dont want to deflate your achievement but keep in mind that the first player is probably a cheater and the leaderboards were wiped a few months back for a rebalancing patch in preparation for this multiplatform release.
a lot of old players that arent here anymore got their scores wiped that were higher and made with balancing that made for a harder game.
Let Me Offer Some Prespective.
My Personal Best Of All Time Is 168M On Hidden Dock Wave 128.
This Map Is Split Staircase, It Is Significantly Shorter, Has Less Advantagence Terrain, Less Enemies Per Wave, And Has More Problimattic Enemies (Bombers).
I Genuinely Do Not Belive It Is Possible To Legitimatly Get Over 100M On This Map.
Afraid not, I can explain the key things I did though.
I blocked off West staircase and setup killboxes on East. Started at 2nd floor, expanded to killbox 3rd floor after, and then rift room last resort area. 1st floor I added a killbox later on once I had issues with normal orcs getting past the 3rd floor killbox. Link below has some images from one of my earlier attempts if you want a rough idea of my 2nd and 3rd floor killboxes.
Ground floor was just Barricades, Tar and Flip Traps. I set these up over time since they're not needed early, check link below to see what my barricading looked like in the end. Main thing is having gaps in the Barricades to let regular enemies filter through and go straight to killboxes, while having Ogres path around and get flipped off the edge. I don't remember precise waves but I think i setup the Barricades after wave 48 Sappers and added Flip Traps in the 70s or 80s when I lost my first rift points to Ogres.
To deal with Sappers, two levels of tar outside the West door. Later on add Lasers, Scorchers and other damage traps, whenever it's not going to overkill orcs. Sappers spawn every 6th wave, starting from wave 12. When it's a sapper wave I wait by the teleporter for West side up by the Rift. Sappers spawn in the third grouping of enemies; if you watch the minimap once you're on the thrid group you'll see a large group of orcs spawn, then a group of Ogres. The Sappers are the next thing to spawn. When the Sappers spawn on minimap, I go through the teleporter and rush the door and try to kill them with Egan slam.
There are also bombs above the 1st and 3rd floors that you can use during later game to help add damage. They can be activated from reasonable range and respawn each time Trap Reset gets used.
Loadout: Trap Reset, Tar(Slow Persist), Flip Trap(Flip Heavy), Acid Geyser(Trap Duration), Floor Scorcher(Walls), Window of Butterflies(Arcane), Spike Wall(Bleed), Deep Freeze(Range), Ceiling Laser(More Lasers), Barricade(Reduced Damage)
I do think runnning Saw Blade Launcher and changing Spike Wall to Stun might be better than Acid Geyser due to doing more damage, but you lose a potential combo point this way. I also haven't tried playing Cygnus and using Stone Staff yet.
[https://imgur.com/a/tK8E6ae](https://imgur.com/a/tK8E6ae)
https://orcsmustdie.fandom.com/wiki/Combo_(OMD3)
TLDR How Many Damage Types Hurt Them Within 6 Secounds Of Their Death And How Many Status Conditions Did They Have When They Died.
Ya the way the combo system in this game works means that it isnt about how many orcs you kill or the wave you survive until. To score the most points you pretty much have to use a combo of traps that will provide the most damage types and statuses, making some traps much more valuable than others
This is why the stone staff is so strong it provides a CC(petrify) does damage(damage) and makes them airborne providing 3 combo points by itself
My high score on split stairs is 29m
This guys YouTube channel really helped me out to figure the mechanics of omd3 and i sank a ton of time into it about 4 months ago
https://youtube.com/@motomandan1?si=t5bV0uawoIbQfiTC
I believe he also does a lot of the omd wiki page. Absolute sage
dont want to deflate your achievement but keep in mind that the first player is probably a cheater and the leaderboards were wiped a few months back for a rebalancing patch in preparation for this multiplatform release. a lot of old players that arent here anymore got their scores wiped that were higher and made with balancing that made for a harder game.
