[Craig]

Originally Posted by Deputy Monty

Good luck maxing your cash suit. I agree with Summer Solstice that it was the hardest of the suits to max for the reasons stated.

A mint or DA doesn't have to take longer w soundless/vs sound. The main reason it DOES is once they discover you can't sound, they seen to forget they can or they start working those neglected gags. It takes a great deal of patience to be soundless.

I like to choose last in order to compensate for their gag choices and try to kill at least ONE cog. I carry organic thow and I love it.

Mostly, as a soundless toon you have to pay attention. You always have to know the cog lvls and you have to know what will or won't kill them. You really have to play smarter.

Actually, if you recall, we ran a number of time trials in DA D on groups with 3 sounders/1 soundless and four sounders. The puzzles were not really a factor as all the teams were pretty expert and finished those very quickly. At the end of all the tests, the four sounders had, on average, finished about a minute faster each time. We did it several times, with various barrel combinations being given.... I think that the minor difference could be mitigated if the group with the one soundless was willing to play down a few laffs (not stop to tune up until really necessary). Tooning up slows things down significantly.

That being said, as long as the soundless toon plays smart, I personally don't mind at all....eg., use lure if the sounders are taking them out (seems that the odds of both lure and sound missing are pretty miniscule).

Craig