This build utilizes the most space and the most minimalist of defense/offense. It also reduce the amount of micro on collecting coins and rebuilding garlics, pumpkins, etc.
It will probably make it a bit easier to setup if you choose the seeds in this order: Marigold, Lilypad, Gold magnet, Magnet, Coffee Bean, Tallnut, Fume Shroom, Gloom Shroom, Pumpkin, Garlic (which I didn't actually do lawl). If you only have 9 slots You can skip the Tall Nuts and just use pumpkins. If you only have 8, I dunno, you lose with this builld.
r1
simple enough screen here. Money Start= 19,850
r2
lost a lily @ c5-r3, had to rebuild that and then I placed a pumpkin and a marigold below it. Saved the 50 sun here because most likely the ducky zombie will pop up and rape that lily again. And I can bank it in case a garlic dies. Money Gained=1580
r3
yup he came back and ate the lily again, replaced it, pump'd it, gold'd it. Bank 100 because those garlic are in tears. Money Gained=1430 what an unlucky gold coin round >.<
r4
replaced the garlics during the level (obviously) but in doing so I accidentally placed one in the wrong spot and had to shovel and place it properly so I lost 50 sun and pump took a beating (@ c8-r2) T_T. Added a lily and marigold on c1-r3. If I didn't screw up I could place another marigold below in c1-r4 but i need to bank the 125 in case vaulter gets at the weak pump or if the garlics die. Money Gained=1550
r5
You can't tell here but the top magnet pump got smashed by a football team. I had to replace it. And I had to replace a garlic as well. Finally got down the marigold and lily in c1-r4. Money Gained=1640
Final
had to replace garlics. Money Gained =1960 Total Money Gained at End= 8160
Pro Tip #1: The gold magnets don't do their job 100% and sometimes miss a few coins. So what I do to minimize effort is just collect the coins that appear around the edges, the gold coins, and the zombie dropped coins if applicable.
be more effective? Your build has 28 marigolds and this one has 32. if you don't have guts you can replace the marigolds in pumpkins (on land) with tall nuts. dolphin riders will eat the marigolds on the 5th column, but you'll be able to replace them anyways
If you want money you do this: 1. Turn of Full Screen in options so you can do something else while you're farming 2. Go to your Zen garden. Water your plants as much as they want (3-4 times, also buy fertilizer) 3. Wake up your snail and give him some chocolate if you have it 4. Do whatever you want while your snail is collecting coins 5. After about 10-15 minutes plants will produce coins at much slower rate so change your date to tomorrow. You don't even have to exit game for this. All your plants will want water again and you will also be able to buy new plants. 6. Repeat 2.-5.
Perguvious, how do you deal with screen door, ladder, pole vault, fotball, bucket head zombies on rows 1 and 6 ?
Also, the conehead seaweed zombies will rape those pumpkins in the middle. And then the replacement MGs for the dolphins.
Have you used that build? add up the money for it.
Also, blah, Whenever I do something else while garden is open the game pauses. Is there a way to make it not do that? And btw, plants produce more when they are happy (glowing) and even faster when you give them chocolate too (not just the snail).
Also, blah, Whenever I do something else while garden is open the game pauses. Is there a way to make it not do that? And btw, plants produce more when they are happy (glowing) and even faster when you give them chocolate too (not just the snail).
To me game only pauses if I play something, not in zen garden. When I have zen garden in windowed mode game doesn't pause. And yea, they do give more when they are glowing, that's when you give them water few times and then music or fertiliser. As for chocolate, imho it's too valuable to be given to plants.
On August 04 2009 20:25 CharlieMurphy wrote: Perguvious, how do you deal with screen door, ladder, pole vault, fotball, bucket head zombies on rows 1 and 6 ?
Also, the conehead seaweed zombies will rape those pumpkins in the middle. And then the replacement MGs for the dolphins.
Have you used that build? add up the money for it.
Football zombies will get like three chomps before they die on rows 1 and 6, because there are three gloom-shrooms. everything else can't reach, so rows 1-6 aren't a problem. Conehead seaweed zombies won't have enough time to eat the pumpkin before they die. Replacement MGs... dolphins will eat the marigolds on column five but usually not the pond leaf before they die, so just replace them- you get 250 sun anyways each round, should be enough for both replacements garlics and marigolds
this one is perfectly safe though, if you want the tall-nuts for protection. You use exactly 5,000 sun. There's 30 marigolds + Show Spoiler +
maybe you don't get enough money because you use the coffee bean on the magnet-thing BEFORE you turn it into the gold-magnet? Maybe I'm missing something here >_>
ok my build starts out with 28 (or less than your builds) but it ends up with more. I have more space with my build.
