This commonly happens to me during the first run of sector 1 of Armada of Annihilation, and nearly every time the final boss luminmechs Dralberouge and Dralberoudi fail to spawn on my client, leading to my allies finishing them off and starting the next run of sector 1.

The resulting loading screen is then a never-ending one and I have to force-close the game and re-open it, after which I can normally play the rest of the Armada UQ in all sectors without issue.

This also just happened to me when the Dralberoudi was supposed to spawn in a story mission, resulting in me attempting to abandon the mission, again resulting in a never-ending loading screen I had to force-close and reopen the game to escape.

I've run file validation/verification twice now with no resolution to this issue.

Running the Steam version of the game, using PSO2 Tweaker utility for updates and settings.

I had one experience where someone had auto-follow turned on but would only cast Resta if they got hurt, but otherwise would not attack or contribute to the run.

I have no idea why people want to leech in these runs, but I'd say setting up auto-follow or a bot is a new low.

Various friends of mine and I agree, we'd love to have an open-faced male CAST head design (Hairstyle?), and even closed-face/full helmet style Female CAST heads.

It would be something pretty interesting, as I liked the designs of other game series with cyborgs/robots with prominent helmets (Megaman X/Zero, etc.).

I do hope we get more variety for CAST heads for both genders in New Genesis, as I would love the opportunity to have an open-faced helmet on a Male CAST or a closed helmet/head on a Female CAST.

I personally think we should be able to purchase Scion Weapon Camos or get them as gifts from the Scion trainer(s) as long as we get the required number of retweets and shares.

I really want more copies of Luchs Frieden and the Phantom and Etoile weapon camos for my alts to use. Even if it cost Ex-Cubes, Photon Spheres, or a chunk of meseta per camo I'd be okay with it. They aren't able to be traded or sold on player shops so I feel like getting them from a special NPC or shop would be okay.

Also, my CASTs are excited for the Etoile CAST set, and my Human and Deuman are gonna love the Phantom's outfit/layer-wear. I only hope the people rolling the scratches for them get enough to keep the prices affordable for my budget self.

Excellent read, VanillaLucia! This will help me out with not only Phantom but also Etoile, not to mention gearing for the future instead of just a base-line to start with.

I WOULD like Leaf in the Autumn Breeze, except the maple leaves effect doesn't really suit me and I wish the Katana looked more like the Sword and didn't have those paper talisman tassel things.

I hope we get an event or something to get the Phantom weapon camo like we got the Hero Luchs Frieden weapon camo.

Though if we only get one per account I'll have to snatch four extras on the player shops...

Also I feel like I solved the issue with decent entry level weapons for Phantom by grabbing some light element Occuld weapons. Good stats, okay affixes, and they're a decent starting spot to build off of.

Thanks for the advice!

I'm actually burning my Chronos Eternistones on getting my Hero's three Atlas weapons, but I will keep in mind trying for +35 val phantom stuff, or perhaps even going for Lumiere.

Just gotta finish getting my Hero's Lumiere stuff finalized and my Cleasis Units squared away and then my Hero will be gold with Atlas EX once they arrive.

I'll keep in mind the various cheap 13* stuff I can grab for Phantom. Heck, Val doesn't look all that bad aesthetically even though Atlas is the "unbroken" version of Val.

Any good weapon camos you guys like that cover Katana, Rifle, and Rod? I feel like Live Cellular/Bio Cellular are neat, but any others look good to you?

Awesome. Any good ways to fast-track Unique Weapon Badges to get Nemesis gear? I figure if I can avoid spending meseta by spending time and badges that'd be beneficial. I need 1200 for a full set and I'm just under 500 atm.

I have 5 characters. As each of them specialize in different things (Minus my Main, a Deuman male doing a bit of everything, and my red Male CAST and my Human Male double dipping into melee classes), but all of them would benefit from Scion subclasses eventually.

First and foremost I want to know what 13* Katana, Rifle and Rod I could get for all 5 of my characters without breaking the bank. I'd presume Nemesis would be more affordable now due to Unique Weapon Badges, but it seems people aren't listing those ones (Affixes from random drops are bad and not all are Light element).

Any viable 13* Katana, Rifle, and Rod that won't smash my bank to pieces getting them for all 5 characters?

Well darn, only the weapons used by non-Luster scion classes, and you have to turn in a copy of each individual coated weapon skin? That seems like a tall order, all I have is Coated Edge and no idea how to get Coated Doubliss, much less any of the others. I presume they'll either be rewards for something or maybe in scratches at some point?