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lightstriker · Post by **lightstriker** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:39 am

old versions are a TAD easier XD
so, uh... good luck with that

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:54 pm

Anybody has a solution for Twoway?

SHAD0Wdump · Post by **SHAD0Wdump** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:22 am

Two way is kind of similar to bifurcation,just less space to pile up defenses.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:42 am

SHAD0Wdump wrote:Two way is kind of similar to bifurcation,just less space to pile up defenses.

Ok! I managed to complete it. By saving money, it eventually piled up for quite a bit. The final level looks toughest in my opinion.

[Edit] Was quite easy though.

Nyme · Post by **Nyme** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:51 pm

Thought this would be worth posting, and also showing something about balance.

NUD v0.07 (you know, the "harder" version)
Wave reached: 73
Hardest: normal, tough
Survival
Bifurcation

I still fail to understand why they call the newest version harder than the previous ones. Agreed, normal is harder to pass now, but survival is other thing. To me, I can do better on it. I tried a setup without Lance nuds, and it seems it did better than any other setup of mine on Bifurcation. Just huge numbers of Shraps, several Warps to cover the whole corridor and Tris to boost Shrap fire rate and give some damage to the maze.

Yeah, Shraps are expensive when fully upgraded, and very effective. It is an excellent thing that on average, about 50% of the shrapnel actually hit. But Shraps surrounded by other Shraps seems a bit too powerful combo for me. The thing that does that is that the damage added by a Shrap is applied to every bullet the turret fires. This means that the real addition will be more like 45 than only 9, which is what other turrets gain.

EDIT:
Refining my personal (and the whole game's) Bifurcation hiscore.

NUD v0.07
Wave reached: 80
Hardest: normal, tough (like always)
Survival
Bifurcation

This was again a more traditional setup, with every different nud used. Once I saw that someone had succeeded in getting over wave 80, I set that goal to myself. Having achieved it, I'm waiting for a new version, hopefully with a new nud and a slight reduction of Shrap power.

Deltaflyer · Post by **Deltaflyer** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:28 am

I was bored, and my internet was crashing frequently, so I had a crack at Bifurcation.

About an hour later (at a fun 400-700% speed), I was beaten. At level 156.

Proof:

BizzarreCoyote · Post by **BizzarreCoyote** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:34 am

Deltaflyer wrote:I was bored, and my internet was crashing frequently, so I had a crack at Bifurcation.

About an hour later (at a fun 400-700% speed), I was beaten. At level 156.

Proof:

*snip*

I believe we have a new NUD god.

lightstriker · Post by **lightstriker** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:46 am

it was version 0.4
still very impressive, just... less so?

Beamnuds · Post by **Beamnuds** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:51 pm

75 just build, a straight path from beginning to end. =)

Beamers on the inside, not-fully upgraded monos on the outside.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:17 am

I managed to get to wave 86 to that tactic. Large circles are the toughest in here.

Beamnuds · Post by **Beamnuds** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:51 pm

So what's the hit rate on those shraps?

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:02 pm

Don't know. Just added them before the game was over. I don't know how sharps act as walls.

Post by **th15** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:55 pm

A shrap fully surrounded should get 40% accuracy. Used like that I'd say it'd get 15-20%?

Beamnuds · Post by **Beamnuds** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:16 pm

I used my straight-line surv build for "just build", adding a warpnud surrounded by 4 beams in the very end and got to wave 110 on 0.08. So warpnuds where they can attack, monos and one warp.

Had trouble with teleporting fast enemies, groups of 3 with lots of health, and large things with lots of health.

EDIT: 0.09 run.

Much use of the <- Wave button.

In and out.

Slightly stronger against bosses, slightly weaker against some of the big rings (don't know which type), pretty even across the board for the rest. A rather balanced maze.

Artman40 · Post by **Artman40** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:23 pm

So putting glows in In-Out even where they don't have a clear line of fire, is a good idea?