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Thread: Questions for you experts
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Va-Mei
Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:45 pm
#14
Most of the bots I'm competing with are doingdance in 3:00-3:30, and music in 4:00.
Myself, I haven't been able to get under 3:20 reliably.
Xyrdre
Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:31 pm
#15
SFXGenesis wrote:
Like I said...I get the feeling this is a bit of a secret...but if people want to know, PM me, and I'll consider telling.
Also: Should I consider PM'ing a Dev to see if this is an exploit?
I know of one method of doing full buffs in around 2 minutes. If you'd like, you can PM me with the particulars, and I can poke a dev for you to ask if it's an exploit or not. I'd also like to compare notes and see if it's the same method that I know of.
SFXGenesis
Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:15 am
#16
Like I said...it can be done. I've been doing it for weeks.
Additionally, I will not put it in these forums, but may give out the procedure if PM'd about it.
Third: I add a 30 second lag window into the timer, just to be safe. I NEVER presume that 'two minutes' to me is two minutes to the client. The Internet just doesn't work that way. 
Dan
SFXGenesis
Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:20 am
#17
Sent hun!!
Was good seeing you on Flurry for C-3, BTW. Lots of fun. Hope you'll visit us again sometime soon.
Danny
Kuladena
Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:25 am
#18
I'm still confused about the flourishes for buffing. When, say for the 3:20 buff, you say 5 flourishes every 10 sec, how exactly do you do that? Do I need to do 5 flourishes and then a 10 sec pause, or do I do a 2 sec pause after each flourish? I have read the detailed description of the buff numbers several times, and it still confuses me to no end. I really want to figure this out so I can actually buff someone when they ask. I normally dance or play music just for the enjoyment of doing it, but I do occasionaly get asked for a buff. It is a bit embarassing to tell them that I'm not really sure how to do it right. Any help you all can give me will be greatly appreciated.
DanceRulez
Fri Dec 17, 2004 12:29 pm
#19
Kuladena wrote:I'm still confused about the flourishes for buffing. When, say for the 3:20 buff, you say 5 flourishes every 10 sec, how exactly do you do that? Do I need to do 5 flourishes and then a 10 sec pause, or do I do a 2 sec pause after each flourish? I have read the detailed description of the buff numbers several times, and it still confuses me to no end. I really want to figure this out so I can actually buff someone when they ask. I normally dance or play music just for the enjoyment of doing it, but I do occasionaly get asked for a buff. It is a bit embarassing to tell them that I'm not really sure how to do it right. Any help you all can give me will be greatly appreciated.
It's not that big a mystery, actually. The mechanics of the game are such that it will allow you to flourish only 5 times in 8 or 10 seconds. (Go ahead and just keep hitting a flourish over and over again, and you'll see that it will accept only 5 at once, then it will wait about 8 or 10 seconds before it will accept any again.) That's where this limit is coming from. It's not something that you have to keep track of exactly. With that in mind, you can either set up a macro to do the five flourishes at once and then pause before repeating, or you can just do it manually hitting a flourish every couple of seconds, or hitting a bunch at once and waiting a few seconds and doing it again (once you see it stop accepting your inputs you know you can stop for a few seconds). Either way just keep it up for about 3 1/2 minutes. I usually do manual buffs and just keep doing as many flourishes as I can for 3 1/2 - 4 minutes. I usually go a little over because I'm usually trying to chat a little bit too, and sometimes forget to hit the flourishes.
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