Strategy SP - Question & Answer thread

[BT2]

If I'm buying the remix to a song, do I need to Original?

Short answer: No

[ikuto-sama]

If I'm buying the remix to a song, do I need to Original?

I don't think so. The remixes are separate tracks.

[yukipo]

3. In Wandering Star, is there anyway I can play as Mami?

Haha, unless you know a cheat, no. Sorry.

[mallory627]

How do you get Hibiki, Takane and Miki? I know you have to unlock them but does that mean you have to beat them in story mode or only get up to a certain point? I've tried and every time i play Story mode I aways fail when I'm at rank D... :'(

[animagic4u]

It depends on Producer rank doesn't it?
I unlocked them both through 1 or 2 complete playthroughs.

Just keep trying! 

[mallory627]

I know but I always keep failing at rank D and I always have to start over!!! It always frustrates me and I can't get over it!!! All I want is Hibiki and Takane!! T.T :'(

[TweenDoriru]

How do you get Hibiki, Takane and Miki? I know you have to unlock them but does that mean you have to beat them in story mode or only get up to a certain point? I've tried and every time i play Story mode I aways fail when I'm at rank D... :'(

Yeah, you need to beat the game a few times. Like Animagic4U said, 2 playthroughs should do it.

What are you having difficulty with, that you can't get past Rank D?

[mallory627]

I get to rank D and I get really happy. I start to level my stuff but then I miss a interview or something or my stuff goes down for some reason and right when my Producer Rank goes down as well as my Vocal/Dance/Visul stats, I have to go gainst my rival and I end up failing and not ranking high enough.

[TweenDoriru]

I get to rank D and I get really happy. I start to level my stuff but then I miss a interview or something or my stuff goes down for some reason and right when my Producer Rank goes down as well as my Vocal/Dance/Visul stats, I have to go gainst my rival and I end up failing and not ranking high enough.

Well...

You can't miss an interview/stylist appointment/rival audition if you don't accept the offers. If you're not sure when/what you have to do for it, don't accept it XD I've never missed one, but I'm pretty sure that'll have a negative effect on your idol's career.
(basically...when the email inbox pops up in the morning, just ignore everything and close out of it)

Normal auditions are a really good thing to do, because when you win, sometimes you'll have a stat-boost from a blue reporter-person. It'll boost your stats for a few weeks.

I can't think of any reason your stats would fall unless you missed an appointment, lost an audition (well...I think that's what those red reporters do), or you've gone for way too long without completing an audition.

[animagic4u]

SP's story mode helped when playing the original because it helped me decide when I needed to rank up and stuff.
Plus even if you lose you have a retry (even though it hurts your producer rank a bit)

[iDOL15]

How do you get Hibiki, Takane and Miki? I know you have to unlock them but does that mean you have to beat them in story mode or only get up to a certain point? I've tried and every time i play Story mode I aways fail when I'm at rank D... :'(

At the end of the game, you have to get your Producer Rank to Lv. 5 to unlock them in Office Mode. It might take a few times to get there.

Producer Rank measures your score, basically. It adds up whatever you've achieved during the game against a total of 100.

Starting from 0:

Image Level
Lvl 1: +1
Lvl 2: +3
Lvl 3: +5
Lvl 4: +6
Lvl 5: +8
Lvl 6: +10
Lvl 7: +12
Lvl 8: +13
Lvl 9: +15
Lvl 10: +16
Lvl 11: +18
Lvl 12: +22
Lvl 13: +23
Lvl 14: +25
Lvl 15: +25
Lvl 16: +25

Idol Rank
F: +1
E: +2
D: +3
C: +5
B: +8
A: +9
S: +10

No. of fans
500,000: +1
750,000: +3
1,000,000: +5
1,250,000: +7
1,500,000: +12
1,750,000: +15

No. of auditions passed
1: +1
5: +2
10: +3
11: +4
12: +5
13: +6
14: +7
15: +8
16: +9
18: +10
20: +11
22: +12
23: +13
24: +14
25: +15

Special auditions
+1 for each one passed, +1 bonus if all passed

Ending
Dome (Good): +5
Dome (Normal): +4
Budokan: +3
Arena: +2
Live Hall: +1
Livehouse: +0
Failed at performance: -30
Cleared story mode: +5

Continues
-5 for each continue used

Idol Trust
Your trust starts out at 0. Add 4 for each Perfect Communication, 3 for each Good Communication, 2 for each Normal Communication, 0 for each Bad Communication
13~15: +1
16~18: +2
19~21: +3
22~24: +4
25~27: +5
28~30: +6
31~33: +7
34~36: +8
37~39: +9
40~42: +10
43~45: +11
46~48: +12
49~51: +13
52~54: +14
55~57: +15
58~60: +16
61~63: +17
64~66: +18
67~69: +19
70 and above: +20

Add them up together to get the total score.
1: E-
2~8: E
9~15: E+
16~22: D-
23~29: D
30~36: D+
37~43: C-
44~50: C
51~57: C+
58~64: B-
65~71: B
72~78: B+
79~85: A-
86~92: A
93~99: A+
100: S

This score will then get translated into your Producer Rank. You start out at Level 1, and in general you rank up when you get A or B grades, and get demoted with C or D grades. However, the maximum number of ranks you can be promoted or demoted each time seems to be limited to 2. So you do need to play through the game multiple times.

Producer Rank
Lvl. 1: IIRC, you only need to clear the game to get promoted to Lvl. 2.

Lvl. 2: D- to B -> Lvl. 3
B and above -> Lvl. 4

Lvl. 3: D to B -> Lvl. 4
B and above -> Lvl. 5

Lvl. 4: D+ to A- -> Lvl. 5
A and above -> Lvl. 6

Lvl. 5: C- to A- -> Lvl. 6
A and above -> Lvl. 7

Lvl. 6: C to A- ->Lvl. 7
A and above -> Lvl. 8
D and below -> Lvl. 5

Lvl. 7: B to A- -> Lvl. 8
A and above -> Lvl. 9
C and below -> Lvl. 6

Lvl. 8: A and above -> Lvl. 9
A and above + all 9 idols Story Mode clear -> Lvl. 10
C and below ->Lvl. 7

Lvl. 9: A and above + all 9 idols Story Mode clear -> Lvl. 10
C and below -> Lvl. 7

Lvl. 10: B and below -> Lvl. 8

[mallory627]

Thanks. This may probably help me with the game! I just wish I could get some of the downloadable content!!!

[animagic4u]

Why can't you get any? 

[mallory627]

Because all of that DLC is in Japan and I live in the United States so I can't really go online and buy the stuff.

[TweenDoriru]

All you'd need is a Japanese PSN account and some points (you can get them from Play-Asia -- I think you do need Japanese or Asian PSN-moneyunits)

Though, if you -do- make a Japanese PSN account you would have to remove your American one, and the downloads you have already, if any, wouldn't work...