EAB/Lemon Super League 2018: Round 6 - Paradroid 90

[john4p]

EAB/Lemon Super League 2018: Round 6 - Paradroid 90

Starts: 00:01 April 29th Finishes: 23:59 May 19th

Rules

Post a picture of your score here with the score written underneath. Enter as often as you like. Only scores achieved during the round's time frame count.

Start from any ship you want, try to get as far as you can.
Play with Transfer Game = ON!



No cheating of any kind (including score leeching) - this includes save states. No continues/passwords allowed. If you suspect anyone of cheating please let us know in private - anyone found guilty will be banned for the entire season.

Remember, anyone can join in at any time. Have fun and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Downloads

- ADF
- WHDLoad-installed

Extras

- Full rules and FAQ (incorporating the Hall of Fame)
- Results and Standings
- Lemon thread
- Live League Ladder


Results:



Live League table:

[john4p]

First go, couldn't even beat the first ship:



15,325

Tipp for the transfer game: if your side looks disadvantageous, press right to switch sides before pressing fire to start the battle.

[el_pasi]

13,275

[john4p]

40,585

Stupid mistake.

[john4p]

101,485

Last droid on the 3rd ship but this battle was unwinnable.

[arcanist]

10250

I think I'm starting to figure out a strategy.

[linesmachine]

Originally Posted by john4p

Last droid on the 3rd ship but this battle was unwinnable.

Yeh, the set ups are basically equal so I can't see how you could have won given his 5 extra nodes.

Amazing score though.

[john4p]

Thanks Lines, 100k was my minimum goal which I'm happy to have reached. My next goal is to beat all 5 ships in one go. The 6th bonus ship is nigh impossible if you don't have it completely memorized (it's full of raiders).

[linesmachine]

John, is the 6th ship the last? Do the droids vary much as the game progresses? I noticed the description of the military bot is that it is the "most advanced" there is, suggesting it's the top bot in the game?

There isn't a huge amount of info out there about this game. Do you know of any resource sites?

I've not had a proper go since my last score, and this weekend is a public holiday (and it's amazing weather here), but I'll be back on it on Tuesday.

[john4p]

No, there's not much difference in enemy droids between ships 2-5. There's also always just one 999-droid, the captain of the ship. Ship 2 is significantly harder than ship 1 but from then on the difficulty doesn't ramp up further IIRC (only in the bonus ship 6).

Never seen a Paradroid-specific site.

Weather's great here as well. Clear blue sky, even chemtrail-pilots seem to be on vacation.

edit: Yes 6th ship is the last (5th if you didn't collect all keys).

[arcanist]

16,375

What I've learned so far is that my aim is awful and I do better charging in for the transfer game in nearly all cases.

[linesmachine]

Originally Posted by arcanist

16,375

What I've learned so far is that my aim is awful and I do better charging in for the transfer game in nearly all cases.

I do the same. At the start of the game I ONLY go in for Transfer, I never go in for a pistol fight. Only when I've upgraded a few times to a security or military bot do I start getting gungho with the fire arms )although I find the maintenance bot has a fairly decent fire arm/welding torch.

When it comes to firing, I've learnt to shoot on the hoof as it were. I travel hard in one direction then almost fire in another, otherwise you just crash into everything, charging into their line of fire as well...just leads to a double quick death!

[arcanist]

43,025

First time I cleared a whole ship. Had a pant-pooping moment when the last two drones were big and all I had was my I.D. Lucked out on a naked transfer.

Much happier with my strategy now. I pick up a mid-tier drone and then go straight to the hardest decks, transfer into something bigger and go to town. If I fail to clear them it's a quick restart and no time wasted.

[john4p]

Originally Posted by arcanist

Much happier with my strategy now. I pick up a mid-tier drone and then go straight to the hardest decks, transfer into something bigger and go to town. If I fail to clear them it's a quick restart and no time wasted.

Yeah I do the same.

Great improvement!

[Amiga68k]

Uhm... 100

[rexsu]

36,250
Quite strange and rather original game.
I lost twice at the beginning of the second ship, very frustrating!

[john4p]

There's a huge difficulty spike from ship 1 to 2. But once you memorize which are the hardest decks it gets much easier.

[rexsu]

I tried again and same result.
I arrive at the second ship in another place.
3s after I'm dead
I didn't even have time to make a transfer, a sentinel immediately killed me...

I think the difficulty of this game is badly adjusted.

[arcanist]

45,680

On my first attempt today I almost cleared the second ship but made a silly mistake with two decks remaining.

So I went for a quick run through first ship + easy levels of second to get this slight improvement on my score. Cheeky cleaner robot baited my I.D. right into a military bot.

[arcanist]

47,125

Darn it, I just can't beat Lines's score.