Custom Map #9260: Fortress. By: Lordkyubbi

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Author: Lordkyubbi
Size: 256x256

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Completely surrounded, can you continue to defend and make a comback and destroy the invaders?

[Loren Pechtel]

Easy except for the lag.

[Stu]

Does it count as "completely surrounded" if you're tucked into the corner of the world like that?

The hardest part of maps is almost always the beginning, before you have a chance to set up.  At the start here you can set the game to x4 speed and take a nap and defend indefinitely while you let your forge get to max level.  Which doesn't have to be a deal breaker, trying to beat the map faster for score or just playing the map can be fun  The problem is after you've set up a million reactors and taken out the spore towers and used a terp to make a smiley face and spelled out "boobs" in the terrain it can be a major slog just to finish, even if you do skip on over to the back/highest layer with guppies and an orbital and such.  You could definitely accomplish everything here with a much smaller size

[Johnny Haywire]

Agreed. I generally like to just let maps run and take them head-on but this map would be such a slog like that. In hindsight, I don't know that any forge upgrades are necessary. I did a few, then let it build to 400 and took out the inhibitor. I'm pretty sure this could be done under 10 minutes by someone who cares, but for me this was a map to finish.

I do appreciate that it's easy enough for beginners to play, since you can't lose this map. Unless you're really, really... um... bad at winning.

Thanks for the map!  ;D