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.
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
Parum Drop Boost 3rd
September 24, 2010 - October 28, 2010
Future GBRs
Neudaiz Drop Boost 3rd
G. Colony Drop Boost 2nd
Moatoob Drop Boost 4th
Neudaiz Drop Boost 4th
Previous GBRs
Parum Drop Boost
Japan only
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 |
February 8, 2008 - March 13, 2008 (Xbox 360)[1]
February 8, 2008 - March 17, 2008 (PC/PS2)[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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
November 20, 2009 - December 10, 2009
This period's bonus was an increased drop rate which applied to the following missions.
Moatoob Drop Boost 3rd
| 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 |
May 21, 2010 - June 21, 2010
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.
