IDOLA Second Year Anniversary Stream Recap

General Announcements

IDOLA Second Year Anniversary

It’s time for the second anniversary of IDOLA! Celebrate this momentous occasion with a massive 20 events!

 

EP2 Record 3: Reunion

Explore the new chapter in the EP2 story! Find out what’s happening in Canceed’s headquarters, what’s up with the Capricorn’s Zodiart and have a heartwarming reunion with Anna Marie.

 

New Characters

Lindsey, Commander Of The Canceed Principality

Lindsey introduces a new class, Commander! Commanders special ability Attack Command allows all allies to attack at the end of the turn. She’s of the Earth element and has a high notation aoe eb. She also is the holder of the Zodiart Capricorn!

 

Crula, Mad Scientist

Inventor of the Andromeda Idola, crazy scientist Crula enters the battlefield as a Soldier and is Fire Element! Just like Jasper and Wyndis, they have a multi-personality disorder changing their personality entirely based on the side you choose. Naturally they have access to Alter Ego and even a special version of their Idola, Arch Gemini! Their eb has the highest notation in the game coming in at a massive 1100! 

 

Popona [Celebratory PR Agent] Toasts With 0% Apple Cider

Celebrating another year of IDOLA, Popona [Celebratory PR Agent] is ready to party! This time fitting with her celebratory dress, she’s Water Element. Her buff applies Symbol Activation Up, which allows symbols to proc an additional time. Her eb is also a very cheap aoe, which gives a big stat buff to all allies. 

 

Gerda [Witch Of Leoria] Is Ready To Trick Or Treat

The Elder Princess bewitches you once again with her new appearance, Gerda [Witch Of Leoria]! This time she is Wind Element. Just like with her Christmas getup, she has Element Value Convert. This time however, she has a new buff Witch’s Blessing! Her eb is a powerful Single Target that has a special effect where based on the element of target. If their element is 6 or higher, you lower theirs by 2 and increase your own by 2. But if they have less than 6, you get to do another EB!

 

Nicole [EX] For Hire!

Dragon-bearing mercenary Nicole joins as another entry in the EX series! This time she features the Earth element and has a heavy focus on Provoke and other sorts of debuffs.

 

Mirabel, Astraea’s Silent Aide

Working together with Astraea, Mirabel seems to silently be researching something…

 

Chairman Of Canceed, Victoria

Chairman Victoria, leader of the opposition in Canceed, is the arch nemesis of Canceed’s Leader Lockingham.

 

Grand Duke Of Canceed, Irene

Grand Duke Irene is the elder sister of Lockingham and the official lead of Canceed. She rules from her throne room while being connected with red tubes all across her body.

 

Lambridge, Chief Of The Military

Strategic Leader of the Canceed Army, Lambridge is one of Lockinghams close aide’s.

 

Events

Idorappy Comes With Presents!

With the second anniversary many freebies will be given out such as the free character Idorappy, more than 110 Second Anniversary Tickets and over 5000 Star Diamonds as well as other various rewards!

 

Gerda Makes A Mag-nificent Entry

Various Gathering quests will be (re)ran during the event period. There’s also a special Anniversary Arena Gacha, Idola SP and Arena SP. Various rewards include a Gerda idomag drawn by the Yuru Idola artist and 2 new ranking weapons.

 

Super SP Missions

Complete weekly Super SP Missions that reward you various things! There’s also special Gathering Quests that have a new Idomag “Idorappy” and a new soul symbol!

 

Anniversary Tournament

A tournament between different groups of characters will be held! Vote on your favorite team to get them to win!

 

Yuru Idola Manga

After the many adventures Uly and Stella have had you can finally purchase it in this padded E-book available for preorder soon for 850 Yen (excluding tax)!

Preorder Period

  • October 14th, 2020 ~ November 27th, 2020

 

Log-in Rewards

Enjoy various different log-in rewards during the duration of the Second Anniversary including many Dolls and Star Diamonds!

 

Twitter Retweet Campaign

Retweet this tweet and follow the official twitter for a chance to be one of the 10 to earn 10.000 Star Diamonds! Retweeting to certain milestones also helps getting various guaranteed rewards!

Campaign Milestones:

  • 1000 retweets → 100 Star Diamonds
  • 2000 retweets → 100 Star Diamonds and a Limited Doll
  • 3000 retweets → 100 Star Diamonds and a Platinum Doll

Event Period

  • Stream End ~ October 20th, 2020 @ 12:00 (JST)

Idola Phantasy Star Saga Ver 2.3.0

Version 2.3.0

Version 2.3.0 of Idola Phantasy Star Saga will be arriving soon with various system changes.

 

Maintenance Notice

Maintenance Period

After the maintenance period, you must update to version 2.3.0 of the app to play.

※ Please refrain from creating an Idola before maintenance.
※ Brigade Battles will be suspended on day of maintenance. Season 4 of Brigade battles will start September 16th, 2020, @ 2:00 (JST).

 

Improvement and Balances

System Updates

Brigade Battle Matching Updates

In order to do better Brigade Battle Matching, the system will prioritize the following information in this order to better match opponents.

  1. Brigade’s League Rank
  2. Brigade win rate in descending order
  3. Number of people in a brigade in descending order

Arena Matching Update

When you choose to match against stronger enemies (The [強敵] option), the enemy’s party strength will be closer to yours.

※ In the situation where the player gains more party strength and becomes stronger than the enemy, the enemy will receive a boost.

Mid-Battle Descriptions Changes

On the attack details screen that you can access mid-battle to learn more about attacks, skills that add [Cost Reduction], [Reduce Element Use], [Unleash Inhibitions], etc, will display how much the status effects have increased or decreased the cost of skills, ect.

 

Bonus Flag Character Display

On the Brigade Battle formation menu, the UI will be changed to help players understand who benefits from the bonus flag.

 

Descent Medal Exchange Shop Addition

Platinum Dolls will be added to the shop, and more ways to get platinum dolls will be added to the game.

 

Chat Stamps

To help communicate with other players, you can use chat stamps. There are 4 new Stamps that you can use: “Do your best! (がんばろう)”, “Thank You! (ありがとう)”, “Victory! (勝利)”, and “No Worries! (ドンマイ)”.

 

Balances

Changes to the “Mark” Status Effect

The following changes will be made to the

status effect.

  • The “Remove Marking” demerit that exists in some attacks will be removed.
  • [Mark]’s DEF reduction will change from 5% to 10%.
  • The description of the Status Effect will now include the maximum amount of times the status can stack.

 

Changes to the “Provoke” Status Effect

The following changes will be made to the

status effect.

  • The Provoke effect will now also be activated when attacks are used that hit a random amount of times, attacks that hit a random amount of enemies, and attacks that hit all enemies instead of only working on single target attacks.
  • In the case of an attack that hits a random amount of times, the character that inflicted [Provoke] will be hit the specified number of times that the attack was used
  • In the case of all enemies attack or random amount of enemies, the unit that was inflicted with [Provoke] will be the only one to take damage.

 

Other Changes

AI changes

When using the auto-battle feature, fighting in Brigade Battle and fighting in Arena, the criteria the AI will use to determine if using Reverse Rush is appropriate has been updated.

 

Content Availability

Mode Player Level Required
Idola Battle Level 5
Arena Level 6
IdoMag Level 7 
Brigade Battle Level 8 

 

Beginner Quests Display Change

Beginner Quests display area will move from the event quest list to the story quest list.