■[PST] 14/12/2021 01:00
■[CET] 14/12/2021 10:00

■First of all

Greetings to all pilots! This is Development Director Ōta!
It began to get colder and colder each day and I thought to myself, ‘I guess the winter is right around the corner!’

Speaking about the winter, 『GBO2’s Winter Festival 2021』 is in session！
If the time limited missions are completed, 「Jegan D Type」 can be obtainable.
I’m sure you have simple questions like “How is it different from the Jegan of Char’s Counterattack?”, so try to obtain and compare it by yourself!
In addition, various other campaigns such as the “Up to 50 Free Supply Drops” are also being held at the same time, so please enjoy GBO2 this winter as well!

Also,  the award ceremony ｢PlayStation®Partner Awards 2021 Japan Asia｣, which is commending the games that release via PlayStation was held this month!
And, GBO2 has won PlayStation Partner Awards 2021, for 2 years in a row!
We are deeply grateful to all pilots and their support. Thank you so much that you made us win this award!
All of the development staff, including me, will continue to develop this game further with this motivation!

Also, need to mention that 「PlayStation Partner Awards 2021 Award Celebration Campaign」 will continue until the 16th of December.
Would like to see you logged in and share our joy!

Beside that, we are planning to launch several updates this month, starting with a new MS!
Well then, let’s get to the content.

■New MS 『Moon Gundam』 Scheduled to Join the Battle!

I think you guys also guessed it when Varguil joined the roster but…
New MS 『Moon Gundam』 is scheduled to join the roster as a general unit with 700 Cost！
Here are the settings and performance ahead of the official release.
（By the way, as you know the logo of GBO2 Winter Festival is a Moon, that was also a little teaser from us that Moon Gundam would eventually join the game!)

＜Unit Explanation＞
・[Mobile Suit Moon Gundam]　is a [Ground Type/Space]　general use unit with a cost of [700]

・Varguil, which was developed by Neo Zeon as an experimental machine for the next generation psycho-mu system, was damaged during a mission. Its crescent-shaped psycho plate and the fact that it was born on the Moon Moon, which is called the Forgotten Colony, gave it the name Moon Gundam.

・Its armament is based on that of the base model, the Varguil, and includes a beam main armament that can be switched between scattered and convergent fire, and a [Butterfly Edge” projectile that can be guided toward the reticle.
It is equipped with the [Butterfly Edge], a projectile weapon that can be guided in the direction of the reticle, and
is revered in mobility and has highly adaptable in close ~ mid combat.

・One of the main specialities is that it’s equipped with Psycho-Mu equipment 「Psycho Plate」,
Other than [Psycho Plate (ejection)] which enables remote attacks、
it can also be used as [Psycho Plate (Defense)] to uphold a barrier around itself.
When it’s barriers are online, all of the grapple & shooting attacks are nullified but, it’s affective time range is getting shorter.

【Skill】High Performance Counter Program for ＭＧ
If a counter is formed when the aircraft HP is below the specified value, a special counter with high power will be generated.
However, if the secondary armament “Psycho Plate” is in use, a normal counter will occur.

※This video may not be representative of the actual product.

■All Missions of the Battle Simulator have been Updated!

All Missions of the Battle Simulator have been with December’s update.

■TRIAL 『Moon Warrior』

TRIAL is a mission that let’s you operate a MS that you haven’t acquired so far.
The theme of this mission is to simulate combat with MS from [Mobile Suit Moon Gundam].

Also, [Moon Gundam] which is scheduled to be in the game in near future will be playable!

Take on units that are deployed by Londo Bell (GM Ⅲ Powered, Jeddah, Rick Dijeh, etc.) or fight against Neo Zeon machines composed mainly of Varguil!

The Moon Gundam shares some of it’s armaments with the Varguil, but the key is how to make the most of its additional armament, the Psycho Plate. You can use it as a training tool while experiencing its performance in missions!

■SURVIVAL 『Space Cyclone』

Mission to destroy endless wave of attacking MS, SURVIVAL.
The theme of this SURVIVAL will be the final stages of [Mobile Suit Z Gundam].

A fierce battle in which the Titans’ MS attacked, and THE-O, Palace-Athene, and Bolinoak Sammahn also intervened.
If deployed as Z Gundam, an atmosphere which is similar to original work can be experienced.
Be sure to sail through the space!
(By they way, Qubeley can also appear when some conditions are accomplished, so be sure to play it!）

■BOSS『Nightmare Giant Twins』

BOSS is, as mentioned in the name, mission’s aim is to defeat （Giant ＭＳ・ＭＡ etc.）.
During this update [Psycho Gundam] and [Psycho Gundam MK-II] will be guests of the mission, which appeared during previous Boss battles.

Twin Boss are the bigger versions of the usual MS’, which higher endurance and damage.
Also, there will be MS’ which will defend the Bosses, attacking players.
It depends on players whether to concentrate on the boss only or to take out the surrounding MS first.

In addition, there will be [Support bombardment from the enemy],
when you receive a warning about the support bombardment, be sure to get away and arrange your strategy!

■High Difficulty Target 『Badge Challenge』 adjustment

Deploy on High Difficulty Target [Badge Challenge] with the favorite MS are saved on [Favorite Unit].
When the conditions of badges are accomplished, 【Certification of Favorite Unit】 which proves your ability will be granted but,
In this article, I’ll be showing you the data (relationship) between the number of Units on your team that have the “Favorite Unit Certificate” and their winning percentage.

Own Team’s Favorite Unit Amount	Winning Percentage
0 Unit	50.00%
1 Unit	53.10%
2 Units	55.40%
3 Units	59.40%
4 Units	65.40%

※Collection Conditions are as below;
●Collection Period　　：2021/11/01　～　2021/12/05
●Game Mode： Ranked Match　●Ranked： A+ players rank　●Deployed ＭＡＰ： Ground

※The number of battles in which there were six units on the allied team that possessed the [Favorite Unit Certificate] was zero.
Furthermore, battles with 5 units are extremely low, the figures are not shown because they are difficult to use as a reference.

