Another secret ending, the one involving Faize, requires the player to see eight specific PAs.Īffection is gained by viewing Private Actions for each character throughout the world. There is a hidden ending for Crowe, which requires viewing Reimi's, Meracle's, and Sarah's endings and to have participated in four specific PAs. However, they can be viewed only if each character has sufficient affection points toward Edge. Pickpocketing has a 20-30% chance of reducing a random party member's Affection Ratings toward Edge, but, unlike First Departure and Second Evolution, there is no way to avoid this.Įach character has an ending of their own, and there is only one "paired" ending, in which Edge ends up with Reimi. If Fayt does not meet the requirements to get a paired ending, he gets a solo ending. The only paired endings involve Fayt, which requires that he have 20+ AR toward any character while the character in question requires 50+ AR toward Fayt. The initial AR values (listed as « Friendship Points / Romance Points ») are the following:Ĭertain storyline choices and all Private Actions raise or lower everyone's AR values, including characters the player has not obtained yet. Any ties are broken based on a "priority" list that goes as follows from "greatest" to "least" priority: Claude, Rena, Celine, Bowman, Dias, Precis, Ashton, Leon, Opera, Ernest, Noel, Chisato, and Welch. For same gender paired endings, FP is considered only for different-gender paired endings, only RP is considered. For example, when Leon temporarily joins the party, all same-gender characters gain FP toward each other while RP is accumulated between all different-gender characters.Ĭharacters need 10+ AR toward another character and vice versa to get a paired ending. Publishing/Publication now produces two books for each character instead of one: each one sets the reader's FP or RP towards the author to 8.Ĭertain story events may raise AR between party members. Once again, Pickpocketing and Contraband lower AR between party members, but only a select few boss fights raise AR towards members in the active party, including the final boss. Star Ocean: The Second Story/ Second EvolutionĪffection Ratings are slighly more complex, comprising of both Friendship Points ( 友情値 ?) and Romance Points ( 愛情値 ?), and there are around eighty endings-including Welch's in the remake. If all party members (Ilia, Ronyx, Millie, and the optional characters recruited) have 9+ AR toward Roddick, a special epilogue can be seen after the credits Roddick does not need 9+ AR toward them, though. Ilia + Roddick get an ending, if they have 9+ AR toward each other and the AR between Ronyx, Ilia, and Millie has decreased. If Cyuss has a high enough AR, he will challenge Roddick to a last duel, and winning or losing changes nothing except the dialog. If any of the "optional" party members ( Cyuss, Ashlay, Ioshua, Mavelle, Erys, T'nique, Pericci, Phia, Welch) have a high AR toward Roddick, they will say something to Roddick before returning through the Time Gate at the end. Publication allows each character to publish a book which, when read by a party member, will set the AR value for the author to 8. Contraband has a 50% chance to cause one party member to lose 1 point toward another random party member. Likewise, when in PA mode, if the player fails to pickpocket a party member, they may lose 1 point toward Roddick. Pickpocketing people in towns outside of PA mode can randomly cause one party member to lose 1 point toward another random party member. Fighting bosses as a party increases each active member's AR by 1 point.