Idola Phantasy Star Saga Ver 2.8.0

Version 2.8.0

Version 2.8.0 of Idola Phantasy Star Saga will be arriving soon with Story, QoL, and more!

 

Maintenance Notice

Maintenance Period

After the maintenance period, you must update to version 2.8.0 of the app to play.

※ Please refrain from creating an Idola before maintenance.
※ Battles interrupted before maintenance cannot be resumed after maintenance because of the balance changes.
※ Brigade Battles will be suspended on the day of maintenance. The next set of Brigade battles will start April 14th, 2021, @ 2:00 (JST).

 

Content Updates

EP2 Record 5: Karma – Fate

A new chapter in the EP2 saga starts with Record 5: Karma – Fate. An orbital elevator crashes in the Diadem desert with Giselle’s group inside. It seems like Giselle’s secret will be revealed at the end of the line…

 

Permanent Gacha Update

The following characters will be added to the permanent Star Diamond Gacha lineup:

  • Chloe
  • Roxanne [EX]
  • Nicole [EX]

 

Dream Star Festival Update

The following characters will be added to the Dream Star Festival Gacha lineup:

  • [Happy New Year] Giselle
  • Lisa [EX]
  • Sasha [EX]

 

Shop Items Updates

Hero’s Insignia Shop

A few previous arena ranking rewards will be added to the shop.

  • ★6 Weapon Symbol: Agito
  • ★6 Weapon Symbol: Star Sword Lionel
  • ★6 Weapon Symbol: Star Spear Lamb’s Grace

※ Exchange limit per symbol: 1

Idola Medal Shop

The following previous idola battle ranking rewards will be added to the shop.

  • ★6 Weapon Symbol: Coat Edge
  • ★6 Weapon Symbol: Gaels Orbit
  • ★6 Weapon Symbol: Dainslef Orbit

※ Exchange limit per symbol: 1

Further more, the exchange limit for Universal Fragments has been increased.
This change will be inacted starting May 1st, 2021 at 5:00 (JST).

  • Universal Fragment [Weapon]
  • Universal Fragment [Soul]

※ Exchange limit per type of frament: 1/per month → 3/per month after May 1st.

 

Birthday Login Bonus

When you login on a character’s birthday (or within a 3 day period after the date), you’ll get a extra login bonus!

 

Improvements and Balances

System Updates

Gacha Visuals Addition

When you get a ★5 Character from a gacha, the pulling process will look alittle different than usual.

 

“Character of Choice” Gacha Addition

In gacha where you can choose a character to pull, you can view a ranking list that shows what characters have been chosen the most by other users.
More deatils about this system will be posted at a later date.

 

Arena and Quests Addition

The arena and high difficulty quests will now show rankings for the usage of characters and symbols based on party compisitons used by other players.
More deatils about this system will be posted at a later date.

 

Balances

Collection Quest Changes

In collection quests, the collection item drop rate from rare enemies in Advanced【上級】and Super【超級】difficulty quests will be adjusted.

[Super Fastest] Skill Priority Adjustments

At the moment, when you use [Super Fastest] “Support”, “Recovery” and “Obstruction” skills, the normal attack order doesn’t apply, the only thing that matters is how fast the skill is.
After 2.8.0, [Super Fastest] skills will follow an attack hierarchy of  “Recovery” (Green) → “Support” (Blue) → “Obstruction” (Purple) → “Attack” (Other).

 

Sleepy Giselle Soul Symbol Balance

The ★6 soul symbol “Sleepy Giselle” will be rebalanced.

Sleepy Giselle

Before

After

At the start of the final battle, apply

(1 turn)
[Potential Ability] The skill can last for 2 turns.
※ Once per quest

At the start of the final battle, apply

only once. (1 turn)
[Potential Ability] Increase speed by 20% (2 turns)
※ Once per quest

Getting the Symbol

  • The symbol requires 2 Sleepy Giselle fragments to be formed.

Getting the Symbol Fragments

  • A Sleepy Giselle fragment costs 200 Brigade Coins.

※ Exchange limit: 30/ per month

As a compensation 1000 Star Diamonds will be delivered to all users after the update.

IDOLA JP Weekly Vol.121

April 5th, 2021

Descent Quest: Scorpio Abyss [Wind]

Take on this powerful Idola in this brand new Descent Quest!

Once you have a party that meets the strength requirement, you can face off against the Scorpio Abyss who has the chance to drop powerful symbols! Once you clear the quest, you’ll also get [Descent Medals] to trade for the power symbols in the recycle shop.

