07-20-2011, 11:18 AM
Knight Mansion EASY
* keys: 7 red, 11 blue
* doors: 8 red, 10 blue
Right now, in order to be able to get the treasure behind the red door in room 16710, you have to avoid opening the only optional red door in the mansion in room 16302. While I can see this sort of thing for Normal or Hard, I have a lot of trouble seeing it for Easy. I think for Easy all the keys/doors should match up. New players are still getting the hang of things, and early on it's not obvious that this red door can or should be skipped. Remove the red door and red keys/doors match up… however, I don't really like that solution here. For Easy, I'm also not a fan of players having to carry a key for long distances. The door at 16710 is nearly at the end of the mansion. I think the better way to go is to add another red key (or lose a red door) somewhere closer to where the eventual door is at.
The blue keys match up in all areas, except for one - the silver/gold puzzle area. In this area there are two blue keys (15305 and 15704) and one blue door. One nice fix that fixes all problems, would be to replace one of the blue keys with a red one. One issue is that it still is a little ways from the red door, but it's not too bad. If I was to take this approach, then I'd replace the blue key at 15305 with a red one. It's a small change and doesn't make the gold/silver puzzle dramatically easier. This change would be on my short list of possible fixes.
Other than that, if it were me, I would make the keys/doors in each sub-section section match up. (This is an Easy mansion after all). This means removing one of the blue keys in the silver/gold section (probably the one at 15704), and removing one of the red doors in the final section where the red keys/doors don't match up - the one in room 16709. There are any number of places where an extra red key can be placed, but this fix is probably the simplest.
* keys: 7 red, 11 blue
* doors: 8 red, 10 blue
Right now, in order to be able to get the treasure behind the red door in room 16710, you have to avoid opening the only optional red door in the mansion in room 16302. While I can see this sort of thing for Normal or Hard, I have a lot of trouble seeing it for Easy. I think for Easy all the keys/doors should match up. New players are still getting the hang of things, and early on it's not obvious that this red door can or should be skipped. Remove the red door and red keys/doors match up… however, I don't really like that solution here. For Easy, I'm also not a fan of players having to carry a key for long distances. The door at 16710 is nearly at the end of the mansion. I think the better way to go is to add another red key (or lose a red door) somewhere closer to where the eventual door is at.
The blue keys match up in all areas, except for one - the silver/gold puzzle area. In this area there are two blue keys (15305 and 15704) and one blue door. One nice fix that fixes all problems, would be to replace one of the blue keys with a red one. One issue is that it still is a little ways from the red door, but it's not too bad. If I was to take this approach, then I'd replace the blue key at 15305 with a red one. It's a small change and doesn't make the gold/silver puzzle dramatically easier. This change would be on my short list of possible fixes.
Other than that, if it were me, I would make the keys/doors in each sub-section section match up. (This is an Easy mansion after all). This means removing one of the blue keys in the silver/gold section (probably the one at 15704), and removing one of the red doors in the final section where the red keys/doors don't match up - the one in room 16709. There are any number of places where an extra red key can be placed, but this fix is probably the simplest.