect gameplay Thank you for watching!

@@SammiePso2 Eh really? That's too bad... I guess I missed it. Good luck btw. Also I hope you enjoy your rest~

Thank you 😊 Here's the equipment I was using back then: bit.ly/2YUhosQ And here was my skill tree: bit.ly/2N1CGAz I should note that this video is more than a year old now, and was recorded before the Hero buff If you're interested, I have a more recent run of Depth 999 here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMV8oa9qzK68dXk.html EDIT: The recent run is also technically outdated already since Hero got another buff from today's patch 😆

@@SammiePso2 thank you

Skill tree: bit.ly/2FLo88H Equipment: bit.ly/33NhEOg

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when all the little whiners cry nerf >.> excited to try it, not excited to see how na reacts

@@schneecoraxx8689 lets hope sega ignore all the nerf complaints and keep it how it should be For all our sakes… **Flashes to Phaleg duel**

Actually, from their livestream last month, the director said he even intends to buff Hero 😆 If the class balance of NA/global server will always match that of JP server's, then you don't have to worry 😄 Livestream link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJuRkrCatJzIY58.html (jump to 14:45 on that video for the specific comments about Hero) You can also check the Q&A tab from this link: www.bumped.org/psublog/pso2-station-plus-8-recap/

Thanks for your compliments 😊 I have a macro that repeatedly presses the E button, and I use that for picking up items quickly 😆

Hi! Welcome to PSO2! No, you're not crazy :)) It really is zoomed out, but that was automatically applied by the game for this particular quest Normally, my camera position looks like this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e8VjidCXutbFeGw.html But if you were looking for a way to manually zoom in/out, there's a way to do so, if I'm not mistaken I don't have it memorized, and the servers are in maintenance as of this post, so I'll get back to you when I can check in-game Thanks for watching!

Hello again! So yes, there's a way to manually zoom in/out, it's by pressing the - key or + key on the numpad :)

Hi! I have the "L/Jumping Dodge" / "Leaping Dodge (L)" ring equipped and activated it for a high jump, then added a normal jump after to increase my altitude a bit more 😆 Masq's jump attack (4:42) can hit us in mid-air, and I avoided that one by using "Vapor Bullet" / "Bulletblitz", which grants a short i-frame while moving The following 3 slashes can be avoided while high enough in mid-air, but the final burst attack from the ground (4:50) can reach us even at that height I "blocked" that attack by shooting a fully charged sword weapon action, which grants a guard frame at the moment it is shot

Unfortunately, the Hero class and this boss are released on EP5 😆

Thank you very much! I play on Ship 2 :)

@@SammiePso2 Oh really! Me to!

Aww, thank you :)) I don't know yet... Maybe I'll try beating Masq again at lower depths, but using other classes? That won't be any time soon though; I currently feel burnt out from this quest I'll probably go with Phaleg first, since she's equally deadly, but with a lot less HP compared to Masq :)) Thank you for watching!

Hero talis does have normal attacks, and can be used for active PP recovery; it's Hero TMG that consumes PP even with normal attacks In this video, I was mostly using Hero counter-attacks using talis to recover some PP, but I was also depending on Lightstream's weapon potential to fully recover PP

@@SammiePso2 oh my god thank you, apparently removing PA shows that its actually have one, thanks!

I'm sure you'll be able to do it, but it takes practice 😄

@@SammiePso2 Managed to get it to about round 35-ish, how do you do the evade talis attack so quickly?

You mean the talis counter-attack? I guess that's just how Hero counter-attacks work 😆 We'll be able to perform a sidestep again once the talis has been thrown, and Masq's attack frequency is just about right for us to be able to perform consecutive counter-attacks

@@SammiePso2 Man, I still have a lot to learn as Hero, I did manage to clear it to lvl 40 now and practicing more aggressive weapon swapping.

I mainly use L/Jumping Dodge and R/C Strike Striking (but nowadays I'm using the combined R/C Strike ring) Talis damage scales based on T-ATK, but deals S-ATK damage

@@SammiePso2 thank you, starting on a hero. Your video inspired to give it a go.

