(relevant update is relevant)
Man oh man, where to start....
since last time, PSO2 had only Episode 1 and around Half of Episode 2 released,
as of today we have Episodes 1, 2 and 3 fully released,
-there's a new class called "Bouncer", it can wield twin sabers (dual wield swords)
and jet boots (a la zero suit samus, these let you double jump)
-around 4-5 new playable areas, with new gimmicks per stage
pic for reference, had to spoiler it due to size:
^ The upper pic references a castle layout that appears during an emergency quest, you see this layout is QUITE special.
during the mission enemies appear on the ground and on the roof of many buildings, (I recommend ranged attacks here)
however every now and then an enemy spawns that changes the weather so poisonous purple mist fills the entire
road, if you want to avoid the hazard you can always get up on the roof of any building and go roof-hopping.
(as seen on the pic),
and yes you can pull crazy surprise attacks this way on many enemies.
-speaking of Emergency Quests:
remember that one specific quest where we had to defend 3 base towers for 5 waves? it was a EP1-based quest,
but now that EP 2 & 3 are out, the Mining Defense EQ now has Chapters 2 & 3 added.
the best part? Mining Defense CH3 is now THE HARDEST EQ mission out there, so hard that to compensate
the difficulty spike, the game is kind enough to let you, RIDE, BIG, FRIGGIN, GUNDAM-ESQUE, ROBOTS!
yes, a player has around 500-700 HP, these machines have easily 8000-9000 HP, deal around 10k damage PER HIT.
and can do a one time only MEGA LASER that pretty much clears the area where you shot it.
the downside? the ride only lasts 2 minutes, so go batsh!t crazy on EVERYTHING.
the kicker? even WITH the cool ride armor, the boss can still take loads of damage to kill, the newer missions
were designed with teamwork in mind so it seems,
either way I've recently picked PSO2 again, still doing Braver/Fighter, and still part of the CP guild (in-game)