Custom Map #599: stairs of death. By: DAVID SNYDER

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Author: DAVID SNYDER
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this is hard

[Loren Pechtel]

Quaking in my boots!

My berthas were almost enough to keep the wall from being breached.  Only one small hole was punched, my cannons and anti-creeper poured through, then the next volley of Bertha fire wiped the area again and I simply jumped over the rest of the wall.


One design flaw:  I see no way to get the corner totem without giving up an ore patch.  (Not that I found myself using the ore anyway.)

[Grayzzur]

Tip: Refrain from making comments on how difficult a map will be or how long it will take to complete in the description.

Fun battle.

[Grayzzur]

One design flaw:  I see no way to get the corner totem without giving up an ore patch.  (Not that I found myself using the ore anyway.)

I wouldn't call that a flaw. It's giving you a choice -- which one do you want more? I took the totems. Those AC emitters in the back give you more "ore" than the deposits could ever dream of.

Suggestion: For "stairs of death" -- consider putting the emitters UPHILL from the starting point behind the wall blocks. Uphill battles are more challenging.

For reference on level of difficulty, I had a dozen berthas, a solid line of pulse cannons, a line of mortars with every third unit being a sprayer instead, 20 strafers, 16 bombers, the resources to keep them all fully powered, and a healthy amount of forge upgrades at a point when the wall still had 2 lines left to go. I completely forgot to use the Artifacts of Odin.

[Loren Pechtel]

One design flaw:  I see no way to get the corner totem without giving up an ore patch.  (Not that I found myself using the ore anyway.)

I wouldn't call that a flaw. It's giving you a choice -- which one do you want more? I took the totems. Those AC emitters in the back give you more "ore" than the deposits could ever dream of.

Suggestion: For "stairs of death" -- consider putting the emitters UPHILL from the starting point behind the wall blocks. Uphill battles are more challenging.

For reference on level of difficulty, I had a dozen berthas, a solid line of pulse cannons, a line of mortars with every third unit being a sprayer instead, 20 strafers, 16 bombers, the resources to keep them all fully powered, and a healthy amount of forge upgrades at a point when the wall still had 2 lines left to go. I completely forgot to use the Artifacts of Odin.

Yeah, you have your choice of weaponry to put in place before the wall goes down.

[Loren Pechtel]

Tip: Refrain from making comments on how difficult a map will be or how long it will take to complete in the description.

I don't think they're always a bad thing but if they're there they should be reasonable.  Don't call an easy map hard.