Custom Map #5094: Jumbotron. By: Sorrontis

[Sorrontis]

Hi POMie, thanks for the praise.

[D0m0nik]

I thought I had finaly done it and this remains, won't shoot or nullify? (blue core in the middle)

[Sorrontis]

interesting... show me the full map :)

[D0m0nik]

I don't have it in me to start again  :(

[Sorrontis]

Can you send me the map?
That should not have happened.

[D0m0nik]

I think this is the one?

[Sorrontis]

Check (with a nullifier) the bertha's on the island on the right. There's a nest there that appears after the nullifier.

[D0m0nik]

Yep that's got it, thanks! An epic battle this, not high on the replayability though! I fully restarted 4 times before I settled on the right approach, was an impressive challenge.

[Sorrontis]

No, I don't think its a replayable map either. Too long. It should give you a steam achievement :P

[Sorrontis]

Also, I just realized... that means you took the center right island before the last wave? Wow, I'm impressed!

[D0m0nik]

This was a rare map that truly tested me and I nearly gave up twice (this is a good thing!). I suspected I had the stategy wrong every time I played including my final one as I was building at my fastest for one hour and could only just prepare for the 1.04 event.

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My first two attempts I tried to move my base to the very top left around the inhibitor but as soon as I destroyed the forge it became too difficult. I then decided that I needed to concentrate on collecting the techs and then moving to the top right. I got there with 20 minutes left to build and flood the area with AC in time for the event. Managed to get the forge up and two power upgrades in. The key was having PZs free for the beams and a getting a quick PZ reactor up. I also fired a nullifier on the inhibitor with seconds to spare to kill emitters that cross over otherwise.

From the start of the game I heavily developed the top of the map to have as many reactors and beams as possible. When the waves of spores came it helped to pause and stop resupply to all beams unles on a PZ and then slowly recharge them once the danger had passed.

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This was all incredibly tricky. How did you do it, was your approach a lot different than mine?

I know I am not ranting and raving about this map but take it as a stunned silence rather than a rebuke. I'm a little shell shocked!

[POMie]

Hi Sorrontis
While replaying this map, I found that everything had been nullified except

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the blue object that spawns emitters.  I could not reach the last emitter even with a nullifier on the nearest PZ so

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I had to wait until the land grew to give me a foundation for a nullifier.

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Is that what you would expect or did I miss something?  It may be nigh on impossible to improve a score if this is the case.

[Sorrontis]

Hi POMie,

The blue object that spawns emitters cannot be nullified or destroyed - however, you do need to collect all the tech, and if you're too slow after nullifying the inhibitor, a new emitter could have spawned. You likely missed something.

It is technically possible to beat the map with almost no land growth, but I doubt anyone is that impressive.

[POMie]

Hi Sorrontis
Sorry I didn't explain more clearly. I understand the the blue object cannot be destroyed and it did spawn an emitter after I nullified the inhibitor.  My question is... do I have to wait for the land growth in order to be able to get to that emitter?  It sounds like the problem is that I had not collected the tech before nullifying the inhibitor and so now I must wait...

[Sorrontis]

Oh, very much so, unfortunately. You might be able to get it with a PZ nullifier?