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Got overwhelmed by biters.

This isn't me asking for help on how not to lose the game, I'm good thank you. This scenario however destroyed me like the wave defense one.

Thanks for the replay and for playing during the experimental!

It's doable, took me two hours.
Don't try to research more than the first turret upgrade, you need to get to green science quick since the biters will be spawning faster and faster.

BTW, where did the finish pop ask to send the screens?

ROFL. I'm guessing it isn't supposed to take two hours. Although it makes it tempting to give it a try...

I had 4 assemblers making ammo and still got overwhelmed right after I finished it because one wall completely ran out

You don't have to rush anything, but you shouldn't take too much time either

Basuro wrote: Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:20 pm It's doable, took me two hours.
Don't try to research more than the first turret upgrade, you need to get to green science quick since the biters will be spawning faster and faster.
BTW, where did the finish pop ask to send the screens?

2 hours is a reasonable time. Internal Wube fastest is 1:20
It is designed so that everyone gets overrun just as they finish the level.
Please send the screens to my email ben.buckton@factorio.com

Thanks again for playing

abregado wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:45 pm
It is designed so that everyone gets overrun just as they finish the level.

i haven´t tried it yet. is there a message that says its designed that way?
I have no problem with such a design, but it could scare away new players.

Mr. Tact wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:40 am ROFL. I'm guessing it isn't supposed to take two hours.

Mine took just over four.
I find it odd that people are saying to do it faster, or that the people finishing it in two hours are taking too long and that's why they're having a problem. I am slow. I approach things very methodically and cautiously. And while I did have a last-minute issue in my first playthrough, I reloaded the earlier save - just a couple minutes before - and finished handily by prioritising the turrets that ran out of ammo the first time.

The end screen also specifically calls out wave defense as having similar combat, so I suspect this isn't representative of freeplay.

Still, as others have said... just look at all those corpses

GrumpyJoe wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:57 pm

abregado wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:45 pm
It is designed so that everyone gets overrun just as they finish the level.

i haven´t tried it yet. is there a message that says its designed that way?

Abregado said something about it:

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=65345&p=401791#p401791

Here is my second attempt. This one succeeded.

Also here is the link to the part of this topic on Discord. https://discordapp.com/channels/1396775 ... 5298519055

Gergely wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:29 pm Here is my second attempt. This one succeeded.

Good job