What are you talking about not enough money? oh, I meant how much money you get from completing it. Not sun, if I meant sun i would say sun.
anyways, this would be better than your setup http://twitpic.com/4z1sb used a variation of this with 2 more marigolds in rows 1 and 6 (starting with less pumps) start =8100 r1 = 9960 (g 1860) r2= 11480 (g 1520) r3 =I lost due to non management here but i had netted 13380 (g1900) on this round.
On August 05 2009 08:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: ok my build starts out with 28 (or less than your builds) but it ends up with more. I have more space with my build.
What are you talking about not enough money? oh, I meant how much money you get from completing it. Not sun, if I meant sun i would say sun.
anyways, this would be better than your setup http://twitpic.com/4z1sb used a variation of this with 2 more marigolds in rows 1 and 6 (starting with less pumps) start =8100 r1 = 9960 (g 1860) r2= 11480 (g 1520) r3 =I lost due to non management here but i had netted 13380 (g1900) on this round.
I'll try your way and see . I've had a lot of success with the other build, so either way I guess
but survival endless first, to get zen garden stuff and money for wisdom tree fertilizer
edit: my survival endless build is more or less like this + Show Spoiler +
but it only gets me to around flag 40. I use blovers for balloons but the diggers always get all the way to the end and start eating my winter melons because there aren't enough magnets. soon there're too many zombonis and catapult zombies that my spikerocks die faster than I can plant them
giga-gargantuars aren't that much of a problem but it's annoying when they throw tons of imps and eventually eat one of my cob cannons
On August 05 2009 15:41 Khenra wrote: This is such a great game! I've just completed it in one go, had a blast The letters from the zombies in story mode are just hilarious :p
Best I did in survival endless is level 41, got me a nice 40k gold aswell
OK, you win. No more eatin brains for us. We just want to make music video with you now
On August 05 2009 15:41 Khenra wrote: This is such a great game! I've just completed it in one go, had a blast The letters from the zombies in story mode are just hilarious :p
Best I did in survival endless is level 41, got me a nice 40k gold aswell
OK, you win. No more eatin brains for us. We just want to make music video with you now
This build utilizes the most space and the most minimalist of defense/offense. It also reduce the amount of micro on collecting coins and rebuilding garlics, pumpkins, etc.
It will probably make it a bit easier to setup if you choose the seeds in this order: Marigold, Lilypad, Gold magnet, Magnet, Coffee Bean, Tallnut, Fume Shroom, Gloom Shroom, Pumpkin, Garlic (which I didn't actually do lawl). If you only have 9 slots You can skip the Tall Nuts and just use pumpkins. If you only have 8, I dunno, you lose with this builld.
r1
simple enough screen here. Money Start= 19,850
r2
lost a lily @ c5-r3, had to rebuild that and then I placed a pumpkin and a marigold below it. Saved the 50 sun here because most likely the ducky zombie will pop up and rape that lily again. And I can bank it in case a garlic dies. Money Gained=1580
r3
yup he came back and ate the lily again, replaced it, pump'd it, gold'd it. Bank 100 because those garlic are in tears. Money Gained=1430 what an unlucky gold coin round >.<
r4
replaced the garlics during the level (obviously) but in doing so I accidentally placed one in the wrong spot and had to shovel and place it properly so I lost 50 sun and pump took a beating (@ c8-r2) T_T. Added a lily and marigold on c1-r3. If I didn't screw up I could place another marigold below in c1-r4 but i need to bank the 125 in case vaulter gets at the weak pump or if the garlics die. Money Gained=1550
r5
You can't tell here but the top magnet pump got smashed by a football team. I had to replace it. And I had to replace a garlic as well. Finally got down the marigold and lily in c1-r4. Money Gained=1640
Final
had to replace garlics. Money Gained =1960 Total Money Gained at End= 8160
Pro Tip #1: The gold magnets don't do their job 100% and sometimes miss a few coins. So what I do to minimize effort is just collect the coins that appear around the edges, the gold coins, and the zombie dropped coins if applicable.
be more effective? Your build has 28 marigolds and this one has 32. if you don't have guts you can replace the marigolds in pumpkins (on land) with tall nuts. dolphin riders will eat the marigolds on the 5th column, but you'll be able to replace them anyways
I've been using almost exactly that build, there's enough defense there that you can start it, go afk come back and replace the garlic, and do it again. The only thing you need to add is 2 more pumpkins in the water in the 5th column to stop the dolphins. I also put 2 magnet shrooms in the 4th column behind the gold magnets because otherwise footballers tear through the land pumpkins in the later levels. You only get 30 marigolds with the magnets, but it means you don't have to be watching and replacing the pumpkins all the time, which kinda defeats the purpose of just letting it run itself.
edit: also the english version is way better than the japanese version. "we are the undead" is a lot catchier than "zombie zombie zombie" (wtf)
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The letters from the zombies in story mode are just hilarious :p
I'm addicted too!
