when it was dread, you have to kill every single one before the damn door opened, so your argument is in some respects bad faith. i haven't run salt mines since the first day so i don't know if that's the case for taken, but we'll see how optional ads are ig!

[quote]when it was dread, you have to kill every single one before the damn door opened, so your argument is in some respects bad faith. i haven't run salt mines since the first day so i don't know if that's the case for taken, but we'll see how optional ads are ig![/quote] Killing everything doesn't give you any extra points. Is that really hard to understand?

Genuine question: is speed still a score modifier (i.e. a faster time + a better final score), or is it just the same bonus as long as you finish before that time limit (i.e. 1s or 1 min below time are both the same bonus)? I haven't dug into it because until now, as long as I got my A+, I did not care about the actual score. Because if score is directly correlated with time, then I can at least see on paper why a cheater killing everything instantly would be a benefit in those rooms with doors locked behind clearing the room completely: you get the door open faster if you can say shoot the enemy through a wall or spawn a Witherhoard pool at their feet the instant they spawn (2 hacks I know at least existed in the past, because I've been on the receiving end of both in the Crucible).

[quote]Genuine question: is speed still a score modifier (i.e. a faster time + a better final score), or is it just the same bonus as long as you finish before that time limit (i.e. 1s or 1 min below time are both the same bonus)? I haven't dug into it because until now, as long as I got my A+, I did not care about the actual score. Because if score is directly correlated with time, then I can at least see on paper why a cheater killing everything instantly would be a benefit in those rooms with doors locked behind clearing the room completely: you get the door open faster if you can say shoot the enemy through a wall or spawn a Witherhoard pool at their feet the instant they spawn (2 hacks I know at least existed in the past, because I've been on the receiving end of both in the Crucible).[/quote] In the player stakes section of mods there are on higher difficulties modifiers like pressure cooker and 1 other modifier. The basic set modifier is for an extra 5 to 15% points if you finish before the clock. To get 5% you just to need finish before the timer ends. To get more bonus up to 15% you would have finish with at least 3 to 4 minutes on the clock. On higher difficulties the pressure cooker modifier gives a better score but you have to finish in time or get sent to orbit.

So yes, speed is directly tied to score; not complaining about that, just good to know.

[quote]So yes, speed is directly tied to score; not complaining about that, just good to know.[/quote] Finishing quicker will give more bonus points if you have that modifier active.