Drgamer
Level: Master Delver
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I'm having trouble figuring out how to start this room. As far as I can tell, I need tell them to build a junk wall right after the briar grows, so that bottom left guy doesn't get killed immediately. This lets me save all three.

After that I'm unsure what to do. Presumably I need to place some walls on the left side so that I can make it from the top right orb to the conquer token, but I'm got a limited amount of time to do so. I certainly don't have enough time to block off all of it, and I also would need to keep the briar from blocking my way out in the east.

bomber50
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You don't actually need to save them all. Some of them can (and probably will) die.

Drgamer
Level: Master Delver
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Well that just leaves me with "I don't know what to do".

From what you're saying, I just ignore the bottom two, but then what? Unless you misunderstood what I meant by "save the engineers at the beginning"; I didn't mean "leave the room with all three still alive". I'm not that crazy. I just meant to have more of them to work with during the puzzle.

I can get to the bottom right orb, then squeeze past barely surviving, get to the top right orb. But I can't figure out how to keep the briar from making the conquer token either inaccessible or leaving me trapped to die.

Hence the "I don't know where to start."

bomber50
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Well, there's certainly more to it than that. I was just trying to give you a start.

Anyways, a solid hint:

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[Last edited by bomber50 at 06-27-2014 05:42 AM]

TripleM
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I've solved this room and don't actually understand that hint at all, so here's some other hints:

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Drgamer
Level: Master Delver
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I'm guessing the 'hint' was to

The solution is kind of obvious in retrospect.

JLE
Level: Delver
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Is it possible to make engineers build walls where THEY are, rather than having to walk to the location myself?

If so, how do I select a location that is not the location I am standing on?

averagemoe
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You can only put a marker at your own location. Not sure why. Maybe they're in too much of a panic to follow more complicated instructions?

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