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 PSO2 Station + Stream Recap

Story Announcement

PSO2 Station + Idola Recap

During the final PSO2 Station + an IDOLA update section was held with all new info for content coming up!

 

EP2 Record 5: Karma – Fate

A new chapter in EP2, Record 5:Karma – Fate, comes with update 2.8.0! Meet the Sagittarius Zodiart, Lulutemia, and fight in a fateful battle versus Lindsey where the girls secret is finally revealed…

 

Meanwhile the Stargate Squad also find their own fateful encounter next to a recognizable wreckage.

 

General Announcements

Birthday Login Bonus

Celebrate the birthday of your favorite characters starting on 4/16 with Reiner. Get a bonus of 100 Star Diamonds when you login to say Happy Birthday!

 

2.5 Year Anniversary

The 2.5 Year Anniversary of IDOLA will be held in mid April!

 

Sleepy Giselle Nerf

Although not announced in the stream, Sleepy Giselle will be nerfed in version 2.8.0.

  • Before: At the start of the final battle, apply Support Effect Removal (1 turn) [Potential Ability] The skill can last for 2 turns. ※ Once per quest
  • After: At the start of the final battle, apply Support Effect Removal (1 turn) with 1 use [Potential Ability] Increase speed by 20% (2 turns) ※ Once per quest

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

 

New Characters

Lulutemia, Young Ruler Of The Desert Country

Young Queen of the desert, Lulutemia, enters the fray. She has the ability to summon the mighty Arch Sagittarius! She has a Fastest aoe attack that can pierce defense buffs!

 

Ihelma, 1st Commander Of The Desert Country

Stand your grounds soldiers as the 1st Commander, machina Ihelma, has arrived. She features an Attack Command that applies Numbness to the Targets it hits! Shes also wind element. Just like her leader, she is also a Sagittarius!

 

Giselle [Memories], Little Bird

Stella [Memories] finally gets a playmate with the introduction of Giselle [Memories]. She features a new skill Little Bird Manage which works similar to Guts, but instead of living at 1HP you prevent death and recover a chunk of HP!