I dunno, I feel like since there is no threat from red shells, people will hold them less and get creative in where they drop them.
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The biggest challenge in bananas only is taking out the lead driver. Do you toss bananas ahead? The aiming can be tricky. Do you try to drop them along the line they are racing in tricky spots to avoid, such that they might hit them on the next lap? You got 10 racers behind you that might eat that banana before they come around again. If you are close, I think a good strategy is to drag a banana, draft them for a boost, then drag the banana into them while you boost ahead.
I think a top speed configuration is still going to be the way to go. In fact, I'm not sure there's any mode where it isn't the best bet. Being able to put distance between yourself and the pack is crucial to winning.
The biggest challenge in bananas only is taking out the lead driver. Do you toss bananas ahead? The aiming can be tricky. Do you try to drop them along the line they are racing in tricky spots to avoid, such that they might hit them on the next lap? You got 10 racers behind you that might eat that banana before they come around again. If you are close, I think a good strategy is to drag a banana, draft them for a boost, then drag the banana into them while you boost ahead.
I think a top speed configuration is still going to be the way to go. In fact, I'm not sure there's any mode where it isn't the best bet. Being able to put distance between yourself and the pack is crucial to winning.
Banana-fencing is definitely the best way to spin someone who's close to you out; otherwise, I've had enough experience with stepping on my own banana to be leery of throwing it in front of anyone else.
As regards top speed, I've noticed that people love to hit a stationary target. I mean, you throw a green shell at someone moving, they're 100% guaranteed to swerve out of the way right before it hits. That guy who isn't moving, though? Best place to stick a green shell, or bomb, or a trailed banana, or whatever else. The sooner you aren't a stationary target, the better, and acceleration buys you that. In Frantic Mode especially, you have enough forced spinouts that the acceleration advantage adds up over time.
That said, as a Rosalina player, I'm definitely waffling right now on whether to go with two bars of acceleration or three tonight, and I'm leaning toward two, so you're still almost entirely right.
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This is true. Getting stun locked by multiple hits is probably the most aggravating thing in Mario Kart.
If you're gonna do all one item mushrooms is the best choice. They have the highest skill ceiling for shaving off every last millisecond of your lap time, can still be used as an offensive weapon with a high risk involved, and at a basic level are very inclusive because anyone can mushroom down a straight or across a patch of grass to see some benefit.
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I will be competing tonight but I should perhaps say I am just back from a party, so my driving may be a tad more, erratic, than the norm.
If you're in the back half you turn corners to find a literally impenetrable wall of bananas sometimes. If you're in the front half by the time you circle around most bananas have disappeared due to the object limit. Like pretty much any gimmick event, it just shits on anyone who wasn't at the front of the race when it started.
I mean MK has that problem to a degree normally, but X only just exacerbates it to an insane degree.
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If you're in the back half you turn corners to find a literally impenetrable wall of bananas sometimes. If you're in the front half by the time you circle around most bananas have disappeared due to the object limit. Like pretty much any gimmick event, it just shits on anyone who wasn't at the front of the race when it started.
I mean MK has that problem to a degree normally, but X only just exacerbates it to an insane degree.
I wouldn't say that. I've had some 9th and 10th places tonight along side some 1st and 2nd place finishes.
It is definitely a lot harder to gain rank, but not impossible.
And did you spend 1.5 laps in 9th before getting the 1st or 2nd?
The start is the only real place to make a significant gain. Turbo boost into slipstream among the crowd. By the time a few corners and the first few hits have thinned out the pack you're going to stay roughly where you are, and the first 3-4 will be far enough ahead to never be seen again.
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It is more likely to happen. Actually, really significantly more likely.
The point is taking one unlucky hit in regular doesn't sink you for the rest of the race. Being the guy who gets hit by a banana swerving across the second corner in bananas only most likely does relegate you to 5th or lower right there and then.
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That's the balancing rub of these kinds of games. Tune it one way, and the match is decided in one second, the person in front perpetually stays in front, and the people in the rear have utterly no chance to win. Tune it the other way, and skill means nothing when the person in 1st for 99% of the race gets beaned with items out of their control and comes in last.
I don't envy the person who has to walk that tightrope.
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I'm sure glad I came in first on the first race of the night, because the rest of it was a giant pile of banana-scented crap.
I wound up switching to a 3-accel build midway through because acceleration is tightly coupled with handling, and when it comes to Bananas Only you really need the ability to nope out of your current path through the course at a moment's notice.
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It probably won't be that bad. You'll be getting hit less compared to a round with all items turned on.
Though banana's have a habit of camouflaging among the coins on the track.
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I think a top speed configuration is still going to be the way to go. In fact, I'm not sure there's any mode where it isn't the best bet. Being able to put distance between yourself and the pack is crucial to winning.
Banana-fencing is definitely the best way to spin someone who's close to you out; otherwise, I've had enough experience with stepping on my own banana to be leery of throwing it in front of anyone else.
As regards top speed, I've noticed that people love to hit a stationary target. I mean, you throw a green shell at someone moving, they're 100% guaranteed to swerve out of the way right before it hits. That guy who isn't moving, though? Best place to stick a green shell, or bomb, or a trailed banana, or whatever else. The sooner you aren't a stationary target, the better, and acceleration buys you that. In Frantic Mode especially, you have enough forced spinouts that the acceleration advantage adds up over time.
That said, as a Rosalina player, I'm definitely waffling right now on whether to go with two bars of acceleration or three tonight, and I'm leaning toward two, so you're still almost entirely right.
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I think it's super fun :rotate:
It can be pretty frustrating!
But I might like it more than Bomb-ombs only?
I'm gonna stick with it, but I'm definitely going to be near the bottom.
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I mean MK has that problem to a degree normally, but X only just exacerbates it to an insane degree.
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I wouldn't say that. I've had some 9th and 10th places tonight along side some 1st and 2nd place finishes.
It is definitely a lot harder to gain rank, but not impossible.
The start is the only real place to make a significant gain. Turbo boost into slipstream among the crowd. By the time a few corners and the first few hits have thinned out the pack you're going to stay roughly where you are, and the first 3-4 will be far enough ahead to never be seen again.
Like both of us "noped" in agreement.
That basically never happens with regular items either.
The point is taking one unlucky hit in regular doesn't sink you for the rest of the race. Being the guy who gets hit by a banana swerving across the second corner in bananas only most likely does relegate you to 5th or lower right there and then.
I don't envy the person who has to walk that tightrope.
There are certainly clusterfuck areas that seem to be immediate banana drop points in certain courses.
A well-placed Nanner on Cloudtop Cruise sent me off track on the near edge of the last gap, but Lakitu carried me to the far side for a big advantage.
Sure, I'll take it.
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And feel obligated to do that every week.
Hell of top speed on that thing.
I wound up switching to a 3-accel build midway through because acceleration is tightly coupled with handling, and when it comes to Bananas Only you really need the ability to nope out of your current path through the course at a moment's notice.