Destroyed crystal prior to attack

[3Ddeath]

Ummm, anyone else do this? horrible things happened to me :( is there ever a reason to do this again?

[zuniger]

What happened?

[Dark Dev]

It's a speedrunner thing. Or if you just want to increase the difficulty. Although I do agree they should warn you what's going to happen when you start damaging the crystal.

[death2all]

its actually a risk/reward thing the risk is you bring the wave early, the reward is you get 35 of the red crystals compared to 10

[aKillerExperience.ttv]

Originally posted by Dark Dev:

It's a speedrunner thing. Or if you just want to increase the difficulty. Although I do agree they should warn you what's going to happen when you start damaging the crystal.

I wonder what happens when I destroy a crystal that releases massive amounts of monsters when it explodes on its own. :D

[aKillerExperience.ttv]

Originally posted by 3Ddeath:

Ummm, anyone else do this? horrible things happened to me :( is there ever a reason to do this again?

Definitely, if you find the crystal before the wave, you can plan the defense and you get the extra crystals and you speed up the game. An average game usually takes around 3 hours

[3Ddeath]

Thanks for the info! ya I was only 2 days in after previous wave when I stumbled across it, I'm like, hmmm I bet you can't destroy it... then hitpoints go down.... hmmm maybe that stops the wave since they didn't do their crystal worship thing yet.... haha nope...

Turns out 3 basic ballista towers and an unfinished wall wasn't enough to stop 2000 baddies.

[Satoru]

If you destroy a crystal it will

Bad: Start a wave immeidiately when night falls so be prepared to fend off a wave if you do it. One thing is to '99' the crystal, build up your defenses then 'tap' the crystal to break it

Good : You will get more dark crystals for upgrades if you do so

[Dermenore]

You can also try to rush and destroy it the day just before the death night. It's not always possible but I sometime mange it. In this way, you get the 35 special ressource and don't have the death night start sooner.

[crystalgatedh]

Other than speeding the game up if you feel you will win anyway, there are a few advantages.

If you destroy the crystal that is weakened, you will get a bigger reward than if it destroys itself. You will suffer no negative consequences at all as far as I know, you're already at the last day.

If you destroy a crystal that's not weakened, apart from the greater reward, you get to pick which crystal the enemies will spawn from as they will spawn from the crystal you destroyed. The disadvantage is, the time will advance to the last day before the next death night. However, if you wait until just before the last day begins, you will lose just a minimum of time.

[EliteSarge]

I did this my first playthrough and had no idea what would happen.

Then I died. lol