[tsukamaete]

I was only able to finish 1 story in time to get the PoV story prize due to ender shortage and real life interference (´???`)

Is anyone planning to screencap or video the PoV stories? I've seen a couple of the BMP event stories that I'd missed that way, but I don't think I've seen anyone doing it for MSB.

[sonatasy]

I also have trouble completing the 3rd story due to lack of ender/storage space. After doing my calculations, i thought it'd be more worth it to redo Goto's story to collect his kimonos, since i still have space in his closet. If time permits and when i've saved enough ender, maybe i'll move on to the 3rd story.

Don't worry about missing out on the epilogues, i just read the epilogues from Hot Springs 1 and they weren't really interesting.

[Razareil]

Goto's Japanese outfit is in Guard Power, not Charm. :P And there's a short conversation with all the BGs after you finish all three routes, which hints at returning to the hot springs at some future date (please NO). To be completionist/technical/nitpicky/anal.

Random thoughts:
1. There are times I seriously want to shake the MC and scream in her face, "Stop being so f*cking Japanese!" Goto having a cold had occurred to me as a possible explanation from stage 1. Now that I think about it, this entire set of stories was really kind of underwhelming.
2. It seems that no matter which episode the CG occurs in, you only unlock it if you finish the route, which bothers me compared to BMP. And why do the CGs we get have nothing to do with any photos mentioned in the story, if there are photos mentioned in the story? That just seems like bad planning to me. Maybe I would PREFER the MC and Goto smiling under the beautiful autumn foliage instead of them really generically kissing in the bath.

Sorry for the late responses; I've been on planes the last two days (and had to miss some guards ).

@Solenyx: Yes, a good grovel does go quite far towards setting things to rights! And his CG was awesome--his expression was classic and they even managed to make his hair look good! (A question for another day: why do so many of the BGs look like a small animal has taken up residence on their heads?) At least he was AWARE of the problems that being so closely associated with an attractive young woman could cause in his relationship, unlike SOME people. *elbows Kaiji in the ribs*

@Aiko: Yeah! I've definitely noticed there are a lot fewer beginners and low-level people in MSB events compared to BMP.

@Starl0cket: Hey, what are you trying to insinuate about Sora? As it turns out, I freely admit that I jumped to conclusions that were entirely unwarranted and should have given Sora the benefit of the doubt. His response was also a lot more palatable than Kaiji's "Oh, you shouldn't worry" or Subaru's "I like you being jealous." The LP reqs do seem to rise incredibly steeply, at least compared to BMP (I only joined halfway through Casino). As for guard, I use a data compression app on my cellular network that makes it hard to scrutinize my opponents' avatars closely if I don't have WiFi. Better safe than sorry. Some of my mates call me to guard a lot, and some almost not at all. It evens out. That's awesome when people step up to the plate! ^_^

@StarRainbow2: You're welcome! :D I'm glad someone found it helpful; I haven't heard much about the chart so I assumed most people didn't see it. I guess I have an MO different from most people, in that I can grind out 3000-4000 LF a day without Lucky 24 by playing every 4-4.5 hours, so what I really need from my event mates is the speed of LF gain required to get me past all those total LF missions in the two days it takes me to qualify for the SHE. If that means I sacrifice being called for guard, so be it. I'd rather finish the routes on time/early. Btw, I would urge you to go for events; the main story will always be there, and event gachas allow you to quickly (and cheaply, in my opinion) raise your charm (though you will end up with a box of unusable things; so it goes).

@Sorcha: It was probably a convenient equivalent to the Kansai dialect or whatever they were speaking in in the original (I forgot where Kaiji's trip went). I just ignored the incongruity and pretended it was Kansai-ben or whatever.

@Saku3210: If the LP remaining is dropping, unless you're talking about current LP, it just means that they're continuing to play and you're getting the benefit; you always get 20% of their LP at any point in time, so if their LP goes up, your total LP does a little too. That's what I meant regarding having mates that play at a good rate.

