#also ik I suck at maths but if u need help working out point maths I'm fairly good at that now so just dm me!

[tranquiltatsumi]

Ensemble Stars!! Music Song Event Guide

I know some people said they needed this so here is a guide to song events in Enstars! If any other experienced players notice I missed something please let me know!

Due to a 10 picture limit on tumblr is have put numbered boxes around things I'm explaining if a picture has more than one thing, and will be numbering explanations accordingly.

This is the number of points you've gained for the event. Points are gathered by playing regular lives and the event oive- I'll explain that in a bit. This is a nice easy way to see how close you are to your goal.

This takes you to the screen that lists event rewards. I'll go into detail on that further down.

This takes you to the page for the event gacha- using cards from this in your stage will reward you extra points in the event. It's 20% extra points for the 5*, through to 150% for 6 copies; 5% for the 4*, through to 50%; 1% for the 3*s, through to 5%.

This is the number of event passes you have. I'll explain that in a bit.

This takes you to the page for regular lives, which lists all available songs.

This takes you to the page for the event live, which is one song. Playing this song requires 100 passes at least, though you can play with 500, or later in the event 1000. You get more points for playing this song than regular lives.

This is the event reward list, which shows all rewards and the point requirements.

This shows the next card reward you can get from the event, and how many points until you get it.

This is all of the rewards, split into 6 pages. You can scroll down on this.

This is page 3, with the 5* card listed on it. As you can see, to get this card you need 3,500,000 (3.5 million) points. This can seem overwhelming, and the first few times you play an event it definitely is! But once you know what you're doing its much easier!

If you wish to get the 5* card, the amount of effort and diamonds you'll need varies depending on team strength (more on that in a bit). You're not likely to have super strong teams right now, so it's more likely you'll need around 16,000 diamonds to get this card- a stronger team means less dia. The least I've ever spent on an event song 5* is around 800 in JPstars, which translates to 8,000 in engstars.

As for the rate of gaining points, it's best to split this up over the days the event lasts. I never know exactly how long they last in JP as I'm awful at time maths but it seems? like this lasts around 8/8.5 days. It's easiest to split the points into 7, which means getting 500,000 a day. You can choose whether to do this all in one go or over the course of the day. I usually do it in one sitting as it causes less fatigue, but I know people who spread it out too.

To figure out spreading it, you're gonna need a little maths. Play at least one song at however many BP you wish to play at- whether that be 1 or 10 (more on that later) and from the amount of points you get, figure out how many lives you will need to play per day (500,000/the number of points you get per song, and then round up) . Now depending on if you wish to wake up when your BP refills figure out the number of free BP refills you get per day (it refills every 5 hours), and take this way from the number of lives you need to play, and then divide that number by the number of free refills. So for example if I get 50k points with 10BP then I would need to play 10 lives a day at 10BP to get 500k. I don't wake up for events so I'm assuming there's 15 hours a day for me to play, which is 3 refills, leaving 7 dia lives. Dividing that by 3 is uneven, so I'll split it unevenly. My first two free BP refills I would play 3 lives (one free and two with dia) and then for my final I would play 4 (one free and three with dia), adding up to 10 in total. This doesn't take into account event lives because I have dyscalculia and I can't do that kind of maths lol. my best advice would be to use your event passes at the end of the day, and then do the maths again with the amount left to get the next day.

You can use up to 10BP for regular lives during events, who u can be changed by the pink button next to the live start button. You will get 10x the amount of event points for this with 9x less work. I definitely recommend utilising it!!

This number here is the total score for your whole stages cards put together (not including support cards). This will increase as you get better cards, level them up and max their idol roads. For now it's likely fairly low. Picture of my strongest JPstars stage included for comparison.

An easy way to increase this total a little is to match the stage attributes to the song. It's unlikely that you'll have a whole team of strong cards in any attribute yet, let alone all of them, but this can be built over time. I'd recommend setting up preliminary teams named after the attributes with whatever cards of them you have, ready to build those teams when you have good cards.

Attributes are in the top corner of the cards, and next to the song name. A stage of all blue cards will give you higher points on blue songs, etc. etc. The total at the bottom of the team will change for every song, so put all your strongest cards onto one stage now regardless of attribute and go through the songs to see which your strongest is. Stick with this for the duration of the event.

