75+70+50+130-160(random, need to refine stage four)+160-190+etc=about 500M if i can pull a decent run, virtual maximum of 550M?
Just to get a good idea on score potential
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How about I take a small video of the second boss with my digital camera? On this stage I'm starting to finish around 29,000. On the second form of the 4th, you're right. After that I can just see precious seconds slipping away with little to gain. I think it works well.Randorama wrote: Now i understand your score increase...I get no more than 70M on the second stage though, basically 10k before the canyon section and about 22k before the boss. Also, i think i'm botching the boss, sorry but can you recap again...reflect the 20 streams of blue circular bullets, then wait for the blue circular bullets from the centre, trigger the second form,reflect the first blue and slow bullets, then the blue streams, then the green pattern. Is this correct? Ah, also, do you just bomb out the fourth boss?55 seconds looks like you just do "reflect-bomb-reflect" on the second form...
Also, is it actually convenient? I suppose it is, as i can't really think of good (score-wise) patterns to reflect on said second form
On the first form I end it when it shoots out the small green blasts. I'm not sure how much I lose, but I know I finish around 30,000 (I think). I know that whether or not you play for fast kills on this boss, it will still dish out many reflecting opportunities because it's pretty resilient. Starting at about 22,000, 5,000+ on the first form and then maybe another 3,000? I do miss the best reflect opportunity on the second form - the large red and blue circles of bullets towards the end.Also, what do you sacrifice (reflection-wise) on the fifth boss? I suppose a lot, as 27 seconds is also much more than my usual time (about 10).
Rough idea: you take down the boss (first form) by the end of the main group of circular patterns (three reflections, i think), then you just bomb on the first pattern of the second form, going for the quick kill on other patterns, i suppose.
Ehm,Rob wrote:A few new score attacks:
1 - 420,4144,6466,69816400
3 - 372,1473,3429,31067490
4 - 1331,2759,9110,88370670
Practiced 4 for awhile. That game was 25,500+4,500, 94%, 50 seconds.
Crap, that middle section is my main weakness on that stage. I just can't figure it out and I know I'm blowing a few thousand medals here and there (but mostly there). 6kei.Randorama wrote:The worst part is that at least in a couple of points i did something which was way better than the standard approach (before the second mid-boss, from the mid-boss to the boss),