Version History and Update Roadmap

# Update Roadmap

These changes are on the JP server timeline, with WW to follow suit in around 3-6 months after the feature has been released in JP

## Version 1.7

**New Features**

* The 4th Event Type, "Dream Live Parade," has been added to the game
* Improve your idols more with the new Kizuna Board system.

**Fixes and Improvements**

* Advanced+ will be introduced as an always-available difficulty in the game
* Loading times will be reduced
* Behavior change so that all NEWs are hidden when the News List is closed
* Fixed a bug where a member's model would not perform idle animations in the Homescreen when exiting Costume Preview under certain conditions

**Balance Changes**

* Macaron Drops
	+ Before the change, Beginner difficulty would drop more 1\* Macarons, Intermediate would drop more 2\* Macarons, and Advanced would drop more 3\* Macarons. This will be changed so that all difficulties will have equal rates of dropping all 3 rarities of Macarons
* High Memorial Pieces
	+ This new item for the Kizuna Board can be acquired via playing Advanced+ songs. They can also be acquired via reading Kizuna Episodes
* Accessory Drops
	+ UR Accessories can now be acquired on Beginner and Story Lives, but at a very low appearance rate.
	+ The higher the difficulty, the higher the drop rate for UR Accessories.
	+ You can new acquire Accessories on Daily Lives
* Daily Live Rewards
	+ Rewards the can be obtained from Daily Lives will be changed to include more rewards. The changes are as follows:

* Treasure Chest Drops
	+ The drop rate for treasure chests to has been increased to all difficulties. In addition, it'll be easier to get Accessories from chests.
* Additional Reward Drops
	+ Depending on the Total Technique and Difficulty of the Live, you'll get more Rewards regardless of Voltage
* Training Camp Adjustments
	+ Rewards gained from doing a Training camp will be increased

## Version 1.6

**New Features**

* You can now use Auto-Play on new songs you haven't played yet

* You can now overwrite a Live Formation with a formation you played in the past.

* Information about your school idols can be viewed from your Profile. Other players can see it too
* Improved Teambuilder
* When you close the News Pop-Up, all NEW notification markers on news items will be cleared
* Your selected song difficulty will be remembered when you return from MV mode.

**Fixes**

* Other bug fixes

## Version 1.5

**New Features**

* Addition of support for the new All Stars Big Live event type
* UR Costume Recolors for URs in the Skill Tree rewards
* Event Story Reader for past Event Stories
* You can unlock missed Event Stories with the new Memory Key Item
* You can now replenish Daily Song attempts
* Added a feature in Gacha and Partner Visual menus to view Costumes on a fixed angle
* New Draw Boost Mode that allows SIFAS to run at a higher frame rate (depending on your phone's refresh rate)
* You can now use multiple Gacha Tickets in a pull
* Improved Live Team screen, with numbers to indicate member positions
* Improved School Idol replacement screen, it now utilizes smaller icons to improve accessibility
* Increased LP cap for certain Rank-Ups. New maximum is now at 150, with the cap going up by 10 every 10 Ranks
* Improved Recovery Dialog for LP and AP
* Improved Rewards area in Live Results screen when using multiple Skip Tickets
* Improved Item Exchange Shop for easier item exchange

**Fixes**

* Fixed a bug where acquired Insight Skills may be counted more than what's actually gotten.
* Other bug fixes

## Version 1.4

**New Features**

* Daily Theater has now been added! Read new conversation snippets from the Idols everyday
* Rina's Board can now be removed while selecting costumes. The feature will unlock after you've read Rina's Bond Story Episode 12
* Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Subunit Cut-ins have been added to the game
* Beginner Missions and Login Bonus has been renewed
* You can now see the BG of the stage difficulty properly on the MV Composition screen
* New School Idol sorting options
* Items in the Shiny Pieces shop will now be refreshed monthly

**Fixes**

* Fixed a bug the causes an error on the Training Camp Batch Formation screen
* Other bug fixes