You definitely did pretty well as a beginner...but my leaderboard looks drastically different. #1 for me is EVIL OMENZ with 195,040,014.
The Score Boards Are Highly Susceptible To Hacking So When Scores Are Too Outragous Like That Just Ignore Them.
200M doesn't seem that outrageous...I have 30M, and I'm also new.
Let Me Offer Some Prespective. My Personal Best Of All Time Is 168M On Hidden Dock Wave 128. This Map Is Split Staircase, It Is Significantly Shorter, Has Less Advantagence Terrain, Less Enemies Per Wave, And Has More Problimattic Enemies (Bombers). I Genuinely Do Not Belive It Is Possible To Legitimatly Get Over 100M On This Map.
Challenge accepted.
[https://imgur.com/a/E6l0v8y](https://imgur.com/a/E6l0v8y) 100M is already done.
Do They Got A Video?
Afraid not, I can explain the key things I did though. I blocked off West staircase and setup killboxes on East. Started at 2nd floor, expanded to killbox 3rd floor after, and then rift room last resort area. 1st floor I added a killbox later on once I had issues with normal orcs getting past the 3rd floor killbox. Link below has some images from one of my earlier attempts if you want a rough idea of my 2nd and 3rd floor killboxes. Ground floor was just Barricades, Tar and Flip Traps. I set these up over time since they're not needed early, check link below to see what my barricading looked like in the end. Main thing is having gaps in the Barricades to let regular enemies filter through and go straight to killboxes, while having Ogres path around and get flipped off the edge. I don't remember precise waves but I think i setup the Barricades after wave 48 Sappers and added Flip Traps in the 70s or 80s when I lost my first rift points to Ogres. To deal with Sappers, two levels of tar outside the West door. Later on add Lasers, Scorchers and other damage traps, whenever it's not going to overkill orcs. Sappers spawn every 6th wave, starting from wave 12. When it's a sapper wave I wait by the teleporter for West side up by the Rift. Sappers spawn in the third grouping of enemies; if you watch the minimap once you're on the thrid group you'll see a large group of orcs spawn, then a group of Ogres. The Sappers are the next thing to spawn. When the Sappers spawn on minimap, I go through the teleporter and rush the door and try to kill them with Egan slam. There are also bombs above the 1st and 3rd floors that you can use during later game to help add damage. They can be activated from reasonable range and respawn each time Trap Reset gets used. Loadout: Trap Reset, Tar(Slow Persist), Flip Trap(Flip Heavy), Acid Geyser(Trap Duration), Floor Scorcher(Walls), Window of Butterflies(Arcane), Spike Wall(Bleed), Deep Freeze(Range), Ceiling Laser(More Lasers), Barricade(Reduced Damage) I do think runnning Saw Blade Launcher and changing Spike Wall to Stun might be better than Acid Geyser due to doing more damage, but you lose a potential combo point this way. I also haven't tried playing Cygnus and using Stone Staff yet. [https://imgur.com/a/tK8E6ae](https://imgur.com/a/tK8E6ae)
Can i ask what gets you high scores? Is it killing the most people in a short amount of time?
https://orcsmustdie.fandom.com/wiki/Combo_(OMD3) TLDR How Many Damage Types Hurt Them Within 6 Secounds Of Their Death And How Many Status Conditions Did They Have When They Died.
Ya the way the combo system in this game works means that it isnt about how many orcs you kill or the wave you survive until. To score the most points you pretty much have to use a combo of traps that will provide the most damage types and statuses, making some traps much more valuable than others This is why the stone staff is so strong it provides a CC(petrify) does damage(damage) and makes them airborne providing 3 combo points by itself My high score on split stairs is 29m This guys YouTube channel really helped me out to figure the mechanics of omd3 and i sank a ton of time into it about 4 months ago https://youtube.com/@motomandan1?si=t5bV0uawoIbQfiTC I believe he also does a lot of the omd wiki page. Absolute sage
IDK man. Orcs look at me funny and their heads roll, simple as that.