Toughest Island in Slay 4.x?
Toughest Island in Slay 4.x?
I haven't been able to beat the computer on Very Clever on Island 64 in
Slay 4.x in fewer than 34 days (without accepting surrender). Does anyone have a better time? Dar, what's your best on that island?
Regards,
Mark
Slay 4.x in fewer than 34 days (without accepting surrender). Does anyone have a better time? Dar, what's your best on that island?
Regards,
Mark
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Here is a screencapture of my current slay screen. There are several of these that I've beaten in fewer days during beta testing the latest version but have not re-played them to get the lowest scores on this particular screen. Note that in the process of beta testing version 4.2 I went through 10 or 15 installs of Slay and got a new screen each time. Most of these should be the lowest possible days to win without accepting surrender.
Fusion

Fusion

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Kryten,
If you can't beat #1, then you haven't figured out very much yet about strategy. My best time on #1 is 20 days. Its just a little bit difficult where #64 is major difficult.
Somewhere here on the back pages is a thread where a relatively new player came to the conclusion that there was "absolutely no way to win" certain islands. This was based on just a few attempts by a person who had not yet learned even the basics of game strategy. I can assure you that all islands on the current version can be beaten in less than 30 days. Most can be beaten in less than 20 days. I never accept surrender so the days to win that I list are usually about 5 days longer than for a person who does.
Keep trying, you'll get better!
Fusion
If you can't beat #1, then you haven't figured out very much yet about strategy. My best time on #1 is 20 days. Its just a little bit difficult where #64 is major difficult.
Somewhere here on the back pages is a thread where a relatively new player came to the conclusion that there was "absolutely no way to win" certain islands. This was based on just a few attempts by a person who had not yet learned even the basics of game strategy. I can assure you that all islands on the current version can be beaten in less than 30 days. Most can be beaten in less than 20 days. I never accept surrender so the days to win that I list are usually about 5 days longer than for a person who does.
Keep trying, you'll get better!
Fusion
The only ones I have not beaten in the ''Very Small" and "Small" islands are: 140, 207, & 213. Always on 'Very Difficult'. 64 was tough, but once you figure the correct starting moves, it gets easier. I have not played the "Large" and "Very Large" in recent months. I had a version where I'd played them all, but it got scratched in a disk crash, and I restarted the whole thing over.
Fusion, you got all those w/o enemy surrender? I'm quite impressed. I take their surrender, and I get some similar days to yours..
Care to teach us younguns you secrets?
Fusion, you got all those w/o enemy surrender? I'm quite impressed. I take their surrender, and I get some similar days to yours..
Care to teach us younguns you secrets?