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<i>To give thanks to our players at this time of winter festivity we would like to announce that starting on January 11th there will be special limited time event missions for Phantasy Star Universe.
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The '''Winter Event'''<ref>The Winter Event was based around the Japanese PC/PS2 servers' [http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/event/1st/ 1st Anniversary Thanks Festa].</ref> was a special event which began [[Updates/January_2008#Update_035|January 11, 2008]] and ran until [[Updates/February_2008#Update_038|February 1, 2008]] for the PC/PS2 servers and [[Updates/February_2008#Update_039|February 8, 2008]] for the Xbox 360 servers<ref>The Winter Event lasted one extra week on the Xbox 360 servers due to a delay in [[Updates/February_2008#Update_038|update 038]] which was caused by a necessary title update not being certified by Microsoft in time.</ref>.  Presented to the GUARDIANS as thanks for all of their hard work over the past year, this event featured two missions, both set in VR simulations based around popular missions from past events such as [[Operation Firebreak]] and the [[1Up Platinum Cup]] as well as a variety of free, party and story missions.  As an added bonus, item drop rates were increased by 250% while EXP payout was boosted throughout the missions based on performance, with a maximum boost of 350%!  Furthermore, rare enemy encounter rates were increased and the number of boxes that appeared after a boss fight were doubled.
  
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The <b>"Winter Event"</b> missions are found at the GUARDIANS Headquarters on the GUARDIANS Colony Clyez City 5th Floor.
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== Event missions ==
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There were two missions available during the Winter Event.  Initially, only one mission was available per week, however both missions were made accessible starting with the third week and lasting for the duration of the event.
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* [[The Protectors α]]
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* [[The Protectors β]]
  
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== Mission overview ==
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During the first week of the Winter Event, just [[The Protectors α]] was available, only to be replaced by [[The Protectors β]] in the second week.  The third week reintroduced the initial mission to run alongside the second for the remainder of the event.  These two missions were VR simulations created by Holupe Dence as a training program for future GUARDIANS recruits.  Blocks of each mission were based around areas from past events like [[Operation Firebreak]] and the [[1Up Platinum Cup]]; others were borrowed from various free, party and story missions.
  
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Item Drop rate is increased to 250%!
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The objective of each Winter Event mission was to collect chips which were scattered throughout the levels. Both missions had a choice of two routes to take, and each route had 10 chips to collect. Your final grade at the end of each mission was directly affected by the number of chips you collected. Furthermore, displayed on the right side of the screen was a meter represented by empty and solid stars.  These served as indicators of your current EXP boost.  Each mission began with a 200% EXP boost and continued to climb while progressing through the mission, usually maxing out at 300% by the time the second boss was reached. The maximum boost of 350% was obtainable only by receiving a rare map.
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Experience is boosted as you go and reaches 350% at maximum!
 
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Rare enemy encounter rate is much increased!
 
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Number of Boss containers are doubled!
 
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The Ambition of the Illuminus expansion is not required for these missions, all PSU users can play!
 
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In addition to make up for the inconvenience of the December 15th server rollback we will have Super Holy Light weeks for all races from Jan. 11 2008 to Feb. 1 2008.
 
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Additional content updates for 1/11 and more details for the event schedule will be announced next week.</i><ref>Information taken from the initial event announcement, found [http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com/news_item.php?item=nid20 here].</ref>
 
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==Event overview==
 
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The [[Winter Event]] is a server-wide event beginning on January 11th. At the writing of this article, only the above information is known. However, it is almost certain that this event will mimic the Japanese "PSU 1st Anniversary Thanks Festa" event that was held in September 2007. Assuming this is true, there will be two event missions, both of which will start in the [[GUARDIANS]] Headquarters on the 5th floor of [[Clyez City]]. The Winter Event will likely last for three weeks, with one mission each for the first two weeks, then both concurrently available for the third.
 
