Custom Map #2441: Tripwire. By: warren

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Author: warren
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The toughest level yet. Can you crack the security? #CRPL

[warren]

What with Sorrontis and Pastor.Healer dominating the map production with really hard maps recently, what I thought the community really needs is another really hard map.

[Sorrontis]

I really have no clue what is going on here... so I'll carry on?


No, seriously, what's the goal?

[planetfall]

Presumably the emitters need to be killed while active. There are 5 spots where you can place a unit without triggering any emitters, but I have no idea what to do with them. It's possible to build a thor in the center, but it'll be incredibly slow to build and charge with that limited space, so I doubt that's a solution. Trying to grab the aether doesn't accomplish much either except flooding the level, so I'm guessing thor and aether are both traps.

So, uh, can you give us a hint?

[warren]

...hint?

I certainly can. Most of your guesses are correct, except nothing is a trap. Getting the aethyr packs can be considered a training mission, if you will. If you can get all of them, you are 50% of the way to solving it.

[planetfall]

Spoiler

The top-center spot seems to be able to nullify a few enemies, but I can't see any wires actually leading to them.

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[warren]

Spoiler

There are eight domes that won't activate by any wire immediately visible.
However, the top center is probably a good weak area in the defences. It is not the one I used in my test run, however.

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[PaulG]

Wow.

You sir are a genius. That has to be one of my all time favourite maps.  Brilliant! :)

[warren]

Really? It's not even classic yet. Give it a few months.

[D0m0nik]

This was really great, actually one of your easier maps! Not sure how 6 mins was done though! Defo work a replay.

Spoiler

Bit of a weird one - I terped an area form 3 height to 4 and I could land a guppy in it without triggering a line, I terped another next to it but when I landed a guppy it triggered. I can also land guppies in the corners without triggering anything, what's going on?

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[warren]

I actually found that in testing!

Spoiler

Guppies are 1x1 structures according to the system, even though they occupy a 3x3 grid. The wires are designed to work off a thing's size, rather than a thing's occupied area.

Another thing I found, Thors report as landed at all times, even though they are flying ships! Go figure.

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Oh, when I rate difficulty, I am usually thinking along the lines "How hard is this to complete with a good time?" Where hard means "How many times will I need to restore a save?" and good means "Within 50% of the best possible time." This is obviously easy(ish) to complete, if you wait an hour to build and charge a Thor.

[Tero]

I never cared for CRPL.  But this very interesting. 

Spoiler

I found a guppy can land near the lower right totem, without triggering any of the emitters.  So I built the Forge and let it collect Aether.  Also a terp can adjust the elevation without triggering the emitters.  So building a platform around the red rectangle seemed like a good idea.  Once I had maxed out fire rate, range, storage etc.  I began approaching emitters at the top.  Huge drop in power reserves.  But managed a few nullifiers.  Eventually, I found, its the where the "wires" start that un-shields the emitters.  Setting anything on two or three wires exposes some emitters.  A pulse cannon on a PZ and a nullifier on another make short work.of this map.

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[planetfall]

That was SUPREMELY satisfying. I wish I could give it 100/10.

[warren]

...100/10

...But this very interesting.

Top reviews from the harshest critics and broken rating scales. I can now retire happily. No more maps from me. :P

[Sorrontis]

Well, kudos to those who've made it. I've yet to nullify a single emitter. Everything I do, I get flooded.