Community Event / Creation The Alpha Waste Canister Time Challenge

Ayo

Ayo
Is it because you guys are using a different version of the alpha? Maybe it's easier in alpha 1.1
 

Ian Phillips

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Ian Phillips
The trick is to not go too fast i think. I keep missing them....and then lose loads of time turning to find them again
 

Frank

Frank
Thanks for the gunsight tip Ayo. It shaved a couple of seconds from my time. I did two runs both at 1:54 but one run I did looked like a great time, about the 1:40 mark. But I kept missing the last barrel. I could almost hear the barrel yell "Ole!" every time I charged at it and missed <sigh>
 

Ayo

Ayo
Frank said:
Thanks for the gunsight tip Ayo. It shaved a couple of seconds from my time. I did two runs both at 1:54 but one run I did looked like a great time, about the 1:40 mark. But I kept missing the last barrel. I could almost hear the barrel yell "Ole!" every time I charged at it and missed <sigh>
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Haha, yeah missing them adds a lot of time. Looks like I will have to have another go before someone beats me :)

Edit: After a couple of attempts over 2 minutes I got a 1:43 :)
 
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Rog

Rog
Quiz night tonight, so a little late. The American Surfin' IPA was nice though... :p

Was absolutely nowhere for ages, couldn't get the nav right, kept missing and often mistook the nav-buoy for a cannister. Eventually, selected the nav marker as a target, and therefore could deliberately avoid it, and got lucky in the end. Times:
  • 4:14 :eek:
  • Tried too hard, hit asteroid and went boom!
  • 2:08
  • Boom. Again.
  • 3:01 :eek:
  • Unbelievably long. Did not finish.
  • 1:28 (lucky methinks, quitting while ahead.)
 

Frank

Frank
Congratulations for taking the top spot Rog. You'll be the first person I'll call if I ever need anyone to smash headlong into things.

That targeting the marker buoy trick in one I've been doing for a while, but it's not helped my time much. I'll get back out there and try try again.
 

Zieman

Zieman
Nice job, fellows! :cool:

Now you've started smashing things, your next challenge has to be: destroy the Solar Fluke without guns. :)

Solar Fluke is the Harmless AI pilot in mission First Kill.
 

Zieman

Zieman
Frank said:
I'll give that a go. Do you want to tell me your times for the first two challenges?
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I don't remember doing the "ram all canisters" thingy ever, and timed shooting only when we did the "4 pips to engines, full throttle" challenge ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUTWmM2Fu6w ).

Now in Alpha 3.04 the canisters can sustain much more punishment.
IIRC it was about 4 cannon rounds in 1.1, now it is more like 40 per canister...
 
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Rog

Rog
Congrats Ian!

Just had a go at getting the Solar Fluke without guns.....

After 19 minutes chasing him around rocks, and only clipping him once (ran cold, he couldn't see me coming in), I could stand no more and shot him!

Is the challenge to kill him solely by ramming, and is there a particular technique?

Or is this an evil joke.... :D
 

Zieman

Zieman
Rog said:
Congrats Ian!

Just had a go at getting the Solar Fluke without guns.....

After 19 minutes chasing him around rocks, and only clipping him once (ran cold, he couldn't see me coming in), I could stand no more and shot him!

Is the challenge to kill him solely by ramming, and is there a particular technique?

Or is this an evil joke.... :D
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The challenge is to kill him solely by ramming. Not very easy though, usually I fail and just shoot him in frustration, just like you did.

Evil? yes. Joke? no. :D
 

Frank

Frank
Zieman said:
I don't remember doing the "ram all canisters" thingy ever, and timed shooting only when we did the "4 pips to engines, full throttle" challenge ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUTWmM2Fu6w ).

Now in Alpha 3.04 the canisters can sustain much more punishment.
IIRC it was about 4 cannon rounds in 1.1, now it is more like 40 per canister...
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It's a shame you Alphans can't take part in the leaderboard. Or did you have a thread for the "4 pips to engines, full throttle get all the canisters" challenge?

It would be good to have a challenge that both Alphans and Betans can participate.
 
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