SmilesLikeJoker
February 23rd, 2009, 12:14 AM
All,
I've read several guides on the Quick Silver medal, and have only found one with times to compare with. I figured I would combine all the information I found, consolidate, and pass it along. Enjoy!
#1 Rule - DISABLE AUTOSAVE - If you get a bad time, you're going to be upset if you can't go back and do it again. This will always give you the option of just reloading and running the mission again. Only save if you plan to continue. Never save before checking your time. Hit 'Next', go into the Gallery, and check the last mission's time. Not happy? Exit the mission and reload a save. Happy? Exit the mission and save all saves.
#2 Rule - USE MULTIPLE SAVES - This is where the money is at. Combining with rule #1, you can save a time on one save, and then load up another save with the level you just done and try to beat that time again. For instance, if you beat mission 1 in 4:50, save it on Save #1. Now, load up Save #2 (which should be at mission 1) and try to beat your previous time. This time, you get 4:25. If you're happy with that and want to continue, save over both the saves and continue on. Repeat when necessary.
Now with the fun stuff. I'll post some times for you. Here are some minimum, maximum, my actual, plus/minus against max, and my running total against maximum. The total maxmum time equals 2:15:00. The minumum is slightly under 2 hours. Along with my times, you should be able to gauge where you need to be.
MISSION MIN MAX ACTUAL -/+ TOTAL -/+ ORDER OF OPS
1 3:55 4:57 3:52 -1:05 -- --
2 3:05 5:07 2:44 -2:23 -3:28 --
3 4:14 5:16 3:51 -1:25 -4:53 A/B or A/C
4 5:52 6:54 5:06 -1:48 -6:41 C/A or C/B
5 8:01 9:03 8:49 -0:14 -6:55 B/A
6 7:29 8:31 8:01 -0:30 -7:25 D/E/C or A/B/C or D
7 11:07 12:09 13:41 +1:32 -5:53 C/B/A
8 9:11 10:13 8:22 -1:51 -7:44 B/C
9 7:07 8:09 7:32 -0:37 -8:21 --
10 8:20 9:22 8:24 -0:58 -9:19 A/B
11 8:01 9:03 9:15 +0:12 -9:07 D/B
12 7:39 8:41 8:34 -0:07 -9:14 --
13 10:31 11:33 14:56 +3:23 -5:51 A/D/E & F
14 13:03 14:06 13:18 -0:48 -6:39 --
15 10:53 11:56 13:58 +2:02 -4:37 --
My total time was 2:10:23
Hopefully this will guide you along. I used the CFA. Remember..... Score is NOT the goal. Only go after mission targets.
A few other tips:
-Use Allied Support ALOT. Don't let it go to waste.
-Stay on the throttle. Going slow is not going to do it.
-Some times it's faster to switch to missles than waiting for your ADMM's to recharge.
-On mission 15, when it updates after Garunda 2 gets shot down (wait until the update), immediately crash yourself. You will then start again directly lined up to take out the cooling unit. This can cut some seconds off trying to get lined up.
That's it! I had put spaces in here, but the thread removed them. Sorry about the way it looks. The information is still there though. You might find it easier to grab a piece of paper and write it out like an Excel spreadsheet. Keep a running total of your total -/+ from the maximum time shown. This will let you know if you can spare a minute or two somewhere.
In case you were wondering, the minimum times came from someone actual times. The only thing I take credit for is my actual times. Everything else was pulled from several threads on the net to include which operations to do and the order. I added my actual times as just another gauging point.
Sorry if this has been posted before. I guess there's nothing wrong with having more times to gauge yourself against. Good luck!
SmilesLikeJoker
I've read several guides on the Quick Silver medal, and have only found one with times to compare with. I figured I would combine all the information I found, consolidate, and pass it along. Enjoy!
#1 Rule - DISABLE AUTOSAVE - If you get a bad time, you're going to be upset if you can't go back and do it again. This will always give you the option of just reloading and running the mission again. Only save if you plan to continue. Never save before checking your time. Hit 'Next', go into the Gallery, and check the last mission's time. Not happy? Exit the mission and reload a save. Happy? Exit the mission and save all saves.
#2 Rule - USE MULTIPLE SAVES - This is where the money is at. Combining with rule #1, you can save a time on one save, and then load up another save with the level you just done and try to beat that time again. For instance, if you beat mission 1 in 4:50, save it on Save #1. Now, load up Save #2 (which should be at mission 1) and try to beat your previous time. This time, you get 4:25. If you're happy with that and want to continue, save over both the saves and continue on. Repeat when necessary.
Now with the fun stuff. I'll post some times for you. Here are some minimum, maximum, my actual, plus/minus against max, and my running total against maximum. The total maxmum time equals 2:15:00. The minumum is slightly under 2 hours. Along with my times, you should be able to gauge where you need to be.
MISSION MIN MAX ACTUAL -/+ TOTAL -/+ ORDER OF OPS
1 3:55 4:57 3:52 -1:05 -- --
2 3:05 5:07 2:44 -2:23 -3:28 --
3 4:14 5:16 3:51 -1:25 -4:53 A/B or A/C
4 5:52 6:54 5:06 -1:48 -6:41 C/A or C/B
5 8:01 9:03 8:49 -0:14 -6:55 B/A
6 7:29 8:31 8:01 -0:30 -7:25 D/E/C or A/B/C or D
7 11:07 12:09 13:41 +1:32 -5:53 C/B/A
8 9:11 10:13 8:22 -1:51 -7:44 B/C
9 7:07 8:09 7:32 -0:37 -8:21 --
10 8:20 9:22 8:24 -0:58 -9:19 A/B
11 8:01 9:03 9:15 +0:12 -9:07 D/B
12 7:39 8:41 8:34 -0:07 -9:14 --
13 10:31 11:33 14:56 +3:23 -5:51 A/D/E & F
14 13:03 14:06 13:18 -0:48 -6:39 --
15 10:53 11:56 13:58 +2:02 -4:37 --
My total time was 2:10:23
Hopefully this will guide you along. I used the CFA. Remember..... Score is NOT the goal. Only go after mission targets.
A few other tips:
-Use Allied Support ALOT. Don't let it go to waste.
-Stay on the throttle. Going slow is not going to do it.
-Some times it's faster to switch to missles than waiting for your ADMM's to recharge.
-On mission 15, when it updates after Garunda 2 gets shot down (wait until the update), immediately crash yourself. You will then start again directly lined up to take out the cooling unit. This can cut some seconds off trying to get lined up.
That's it! I had put spaces in here, but the thread removed them. Sorry about the way it looks. The information is still there though. You might find it easier to grab a piece of paper and write it out like an Excel spreadsheet. Keep a running total of your total -/+ from the maximum time shown. This will let you know if you can spare a minute or two somewhere.
In case you were wondering, the minimum times came from someone actual times. The only thing I take credit for is my actual times. Everything else was pulled from several threads on the net to include which operations to do and the order. I added my actual times as just another gauging point.
Sorry if this has been posted before. I guess there's nothing wrong with having more times to gauge yourself against. Good luck!
SmilesLikeJoker