Gigawing 2: Scoring and Strategy

[BER]

9,899,303,006,399,080 - Bern-D / Chery / RF Stage 6

Two more credits later, and this suddenly happens. Amazing.

[BER]

Mode7, from what I've read from your Giga Wing 2 Replay
Tally, some of your item volcanon misses for Stage 4 seem
incorrect. First, are the situations below those in which
you failed to trigger the volcanon? I noted the times when
you started to use the RF which lead to these misses.

Time 10:30: http://www.shmups.com/beepreying/gw2/18903.jpg
Time 13:24: http://www.shmups.com/beepreying/gw2/24107.jpg

If these are the ones, could you tell me what you did wrong
and how you would usually trigger those volcanons?

[Mode7]

The first miss was not listed as 10:30, but rather 10:57. You are right in that it was incorrect, however, as watching the video again it seems I did trigger the volcano. The actual miss occurs at around 11:13 with the dual carriers -- quite difficult to do consistently.

For the second miss, I triggered a bit too early and approached the reflect at an inopportune angle. It would have been better to approach it from lower down the screen. Try and concentrate the reflect toward the core of the boss, and not the wings as demonstrated in the video.

[BER]

Originally posted by Mode7 The actual miss occurs at around 11:13 with the dual carriers -- quite difficult to do consistently.

MIA from MIA's Game Laboratory has a different approach,
and I wonder if it works better. According to him, he would
destroy swiftly the right carrier with the shot, and then
use only the RF on the left carrier's bullets in order to
trigger the volcano.

By destroying the right carrier while the RF's activated
(as shown in your video), many bullets disappear, so there
are fewer bullets to reflect. This method might work better
because the right carrier's already destroyed before the
left one attacks. I think I can move close to the left
carrier while the RF's in use, and reflect more bullets
that way. I'll try this soon to see if it works out how I
think it should.

Mode, have you tried this already and why do you choose to
use the strategy demonstrated in your movie instead?

[Mode7]

I had not tried it. My approach depends heavily on not having one explode to earlier and dropping the bullet count, which is obviously inconsistent.

Give it a shot, let me know.

[Grunt8bop]

3490"8069"1797"3260 Stage 6 arcade mode Kart Kinfisher

[BER]

10,039,339,831,443,890 - Bern-D / Chery / RF Stage 6

I never realized how little my score improved. Ah well...

The fourth boss always manages to waste my first life
today. Either I confuse what attack he will fire next or I
activate my RF too late. I still can't manage the middle of
Stage 4 yet, either. I need more practice...

For the second set of carriers, I tried using what I
figured to be MIA's method, and I ended up with very few
medals. Maybe I'm misinterpreting him. Mode, I think I'll
stick to your method for now, because I know of no other
profitable method.

[BER]

12,274,139,705,719,700 - Bern-D / Chery / RF Stage 7

As much as I can remember, I had 10.07*10^15 points coming
into Stage 6. When I allowed the Stage 6 boss to
self-destruct, I was rewarded with 109 seconds worth of the
boss destruction bonus anyway. I have no clue of what's
going on here--could it be a bug?

I've reported the score that I had, but I have trouble
accepting it. What do you think, Mode?

[Mode7]

I was never certain how the boss destruct bonuses worked. And even if it was a bug, the bonus is somewhat negligible in the grand scheme of things. Up it goes.

[BER]

14,034,162,137,762,060 - Bern-D / Chery / RF Stage 7

Second and final credit for today.

The bug happened again. This time, I received 69 seconds
worth of the TOTAL BOSS TIME bonus when I let the Stage 6
boss self-destruct. At least it's a consistent bug or
whatever it is.

Much thanks to VTF-INO's 0-point videos for helping me
manage the second form of this boss. I'll be ready to
destroy it myself in a few weeks.