@sonatasy: Kaiji's event story is not worth paying money for. He is still my favorite BG (barely), but I almost want a refund of the time and energy I spent playing his route. Sorry, I'm probably the most vocal one in this thread about how cheated I feel of a nice, WAFFy story. I don't think you get the completion items more than once, by the way, so the only point to repeating a route is for the GP.

@kitsy: Yeah, only having two items to buy for each route (like BMP) would help a lot!

@tsukamaete: Yeah, just search YouTube. The admin of this FB group called something like "Shall We Date All Otome Games Guys" takes care of it.


I am increasingly convinced that these shorter events are harder than the longer ones. Even if, for the longer ones, the LP reqs get higher by the end due to there being more routes, each route is a smaller increase, which has a huge impact on difficulty/length of time required. Also, I hadn't considered this before, but fewer routes means each person can take on fewer event mates. This means that the top players are less available and each slot matters more. The turning point for me in this event vs. Hot Springs 1 was probably, on day 2, snagging the 6th slots of three people who had already finished their first routes. (My event mates this time were awesome!!!! Definitely learned my lesson.) The timing for catching people is crucial, and I would also say that a shorter event means less time for people's progress to spread out, so that good players are available to friend at any time.

Yikes, this was a long post.

[alexielle]

I received a message from gree saying that I will receive today my event reward (it is diary I think) and nothing in my box  

Am I the only one ?
thanks

[ToodlesLB]

Hey ladies I'm new to this game~ I'm on Sora's main route now and have just finished Sora's and goto's event stories, thanks to all your lovely posts, which really helped me a lot! ! :3
I don't think I will go on to kaiji's event story though, especially since lucky 24 has just ended. It's just too ender-consuming. I would hate to wait too long to save enders in order to finish main story's SHE. What do you guys think? XD

[Saku3210]

@Saku3210: If the LP remaining is dropping, unless you're talking about current LP, it just means that they're continuing to play and you're getting the benefit; you always get 20% of their LP at any point in time, so if their LP goes up, your total LP does a little too. That's what I meant regarding having mates that play at a good rate.

Razareil, you are the best.   I've been playing for months and somehow never noticed that. I thought it was just a one-time boost for becoming their mate (i.e. 20% of whatever they have when they join) + the boost from battles. Will keep this in mind for the future!  

What do you guys think? XD

It comes down to your personality. I'm a completionist, so I prefer to finish events, even if it means the main storyline has to wait for months. Plus, I like helping out my mates with their events; the most annoying thing is when you're so close to finishing but can't because you didn't get enough help.

[ToodlesLB]

@saku3210:
Thank you for the advice~ I've decided to keep doing event guards for enders till it ends but just not continue on with the story any more. That way I can contribute to their LPs while still have Enders saved. It is frustrating to have mates that are not active :( Most of my mates have less than 10t LPs.

[Razareil]

^ I am a completionist too (high-five, Saku3210! event CGs FTW!), but if I had known how !@#$%^& Kaiji's route was before being slapped upside the head with it... Anyway, it might have been more palatable if I had chosen him last and thus not run the risk of losing anything regarding the other BGs. You can also look at your mates' avatars to see if any of them have all the completion items, or ask them generally about how it's going to suss out how close they are to finishing. Solenyx (sp?) said, and I agree, that the important thing is your mates that are almost done; if they aren't realistically close to that goal, you're not going to be able to do much for them anyway.

Also, going to event guard gives you the chance to send gifts, which really add up over time, especially if your mates also play regularly and end up sending you gifts as well. Be sure to take advantage of the numerous date invites from the event gacha b/c sometimes they give you several thousand ender, and spinning the gacha itself plenty of times gives ender as a bonus too. For some reason, even if I start an event scraping the bottom of my ender reserves, I always finish with quite a bit more than I need, so I don't consider events to be an overall ender drain. Btw, from recent history, they might stick a short, one-day Lucky 24 in at the very end, so please make sure to keep an eye out.

