Caves of Ice

[MEGAMANexe]

is it possible to get an S rank if i solo the mission ( no three or two person switches that i need to fool around with in order to get the S rank)


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[Xefi]

yes, you can solo it. I dont recall any switches there.

[MEGAMANexe]

thanks a lot

[Zorafim]

I've been soloing it, so it shouldn't be too bad for you. One thing to keep in mind is, you don't actually have to kill every enemy in the run to get an S rank. You can skip every enemy you can, and still get your PA fragment.

Another thing, the drops in S are the same as S2. So if you're hunting something, do it on S for ease of soloing.

[Mag_Launcher]

On 2008-03-15 00:12, Zorafim wrote:
I've been soloing it, so it shouldn't be too bad for you. One thing to keep in mind is, you don't actually have to kill every enemy in the run to get an S rank. You can skip every enemy you can, and still get your PA fragment.

Another thing, the drops in S are the same as S2. So if you're hunting something, do it on S for ease of soloing.



Lolno. S rank on any mission has ALWAYS required that ALL enemies be killed, no exceptions. I dunno how many times I've been screwed out of caves of ice frags because my party forgot about that little alcove spawn to the side right before the last group.

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[Chuck_Norris]

On 2008-03-15 00:23, Mag_Launcher wrote:

On 2008-03-15 00:12, Zorafim wrote:
I've been soloing it, so it shouldn't be too bad for you. One thing to keep in mind is, you don't actually have to kill every enemy in the run to get an S rank. You can skip every enemy you can, and still get your PA fragment.

Another thing, the drops in S are the same as S2. So if you're hunting something, do it on S for ease of soloing.



Lolno. S rank on any mission has ALWAYS required that ALL enemies be killed, no exceptions. I dunno how many times I've been screwed out of caves of ice frags because my party forgot about that little alcove spawn to the side right before the last group.

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I think he's talking about Awoaken Serpent, not Caves Of Ice. But, there are a few missions that count on time, not monster kills for S rank. Two that i can think of are Awoaken Serpent, and Tunnel Recapture.

[WHlTEKNIGHT]

On 2008-03-15 00:45, Chuck_Norris wrote:

On 2008-03-15 00:23, Mag_Launcher wrote:

On 2008-03-15 00:12, Zorafim wrote:
I've been soloing it, so it shouldn't be too bad for you. One thing to keep in mind is, you don't actually have to kill every enemy in the run to get an S rank. You can skip every enemy you can, and still get your PA fragment.

Another thing, the drops in S are the same as S2. So if you're hunting something, do it on S for ease of soloing.



Lolno. S rank on any mission has ALWAYS required that ALL enemies be killed, no exceptions. I dunno how many times I've been screwed out of caves of ice frags because my party forgot about that little alcove spawn to the side right before the last group.

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I think he's talking about Awoaken Serpent, not Caves Of Ice. But, there are a few missions that count on time, not monster kills for S rank. Two that i can think of are Awoaken Serpent, and Tunnel Recapture.


er no awoken serpant and tunnel recapture are not time based and u need to kill all of the monsters, the only missions that are are the party missions like HSM and bruce

[jayster]

On 2008-03-15 03:00, WHlTEKNIGHT wrote:

On 2008-03-15 00:45, Chuck_Norris wrote:

On 2008-03-15 00:23, Mag_Launcher wrote:

On 2008-03-15 00:12, Zorafim wrote:
I've been soloing it, so it shouldn't be too bad for you. One thing to keep in mind is, you don't actually have to kill every enemy in the run to get an S rank. You can skip every enemy you can, and still get your PA fragment.

Another thing, the drops in S are the same as S2. So if you're hunting something, do it on S for ease of soloing.



Lolno. S rank on any mission has ALWAYS required that ALL enemies be killed, no exceptions. I dunno how many times I've been screwed out of caves of ice frags because my party forgot about that little alcove spawn to the side right before the last group.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Mag_Launcher on 2008-03-15 00:35 ]</font>


I think he's talking about Awoaken Serpent, not Caves Of Ice. But, there are a few missions that count on time, not monster kills for S rank. Two that i can think of are Awoaken Serpent, and Tunnel Recapture.


er no awoken serpant and tunnel recapture are not time based and u need to kill all of the monsters, the only missions that are are the party missions like HSM and bruce



no u dont need to kill all the monsters in awoken serpant. I'm not sure about tunnel recapture but I'm 100% sure for awoken serpant.

[Hrith]

No free mission has a timer.

All you need for S rank reward is a certain number of monsters killed; there are quite a few missions where you don't have to kill all critters to get that number (Plains Overlord, Dual Sentinel, Awoken Serpent, etc.)

[New_One]

Yeah both missions don't require all monsters to be dead to get an S
Dunno if its a bug or what, but it makes awoken serpent a good spammage missions for frags and decent drops/exp.

[Lyrise]

On 2008-03-15 00:23, Mag_Launcher wrote:

On 2008-03-15 00:12, Zorafim wrote:
I've been soloing it, so it shouldn't be too bad for you. One thing to keep in mind is, you don't actually have to kill every enemy in the run to get an S rank. You can skip every enemy you can, and still get your PA fragment.

Another thing, the drops in S are the same as S2. So if you're hunting something, do it on S for ease of soloing.



Lolno. S rank on any mission has ALWAYS required that ALL enemies be killed, no exceptions. I dunno how many times I've been screwed out of caves of ice frags because my party forgot about that little alcove spawn to the side right before the last group.

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Not true. Some enemies can be skipped; you aren't always graded on number of enemy kills either. The game flags certain monsters as "unnecessary" and those are the ones you can skip.

For example, if you're doing Holy White Beast, you know that in the first block there will be 2 rooms with monsters that are connected to the main area. The first room you MUST clear out to get the S. The second one, you can completely skip and still get an S.

[XDeathX]

All of this sounds like Bullshit.

[chu-chu-chu]

tastes like it, too!!!

LOL!

[chu-chu-chu]

but, yeah, on some missions you can skip some monsters and still get an S.

[Apone]

I thought that was because of boost road? anyone test it now that boost road is over?

[Syl]

On 2008-03-15 12:03, Apone wrote:
I thought that was because of boost road? anyone test it now that boost road is over?



Trust me, Awoken Serpent has ALWAYS been like that. Like someone said, it's not known whether it was by mistake or intentional to make it so you don't have to kill everything.

[MEGAMANexe]

so... whats the verdict on caves of ice? otta kill everythign or not? i went through the damn thing three times. first time i got an s( i went fast) second and third tiem i went slower... i am pretty sure i killed everything however, i died on the second and third missions once each time, and only got A rank... why is that?

[Apone]

Thats interesting that the max kill count is actually lower than total enemies. They should do that for more missions.

[MEGAMANexe]

well i can tell you this, in caves of ice all three times i killed 65 monsters. So i dont think it's jsut monsters killed because i got a two out of three, could it also be time based or death based?

[Apone]

well as long as you have scapes I dont think its death based anyway.

[Nuclearranger]

I would still kill everything>.>

[MEGAMANexe]

hmm ok thanks... i am trying to do a fast mission and at the same time get a pa frag along with having a remote chance of gettin my love infernoa t the same time

[Zorafim]

ohay, Cave of Ice and Awoken Serpent are two different missions. Who'da thunk it.