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Mar 15, 2016 at 1:54:40 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

I seriously wonder how many people are shaking their fists in frustration at their computer screen after reading my score update post and thinking "Doug just posted a 900k score on a Tuesday and still complains that he's "not that good" at shooters".


Mar 15, 2016 at 1:58:23 PM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

I had never played it either and got 600K+ on my 5th or 6th try

At this point I'm basically assuming I need to break 1,000,000 to place
 

That's what I'm thinking, too. It shouldn't be that hard to do with the right strategy.
 

Mar 15, 2016 at 2:04:31 PM
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Originally posted by: Philosoraptor

Originally posted by: Brock Landers

I had never played it either and got 600K+ on my 5th or 6th try

At this point I'm basically assuming I need to break 1,000,000 to place
 

That's what I'm thinking, too. It shouldn't be that hard to do with the right strategy.
 



Same here. I wouldn't be surprised if the top 5 scores all end up being all over a million.

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Mar 15, 2016 at 2:04:59 PM
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Originally posted by: Philosoraptor
 
Originally posted by: Brock Landers

I had never played it either and got 600K+ on my 5th or 6th try

At this point I'm basically assuming I need to break 1,000,000 to place
 

That's what I'm thinking, too. It shouldn't be that hard to do with the right strategy.
 

Maybe when I get to the point where I can beat the third boss every time.

The first two bosses are a cakewalk and then the third boss is a huge pain in the butt.



 

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Mar 15, 2016 at 2:58:38 PM
Brock Landers (61)
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Ok, I've accepted I can't 100% the 3rd boss. The only way to do it faster is to get up on the engines and I ain't blowing runs because of that

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Mar 15, 2016 at 3:21:53 PM
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Oh god, I'm blaming the onset of carpal tunnel on the end of the great run I had going

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Mar 15, 2016 at 3:36:30 PM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Oh god, I'm blaming the onset of carpal tunnel on the end of the great run I had going
You ain't kidding.  If you didn't have it before, you will after a gauntlet of runs with this game.  Ugh.

 

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Mar 15, 2016 at 4:38:09 PM
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I'm just playing casually,but I must be missing something on level 3 as I have not cleared it. If I don't die on the barrage of medium sized planes and traffic before the boss,I die at the boss.

I haven't looked at any faqs or youtube playthroughs as to play the game as naturally as I can. I've done this all season thus far and don't plan on changing.


Edited: 03/15/2016 at 04:39 PM by gutsman004

Mar 15, 2016 at 4:44:26 PM
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The barrage is what kills me on that level. I just had to experiment until I came up with a pattern that does a pretty good job of containing them

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Mar 15, 2016 at 4:51:56 PM
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Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm just playing casually,but I must be missing something on level 3 as I have not cleared it. If I don't die on the barrage of medium sized planes and traffic before the boss,I die at the boss.

I haven't looked at any faqs or youtube playthroughs as to play the game as naturally as I can. I've done this all season thus far and don't plan on changing.

Level 3 is tough. Grab every weapon upgrade. Try to keep it upgraded throughout the entire stage. It makes it so much easier. And on the boss, keep using lightning and shooting the engines on the wings.
 

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Mar 15, 2016 at 5:18:50 PM
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Originally posted by: mbd39
 
Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm just playing casually,but I must be missing something on level 3 as I have not cleared it. If I don't die on the barrage of medium sized planes and traffic before the boss,I die at the boss.

I haven't looked at any faqs or youtube playthroughs as to play the game as naturally as I can. I've done this all season thus far and don't plan on changing.

Level 3 is tough. Grab every weapon upgrade. Try to keep it upgraded throughout the entire stage. It makes it so much easier. And on the boss, keep using lightning and shooting the engines on the wings.
 

I've been experimenting with how I use my points. I hate how your special weapons have a timer so it really makes me not want to upgrade something I have to constantly try to keep or regain if I lost it. 
 

Mar 15, 2016 at 5:23:43 PM
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ThOriginally posted by: gutsman004
 
Originally posted by: mbd39
 
Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm just playing casually,but I must be missing something on level 3 as I have not cleared it. If I don't die on the barrage of medium sized planes and traffic before the boss,I die at the boss.

I haven't looked at any faqs or youtube playthroughs as to play the game as naturally as I can. I've done this all season thus far and don't plan on changing.

