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>>340991
Oh that, that meter is f-

Is that EASY MODO?! HAHAHA HOW LAME!

>>341001
EHH?! But it's unforgiveable to play easy mode unless you're in elementary school!

NYA NYA NYA!

It indicates how good you are at touhoues. In this particular game (Mountain of Faith) if it is always in 50,000 mark, it means that you are SHIT SUX.

>>340991
>EASY

EEEH? EASY MODE?!

touhou wiki it

Guys seriously, maybe OP is in elementary school.
Give him a break, ok?

EASY MODE HA HA HA!
EASY MODE HO HO HO!
EASY MODE HA HA HA!
EASY MODE HO HO HO!

>>341022
Then he's underage b&

>>341022
I'm not, but I did shatter my hand in a car accident so I suck at these kinda games and I'm too stubborn to attempt to fix the keybinds.

>>341038

There's no age-limit for elementary school...

I still don't know what those blue things are. Or the purple ones that have stars on them...

>>341055
ಠ_ಠ

lol easy mode

>>340991
o shit serious reply

It's your Faith meter. You accumulate Faith by collecting the green star powerups that enemies drop. Faith directly affects how much spellcards and blue powerups are worth. Dying makes you lose a large chunk of Faith. In MoF, you can actually have a higher score by not dying and having a decent run as opposed having a great run with a death in the middle.

>>341055
>Or the purple ones that have Stars on them

... there are no purple items.

>>341055
I know the red ones give you more dakka, as well as make it shoot faster. The green star ones must be the best, and the blue ones... I dunno, are they lucky?

This was probably his first game, so he played easy since he overestimated the difficulty of Touhou. He probably played lunatic for his second game once he realized his mistake.

>>341097
thanks. thats rather helpful to know.

>>341101
>Green Faith

They increase the Meter you're pointing at in the picture. The higher it number, the better. Minimum is 50K

>Blue Point

The Blue ones give you points directly to your score. If collected near the top of the screen, the number will be yellow and the amount added to your score will be what shows on your Faith Meter. If you collect them below that, you're see a white number and the number of points will be a fraction of what the Fatih Meter says.

>red power

The more red points you collect, the more Power you have. Power works differently in this game since it's measured from 0.00 to 5.00 (where as before it was 0-128) Once you gain 1 whole power, you get an option based on the weapon type you select. At 5, you don't get another option, though all following power items will automatically turn into small faith items, or if they drop after a spellcard they will turn into yellow bordered blue items, which are worth full points even when collected at the bottom of the screen.

>>341108
I played on lunatic the very first time, after that everything seemed like easy modo

>>341131
Also, I forgot to mention the white bar that appears under the faith meter.

that bar will decrease constantly. It will slow down as you kill (not shoot, kill) Enemies, and will fill up as you collect items. It will also freeze during boss battles, since you're most likely not able to collect items or kill enemies constantly during that time.

If you run out of the white bar, your faith will drain particularly quickly, which means less overall points. This is where timing the item collection and killing enemies comes it, and it's also why bombing at certain places is beneficial to your score even if you weren't going to die anyway.

It's really complicated, but all of the Touhou Scoring systems are complicated like that. Heck, this is probably the second most simplified version since the Windows era began.

>>341108
Thats it exactly.

Now, to explain how Spellcard bonus is determi-

he-hey, wait what are you doing! Don't go and kill yourself, I'll shut up, i promise!

>>341101
Point items. Upon collection, they add an amount of points directly to your score. Also a perfect bait for ceiling whores who thinks that hoarding Point Items will make their scores higher. Yes, I'm looking at you, Marisa.

>>341151
Hurr hurr, you're so clever, faggot.

>>341204
A Reimu sprite died to make that screen shot, jackass. I hope your happy.

>>341188
I'm still listening. this is all news to me.

>>340991
TOUHOU NEWBS UNITE!

But I haven't played MoF, so I don't know the answer to your question.

>>341214
YOU'RE A FUCKING MONSTER! How could you do such a thing?

>>341239
Playing on Normal Modo, good man.

>>341239
>TOUHOU NEWBS UNITE!

Stop fooling yourself!

>>341256
I was playing on normal mode, but I hit a wall in the second level, and wasn't making any progress.

>>341189
I fucking hate dying because you were too close to the top for an enemy spawn

>>341188
It seems Spellcard bonus in MoF is determined upon the amount of Faith Points you have acquired up to that spellcard moment.

