Avid readers of my posts will already know that there are two rooms on this level that are vexing me sorely. I have already asked for hints on the other one...so here goes.
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There are three sets of queens that need to be taken out.
Realistically, one might break it down into four groups.
I have to take out the eastern cluster before I can go after the southern cluster. If I go east then south, I can't get back north without being roached.
If I go east then north or north then east, then the south is too full of roaches for me to safely enter.
I've made a couple of observations which may or may not be true:
1) You really have to make it to the south before turn 60 (second spawn). While it's possible to lure roaches out of the area once they've spawned, I don't think you can kill them and then get in before the subsequent spawn.
2) It may be possible to trap roaches from the northernmost queen in the passage to the east. But I can do one of them that way, and I really need to be able to trap two or it's no deal.
Am I thinking in the right direction?
[EDIT: Progress! I can now make it to the square right inside the door before the bombs go off. So I just need to figure out what I'm doing inefficiently and I should be home free. I think I need to shave at least three moves off of my best.]
[EDIT: Aaand...solved. Three moves it was.]
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[Last edited by jbluestein at 11-22-2006 07:08 PM]
