Author: Simulacrum  <nub>    66.140.101.211 Use this link if you want to link to this message and its entire thread of discussion. Post a Msg
Date: 7/17/2013 10:13:08 AM
Subject: RE: My warmage progress

To test my theory about mo' money in Crunch, I loaded up one of the mods that make all traps free. This allowed me to spam any and all traps I wanted from the get-go.

I didn't bother much with weapon or trinket choices. My goal was to make this a true tower defense strategy. So imagine a situation with no financial limitations and the following trap configuration:

East/West entrances (short travel to the rift):

* boom barrel dispensers along all walls and near ceiling near entrance door and where the entrance opens into the big rift area
*zappers on the ceiling
*scorchers on the floor (I left certain rows blank so the scorchers wouldn't flip boom barrels backwards -- the idea was to have a fire trap that would automatically set off the multitude of boom barrels)

North/South hallways (very long trip for the orcs):

* void walls covering the left wall
* spring traps for launching enemies into void walls
* ground-level zappers for columns on right side
* alternating boom barrel dispensers and grinders on top-left angled wall near ceiling (boom barrels would explode from fall); grinders would kill bats
* boom barrel dispensers directly above void walls
* upper-level grinders for columns on right side (bats)
* zappers on ceiling
* scorchers on floor in places where could not place corresponding void walls (would set off any boom barrels that didn't explode because of falling)

Rift Area

*portals in every available space

I'm leaving out some other placements, but you get the general idea.

My theory about money was entirely borne out. This was a true tower-defense situation and pretty much AFK. I got to wave 60-something and quit out of boredom, without a single rift point lost.

Now, having said all that, we mustn't assume that having unlimited money will always result in AFK. In Tunnels endless, for example, all the money and traps in the world won't let you last much beyond wave 55, even if you're a sorceress with a polymorph ring for earth lords. There's just not enough room for a lengthy defense.