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Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:44 pm
by stefan
Post your questions / hints about this puzzle here. No complete solutions please!

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:51 pm
by diegomclima
I just can't beat this one because of 0.5h D:

Any tips here?

Btw, really enjoying this buy just doing the puzzles. Congrats to the developers! Can't wait to finish the puzzles and go to the multiplayer hell :D

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:16 pm
by stefan
diegomclima wrote:I just can't beat this one because of 0.5h D:
It can be beaten in 23.7h.

Some things to look at:

* Specialists can be hired the minute the Queen arrives at an outpost. Newly hired specialists can leave the minute the Queen hires them. So the moment the Queen arrives, it should be shipped off again (with a new Specialist if you choose to hire one at that time).

* Finally, there are several speed boosts this game provides. Do you travel quickly to your own outposts? And do you also quickly to an enemy outpost if you really have to?

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:45 am
by diegomclima
stefan wrote:
* Specialists can be hired the minute the Queen arrives at an outpost. Newly hired specialists can leave the minute the Queen hires them. So the moment the Queen arrives, it should be shipped off again (with a new Specialist if you choose to hire one at that time).


Hmmm... I was mainly using the smuggler to walk around. Let me try again ;)

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:03 pm
by diegomclima
I just made it in 23.7h. I was doing everything right, but there is one piece of knowledge that is very important and I didn't know:

- If any pre-requesit of a specialist is met during the travel, it still works. I was departing only when the condition was met.

Amazing amazing game! :)

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:32 pm
by stefan
Great to hear you solved it!

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:09 pm
by xdeadxcellx
Still not getting this one does anyone have some more hints plz !!!

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:42 pm
by samococo
I too can't get through it :( i'm losing faith lol.

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:50 pm
by n0v4_murd3rer
Can anyone privately Send me a solution to this puzzle please? Kik: WH15P3R1N_CH405, email: Xboxchaotic@gmail.com

Re: Advanced 2 - The Fastest Way From A to B

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:04 pm
by Champinoman
After reading this thread there seems to be a few game mechanics that people might not be clear on that are hindering their efforts.

Regarding the smuggler: The smuggler moves at 3x speed when heading to an outpost that you control. What people may not realise is that if you capture an outpost that you are sending a smuggler towards then the smuggler will speed up mid trip. And if your smuggler is heading to an outpost that you own at 3x and you lose that outpost then the sub will slow down to 1x mid trip. So if you know you are going to capture an outpost you can launch a smuggler towards it and know that the smuggler will speed up as soon as you capture the outposts.

You can only hire a new specialist when a Queen is at an outpost. You can schedule the hire to happen as soon as the Queen lands though and schedule that newly hire specialist to leave at the same time.


Also, I just found a way to solve this puzzle involving a General. This isn't the most logical solution but might give some people another way to try and solve it. It uses the same principles.