Custom Map #1118: Spore Tower Island Rush. By: sumojesus

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Author: sumojesus
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This is my first map. It's not easy and it has a time limit in form of a spore island. Also has lots of other Spores

[Loren Pechtel]

How??

I'm nowhere near fast enough but even without that I simply don't see how to do this one.

Getting the relay is straightforward, with it you can take out the island south east of your start which gives you strafers.  At this point what can you do, though?  There is no more land in reach, including the land that has the guppies.

[sumojesus]

How??

I'm nowhere near fast enough but even without that I simply don't see how to do this one.

Getting the relay is straightforward, with it you can take out the island south east of your start which gives you strafers.  At this point what can you do, though?  There is no more land in reach, including the land that has the guppies.

There's an island between the first island you reach with a PZ relay and the island where the guppy technology is. You need to build a terp and terraform it so u can build a relay on it. The map is slow to start but once you pick up speed you should be able to reach the Spore Island before an hour has passed. You absolutely need PZ Berthas, without them you don't stand a chance.

[PMouser]

I cant do this fast enough with all the creeper and spores keeping me in energy deficent. help please. thanks

[sumojesus]

I cant do this fast enough with all the creeper and spores keeping me in energy deficent. help please. thanks

Well, the answer is simple; you need more energy reactors. What you probably need to focus on is an optimal first minute. You need to get lots of energy up and running as quickly as possible without wasting anything on unnecessary defense.

Here's a screenshot of my progress on the early islands on my last attempt to be able to post the map online.

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[PMouser]

huh, i cant see it, it did not show

[Loren Pechtel]

How??

I'm nowhere near fast enough but even without that I simply don't see how to do this one.

Getting the relay is straightforward, with it you can take out the island south east of your start which gives you strafers.  At this point what can you do, though?  There is no more land in reach, including the land that has the guppies.

There's an island between the first island you reach with a PZ relay and the island where the guppy technology is. You need to build a terp and terraform it so u can build a relay on it. The map is slow to start but once you pick up speed you should be able to reach the Spore Island before an hour has passed. You absolutely need PZ Berthas, without them you don't stand a chance.

Oh, I missed that.  I still don't think I can do this one fast enough, though.

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It's not as hard as you might think.

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Take the first 3 islands. Use a terp to fix that single little island up so you can use a relay to attach the top 2 middle islands.

Now you have some Berthas on PZs so  you can use those to clean up the neck on the snake-shaped island. Transport terps down along with some fully loaded ac shooters to prepare a landing site. Now start sending PZ powered guppies to the snake island, landing on the east side. You get another CM at the tip of the snake's head and from there, attack the island of spore towers. That part took me maybe 45 minutes.

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I said east but I meant west.