SOTM May 2024: Same! Same! Same! (Fireshark) MD

[Johnny16Bit]

Welcome aboard - 10 scores, yay!

 

[Tarma]

You don't really want to use autofire with the flamethrower as there are times when you'll need the weapon firing forward on all streams, and not having streams rotating to the side/rear.

 

[gusmoney]

You don't really want to use autofire with the flamethrower as there are times when you'll need the weapon firing forward on all streams, and not having streams rotating to the side/rear.

I had tried autofire with the red beam earlier in the week and it was unplayable. It shoots an abbreviated beam out from one's ship.

 

[opt2not]

My dudes, this game is fucking persistent with the weapon changes. It’s like if you avoid picking up a weapon they throw 3 more powerups at you, like “USE THIS WEAPON NOW”. I swear I die more trying to avoid the weapon items more than anything else.
I just want to stick to spread dammit

 

[BerryTogart]

My dudes, this game is fucking persistent with the weapon changes. It’s like if you avoid picking up a weapon they throw 3 more powerups at you, like “USE THIS WEAPON NOW”. I swear I die more trying to avoid the weapon items more than anything else.
I just want to stick to spread dammit

Do you happen to have a full bomb stock? The shmups wiki quotes:
"Another feature of the item system to be wary of is the item substitution system. If an item is scheduled to drop that one already has the maximum amount of it will be substituted with either a blue or green weapon change item, determined randomly. For instance, if one has the maximum 10 bombs in stock and destroys a submarine containing a bomb in stage 8, a bomb will not be dropped but instead either a blue or green item will be dropped in its place. Similarly there are 4 speed items in the drop cycle but maximum speed is reached after collecting just three of these. This means that the fourth of these will usually not appear as a speed item but instead be substituted with either a blue or a green weapon change item."

 

[roker]

Put in a bit of practice...
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Tarma - 10,106,110 - Stage 21

Threads dead, baby

Threads dead

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Threads dead, baby

Threads dead

 

[BerryTogart]

BerryTogart - 346,400 - Stage 4 (see Hi Score in screenshot)



Got a few more rounds in - this time with better results thanks to the thread feedback. (Did stick to spreadshot with autofire)

Also: Triple greens without a full bomb stock... (would have to check the drop table again to see what's happening here)