@Saku3210: Thanks, lol! ^_^ I wasn't sure about that at first too; they really aren't very clear. (And I think there's only BEEN three events in MSB?) But if it was only a one-time boost, these events would be impossible! One other tip, aim for a total LP/current LP ratio of above 2.5:1. My ratio in this event hovered between 2.5:1 and 3:1, and I didn't coast but the length of time spent per route was manageable and seemed to improve as I went along. I am convinced that the progress of your mates makes the difference between an event that gets easier as you do more routes and an event that gets harder, because I've experienced it both ways and I certainly haven't changed my playing style.

@alexielle: No reward has appeared for me either. Which sucks because I have that 50k trust mission (that I can't grind for until this event ends) knocking on the door...

[Sorcha]

I think by reward they meant the mini-epilogues, not the ranking rewards, since I got the epilogues that day but have yet to receive the ranking prize.

[alexielle]

I think by reward they meant the mini-epilogues, not the ranking rewards, since I got the epilogues that day but have yet to receive the ranking prize.

ah okay that's a relief thanks   because I was worried it was a glitch again
but Gree, can't they say epilogue instead of reward  
it is so confusing  
I am relieved now    (I need this diary cause I am stuck in main story)

thank you both for answering (Razareil too   )  

[sonatasy]

@Razareil: They do give out avatar items again if you repeat the story. I've collected about 3 or 4 kimonos from Goto's event now, and i feel very confident in my guard power LOL! I wonder if anyone else is using my strategy as well? In BMP however, i've tried repeating the event story but wasn't given the avatar item again.

@ToodlesLB: You should definitely repeat either Sora's or Goto's story if you already plan to continue playing event guard. This way you can earn the extra gacha points and avatar items(if you do complete the story). Don't let your love points go to waste!

[Razareil]

Lucky 24 for last day!

@sonatasy: Grats! Wow, that is a huge difference between BMP and MSB. Bleh, that means I wasted an opportunity to get a kimono (though to be fair, my BG closet is already full--I haven't seen a way to discard the starter items, which is idiotic). I wish I could predict in advance what design elements carry over between games and which don't. Personally, I've focused more on the event gacha as a way to up my charm.

@ToodlesLB: Those LP won't go to waste if you're able to get a ranking prize, regardless of which routes you do or don't complete. :P

@alexielle: You're welcome! I'm stuck too, so I'm also impatient about the hold-up.

-- Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:59 am --

I just got my 3 shoulder massages, yay! They're all Katsuragi massages, not sure why.

[biscuit]

Anybody knows whether the happy ending and the normal ending is the same? I would love to see the happy ending, but i don't really need the reward, i would have discard it anyway, so i would like to take the normal route... But are they all the same, just without the reward?:/

[OtomeBabe]

@biscuit : same story but no reward

[ToodlesLB]

@sonasty: I thought about it and had decided to go through Kaiji's route anyway. Just because I really need the gacha pt cards. :( But come to think of it, it would have been wiser if I had chosen to repeat Goto's story instead. My closet is already full, whatever reward that's going to take up the mc's closet space will only end up discarded by me. So sad. :( But I still have at least 4 BG's closet space, so I could use Goto's japanese outfit for some Guard Points. Stupid of me. *crys*
@Razareil: :) I think I will be able to get at least 1 shoulder massage, and might even make it in the top 400 if my mates are awesome enough, which is good enough for me since I haven't spent real money on it and have been really busy lately.

This thread has been of great help! Thank you guys so much! I hope I will have something to offer in the next event~ And good luck on the final ranking!

-- Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:05 pm --

Umm...One more question, ladies~ I thought this game operates in UTC time? And it says that the event is ending on 2 am sharp, which if I'm not mistaken, is in 2 hours? But the game also says that it's going to be 3 hours before the event lucky 24 ends. So when is the event ending anyway? I'm seriously confused by this. :( I hope we still have 3 hours, or there's no way I'm going to finish Kaiji's  story. I still have 708 LPs to go before I can continue on to do the final mission, which is so close to completing the whole thing. And I wanna get past this mission so I can have the 600 gacha points card too. I don't care that much about the SHE reward though.