500% vs 800% - Is it much harder?

[Dukenukem117]

For those who have no problem completing 500%, did 800% prove to be a big jump in difficulty? I'm struggling with 800%, though I've never completed 500% back in the day either.

[Vuwen]

500% is trivial compared to 800%, although its very easy once you can adapt to the playstyle of slowly expanding, overall with the amount of zombies there are and the fact they swarm you at the small sound of a single soldier, its quite annoying.

[GladiusNW]

Yes, it's insanely hard. A lot depends on your map and how many free resources you have at the beggining. It's seems easier than 500% some time ago, because you have these food crates which are insanely op, but even so, it's still hard as hell. Expect spending 50-100 hours on it.

[Dukenukem117]

After a number of tries, I got to the last wave and got promptly crushed. I didn't realize it started at day 72. I thought it would be 75.

I had a really good start from day 1-30, but couldnt expand further due to lack of space. Took me a good 20-25 days just to get over this hump.

80 days feels very map-dependent. Getting lucky with spawn, food/power crates, resources caches, mayors, all help so much. Theres no margin for hiccups.

[fknshk]

I played the map 3 with Nightmare zeds, but i tried in 120 days too show my friend who is new in this game, wasn't hard because 120 days is easy if you know how to expand and have some strategy. But that doesn't change the fact that you don't clear the all map and have 3 giants tho, so, the waves and final wave was a little challenging. But, i liked, some Thanatos, Snipers and Executors (always my strategy), and should be fine.

[herrerik]

Yeah 100 to 80 days is a a HUGE change. They should add 90 days as a in-between.

[Andrewbh2003]

Originally posted by herrerik:

Yeah 100 to 80 days is a a HUGE change. They should add 90 days as a in-between.

yep 120 and 150 days you always end up with too much time and you end up just sitting there waiting and then 100-80 where you barely have time to do anything

[end_game_13]

I play on 100 most the time. I can't imagine being able to get titains out under 80 days.

[Dukenukem117]

Is it worth saving for a wonder? Seems like crystal palace would help a lot with how little food there is. Usually I get crystal palace, hall of immortals, lightning spire, and beholder when I do 100 days. Since I dont have nearly as much time, Im thinking crystal palace + immortals on 80 days?

[Dukenukem117]

Omg, I cant believe I won. I had the luckiest spawn ever, with 3 chokepoints right next to my HQ, each with a little nook that allowed me to hide a shock tower behind cover. Backed by a labyrinth of executors, sniper towers, and thanatos, it was pretty much invincible.

I failed to clear almost the entire map, left 2 of the giants alive, and only reached 1402 pop. I also sacked my entire colony to pay for last minute defenses, and ended the game with 32 pop. But a win is a win I guess lol.

https://imgur.com/a/WMS5sn2

[Banalaty]

I am a scrub and cant handle the last map on brutal/brutal. But any other map is fine. I tried the nightmare level zombies on 100 days and really enjoyed it. I was quite surprised at how much I got done in 100. All wonders, over 5k pop. Cleared entire map and 3 giants. It really didnt seem that bad. Clearing the map with soldiers on nearest and snipers behind on high priority was a breeze. However, I would have lost the exact same map on 80 days. The gap between 80 and 100 days is huge for me personally.

That said, I cant fathom doing this on map 4 with the noise problem. I dont know how people do it. Kill thuosands of zeds, but be REALLY quiet about it and with less resources? Map 4 is a nightmare.

[GladiusNW]

lol GZ fatlazyhomer, interesting way to win :) Normally it would be really hard to win with this population, but everything depends on the RNG I guess :)

[ThiccMist]

I struggled hard at 500% back in the day, but did beat it after many attempts and with deleting ~30% of my pop to survive last wave. After a long break I wanted to try out the new 800% and struggled a bit because I had to get used to the game again. I forgot on which days the waves were coming etc. but once I figured everything out again it felt way easier than 500% back then. The free food/energy, especially the free food, makes it soooo much easier. Last wave pretty much did nothing to my base, literally only scratched a couple walls. I guess early game is the hardest part, but with them freebies you won't be as desperate for food in the early days.

[Dukenukem117]

Ya, getting lucky with food crates in the beginning makes such a world of difference.

[thundabird]

Originally posted by fatlazyhomer:

Omg, I cant believe I won. I had the luckiest spawn ever, with 3 chokepoints right next to my HQ, each with a little nook that allowed me to hide a shock tower behind cover. Backed by a labyrinth of executors, sniper towers, and thanatos, it was pretty much invincible.

I failed to clear almost the entire map, left 2 of the giants alive, and only reached 1402 pop. I also sacked my entire colony to pay for last minute defenses, and ended the game with 32 pop. But a win is a win I guess lol.

https://imgur.com/a/WMS5sn2

u deleted ur buildings??

[Dukenukem117]

Originally posted by thundabird:

Originally posted by fatlazyhomer:

Omg, I cant believe I won. I had the luckiest spawn ever, with 3 chokepoints right next to my HQ, each with a little nook that allowed me to hide a shock tower behind cover. Backed by a labyrinth of executors, sniper towers, and thanatos, it was pretty much invincible.

I failed to clear almost the entire map, left 2 of the giants alive, and only reached 1402 pop. I also sacked my entire colony to pay for last minute defenses, and ended the game with 32 pop. But a win is a win I guess lol.

https://imgur.com/a/WMS5sn2

u deleted ur buildings??

Yes, I needed money.