It has not been confirmed all cosmetics (outfits) will transfer but all of the emotes and non outfits have been confirmed to transfer. I would imagine ALL outfits will transfer since PSO2 standard is getting the same graphical overhaul and those costumes exist there.
Why not play it? Continue to grab those cosmetics because those will carry over.
I think people are reading too much into it. Our character will not exist in both games at the same time in the story context. Our PSO2 character is technically a different character than the same PSO2NG character. It is there just because we might like our look and do not want to give it up... of course we could make a new character completely.
This game is 8 years old. I know lots of people here have not been playing it for more than 4 months but that does not change that it is old. Would you rather them just very slowly give us the episodes so we have it for a few years before they switch over to NGs? I think it is great that they are going to launch this new version worldwide rather than just in JP. I am very excited and am going to play this game until the other launches.
They have already said how the updating works. The new game will be the updated game. PSO2 will remain AS IS (updated graphics though) with episode 6 being the final content update.
I did not see in either of the videos where it said 'console launch exclusive'. Maybe I missed it but I have watched each video twice and still never saw that text.
Clever marketing or not think about it... what is the true end game for PSO2? Cosmetics. Those will carry over so IMO nothing has changed with this announcement other than excitement for the new update/game when it launches.
It is a confirmed EXPANSION for PSO2. They are doing the Blade and Soul thing where they are changing the engine and redoing the game basically. How it will interact with our existing characters and stats IDK. The numbers shown on the trailer are very small compared to our damage now. Might just be placeholder type stuff who knows. I would expect to keep things like cosmetics but as far as actual gear who knows how this will compare to what exists currently.
Why did they not include Shining Tears opening song in this scratch? That is likely one of the more iconic songs from the entire series.
It would not be hard to get 8-12 random people to join for it. Ask in your Alliance and if that fails ask in 001, 002, 042, and 069. Should not be hard to find people during afternoon/evening hours there.