"The Easiest Map"

[jackmott]

Ball is back in your court Bovius!
I feel like I may be close to the fastest possible time at this point. Would love to see how the other fast times are doing it.

[Bovius]

[growls]

Several configurations later and I still manage to come in just a couple of seconds after you. Tomorrow I'll go back and give it another go. :) Fun!

[Bovius]

Oh ho! Barely edged out at last. You set a hard bar to beat.

One might be able to shave a tenth or two off of that - maybe - but I highly doubt 1:45.0 is possible.

[jackmott]

Well done!
What is your approach?

I built a few collectors, then relays to emitters 1 and 2

then used a guppy for emitter 3

Oh ho! Barely edged out at last. You set a hard bar to beat.

One might be able to shave a tenth or two off of that - maybe - but I highly doubt 1:45.0 is possible.

[Bovius]

I built a few collectors, then relays to emitters 1 and 2

then used a guppy for emitter 3

Yep, that's my strategy as well. I start the guppy right at the beginning, and build as many collectors as I can without starving it; made it to 6 on my best run, 4 in the starting circle and 2 going off to the right. Once the guppy is fueling, I switch to one relay at a time and hope that I got enough packet income to sustain the relay chain and the guppy without either starving. As soon as the guppy is done, I send it over to #3, turn off resupply for its landing pad, and put resources into finishing out the relay chain and a few more collectors.

I ended up with 1:46.0 twice, so that may be the fastest you can get a guppy out there. The last run was very satisfying, with all three nullifiers going off almost simultaneously.

[jackmott]

heh, amazing we came up with the exact approach. I'll grant you victory on this, well done.

I built a few collectors, then relays to emitters 1 and 2

then used a guppy for emitter 3

Yep, that's my strategy as well. I start the guppy right at the beginning, and build as many collectors as I can without starving it; made it to 6 on my best run, 4 in the starting circle and 2 going off to the right. Once the guppy is fueling, I switch to one relay at a time and hope that I got enough packet income to sustain the relay chain and the guppy without either starving. As soon as the guppy is done, I send it over to #3, turn off resupply for its landing pad, and put resources into finishing out the relay chain and a few more collectors.

I ended up with 1:46.0 twice, so that may be the fastest you can get a guppy out there. The last run was very satisfying, with all three nullifiers going off almost simultaneously.