Non-spoiler Producer Talk

[Setsuna]

Well, I forgot to take a screenshot, although this WAS broadcasted live, and I probably could pull the screenshot from there.

Hyper Run #6 Yayoi takes a shot:

Sadly, considering that Takane and Hibiki were upset about Chiyaya destroying Japan, Yayoi found out that someone removed the break option in its entirety. It still didn't stop her selling 7.5 million singles though.

Quick summary:

Nothing unusual with the rest of the report - She walked in, and destroyed everything.

She claimed number 1 twice - first time on song 4, then decided to RETAKE number 1 with song 4.

The problem of course is, dispite half a day, she simply could not get Megare! to go anywhere, even though we spent about 5 hours (yeah, I tried that many times) trying to get it to break.

The next run will be Yukiho, (And last before the Mami rematch will be Makoto) but I want to try some hijinks revolving around seeing how far I can take Hell's training and utterly destroying, well, everyone.

[blake307]

Finished my hyper run with Makoto as leader and Miki and Chihaya as supporting members.

Hyper mode in my opinion isn't really that difficult as long as you know what you are doing and know how breaks, super breaks, and revives work. Though I did find it to be quite annoying when going for a break in my last song as it was luck based. I had to reset a few times before finally getting a break in my last song.

So overall I was able to get the S Rank in hyper mode with the help of a few guides.

With that said I am never playing Hyper mode ever again.

[Naryoril]

i know how you feel

i'm currently on my second hyper run, this one is to get an S, the last one was to see how hard it really is. When i'm done with this run and have the trophy i want, i won't play hyper mode again, since it forces you to reload to get an S if you are not lucky.

Not to mention all the cash that is involved to get an S ranking... i'd rather spend it in the shops

[Setsuna]

Only reason I play it is simply the fact I played the X360 version to completion and then some, and the game for me is trivially easy, so I feel a bit out of the water if I don't have cheating Vesperia AI, I guess.

Having a rank 10 doesn't hurt but well, there's been nothing that needs it. (Apparently to get to rank 10, you require a S rank to get from 8 to 10? I don't think it's even possible to go up with an A at that point.)

We do know that to keep producer rank 10, you need to run an S rank. An A rank of any kind apparently kicks you back to level 8.

Now, the odds of them requiring a rank 10 producer for DLC unlocks is unlikely. They did require rank 3 for the cat set, and a top 20 to buy the snow set though, so it's been done before.

[Naryoril]

there is only one thing that needs producer level 10: the trophy (and the gold producer card but... yeah...)
so i guess what most people (myself included) do is to get to level 10 and then not care about it anymore. by that point you'll most probably always get an A, so in the end you'll fall back to level 8 and stay there.

[Setsuna]

there is only one thing that needs producer level 10: the trophy (and the gold producer card but... yeah...)
so i guess what most people (myself included) do is to get to level 10 and then not care about it anymore. by that point you'll most probably always get an A, so in the end you'll fall back to level 8 and stay there.

Or more sanely would be to do your last run at level 8, then get rank 10, and stop playing storymode after that.

I imagine that NBGI will probably be a smart alec and make ONE DLC item require Producer rank 10. They've been known to do stuff like that before.

But yeah, Hyper is mostly for those who are really, REALLY bored, dislike playing on normal, or really want rank 10. You don't need to rank anything in hyper, since throwing it entirely still works.

And besides, the only thing it REALLY offers is the ability to see AI that really, REALLY cheats. Apart from that, well...

[BadBoy25]

3rd playthrough report
Difficulty: normal
Hibiki (leader), Chihaya, Mami
Idols level: 14, 4 memory appeals
Songs: I; Me ga Au Toki; Do-Dai; Shiny Smile; Smoky Thrill (#1)
Awards: Capital region festival, Green Forest award, AI Grand Prix
Final rank: C

Definetly a good run, I really loved this unit.

[mallory627]

Finished Playthrough #5
Leader: Takane
Support: Makoto and Miki
song Order: Relations, Ai Like Hamburger, Kokoro No Marionetto, Jibun Restart, Go My Way

I finally got a song, Jibun Restart, at the Top 10 and in the #1 spot!!!!!!

I was soooooooo happy!!!! And it was all thanks to Ariake Jin for randomly coming up and bringing my fans up 40% at like the 52 week!!

Total luck out! XD

[Naryoril]

Finished Playthrough #7 with Miki as Leader and Yukiho and Hibiki as support members.
It was on Hyper Mode and the songs were Kiramekirari, Do-Dai, Cosmos Kosmos, Relations and Shiny Smile. Shiny Smile took number one in the charts with about 4.5 millions sold, Relations took the second spot with about 3 millions, in total i almost sold 10 million CDs in and had almost the same amount of fans.
Miki and her friends won all the Utahime-Utaoji festivals even in the capital region.

