Random HD Questions that don't need a thread of their own.

woooooops, i must've been derping on the vita :P
yup, wrong thread indeed XD

And yeah, it's not a 100% accurate i don't think, likes to jump around as well :p

Cipher

This probably an easy question, but how do I level up faster? I've only won 147 races and am on level 26, thought I'd ask cos I mainly see and play with high level guys. Jus wonderin if it jus takes long time or if certain badges make you level up quicker. Apologies if its a noob saibot question :)

^oh you! didn't know you were on here ^^
Hi! :D

And i think eliminator levels up much faster than normal races do, at least that's the case with the loyalty points, but i think they are the same for the ranking experience
in eliminator you easily get 1000-ish loyalty points where as with single race, you'll average 300, 400-500 if you have some perfect laps in there or some contenders eliminated and what not

I think though, don't quote me on it ;)

Cipher

I wondered that as well. I think you level up quicker if you go up against someone who is a higher rank for example you would get more experience racing against a rank 101 compared to a rank 50 etc. Oh by the way i'm not fully sure if this is true or not, its just something I have noticed. I hope this helped mate :)

Thanks guys. Ye I noticed you on there too cipher ^^. As far as loyalty goes, I have that maxed on five ships thanks simply to trying for high scores in zone mode on syncopia. 248080 is my record I think :)

I'll try eliminators I guess but theyre really not my cup of t :/ I can never win those.
And ye nocturn, that could be a good point. I bet a couple of 101s last night but never really checked if I got an xp boost for that.

My original thinking was that certain badges got more xp. Ie - getting time to spare might give beter xp boost than say, sucvessful pacifist or somethin like that. Or maybe its a mix of all our ideas

hmmm, this was actually a really good question, now i'm curious myself, i also noticed that if you win in an 8player lobby you get more experience towards the next rank than in a 2 player lobby, i might just be going crazy though ^^
and yeah, eliminator isn't my cup of tea either xD (unless 1v1)
Zone mode is great for loyalty indeed, but it doesn't increase your overall rank i don't think (does it?, not sure if single player matches count towards your online rank)

Cipher

No. I only do zones for fun and high scores. Not for rank :)
Good point with the lobby size. Maybe another contributing factor. Its jus been bugging me what best way to climb ranks xD even though it not really important!

I'm glad I was helpful mate and yeah i've often thought if badges are of significance or do help you rank up but as you said, it could be all of our ideas collectively :) and I agree with Cipher as well that in 8 player lobbies you seem to get more xp :)

We must put these ideas to the test somehow :)

I think it's a mix of a lot of things, number of players, players rank, speedclass, winning, perfect laps etc.etc.
Also the higher you rank, the slower the progress.
i.e. it takes me over a week to level up @ rank 50, but after one night I reached rank 10 on a new account.

Wow, getting to 101 must take forever so, unless you're a super racer

General rule is, the more you play, the higher your level. Very much like CoD; yes certain factors come into play, but the end result is more or less the same.

Been almost 4 years since the online levels were introduced, still haven't made it to 101 lol. I got stuck on Time Trial island and the rum never ran out :pirate

Why is the rum always gone--- Wait, the rum's NOT gone?? Hooray! :D

Ye yeldar, I noticed your name on many TT leaderboards in your Icarus :) you're obviously a beast! I read the same point in a hellfireWZ faq, that the more you race online, the more your rank goes up. As I said earlier, it wasnt really too important anyway. Was just curious bout the levelling system.
I hope youre having a mixer with that rum guys ;)

Rum is great but sometimes idloveacupoft

Couldn't resist :P

:D it was there for the taking! :D

Why does everyone hate the 2.51 patch? What's really so bad about it? I have no idea because I only got it in like July of this year.

there's a thread on here somewhere "new world records still possible" there's a nice discussion about it going on in ther ;)
can't link because i'm on the vita, isn't too old though, so you should be able to find it easily ;)

Cipher

I have been doing some tests with testing Shield stats, and I haven't been able to find any real difference between the any two craft's shields (except the Icaras, the Piranha, and the Triakis. Is it just down to slowing effects, or ability to be pushed around by weapons, both, or something else?

I think Hellfire_WZ's FAQ on GameFAQs shows the amount of damage an Icaras and a Triakis take from every weapon. The difference is like... 2-5 points.