Pathing...

**Mushy2008** · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:44 am Post subject: Pathing...

Okay, I'm trying to think this through in my head but I came to the conclusion that I have no idea, Ok I know if you Activate SP right before a Phrase ends you get that whole phrase 2x... But it kind of sucks as well because that means if you sing a whole entire phrase perfectly and activate before the phrase ends that means you won't get your 1/4 SP boost because you don't earn while you burn in WT... So basically what I'm trying to figure out is when is the best time to activate should I just always wait for a full bar of star power... I know the obvious times to activate when there are a lot of phrases... but I'm more interested if It's worse to Activate before a phrase so you don't get SP but the 2x or is it better to let the phrase complete get the 1/4 of SP then activate?
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**toymachine** · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 9629 Location: Toronto

Hylian seems to think the best time to activate is directly AFTER you finish a phrase.

but I digress

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**AdamTL7** · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 430

I usually wait till my Star Power meter is full to activate because you don't gain star power under star power.

And I usually activate right before the words come.
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**wildbillkickoff** · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 469 Location: Tampa, FL

Given the scoring, I'd say the best bet would be to wait until you've got a concentrated group of phrases, then activate immediately before the end of the previous phrase. This should maximize phrases under OD since you're not wasting OD on long phrases to rack it up when you do short ones.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

**toymachine** · Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 9629 Location: Toronto

oh ok ahaha Now I get it =)
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**killerjames1313** · Joined: 31 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

agree with hylian. activating at the end of a long freestyle is win.

**fcphantom** · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 875 Location: Menasha, WI

Pathing is going to be extremely difficult for this game because of something I noticed today. You don't always get the same amount of starpower from each phrase. I noticed that the easy phrases which I get 100% on gave me the same SP as a normal guitar SP section (half of what you need to activate it). If I didn't do as well, I got less SP - even if I kept my multiplier.

In other words, I think the SP per phrase is based on your percentage, and we all know how difficult it is to be consistent on that in GHWT.
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**think13** · Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 107 Location: Minnesota

**squall1729** · Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 157

Two other things (bugs?) to be wary of when pathing:
1) You usually get the SP & flash when completing the last blue section of a phrase...though for no apparently reason, some phrases you don't, and instead you get flash+SP once you reach the phrase bar thing. I noticed this once today - can't recall which song, but it was the phrase before a FF section, shall keep an eye out for it in the future.

2) Some phrases you get the flash+SP even when there's no new-phrase-bar-indicator-thing. Not sure why some are left off (often in the middle of longer phrases, no surprise), but these are also annoying combo-breakers.
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**FurryCheeseCake** · Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Posts: 11