Pesico Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Has anyone done that one? It's the final "boss" on Stage 5. I completed the level but was unable to kill the searer. If someone has done it, please share what kind of weapons you used to take him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnathonmerritt Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 This was a pain. I just tried to avoid it's shots while hitting it with the right stick. I laid mines in front of it to keep attacking as it went by. And, I fired dumbfire missiles at it until I ran out, then switched to the second weapon. (Can't remember the name. The one that shoots six fireball type shots.) It took a long time, but eventually, it came down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplitersniper Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) I just used every weapon in my arsenal to zero and a ton more of the machine gun and it didnt die. I did actually lol. Do the secondary weapons go A2A also? Or just A2G(except the mines)? EDIT: I found this: http://www.tikigames.net/NOVASTRIKE/weapons.php Looks like the heavy rockets would be a good thing to start with to take down the big bitch. Edited September 10, 2008 by Lamplitersniper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplitersniper Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 This might be the game that makes me break my controller by throwing it at something or snapping it in half in my hands. Wow....just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadLanTerN Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 yeah I just took a crack at it and it started to catch fire but I was quickly shot down by all the little enemies and the homing missiles it shot out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizer Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) Yes hard ship alright but next ship isn't even a boss and it's kicking my butt. I got it down to like 90% dead and i ran into a problem. Once you get the 4 sides to explode, you must get the 4 arms were the ships come out to blow up. The problem is once that happened i had nothing left to kill to heal myself or get anymore bombs. The ship kind of spins and spits out missiles. It killed me real quick after it began to catch fire. So close but so far away. Looks like i'm stuck at 8 out of 20 trophie, since my hand is killing me. Edited September 11, 2008 by Rizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryomancer Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I found that it helps, for this and other boss ships, to stay on one side of the ship until you destroy everything on that side. The missle launchers on the opposit side never shot at me so long as I was out of their line of site. Once you clear off one side you can then focus your attack on the centre of the Searer. This will take it down faster. The OMNI CANNON is a must for all bosses and ELECTRO-MINE help alot aswell. IMO the MULTI-MISSILE LAUNCHER is a worst weapon in the game so try to avoid using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplitersniper Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I found that it helps, for this and other boss ships, to stay on one side of the ship until you destroy everything on that side. The missle launchers on the opposit side never shot at me so long as I was out of their line of site. Once you clear off one side you can then focus your attack on the centre of the Searer. This will take it down faster. The OMNI CANNON is a must for all bosses and ELECTRO-MINE help alot aswell. IMO the MULTI-MISSILE LAUNCHER is a worst weapon in the game so try to avoid using it. The multi missile launcher? As in the second primary weapon? Thats the only one that seems to do any real damage..... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryomancer Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 The multi missile launcher? As in the second primary weapon? Thats the only one that seems to do any real damage..... ? Are you think of the DISPERSER? That's the weapon that fires the spread of missles. The MULTI-MISSILE LAUNCHER is the weapon that you hold the trigger down to charge up for a burst of missiles that target the nearest enemies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplitersniper Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Are you think of the DISPERSER? That's the weapon that fires the spread of missles. The MULTI-MISSILE LAUNCHER is the weapon that you hold the trigger down to charge up for a burst of missiles that target the nearest enemies. Oh ok then yeah that one sucks lol. Frankly they all suck except the original weapons and the disperser one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olsen77 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I hate this ship. I hate that you have to destroy another big ship right before it. I hate that it shoots little mines that fire little beams and kick the crap out of you. I hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplitersniper Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Ok just took this bad boy out on soldier difficulty. Basically the best strategy is to stay in front of it. Use all of your disperser missile and heavy rockets on it until you have no more...then hit it with the omni cannon and the vulcan gun at the same time and take out the other flying enemies as well with these and you will randomly get the megapacks. Then switch back to the disperser and heavy rockets and use them all up again. Repeat this process until its down. Mine didnt blow up until it had reached the dome shield and destroyed it and then it went down in a ball of flames. Basically just keep circling in front of it to stay away from most of its attacks (and oddly most of the flying guys), and shoot at it head on and it will go down. Make sure to use the heavy rockets and the disperers at every chance you get. So now Im on level 6. Why do I have a feeling this isnt going to get any easier? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix8387 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 It was funny when I completed it. I actually failed the objective, and not even a second later it was destroyed. So I failed the objective but still got the Trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajmer79 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) I'm in the same boat as others it seems, as I destroyed the Searer only after it took out the rebel base with the dome shield. I spent the whole time alternating between Disperser missiles, mines, and the Omni cannon combined with the regular gun and it still wouldn't die. That ship's a pain in the ass and the only reason I didn't get the secret trophy for finishing the game without failing any objectives. Edited September 12, 2008 by dajmer79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplitersniper Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I'm in the same boat as others it seems, as I destroyed the Searer only after it took out the rebel base with the dome shield. I spent the whole time alternating between Disperser missiles, mines, and the Omni cannon combined with the regular gun and it still wouldn't die. That ship's a pain in the ass and the only reason I didn't get the secret trophy for finishing the game without failing any objectives. Weird. Mine blew up after it looked like the rebel base was destroyed and I got the objective. The objective is to destroy the searer. Not to protect the rebel base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpontiac Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Basically the best strategy is to stay in front of it. Thank you very much. It worked perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lade73 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 (edited) AHHHH just got the bastard!! before he reached the dome too. my fingers are now somewhat numb. (only took 5 tries, but´s its top concentrated blasting non-stop, wearing me out) PS: this was on my first run, so its on easy though... Edited May 28, 2010 by lade73 typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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