In my opinion, knowing when to use which weapon, depending on the situation, is more effective than switching weapons just for the sake of switching weapons I mean, Hero players should know what's the purpose behind switching weapons 😆 Against Masq, using all three weapons is most effective

Yup, it's very unforgiving :)) Thankfully, there's Hero Will and the Atlas Ex weapons Thanks for watching!

Sorry, I don't know of any settings that could increase character voice activation 🙁

@@SammiePso2 awe whats your voice ticket?

女性共通ヒツギ覚醒ボイス ("All Female Hitsugi Voice 2")

@@SammiePso2 thankss

Hi! Yes, Hero uses talis, but in a totally different way than Techer 😆 And sorry, I'm admittedly not familiar enough with the Tech classes to play them solo against difficult bosses 🙁

Most likely at one of the bonus stat skills, so it'll depend on your preferred stat Here's my Lv100 Hr skill tree for reference: bit.ly/3lHJHWA

@@SammiePso2 I did not know their was a level 100 in the game

The game automatically zooms out the camera for this quest

Here you go: bit.ly/2Y7KlUN

Hi! It is 😄 The weapon skin is from PSO2 collaboration with Guilty Gear way back in 2015 There's also weapon skins for Sol's Junkyard Dog, May's anchor, and Elphelt's gun 😄 Thanks for watching!

@@SammiePso2 this game really has all the collabs huh

Hi! I was using 女性共通ヒツギ覚醒ボイス | All Female Hitsugi Voice 2 🙂

@@SammiePso2 thank you

I've found the voice you're using on this website yucomia.com/vo_hitsugi/ seems to be the right one! did you get it from the shop or AC?

@@SammiePso2 Enter the item code that comes with the premium of [Sega Lucky Lottery Phantasy Star Online 2-Sheep Awakening Edition] sold on August 04, 2017 to get it in the game. Because it is a collaboration product with Seven-Eleven, it can be discounted at 650 yen once at Seven-Eleven (excluding some stores) nationwide. Is that correct? I didn't find it on the shop 🥺

I'm not sure if it's still available in all ships, but it is on Ship 2 Here's a screenshot I took just now: bit.ly/2uvfPYU

Hi! I use a 200 S-ATK Mag 🙂

Hi! I was using the following: ソリッドオール雪[Ba] (Solid Ol Snow [Ba]) ハートエフェクタ[In] / Heart Effector [In]

Unfortunately, I'm not good at playing FiHu 😆 But I have friends who are FiHu players, and they can clear solo trigger quests much faster than my Hero

I did another Depth 999 recording with Hero last year, and was able to clear faster by a minute: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMV8oa9qzK68dXk.html But even that still has a lot of room for improvement 😆

Here's a run with my latest build 😄 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7x4jK5hrLfIeaM.html

Hi! I was using L/Jumping Dodge and R/Crit. Strike Striking 🙂 Thanks for watching!

@@SammiePso2 thanks!

Hero has a passive skill called "Hero Will", which saves the player from getting incapacitated once per quest I was also using the Atlas Ex weapons here, which also grants the same life-save effect as "Hero Will", so I practically had 3 lives here 😆 For the healing, it's the lifesteal effect from Elder Pain 🙂

@@SammiePso2 many thanks

Hmm, have you taken the Hero Counter skill?

@@SammiePso2 Yeah but doesn't that just increase your damage when doing an attack during step? Not increase the distance or speed? I'm interested in how you charged through the boss as he attacked you. That's really cool!

Ah, sorry, I'm not exactly sure what you mean... 🙁 Could you point to a timestamp in this video showing that in action? Or if you're able to upload a short video of your Hero's step attack, I'd very much like to see the difference 🙂

@@SammiePso2 What you did at the 0:30 to 0:32 mark is what I mean. I saw you do it again at 3:40. It just looks like longer steps in terms of distance.

