Attached are my score checkpoints for my run through this hold.
I don't have a lot of detailed notes or problems, but I will mention one problem which you should probably fix right away - in Sence South, the rightmost black gate is set up backwards, so it's unlocked from the East rather than the West. This lets the player unlock the gate if they defeat the Tar Mother in Septence South, Once East, and then proceed onwards to the northern bridge in Quince South. This ultimately makes the blue door in Septence South, Once West not worth opening.
If you set that gate up the other way, then there won't be a surplus of one blue key from that point forward, and the player will have to spend the blue key there in order to progress. Adding some more score checkpoints at key chokepoints (possibly when opening blue doors or killing powerful enemy midbosses?) would be good.
Also, I would recommend you add more autosave points, probably at all equipment pickup events and score checkpoints, and possibly one for each bridge, not just the ones you've marked already.
Also I don't know why you gave the Guardian a portable orb and put the hold exit all the way in the NW corner behind an "
unopenable"
black door, instead of just putting the hold end *behind the Guardian*. (I did find it somewhat funny that the Guardian has the statistics of the Archivist from Tendry's Tale, essentially forcing us to fight those statistics as the final boss... but with a much higher attack and defense cap)
This is a huge hold, so I'm not sure if I'll go over it again for more errors. What I will say is that I like the difficulty progression a lot, from an optimization viewpoint - there's a very appropriate amount of room for optimization, health saving, and resource scrounging. I never felt like the hold was lacking enough exchanges, only that I didn't plan ahead well enough.
Also, most importantly, I think this is a really good-quality and well-made hold. Good job!
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[Last edited by Chaco at 01-30-2010 03:56 AM]