Level 3 is tough. Grab every weapon upgrade. Try to keep it upgraded throughout the entire stage. It makes it so much easier. And on the boss, keep using lightning and shooting the engines on the wings.
 

I've been experimenting with how I use my points. I hate how your special weapons have a timer so it really makes me not want to upgrade something I have to constantly try to keep or regain if I lost it. 
 
At first I felt the same as you about the weapon upgrade, but now I always try to get them. Having the upgraded weapon for a limited time is better than not having it at all. It definitely makes it way easier to handle the swarms of enemies in stage 3.



 

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Mar 15, 2016 at 8:23:11 PM
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Originally posted by: gutsman004

I've been experimenting with how I use my points. I hate how your special weapons have a timer so it really makes me not want to upgrade something I have to constantly try to keep or regain if I lost it. 
 



I had been using most of my points on offense, defense and the special weapon timer. Adding defense points seemed to work better for me than increasing my energy.

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Mar 15, 2016 at 8:48:25 PM
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I played a couple of games and experimented by throwing most of my points into the defense. It helps and halves your damage pretty much from what I can tell,but it still seems more wise to invest it on the offense. I have put most of it into the special weapons timer which is nice,but when your special weapons aren't powered up,it's not that huge of an advantage.

Mar 15, 2016 at 9:32:48 PM
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Originally posted by: gutsman004

I played a couple of games and experimented by throwing most of my points into the defense. It helps and halves your damage pretty much from what I can tell,but it still seems more wise to invest it on the offense. I have put most of it into the special weapons timer which is nice,but when your special weapons aren't powered up,it's not that huge of an advantage.



The special weapon power ups don't seem to be very useful except for the laser, which is the last one you get.

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Mar 15, 2016 at 9:35:33 PM
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i was using all my points on energy. then tried sharing between defense energy and weapon but couldnt get past the same spot. i found the extra points on stage 2 and 3 does anyone know if there are power up points on the first stage

Mar 15, 2016 at 9:35:41 PM
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For those that have made it past Level 3's boss, I keep getting stuck with zero energy when I get to Level 8's boss. And the time required for that boss run seems longer than the others and I run out of special weapons by about halfway through the boss. Any recommendations?

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Mar 15, 2016 at 9:36:20 PM
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Originally posted by: TWarwick07

i was using all my points on energy. then tried sharing between defense energy and weapon but couldnt get past the same spot. i found the extra points on stage 2 and 3 does anyone know if there are power up points on the first stage
That's a great question as I wondered the exact same thing.  Haven't it found it yet myself anyways ...

 

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Mar 16, 2016 at 12:28:12 AM
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Originally posted by: Stryphos

For those that have made it past Level 3's boss, I keep getting stuck with zero energy when I get to Level 8's boss. And the time required for that boss run seems longer than the others and I run out of special weapons by about halfway through the boss. Any recommendations?


I made it to stage 8 and couldn't survive to the boss and I was really powered up. That stage is hard.

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Mar 16, 2016 at 12:32:26 AM
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Everything past level 4 is a bit hazy for me. I know I died at the end of 10, but I don't know what was in 8

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Mar 16, 2016 at 2:20:34 AM
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Carpal tunnel city on that last run. I think I'm done for the week while I ice my wrist

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Mar 16, 2016 at 4:12:42 AM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

"Doug just posted a 900k score on a Tuesday and still complains that he's "not that good" at shooters".

It's ok bearcat, I'm not that good at shooters either  
 

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Mar 16, 2016 at 4:18:37 AM
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BIG SHOUTOUT

Twarwick, thanks for hooking me up w/1943.

2391000

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Edited: 03/20/2016 at 09:22 PM by skinnygrinny

Mar 16, 2016 at 7:23:33 AM
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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

"Doug just posted a 900k score on a Tuesday and still complains that he's "not that good" at shooters".

It's ok bearcat, I'm not that good at shooters either  
 



You have a shooter genre icon that says otherwise. I think I finished 5th in the shooter genre standings last year, so my story checks out.

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Mar 16, 2016 at 9:35:32 AM
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Oh man, still going on mission 12 and broke the million point mark! Wish me luck guys! I don't know if my nerves or carpal tunnel will get to me first!

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