Events
"Event" is the generalized name given to a period of time in which at least one limited-availability event occurs. Events can typically be split into two categories:
- "Seasonal" events, such as Christmas or Halloween. These events are predictable in nature and have prepared festivities such as town decorations and/or themed monsters.
- "Promotional" events. These are non-seasonal, often one-off, events or promotions. An example of this would be if Sega were to give a free room decoration to everyone who logged in on a given day. These events were observed in Blue Burst, with the "Maximum Attack" events.
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Seasonal Events
As the game is still new, it is hardly surprising that the game has yet to experience any seasonal events. Here is a list of what players can expect and when:
Halloween
The Halloween event is largely known as it has occured on the JP Phantasy Star Universe from October 20th and is planned to last until November 9th.
Known festivities include:
- Modification of lobbies to include special Halloween decorations and music.
- A video of these has been made and posted on YouTube.
- Rare Rappy Lantern enemies that drop a Halloween-themed Rod called Pumpkin Head.
- A complete room theme for 5000 meseta.
This event was not run in 2006 for the English servers. The first and only maintenance before Halloween itself passed and the event was not added. Some users believe that it did not occur for various reasons:
- Unfairness to non-American regions, as the event would be exclusively available to North America and importers.
- The game was set up and released too soon before Halloween for there to be time to set it up.
- Sega America are likely more interested in game and network stability among other issues than running a non-essential event.
The Halloween lobby theme is included on the For Brighter Day soundtrack, on Disc 2 (the "Neudaiz Side").
Christmas
The game holds the capability for a Christmas event as this is arguably the biggest expected seasonal event. This event was celebrated in almost all incarnations of Phantasy Star Online. Finally, the Phantasy Star Universe soundtrack For Brighter Day has a Christmas theme suitable for lobby use. This theme is found on Disc 3 (the "Moatoob Side").
It is expected that this event is to be the first seasonal event, if not the first event entirely, for the English servers of Phantasy Star Universe, pioneering around December 2006.
New Year
As with Christmas, this is an event many people implicitly believe will be presented in Phantasy Star Universe. Also celebrated in most versions of Phantasy Star Online, and For Brighter Day contains a lobby-suitable theme named after the likely event on Disc 1 (the "Parum Side").
As this is merely a celebration and contains no notable festivities or characters such as Santa Claus or the Jack-o-Lantern, this event - not surprisingly expected around New Year - is one of the least likely to have any active participation or subsequent rewards.
Valentine's Day
Another much-expected event to occur first during February 2007. This was also included throughout the Episodes of Phantasy Star Online, and For Brighter Day contains a lobby-suitable theme named after the likely event on Disc 2 ("Neudaiz Side").
Others
The above are just the most obvious seasonal events. There are sure to be other, less predictable events. The soundtrack contains a few tracks which could be used for (and thus hint at) other events, including Carnival (Disc 1), Marriage (Disc 2), Cherry Blossom and Comedy (both Disc 3).
Promotional Events
As of the earliest stages in the lifetime in English Phantasy Star Universe, there have yet to be any promotional events. There has been one noteworthy event on the Japanese servers, however:
Sonic (JP Servers)
The Japanese servers have had one such event thusfar, and that was to award a free Sonic decoration to the shared bank of all players who registered their SegaLink accounts before July 31st, 2006 (one month before the game's release). --Ikasu 18:27, 8 November 2006 (PST)
