Custom Map #1616: TinyPACland. By: J

AutoPost · January 16, 2015, 01:52:25 PM

This topic is for discussion of map #1616: TinyPACland

Author: J
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One of the best #Tinyland maps now as #PAC map! #Jmaps #PlayAsCreeper

mzimmer74 · January 16, 2015, 02:17:29 PM

Nice! Took a while to figure out how to advance, and remained a challenge until the very end.

yui56 · January 16, 2015, 08:20:40 PM

A very nice change of pace from the large PAC maps. This one relied more on tactics than on building up an overwhelming mass of creeper. Thanks for making it.

I was stumped for a while on how to advance until I tried this counter-intuitive tactic:

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The ore mines aren't strong enough to support 2 PZ sprayers. So rather than trying stay out of their range, I dove in as far as I could go. I was able to keep them both distracted with digitalis so that they stayed depleted and much less dangerous.

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pawel345 · January 17, 2015, 05:47:38 AM

Really fun map^^

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You can destroy the shield with your spore tower even if you only have one.

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Hubs · January 17, 2015, 08:37:14 AM

Dang, tough puzzle map!

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Once I got digitalis between the left emitter and spore tower so nullifiers couldn't build, I let the right emitter go. Building digitalis over to the top sprayer helped a lot to deplete AC resources. Then I slowly moved in (you can take out the shield after about 6 or 7 hits). Take out PZ reactors to cut their power.

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UrMawMah · January 17, 2015, 09:07:38 AM

Man, that one was fun. Also I did it exactly like hubs.

J · January 17, 2015, 09:22:53 AM

Thanks for playing and commenting!

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You can leave the right emitter in burst mode, that will destroy the nullifier and keep one of the sprayers busy. I often had more AC on my digi network than creeper, but digi is already a strong weapon by itself (but twice as much AC (if you let the right emitter go) would make it too hard). Sometimes it is even better to have no creeper on your digi so that the cannons will shoot at creeper somewhere else.

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yui56 · January 17, 2015, 01:42:09 PM

Quote from: J on January 17, 2015, 09:22:53 AM
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(but twice as much AC (if you let the right emitter go) would make it too hard
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Well now I feel dumb, because that's exactly what I did! Still managed to beat it eventually, but sounds like I made it harder on myself than necessary.

Xeos · January 17, 2015, 03:05:42 PM

That was brutal but I did it in the end - Phew !

hbarudi · April 29, 2015, 01:03:58 AM

Totally stuck, if shield need 7 spores to die, then it get rebuilt, covering lots of stuff, also shields are defended by beam.
got digitalis around shield, but that's it unable to progress at all.

J · April 29, 2015, 08:17:54 AM

Once a shield is destroyed and rebuilt, it won't have enough ammo to completely stop the spores, so you can keep firing in range of that shield, creeper will still land and after 7 hits the shield should be destroyed again. Try to grab the PZ's that are in range of only one shield. Also don't let the right emitter go, leave it in burst mode to keep it safe and it will drain energy and AC.

florrat · April 30, 2015, 12:49:24 AM

A single spore tower can take out a shield? Dammit, if I knew that it would be much easier! :)

Fun map though!