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Non-spoiler Producer Talk
Setsuna:
I'm not sure if I should laugh or not. I wasn't expecting Hyper mode to be so difficult. I guess after Normal mode, I was half expecting to be disappointed.
They added another two levels of rank, and although I deliberately rushed my way up With a top 20 on the 3rd song (Spent about half a million on paid promotions) I had trouble at idol level 13 to beat a level 11 national audition. (I made the minimum 5th spot by a whole 13 points after extending my notes with a Chihaya bust, with a full combo)
Lesson to learn: DO NOT attempt to do a level 11-12 audition of any kind without being level 13 or 14 unless you have godly gear (which I don't) and particularly if you're only in week 28 or so.
It makes the game an actual challenge though, when you HAVE to do some absurd risks to get anywhere. Can be nerveracking, but fun. Although I have to get 200k sales to get number 1? Yikes.)
The pay's also good, 50k minimum per action when you hit the top 20. If you can manage it that is...
Claimed my first IA regional in week 34 (Northern Japan) which is a rank 10. Gunning for my second and that's an 11 in week 35. I'm uh... idol level 14.
Edit 2:
I'm now the proud owner of 3 of the 5 IA regional awards... and we haven't actually been nominated for any of them yet. They're something scary, but I'm well on my way to having my army of a million fans.
animagic4u:
Hey guys.
AndyP here.
First playthrough:
Unit Name- PeaPod
Idols- Haruka (Leader), Yayoi, Miki
Song- Ai like hamburger
I literally just got off "THE DEBUT". I'm not that fast. I really love the dance minigame though. It's so much easier in this game.
Funkies:
FunkyzP
Unit Name: WinterCATS (ThunderCats popped in my head for some reason)
Members: Takane (Leader), Yukiho (2nd), Mami (3rd)
Song #1: Do-Dai
2nd Normal playthrough, I did manage Top 20 by week 9... yay! I like this crew, they're making things much easier this time around. I hope it's smooth sailing from here on out. Getting idol mail is amusing, so I can dig it. Anyway, let's see where it goes!
EDIT: Finished 2nd playthrough!
Song #2: Kosmos, Cosmos
Song #3: shiny smile
Song #4: My Best Friend
Song #5: MEGARE!
Ended with a Level 16 Visual/Dance unit. I tried out a Super Break on the 2nd and 4th releases. The 2nd made it to #3, the 3rd made it to #2, and the 4th made it to #1. I spent a little too much of the time trying to prop up the releases, so I stopped doing that when the 5th release was in the promotion phase. Managed to nab all the IA awards with about 3 weeks of messing around left. All in all it went very well!
I think I'll stick to Normal for one more playthrough, then I'll see if I can't make a dent in Hyper.
JNiles:
Not sure if I should be posting here because I play more like a stumbling drunk than a producer, but whatever.
First order of business was to try out Stage 4 U and fiddle with the sound balance- I turned everything up to maximum, and I couldn't quite get rid of the weird muddiness in the sound that made it hard to make out the voices- perhaps it was just mimicing stage acoustics. I did indeed have to delete my producer data because I overestimated the number of spaces for the producer name.
After all the agonizing, I wound up going with a default unit of Haruka as leader with Miki and Chihaya as flankers (unit name: Heartless). I would've chosen someone other than Chihaya but I needed someone who could provably balance out the other two's voices. It was a dumb move, because the unit's mood is constantly in the dumps. I want to put all the blame on Chihaya, especially, since she Chihijacked some night events (I thought only the leader has events?) but the mood problem belongs to everyone.
Playing the PSP games has only made things harder for me, because the menus behave differently and the strategy of grinding lessons and memories to win auditions does not apply here. I had to start reading the Gameplay thread before I could win an audition, and it will take a while to digest the entire thread. (Pressing all 3 appeal buttons at once was the first mistake I made)
I got past the week 21 match with Ryuuguu Komachi after failing once and screwing up the Hell Training too, though I'm not sure how I managed. Having to outrace the opponent to a burst drives me batty.
Gonna mess with the Options menu to see what the remaining options do.
mallory627:
I'm RoseP
Unit Name: 765Fantasy
Members: Makoto (Leader), Hibiki (2nd), Takane (3rd)
Song #1: Ai Like Hamburger
I'm on my 2nd playthrough right now!!!! WOOT!!! I'm going to try to get some awards but I'm probably going to not get any again.
I'm on week 32 but I can't start cause my twin sister won't stop doing S4U! already!!!! >:(
She won't give it back now!!!!
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