Cochise HO/PO's killing me.

**SixStringSlut** · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 244 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

This game has taken over my life (again) after seeing this place and saying, "Maybe I'll try to 4-star some expert songs..." and it's turned into an addiction. I'm certainly not gunning for top honors anywhere around here, but I'd at least like to fill this spot.

I was searching around for something about this and I found a little here and there in a few other threads, and I sincerely apologize for this being my first post... but it just hit me today why I can't do any better.

I'm hammering on, getting the note, and strumming afterwards. The beginning isn't so bad but the B-O B-O B-Y GY HO/PO's are killing me. The timing of them seems to be completely spotty when actually trying to HO and no matter how fast I hit the Os after the Bs, I randomly get the HOs.

So what's the consensus? Play every note, or actually HO those notes? I feel silly asking on a song like this but I feel like it shouldn't be any problem, it isn't fast and it isn't hard to play, but I'm forced to adjust from simply playing it to playing it around the mechanics of the game and I'm not quite sure how to :/

**dspoonrt** · Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 2449 Location: Columbus, OH

The timing is spotty on HOPO's in this game. Harmonix is improving them for the second game. For now, I strum every note, as do most of the top players from what I gather. Especially on this song, there is enough time to comfortably strum every note. Hell, with a little practice you'll be 5 starring this song in no time.
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**Shin** · Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 204 Location: The Netherlands

Don't feel bad, Slut.
I've 5-starred CFH and TBW on Expert, but I just can't seem to do it with Cochise.

**Ral** · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 218 Location: Cleveland, Ohio

I usually only HO the orange notes.

**random** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 59

I had a lot of problems with those notes. Are you sure you're not hitting them too close together?

I started trying to hammer them, then switched to alternate strumming, then finally to just down strumming. I think the B and O notes sound like they should be a lot closer together than they are placed, so I found that I was generally rushing the O note. Downstrumming only controls that because I can't do it that fast.