>>341274
Learn to catch as they fall, or at least prioritize, you fucking nigger!

Or you could just practice and memorize, but since it happens to you repeatedly, this may not work.

>>341256
Yeah, after /jp/ rode my ass about EASY MODO for the past week, I tried to step it up. Only problem: Stage 4 and beyond, which is Stage 5 for me.

Stupid psycho-h4xrabbits...

>>341307
Fine! fine.. I take the hint. I'll step up to normal mode and slip into easy mode nevermore.

That meter tells you whether you believe in God.

>>341312
Or you could clear one stage lunatic and enjoy your permanent easy modo

>>341305
I compulsively autocollect though

>>341312
Yes, do that... AFTER you're comfortable with the controls. I'm use to using my left hand for the arrow keys and right for the numberpad, but I can't change the controls for IN, so I'm stuck moving with my right hand to move. Horrible transition, but that's the only use for Easy mode, seriously.

>>341339
That will be your doom in Lunatic mode. Your life is worth more than your little blue points.

Just buy a fucking gamepad, poorfags.

>>341358
Fuck you richfag.

>>341339
Same here. But that's because I've always thought that staying below the screen and doing predetermined minimal movements is boring. "Destroy all Fairies" is my main doctrine, while collecting points like Aya collecting ZUN's sperm is only second priority for me. Bombing is the least of my priorities, while grazing and survival comes second to the last.

>>341358
Just for ONE game? HELLZ NO!

>>341358
hey, I think I have one of those around here somewhere....

>>341355
but the little blue points give you more lives!

>>341408
>while grazing and survival comes second to the last.
and that, my friend, will be your downfall.

>easy

HAHAHA OH WOW

It's your faith meter.

Learn to wiki.

>>341358
...But I do have one though......

>>341409
http://www.mediafire.com/?ner0cldm90e
Make sure you tinker with the Remap_Keys.ini first.

>>341470
what's that?

>>341438
You'd be surprised how many can fall right into your lap as you concentrate on dodging.

>>341471

AIDS that alters key input, preconfigured so that you can play the Touhou shooters in WASD, fire shots with K, bomb with L and focus with J. Configurable like >>341470 has said.

>>341470
What the heck is that?

>>341523
get some better reaction pictures faggot

>>341470
Also, if you're a multitasking faggot (browsing /jp/ while playing touhoues) make sure you suspend or exit the program because it will mess up with your typing.

>>341506
Too bad they're worth basically nothing unless you collect them above PoC.

ITT: bottomfags versus ceiling whores.

I tend to float around the middle...

Circle-like motions.

>>341594
I like both, ze~

>>341617
LOL NO I DON'T IDORT

>>341611
More like "Circle-Nine motions".

I always wondered why are there so many fairies out there and why exactly they attack your character. Also on Stage 4 in PCB I can't even tell what are the first things that are attacking my Raymoo
Seems like Gensokyo is a very dangerous place.

>>341642
You only realized that at Stage 4? FUCKING NIGHTINGALES ARE TRYING TO EAT ME AND FIREFLIES ARE FLINGING SHIT AT ME!! I'M GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!

>>341639
So you caught me...

>>341691
Just wait until you meet the bunnygirls and their personal bullet galaxies.

>>341771
See >>341307
>Never did I wanna be here again, and I don't remember why I came

so, whats the best game to learn this stuff on? did i make a smart move by jumping in at the latest installment?

MoF (most recent) and EoSD (6, least recent Windows game) teach better habits by encouraging bombing. (Though, MoF perhaps too much.)

PCB looks and plays a bit better in my opinion (art is tough to argue, the mechanics are more straightforward), but IN is actually sometimes too forgiving (deathbombing) or reliant on abusing patterns that can't be dodged by intuition alone (see: half of Extra, even more so than the others).

They're all good; Mountain of Faith is probably the best intro overall, though I recommend leaving IN aside until you can clear one or two of the others on Normal and avoid its Easy mode as much as possible (which is, to be honest, an absolute joke even compared to the other games).

Above all? Bomb More.

>>342172
I decided to start at the beginning, or EoSD. It was as close as I could get.

I managed to get to Sakuya with auto-homing mode Reimu. My latent rRootage and Cho Ren Sha muscle memories are slowly returning. I'm on the fast track to not sucking!

Easy modo~

>>341470
I just gave it a try. I still couldn't get the action buttons to the number pad, and on top of that, I just spend the last 10 minutes trying to return shit back to normal.

How much you say that gamepad was again...?