Updates/July 2007

The following updates occurred during July of 2007.

Update 022

July 27, 2007

New missions

Five missions have received S2 difficulties.

Mission name	Ranks	Start lobby	Start counter	End lobby
Mizuraki Defense	S2	Ohtoku City	Flyer Base	Kego Clearing
Demons Above	S2	Kego Clearing	Kugo Hot Springs Area	Kugo Hot Springs
Moonlight Beast	S2	Kego Clearing	Agata Islands Area	Agata Islands: Egam
Grove of Fanatics	S2	Shikon Tanze route	Hakura Temple Area	Shikon Tanze route
Desert Goliath	S2	Underground Lake	Mining Area	W. Kugu: Ajis Kugu

The ninth chapter of Episode 2 has been released.

Mission name	Ranks	Start lobby	Start counter	End lobby
Price of Genocide 1	C-A	Clyez City: 5th Floor	GUARDIANS HQ	Dagora City: Outskirts
Price of Genocide 2	C-A	Dagora City: Outskirts	Mining Area	Clyez City: 5th Floor

New items

• With the new S2 mission mentioned above, several new S-rank items have become available.

Update 021

July 13, 2007

Seasonal events

• This update has introduced the Holy Light Festa in Ohtoku City.

Operation Firebreak

• The clothing and part discount period has ended.
• The week-long superholy Photon Fortune for all races has begun. Furthermore, all players eligible to receive the Frying Pan should have received it in their common box.

New missions

One new co-op mission has been added along with S2 difficulties to three existing missions.

Mission name	Ranks	Start lobby	Start counter	End lobby
Stolen Weapon	C-S2	W. Kugu: Ajis Kugu	Galenigare Tunnel Area	Underground Lake
Mad Creatures	S2	Holtes City: East District	Flyer Base	Raffon Field Base
Sleeping Warriors	S2	Raffon Field Base	Lakeshore Park Area	Raffon Field Base
Plains Overlord	S2	Raffon Field Base	Lakeshore Park Area	Raffon Lakeshore

New items

• Aside from the Frying Pan mentioned above, several new S-ranks have become available from the new S2 missions.

System updates

• The level cap has been increased to LV90.
• The following missions have received various refinements to help streamline them for better gameplay:
  • Valley of Carnage
  • Mine Defense
  • Tunnel Recapture
  • Desert Goliath
  • Lab Recovery
  • Demons Above
  • Moonlight Beast
  • The Eastern Peril
  • Forest Infiltration
  • System Defense
  • Desert Terror
• The PC version has received an update which enabled mipmap filtering and sound buffering options.
• The PC/PS2 servers received a change in how player deaths affect mission scores. Now if a player dies without a Scape Doll, as long as they are revived by another player before the mission is cleared, no penalty will be issued. However, if an incapacitated player chooses to return to the lobby before another player revives them, the party's score will be penalized. Also, NPC deaths no longer have an effect on the mission score, regardless of if they are revived or not.
• Enemies in higher ranked missions have been slowed down slightly. This applies only to the PC/PS2 servers.
• Numerous security holes have been addressed on the PC/PS2 servers.