Trench run gate -Blythe Help

[The Keggernaught]

Ive done it like 50 times. I don't understand what i'm supposed to be doing with the sword. I click frantically, or I hold it and I swipe back and fourth. Sometimes I do slow swipes, sometimes fast swipes. I've been doing this so long I've turned into benjamin button. Help a fellow Blythe fan out. How the hell do I cut through that gate???

[Raiser 💤]

Just point it at the gate and move your mouse side to side.

[Turbo64]

It's too hard. The sword mechanic is real bad.

[The Keggernaught]

I tried!! A lot! like 50 times. I point it at the gate and move my mouse from side to side. Ive tried going back to the edge of the sword, and Ive tried being at an even range, ive tried being up against it but nothing works. Do you hold down the mouse? rapid click? whats the sword range?

[Regynald]

I am having the exact same issue with the sword control and damage. It is inconsistent at best, I get all the lights above the gate lit, but die before anything else happens. Even taking damage outside of damage area when I pull back. Tried different methods over 30 times. Why would it be so crazy with a new skill and virtually no time to try it out?

[Raiser 💤]

I just went as close as possible. You just need to activate the sword once and it stays active for a while. I think I was turning ~30 degrees back and forth. Maybe try doing it faster (or slower). It probably took ~3-5 seconds to destroy it.

[Raiser 💤]

It could also just be bugged for some people.

[look@meh]

swing it back and forth really fast at point blank. that's what i did.

[The Keggernaught]

Originally posted by Regynald:

I am having the exact same issue with the sword control and damage. It is inconsistent at best, I get all the lights above the gate lit, but die before anything else happens. Even taking damage outside of damage area when I pull back. Tried different methods over 30 times. Why would it be so crazy with a new skill and virtually no time to try it out?

Have you managed to beat it? im still trying at it. Im on my 55th run or some ♥♥♥♥. This is stupid. I get up to the gate, swing the sword back and fourth for as long as I can, then nothing happens. I try a second time and then my ship auto blows up!

[Final_Jill_Fantasy]

General Good grid combat, but need good hands. But space...Blythe, i'm so sorry, don't hit me...but no..not space combat

[The Keggernaught]

I just skipped it. Ive never done that in any game before. that part of the mission was intolerable

[Filias]

I have no idea what to do either. Also like 50+ attempts and then skip.
This is really, really bad bossfight and new mechanic intruduction.

First you start with some sword - no idea what it is doing, or how to use it. Swarm of enemies going after you and you don't see your ship who is behnd some conversation subtitles as a bonus.

After that you have to evade some obstacles and you are thrown in front of some doors. Message what to do is also not pausing game. After little while you are blown out. No idea why.

If you are intruducing some new mechanics, you need to introduce it properly. Not to throw player to some most insane fight in the game so far.

They did it properly before. I am fankly quite shocked with this. I did not expect this from team with years of experiences. This is not Dark Souls. This is bad design.

[Themlin]

I agree the sword mechanics are really weird, and the key story mission with auto-scrolling wasn't the place to learn how it worked. BUT you click the sword once on and you have to go side to side super fast. like wrist hurting fast.

[Lead Paintchips]

After failing after a couple dozen of times, I eventually figured out that her sword is a toggle ability. So it's a press to activate, swing the ship around a bunch, and press it again to turn it off to conserve energy.

Not explained very well and in probably the worst type of mission to figure it out. Spent most of the time having my view blocked by the text boxes while being auto scrolled down into it.

Normally am a fan of how decent to good the ship combat feels, but these missions just felt not great with the auto-scrolling and her ability being what it was.

[Sintonir]

I agree, it is really hard. Not impossible, but hard.
- First, as mentioned, the sword is a toggle ability. You just turn it on or off by one right click.
- It is an extreme close combat weapon. Which makes it a bit tricky to use against enemy ships, which are shooting back and are harder to evade when close. However, it has a very high damage to compensate.
- When sword is active, it isn't enough to just catch your enemy (or the wall) with it. You need to "cut", by turning your ship left and right.
- You can kill smaller ships in the beginning without sword, just with main ship guns. If you are good with the sword it would help, but it isn't necessary.
- For the first minefield it is easy to destroy two of them with main guns. Don't try to cut them with the sword, or they would explode in your face. After that just don't care about mines.
- After the obstacle course there is the door. Get right next to it (there is death ray before the door, but it wouldn't harm you if you are right next to the door) and start cutting. If you are doing it right, the door will open before death ray turns on. Continue cutting and add some shooting to the mix (or you can start shooting right from the start, but it wouldn't help with the door) If you are too slow, the cannon will fire, and your ship will explode.
Second part is mostly the same, but you will have some ships during the obstacle course.
Third part is a bit more tricky. There are stronger ships, not just simple fighters there. This is where sword makes things much easier, it has a huge damage output. Get close to the ship, turn on the sword and carve up the enemy. On the flip side, there are no other obstacles. After that is the hardest part - again, door, but there is a shielded boss behind it. Shield regenerates constantly, and does it the faster the closer the boss to death. There are no enemies and no need to avoid attacks, but there is a time limit. Boss also sometimes unleashes a blast which doesn't damage the ship, but pushes it back. You can't kill the boss without the sword, shield regenerates too fast at the lower boss HP.

[Bilstar]

Yeah I had to skip this. I'd gone through quite a lot of times and even managed to open the door once but there was another barrier behind it and then my ship exploded. I can get through the whole run without taking a hit, then I get to the door, I waggle the mouse for all I'm worth but... the door just will not open and my ship explodes. The health and shield bars don't even appear so I don't think the ship is even taking any damage in the traditional sense. I assumed I was missing a trick or a magic button somewhere or something that I hadn't read, so I had to skip it. Really weird.