Before I comment back to you guys, I'm going to pimp out
my Technika guide for people who need a handy quick 'n dirty reference. :d That said --
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Originally Posted by KMasaki  Pop Mixing, the game's normal mode, is where most of your time will be spent playing. Difficulties span the gambit, with STOP being a brutal 5 while The Clear Blue Sky is a sorry excuse of a 7. So far, I haven't seen anything past 7- even during the final stage.
Technical Mixing is IIDX Expert class for... the more adventurous types. . . . Recovery is practically non-existent; no health is returned to you upon completing a song. |
Yeah, the highest rating you'll see in this build's Pop mode is 7, shared by Blythe, Sweet Shining Shooting Star, and Son of Sun. Technical mode has 8s that are selectable (The Clear Blue Sky HD, WhiteBlue HD, Keys to the World HD) and 9s that aren't (the boss songs).
You can recover in Technical like you would in any other song; as you progress, the lifebar recovery (not to be mistaken with the lifebar itself, which I believe stays the same) gets harder, but not to a point where it is impossible to recover.
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Originally Posted by Dan. Song grading. Based on what i've seen, S rank is a 100% Max full-combo, A rank is full-combo (with high Max % maybe), so breaking your combo guarantees you a B or less based on your accuracy. I should also point out that top song scores will not save unless you actually complete your entire 3 song set (plus non cardholder scores are wiped daily, intentional I presume?)
Card-related bug i've noticed, I can't get a personal score to save for "Closer" on Pop stage 1, no matter how many times I clear it. Might be known already, but thought i'd mention it. |
You're right on the money with the criteria for an S rank, but it is indeed possible to break and still get an A, as if I remember correctly, it's based off of percentage. So, breaking once or even twice on a song with a lot of notes (like, say, Blythe) and still coming out with an A is possible.
As for the high score list, yes, it's wiped intentionally so that people can't "stack" their scores by having more than one entry. Similarly, Platinum Crew members cannot save more than one high score per ranking table; whenever they beat their high score, the machine overwrites their existing one.
And, finally, yeah, it's been reported.
