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| Metagame by Lizard_King 06/12/2009, 6:17pm PDT | ||||
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| That's where the point system comes in. You get 500 more points for the same grade on a higher difficulty level, meaning that a veteran completion of a level is 1000pts more than a comparable amateur one. The points are useless until your first completion of the game, at which point they will take center stage over your money. That is how you unlock infinite ammo for particular weapons, as well as new characters should you choose to fork out the 5 additional dollars for the fantastic VS mode. Do not spend anything on those stupid gumball machine things unless you have a surplus and really want the achievement (I though they were crucial to unlocking something good).
The progression I would suggest is normal coop with a good friend A who may or may not be good at it -> veteran completion with people you don't know as well but are into the game -> professional with upgraded weapons with whomever is willing to do it. At this point in the game's lifecycle most strangers in professional are very good, and they often show you great stuff in the more subtle tactical options available along the way. Amateur is fine for farming and your first timed effort. The finally stage of addiction is time-whoring, so obscure that it does not really include a reward beyond the "Getting a whole difficulty level's total time under 5 hours infinite rocket launcher" (trivial) and the stack of points you will generate along the way. At this point I have run out of coop people willing to do this, but it lasted a surprisingly long time on singleplayer through all of veteran. Professional past 5 is a tricky proposition on your own, thanks to the potential for Sheva instadeath. At least, that's my excuse for not maxing out S for that difficulty. |
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Best way to get a pile of guns and money? NT by 06/11/2009, 7:00pm PDT  play the game mission's in sequence from start to finish while conserving ammo by 06/11/2009, 11:39pm PDT enlist NT by 06/12/2009, 1:03am PDT This is not a simple question. by 06/12/2009, 6:55am PDT I'm disappointed there's no incentive to play on Normal/Veteran by 06/12/2009, 1:56pm PDT Metagame by 06/12/2009, 6:17pm PDT I'll probably torrent the PC release by 06/12/2009, 10:58pm PDT The first level in the swamp with the hovercraft by 06/12/2009, 2:00pm PDT Also good. by 06/12/2009, 6:05pm PDT |
