I just unlocked the first Leo myself. Definitely a very versatile ship, the homing bits don't give a damn about walls or anything, they allow for easy firing at the back without having to maneuver the Force around, the Red/Blue/Yellow weapons are all good, you still get a solid charge shot and the Force isn't useless when it's detached. Fun and easy to use too, I'm almost constantly charging the shot, so while the bits are out doing their thing, the next charge shot is almost ready by the time they arrive. I don't think there's any situation in the game that the Leos can't clear comfortably.To Far Away Times wrote:Nice! I've yet to try out that ship. I've been trying to learn the game with the Leo 2, which seems like a very powerful ship in its own right. The charge shot power isn't quite as strong (I think it takes two full charges and a few extra shots to down the stage 3 boss) but it makes up for it elsewhere.Ghegs wrote:One-life clear achieved, on Normal, using R-13A2 Hades. The ship's so stupid strong it almost felt like cheating at times. A full, 3-loop charge shot killed 3.0 and 6.2 bosses in one hit. Even a 1-loop charge shot is enough to kill many larger enemies (like the flying tanks in 3.0) in one shot, and several of them at the same time. On the other hand, 4.0 boss still took a while because its vulnerable point starts out pointing the wrong way. I didn't really even use the Anchor Force as an anchor much at all, letting out a charge shot and following it up with the strong Red shot had better DPS.
I'm guessing backers will be getting DLC codes for the homage stages? Looking forward to trying those out, hopefully soon. Do those gives resources as well?
40 ships in.
The only negative, such as it is, is that the ship's power and versatility are heavily reliant on the bits, and there are very few drops for those. If you die and there isn't a new bit coming within the next minute, you're stuck with a ship that's more or less a standard R-9A. At that point if you've learned the game while trusting the bits to keep you safe, you're gonna have a bad time.