This topic is for discussion of map #404: The Cannon
(http://knucklecracker.com/particlefleet/queryMaps.php?query=thumbnailid&id=404)
Author: Sorrontis
Size: 340x140
Desc:
The SSDI now enters a Red-listed SSDI:ADD sector. What will happen here, no one knows.
I think Virgil should play this map 8)
EDIT: This map is totally popular!
EDIT 2: God, I should have named this map "Map Not Found"
I managed to destroy the cannon early with the deployment of HQ and some micro, feeling mighty clever doing so :)
Despite not playing it the way you intended I still enjoyed it a lot.
Oh, please share more information.
Nice map! :)
Quote from: Sorrontis on December 03, 2016, 07:30:37 PM
Oh, please share more information.
Spoiler
Using the ampgem you gave us for range, I put it on the HQ and in warped in at the bottom right, next to the energy source and lathed it. I managed to stay alive long enough to release the ampgem and reuse it again to give omni reactors. With the power from the energy source I quickly built 4 omnis that I used to destroy the cannon.
Quote from: svartmes on December 03, 2016, 07:54:43 PM
Quote from: Sorrontis on December 03, 2016, 07:30:37 PM
Oh, please share more information.
Spoiler
Using the ampgem you gave us for range, I put it on the HQ and in warped in at the bottom right, next to the energy source and lathed it. I managed to stay alive long enough to release the ampgem and reuse it again to give omni reactors. With the power from the energy source I quickly built 4 omnis that I used to destroy the cannon.
Very nice. That's what I was missing.
EDIT: Took me exactly 1 minute longer than you following your method.
Wow, on my first run I landed in 2nd place, which is pretty much unheard of for me... especially on a Sorrontis map!
2nd run was about 5 minutes, which means someone with some good micro skill could probably hit sub-four-minutes.
After doing the map, I saw that svartmes did exactly what I did (or rather, I did the same as he did since he did it first). To me, the placement seems pretty obvious - although I built all 12 omnis there to take out the gun and both mire spawners.
I have to say, the ships looked pretty cool! I only ended up building the two lathing ships, but I like the designs!
Thanks for the map! ;D