Dillon's Rolling Western

Why does Dillon remind me of perry the platypus?
 
Okay, I FINALLY figured out how to put out those damn Magmagrocks, but that didn't make day 3 of stage 8 any easier. Hell, I barely survived it! I let at least 2 Spring Grocks get tothe village and I lost all my hearts twice... Although the only penalty of losing your hearts in battle is that you let the Grocks get ahead of you, and you're reduced to merely 3 hearts now. I should try buying more tonics and snake oil instead of relying on finding hearts in rocks, cacti and grinding Grocks...

Anyway, I'm just relieved to finally be done with that so I can move on!
 
I did hear that if you get a game over, the money limit is lifted. So, in a way, that would make it easier for you to set up your defenses. However, you do need to have tons of cash with you when you advance to the harder stages.
 
Sorry to double post, but I've made it through stage 8, and 5-starred it. And I also survived stage 9 with around 50 Scrogs left after day 3. I'll likely be redoing stage 9 in an attempt to get a better score. But after that is the last stand.
 
Hot damn, you are GOOD at this game! :o

Me, I'm replaying stage 2 to try and get a five-star rating. It shouldn't be THAT hard, though it has been a while since I last played stage 2.
 
Smashgoom202 said:
Hot damn, you are GOOD at this game! :o

Me, I'm replaying stage 2 to try and get a five-star rating. It shouldn't be THAT hard, though it has been a while since I last played stage 2.
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Well the key to getting 5-stars is to not only complete all the stage's quests, but to also set up your gun towers so that they can quickly take out the weaker Grocks, while weakening the stronger Grocks for you to take out quickly. You can also use items to deal with certain Grocks, but you also need to take into account your equipment as well.

Also, as you advance to later stages, you'll gain access to stronger tools for the gun towers. Stronger tools will help take out certain Grocks more easily; for instance, in stage 6, you can equip the level 1 Long Cannon, which packs more power than the basic Cannon. In fact, the key to 5-starring stage 7 is strategic use of the Long Cannon, since gun towers 2 and 4 are off-limits for that stage.

For a small tip on getting 5-stars for the first 6 stages, you don't want your Grind Attack to be over level 1, and your Roll Attack shouldn't exceed level 2; this helps when mining for parts needed for building defense doors. Your Claw Attack should at least be at level 4, just so that you can finish off stronger Grocks at a quicker speed. Lastly, when dealing with the boss Grocks, take advantage of Arma-Mode whenever you have the chance.

Once you reach stage 7, however, you want to set up all of your equipment at the highest levels possible. Grocks that were originally tough to beat earlier will be much easier to take down when your equipment is very strong. I also noticed that level 5 gear takes longer to break than lower leveled gear. Of course, with your gear levels maxed out, most weaker Grocks can be destroyed by just using a single Roll Attack, or the Grind Attack, which makes the level 3 Grind Attack wear out faster than the level 5 Claw Attack and level 5 Roll Attack.
 
Well, I have successfully 5-starred stage 9 today, with a time of 17:58; you have to finish it in under 20:00 to get the first four stars. The quest star can be quite tricky to get though, since one item can only be grabbed during the Grock invasion, Snaggrocks appear randomly, and you have to handle the Diggrocks real carefully if you want to get the 5 Fire Nozzles needed to pass.

I will tell you that you want to wait until day 3 to be using the dynamite sticks. You also want to use them on the northeastern and southwestern totem poles that are near the gun towers, and equip those gun towers with level 3 Gatling Guns; this will not only stall the Grocks for a while, but also weaken them greatly during the process.

The two gun towers that are closest to the village should be equipped with level 2 Long Cannons to cover the northwest and southeastern areas.
 
Say, remember in stage 6, where the mayor of that town mentions this outlaw named "Rin King" or something? I had a feeling he'd be something of a Checkov's Gunman or something, but I haven't heard anything more about him yet. Maybe in stage 10...?

If you do find you, put what you find in spoilers, please.
 
Stage 10 has been conquered, but I will have to redo it to get the 5 stars. Anyway, the following are spoilers, so do not read if you don't want to be spoiled...

When you complete stage 10, two extra places will be available. The first one requires you to save up to 100000 coins, while the second one requires you to 5-star all 10 stages.

I'll update this stuff when I have the opportunity to.

Edit: The following is a spoiler...

I'm trying to 5-star stage 10 now, but I'm having a hard time with finding an Aurolia. I did hear that it's very rare, but I've done several mine runs without any success. Is there something that I'm missing?

Edit 2: Success!! I've 5-starred stage 10 after several day 3 retries. Now, the following are more spoilers...

For day 3, you need to set up a row of level 3 cannons and level 3 long cannons to bring down the Ultimogrock (the "last boss"). Be sure to stock up on some Snake Oil, Bombs, and Wonder Bombs, as you'll need them to deal with the Crysgrocks and Diamongrocks, while working on destroying the Ultimogrock's core. If you destroy the Ultimogrock, you've successfully saved the village, and day 3 will be complete, regardless of how many Grocks are left to destroy.

Now, to get the first four stars, you need to do all of this within 25:10. The quest star is straightforward with one quest; you need to defend those gun towers at all costs. However, the one involving the Aurolia involves A LOT of luck.

Now, in terms of the extra stages, Sal's Hut (unlocked by getting 50 stars) takes you to a gallery, where you can see models of all the different Grocks that you've fought.
 
I just beat stage 9, it was pretty tough, like you said. But now we have the final stage...

BTW, I like the names of some of these characters. Don Iguana... And the designs of all the characters are very nice too. This is just such an awesome game!