Muzozavr
Level: Roachling
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If you meet the EASY gem quota, the toll signs disappear. On certain levels giving you possibility to gather more gems without working out the related puzzle and getting credit for mastering the level, while in fact you haven't!

wonkyth
Level: Goblin
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Hmm...

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The Mystic
Level: Goblin
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Muzozavr wrote:
If you meet the EASY gem quota, the toll signs disappear.

That's what's supposed to happen. I checked the in-game help files.

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Muzozavr
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The problem is that if behind the toll signs are more gems, and you need to solve a toll maze to do hard mode properly, you can simply play on easy mode, vanish the signs, and get the remaining gems without solving the related puzzle!

I don't know if it's abusable in any of the Prime levels, but you can definitely make a level that is abusable.

Bingbing
Level: Goblin
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Actually, it isn't abusable. The toll signs will disappear when the easy mode gem quota has been reached regardless of difficulty.

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Muzozavr
Level: Roachling
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Wait, what?
Bah, gotta reread help files again. Dammit.

The Mystic
Level: Goblin
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Yep, it's true; I even mentioned this in my previous post. The only way to prevent any toll sign abuse is to set the easy gem quota the same as the hard gem quota.

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Radiant
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I'm afraid not every permutation in an 80-element puzzle game is going to be intuitive. Yes, the toll signs work the way they're supposed to. And yes, a different way may make more sense to some people. And no, I'm not going to change it

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Muzozavr
Level: Roachling
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80-element

Wait, WHAT?!
I'm pretty sure there are fewer than 80... at least it doesn't feel like these horrendously complex games... If there are really that much (I haven't counted) congratulations for jampacking it.

The Mystic
Level: Goblin
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There's a hidden element page, which you can access by pressing CTRL-F5. That's probably why your count came up short.

Radiant wrote:
Yes, the toll signs work the way they're supposed to. And yes, a different way may make more sense to some people. And no, I'm not going to change it

I wouldn't dream of asking you to change them, since I hardly ever bother to include them in my level designs.

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