Okay, I think I get what you mean now 😆 I'm assuming you're playing on NA/global server? I don't know up to what patch they applied, but Hero talis did get a mobility adjustment some time mid-EP5 in JP server, which allowed Hero to move while performing talis normal attacks That is to say, with talis, Hero players can move a little further with step attack I made a little demo video just now, check it out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5l5dbmXndrDkZs.html The first part is step + attack only, and I dropped Dimates to mark the spot where I landed after each forward step attack The second part is a step + move attack, which you'll notice reaches further than the marked spots 🙂

Yes I am, and there are Hero players who are a lot better than me 😆 Ideally, Hero would have affixes for all ATK stats as well as plenty of HP and PP, but that sort of affix costs a lot of meseta (around half a billion) What I personally end up with is affixing primarily for one ATK stat, but keeping the other ATK stats reasonably close I also make sure that I have a decent amount of HP and PP 🙂 Here's the current equipment details on my Hero character: bit.ly/30OTkKn

​@@SammiePso2 Thank you so much for that image. Now I know what to aim for. I plan on maining Hero once it hits NA; I really like the weapon choices. The other Scion classes look boring. I planned on maining TMG, but as we discussed earlier, the AOE is lacking so I'll probably have a mediocre sword/talis to play around with. I actually think I like the talis gameplay, so I got myself a nemesis one to prep.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean 🙁 I just press the dodge button right before the enemy attack hits me

Counter-attacks (except with TMG) can recover PP quickly For my TMG, I had Radiating Grace on my S1, S2, and S3 slots I was also using Lightstream talis here, which can completely refill PP (0:29 and 3:45) I also used Hero Refresh, which completely recovers HP and PP (0:45) Finally, I also took the HT Counter PP Gain skill, which recovers 30 PP for successful dodges while Hero Time is active

@@SammiePso2 thank you

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Yes yes it is

It's not a teleport per se, it's just how the dodge movement was animated 😆

Sorry, I haven't ever played as Summoner against Masq, so it's not something I can properly answer :(

I was using Lightstream talis 😆

I don't know, I didn't change any of the camera settings I think it just automatically zooms out like that for this quest 😆

@@SammiePso2 ohh ok

First, the "Hero Counter" skill should be taken on the skill tree Once learned, Hero Counter can be executed by performing a normal attack right after a perfect dodge/sidestep from an enemy attack A perfect dodge is indicated by a "zing" sound effect

@@SammiePso2 thanks a lot. maybe, without your info I just drowned in nescience

my hero class still lv 5, just started yesterday playing as hero :D

I agree, I feel that the base game still has room for expansion, but I guess the PSO2/NGS team is not big enough to create content for two games at the same time I wish they held campaigns within the base game too for the PSO2 10th anniversary event, like giving away materials for Zieg's exchange As for NGS itself, it's been one year since it released, and it *still* feels like it's in beta phase... (But I still play it regularly 😆)

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Hi! I switched to an old Elder Pain to recover :D Thanks for watching!

@@SammiePso2 With how often you use Photon arts I couldn't help but wonder how you never ran out of PP. And how do you know when to use which weapon?

Hi! I'd say there are several factors involved :) Hero Counter helps a lot in recovering PP while Masq attacks aggressively. I also add Talis normal attacks in between my PA rotations. Of course, there's also the fact that I'm using Lightstream talis, which can fully recover my PP. As for the timing of when to use which weapon, I guess it's kind of the result of having fought Masq so many times. My weapon rotation is generally as follows: 1. Use Talis to build up Hero gauge 2. Once Hero Gauge is 50%, switch to TMG and activate Hero Refresh 3. Use TMG until Brand New Star counters and Moment Trick are resisted 4. Switch to Sword and mix Vapor Bullet, Rising Slash, and counter attacks 5. Swtich to Talis upon spawning clones and use Hero Time Finish 6. Switch to Sword upon Masq's "Over End" phase 7. Switch to Talis once Sword counter and PAs are all resisted It might not be the best strategy, but it works well for me :) Thanks for watching!

@@SammiePso2 Looked it up just now. It doesn't say anything about PP recovery increaces. I wonder if that was added some time after Hero was released... Decent breakdown of the strategy , by the way. However now I'm left wondering if it is the Anga Fundarge kind of resistance... But for PAs and basic attacks individually. On a semi-related note: Brand New Star says it increces its power upon a successful dodge of an attack. Does that depend on having Hero Counter learned or is it its own thing? Because if it's the former, it's not exactly conveyed clearly...

