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THE iDOLM@STER 2 Gameplay Thread
BT2:
--- Quote from: KIRBYSIM on April 06, 2011, 12:19:33 pm ---You basically need to achieve 2 Breaks/Revives with a single, er, single to reach the top at the end of the game.
My personal highest for one single is something like 240+ I think. And I had the top three spots back to back to back. Breaks and Revives, with the occasional dose of a Super-Break, are your best friends.
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No you don't, one is enough. Imo you don't need to worry about sales and position at all, it's not visible on the leaderboards so it's pretty much pointless. Or if you like recording your results you could take a picture with a camera or some screen recorder or so of your results.
This is the lazy "I don't like to plan and/or focus on pointless or annoying details" man's method
You can actually play like you want until week 48, never switched any songs and never gotten any special condition and just go for CD5.
The best part with CD 5 is that if you don't switch it it'll basically be the only CD(assuming you aren't delaying a new release) you'll be producing for more than 10 weeks in a row.
Why is this good?
By playing normally you'll be getting lots of stars by getting perfects or one could even use a set bonus. After week 48 or so keep doing FES's until you get a break.
Assuming you already had 130-145k sales on cd5 and you have 500k+ fans, your end value will at least double after 4 weeks of break.
Pointless story: The first time I got a break with CD5 was in my 2nd playthrough and it was after I beat Jupiter :|
So even if you have bad luck, you technically have up to week 54 for FES's but you'll only get the first week of break sales.
With 130-145k, you'll still have 200-225k or so.
Again, this isn't the best method, but rather the crudest and probably worst though easiest method because you don't need to micromanage, plan ahead, hope luck is on your side and/ or keep track of pointless details.
tldr; don't worry about special conditions up till week 48 if you're lazy or dont like to think too much.
Stick to the same song and keep doing FES's after it's been in the chart for at least 10 weeks.
I've always gotten a break in week 48-53 in all my playthroughs after my 2nd with song 5.
Also, there's in fact an achievement for getting dotop rank 1.
KIRBYSIM:
Yeah you're right, you may or may not need to achieve 2 Breaks/Revives with a single CD to reach the number 1 spot at the end. It really depends on how many fans you've got, etc etc.
I think on my 2nd playthrough I didn't manage to snag the number 1 spot at the end of the game because after achieving a Break with my 4th single I was just 10,000 sales short of no.1 or something. My 5th single's total sales for the first 4 or 5 weeks failed to break that barrier too - and because I had delayed the release of some of my singles, I could not try for a Break for the 5th single.
But if you've got the right strategy, getting to number 1 is quite a cinch really. On my 3rd playthrough I got to no.1 way before week 40, and then I just focused on getting my other singles as high as possible so that I owned the top 3 spots.
TweenDoriru:
Here's a really odd question, but...I just want to know XD Has little to do with actual gameplay, but...
whenever I'm in S4U mode (haven't tried it in story mode, though it's probably the same) and use a duo for Smoky Thrill, there seems to be a bit of a glitch with the voices? Where the song goes:
(leader) Sayonara
(other) Otodoioide
(leader) Oh, saraba
(other) Awayokuba mata
Azusa's voice always cuts out to the other person's. Hibiki's does, as well, but...only with some idols...geez, this sounds crazy. Nonetheless, I haven't tried it with everyone, and it seems that...well, if everyone did it, it would've been noticed by now for sure.
(cue super-fuzzy rushed demonstration video)
Seems to be mainly an Azusa issue, but I was trying to make a video with Hibiki as leader and it happened. Small issue, but annoying.
So does everyone's game do this and NBGI is cutting corners? :(
kasmichan:
--- Quote from: KIRBYSIM on April 06, 2011, 12:19:33 pm ---You basically need to achieve 2 Breaks/Revives with a single, er, single to reach the top at the end of the game.
My personal highest for one single is something like 240+ I think. And I had the top three spots back to back to back. Breaks and Revives, with the occasional dose of a Super-Break, are your best friends.
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I don't even know if I'm already using Break or Revive after a live..XD when I got another opportunity to perform, I often hit "duet" then select the song that is actually 10 weeks old..though seems like it doesn't work that well in my case..oh well..I'll just go focus getting the true ends..I'm after the story more than the ranking..hehehe and I think there's nothing special with it aside from getting an achievement unless there's an unlockable packed with it..after getting the true ends I'll go replay my Idolm@ster game..I'm still not finished with it..
Oh another thing..no more awakened Miki here or there is?
BT2:
--- Quote from: KIRBYSIM on April 06, 2011, 06:53:50 pm ---Yeah you're right, you may or may not need to achieve 2 Breaks/Revives with a single CD to reach the number 1 spot at the end. It really depends on how many fans you've got, etc etc.
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Assuming one aims for a true end, one should at least have 500k fans so I don't really think one'd need more than 1 break with cd 5 for first place.
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It's possible to get 1st without using a special condition, got one a few days ago.
--- Quote from: KIRBYSIM on April 06, 2011, 06:53:50 pm ---But if you've got the right strategy, getting to number 1 is quite a cinch really. On my 3rd playthrough I got to no.1 way before week 40, and then I just focused on getting my other singles as high as possible so that I owned the top 3 spots.
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While it's commendable for doing so, personally I think it's a waste of time. After a few playthroughs one'd get sick of overplanning stuff so imo being lazy's a better option if one doesn't intend to aim for a leaderboard slot.
If one is aiming for a leaderboard slot, going for a true end's technically a waste of time because you'll be wasting weeks you could've used better.
--- Quote from: kasmichan on April 07, 2011, 05:13:15 pm ---I don't even know if I'm already using Break or Revive after a live..XD when I got another opportunity to perform, I often hit "duet" then select the song that is actually 10 weeks old..though seems like it doesn't work that well in my case..oh well..
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Selecting a song for an encore doesn't influence much(anything at all?) and is just there for having a different video for leaderboards pvs imo.
If you succesfully obtained a special condition, it'll be marked accordingly on the dotop charts on the upper right part of the info pane.
You can somewhat measure how many stars you've obtained already for a song but personally I wouldn't bother too much with it; even if it says the song's very popular(すごい人気), you'll still need tons of stars
--- Quote from: kasmichan on April 07, 2011, 05:13:15 pm ---Oh another thing..no more awakened Miki here or there is?
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