Difference between revisions of "GUARDIANS Boost Road"

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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.

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.

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 2nd Redux

JP PC/PS2: Unreelased
Xbox 360: May 13, 2011 - June 10, 2011
This period's bonus will be an increased drop rate which applies to the following missions.

• Scarred Planet
• Lightning Beasts
• SEED Express
• Electronic Brain

Future GBRs

G. Colony Drop Boost 2nd

JP PC/PS2: March 18, 2010 - April 22, 2010
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased

• The Black Nest
• The Dark God
• True Darkness
• Distant Memory

Moatoob Drop Boost 3rd

JP PC/PS2: June 10, 2010 - July 1, 2010
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased

• Caves of Ice
• Awoken Serpent
• Deserted Mines

Neudaiz Drop Boost 4th

JP PC/PS2: August 26, 2010 - September 16, 2010
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased

• Eco Protection
• Grove of Fanatics
• Misty Ruins
• Cost of Research

Parum Drop Boost 4th

JP PC/PS2: November 11, 2010 - December 2, 2010
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased

• Evacuation Route
• Two-Headed Ruins
• Lightning Beasts
• SEED Express

G. Colony Drop Boost 3rd

JP PC/PS2: February 10, 2011 - March 3, 2011
Xbox 360: Currently unreleased

• Dark Satellite
• SEED Awakened
• Mechanical Ghosts

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.

• Mad Creatures
• Plains Overlord
• The Mad Beasts
• Endrum Remnants
• The Dual Sentinel

Moatoob Drop 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.

• System Defense
• Desert Terror
• Tunnel Recapture
• Caves of Ice
• Awoken Serpent

Neudaiz Drop 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.

• Hill of Spores
• Dancing Birds
• Flowery Pursuit
• Sacred Stream
• White Beast

Parum Drop Boost 2nd

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.

• Scarred Planet
• Lightning Beasts
• SEED Express
• Electronic Brain

Gurhal Drop 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.

• Roar of Flames
• The Big Push
• The 4th System

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.

• Desert Terror
• Desert Goliath
• Rogues' Shortcut
• Stolen Weapon

G. Colony Drop 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.

• Dark Satellite
• SEED Awakened
• The Black Nest
• The Dark God

Neudaiz Drop Boost 2nd

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.

• Forest Infiltration
• Rainbow Beast
• The Eastern Peril
• Moonlight Beast

Moatoob Drop Boost Redux

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:

• System Defense
• Desert Terror
• Tunnel Recapture
• Caves of Ice
• Awoken Serpent

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:

• Train Rescue
• Endrum Remnants
• The Dual Sentinel
• Duel in the Ruins

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:

• Dark Satellite
• SEED Awakened
• The Black Nest
• The Dark God

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:

• Mizuraki Defense
• Demons Above
• Sakura Blast
• Flowery Pursuit

Reference notes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The initial GBR ran longer than expected for the PC/PS2 servers due to issues with update 043.
2. ↑ Originally scheduled to run through January 8, 2009, this session of GBR was extended by one week following maintenance for update 064.
3. ↑ Originally scheduled to run through May 21, 2009, this GBR was extended by one week following the extension of Shred the Darkness.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ 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.