Ultimate Sailing, keeping sparkly

See my #1 series of vids for a different and more effective style of sailing.

I recommend mastering all styles, but to get ult or #1, the style documented in this vid is not that effective. For duty puzzle competitions, which score maximum single league performance, elements of this style *might* be more helpful. (In contrast with rank, which scores average performance over a long, long, period.)

Note that the grapple at the end voids the interrupted combo -- I get no points :(.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• YPP
• Sailing
• Puzzle Pirates
• Tutorial
• Ultimate
• Duty Puzzle
• Puzzle
• Game

[sanki1212]

thats one of the strangest techniques ive ever seen .but i wonder how u manage to keep sparkly.i have done vegas 4 or vegas 5 but my sparkly doesnt stay this long

[Wyriel]

If you post a vid I can analyze it. Probably 1) your combos are too small, or (perhaps) 2) you play too fast.

Explanation:

Not all V^4s are worth the same. Simultaneously clearing is a big deal. It means a higher percentage of *all* pieces played are participating in a big combo. Also it's worth a bonus, I think.

Fast play can result in `wavy' performance, rather than uniform performance, because combos have a finite lifetime. Shouldn't affect rank, but uniform is better for the ship.

[WestCoastEaglesFan]

I never really thought of sailing like that.

So, really, clearing the board is not worth anything, and just, well, clears the board?

[Wyriel]

Board clearing is not in and of itself a bonus. Of course you clear a platform when you do it, and platforms have bonuses.

You also get a new set of platforms, which enables more bonuses. The difficulty at 9* is dealing with obstacles on new boards efficiently (well enough that they don't countermand the platform bonuses). At the time of this video I couldn't do that.

See my #1 vids for better sailing.

[Callassonhunter]

ur crazy man how do get so sparkly but u hardly clear board i understand combos and such but still

-ilycd on virid

[Wyriel]

Clearing boards isn't worth any points. Only combos/targets. Playing pieces costs points; maximizing points per clear means using every piece in a single combo. However, the goal of sailing is to maximize points over _time_.

That gives us two ways to sail:

fast, small, and clean

medium, big, and mildly wasteful

I disagree with conventional wisdom; I theorize:

1) Pieces are 'wasted' only when the board clears

2) It's okay to stop and think, as long as

average speed is high

[Smellyhobo10101]

I'd love to be able to do this, but unfortunatly my brain does not function at this level.

[SnipeeeeRS]

Ur amazing tbh...

[StadiumHot]

you have the strangest Sailing technique I seen, it's awesome, though.