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You should search lunatomb for other recent good levels. Oddly they haven't been posted on here.

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Isn't WASP in Lost Levels without mod just a Seeker that fires one extra Merc per volley? IDR hatred...maybe because it is used more, but I don't know. Some of the most extreme robots - like ones that fire Megas (C4HD/Warlord/LL MAX) - I've never seen done in snipe mode (except for one boss, but it ...

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Even with this most evil robot of all, there is no point you can't strategically handle one. Hard, yes - VERY HARD - and as unforgiving as they come - but it is not impossible at any point even on high difficulty. Know where they are, eliminate with utmost priority and caution levels.

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Yeah, the IDR...but the C4HD is even more deadly if you can't snipe it safely.

And if the MAX in Vertigo is bad, try the one in Lost Levels WITHOUT custom weapons enabled. Now that would be the real contender for most dangerous non-boss ever!

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Well as for that last point, 20 medium size levels isn't that short, and I tend to not rate things down simply because of its length, unless it is unreasonably short or ridiculously long (i.e. too long for its own good). Insane might dull some of the repetition issue in CS, because it is much more i...

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D1 Mars did red fine; but D2 Brimspark took it out too far and too long. CS in general suffers badly compared to almost any other (decent) mission - official OR fanmade - in terms of keeping things fresh and varied between/within levels. Even other missions with themed units did not do it to this le...

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Well technically you could argue if you prefer one half the time and the other half the time, that's a form of tie, albeit an unusual one.

The other thread (in Level Spotlight) can be closed or deleted if desired.

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I don't like any of the new robots, either in a appearance or behavior--they look ugly, most of them do the same things other robots already did (do we really need another lifter?). and they tend to have way too many HP, making them tedious to clear out. So I'm torn. You can delete the 'z' from the...

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Basically what the title says. Focus here is on gameplay/enjoyability more so than any other aspect.

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Well I'm not playing D2's original ATM, but did change all the musics for Vertigo, mostly using tracks from old missions that seem reasonably fitting. D2 should have had more and better music.

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+1 me too, thankfully at least there is the Climate Alliance...I hope that can limit some of the damage until another 3 years pass.

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Basically what the title of the thread says. What are some? Anything you can think of would be appreciated (of course you can make a new post or edit the post if you think of something you'd initially omitted). It could also be a small mission that is not as well known. Only restriction is no XL stu...

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Basically what the title of the thread says. What are some? Anything you can think of would be appreciated (of course you can make a new post or edit the post if you think of something you'd initially omitted). It could also be a small mission that is not as well known. Only restriction is no XL stu...

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I really liked the music choices from a glance at least...doing non-midi and just playing it in the background is a creative idea IMO.

And it's well-credited too, so you know what the source is! No hunting around necessary.

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Entropy 2 Level 3 must be disguise of either fire or ice boss, as it is only vulnerable to matter. But I think it moves like AF Level 3 boss (which is disguise of D1 Medium Lifter!), does not teleport (like any robot with invulnerabilities normally will).

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Definitely a question for Sirius, but I'm guessing it's so that the other player has placed to explore in co-op.

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@Sirius You mention 'challenging in co-op but beatable', yet clearly the mission IS beatable in single player too (save Level 12 coldstart), just VERY challenging, and probably still quite hard even on continuous and with deaths allowed (as long as not 'game over', of course). What was your intent a...

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@Sirius How are you supposed to handle Level 2 cold start no death? I can't even come close, even on Hotshot. Can't even reliably clear way to the energy center.

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Beating AF on Insane with few saves in incredibly impressive, IMO, no matter how many attempts. And definitely a lot of good endurance! :) It surprised me too when I first heard Levels 2 and 3 are most evil, usually a mission only gets harder as you go further. But you don't have Gauss, that could b...

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Level 2 of AF? I've heard 2 and 3 are some of the nastiest.

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Is there a specific custom level for Descent I or II that you'd like to see a video for? Only restrictions are please don't ask for Lost Levels or Vignettes (because I've played those a crazy amount already) and it must be single player and must be compatible with Rebirth. The primary intention (but...

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Is there a specific custom level for Descent I or II that you'd like to see a video for? Only restrictions are please don't ask for Lost Levels or Vignettes (because I've played those a crazy amount already) and it must be single player and must be compatible with Rebirth. The primary intention (but...

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I looked at a North America temperature map and the last week has been warmer than normal in southern Manitoba, but the last two weeks combined and the month-to-date have been colder than normal.

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Some of the absolutely craziest weather whiplash I've seen even for the standards of where I live: A week ago, it was no higher than -11C all day, -20C at night. With several inches of snow on the ground. Between late Wednesday (10th) and early Friday (12th) it was +13C or warmer (as high as +17C) f...

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This thread is intended for potentially a running discussion BTW, whenever you're interested in posting about your current weather or anything else weather-related. It snowed again this afternoon! Not a huge snowpack, but got a little back at least. And sitting at -6C again. Should keep the snow on ...

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As for warm and dry winters, it looks like some cold did come into the PNW in 2013/14. But 2014/15 was record warm. Both were quite cold winters in the Eastern USA, however. 2015/16 was very warm by February 2016 in the PNW though February 2015 was warmer still. I definitely saw the drought stretchi...

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Sorry, I had just saw the global warming thread in the other section so assumed it was the section all non-Descent stuff goes in, wasn't aware it was split into multiple sections. Should've looked closer. No problem with moving. :) How was 2017 for you (and anyone else who wants to comment) weather-...

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Southern California has been ridiculously hot lately with destructive fires (like Thomas). Last winter though you had beneficial rain for the long term drought. That same pattern meant no winter here in the Eastern USA though. It was 17-20C for a week straight in February (against normal around 4C) ...

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Yeah that Eastern North America cold snap was a big one. 2014 and early 2015 had them even more frequently. It was hard for me to believe at the time that the whole globe was burning up heat records! But most of the timbre since mid 2015 it's been really warm. Here the coldest in the last two weeks ...

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Basically what the title says, I have a huge interest in weather so figured it was worth taking a shot at a potential discussion about it (and at your discretion, and if you don't mind, please mention where you live). I'm in Northern Ohio, my normal is +1C right now. This current weather is crazy. I...

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Global warning is serious and cold spells don't disprove it. The globe as a whole had record heat recently THREE years in a row from 2014-2016, and these records were not broken, they were smashed. And 2017 was still on a far higher level of warmth than any year before 2015. In the USA, the last thr...

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Now this one is tough! Acolytes, Legionnares, Golems, and Komodos galore! Plus Pipers and Terapiners. I can't even remember any other robot types at all except the (very special) matcen in the Reactor room and the area that includes all the Mantids, visible from the start. At least no robots that ha...

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Now this one is tough! Acolytes, Legionnares, Golems, and Komodos galore! Plus Pipers and Terapiners. I can't even remember any other robot types at all except the (very special) matcen in the Reactor room and the area that includes all the Mantids, visible from the start. At least no robots that ha...

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Fixing it. I have the reference now so it's good enough.

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