Custom Map #188: ETF10: Rocks of the Fallen

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Author: eighttailedfox

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EightTailedFox Mission 10: Rocks of the Fallen

[Ebon Heart]

On the bottom mapmod comment add, "but overall, very fun map. Pretty well balanced, and interesting idea" to it. Lol. My bad... :)

[Katra]

Really nice fight. There is a trick to killing the emitters - Took me at least 5 blasters, several launchers, a shield, and a maker to kill the first three for each chamber. (Lost all the makers.)

[eighttailedfox]

Really nice fight. There is a trick to killing the emitters - Took me at least 5 blasters, several launchers, a shield, and a maker to kill the first three for each chamber. (Lost all the makers.)

It is indeed a tough fight. I had quite a lot of trouble before solving the puzzle myself.

[Ebon Heart]

Really nice fight. There is a trick to killing the emitters - Took me at least 5 blasters, several launchers, a shield, and a maker to kill the first three for each chamber. (Lost all the makers.)

It is indeed a tough fight. I had quite a lot of trouble before solving the puzzle myself.

You had Colin beat it and submit the score under your name. :P I started it, but decided I didn't have the patience.

[Colin]

If you need some help getting at the "faux nexi", use a few
repulsars for the first three. Never forget to use repulsars.

[eighttailedfox]

Really nice fight. There is a trick to killing the emitters - Took me at least 5 blasters, several launchers, a shield, and a maker to kill the first three for each chamber. (Lost all the makers.)

It is indeed a tough fight. I had quite a lot of trouble before solving the puzzle myself.

You had Colin beat it and submit the score under your name. :P I started it, but decided I didn't have the patience.

Shhhhhh. My fans don't need to know that.

[DethbyIT]

Fun stuff!
Took me way too long to figure it out, but the bad guys are all dead and the good guys are moving on down the road.
Just the way it's 'posed to be.
Thank you.
dbit

[JLRodgers]

I must be missing something.... but if I collect the holocube (within 6 minutes), build up 15 weapons (9 blasters + 6 launchers, and even 3 repulsors) to fight just one stream, it doesn't matter, it can't fight it back.  Even going at it sideways does nothing (other than lose).  I managed to build about 40 weapons, and it still wiped everything out.

Any hint to what I'm missing? 

[Kithros]

First off, I wouldn't recommend using any repulsors on this map - repulsors are not good when used in the opposite direction of fields typically.

You pretty much just need to build shields in front of each of the paths, and have about 5 launchers on each side (wait a long time before building the launchers, there's plenty of room to build shields across to stall for an extremely long time) - on the side with the drone you should have 2-3 blasters set to drone only (make sure they're right next to the shield so the drone doesn't hit the shield), and let the launchers clear out the creeper until it's down to a manageable density - move back a few squares and build more shields if necessary. After that you just need to use about 4-5 blasters along with a 2-3 launchers supporting them to push forward to the emitters and make room for the nullifier. Fire rate upgrades help a lot at that point since it's very narrow and it can be a little annoying making room for the nullifier.

[JLRodgers]

The simple thing of setting blasters to target drones only made the difference!  Thanks :) 

[Dirtydog]

Having one  hell of a time with this map.  I guess multitasking is not one of my strong points!  i get as far as blocking the creeper at each dam, but never have enough launchers to back it up, then i lose one dam and all hell breaks loose. Anyone got a screenshot to post as a hint to get started?

[davidp]

Here's a big hint that helped me

Spoiler

Put lots of shields in the path of each "river".
There are fields that push the creeper down the river to the end where it pools up quite thick.
Cut into the river further up where the creeper is thinner. 
The work your way down the river towards your shields.  Lots of room for launchers.

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[tornado]

I'm replaying this series and this one mission has been a sticking point for me.
Ive gotten bits of a fleeting defense and a boatload of shields and I'm still not able to set up a launcher position capable of holding its own or a power supply large enough to keep me alive. any help would be massively appreciated.
And yes i have read through the hints given and i still don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[ea3401]

... a power supply large enough to keep me alive.

Just do what Kithros wrote, especially "wait a long time before building the launchers"