Shmup of the Month Club 2014 (Completed)

[jepjepjep]

The blue orbs increase to a max of about 80,000 each. The values drop if you let blue orbs pass, so it's best to make sure to pick them all up. Once you're maxed out I think you can miss a few without dropping the multiplier. So my basic strategy is to Get it More (only the blue orbs). I'm not sure about my stage-by-stage score but the bulk of the points come in around Stage 3 when I've maxed the multiplier. I'm also trying to milk the bosses as much as possible for points/orbs. I don't really pay much attention to the 128x multiplier to be honest.

[dsheinem]

So my basic strategy is to Get it More (only the blue orbs). .

Do you just mean you try to pick up all the blue orbs? I do that already and haven't cracked 2 million by stage 4. Is there a way (other than boss milking) to generate more of them?

[jepjepjep]

Boss milking is the main way. The other thing that can Get It More is when you have ground turrets to spout enemies upward (for example right before the St 1 boss), try to kill the small enemies that sometimes leave orbs right as they appear without taking out the turret so that it can keep spawning more.

[mjmjr25]

You can get over 2mil on the stage boss 3 alone if you don't shoot his first form (while falling) and then wait for the orange circles, cancel them all while dodging the others.

I haven't done it yet, but am working on it...

Also, if you get the red angel with the japanese kanji script, everything you kill when you have him releases a blue orb. I'm not positive what makes him appear, I think it is if you pass 2 consecutive orange angels, but that's a guess at this point.

[skate323k137]

There are 2 kanji orbs iirc. One is max multiplier after you miss all the other orbs... it takes 7 or 8 colors prior.

The other kanji one will make everything you destroy (for the most part) into powerup items. To get that to show up you pick up a multiplier orb and do not fire a single shot until it goes away. If you do that, the kanji one will show up next.

[noiseredux]

Mike how many eggs are you getting in stage 2?

[ChrisHaha2049]

Hah. So all this time, been worrying so much about the charge shot and x128 that didn't notice the blue orbs are where the really big points are... But with some other nuances, this game is beginning to remind me why I'm not much a fan of horis.

ChrisH2049 - 5,373,690 - Stage 4 - Windina - MAME32

[mjmjr25]

Mike how many eggs are you getting in stage 2?

The gold eggs appear if you destroy the sets of ground turrets before they spawn any enemies, there are 2 on the 2nd stage and 2 more on the 3rd. 100K each.

[noiseredux]

Mike how many eggs are you getting in stage 2?

The gold eggs appear if you destroy the sets of ground turrets before they spawn any enemies, there are 2 on the 2nd stage and 2 more on the 3rd. 100K each.

do you have to wait for the turrets to sparkle? I feel like sometimes the eggs appear and sometimes they don't.

[mjmjr25]

Mike how many eggs are you getting in stage 2?

The gold eggs appear if you destroy the sets of ground turrets before they spawn any enemies, there are 2 on the 2nd stage and 2 more on the 3rd. 100K each.

do you have to wait for the turrets to sparkle? I feel like sometimes the eggs appear and sometimes they don't.

If they're sparkling, odds are you've actually shot a spawning enemy and that is why you aren't getting the eggs. Blow them up BEFORE they sparkle.