12-10-2014, 10:01 AM
Nah, in this game the difficulty of the Twilight Princess map A ranks is monumentally frustrating. They are definitely POSSIBLE, but it basically encourages the player to play it safe and cheap rather than inducing a positive flow to the game that's fast and fun.
Don't get me wrong, I love cheesing the computer when it's been nothing but an asshole to me, but that's also not terrific game design, and I can see people getting angry with it over time. What they really should do is patch it so that A ranks allow you a bit more damage. The way that it is now, one hit from a standard enemy can blow your A rank, let alone from a captain.
With the game the way it is now, you really have to capitalize on the three new Apothecary combos they added in (which is probably WHY they added them in). I cheesed the Divisive Plans mission where you have to fight Zant as Link with the fire rod, using unlimited Light Arrows to keep the enemy stalled up. I find that strategy works especially well on missions with no time limit.
Although it's a little after the fact when you actually GET and A rank, remember that once you A Rank a mission limited to a character on the Twilight Map, that limit disappears afterwards, and you can play the map again as a character you like better if you want to farm rare materials.
Don't get me wrong, I love cheesing the computer when it's been nothing but an asshole to me, but that's also not terrific game design, and I can see people getting angry with it over time. What they really should do is patch it so that A ranks allow you a bit more damage. The way that it is now, one hit from a standard enemy can blow your A rank, let alone from a captain.
With the game the way it is now, you really have to capitalize on the three new Apothecary combos they added in (which is probably WHY they added them in). I cheesed the Divisive Plans mission where you have to fight Zant as Link with the fire rod, using unlimited Light Arrows to keep the enemy stalled up. I find that strategy works especially well on missions with no time limit.
Although it's a little after the fact when you actually GET and A rank, remember that once you A Rank a mission limited to a character on the Twilight Map, that limit disappears afterwards, and you can play the map again as a character you like better if you want to farm rare materials.