Ghost running is boring

[Dingdong09]

Honestly, once you learn how to do it it's just a lot of time wasting waiting for him to come. The fact that you have to do this banal ♥♥♥♥ for the high score really takes away from the game. What kind of a competition is it really? Once you have a jet pack this is pretty damn easy to do, it's just very BORING. Why doesn't the game feature alternative ways for high scores?

[Magical Purple Man]

If you find it boring don't do it.
Nobody is forcing you to get high scores.

[Dingdong09]

The idea of competing against other people for score is great , but the fact that there is only one strategy to get to the top sucks.

[Bluddy]

Ghost mining is one of the weakest parts of the game imo. The ghost should be much faster, as it was in the original version. Another weak part is the Ash grave.

[Mumblez]

Originally posted by Hungry for Your Hunger:

If you find it boring don't do it.
Nobody is forcing you to get high scores.

While I agree with this, I think having scores being arbitrarily tied to gold counts, which requires this is a bit silly.

I honestly would bother with high scores if it was based on something else, like total items collected, distance made, bombs / ropes in inventory and (if you beat the boss) how much health you ended with.

At very least an option to be judged that way would be nice, rather than needing to ghost to register on literally anyones radar.

[Dingdong09]

Originally posted by Rent a mop:

Originally posted by Hungry for Your Hunger:

If you find it boring don't do it.
Nobody is forcing you to get high scores.

While I agree with this, I think having scores being arbitrarily tied to gold counts, which requires this is a bit silly.

I honestly would bother with high scores if it was based on something else, like total items collected, distance made, bombs / ropes in inventory and (if you beat the boss) how much health you ended with.

At very least an option to be judged that way would be nice, rather than needing to ghost to register on literally anyones radar.

There's no easy way to judge someone except for score and time ,although some of your ideas could work as alternatives. But getting a good score is directly linked to a lot of waiting around which breaks the pace of the game, that's what I do not like.

[ARF]

Go for speed runs instead of high scores.

[Dingdong09]

Originally posted by ARF:

Go for speed runs instead of high scores.

The thing is, I do enjoy collecting gold normally. I do not like waiting for the ghost.

[Mumblez]

Originally posted by Dingdong09:

getting a good score is directly linked to a lot of waiting around which breaks the pace of the game, that's what I do not like.

This is why I suggest other methods.

I ment that getting a good high score NEEDS ghosting after a certain point, its simply impossible to pass a certain score thresh-hold without ghosting.

[Rabspat]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. I wouldn't mind if there was some way to make the ghost spawn manually. That would make things a little better, in my opinion.

[Mumblez]

Originally posted by Rabspat:

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. I wouldn't mind if there was some way to make the ghost spawn manually. That would make things a little better, in my opinion.

I'm more geared toward having alternate scoring methods (besides time and total gold.)

After all ghosting is considered an advanced technique, but to at all compete with others (at least higher up) you MUST use this method, or it wont even come up on their radar.

It reminds me (to a much lesser extent mind you) how gunz had kstylers from korea which ruined competativeness with their techniques, becoming near invincible to anyone who didnt kstyle.

But hey...leaderboards dont mean squat in the long run, so w.e

[fluffy]

What is this ghost running you talk about?

Edit: Think i got it, diamonds.

[angelsprite]

I really hate ghosting. I feel like the top spot on the leaderboards should go to the the player who is best at the game, not the player who is best at ghosting. That said, i don't really care about any highscores other than my own, so i guess it doesn't affect me much.

[Bafbegagglestick]

Originally posted by Airetam:

What is this ghost running you talk about?

Edit: Think i got it, diamonds.

Yep you got it.

[Showtime, Synergy!]

I agree that it's boring and annoying to be required to ghost.

Simple solution: no-ghost leaderboards. Or at least, since an official implementation of that is unlikely, make arrangements to compete with other players who agree not to ghost.

[Bal]

Originally posted by Showtime, Synergy!:

I agree that it's boring and annoying to be required to ghost.

Simple solution: no-ghost leaderboards. Or at least, since an official implementation of that is unlikely, make arrangements to compete with other players who agree not to ghost.

I agree, just as the daily challenge blocks the Gameshow shops.