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[center][b][size=5]G&G HARD MODE ODD TILE SOLVING MADE EASY[/size][/b][/center] ----- [center][i]If you know how to solve down, but none of the other guides are making sense when you get to that odd tile in a row that won't go away, or if you're like me and can't remember what you're supposed to do without having a guide pulled up as you play...[/i] Then this guide is probably made for you.[/center] [center]Don't know how to solve down? Read that funky fresh [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2551563#post_35888761]new section[/url] first![/center] ----- [center][font=Microsoft Sans Serif][b][size=4]To begin, all you have to do is solve down until you run into a problem. Then, do whichever of these steps are applicable, from top to bottom:[/size][/b][/font][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MiWAdS7.png[/img][/center] [font=Microsoft Sans Serif] • If the odd tile is in the middle [b][color=red](RED)[/color] row[/b], click all tiles in the [b]same row[/b]. • If the odd tile is in the row with the [b][color=blue]BLUE[/color] dot[/b], click all tiles in the row with the [b][color=blue]BLUE[/color] line[/b]. • If the odd tile is in the row with the [b][color=green]GREEN[/color] dot[/b], click all tiles in the row with the [b][color=green]GREEN[/color] line[/b]. [center] [u]In short:[/u] [color=red]Odd row [b]4[/b], click row [b]4[/b][/color] [color=blue]Odd row [b]5[/b], click row [b]2[/b][/color] [color=green]Odd row [b]6[/b], click row [b]3[/b][/color][/font][/center] ----- [size=3][b]Then continue solving down until you a) run into another problem or b) solve the puzzle.[/b] And...that's it. That's the entire guide. You might have to do more than one of these in a single puzzle - perhaps all three - but you'll get there. It usually takes me less than half as many seconds as moves to complete the puzzle on PC, and a third as many seconds as moves on my phone. Click [url=https://i.imgur.com/kKbxNhY.gif][b][u]HERE[/u][/b][/url] for a demonstration of all three steps in action. [size=1](You're free to judge me for solving for light.)[/size] Click [url=https://i.imgur.com/G0HGH1U.png][b][u]HERE[/u][/b][/url] for a more colorblind-friendly image! -----

[center][size=6]Solving Down[/size][/center] [i]Solving down[/i] refers to making each row the same color, from top to bottom. [b]If you are [u]clearing the first row[/u], you'll always be [u]clicking in the second row[/u]. [/b] Pay no attention to what's happening in the row you're clicking on; you'll deal with it later. ----- [u][b]The Basic Rundown[/b][/u] [LIST] [*]Two tiles? Click between them on the row below. [*]One tile, going right? Click to the right on the row below. [*]One tile, going left? Click to the left on the row below. [/LIST] [center][size=5][b]So where exactly do I click?[/b][/size] [img]https://i.imgur.com/dgVWE9y.png[/img][/center] [size=4][b][color=red]*[/color][/b] | Click here if you want to [b]clear[/b] two tiles at once. [b][color=orange]X[/color][/b] | Click here if you want to [b]move[/b] a tile to the left. [b][color=green]+[/color][/b] | Click here if you want to [b]move[/b] a tile to the right. [b][color=aqua]O[/color][/b] | Click here if you want to [b]clear[/b] a tile off the board. [b][color=magenta]#[/color][/b] | Click here if you want to [b]move[/b] a tile to the left.[/size] ----- [center][size=4]But does it matter which direction I clear tiles in?[/size][/center] Nope. You could solve up and to the left if you wanted to. You'd just have to flip my problem-row-clearing-image upside down. I don't recommend it unless you're super bored. [center][size=4]Hey, wait, why can't I clear this one tile?[/size][/center] Are you in the middle row or below it? [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2551563#post_2551563]Scroll up[/url] to see my guide on those pesky rows. [center][size=4]I still don't get it.[/size][/center] That's okay! If you're still determined, ping me (or other trainers) at the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ibaz/2575112]Glimmer & Gloom Training Hub[/url]. I can use Discord to verbally walk you through each step, as well as screen share, so you can watch me play and I can watch you play. You don't need to have a microphone or talk if you don't want to. Or ping me here! I like pings. -----

Good point, @artemiswanderer - that's actually what tripped me up back when I was first doing VH puzzles. I'll add a note now, and it's great to hear the guide helped!

It's great to hear my guide's been of help! I have memory problems myself, so making my strategy easy to remember was a priority, and I'm glad I succeeded in doing that.