Dash Challenge is utter bollocks

[The Real Folk Blues+]

I've seen other threads about it, but the more there are, the more likely the devs will take notice and do something about it.
It's obnoxious, tiresome, frustating, and a total of zero fun to be gained from it.
When people start to openly recommend autoclickers and keyboard macros to fulfill a challenge, that's usually a clear indication that you've done something VERY wrong.

[Axotl]

Yeah it definitely wins my award for most idiotic addition to a game I've ever played. And I play a lot of games. It's truly terrible. Love challenge, but this isn't challenge. It's pain.

[The Master of Madness]

I can't even figure out the dash combos! I do them accidently some times but I can't figure it out for the life of me.

[grisi]

GET GOOD

[Javerlin]

I think by the time to you get to 400 repeatedly tapping one button... you're kinda done with it. Least fun challenge I've come across. But its only this and a small dashing issue, this game is so wonderful.

[Baka Sandoitchi]

I got massive sore thumbs 500 dashes in and dropped my dash combo which made me say ♥♥♥♥ it and I continued with the game. This challenge is ridiculous.

[パニック]

I mean they should have capped it at 400~, but git gud.

[A Walrus in Heat]

what do you even get for doing it?

[mquisao]

Once you get past 300, you start going numb. I love the idea of the challenge, but 800 is ridiculous. I've gotten as far as 592 with a gamepad.

This game is wonderful and so hardcore. New Game+ is ridonkulous.

[Spyro]

Originally posted by The Master of Madness:

I can't even figure out the dash combos! I do them accidently some times but I can't figure it out for the life of me.

You need to start of fairly slow on the second dash, like half a second after the first. Then the subsequent ones you can speed up a little.

[Vicious]

The problem wit the Dash chalenge is the fact that it isn't one. Once you get going, it's just mindlessly pressing a button as fast as you can. There's nothign challenging about it, it's just a waste of everyone's time.

[8-Bit Zombie]

Originally posted by Spyro:

Originally posted by The Master of Madness:

I can't even figure out the dash combos! I do them accidently some times but I can't figure it out for the life of me.

You need to start of fairly slow on the second dash, like half a second after the first. Then the subsequent ones you can speed up a little.

Actually, you don't. I thought this too but after hitting 412, losing my combo and almost throwing my keyboard out the window I finally just decided to make a macro and with a consistent 140ms press time and 130ms delay between presses you will hit the dash every time. When you do it by hand it definitely feels like it changes, but it doesn't

Honestly though this challenge wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that the speed dash is just a miserable mechanic that out side automating never quite feels consistent.

Just wait till you try to do the Western 8 module challenge room and need to speed dash through twisting corridors full of spike traps that end with a room with 15-20 enemies ready to stagger lock you to death over and over again... Seriously, as annoying as it was getting to 412 dashes in the shop it doesn't even hold a candle to how furious those spike traps made me.

[danroid]

Here's what worked for me if you're playing on PC. Download AutoHotkey, make a script with the following:
#Persistent
SetTimer, PressTheKey, 270
Return

PressTheKey:
Send, {x down}
Sleep 30
Send, {x up}
Return

run the game in windowed mode, switch to keayboard/mouse, switch the dash key to "x" and beat the crap out of the 800 dash "challenge".

Many thanks to 8-bit zombie for the '140ms press to 130ms delay'. I'm not smart enough to make it do that exactly, but the total ms count was clearly perfect.

The outfit you get is pretty boss. I might try to do it legit with a gamepad after logging a few hundred hours of gameplay for practice. :) serious kudos to mquisao for getting as far as 592...

[OBJECTION!]

This is outright impossible with a gamepad, and not even fun to do. Resorted to the keyboard method + metronome...

[HighLanderPony]

#firstworldproblems

[Buguinho]

It's just tirying and boring
You can do roughly 4 dashes a second without the dash outift so it should take over 3 minutes
Not challeging, just punishing
Thank you for the script