Altador Plot >#59< (Read the FAQ!)

[Cilian]

Seems the third try is the charm for me: I tried the random-click method last night, and eventually gave up.

Got home from work this evening, and tried the systematic 256 link thing posted by Altrus. Which didn't work.

Was frustrated, and began again the random-click method, and got it after roughly a dozen clicks. So my vote has to go with the 'random' method.

I do have a theory though. I have noticed in this plot, and in the previous one, that it seems my solutions to each step take longer and are more difficult than other people's. My stars seem to be mostly tiny white ones, instead of colored ones, and my constellations typically have alot of other random stars grouped around them. Anything like the gladiator, the tomb in the last plot, or this water plant thing seem to be almost impossible.

I wonder if the age of our accounts has something to do with how difficult each plot is for each of us. (Mine is in excess of six years old.)

I don't think account age is a factor at all. I'm a few days shy of 5 years and I'm getting my stuff easy peasy.

[anjuna]

Smile, there's a story that you will get more prize points the more difficult the water plant was for you (the more valves turned before you "win", the more points you get)

I had decided to quit this stupid plot, but gave it one more try... pow, it worked. (????) Sorry, no idea what I did, it just happened about 10-15 clicks after a flood. I did hit the archiver and astro club and yurble and necklace guard one more time for good look before I started. And I had been working on the "fiddle with switches 2,3,4 until it works" theory, but gave up on it and left the room to hit some valves. soon it was done.

Oh and I made up the "more points" story myself, but it's a good one, isn't it?

Wow, lookie you made me smile for once during this entire thing! Thanks, and so glad you finally got it. Perhaps I will take your advice and once more (again and again) backtrack through all links and flood Altador a hundred more times. That part is at least gaining more amusement value for me. I think I am cracking up and going over the edge ..