Match 3 speed challenge?

[tmaddox]

What exactly is the goal of this one? Obviously I need to do as many as I can in the allotted 60 second time limit but is there a set number I am shooting for? I have gotten 6 done in that time and have no idea if I am close or far from the goal, because I don't know what the goal is.

Also, as an aside, in case the devs read this, the fractal puzzles are awful. Either I am just not understanding or they are just too finicky and require a level of precision that it is had to achieve with a mouse.

[Roan]

I believe it's 20. It will boot you out once you've solved enough, so you'll at least know when you've completed it.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Valimure:

I believe it's 20. It will boot you out once you've solved enough, so you'll at least know when you've completed it.

20 puzzles solved in 60 seconds? One every 3 seconds?

Seems impossible.

[Roan]

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Originally posted by Valimure:

I believe it's 20. It will boot you out once you've solved enough, so you'll at least know when you've completed it.

20 puzzles solved in 60 seconds? One every 3 seconds?

Seems impossible.

You get bonus time each time you complete a puzzle, so you'll end up having closer to about about a minute and a half to two minutes.

There's also a set number of puzzles that spawn in the challenge so you'll begin to learn them. My big tip would be if you get stuck, don't quit: learn that puzzle so if it spawns again you can clear it.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Valimure:

Originally posted by tmaddox:

20 puzzles solved in 60 seconds? One every 3 seconds?

Seems impossible.

You get bonus time each time you complete a puzzle, so you'll end up having closer to about about a minute and a half to two minutes.

There's also a set number of puzzles that spawn in the challenge so you'll begin to learn them. My big tip would be if you get stuck, don't quit: learn that puzzle so if it spawns again you can clear it.

Thanks for the info. I think I will be taking a pass on it for now and maybe circle back later. Too many other puzzles to spend the kind of time on this one that I believe it would take me.

[Roan]

Understandable! Match 3s are pretty tough. Good luck!

[Christosius]

Originally posted by Valimure:

Understandable! Match 3s are pretty tough. Good luck!

Did you solve the 20 puzzles on time already?

[Roan]

Originally posted by Christosius:

Originally posted by Valimure:

Understandable! Match 3s are pretty tough. Good luck!

Did you solve the 20 puzzles on time already?

Yes, it took me about 3 or 4 tries on this run.

However, it was available in the playtests we did previously so I already had plenty of experience with it. I think my first time beating it took maybe 20-25 tries.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Valimure:

Understandable! Match 3s are pretty tough. Good luck!

I don't find them tough necessarily, at least not yet, but that does not equate to me being able to do them quickly.

[Roan]

Wait til Dare of the Triunes. I think I spent like two or three hours on an enclave that has ten puzzles lol

[Yiasmat]

Yeah getting the 20 is rough. Good thing is: the puzzles are extremely limited (actually think there are exactly 20) so the longer you play the more you know exactly how to solve each and the faster you'll become. Took me like 20 minutes too as i'm horrible at the match 3 ones.

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I'm pretty bad at match 3. On my first try I got a score of... 3. Yeah, I'm never getting this challenge.

[Vorkosigan]

Originally posted by Valimure:

Wait til Dare of the Triunes. I think I spent like two or three hours on an enclave that has ten puzzles lol

12. I got there earlier today. 2 or 3 left at the moment - I decided to go elsewhere for a while.

[PureFallen]

With the amount of lockstates available, clearing the 20 will require you most likely to memorize all Match Three's in this Quest's Rotation. That is how I did.
With the time received for clearing one you will likely end taking more than 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per run which makes it a lot more realistic again.

[CascadeHush]

The game tells you when you fail that you need 20, at which point I just said nope and walked away. Not fun, not interested.

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Originally posted by CascadeHush:

The game tells you when you fail that you need 20, at which point I just said nope and walked away. Not fun, not interested.

My plan is to come back to it once I'm done with everything else and have nothing else to do in the game. If I'm going to be beating my head against a brick wall, I might as well save that for last.