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dustin's bd21 cave h l4
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dustin
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DUSTIN                            2023-01-14 00:04
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CAVE DATA:  
RANDOM FILL: _ 120 / Β 100 / Α 10  
RANDOM SEED: (111 8 1) 11  
DIAMONDS REQUIRED: (20 21 20) 19 (ALL AVAILABLE ONES)  
CAVE TIME: (240 240 240) 240  
  
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WHAT MAKES IT HARDER THAN L3:  
  
WHEN TESTING THE CAVE, I FOUND IT SUPER-DIFFICULT TO DO THE EXPLOSION, AND I NEEDED A TON OF ATTEMPTS UNTIL I HAD A GOOD STRATEGY. THAT'S WHY I EVEN CONSIDERED THIS FOR LEVEL 5. MEANWHILE, I FOUND A FEW ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO DO IT, WHICH MIGHT BE EASIER TO HANDLE, SO NOW I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF I CONSIDER IT HARDER THAN THE L3 VERSION :D  ALL IN ALL, I THINK THAT LEVELS 2-4 ARE QUITE COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF DIFFICULTY, WHILE I CONSIDER L1 TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER. WHICH ONE DID YOU FIND HARDEST SO FAR? OPINIONS ARE VERY WELCOME! :D  
  
HERE'S MY DETAILED ANALYSIS OF HOW DIFFICULT THE RANDOM SEED IS COMPARED TO L1-3:  
  
I SPLIT IT INTO THREE ASPECTS (JUST AS IN THE COMMENTS ON L1-3):  
\ FINDING THE SPOT WHERE THE FIREFLY IS NEEDED  
\ DOING THE EXPLOSION IN PRACTICE  
\ DOING THE REST OF THE CAVE WITHOUT ANY MORE EXPLOSIONS  
  
\ FROM THE MAP, I THINK IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS WHERE THE Ζ IS NEEDED. I THINK THIS IS COMPARABLE WITH L2, SO I GIVE ALSO 3 DIFFICULTY POINTS HERE.  
  
\ AS MENTIONED ABOVE, I FOUND IT VERY HARD TO DO THE EXPLOSION IN PRACTICE AT FIRST. BUT IN HINDSIGHT, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN FIXATED TOO MUCH ON MY METHOD WITHOUT CHECKING ALTERNATIVE POSSIBILITIES. NOW I THINK IT'S COMPARABLE TO L3, MAYBE SLIGHTLY TRICKIER (ALTHOUGH L3 IS ALREADY WUITE TRICKY TOO). SO I GIVE 5 DIFFICULTY POINTS, ONE MORE THAN FOR L3.  
  
\ THE REST OF THE CAVE IS CLEARLY EASIER TO ME THAN L3. IT'S A SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS MISSION TO GET THE LOWER-LEFT Α, WHICH I THINK IS WORTH 2 DIFFICULTY POINTS.  
  
THAT MAKES 3+5+2=10 DIFFICULTY POINTS FOR THIS LEVEL. COMPARISON:  
H/1: 1+1+1 = 3 POINTS  
H/2: 3+3+4 = 10 POINTS  
H/3: 2+4+6 = 12 POINTS  
H/4: 3+5+2 = 10 POINTS  
SO THIS RATING DOES SUGGEST THAT THIS CAVE IS EASIER THAN L3, ALTHOUGH MY IMPRESSION DURING MY FIRST TESTS WAS VERY DIFFERENT! THIS CAVE SHOWS ME HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO RATE DIFFICULTIES :D

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DUSTIN                            2023-01-14 00:09
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ANYWAY, I THINK THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THIS CAVE IS THAT EACH DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS A NEW PUZZLE ON ITS OWN! :D