: Ah, so your strategy is to cheat - well in a manner of speaking - to take
: advantage of the engine's active monster limit. Can't say I blame you, but
: I feel oh so superior for having beaten the level without resorting to
: such a whimpy strategy. On the other hand, I would not want to try
: repeating this level again! I wonder if the AO engine has the same monster
: limit?
Yes, I doubt I could have done it without taking advantage of the monster limit. Especially since I didn't know about the switch across the pool and therefore expected to have to spend the entire 3x charge in the blood run (many times) to finish.
I believe in A1 the monster limit can be raised, but I'm not going to try it :P
: if you have the omega
: cannon, you can just shoot yourself out and you can still get the 3X armor
: by using the omega cannon to shoot yourself into the room where it's
: found, avoiding the risk of swimming in blood.
We keep finding more places where I'm not used to taking the Omega or Mace (and the new maneuverability those weapons allow) into account. Unfortunately, this is the end of that too as we're about to lose all these weapons for good.