larrymurk
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Help me, help me.

I just don't see how the mimic can help release a tar baby or the roach out to the west passage.

jbluestein
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larrymurk wrote:
Help me, help me.

I just don't see how the mimic can help release a tar baby or the roach out to the west passage.

I'm being deliberately vague here because this is such an elegant puzzle that I don't want to give it all away.

Josh

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larrymurk
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Well, I'm still lost. Go figure.

It appears the only thing the mimic can do is clean up any enemies that end up stuck in the trap.

So, it seems one would have to make such a long line of enemies that after the front ones all fall into the trap, Beethro will have a big enough lead to close the door in the hallway. I just don't see this happening though.

jbluestein
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larrymurk wrote:
Well, I'm still lost. Go figure.

It appears the only thing the mimic can do is clean up any enemies that end up stuck in the trap.

So, it seems one would have to make such a long line of enemies that after the front ones all fall into the trap, Beethro will have a big enough lead to close the door in the hallway. I just don't see this happening though.

Well, you have part of it right.



Josh


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larrymurk
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Ok, finally got it. Nice room, it took me a lot of hand-holding but I got it.

porcorosso
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It seems the Hand Holding is not enough for me as I can only put
three babies in the trap and not more.

In my best attempt I left the 22,13 broken wall intact,
first stabbed the tar at 23,11 and got one baby in , and then
stabbed at 24,11 , but because of baby movement order only the
bottom two can get to the trap and I am one short.

What to do ?

jbluestein
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porcorosso wrote:
It seems the Hand Holding is not enough for me as I can only put
three babies in the trap and not more.

In my best attempt I left the 22,13 broken wall intact,
first stabbed the tar at 23,11 and got one baby in , and then
stabbed at 24,11 , but because of baby movement order only the
bottom two can get to the trap and I am one short.

What to do ?

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porcorosso
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Thanks, in the end it was a very strange H&S effect in which I managed to get 4 babies in just after reading your reply. The key was not to insert the first baby all the way through but stay it on the arrows...

disoriented
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Hey, I don't understand where the roach is supposed to be parked. Maybe someone would please enlighten me, and then I'll understand why you need 4 babies in the trap...

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disoriented
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blorx1 wrote:

Click here to view the secret text

×To kill the wraithwing you need to block it against something.

Click here to view the secret text

× The roach in particular.

Click here to view the secret text

×The only way you can be fast enough to reach the orb that toggles the gate that can be used to block that roach requires that the babies be in the trap when the roach walks past it.

But where is the roach being blocked? I'm still having trouble understanding.

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jbluestein
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disoriented wrote:

blorx1 wrote:

Click here to view the secret text

×To kill the wraithwing you need to block it against something.

Click here to view the secret text

× The roach in particular.

Click here to view the secret text

×The only way you can be fast enough to reach the orb that toggles the gate that can be used to block that roach requires that the babies be in the trap when the roach walks past it.

But where is the roach being blocked? I'm still having trouble understanding.

Josh

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disoriented
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Thanks jbluestein!

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