This is the event live page, which will allow you to play the event song. Event passes work the same way as BP, with 100 passes being equivalent to playing with 1BP. You do, however, get more points for playing this live than regular lives. I think it's 500% more for event live vs regular live? (idk I failed GCSE maths)

That should be enough to get you through it, but if you have any questions I'll do my best to answer/ find out! Good luck and godspeed, Producers!

(Below is a picture of the rate up for the event gacha! it wouldn't let me add this further up bc mobile sucks)

[busybby]

Okay, so next year I'm taking two maths and and all of my other classes, meaning I won't have a study. I won't have time to take breaks and I'm really nervous about this. School starts in two weeks for me and I'm starting to regret my decision. It was necessary so that I could take mostly APs junior year (I'm starting sophmore) and subsequently have less college classes I have to pay for when the time comes for me to go. Do you have any advice on how to advoid burn out?

okok sweetie, i completely understand- i did the same thing. fortunately for you, this gal is the burnout queen and i have some tips to help u

the time until school starts:

if you know of any books you have to read for school, get a head start on them now even if they weren’t a summer assignment and even if you won’t be reading them until 2nd semester. you don’t even have to take notes- simply being familiar with it will save u loads of time when u have to write that essay and everyone else is still trying to piece together what the plot even was. ik this involves buying the book, and i can see you’re trying to save money, but it’ll be worth it in the long run, especially if you’re like me and you cant help but annotate in the margins. hmu if you want some help finding cheap copies too.

above i said to read, but honestly don’t try to cram everything in and read an entire textbook. if u know ur class is going to be reading the great gatsby, try to read 25 pages a day (set yourself a lil goal like that or smth).

don’t bog yourself down when school hasn’t even started yet. i’ve spent the past three weeks practicing act math for at least 4 hours a day and trust me, it sucks (but thats an entirely different post). 

it’s absolutely not necessary to start working on those math courses now, but just checking out some basic khan academy videos of intro topics might be useful in the long run and can help you get ahead so u know a little of what’s coming

develop a routine that you can carry into the school year so you can get ‘in the zone’ right away and don’t have to mess around deciding what time you study best, when you like to wash ur face, etc.

spend time getting to know yourself! try new things and find a new hobby that will help you relieve stress once the school year begins! bonus points if you can use it to set a goal for yourself with it; having something to work towards will make you feel less guilty if you want to work on it while you know you have homework.

after school starts:

be consistent w/ ur routine

take time for self care. ik everyone says it, but i’m being completely serious. you have to take care of yourself in situations like this so you don’t end up a zombie.

remember it’s okay to have times where you’re not giving your 100%, but time and effort is valuable and almost every class builds. it’s okay if you have trouble completing homework one week in math, but know you’re probably going to have to return to it (sooner rather than later). this is okay, but be realistic about it and budget time for it.

budget your time. it is valuable. what you spend time on matters. it’s okay if you spend three hours on your phone one day- what’s not okay is continuing to do that if you know it is not serving you (there are better ways to procrastinate).

i know saying “just find a balance!” is super pretentious but it’s true and i haven’t even found one. what’s important is that you try though. do take time off to hang out with your friends and do have that harry potter movie marathon. from what you’ve told me i can tell you’re a hard worker, and often times people like you don’t give themselves enough credit. which leads me to my next point:

know that the work you’re doing is enough. every single thing you do will bring you closer to your goal, even if it doesn’t seem like it right now. 

start projects early and make mini deadlines for yourself as soon as you are assigned things

schedule your time; don’t just make a list of what you have to do for the evening. a to-do list if much less daunting if you say “okay, i’m going to give myself 45 mins for this science worksheet. it’s okay if i don’t get it done. i will have to come back to it but i need to work on other assignments too”

prioritize work!!!!! not everything you do has to be your best work- an essay is worth so much more than a half page of sentences in your foreign language. do not spend the same amount of time on them if they’re both due tomorrow morning. 

honestly, just keep doing things you like. don’t let school take over your life. watch tv or read (for pleasure) or walk your dog or hangout with your mom. 

have a social life. please.

study in different spots! honestly i feel like there are few things more motivating than going to a coffee shop and settling in for a few good hours of work. i also love working outside. 

don’t doubt yourself. i know it’s going to be hard, but i’m proud of you for making the decision to take these two math classes. trust yourself and your decisions. second guessing will lead to unnecessary anxiety. 

love yourself!! be proud of what you are doing!!!!! everything with pay off in the end, i promise. 

you can come talk to me anytime you’re feeling overwhelmed with school. i understand what you’re going through and i would love to help you as much as i can.

xoxo annie