In the end it was decided i did an S rank job and now i'm a true idolmaster (producer level 10)

[chikorita157]

I finished my complete first play through nearly two weeks ago after I raged quit on my first ever unit... Result is here and I did quite decently despite not knowing how to do the chart status properly and of course the appeals... Eventually I got used to it...

As for my last completed produce...

Did a lot better and managed to get on the Top 20 early in the game. Sadly, it made it more difficult as I had to train harder, losing valuable time to gather fans from other regions. Not only that, I wanted the Ultimate amulet, which will make dominating Japan a lot easier for the produce I'm doing now... Also, it was my first time getting all A's on the report and getting first place on the Dotop charts.

As for my latest and last play through before college, I'm producing フラワープリンセス and redoing Haruka's story again... This unit consists of Haruka, Chihaya and Yukiho (it's the color of the star spangled banner) Although the scores are slightly lower than my last play through, I managed to get all the IA awards within 51 weeks. Now need to keep resetting for a break and I should become golden.

Songs: Go My Way, 目が逢う瞬間, 七彩ボタン, Little Match Girl, Ready

[BadBoy25]

4th playthrough
Difficulty: Normal
Unit 765 Fairy (well, yeah...): Miki (leader), Takane and Hibiki
Songs: Ai LIKE Hamburger, My Best Friend, Shiny Smile, relations, READY!!
Producer rank B, good ending (I won the IA GP, Ocean Blue award, Black Pearl award, Green Forest award, Red Phoenix award)
Best DoTop Ranking: #1
Top score: 51k

If only I had two more weeks... well, at least I unlocked the Beyond the Stars costume.

[chikorita157]

5th produce is always the charm...


Finally, a perfect IA and thus the true ending... Haruka's true ending is not too different from the good ending, except with the extended ending after the credits and some minor details...

Highlights:
1. Ready made it to first place, until Jupiter came along and took it away from me. Tried many times for a break at Week 52, but it just wouldn't happen. So, I decided to attempt and revive 目が逢う瞬間 and that didn't go so well either... but it was enough to bring the high score for the required A rating (around 55000 pts)
2. Although I didn't hit the top 20 early in the game, it made life a bit easier. I was able to get all 4 memory stock by Week 45, making the last few 歌姫 festivals a piece of cake
3. I accumulated over 2500000 money left over from the last few produces... so I decided to go on a spending spree and also bought the really expensive Princess Tiara.

Needless to say, I feel accomplished until Spring Break... which I will record a let's play of the game and finally do Miki's story... We will see how that goes later.... but yeah, Idolmaster 2 withdrawal time. :p

[JNiles]

Haven't done an actual playthrough in a while.  After all the pining I did after watching Youtube videos of Idolmaster, now that I have the actual game, I kind of want to spend some time tinkering with Stage 4 U, but I'm not sure where to begin.  I have terrible fashion sense.  ._.

[animagic4u]

Ack I just beat RK extra episode.  I wish the outfits unlocked automatically.

Haven't done an actual playthrough in a while.  After all the pining I did after watching Youtube videos of Idolmaster, now that I have the actual game, I kind of want to spend some time tinkering with Stage 4 U, but I'm not sure where to begin.  I have terrible fashion sense.  ._.

ROFL. This reminds me of my good old days on boxm@s where I put anything together if it meant gaining a level.

[Funkies]

Mode: Hyper (2nd playthrough)
Name: WinterMEOW
Unit: Visual/Dance
Leader: Yukiho
Support: Takane & Mami

Song #1: Kosmos, Cosmos
Song #2: My Best Friend
Song #3: Do-Dai
Song #4: Jibun REST@RT
Song #5: MEGARE!

I took my time playing through, as my laptop went kerfizzle after a virus on the 27th... and I couldn't fix it until last Friday.  Complicated laptop death, I wasn't quite happy about it.

I had a more difficult time with Hyper this time around for some reason.  It was the first time I ever resorted to an item set during a performance in hopes of gaining enough Lucky Stars for anything.  After retrying a number of times with no difference, I would eventually give up and move on.  I should have kept with it, the 4th release stopped at #2... right below the #1.  No amount of trying for a Revival on the 4th or a Break on the 5th would help.  Eventually I just finished the game.  Even with 8.5 million sold, every release treated #1 as some kind of... diseased... number... or something?

Yukiho's story was pretty fun though, so it all works out in the end!  Still stuck at Rank 8, but perhaps Chihaya or Makoto can make a difference?