259tim Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 i was digging some hard rock with my crome crusher in the level "rock hard'' whereafter i found 30 energy crystals al next to each other i dont know if u guys 'know of it but if hou want to complete it fast built a crome crusher and some transport trucks and go dig all the way to the north you will be done in a 15 minutes or so, much faster than needing to blow up with dynamite finding like 1 crystal at a time sry for bad english and i forget to take a screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Even though we probably already knew about that, it might be useful for some people doing speed runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauka Usanake Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Man but making a chrome crusher would take a while. That and the small transport trucks. If you want them to work best you'd have them upgraded too. So what was that on speed run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexpanter Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 You could just use dynamite. And the small transport trucks aren't such a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 there's also a cache to the south. Cirevam mined it in Rock Hard p2. Not as big as the north one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 It's an interesting point raised, and it was a tactic I did consider when I was doing my speedrun, but as has been pointed out, it does take awhile to build all the buildings required for a chrome crusher. What's more, the crystal target in this level is only 20, and so while you can teleport things back up for their crystal value, you're almost using 20 crystals in building all the buildings/vehicles: PS = 2 SS = 3 ST = 2 TP, SS, ST powered = 3 CC = 5 2xSTT = 4 All this adds up to 19 crystals, which is one short of the target. It's faster to just to focus on drilling/collecting (and a few dynamited walls). I found when I did all my SpeedRuns that building a base during a speedrun only becomes a viable option if the air supply runs out too fast and/or there is a high crystal target which is easier to gather with vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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