## Version 1.3

**New Features**

* Addition of support for the new Exchange Event event type
* Addition of a new Advanced+ Live Show difficulty
* A new *Continuous Show Mode* feature where you can view the Live until the end even if you failed it
* A new warning dialog has been implemented if the game detects that you're about to play a live with a high chance of failure
* Item List is now accessible in the Training camp, Music Selection, Special Training, and Item Exchange screens
* Removed the Cancel Selection button in the Insight Selection screen to prevent accidental cancellation of obtained Insight Skills
* The SP effect time is now displayed in decimals
* You can now use the Back button to close the app (Android)
* FAQs can now be accessed from Inquiries
* Various UI, graphical, and 3D adjustments

**Fixes**

* Fixed a bug where notification balloons will persist on certain parts of the game
* Fixed a bug where you can view the stills from uncleared stories
* Other bug fixes

## Version 1.2.1

Minor bug fix to address crashes caused by the version 1.2 update

## Version 1.2

**New Features**

* The previously selected difficulty you selected for Lives will now be remembered instead of being resetted every time you leave the Song Select Screen
* New fixes has been made to make Friends with players with extra slots from Lives or by searching for them easier
* You can now long-tap an item drop in the Live Results screen to view their details
* You can now bulk-select areas to go to in a Training Camp session
* You can now copy a Live Team formation to become a Training Camp team
* Refilling AP can now be done in bulk
* Area setup in Training Camp will now be remembered even if you didn't do a session
* Animations upon login is now fixed so that it will only be played once
* Fixes in Gacha screen has been made so that it displays 3 options of scouting at once in a single banner instead of 2 options + 1 paid option for the similar banner (essentially condensing banners)
* You can now rewatch the UR scouting animation of any scoutable UR you've owned by going to their Card Details screen
* Minor text clean-ups

**Fixes**

* Fixed the bug in the HAPPY PARTY TRAIN stage where unintended display will be triggered by activating your team's SP
* Fixed notes stuttering during a Live
* Fixed a bug where you can use Skip Tickets twice in a Live
* Fixed a bug that where you finished a Live and you were kicked back to title screen, you may not get back to the Live Results screen and not get the rewards
* Fixed a bug where a card's skills would not trigger properly. Target School Idols: [SR] "Precious Memories" Kanan Matsuura
* Fixed a bug where some Insight Skills would not stack under certain conditions. Target Skills: Type Effect +, Appeal +, Skill Activation Rate +, Critical+
* Fixed a bug where sound effects may play continuously
* Reduced chances where the beginning of a voice line may not play

Full fix will be announced at a later date

* Fixed a bug in the pop-up when the app is closed during a Live
* Fixed some outlines in Main Story
* Fixed some 3D animations
* Minor UI change

## Version 1.1

**New Features**

* The new default stage in MV mode will be a Special Stage (a semi-unique stage specific for that song)
* Fixed a bug on Skip Tickets in Item List
* Fixed a bug displaying Members in the Gacha Screen
* Fixed a visual glitch with outfit previews shown in MV mode

## Version 1.6

* A function to overwrite your current Show Formation with one you had previously used will be added
* You can see your and other players' school idol collections from the Profile screen
* The Auto Formation function will be updated for easier use
* Closing the Notices pop-up will remove the "new" tags next to unread Notices
* The difficulty that you had chosen for a song will remain selected after playing a music video
* Other minor issues will be corrected

## Version 1.5

* Once certain conditions have been met, the Rina-chan Board can be removed during Live Shows.
* The Nijigasaki subunits will finally be added!
* The Intro Goals and Fresh Start Login Bonuses will be revamped!
* The stage for the difficulty you have selected will be reflected on the Video Formation screen.
* The UI will be slightly revamped.
* Color variants for some school idols' costumes can be unlocked through Practice.
* Past event episodes can be read from the Story screen!
* A type of item which allows players to unlock past event stories will be added.
* Players will be able to restore play chances for daily lives!
* School idols' costumes can be previewed from Scouting and other screens.
* The game will be updated to run smoother on some devices.
* Reaching certain Ranks will increase players' maximum LP. (This also means that LP recovery items will work differently.)
* An issue which caused the count towards completing Goals relating to Insight Skills to be higher than intended will be corrected.
* Auto mode will be available on the first song play of a new song.
* The game will be rebalanced so that guests' Abilities will only be able to activate again once a certain number of Notes have passed.
* Other minor issues will be corrected.