Custom Map #7273: 101. By: Sorrontis

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Author: Sorrontis
Size: 106x256

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Welcom to the 101st Sorrontis Sector. This is reminiscent of an ancient Earth building; 台北101. Very interesting. Maybe reaching the observation deck will give us insight. #Sorrontiphobia #CRPL #ClimbYouFools #SorryYoureNotFools #NoBaseJumpingOffTheTower #AmITheOnlyOneFeelingNauseous #ItsReallyHighUpHere #WhatIfTheresAnEarthQuake

[Sorrontis]

No spoilers here. It's pretty self evident what's going on.

[lividbishop]

Damn its hard.

I'm not sure what to do.

[Altren]

Nice, challenging start and an interesting new enemy.
The only thing I hated is that rocket also removes the power zone, so if you lose the first one you need to reload/restart a game.

[Sorrontis]

Nice, challenging start and an interesting new enemy.
The only thing I hated is that rocket also removes the power zone, so if you lose the first one you need to reload/restart a game.

That's a fair complaint. I will rethink it for next round :)
Thanks for playing. (Nice score!)

Damn its hard.

I'm not sure what to do.

That was my goal.

So first little hint.

Spoiler

grow fast and don't attempt to null the first emitter right away, simply suppress it (AC is good for this) until you have everything ready for the waves of spores. Secure those energy crystals, and quickly build a forge to pull in 20 aether from the crystals (I put them in energy production). Don't build the beams until the towers are about 95% built. don't waste early energy on filling them up. Build reactors when ever you have spare energy.

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[D0m0nik]

Really enjoyed this but took a different approach. I really enjoyed terping everything level and turtleing this one a bit.

Spoiler

One mortor and one sprayer to take the first emitter straight away. Then get a beam on it supported by another 3 or 4 beams round it for protection against the rocket.Then take your time and expand!

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[Johnny Haywire]

Hey, this is actually not a very difficult map (using Sorrontis' scale) and there aren't too many surprises.

Just be sure to save the game (which I always forget to do & had to start over once  ::) )

I did pretty much what Dom suggested but after taking the first emitter, I erased my collectors & ore mine that were out of reach of the PZ beam (yeah, I know... a bit paranoid perhaps, but I have to plan to forget to save yanno  :P). Once I'd gotten enough power to supply some beams to the left, I rebuilt that side of the base. In hindsight, that's probably not necessary.

If you like maps with not-so-insane surprises, you'll probably like this one. It's a cool map that presents a decent challenge.

Thanks for the map, Sorrontis!  ;D