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OK, I just *know* there's a trick I'm missing here... As far as I can gather, I'm supposed to use the mirrors to trap the liches on the pressure plates, run over to the other side, kill the liches, put that side's mirrors on the pressure plates, and run back out of the room, all before the briars block the exit.

Um... I don't know that it's actually possible to do that. This is an issue.

Well, clearly it's *possible* because people have done it, but... there's obviously a trick somewhere that I haven't seen.

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04-04-2007 at 09:00 AM
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There's only 1 hint i needed for this room:

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04-04-2007 at 10:28 AM
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I'm having efficiency issues, but can't tell which side I'm doing too slowly. attached demo.


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I think you can improve a move or two in lots of different places here. But the main one would be
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You'll need to get everything else down to the minimum number of moves though.

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Okay, now I need help on this room. I know what to do from earlier hints, but I can't do it with those stupid briars. If you can't think of any other hints to give, then I might like a working demo.

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04-12-2007 at 04:53 AM
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Sillyman wrote:
Okay, now I need help on this room. I know what to do from earlier hints, but I can't do it with those stupid briars. If you can't think of any other hints to give, then I might like a working demo.

Because of the briar, you have to do everything in close to the minimum number of moves.

Once you know what you are supposed to do, the key to the right hand side of the room is understanding lich movement. A lich who is looking at you would like to take a step towards you. If you move out of the lich's gaze, and it can't take a step towards you, it turns instead of moving. Silver's demo uses this to trap the liches on the pressure plates. In my solution, I completed the right hand tasks in the same order that silver did (but with a slightly different sequence of moves.)

TripleM's advice is good for the left hand side of the room. On the left hand side of the room, I did the following: (spoiler)
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04-12-2007 at 05:43 AM
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I am no good with effeciency puzzles. I need more help, but now to re-conquer a room due to restoring to solve another room. Maybe a working demo...

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Here you go!

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05-02-2007 at 08:40 AM
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Thanks. I usually only ask for a demo when there is no lynchpin anymore, and it's just a matter of optimising/horde management/something else.

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05-02-2007 at 06:51 PM
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Being impatient, and thinking I had tried everything to get those little buggers to move where I wanted, I gave up and downloaded the demo. But for anyone else who would like one more tip about Lich movement that I learned from watching it:

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Hope that makes sense to future delvers.
05-12-2007 at 04:44 AM
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corgi_T wrote:Hope that makes sense to future delvers.

I'm afraid that makes no sense to me at all! ^^;
I'll take my chances with the demo.

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There may be rules about playing DROD under the influence .... but Pearls just blatantly ignores them.

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