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==Mission overview==
 
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There are two missions as part of this event: [[The Protectors α]] and [[The Protectors ß]]. During the first week, only Alpha (α) will be available, and that will be switched out for Beta (ß) in week two. Both missions will be available in the third week.
 
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The missions are VR simulations created from popular areas of PSU up to September 2007, including areas from [[Operation Firebreak]] and the [[1Up Platinum Cup]] events, as well as blocks from Story Missions, Free Missions and Party Missions. Some of the blocks have been slightly changed to add more monsters or buttons to unlock chips, and monster levels are based ''solely'' on the rank of the Festa mission and ''not'' on the mission they were taken from! Because this event took place on the Japanese servers just before the Japanese release of [[Ambition of the Illuminus]], it contains no content that is not accessible using the regular version of PSU.
 
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The objective of the Festa missions is to collect chips (in a similar manner to the 1UP missions) scattered throughout the levels. Both missions have a choice of two routes to take, and each route has 10 possible chips. The chip score you get directly affects your rank. In addition, there will be a notice on the right of the screen with up to five stars depending on the area you are in. This is the EXP boost of that area.
 
  
 
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Missions start off with 200% EXP. The highest EXP boosts can only be found if you get a rare map.
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com/news_item.php?item=nid20 Official event announcement]
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* [http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/event/1st/ Japanese 1st Anniversary Thanks Festa site]
  
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As an additional twist somewhat similar to ''Phantasy Star Online'''s VR mission ''Towards the Future'', all Festa missions have two bosses in quick succession, with double boss drops at the end of the second boss. Note that if you get a rare map, you will fight both forms of [[Dulk Fakis]], which are considered seperate bosses.
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== Reference notes ==
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[[Category:Major events]]
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Latest revision as of 05:40, 26 October 2008

This article pertains to an event which is no longer active, but is kept for historical purposes.


The Winter Event[1] was a special event which began January 11, 2008 and ran until February 1, 2008 for the PC/PS2 servers and February 8, 2008 for the Xbox 360 servers[2]. Presented to the GUARDIANS as thanks for all of their hard work over the past year, this event featured two missions, both set in VR simulations based around popular missions from past events such as Operation Firebreak and the 1Up Platinum Cup as well as a variety of free, party and story missions. As an added bonus, item drop rates were increased by 250% while EXP payout was boosted throughout the missions based on performance, with a maximum boost of 350%! Furthermore, rare enemy encounter rates were increased and the number of boxes that appeared after a boss fight were doubled.

Event missions

There were two missions available during the Winter Event. Initially, only one mission was available per week, however both missions were made accessible starting with the third week and lasting for the duration of the event.

Mission overview

During the first week of the Winter Event, just The Protectors α was available, only to be replaced by The Protectors β in the second week. The third week reintroduced the initial mission to run alongside the second for the remainder of the event. These two missions were VR simulations created by Holupe Dence as a training program for future GUARDIANS recruits. Blocks of each mission were based around areas from past events like Operation Firebreak and the 1Up Platinum Cup; others were borrowed from various free, party and story missions.

The objective of each Winter Event mission was to collect chips which were scattered throughout the levels. Both missions had a choice of two routes to take, and each route had 10 chips to collect. Your final grade at the end of each mission was directly affected by the number of chips you collected. Furthermore, displayed on the right side of the screen was a meter represented by empty and solid stars. These served as indicators of your current EXP boost. Each mission began with a 200% EXP boost and continued to climb while progressing through the mission, usually maxing out at 300% by the time the second boss was reached. The maximum boost of 350% was obtainable only by receiving a rare map.

Stars EXP boost
★★☆☆☆ 200% EXP
★★★☆☆ 250% EXP
★★★★☆ 300% EXP
★★★★★ 350% EXP

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Reference notes

  1. ↑ The Winter Event was based around the Japanese PC/PS2 servers' 1st Anniversary Thanks Festa.
  2. ↑ The Winter Event lasted one extra week on the Xbox 360 servers due to a delay in update 038 which was caused by a necessary title update not being certified by Microsoft in time.
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