Curse

GloryField · Feb 18, 2007, 07:46 PM // 19:46

thx namkey very good guide

tortugan · Feb 18, 2007, 08:58 PM // 20:58

But do you guys then camp the boxes? I can't really make that out in the "guide".

LordDeArnise · Feb 18, 2007, 09:10 PM // 21:10

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Originally Posted by tortugan

But do you guys then camp the boxes? I can't really make that out in the "guide".

Just park your beetle out on the spot where the boxes spawn. It's most efficient when you're near the back and you have nothing else to lose. Sometimes, you can just keep hitting someone else, and blast that player into resigning.

tortugan · Feb 18, 2007, 09:13 PM // 21:13

yeah, but I'm talking about reaching the top 100, do you just run through the first 3 boxes and hope you're lucky?

namkey · Feb 18, 2007, 10:29 PM // 22:29

Sorry, but I though that it was a given. Without a combo, yuo have Buckley's chance of making the top 100, so you run back and forth over the two boxes until you lose speed and then you just camp on one. For it to be a chance of top 100 though, you need to get it within a couple of seconds of arriving.

//RogueNine · Feb 19, 2007, 01:52 AM // 01:52

arrrghh so far every time I get lucky I mess up the rest of my run. I know I could be pulling 475 easy without an echo if I didnt screw up! damn!

Just Another Dude · Feb 19, 2007, 02:23 AM // 02:23

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Originally Posted by LordDeArnise

Just park your beetle out on the spot where the boxes spawn. It's most efficient when you're near the back and you have nothing else to lose. Sometimes, you can just keep hitting someone else, and blast that player into resigning.

And its people like you that make this game so f'n annoying.

Feathermoore Rep · Feb 19, 2007, 04:34 AM // 04:34

wow i don't play all today and the lowest score in the top 100 goes from 466k to 471k. >.<

Meh i dont think i'll be able to get near that. I can get 460K+ but after that...sigh oh well. It's still fun.

maraxusofk · Feb 19, 2007, 05:32 AM // 05:32

anybdoy know wut the prizes are so far? i heard that it was a panda.

Tarkin · Feb 19, 2007, 05:33 AM // 05:33

How many prices Martin Alvito will win? i see he/she name 10 <> 20 times in TOP 100...

namkey · Feb 19, 2007, 06:04 AM // 06:04

Wow, just 1 time for me in the top 100. Hope the event ends soon

14 hours to go :S

Kaida the Heartless · Feb 19, 2007, 06:17 AM // 06:17

To win: Camp first accessable until you get both an Echo and a SRB. If you are not ahead of your team after this point, repeat at another box.

They should have made it so that you can only get a powerup from a box once. I figured this out early on. It really messed the game up. My alliance was happy when they could get 5 in a row, and I'm sitting at 15+.

Btw, those high scores are totally luck based. I legitly got 2 SRB's and echo'd one with no knockdowns the entire race and I only managed to snag 453k. GG.

garethporlest18 · Feb 19, 2007, 06:24 AM // 06:24

I got 453k with Namkey's help, but I never get a Super..like ever. So I'm usually getting 434-440s now. I can't ever get a Super so not much I can do. I keep getting KDed by people too and lagged and rubberbanded all over.

Dragou Du Porzan · Feb 19, 2007, 06:49 AM // 06:49

Getting the quick Echo-SRB combo is definitely luck-based, but turning that early combo into a top 100 score takes more than luck. Once you get the combo, it's all about running the fastest race you can. Forget about everything else: no boxes, no attacking other racers, nothing at all but taking the quickest lines you can towards the finish. It's "balls-to-the-wall" racing from this point out.

You really only have two luck-based elements to worry about at this point. The obvious one is knockdowns, and those you can mitigate to some degree with thoughtful Harden Shell usage. The other is rubber-banding. The only bit of advice I can give with this is that your biggest danger spot will be the circling bridges after gate 5. This is the one area where it pays to not take the absolute sharpest corners; take it easy here and stick to the middle of the track.

namkey, I am hoping right along with you that you keep your top 100 spot. You've earned it more than anyone in my opinion. I also hope that when Anet says prizes to the top 100, they mean the top 100 seperate individuals. Speaking as someone with multiple top 100 scores, it doesn't seem fair for one person to get multiple prizes (especially when luck does play as big a role as it does here).

namkey · Feb 19, 2007, 07:22 AM // 07:22

Whats your ping like. I find that with my 500ms or so average, I just seem to lose so much throughout the course as what I'm doing is not matching up with what the game thinks I am doing :S.

garethporlest18 · Feb 19, 2007, 07:51 AM // 07:51

Well I got 457k finally with just one Super, I'm not lucky enough to net an echo and Super. I did get an echo after I used that Super though

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But yeah I followed your map namkey and my skill greatly improved, I never got below 435k again and was getting second place with 440ks almost the last 5 races.

It's hard not to get KDed though, as it seems most folks are just trying to win. I was still winning though, following your map, even getting KDed, I just had more speed, even against people that used a Super I'd still win.

So yeah, I have no luck so no top 100 for me, oh well you two deserve it.. I seen you up there Dragou.

namkey · Feb 19, 2007, 08:00 AM // 08:00

I got the combo at 48 and just went shortest route, but still only pulled up 470k :S. I need a super early combo or extra boosts to get me up there.

Draikin · Feb 19, 2007, 09:55 AM // 09:55

I got a few 468k scores but it seems the top 100 will be too difficult to reach, you'd need to get the combo almost instantly to have a chance at getting more than 470k. You really need an extra SRB in between gate 5 and gate 6 in my opinion, I always loose too much speed there.

namkey · Feb 19, 2007, 10:03 AM // 10:03

Raced Jedi K a couple of times and his 140 ping totally owns my 550 ping :S. Makes life so hard for people in the Oceania region, but then we are used to being screwed in MMORPGs :P

It feels like Im constantly losing time cause my bug keeps jumping backwards from where my computer thinks it is. My best time of 472 was done with a combo at 44 seconds and then another ehco later on which I used to double my dash to get through the cross over bridge area.

Down to 88th place, not gonna make this.

garethporlest18 · Feb 19, 2007, 10:05 AM // 10:05

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Originally Posted by Draikin

I got a few 468k scores but it seems the top 100 will be too difficult to reach, you'd need to get the combo almost instantly to have a chance at getting more than 470k. You really need an extra SRB in between gate 5 and gate 6 in my opinion, I always loose too much speed there.

Yeah but do you know the chances of that happening? I got 2 SRB's total with one echo out of 30 runs where I needed them. You also have to hope you don't get KDed, because I do at the start and then sometimes when people race ahead of me at the start. Seems the more people know about the course to take the harder it gets.