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In fact it is the same Yamaha S-YXG2006LE software synth that I use myself. Actually Yamaha is my fauvorite brand of synthesizer even "in hardware" (liked it way better than Casio for example). Never played Roland and any studio electronic keyboards or synths, however, prefer old fashioned acoustic piano, because I mainly play classical music for my own enjoyment.
Ironically this level mostly needs skills and good reaction to get through. Right use of cloaking devices and luring in some places where you simply cannot attack head on. And LOTS of luck... And I still don't know how to reliably beat the boss room, those 6 cloaked drillers can drive you nuts... As well as the boss itself, if you cannot catch it quickly when being invulnerable you have no chance on Insane skill.
It surprised me too when I first heard Levels 2 and 3 are most evil, usually a mission only gets harder as you go further. But you don't have Gauss, that could be part of it... No significant change in tactics, that was more or less what I'd do. Although the trick to draw a few of the robots to the red door is interesting, haven't seen that before.AlexanderBorisov wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:19 am I want to ask Sirius, is there any better way to beat the L2 boss than I did?
Maximize the time you get out of invulns and cloaks, make sure you have enough ammo, figure out where the boss tends to spawn and how to get there quickly... really nothing foolproof. People die a lot in co-op on those bosses too; given it was meant to be a challenge there, that was more or less just an accepted consequence. Part of the calculation was how many lives you were likely to have by that point. The bosses are probably going to take a few, especially on high difficulties.AlexanderBorisov wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:19 am And about L7 boss (and L5, but to a lesser degree) is there some meaningful strategy do beat it on Insane skill without doing tens of attempts on the boss? Probably there are some tricks, in SP or maybe co-op exclusive tricks?
...yeah, I would say Gauss. It makes a big difference to difficulty. And level 3 had the resource deprivation thing going on, which makes everything just that little bit tougher.AlexanderBorisov wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:19 am And how it happened that L3 (and L2, too) was so evil, when all later lavels can be beaten no death no save on Insane (excluding L5,7 bosses)?
I think we actually tested most of the levels that way. You can do it, it's just not easy. Especially if you're trying to meet a no-death stipulation - on levels 2/3 I had difficulty doing that myself. As long as you don't game over you're doing wellAlexanderBorisov wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:40 am About the coldstarts in AF, this is another question for Sirius, were they intended at least for some levels or not?
. I mainly wanted to ask why it was designed that a bit "anti-climactic" way - L2, 3 being very diffucult, and for example L 14 and L15 not too hard... Was there any idea behind the difficulty progression and level order here?
