Just got the updates... Im pretty excited for the balance changes. May not change the leaderboards pattern, but im glad tweaks are being done. Im sure we'll get to that sweet spot which balances everything out.
Im about to say something that's earth shattering. Boardumb and Selachii sit down for this. I like the changes to the missile swarm. Yes. I said it. I actually like a change made. I like the visual change and the way they work. I think it was a good decision. I like it! The Havoc is now a great fighter. I've upgraded the main weapon twice. It hits damn hard. Thank you for decreasing the charge time!!!!!! Once I have enough credits to fully upgrade it I'll do a full review. I would like more from the warp gate however. I only received 50 credits. You can't even do a level 1 upgrade with that. But it's a step in the right direction! I can't wait for the other changes spoken about. Especially the 3rd level and more fighters! Billy
So, Let's talk about the Sakura! How is this fighter? What are its main weapon like? Does anyone have a video of it in action? I might make another purchase to finish off the havoc and maybe unlock the Sakura or the Xaniea. I've really enjoyed using the Havoc now. More so than the Fujin. I'd still rather see that 3rd slot be a personal shield. This would make both fighters better. But I digress. Since I've already seen the Xaniea in action I'm more interested in the Sakura. Any info would be appreciated. Devs? Billy
I really like the missile swarm changes. Because the pattern they shoot out in is fixed, you can use a consistent strategy, rather than it being an RNG fest as to whether they hit what you want or not.
I just got a duplicate Czar and it gave me 150 credits so I think it depends on rarity. It's probably 50/150/300. Great update overall.
I play with the Sakura a lot and it's a very weird ship. It is definitely not suited for speed running. The main gun spawns projectiles that are static, once the projectiles have 'formed', they shoot forward. So there's always a delay between shooting and the projectiles actually flying forward. I love the theme of the ship though and the main weapon is not bad, just slow. I have this screenshot on instagram and a couple on my twitter. Woohoo! Correct, thanks!
Oh well that sounds more interesting than the Xaneia. I think that's what I'm going for then. I'm going to finish off the havoc and max out the Sakura and see how it goes and post reviews of both. As to the Warp gate credits, that's AWESOME! I take back what I said then. I guess it was because of the ship I received. That's just awesome! Thank you for posting the pictures!!!!!! And Royce thank you for posting the info about the warp gate. Billy
One fighter that is a hidden gem, that's not talked about, is the Atlas. I've been using it thismorning and it's such a well balanced fighter. If you haven't gotten it from the warp gate and you have the 1500 credits and are looking for a well rounded fighter the Atlas really is it. The main weapon is an auto cannon. Fully upgraded it fires a continuous stream of projectiles directly in front of the fighter. The main auto cannon isn't as powerful as other fighters BUT it's no slouch either. It does pretty good damage and it has awesome visual and sound effects. I would argue with Selachii the weapon SHOULD do a small amount of AOE since lots of particles fly off of enemy ships and rain on other enemy ships. Why wouldn't that do damage to them? It should even if it's just a little. But the main auto cannon is decent and fun to use. Where this fighter really shines further is its 2nd and 3rd weapon slots. The 2nd is the awesome missile swarm. After the recent update the missile swarm is even more useful and really pounds the hell out of enemy ships. Added with the main auto cannon this fighter has a nice offensive profile. The 3rd slot is a personal shield. So when you get yourself in one of those tight spots you can't get out of or a beam weapon is on you you can shield yourself. This fighter is rarely ever talked about but in my opinion is just one of the best well rounded fighters and at a cost of 1500 credits to unlock it's an economical choice as well. Billy
Hello all, New to Phoenix 2 but not to shmups as a whole. Played the original Phoenix, bought all the ships and played it quite a bit. Anyone know if there is a way to "recover" high scores made on a different phone? (4s upgrade to 6s a few months back). Anyways, I was pleasantly surprised to see Phoenix 2 pop up about a week ago. Admittedly threw down $20 to unlock a couple ships and beef up 4 to max. Probably going to throw down more to unlock all the ships soon but I'm waiting to see how my luck stacks with the warp gate before I do that. Nothing else for me to say for right now, except I've cleared once with NC-150 and Trireme so far. Got stupid close to beating one with Shinova but I ran out of time :/ Eventually I hope to clear a mission at least once with each ship. I wanted to register and join just because I was surprised to see a community of people on this forum. I'll probably join a community group if you all have one.
Welcome to TA. The group is toucharcade, all lowercase with no space. The group is huge and much more competitive than the daily leaderboard since they broke it up into subsets.
Cool, I'll join when the community mission I'm in is over since it says cannot leave while a mission is in progress. Just typed in Phoenix as a community and there's 500+ in it currently.
Just have to say, really digging the new changes to missle strike. Making me swoosh past the competition! (Except for Zync #)
Nice of you to drop by and great to hear you're a long-time fan. This is the best solution indeed, thanks Patashu If you do not have access to your old iPhone anymore, or it was wiped, please do the following: * Play a couple of sessions on your new device, preferably in a location where you also used to play with your 4s. * Go to Phoenix HD -> Settings (top left) * Chose the "Email Firi Games" at the bottom and add a short description that you want to recover your old account and provide the exact name you used on the leaderboards. In that case I will manually search for your old user and (hopefully find it to) register an account for you.
Missiles are still too dominating. I finished the community mission with Ogon, Mist Star and Trireme, and the Trireme's lead in completion time is pretty huge, impossible to even get close with Mist Star. I think the downside with lasers is that your ship doesnt fire when the lasers are on, which couldnt seem to stack up to a bunch of missiles plus the ship's normal attack damage.
Not all ships fire while using the missile swarm. For instance the Atlast stops firing its main weapon when you activate the missile swarm. I didn't even notice it before. Billy
