Since there is no way to play the Story again aside from using a new character (unless I am missing something), I personally wouldn't want them to make story progress account bound, but it would be great if those tutorial/gated Tasks were (ie. any forced Task that doesn't have a cutscene), so that you could just start playing on an alt without restrictions and then get to the Story whenever you want on them.

@A-Wild-Brandon For NGS, only Hunter, Fighter, Ranger, Gunner, Force, and Techter are available; Braver, Bouncer, Summoner, and an unnamed Gunblade class will be released later on (according to the current Roadmap, Braver will be out in August, Bouncer some time in the Fall, Summoner in Spring 2022 at the earliest, and the Gunblade class some time after that).

For PSO2classic, you can select any of its available 9 classes (with 4 others being unlocked once you level two classes to level 75) once you get to the point in NGS where you you can switch over to it.

@Kamil118 Yeah, it looks like the "Every Tuesday" and "until Wednesday" are static text that doesn't change with the timezone.

But yeah, now Global is on the exact same maintenance schedule as JP; makes me wonder if people complaining about it is going to get them to change it again, like when the times were closer to JP maintenance when NA first launched, or if they are going to stick to their guns for the sake of parity.

@Hatsodoom Going forward, any cosmetic in the Scratches except for hair and accessories can only be used on NGS faces and bodies.

As of now, there is no news of any new language options outside of English and Japanese.

It is likely that it is a poor translation and/or is missing some info. For reference to how Premium and the Salon worked in PSO2classic, if you used a paid Salon Pass (ie. an S Salon Pass from the SG Shop or by paying 100SG directly in the Salon), you would have a one hour period where you could go back and forth into the Salon making changes without having to pay again. If it is now "as long as Premium is active," then it might still need at least the initial 100SG payment.

@Shimamura24 Despite there being a Japanese language option for both text and voice in the Global version, Japan is technically not a supported region for it. Your friend could play the Global version, but it would require them to either use a VPN (which could get their Steam account banned), or for them to change their PC's region to one that is supported and download from the Microsoft Store (to buy AC and such, they would need to load their account with XBox Gift cards from the matching region); from there, it is just a question of seeing whether or not Japanese IPs are blocked when connecting to the Global servers.

There is no other option that to have two versions of the game installed at the same time to be able to link.

The Tweaker does allow you to use the same install to start up two different versions, but it is up to your discretion to use said third party software.

@EsIstMontag You can transfer Ships, but there is a fee do do so, and it will only occur during maintenance. You can do so from the character select screen.

That said, if you don't mind having to level again, you can make up to three free characters, so you can just make one on the same Ship as your friends.

@Lorient Pentium is a line made by Intel, but it is their budget stuff, so it never really comes up in big announcements.