F****** Ski Slope!

Does anyone else find this thing absolutely infuriating? I mean, I can't get the Gold Medal without Speed Boost, but when I have Speed Boost I just lose control!

Any tips, pointers etc to share? :S

Don't use Speed Boost? I got it last year using Super Jump although it took a bit of practice. If you are going to use SB, I think you may want Combat Jump to provide better directional control.

Yeah, I got very, very frustrated with the slopes when they came out and swore them off. I just don't have the reaction times required to run the course well (and I use keyboard controls, where I think mouse movement may work better in this case).

I too, prefer not to use speed boost. Besides the "lol it boosts speed", I haven't noticed an actual difference in my speed. I'd imagine this is because we're actually falling down the slope.

Admittedly, I'm having trouble grabbing those last few seconds on my villain, but my hero got the badges with just combat jumping last year. I'm using ninja run this year, as I find the air control juuuust lovely.

Edit: Also, it may be obvious, but do try to avoid the sides. They're the biggest factor in my slowdown, as falling uphill is difficult at best.

what's the reward for it? Sorry, it's my first x-mas event....

There's 6 sets of badges linked to the ski slopes, three for the intermediate and three for the expert based on times.

Speed boost actually does very little, the buff I would recommend would be Inert Reduction as this gives great control over the ice which is what's really needed and if your character is super jump, use Combat Jumping.

Actually,I suck at it I usually fly off the side into nothingness.

My wife on the other hand can get all the slope/ramp badges likes it's nothing.I once asked her how she does it and gave me the ole "ancient chinese secret" response.

But,she did offer to get the badges for my toon.

I think all she uses is sprint and cj,because I don't have ss on my toon.

I suck badly at ski slopes. There should be a tree decorating mini-game alternative for the less reactional and more creative types.

I got gold times in both slopes without sb but yeah was raging hard before i got them.

Ski slope? What ski slope?

Man, I go away for a while, and they redecorate the place just to make you get lost!

Seriously... What? Where? When? How? And sometimes, why?

I suggest using your second build to take all the jumping, running and speed powers - that's how I got the gold last year

To get the gold badge, this was what I did last year (no need for me to do it on any of my chars now as I did it for 12 chars last year).

I personally love SB, yes your fast and you loose control. But Get the IR or use the temp jump pack from safeguard if no kin around.
Practice a few times on the courses then go for the proper try. I went with two sb's (atleast) and the IR.
Went like a charm So.. I love the ski slopes... yea.

Oh yes, ski slopes. In Pocket D near the red side bar, you will see a little cave with ice and christmas thingies. click the door and now you are in the Ski chalet. There are several slopes, (but only 2 that are properly for badges). If you have collected candy canes, you can give some to the little green elf in the hut. And he will give you (you choose) some costume items or badges... or even recipes.

I share your frustration with these awful slopes and that bobsled thing is just a tiny bit better. The one who invented those should be voluntered to be Doctor Creed test subject.

I always miss the Gold by a few seconds because of the third gate and it's annoying turn. Also, my Badger doesn't have any SJ powers and not enough freespecs >.>

My chars usually just have Fly... But not used in the slopes.
But if you do a build 2 with sj and ss you should be able to do the slopes too, I guess (not slotted).
But if you have ss and thus do not need the sb from the kin, then you only need IR. It will be a bit weird in the beginning and thus take some time to get use to, but you will have CONTROL, sharper turns etc. Get it and LOVE it.

Gold is easy, getting sub 41seconds isn't.

I can get around 46 seconds with SS and CJ only.

To get much faster i need SB

I recommend the Zen of the Slope.

Seriously, pop a Xanax and zone. When you feel furry like a Christmas Ham, you know you're in the zone.

I used Inertial Reduction, Jumpjet, and strafing to nail all 6 badges last year. It just takes a lot of repetition. I hate to go all Obi-Wan, but it's true. Stretch out with your feelings and let go. After you run it a couple times, you should be able to subconsciously twitch the strafe at the right times and stay on track.

Run speed DOES NOT HELP on the ski slopes. You want MovementControl and MovementFriction, which are granted by jumping powers: Combat Jumping, Zero-G Pack, Super Jump, Inertial Reduction, and Ninja Run, to name a few.

For the Gold, you also usually need a little bit of twitch reflexes, which some people simply don't have. But the RunSpeed doesn't help any.