Almost happy
Actually I did kraid today, twice... Why twice? Well, only 50% or so of kraid's claws actually drops anythigh, knowing this the first time (or second since I did it once in my v1) I did not rush anything, I only shot the claws that dropped me missiles and since I thought the length of the fight was only determined by the time of the last claws appearance, I made everything quite slow, stylish the fight really looked great. Then when I got the last hit in I checked the numbers from my v1 expecting to see very little difference in time, + - 10-20 frames perhaps. It was 16 seconds slower, then I killed myself.
So I figured out what I did wrong, by not shooting all the claws as fast as I could I prevented them from spawning faster. The second time through I shoot everything on sight and spent more time in doing everything faster and when I after a couple of hours of work was finally done and checked the numbers after the E-tank I was... 5 frames faster, or well actually 15 since I had one missile less the fight got prolonged by 10 frames unavoidable. Anyway after killing myself a second time I realized that there was no point of redoing the fight. The speed of the fight I realized was not only determined by how fast you could make the claws respawn but where the claws that drop missiles spawn from and in what manner they fly through the room, getting all the claws to fly close to the two platforms makes the fight much faster but there is AFAIK no way to manipulate them, at least not in a way that works large scale.
Anyway the fight is roughly 6 seconds faster then Tonski's which in turn should be faster then Kriole's, so that's something at least.
Actually I probably could have been much farther ahead without much trouble, but I have no reason to work faster since I'll have to wait for Tonski and Kriole anyway once I reach maridia.
So I figured out what I did wrong, by not shooting all the claws as fast as I could I prevented them from spawning faster. The second time through I shoot everything on sight and spent more time in doing everything faster and when I after a couple of hours of work was finally done and checked the numbers after the E-tank I was... 5 frames faster, or well actually 15 since I had one missile less the fight got prolonged by 10 frames unavoidable. Anyway after killing myself a second time I realized that there was no point of redoing the fight. The speed of the fight I realized was not only determined by how fast you could make the claws respawn but where the claws that drop missiles spawn from and in what manner they fly through the room, getting all the claws to fly close to the two platforms makes the fight much faster but there is AFAIK no way to manipulate them, at least not in a way that works large scale.
Anyway the fight is roughly 6 seconds faster then Tonski's which in turn should be faster then Kriole's, so that's something at least.
Quote from Lance Uppercut:
I am also surprised how far you have reached already.
Actually I probably could have been much farther ahead without much trouble, but I have no reason to work faster since I'll have to wait for Tonski and Kriole anyway once I reach maridia.