GUARDIANS Boost Road
GUARDIANS Boost Road is a special recurring event which has players run a specified series of missions to earn points which go toward an individual ranking. This ranking is used to determine a bonus which is applied to the missions in the event. The key to increasing your rank lies in completing all of the specified missions in an even fashion, as your rank is based on the mission which you have completed the least. The bonus applied to each GBR mission is a cumulative total of each party member's current GBR status. With a maximum individual bonus of 50%, a full party of six potentially could benefit from a 300% bonus. You can check your current GBR status by speaking to the TTB receptionist on Clyez City's fourth floor.
As an added benefit of the GUARDIANS Boost Road, all base ver.1 missions (those which appear in white text at the mission counter) receive a temporary 2x MP payout boost for the duration of their time in the GBR. Missions which are exclusive to Ambition of the Illuminus (those which are listed in yellow text at the mission counter) are not affected by this bonus.
Contents
- 1 Point system
- 2 Current GBR
- 3 Future GBRs
- 4 Previous GBRs
- 4.1 Parum Drop Boost
- 4.2 Moatoob Drop Boost
- 4.3 Neudaiz Drop Boost
- 4.4 Parum Drop Boost 2nd
- 4.5 Gurhal Drop Boost
- 4.6 Moatoob Drop Boost 2nd
- 4.7 G. Colony Drop Boost
- 4.8 Neudaiz Drop Boost 2nd
- 4.9 Moatoob Drop Boost Redux
- 4.10 Parum Drop Boost 3rd
- 4.11 G. Colony Drop Boost Redux
- 4.12 Neudaiz Drop Boost 3rd
- 4.13 Parum Drop Boost 2nd Redux
- 5 Reference notes
Point system
Points are awarded to individuals based on the missions they complete. Each difficulty has a specific number of points which will be awarded as long as the mission is completed with a grade of B or better. If the mission ends with a C, no points will be awarded.
| Mission difficulty | Points |
|---|---|
| C | 1 |
| B | 2 |
| A | 3 |
| S | 4 |
| S2 | 5 |
| S3 | 6 |
As points are earned, a player's GBR class will go up. Each class has certain rewards linked to it which is said to change with each GBR. However, the only change made in those GBRs held so far is a drop boost. The tables next to the sets of GBR missions shown below list each class as well as how many points are needed to progress and what rewards are tied to each point level. These values vary upon the holding of each new GBR.
Current GBR
G. Colony Drop Boost 2nd
JP PC/PS2: March 18, 2010 - April 22, 2010
Xbox 360: July 15, 2011 - August 11, 2011
Future GBRs
Moatoob Drop Boost 3rd
JP PC/PS2: June 10, 2010 - July 1, 2010
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased
Neudaiz Drop Boost 4th
JP PC/PS2: August 26, 2010 - September 16, 2010
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased
Parum Drop Boost 4th
JP PC/PS2: November 11, 2010 - December 2, 2010
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased
G. Colony Drop Boost 3rd
JP PC/PS2: February 10, 2011 - March 3, 2011
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased
Moatoob Drop Boost 4th
JP PC: June 16, 2011 - July 7, 2011
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased
Previous GBRs
Parum Drop Boost
JP PC/PS2: November 1, 2007 - November 29, 2007
EN PC/PS2 and Xbox 360: Unreleased
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions. Note that while this GBR was held only in Japan, it did not arrive with new content. It was only after this first GBR that new mission difficulties and sometimes new missions would arrive upon being held.
