Custom Map #2090: You won't beat the map IV. By: Tyler

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Puzzle map series #4 Hint: "Play" as creeper. -- #puzzle #difficult #hardcore #noCRPL #runner #inhibitor #spore

PMouser · May 22, 2015, 04:14:46 PM

how to do this? there no way to get enough energy and i cant keep my stuff charged

Tyler21 · May 22, 2015, 05:37:51 PM

Quote from: PMouser on May 22, 2015, 04:14:46 PM
how to do this? there no way to get enough energy and i cant keep my stuff charged

Note that there is a totem with 5X starting XP. This might prove helpful for upgrading energy generation.
However, it's somewhat tricky to connect it to your network...

PMouser · May 22, 2015, 09:21:45 PM

i know i cant connect to it. so what else can i do? ty

Tyler21 · May 23, 2015, 02:40:07 AM

Quote from: PMouser on May 22, 2015, 09:21:45 PM
i know i cant connect to it. so what else can i do? ty

You can't connect it only in the beginning. Note that those little blocks around the totem are standard walls.

Dzhankoy · May 25, 2015, 03:47:35 AM

Hello! I have cleared almost all the level, but can't get to the last tower. How can I?

Tyler21 · May 25, 2015, 04:41:17 AM

Quote from: Dzhankoy on May 25, 2015, 03:47:35 AM
Hello! I have cleared almost all the level, but can't get to the last tower. How can I?

Then I suggest to restart and try a different approach. Clearing everything is definiteny not a viable strategy on this map.

Dzhankoy · May 25, 2015, 04:56:29 PM

Quote from: Tyler21 on May 25, 2015, 04:41:17 AM
Quote from: Dzhankoy on May 25, 2015, 03:47:35 AM
Hello! I have cleared almost all the level, but can't get to the last tower. How can I?

Then I suggest to restart and try a different approach. Clearing everything is definiteny not a viable strategy on this map.

I guess I should use creeper to destruct walls around the tower, but how will it cross the void around the island? Using spores to aim island is impossible without abandoning the base first.

Tyler21 · May 26, 2015, 04:53:59 AM

Quote from: Dzhankoy on May 25, 2015, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Tyler21 on May 25, 2015, 04:41:17 AM
Quote from: Dzhankoy on May 25, 2015, 03:47:35 AM
Hello! I have cleared almost all the level, but can't get to the last tower. How can I?

Then I suggest to restart and try a different approach. Clearing everything is definiteny not a viable strategy on this map.

I guess I should use creeper to destruct walls around the tower

Exactly. But I can't tell you how because this is the solution for the map and I don't want to ruin your and other players' experience.

toolforger · September 09, 2017, 12:39:20 PM

Um... well... I didn't do anything with any of the totems.
Key insight #1:

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To direct spore fire:

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move all your units near the spot where to want the spore to hit.

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Key insight #2:

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You can build stuff on unconnected areas by:

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floating the command node into build range.

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These are techniques for scenarios where you have almost no units, so it is no surprise that many people are having trouble finding the right approach.
I still don't know one might use the totems for... but since my approach worked it's okay.