Custom Map #263: The guards

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Author: garry131

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Dax has to think fast to be reunited with Aliana. This is the world the styglek promised was coming. Is there a way to kill the guards in their own subteranean lair? If you are up to the additional challenge, try to rescue Aliana without digging through the soil, the easier way. Instead make your energizing pellets go through the existing tunnel and past the emitter.

[Colin]

This is a great example of a 'proper' use of 2k
hp drones, I would like to congratulate you on
your success.  ;D

Loved the map!

[garry131]

Thank you Colin !
It was a fun one to test.

I can't believe how fast some people can do this map!!

Did anyone notice that the drones heal over time if you stop shooting them?

[Kithros]

Thank you Colin !
It was a fun one to test.

I can't believe how fast some people can do this map!!

Did anyone notice that the drones heal over time if you stop shooting them?

I never shot at the drones - I just let them crash into shields over and over again. If one were to shoot at the drones though, I would recommend flooding the area with AC to slow them downto normal speed, and get 1-2 weapon movement upgrades so you can fly the blasters that are being targetted in circles while the rest of the blasters shoot them down. It's probably slower doing that though because of the time it would take to tech up and all that though.

[mopa42]

I've never used shields as a weapon before, at least not that much :)

[garry131]

I usually use shields as a weapon on a zero gravity level, that also has drones coming.

right in the beginning before I get the right balance of lasers, and reactors.


But looking at your time, you are obviously the authority on shield uses...

[Kithros]

Usually I use shields (against drones) whenever I don't have enough energy to build reactors in all easily available spaces yet - however, in this particular case, using blasters is not effective unless you can keep the drones from killing the blasters - if the drones kill a single blaster before it gets hit about 150 times or so, then it will be less efficient to use blasters than shields because of the upfront cost of building the blasters (which are then destroyed).

[lich98]

i used shields on this map to kill the drones after i took out the gateway. it worked out great

[DethbyIT]

Barnburner!
That was so much fun that I will definitely play it again.
Thank you.
dbit

[garry131]

Awesome, glad you like it!

and Kithros, that makes sense now that I think about it.

I like putting 2 (or 3) rifts on opposite ends, and cutting notches in the tunnel walls.
Then my blasters fill all notches. When the guards come, I close that rift, and let the energy come from the other open rift.

Several eons later I tech up to max fire rate.
The guards are toasted.

[Katra]

I flooded the underground with AC, but did most of the damage with shields.