Venom wrote:
lv 2 - last pattern of the boss, where is shoots at the side.
lv 3 - can get tight at the end with the battle cruiser and helicopters
- to speed up the first form of the boss
lv 4 - if you get caught by the triangle enemies from the side
- final patters of the midboss
- initial pattern of the boss
lv 5 - don't bomb the first part so you get an extra life.
- the large tanks after the midboss
- the overpowered very large enemy while decending the tunnel after the midboss.
- the tanks where fast enemies are coming from the sides that leave suicide bullets
- the clone helicopters later if things get tight
I really don't think the final boss is bad, the patterns aren't too hard to learn. I can't remember how many bombs you get in the game so that ^ may need to be modified, or you might have more to throw. Good luck whatever you choose to do.
that's a good bomb pattern, there are 2 spots where i wouldn't bomb though:
-with a bit of practice, you don't need to bomb on the stage 2 boss side grenade attack, you can get it down reliably. just look directly at your ship and try to use up-down dodges (or diagonals)
-"the tanks where fast enemies are coming from the sides that leave suicide bullets"
-->if you're talking about the part were round tanks come from behind, while fast planes are coming from alternating sides, you don't need to bomb; instead, here is what you do:
-use the normal shot
-initially position yourself at 1/5 heigth, 3/4 right (counted from the left edge)
-when the next wave of fast planes appear, wait just a bit to lure bullets, then do a V (to the middle bottom, then to 1/5 height,1/4 right)
-repeat
-->if you're talking about the big tank after with the swarm of fast planes, i like to dash to the right, wait a bit to lure bullets, the slowly go back to the left while using lock-on on the tank. if you waited on the right without moving, there should be a hole in the planes spam allowing you to slowly cross back to the left.
what gets me each time are the helis before the boss, i'm always too slow to kill them.
about the stage 5 1up, i think you have to kill (without bombing) the 2 big tanks, THEN kill the heli that carries the 1up. (so you have to be quick killing the tanks).
also, is it me or is your laser (the one in the center when you're using lock-on) slightly more powerful when you're point-blanking?