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High score competition #151 : Navarone
kixfan:
Interesting JDfan, only the one pirate gives you 800. That is a decent amount in the early rounds but by the time you get to 600 point pirates it's not enough to be worth changing ones strategy. So your secret is safe with me! ;D
JDFan:
--- Quote from: kixfan on October 24, 2014, 09:52:12 pm ---Interesting JDfan, only the one pirate gives you 800. That is a decent amount in the early rounds but by the time you get to 600 point pirates it's not enough to be worth changing ones strategy. So your secret is safe with me! ;D
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Yeah not sure if every 4th one would give the bonus since you can only get 7 attempts that way but it does more than offset the loss of the 8th hit in the early rounds but as you say less as the rounds progress (but by then you're just trying to avoid getting hit most of the time anyway :laugh2:
EDIT : and meant to mention that I think the Pirate hit points keep increasing so by level 19 they'd be around 2K points each which would explain HB's higher per level score when you figure it that way. (7 or 8 hits at 1800 would be 12K - 14K so would bring previous levels up quickly !)
HanoiBoi:
I didn't watch the video yet, but may at some point. But yeah, I see that 800 pointer. Really odd. Wondering if there's some reason for it.
I'll stick to my strategy anyway. For one, I believe its easier to navigate the turrets. At some point the shots get faster, I think based on amount cleared or mines hit.
Also, that 800 seems to become irrelevant after round 2, point wise, and in rounds 1 & 2, you might gain ~500-600 points. The most I've ever scored on round 1 is 6500. When not shooting for the 800 pointer, I still score 6200 or 6300 for round 1. So better to score a little less, but with less risk.
Also, I'm pretty sure that the pirate value never goes above 600, not up to 2,000.
So, from level 5 and up, I think I'm scoring about 9200-9400. (think round 1 is 6200, then add an additional 400 per pirate, times 8 pirates, minus some mistake rounds.
Rounds 5-19 is 15 rounds. 15 * 9400 is 14100. Pretty on course for my 158k in round 19.
HanoiBoi:
I upped the high by just a little more.
163180
kixfan:
75,000
Got to level 10 and knew I needed points so I went for the left side which is easier for me to see. That meant I needed to finish the round by clearing the right 3 o'clock side last. As you can see I got hit after I cleared the board else I might have scored a little more. At that level you can barely sit for a second without getting the warning.