Extra lives farming in Mega Man X1?

[Kamul]

According to some videos and walkthroughs I checked, seems like the best spot to farm extra lives has always been right at the beginning of Armored Armadillo stage, just shooting at that bat robot from the Mega Man classic series grants you an extra life each time.

Except that, to me, it doesn't. I've already destroyed several of those, yet no extra life.

Did that get altered or patched up in this Legacy Collection version, by any chance?

[Kamul]

Oh, nevermind. It seems like the dropping ratio is still reasonably low.

[mdesaleah]

You don’t really need to grind lives in X1 since it’s probably the easiest in the series next to X4.

Some of the later games do have obvious grind spots though, and they can help

[Kamul]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

You don’t really need to grind lives in X1 since it’s probably the easiest in the series next to X4.

Some of the later games do have obvious grind spots though, and they can help

Maybe for you, but the difficulty spike in Sigma's fortress still feels insane to me.
Of course, it wouldn't feel so punishing if the save system actually let you save your progress after you beat each stage, instead of forcing you to play the whole Sigma fortress in one sitting. All the classic Mega Man legacy collections have a save system implemented on them, would've been so hard to do the same in here?

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Kamul:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

You don’t really need to grind lives in X1 since it’s probably the easiest in the series next to X4.

Some of the later games do have obvious grind spots though, and they can help

Maybe for you, but the difficulty spike in Sigma's fortress still feels insane to me.
Of course, it wouldn't feel so punishing if the save system actually let you save your progress after you beat each stage, instead of forcing you to play the whole Sigma fortress in one sitting. All the classic Mega Man legacy collections have a save system implemented on them, would've been so hard to do the same in here?

That stops being a thing with X4 onward where they add a proper save file system that accounts for Sigma levels.

But yeah, X2 and X3 are much harder, and the problem is very noticeable there.

[Kamul]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Originally posted by Kamul:

Maybe for you, but the difficulty spike in Sigma's fortress still feels insane to me.
Of course, it wouldn't feel so punishing if the save system actually let you save your progress after you beat each stage, instead of forcing you to play the whole Sigma fortress in one sitting. All the classic Mega Man legacy collections have a save system implemented on them, would've been so hard to do the same in here?

That stops being a thing with X4 onward where they add a proper save file system that accounts for Sigma levels.

But yeah, X2 and X3 are much harder, and the problem is very noticeable there.

I was aware of the saving progress system being rebooted on Sigma's Fortress in X1 back in the day, but I honestly hoped they fixed that for this Legacy Collection. And oh, surprise, nope they didn't.

So, my only choice if I want to see the end of this game is to look for other alternatives that let me save my progress, because I'm not feeling like dedicating a whole afternoon to a non-stop boss rush like this one, specially after how freaking tough Sigma could get in his final form.

This is seriously lazy coming from the developers.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Kamul:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

That stops being a thing with X4 onward where they add a proper save file system that accounts for Sigma levels.

But yeah, X2 and X3 are much harder, and the problem is very noticeable there.

I was aware of the saving progress system being rebooted on Sigma's Fortress in X1 back in the day, but I honestly hoped they fixed that for this Legacy Collection. And oh, surprise, nope they didn't.

So, my only choice if I want to see the end of this game is to look for other alternatives that let me save my progress, because I'm not feeling like dedicating a whole afternoon to a non-stop boss rush like this one, specially after how freaking tough Sigma could get in his final form.

This is seriously lazy coming from the developers.

Do you know about weaknesses? Each boss has a weakness that makes them much easier.

And if you collect every heart tank, energy tank, and armor then you can get the overpowered hadouken that can insta-kill everything if you have full health.

[themazingness]

You kill the armored bat for extra lives and the other bats to fill up your subtanks. The fastest way to do this is charging up Rolling Shield and just dash jumping back and forth ramming the bats. You'll have 9 lives and 4 full sub tanks with pretty minimal effort. I've done it a bunch on this collection. There are spurts where extra lives don't drop. It isn't 100%, but using this method goes much faster.

[Gibbeynator]

Don't worry about getting extra lives, since your subtanks and weapon energy don't reset on death and you're gonna need as much health as you can get during the Sigma fight. Best to just lose all your lives, return to the farming spot, then come back to the final fight with full everything.

[themazingness]

Originally posted by Gibbeynator:

Don't worry about getting extra lives, since your subtanks and weapon energy don't reset on death and you're gonna need as much health as you can get during the Sigma fight. Best to just lose all your lives, return to the farming spot, then come back to the final fight with full everything.

Alternatively, right before Sigma charge up rolling shield and farm the creepers (worm bots on the way up to his fight). You'll fill up your sub tanks, weapon energy, and lives really fast doing that without having to lose your lives. It's more efficient.

[Lost Drunk]

Originally posted by Kamul:

According to some videos and walkthroughs I checked, seems like the best spot to farm extra lives has always been right at the beginning of Armored Armadillo stage, just shooting at that bat robot from the Mega Man classic series grants you an extra life each time.

Except that, to me, it doesn't. I've already destroyed several of those, yet no extra life.

Did that get altered or patched up in this Legacy Collection version, by any chance?

Maybe bad lucky. I don't remember well but I think that works only with all upgrades and full energy tanks. (not need hadouken upgrade)

[pizDuke]

Originally posted by themazingness:

Originally posted by Gibbeynator:

Don't worry about getting extra lives, since your subtanks and weapon energy don't reset on death and you're gonna need as much health as you can get during the Sigma fight. Best to just lose all your lives, return to the farming spot, then come back to the final fight with full everything.

Alternatively, right before Sigma charge up rolling shield and farm the creepers (worm bots on the way up to his fight). You'll fill up your sub tanks, weapon energy, and lives really fast doing that without having to lose your lives. It's more efficient.

Just wanted to let you know that you just saved my day here, thanks

[themazingness]

Originally posted by pizDuke:

Originally posted by themazingness:

Alternatively, right before Sigma charge up rolling shield and farm the creepers (worm bots on the way up to his fight). You'll fill up your sub tanks, weapon energy, and lives really fast doing that without having to lose your lives. It's more efficient.

Just wanted to let you know that you just saved my day here, thanks

Glad it helped!

[Andru]

Cargando al máximo la habilidad del armadillo en el comienzo de su escenario se puede farmear vidas y salud matando los murciélagos.