I just started a new playthrough of Episode 9 and as I got to the party planning minigame I got the layout below. I'm not a fan of that layout so I tried to reroll it many many times, but every time I got the same layout. Is this something that the mod does, something that DPC changed, or am I just not going back far enough for a reroll (I literally went back to the "End of Interlude" screen every time)? I noticed that the party planning minigame guide isn't on the front page of BaDIK anymore, but they change that shit around all the time seemingly randomly so idk what to think about that. Are those guides now obsolete because DPC made this the only possible layout for the minigame?
For documentation purposes, I was able to get an S tier party with this layout without using the cups perk, but WITH using the cheat mod for more money (just +10 and using my free items on Kegs and Speakers). I only did this because I wanted to try to use the
extra happiness per fulfilled need perk instead of the
beer without cups perk, to see if it would increase the maximum potential happiness for all the housemates. I, personally, don't mind cheating, but I did want to try to see what it would take to get the characters to their maximum happiness.
Turns out, even with 2 Diks at maximum needs fulfilled, 3 at 3 needs fulfilled, and only 2 at 2 needs fulfilled, the extra happiness does not beat having 3 Diks at maximum and the rest at 3 fulfilled that can be achieved with the cups perk. There was a 106 cumulative increase in happiness with the
happiness per fulfilled need perk vs a 122 cumulative increase in happiness with the
beer without cups perk. The points were 104,000 vs 121,000 but that wasn't my main focus anyway. Maybe if someone were to find a layout that could pull it off with a multiplier higher than 7.0x then the 20% increase will be worth it, but it will be tough to push the multiplier past 7 without the cups perk.
Obviously, the way I did it will only work for this specific layout, but I did find someone who was able to do the same thing with a
slightly different layout (Derek and Tommy are switched with Leon and Nick).
Also,
this was the guide I was referring to. Don't know why the mods constantly get rid of that stuff on the front page of the base game... They don't have the party planning minigame guide but they still have the mansion minigame guide up?