Juanita
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I can clear all the trapdoors. If I'm standing on the gate when the mimic hits the orb I can kill a lot of roaches...except for the ones in bottom corners. I can't get the mimic down there. A not so subtle hint would be appreciated!

masonjason
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Spoiler:


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The_Red_Hawk
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Actually, the intended solution was for Beethro to not stand on the gate, and use the mimic for *everything*, which is a lot harder. Actually, that could probably be done by having the serpent cover the door.

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The_Red_Hawk
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You know, I think this is the first non-Dugan post on this board. It's a milestone! This board is officially out of the Dugan era!

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Avon
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The_Red_Hawk wrote:
You know, I think this is the first non-Dugan post on this board. It's a milestone! This board is officially out of the Dugan era!

Here are links to a couple of non-Dugan threads from a few weeks ago.
http://www.drod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=2265
http://www.drod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=2244

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The_Red_Hawk
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Oops. All right, this is the third, and therefore the official, thread!

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Juanita
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Just started the last room for level 2. Looks like it could take a while to figure out. Any hints ...other than the ziplock bag???
To say the least, this hold is a challenge but for the most part, I'm entertained!

Scott
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I used a piece of paper and a pen and counted the steps needed for each direction. Unless you have an amazing memory or luck you need some way to record the needed moves.

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Juanita wrote:
Just started the last room for level 2. Looks like it could take a while to figure out. Any hints ...other than the ziplock bag???

There's really only one path through the maze, so just memorize it, or keep a copy of this forum post up while you do it. But since the force arrows won't get covered by the tar, you'll have a pretty good idea which way to go. As you try it a few times, you'll get a feel for what spots are safe to stop and let the tar grow.

Game on,

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The_Red_Hawk
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I remember that room being pretty hard, but it looks even harder now.

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RubellaGolda
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The_Red_Hawk wrote:
Oops. All right, this is the third, and therefore the official, thread!

...or fourth:

http://www.drod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=1799

In that thread Oneiromancer acknowledged it to be the first hint request for a non-Dugan room on the Hints and Solutions forum, I guess thats quite reliable.

By the way, it is getting more and more difficult to search among all the hints on this forum, mainly because there is not a "standard" way of writing room and level. If we now also get questions about user made holds, it gets even more difficult to use the search functionality of the forum.
For example, when I have finished a level of Dugan's, I often search for the hints given about that level to see if the rooms I found most difficult were also what others thought to be difficult, or if there are simpler strategies to finish the rooms of that level.

Also, when I need a hint because I am stuck at some point, I would like to be able to find messages about that room ONLY, even if all hints are , I do not want to know anything about thing yet to come.

A possible solution would be if we try to make sure that in every thread about a room there is somewhere a phrase with a standard notation for the hold/level/room. This can most easily be done by the one who answers the question, as he/she is most familiar with the board.

Oops, this post is really getting out of hand, I'll stop for now

DiMono
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Well, is there some friendly moderator who can organize the posts and retitle them and such so as to standardize it all?

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The_Red_Hawk
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Yes - also, maybe on the Hints and Solutions page, there should be a list of other links where people have asked for help.

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Chaco
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Hmm... I've solved some very tricky rooms, and now I'm stuck on this one.

I've been able to drop the trapdoors as per the original post, but I haven't been able to move the mimic around... if I kill roaches, I can't move the mimic, but if I don't kill the roaches, they'll go to the side of the enclosure and keep me from killing them!

*sorely wishes that door was toggleable, or the green door was extended to be the lower left part of the enclosure too*

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Alneyan
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I'm not quite sure what specific problem you are having; I will try my best nevertheless, but feel free to record a demo of your progres in the room if I am way offtrack.

Your generic goal in the room, once the trap doors are gone:



On the enclosures (if you had already figured out the rest of the hints):

Chaco
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Argh. I was hoping you weren't going to say that. Thanks.

*sigh*

*gets back to room*

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