Hi! Hero Counter recovers a bit more PP than a normal attack, and since Masq attacks very aggressively, the frequency of counter attacks helps a lot in keeping PP up :D Talis counters are especially great since it shoots 3 projectiles And if Hero Time is active & HT Counter PP Gain is learned, then Hero Counter recovers significantly a lot more PP :) For the resistance mechanics, yes, it sort of works like that. With Masq, the resistance is indeed based on the attack, PA, or action individually. However, unlike Anga, there's no limit to the number of attacks that he can resist. And worse, when Masq resists an attack, that attack will deal 0 damage, so it's important to have a variety of attacks against him. For Brand New Star counter, it's the latter :D

Hi! Yes, I believe PSO2 is still among the best action RPGs available 🙂 There are plenty of contents now compared to 6 years ago, and we still get updates every two weeks The game mechanics hasn't changed much, but there are now a lot more classes now to play with The highlights right now are 1) the new class to be released in winter, and 2) the official PSO2 West server to be released some time in 2020 I recommend checking out other gameplay videos too so that you'll get a better idea of what to expect, as most of my videos cover late game stuff If ever you plan to play in Japan server, you may want to use Tweaker (see here: arks-layer.com/) It'd be a good idea to join the Discord group too (discord.gg/pso2), so that it'd be easier to ask for help or make new friends

He appeared as a seasonal EQ boss last Christmas, but not the 999 version, and it was easy with 12 players 😆

@@SammiePso2 also how were you teleporting so fast? I never used talis on hero so im curious?

Here's a video of it (not mine): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lceUnamQqKnXeHk.html

Hmm, it's not a teleport per se, it's just the step dodge of Hero talis 😆

Sensei, please teach me the ways to become OP like you

Opop-sama is too humble I'm merely a depth 85 player

I'm pretty sure you could clear this depth faster than I did, if you were given the option :))

because asan lend his power to sammie , so she got many horse power

Hi Carrot :))

I personally use a full S-ATK Mag, but any pure ATK Mag will work with Hero 🙂

@@SammiePso2 Thanks for the respond. Ur the real mvp

That's okay, you'll see these damage values too once you reach Lv95 with end-game gear 🙂 Take your time and enjoy the game 😄

That's fine, what's important is that you were able to clear it at all As you keep running this quest, you'll find ways to improve and eventually have a faster time 🙂

Thanks for the compliment! I'm sure there are a lot of better Hero players :))

@@SammiePso2 you're the no. 1 to me :D

Aww, that's sweet, thank you :))

Yup, that's basically what Depth 999 is 😆😆😆

@@SammiePso2 So Depth 999 is the term. Ok. I came from playing onigiri and damage cap is the term we use. Thanks for that.

No, damage cap is also the term in PSO2 I mean to say, Depth 999 is currently the only stage where the enemy will pretty much always deal 999,999 damage I probably shouldn't spoil anything further if you're new to PSO2 😆

Thank you for the dire warning lol.

Skill tree: bit.ly/2N1CGAz Equipment: bit.ly/2YUhosQ Please take note that this video is more than a year old already, and my skill tree/equipment have already changed since then 🙂

@@SammiePso2 omg. thanks so much :D

If you're interested in my latest build, here's my most recent run with it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJyDp9djns_XpYE.html You'll notice I'm now quite partial to TMG over sword 😆

@@SammiePso2 thanks dude :D

Yeah, it kind of diminishes the pride in owning the accessory if it can straight-up be purchased :( But anyway, I guess it's not like we were promised something extra special for going this far I did hope for another Amphitrite stone though :)) Thank you for watching!

Yeah, that was a multi-hit attack 😆 I was able to dodge the first hit, but I wasn't quick enough to perform the counter-attack

I don't think you can do counter attack faster tho but not getting i frame for dodging an attack is kinda bad all you can do is move other ways before that attack

Yes, unfortunately 🙁