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The endless mode is fun so far, I've only encountered the Dual Mine so far since I lost to a 3 Ultimine round.

Will get back to Endless soon hopefully, but for now, it would be really cool if I could flag spots twice so I could keep track of the Dual Mines easier. Or better yet, cycle through flags to keep note of which mines are which.

EDIT: Got to 28! Came down to a 50/50 and didn't manage my resources. Also a multiple Ultimine round, man those are tough since I can't use Disarms easily, maybe it was just my strategy of trying to clear out areas so I could deduce the Ultimine locations using the hazard range, not sure if I should have saved the 3x3 reveal to kill Ultimines with Recycling. I think I've kind of confirmed my previous suspicious about Ultimines so I deleted my questioning about it. Still would like the flag switching between mines or something, any note system in the game would be cool.

Moocowsgomoo212 days ago

Still tuning the difficulty a bit, maybe 3-ultimine levels shouldn't appear quite so soon haha.

The exact logic is, after all mines are placed, EVERY empty space next to an ultimine becomes a mine. So no gaps, but edge-adjacent ultimines would only be surrounded by 3/5 mines.

Having different flag types is definitely a good idea!

Mscizor212 days ago

Didn't realize you replied since I was deep into a run, edited my comment, I might try again eventually to reach past 30s but it's been fun so far.

Mscizor212 days ago (2 edits)

On another note, the Mirror Mine is really cool. I really like how it makes it so I have to wonder if certain spots are Dual Mines or Mirror Mines. Both of them work together so well. I also like how you can't really get "fooled" like how Dark Mines do it. I still don't like Dark Mines because while I can still trust the radar with Mirror Mines in play (as in I can never lose a probe while respecting the radar), I can still do so with the Dark Mines. I can kind of plan ahead for Mirror Mines (use Armor, Disarms, etc. to mitigate risk later on when it comes to the Mirror 50/50s), but I have to proactively use Armor for Dark Mines almost immediately unless I'm willing to risk Salvage. I might just be thinking about things wrong.

Also, I noticed in some levels that the density of Fakes/EMPs get really high, I never really got annoyed by them early game but with enough of them you get a ton of missing information that makes it really tough. I kind of like it and hate it at the same time, since it sometimes puts you in spots where you have to guess, but I suppose part of it is just resource management on when to use the abilities.

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