Moatoob Drop Boost
| Class name | Req. points | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 0-10 | 0-19% boost |
| Standard | 12-26 | 20-29% boost |
| Ace | 30-49 | 30-39% boost |
| Elite | 50-65 | 40-44% boost |
| Hero | 72-150 | 45-49% boost |
| Master | 155+ | 50% boost |
JP PC/PS2: January 17, 2008 - February 28, 2008
EN PC/PS2: February 8, 2008 - March 17, 2008[1]
Xbox 360: February 8, 2008 - March 13, 2008[1]
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
Neudaiz Drop Boost
| Class name | Req. points | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 0-10 | 0-19% boost |
| Standard | 12-26 | 20-29% boost |
| Ace | 30-49 | 30-39% boost |
| Elite | 50-65 | 40-44% boost |
| Hero | 72-150 | 45-49% boost |
| Master | 155+ | 50% boost |
JP PC/PS2: April 10, 2008 - May 8, 2008
EN PC/PS2 and Xbox 360: August 22, 2008 - September 25, 2008
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
Parum Drop Boost 2nd
| Class name | Req. points | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 0-11 | 0-19% boost |
| Standard | 12-26 | 20-29% boost |
| Ace | 27-49 | 30-39% boost |
| Elite | 50-75 | 40-44% boost |
| Hero | 76-139 | 45-49% boost |
| Master | 140+ | 50% boost |
JP PC/PS2: May 22, 2008 - June 26, 2008
EN PC/PS2 and Xbox 360: December 5, 2008 - January 15, 2009[2]
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
Gurhal Drop Boost
| Class name | Req. points | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 0-4 | 0-19% boost |
| Standard | 5-9 | 20-29% boost |
| Ace | 10-39 | 30-39% boost |
| Elite | 40-64 | 40-44% boost |
| Hero | 65-119 | 45-49% boost |
| Master | 120+ | 50% boost |
JP PC/PS2: July 10, 2008 - July 24, 2008
EN PC/PS2 and Xbox 360: May 8, 2009 - May 28, 2009[3]
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
Moatoob Drop Boost 2nd
JP PC/PS2: October 9, 2008 - November 20, 2008
EN PC/PS2 and Xbox 360: August 7, 2009 - August 27, 2009[4]
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
G. Colony Drop Boost
| Class name | Req. points | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 0-14 | 0-19% boost |
| Standard | 15-29 | 20-29% boost |
| Ace | 30-49 | 30-39% boost |
| Elite | 50-79 | 40-44% boost |
| Hero | 80-139 | 45-49% boost |
| Master | 140+ | 50% boost |
JP PC/PS2: December 25, 2008 - January 22, 2009
EN PC/PS2 and Xbox 360: October 30, 2009 - November 19, 2009[5]
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
Neudaiz Drop Boost 2nd
| Class name | Req. points | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 0-14 | 0-19% boost |
| Standard | 15-29 | 20-29% boost |
| Ace | 30-49 | 30-40% boost |
| Elite | 50-84 | 40-44% boost |
| Hero | ? | 45-49% boost |
| Master | ? | 50% boost |
JP PC/PS2: February 26, 2009 - March 26, 2009
EN PC/PS2 and Xbox 360: November 20, 2009 - December 10, 2009
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
Moatoob Drop Boost Redux
| Class name | Req. points | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 0-14 | 0-19% boost |
| Standard | 15-29 | 20-29% boost |
| Ace | 30-49 | 30-39% boost |
| Elite | 50-79 | 40-44% boost |
| Hero | 80-139 | 45-49% boost |
| Master | 140+ | 50% boost |
JP PC/PS2: Unreleased
Xbox 360: May 21, 2010 - June 21, 2010
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions:
Parum Drop Boost 3rd
JP PC/PS2: May 7, 2009 - June 4, 2009
Xbox 360: September 24, 2010 - October 28, 2010
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions:
G. Colony Drop Boost Redux
JP PC/PS2: Unreleased
Xbox 360: November 19, 2010 - December 2, 2010
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions:
Neudaiz Drop Boost 3rd
JP PC/PS2: August 27, 2009 - September 24, 2009
Xbox 360: January 21, 2011 - February 24, 2011
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions:
Parum Drop Boost 2nd Redux
JP PC/PS2: Unreelased
Xbox 360: May 13, 2011 - June 9, 2011
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions:
Reference notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The initial GBR ran longer than expected for the PC/PS2 servers due to issues with update 043.
- ↑ Originally scheduled to run through January 8, 2009, this session of GBR was extended by one week following maintenance for update 064.
- ↑ Originally scheduled to run through May 21, 2009, this GBR was extended by one week following the extension of Shred the Darkness.
- ↑ In the Japanese PC/PS2 version of the Moatoob Drop Boost 2nd, an extra mission was included: Citadel of Sand. It is unknown why this mission was excluded from the local version of this GBR.
- ↑ In the Japanese PC/PS2 version of the G. Colony Drop Boost, another mission difficulty was included: The Dark God S2. This was not released at the time the local version of the GBR began.
