Flag Racing Secrets and Stratagies

bigjoecool · Post by **bigjoecool** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:52 pm

OK I'm comparitively pretty new to .hack and am definitely addicted and wish I had more time to play. I've already got over 60 hours in and I'm still on Mutation (although I believe I'm pretty close to the end). It's just that I take my sweet ass time when doing thing. For example, I NEVER use Mages souls or anything unless I'm in a battle and my Wavemaster is low on SP. I just sit there and wait for my SP to replenish before opening any more magic portals. Anyway, back to the subject. FLAG RACES SUCK, there such a cochobo race ripoff, but the prizes are so awesome. I managed to get every place three times except only once on first (in root town Carmina Gadelica) but am far from placing in Dun Loireag. Does anyone know of any stratagies or maybe a button combination that gives me a speedburst or anything? Any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:55 am

I can tell you this. The game doesn't have speed boost like in Mario Kart series but depending on what Grunty you use depends as well as how well you can make it around the people in the root towns that creat obsticales. Then you will do okay.

What Grunty's do you have this might help.

Only three are available in the Pheta server: Dun Loregi High Lands. Noble, Iron, Poison.

Only two are available in Lambada server: Cultural City Carmina Gadelica. Noble and Bony Grunty.

Each one has a different strength and weakness.

Plus if you beat the person ranked first you get a Golden Grunty.

bigjoecool · Post by **bigjoecool** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:31 am

I have all three grunties on both servers (I'm pretty sure you need all of them to unlock the race). The one on Dun Loraeg just seems impossible. Any suggestions as to use the D-pad or Analog, and whether to control the turns by using the camera angle stick or the regular way. Either way is working to good for me right know. But the one Golden Grunty I did win made me want more. I'm assuming it's like the second and third place prizes that you can win three times.

bigjoecool · Post by **bigjoecool** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:35 am

@ Cless

Is the Lambada server where players can go party and dance the Lambada? JK

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:18 pm

bigjoecool wrote:@ Cless

Is the Lambada server where players can go party and dance the Lambada? JK

LOL! Nope but an intersting thought. You are correct about the race becoming available once you have the all three grunties. Good luck and may the force be with you.

A little Star Wars humor to go with this topic. LOL!

OblivionKnight · Post by **OblivionKnight** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:38 am

u think ur bad at grunty races... im the worst! i cant place first in any of them, and i only got second twice... so im probably not the go to guy on this one, sorry.

bigjoecool · Post by **bigjoecool** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:13 pm

Besides the Golden and silver grunties being so valuable, don't you feel incomplete with out the bonus wallpaper? If you can get second, then I think you can get first. A few days ago I couldn't even place. Now I got first place twice in the Lambda Server and am 8/10 of a second away from first in Dun Loiraeg. Keep trying. I'm only half way through the series but winning the flag race gave me my favorite wallpaper yet.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:17 pm

Yeah I all ready reach the maximum of every Ryu book by spending most of my time messing around in Infection. I haven't even been able to get in the rankings.

OblivionKnight · Post by **OblivionKnight** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:49 am

... k i see ur point. i placed first a couple of times in dun loreag last night after all night of practicing. thx 4 the confidence boost

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:35 am

It's really tough. I haven't been messing with it lately but I have been trying a little bit to raise a Bony Grunty in Carmina Gadelica.

Dot-Hack-Rocks · Post by **Dot-Hack-Rocks** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:13 pm

i love it because of the fact that i beat
balmung...hehe...sucker.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:35 am

Dot-Hack-Rocks wrote:i love it because of the fact that i beat
balmung...hehe...sucker.

Must be fun but I haven't even come close to the rankings. I'm usually four or six seconds off.

bigjoecool · Post by **bigjoecool** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:01 pm

Cless wrote:Yeah I all ready reach the maximum of every Ryu book by spending most of my time messing around in Infection. I haven't even been able to get in the rankings.

I'm pretty sure desktop images 51 and 52 are only available by winning the flag races.

bigjoecool · Post by **bigjoecool** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:04 pm

OblivionKnight wrote:... k i see ur point. i placed first a couple of times in dun loreag last night after all night of practicing. thx 4 the confidence boost

Don't stop there.. The flag races at Carmina Gadelica are somewhat easier.

OblivionKnight · Post by **OblivionKnight** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:41 am

your rite, they were... thx again, i probably would have given up without u guys behind me.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:14 pm

bigjoecool wrote:
Cless wrote:Yeah I all ready reach the maximum of every Ryu book by spending most of my time messing around in Infection. I haven't even been able to get in the rankings.
I'm pretty sure desktop images 51 and 52 are only available by winning the flag races.

I can get images for placing first. That would be cool. Maybe I should ask but I'm off topic. Is it true that if you place first in the Ziet mission on Outbreak you unlock the opening theme to .Hack//SIGN. I just want to clairfy this to see if he wasn't exaggerating.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:48 pm

Tri_Edge1 wrote:i dnt think so, cause if u have a look at all ur images they are perfectly numbered in order so i doubt that u will n hav u ever heard about that b4 hand. i never hav, it isn't even stated on gamefaqs

I guess the person who gave me that information must have exaggerated. Anyways it would of been cool if it were true because I have it selected the whole time. I wonder what picture would be perfect to us.

The Azure Knight · Post by **The Azure Knight** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:49 pm

when i go check out the rankings...i take pride in seeing my name in all 3 places

that's in Dun Loireag however,

havent had the pleasure of grunty racing in Carmina Gadelica. hope its a tad easier

The Azure Knight · Post by **The Azure Knight** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:58 pm

darn! hoping it would but alas...the game screws me over again

Sora of Azure Shadow · Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:53 pm

if you get the book it tells you the order to get the flags and which grunty
to use

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