MM2 - Brave New World

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093D2A2B2B364F0 wrote:
[quote author=39293E37375B0 link=1671814205/44#44 date=1675948262]OK, used the purple key to get the red key in #17000 but:

If I use the purple key in 17000 and get the red key, then I have to go back (backtrack) all the way to 16498 to change back to gold bricks.  But I cannot go back from 16498, the only way is to move on back to 16499 and from there to 16501 but to do that I have to change back to silver bricks.  Not quite a Jack-stuck but …
I am going to try the long ladder down to #17000 next.

My first reaction may be wrong. I can't know yet. It is best if you may clarify something for me. There is no room 17000. So in which rooms did you use the purple and tried to use the red key?
Sorry, I meant room 17100.

In the first attempt after the first save I used the rainbow key on the blue door in the scorpion room and then, after getting the purple key, I used it in room 17100 to get the red key. This approach leads to a lot of backtracking as the silver bricks are on. The only way I see is to go down from room 17101 and take the

express

to the start/exit room and go from there to room 11100 (I think) to change to gold bricks again. But by then Jack will not have any key left.
BTW it is possible to use a bottom ladderjump in 17100 to get over the gold bricks. Is that intended?

In my second attempt I took the long ladder from 15100 down to 17100 and used the rainbow key to get the blue key. Then I used the transit zone 1 to exchange as many keys as possible, ending with another blue key. Only then I opened the door in the scorpions room and got the yellow key in the next room to the right (btw the 4 scorpions are too hard to avoid without any shields). Then I went for the purple key in #15102, finished the transit section and finally went down for the

express

back to

square one

. This is IMO a much better approach but how is the player to know that beforehand?