As seen in above, The winning percentage is increased in correlation to amount of [Favorite Unit Certificate] amount within the allied team.

In order to increase the credibility of the [Certification Badge], we will adjust the conditions for obtaining the badge and strengthen the appeal elements.

①Adjusting the conditions for earning badges in order to ensure the reliability of the [Favorite Unit Certification].

・【Favorite Unit Certification】 appeals to people that it is their favorite machine, on the other hand it’s also proof that they are able to contribute to the battle with that MS but,
when we checked the badge acquisition status, we found that there were some challenges where the difficulty of acquiring the badge was lower than expected.
If it is too easy to earn badges, the credibility of the [Certification Badge] cannot be guaranteed, so we will adjust the difficulty level.

※In other cases, we will try to ease the difficulty level of those that are too difficult to obtain.

• ＜Strengthening of Difficulty Level＞
• 「General Victory」, 「Rival Victory」, 「Basic Victory」, 「Ace Match Victory」’s
  difficulty of obtaining bronze badges has been low, at 1.3 to 1.6 times the expected acquisition rate, so this will be strengthened.
• ・General Victory　　　　10 times　→　11 times
• ・Rival Victory　　　11 times　→　12 times
• ・Basic Victory　　9 times　→　10 times
• ・Ace Match Victory　9 times　→　10 times

• ＜Easing of the Difficulty Level＞
• The difficulty of obtaining 「Dealt Damage」, 「Assist Score」 was fairly high, and since the acquisition rate was 1/3 to 1/4 of the expected rate, we will relax the target figure.
  The target values after the change are as follows

■Given Damage Goal

■Assist Score Goal

Category

Unit Cost

100/150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

550

600

650

700

General

300 ↓ 250

400 ↓ 320

450 ↓ 400

550 ↓ 480

650 ↓ 560

750 ↓ 640

850 ↓ 720

950 ↓ 810

1100 ↓ 900

1200 ↓ 1000

1300 ↓ 1100

1400 ↓ 1200

Raid

250 ↓ 200

300 ↓ 280

400 ↓ 350

500 ↓ 420

575 ↓ 490

650 ↓ 560

725 ↓ 630

800 ↓ 700

875 ↓ 770

950 ↓ 840

1025 ↓ 910

1100 ↓ 1000

Support

350 ↓ 300

450 ↓ 380

550 ↓ 470

650 ↓ 560

775 ↓ 650

900 ↓ 740

1025 ↓ 830

1150 ↓ 920

1275 ↓ 1000

1400 ↓ 1100

1525 ↓ 1200

1650 ↓ 1350

②【Favorite Unit Certification （Blue）】 to appeal ti MS units is added

・Up to three “Favorite Units” can be registered at the same time, and you will receive a “Favorite Unit Certificate” for completing high difficulty objectives.
However, since each unit level is “certified” as a favorite unit, it was not possible to appeal to people with different unit levels, even if they had the same unit.

Even though the unit LV differs, the guarantee for the accustomed MS can also be lower, we also want to show the difference between unit and the LV.
As a new element 【Favorite Unit Certification (Blue)】 is added.

【Certification of Favorite Unit】 ・Prove that you have achieved the high difficulty target with your current Unit.

【Favorite Unit Certification (Blue)】 ・These are additional Certifications. ・Prove that you have achieved a high difficulty target on a different LV than your current unit. e.g.）If Gundam LV1～LV3 is possessed, when LV1 is registered as [Favorite] it will be like as following; ・Gundam LV1　…　【Favorite Unit Certification】 conferment ・Gundam LV2　…　【Favorite Unit Certification (Blue)】 conferment ・Gundam LV3　…　【Favorite Unit Certification (Blue)】 conferment

③Appealing new elements for Veteran Pilots!

・These are the new elements for Veteran Pilots.
We have added accessories (avatar items) that can be equipped to pilots and marks that can be attached to both pilots and MS so that pilots who have operated many MS and accomplished many high difficulty challenges can show how good they are!

Some of the examples of accessories、marks

You can show that you are a veteran player with 「I can pilot every MS there is!」「Leave that to me」.
If you are player that trust it’s own skills and capabilities, why don’t you try to get these rewards?

Beside that, we are thinking about adjusting dispatch UI also.
Details and the information will be shared on a later date, so stay tuned!

■Last but not least,

The update which I introduced today will be launched on [PST] 12/16/2021 21:00/[CET] 12/17/2021 06:00 [Scheduled] .
Furthermore, regarding the [Adjustment of various parameters and reporting of results] which is held by 1 ~ 1.5 month with every update launch,
In order to line up the adjustment period and report date collection, it is scheduled to be held on 30th of December. Please keep in mind.

However, the year 2021 will soon be over. This year, as well as last year, it was 1 year with lot’s of restrictions and limitations to our life.
We are really grateful to all pilots how nevertheless continued to play GBO2 and supported us.

We are preparing and organizing new MS and additional content etc. to present you a better gameplay experience than this year’s.
But again, we are aware with problems and the content thats being demanding even now,
we’ll be continuing to do our best to adjust the game in best possible points and present you a better experience.

With this, that’s the end for this years developer newsletter.
Please enjoy and continue to battle your way in 2022 either! Have a pleasant year!

PS． there are scheduled updates for every Thursday even after the 16th of December but,
the first update of the new year is scheduled for 1st of January [JST]14:00.
On the same day we’ll be running various campaigns and a new Supply Drop, so stay tuned!

（Development Director：Ōta）