Sengeki Striker - Help with the Striker pods.

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pcb_revival
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Sengeki Striker - Help with the Striker pods.

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Just started playing this game and I am enjoying it.

However I seem to be struggling to get the Striker pods activated quickly especially the Laser pods. Is the there a technique/charge time or something, all I am doing is hammering away on the button.

So its taking around 15 seconds of hammering to get the Laser pods firing all full beam, the Vulcan pods take around 5 seconds to come on stream.

Watching the game demo shows both players attaining full Laser beam strength very easily and in near constant use.

How is this happening?


Sidenote - Anyone know of any reviews of this game online as I can not find any.
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Post by bkk »

Try holding the fire button for a short while.
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Post by dpful »

If you press the button rapidly, they will charge (you can see the "charging" particles), then they won't fire until you STOP pressing the button.

If you have rapid a rapid fire circuit, then it goes- hold, release, hold, release. If not, it goes- 123456789 10 11 12 release, 123456789 10 11 12 release... you can count the button presses (I think it's twelve or something).
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Post by pcb_revival »

Thanks for the advice guys.

Time to break out the Sanwa MGM SS2.
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Post by DEL »

I have the board but I didn't know this :o . Thanks dpful.
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