Nuntar
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 4592
Registered: 02-20-2007
IP: Logged
|
Re: Rock Candy Mines (+2)
So, on my first run, I'm taking the same approach as in my Test of Mind videos: looking around and making sensible choices, but not doing too much calculation or save-and-restore gameplay.
Slew Gray Man:
72 HP, 31 ATK, 16 DEF, no keys (score 204)
Slew Gel Baby:
100 HP, 68 ATK, 40 DEF, 2/0/0 keys (score 482)
Mid-third level, at no really significant point, but these are nice-looking stats:
888 HP, 88 ATK, 77 DEF, 1388 GR, 0/1/0 keys
Checkpoints in L3 4S and L4 3N look like Citizens.
Slew Red Guard:
132 HP, 124 ATK, 92 DEF, 3/0/0 keys (score 929)
Slew Pirate (after making remaining score-positive trades):
1055 HP, 243 ATK, 167 DEF, 3/3/0 keys (score 1832) Time: 1 hour 35 minutes.
Overall impressions:
Decent short hold, nice for a relaxing break. The hardest parts were getting the sword on Level 2 and killing the gel baby boss, but even there, I felt there was plenty of leeway, and simply making sensible trades to end up with the keys and HP I needed was enough to get through. I liked that the gel baby boss requires shifting focus to amassing HP.
Level 3 was weaker than the others, as I was able to get the large ATK cache almost immediately (though I decided to get a little more ATK first to make it cheaper), which immediately allowed me to one-shot rock golems, making getting the shield equally trivial.
The end of Level 4 could have been much more interesting if there were more choices involving Seep and Waterskippers, making the 220 and 230 ATK thresholds of importance -- as it was, I only had to think about getting all the ATK for the boss, not about what order to tackle the enemies in. Also, the last two levels could have done with some more interesting choices involving shield gems -- in Level 3 they only show up in 2S1E, which is a matter of "once you have the shield, just get all the gems", and in Level 4, they are only in two rooms, and the ones in 2N2E are not viable.
____________________________
50th Skywatcher
[Last edited by Nuntar at 08-01-2016 01:29 AM]
|