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	Message: : If you're a skilled Marathoner, you'll know that on Couch Fishing , you can : get the enemies in the first pit room to fall down a hole by simply : flipping the switch and then turning it off when you hear the elevator go : 'thunk'. If you don't know this, go here for a slightly better : description and then try it for yourself. : But can you do it with all the pit rooms? Indeed you can. It takes time, : but with skill and patience, you can do it. I've only done it on Easy, but : I'm sure I can do it on Normal. You'll have to kill the Compilers and : anyone that ends up inside the pits (there are several enemies that start : off stuck down inside the final pit, but one or two enemies might end up : stuck in the later pits, and you'll have to kill them off), but everyone : else will drop down and head to the start of the level. : You could always use this to make things easy on yourself, but what's the fun : in that? Go back and kill them! Of course, you did bring down everyone : that you could, so that's gonna be a lot of killing. Indeed, you'll end up : facing more enemies there than just about any other battle in the game. : It's not that much fun on Easy, but I bet on Normal or Major Damage (Total : Carnage would be suicidal), you could have good fun handling the mass of : enemies you've collected for this 'megabattle' (a term I borrowed from : Rockslider ). : Basically, just run through the level as usual (either via scratch-start or : by playing through from the earlier levels to get more goodies for use : here) until you reach the area with the switch that opens the hole. Drag : everyone back from the rest of the level so they fall into the hole. : Here's some helpful tips: 1. Keep your Fist up for the entirety of this : part of the work. You only want to hurt or kill enemies when necessary, : and the Fist will suffice for most of this. Of course, you may want to : soften up enemies, especially if you're trying this on Major Damage or : (god forbid) Total Carnage. : 2. Stay in view of the enemies you're trying to draw back as much as : possible. You want to make sure they don't get stuck or fall into a pit, : so it's best if you give them as simple a target as possible. Feel free to : drop out of sight to avoid getting hurt or to get a little distance when : progressing to the next room. : 3. Try to avoid friendly-fire. Fighter and Compiler projectiles have a huge : knockback in addition to dealing lots of damage, so they can potentially : knock enemies into the pits (trapping them permanently) or, failing that, : make them weak and unentertaining when the time to fight comes. Sometimes, : a Compiler may hurt a Fighter, drawing his attention and thus causing him : to jump into a pit when that Compiler does. I believe this happened to me : with two of the Fighters. : 4. Don't get jumpy - you don't want to prematurely kill an enemy when : you've no reason to. I accidentally did this when rounding the corner with : the Orange Fighter, killing him and depriving me of another enemy to : fight. : You may want to make constant saves as you're doing the setup, thus allowing : you to fix any errors you make along the way. You may also want to keep a : save handy to set things up multiple times - this may alter the monster : behavior, solving some problems or creating new ones. In all honesty I've : only tested this whole thing once, so some of the things in here may not : be true or there might be things I simply missed. If you encounter : anything different, by all means, post it. : Once you've gotten everyone downstairs, you can save your game again and/or : use the 1x Shield Charger in the first pit room. Then, head on down and : see if you can find the enemies. On my save, they ended up gathering : around the entrance of the third switch room (the one that leads : eventually to the pit rooms), with three Fighters becoming truly just : stuck inside the entryway: : Firing a shot is all it took to activate this lot and get them unstuck. Once : you've got them all following you, do whatever you like - fight them from : here, or retreat back to the room with the sunken blue floor before : beginning any combat (which is what I pretty much always do). If you : retreat at all, I advise you continue to follow tip #2 of the set-up tips, : though I'm not exactly sure it's necessary. : I'll continue testing and see what I can find. In the meantime, feel free to : try experimenting yourself! : Vale, : Perseus
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