Best level / setting for star grind

[Liberteer]

Hey pilots,

after 13 hours I got a bit tired of grinding aimlessly. Is there a level that's good for stargrind? I would rather play it over and over to get as much stars as possible so I can upgrade the ship and continue getting those medals.

Thanks :)

[domestos [LINUX]]

On the beginning I've played on 3, 4th, but also 6.

In genereal most counting are upgrades, first upgrade main cannon, and magnet, than side cannons, than rockets, and try to play on higher difficulty levels, because then you have stars multiplier.

Also a good idea is to play with 2 planes, because you have doubled firepower,
you can try to play with 2 planes alone or with someone.

[gee]

I learned the 2 planes trick later and yes, it unblocked me many times!

I don't agree with the order of upgrades though. I maxed magnet first as it was fairly cheap and worth it I think. Then I maxed rockets, as against bosses the ability to hit them from the side is awesome, even if slow. It also helps a lot with the first 2 medals. After that I'm maxing side and main cannon together. Main is obviously better, but it requires me to be exactly in front of my target which can be difficult, so I enjoy the side one. I'll max life later as anyway I need to not be touched it does not matter too much..

For the 8th one I'm upping the powers as I'm not able to finish the last transformation of the boss unscathered :/

[Liberteer]

Thank you both for your advice. I think I'll combine them :D

[gee]

In case you still care, I got most of my cards and stars on Stage 4 on Insane, there is no boss, only one annoying enemy towards the end, so it's fairly easy to complete it quickly and the end has a lot of stars. It may not be the best ratio of stars/mission, but for the time/difficulty it's been pretty good to me.

[Liberteer]

Yes, still interested. Thank you!

[Gem of Temporarity]

If you can do stage 9 insane, grind for stars there.

[gee]

I'm still unable to get to insane for 8+ :/

[Gem of Temporarity]

Originally posted by gee:

I'm still unable to get to insane for 8+ :/

Insane 6 does the job.

[gee]

I'll see if the difference is worth it from 4.

No clue why, but I get a card almost every other run on 4, and since I'm sure to make it, I like it :)

Thanks!

edit: you are right 6 is a bit better for stars, and maybe even easier to finish. I've just tried 8 but I can't pass the boss on hard yet :/

edit2: Well that was even better than expected. Eventually I stopped getting new cards and I thought I needed to farm higher level, but just got 2 in a row on 9, so 9 has been pretty good to me :) I don't necessarily beat it all the time, but even then it still offers a decent return in stars, though I'm all maxed out now so they're useless :)

[MasviL]

Insane 6 does the job for me too.