@Auralee-Divinus Think of New Genesis the same way you think of Challenge Mode, albeit much more involved and expansive, but instead of a rogue-like challenge, NGS offers an evolution to the current gameplay and systems.
Your weapons and armor will be scaled back to compensate for the team-based open world gameplay.

This is pure speculation and this thread isn’t the place for this type of discussion, but Sega wouldn’t make OG PSO2 entirely obsolete. I wouldn’t worry about the aesthetic aspects of the game being effected; nothing I e read has even hinted at this.

@Kyouko-Okita We dont have a lot of info on NGS aside from a few vague teaser trailers. I’ve watched them all, and read all promotional material... and I still consider it an enigma.

This may very well be the thing that kills PSO2 - then again it may just be a huge content expansion that truly refines it and puts it in the map.

I wouldn't understand the reasoning behind implementing a brand new game that ignores all progress within the original, esp at this time, when it’s just being released piece meal for the first time in NA.
Why would Sega release the game/content so carefully and encourage players to invest the time if the ‘true release’ is actually coming in 2021? What would be the point otherwise? Unless Sega are total frauds this will be a huge expansion for the existing game; a free range ‘raid’ game mode, so to speak.

@Anarchy-Marine I actually looked it up and apparently the character storage DOES come with you when they swap ships.
Its still a tough decision though. Take a look at the stipulations here

@ERICK001BC Hmm yeah funny you mention ship transfers. I was thinking about the plausibility/pros and cons of switching ships, as well as its possible effects on the economy. Ship transfers are a hard choice, and if I were to swap, I’d have to do some serious spring cleaning.
If a person just transfers one character to a new ship; equipped with minimum 9 pieces of gear - that’s 41 spots of character inventory... that’s assuming they don’t bring over anything like weapons badges, augment chance, EXP tickets, alternate costumes, and non-tradeable albeit valuable items. That leaves very little wiggle room to flood the market with rare AC scratch items.

However, if some hypothetical hoarder was to create and pay for multiple mule characters in their native server, then pay for each mule’s subsequent transfer to the new ship, and bring over their entire bank inventory 50 items at a time... That would be $12 per character. That would add up, when you have upwards of 300 items across all bank accounts.
But hey. If people will pay $5 for 120 SG, to buy an indistinguishable 160 SG broach for their waifu so who knows.

@ERICK001BC I have characters on both Ship 1 and Ship 2. From what I can tell, the two economies are basically identical. Fresh Finds are one time opportunities to nab some of the more impressive accessories and outfits, and they can’t be traded or resold. AC accessories, on the other hand, are subject to inflation bc of their literal scarcity. Remember, accessories are consumables, and bind to the player after use. Since only a fraction of the player base buys actual scratch tickets for real money, and surplus is sold in the player market, only a finite number exist on the server at a time.
Once that AC ‘season’ ends, they’re wont be another chance to get them, unless they have a ‘greatest hits’ sort of thing (Season 5 mission pass currently has a lot of the Season 1 mission pass items, so it’s not beyond the realm of possibility).
But anyways, scarcity is the reason why you see obscure accessories selling for 60M etc. Its bc they’re unobtainable and those that happen to own it have command of the price.

Don’t forget, we’re playing catch up. If you really want a specific item from JP, keep an eye on the announcements and either save your AC tickets for that iteration or check the market the first day of a new AC release.

@Yalyn Thats cool! I have a nice 70s character saved, but it’s a work in progress - I’m waiting for more of the content to be released. I have a few layered wear items that look excellent but I’m waiting for Frontier Wing recolors.
Frontier Wing is the most ‘disco-esque’ outfit for males. The black version can be found in the Mission Badge Shop but it’s non-CAST; there’s are others versions of different colors, and a version C that can be worn by CASTs but idk when/where it will appear for NA.
On the JP wiki, it says it’s among the other Badge Shop items, but I haven’t seen the selection change since launch.
Does know when the Mission Badge Shop adds content? Perhaps in August with the launch of episode 4?

@Fiona-Respha Interesting. Do you know if the ‘Plier Arm’ been released in any fashion yet on NA? I looked those up in the player shops, couldn’t find em.

It’s hilarious, but can somebody please explain this?
How do you add enlarged accessories over costumes?
Is there a trick to it? Is it unique to the Rappy Suit or does it work with the Casino Lillipa as well?

I’m going for a ‘gambler’ look on my toon and I was scoping out some accessories that would fit my motif.
I was looking through the Japanese version’s wiki page here and found one item called ‘Trump Chain’... does anyone know if this has been made available in any way (Mission Pass, Fresh Finds, AC, FUN) in the NA version?

@Fiona-Respha I’ll look into it, thanks for the help though! Btw this thread is very helpful; you should consider making one dedicated to mission pass rewards as well, just to cover all the bases.