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THE iDOLM@STER 2 Gameplay Thread
mariokirby:
So for the Decay amulets do I want the one that says "General appeal multiplier decay UP" or "General appeal multiplier decay DOWN"?
I'm only on week 4, so should I go to the shop? Apparently it takes up 2 time slots.
JNiles:
--- Quote from: mariokirby on May 21, 2012, 07:18:45 pm ---So for the Decay amulets do I want the one that says "General appeal multiplier decay UP" or "General appeal multiplier decay DOWN"?
I'm only on week 4, so should I go to the shop? Apparently it takes up 2 time slots.
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Down.
I don't think you have the cash for anything useful at week 4. You should be able to get by for a while. Honestly, my main concern in the early game was figuring out that you press one button at a time, not all three. -_-
The amulets are sold after competitions, not in the shop. Each prefecture owns a particular amulet, so you'll need to visit the right one. We have a listing on one of the threads.
mariokirby:
I have a few questions
1. Do I get a higher score if I DON'T let idols do the festival by themselves?
2. What is that 3-choice decision, it happens after you choose to let the idols do it themselves for a festival.
3. For the Lessons, Do I get a higher score if I DON'T let the idols do it themselves?
4. I want to get all the scenes with my leader Chihaya, I am worried that if I make it to the Top 20 too soon, I might miss those scenes and decision that happen if you are in the Top 50.
Daverost:
--- Quote from: mariokirby on May 22, 2012, 12:57:14 am ---2. What is that 3-choice decision, it happens after you choose to let the idols do it themselves for a festival.
4. I want to get all the scenes with my leader Chihaya, I am worried that if I make it to the Top 20 too soon, I might miss those scenes and decision that happen if you are in the Top 50.
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2. I've never let the idols do it themselves, but if it's the same as the other options, it's about whether or not you want to do one of three things: Re-arrange the unit positions (I think just swapping the members), picking an older song to perform instead of the current song... and I forget the third. Just going with the current song? I don't remember. I never go for revivals, so I don't really do anything with the older songs.
4. You'd be hard pressed to get every scene. The ones that happen at the end of a week are random and you're lucky to see even one of them per playthrough. If you focus heavily on doing normal promotions for the other scenes, you're probably not going to have a successful run. I mean it's doable, but it's not easy. You'd probably be all over the map and wouldn't be generating a lot of fans or money.
Funkies:
--- Quote from: mariokirby on May 22, 2012, 12:57:14 am ---1. Do I get a higher score if I DON'T let idols do the festival by themselves?
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Ideally if you're good at performing a song and know how to manage your appeals, bursts, and memories... then absolutely you will. Making your idols work by themselves fatigues them, and you risk negative effects by using it too much. If it continues they'll eventually take a week off by themselves.
--- Quote ---3. For the Lessons, Do I get a higher score if I DON'T let the idols do it themselves?
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Even if you tell the idols to work as hard as possible, they will never come out with a Perfect + Bonus. At most they'll get to the very end of Perfect. So yes, if you can reliably get to the "Bonus" status in any lesson it's better for the Producer to manage the lessons. Telling them to handle it themselves also causes fatigue.
There are ways of circumventing fatigue to some degree. I believe if you get them to the point they will take a week off, but the next playable week is a story-related week, they won't take the week off. I've never tried it, so I'd experiment a bit to see what works before relying on it too much.
--- Quote ---4. I want to get all the scenes with my leader Chihaya, I am worried that if I make it to the Top 20 too soon, I might miss those scenes and decision that happen if you are in the Top 50.
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Daverost is absolutely on the money.
If you're worried about Promotions, then this is a possible outcome. I wouldn't worry about activating all of Chihaya's scenes from the get go. There will be chances in later plays where she can be selected for Promotions, even if she's in a support role. If you concentrate solely on Chihaya the rest of your unit will quickly start to feel alienated.
That or you could simply reset after doing Promotions and select whatever else is available! It won't count in the long run, but if the aim is to see... that'll do the trick.
If you're worried about non-story After Communications, there's a real possibility you may not see all of them in a particular play through. If they do appear, they may be centered on your support instead. I won't say they're random, but I have no real idea how they come about and what the triggers are. It wasn't until recently that my leader had all of theirs occur in a single game (all three in a row), and my support only had one each the rest of the game.
I suppose it's their way of encouraging using the idols repeatedly in your units, be they your leader or support.
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