For a limited time, Lindsey, Crula, Rosalinde [Red Lion Emperor] benefit from a stat boost in the quest!

Quest Period

  • April 6th, 2021 @ 12:00 ~ April 24th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)
Event Weapon Symbol
Scythe of Scorpio

Increase Weak Hit Damage by 20 (25)%
[Potential Ability] When using a “Single Target” attack, increase critical damage by 65%.
※ Chaos Only
※ Can only be leveled using “Rebellion” Unique Fragments or other “Scythe of Scorpio” Fragments

※ [Potential Ability] is unlocked at Lv.10
※ The value in () is the value at Lv.10
※ The symbol can’t be deconstructed.

 

Event Soul Symbol
【Scorpio】Scorpio Abyss
On the turn after attacking an enemy in a reverse rush, decrease enemies’ Water element by 1 (2).
[Potential Ability] In addition damage taken by Enemies is increased by 10% (1 turn).
※Once per quest.
※ This ability cannot stack with duplicate versions of this symbol or with symbols with the same potential.

※ [Potential Ability] is unlocked at Lv.10
※ The value in () is the value at Lv.10

 

First Clear Rewards

Difficulty Rewards
Clear Advanced (上級)

Star Diamonds (x100)

Clear Super (超級)

Star Diamonds (x100)

Clear Extreme (超級)

Star Diamonds (x100)

※ The first clear status will be reset each time the event is brought back.

 

Boosted Characters
Lindsey Crula Rosalinde [Red Lion Emperor]
HP +10000 | ATK +400 | DEF +150 | SPD +150

 

Character Boost Period

  • Until April 24th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)

 

Step Up Star Festival [Descent Quest Boost]

The pickup characters in this gacha currently benefit from a boost in the current descent quest.

In a Step-Up gacha, you get can get discounted 10 pulls, bonus items, and guaranteed pulls depending on what step you’re on. You start at Step 1, and move up steps when you pull from the gacha. Once you reach Step 5, you’ll be moved to the next round’s Step 1.

In this Gacha, you’re guaranteed to pull one of the pickup characters on Round 1 and 2’s Step 5. For a short time, they’ll benefit from a stat boost in the current descent quest!

※ You can only use Star Diamonds to pull from this gacha.

Gacha Period

  • April 6th, 2021 @12:00 ~ April 13rd, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)
Pickup Characters
Lindsey Crula Rosalinde [Red Lion Emperor]
Law | Commander | Capricorn | Defense Chaos | Soldier | Arch Gemini | Attack Law | Emperor | Arch Leo | Attack

 

Rounds & Steps
 
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Round 1

Half-off 10 Pull
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

x1.3 ★5 Character  Pull Chance
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

x1.4 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

x1.5 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x2))

Pick Up Character Guaranteed

Round 2

Half-off 10 Pull
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

x1.5 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

x1.7 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

x2 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x2))

Pick Up Character Guaranteed

Round 3 and
Onward

Half-off 10 pull
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

(Bonus: Universal Fragment [Weapon] (x1))

Half-off 10 pull
(Bonus: Rainbow EXP Book +3 (x50))

(Bonus: Universal Fragment [Soul] (x1))

(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

※ Once you reach Step 5 of a Round, you will be moved to the next Round’s Step 1.
※ The pickup character can be pulled at any step. On Round 1 and 2’s Step 5, you get the pickup character guaranteed.

 

Star Diamond Sale

A new Star Diamond sale is available in Roxanne’s Shop! You can get plenty of star diamonds at a large discount!

Sale Period

  • April 6th, 2021 @ 12:00 ~ April 13th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)
Set Items Price # Available Per Account

[Sale] 4000 Star Diamonds
【セール】スターダイヤ4000

Star Diamonds [Paid] (x3,510)
Star Diamonds [Free] (x490)

2,940 Yen 1

[Sale] 12200 Star Diamonds
【セール】スターダイヤ12200

Star Diamonds [Paid] (x10,700)
Star Diamonds [Free] (x1,500)

9,000 Yen 3

 

[Reprint] Limited Special Training Quest – Amane’s Special Training Dojo

The limited-time special training quest: Amane’s Special Training Dojo is back!

Gain more EXP and Bond Points with your characters in here than you would in a normal quest! You can also get items to strengthen Elemental Blasts and IdoMags!

Quest Period

  • April 6th, 2021 @ 12:00 ~ April 20th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)

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