THE iDOLM@STER > THE iDOLM@STER Platinum Stars
My one reservation with Platinum Stars?
Reikuo:
--- Quote from: Setsuna on August 01, 2016, 11:27:45 am ---All the above shows that the random costume drops can prove an issue, and how the game is incredibly 'back loaded'. The whole thing also demonstrates that the design is more akin to a Shiny Fiesta sequel rather than a mainline title, but I don't think the advertising was promising anything else. The difficulty back loading makes the game look deceptively easy though for about 15-20 hours of the game though.
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So is there much to do once you get stuck during progress via either skill or costume luck? Do you just farm out some already completed lives and thats all you can do? Whats the best strategy for getting stronger once you are stuck?
Setsuna:
--- Quote from: Reikuo on August 01, 2016, 03:46:01 pm ---So is there much to do once you get stuck during progress via either skill or costume luck? Do you just farm out some already completed lives and thats all you can do? Whats the best strategy for getting stronger once you are stuck?
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Depends where you are in the game.
If you're pre-extreme live, you shouldn't be having any real trouble - if you can't full combo a pro level song, you're not going to get very far in Master - the songs will DEFINITELY be hard in Master.
If you're post extreme live, your first goal is to get EVERYONE to B rank ASAP. The costume appeal penalty for being under rank applies to all idols and it's calculated on a rank difference rate - this is important in All star Lives.
You'll want to see if you can land a S rank costume though. Oddly enough I've gotten more of them when I FAIL than when I succeed. It's like the game went 'Oh, you failed, here's some random S ranked costume'
I used a particular S ranked costume to coast me through the all star lives, and once you get there, you'll gain about 10k fans every 13 weeks.
I've also been working with someone else, who's been updating a pastebin on the gameplay thread. See there for various strategies.
Reikuo:
--- Quote from: Setsuna on August 02, 2016, 08:29:12 am ---If you're post extreme live, your first goal is to get EVERYONE to B rank ASAP. The costume appeal penalty for being under rank applies to all idols and it's calculated on a rank difference rate - this is important in All star Lives.
You'll want to see if you can land a S rank costume though. Oddly enough I've gotten more of them when I FAIL than when I succeed. It's like the game went 'Oh, you failed, here's some random S ranked costume'
I used a particular S ranked costume to coast me through the all star lives, and once you get there, you'll gain about 10k fans every 13 weeks.
I've also been working with someone else, who's been updating a pastebin on the gameplay thread. See there for various strategies.
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Really good to know for the B rank, this is what I will work on. Right now I have EX cleared up to about 6 jobs in B rank that a cruddy costume is holding my score back on the one im currently on. Then I am on I believe the second or third B rank solo, and falling about 2-3k short. This is my first rhythm game of any type besides OFA which is nothing like this so master is definitely a challenge. Im not full comboing pro but im not far off. Is mastering master difficulty absolutely essential for A and S rank or can you grind out stats/upgrades to eventually pass it with pro?
Setsuna:
--- Quote from: Reikuo on August 02, 2016, 04:21:47 pm ---Really good to know for the B rank, this is what I will work on. Right now I have EX cleared up to about 6 jobs in B rank that a cruddy costume is holding my score back on the one im currently on. Then I am on I believe the second or third B rank solo, and falling about 2-3k short. This is my first rhythm game of any type besides OFA which is nothing like this so master is definitely a challenge. Im not full comboing pro but im not far off. Is mastering master difficulty absolutely essential for A and S rank or can you grind out stats/upgrades to eventually pass it with pro?
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Not a chance.
To pass the A rankup live, you will need to score 116000 points (I figured out the exact cutoff).
To do this, you get given a choice of 3 songs, and you are in a trio formation, as per usual rankups. There is no preferred costume, so you can field whatever you like.
Basically, you'll need to be able to reliably score about 39000 reliably for 3 songs to pass A rank.
If you can do this with pro songs, I'd really like to know, because I barely can pull it off with 3 Master songs, and it doesn't get easier even with 3 idols on A rank already.
Nakiame:
--- Quote from: Setsuna on August 02, 2016, 04:29:25 pm ---Not a chance.
To pass the A rankup live, you will need to score 116000 points (I figured out the exact cutoff).
To do this, you get given a choice of 3 songs, and you are in a trio formation, as per usual rankups. There is no preferred costume, so you can field whatever you like.
Basically, you'll need to be able to reliably score about 39000 reliably for 3 songs to pass A rank.
If you can do this with pro songs, I'd really like to know, because I barely can pull it off with 3 Master songs, and it doesn't get easier even with 3 idols on A rank already.
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Get some high-notes songs like idolmaster (317) or live kakumei de show (300) to level 10 if you haven't already. Can't vouch for pro, but on master you'll easily pull 40k+ scores with any crappy costumes and idols at ~45lvl. And of course much more if you have S rank items.
300 notes full combo for song level 1 = 1500 score for mainaining combo.
300 notes full combo for song level 10 = 8250 score for mainaining combo.
Well, leveling up a song is not a fast task though, especially if you wasted journals and were using different songs before, so there are many with level 2-3...
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