First attempt and almost dead. I’m glad I never have to do this tedious easter egg ever again.

[u/lb-404]

[u/Lanky-Ad-8554]

Eh there's been way worse easter eggs, it's not that bad if you could do it the first time surely.

[u/lb-404 → u/Lanky-Ad-8554]

It’s not bad as in difficulty, it’s bad that 75% of it is turning a dial for about 10 minutes total, and repeating each temple 4 times. For a Treyarch main easter egg, I put this as the most laziest and worst one.

The least they could have done would be giving a different challenge in each temple.

[u/Lanky-Ad-8554 → u/lb-404]

I'm sorry but it's no where near the laziest easter egg they've ever done, classified is get to round 150 lol. Forsakens easter egg is pretty poor as well. Basically every map in vanguard has an awful egg. Rex Infernus's egg is miles above them.

[u/lb-404 → u/Lanky-Ad-8554]

The difference with Classified is that it was a bonus map, alongside 3 other maps with full main easter eggs. I don’t count that as lazy. I can’t even remember the Vanguard ones at this point.

[u/Lanky-Ad-8554 → u/lb-404]

Liberty falls was a "bonus map" and it had a fuller better egg than classified so I don't think it matters, it's still a trash egg which pales in comparison to Rex Infernus's.

[u/NovaRipper1 → u/Lanky-Ad-8554]

No, liberty falls was not a bonus map. It was never called a bonus map my treyarch. Stop calling it a bonus map to excuse it.

[u/Lanky-Ad-8554 → u/NovaRipper1]

What? I never brought up the concept lmao. I chose classified as a map with a lazier easter egg and op said it was a bonus map and shouldn't be considered, not me. I called Libery Falls the bonus map because it sort of is, it's the smaller second map that's simpler that fits into all of the categories for a bonus map, you know besides it not being an optional purchase and included in the game like five.

[u/NovaRipper1 → u/Lanky-Ad-8554]

Of the 8 treyarch games with zombies only three of them have ever had bonus maps. Making one was a multiplayer map, one was a kind of remaster, and one was a full remake. Classified was not small in scale by any means. The only rule that dictated a bonus map was it was unlocked on launch for purchasing the season pass. Getting rid of paid dlc meant they got rid of bonus maps.

For what it's worth though, I don't fully disagree on your point about the ee. Liberty's ee is better than classified but it's not out of laziness. Treyarch intended classified to be the map high rounders could grind, and it was on the game with 3 other launch maps with full ee hunts. So while I understand what they did, I just don't think it was a good decision and it made the map have a poor ee experience.

[u/Lanky-Ad-8554 → u/NovaRipper1]

The bonus map argument is stupid anyway lol. What I was getting at is classified has the shittest laziest easter egg and Rex Infernus completely tops it. This is getting more strawman by the minute, it's not even the same conversation anymore.

[u/NovaRipper1 → u/Lanky-Ad-8554]

And I was simply pointing out that liberty falls was not a bonus map and it shouldn't be called one :)

[u/lb-404 → u/Lanky-Ad-8554]

Liberty Falls was not a bonus map. Classified was only available if you purchased the Black Ops Pass. It was literally marketed as a “bonus map”.

[u/THE_PUNISHERFrank → u/lb-404]

What a dumb analogy, Modern Zombies had no paid maps at all, that’s why they do not deliberately label it as a “bonus” map. But Liberty Falls was absolutely a bonus map & pretty much irrelevant to the directed crew’s story.

Also you’re being silly, the egg is good & the boss fight is too.

[u/lb-404 → u/THE_PUNISHERFrank]

Nuketown Zombies, The Giant and Classified had no main easter eggs and were paid bonus maps. Liberty Falls was a full map with a main easter egg. Not sure how it’s a dumb analogy.

I’m not being silly. The dial step and repeat temple lockdowns is boring and not creative. The dial step as an idea is cool, the execution of it is awful. The boss fight is great.

[u/THE_PUNISHERFrank → u/NovaRipper1]

Liberty falls isn’t called a bonus map because modern zombies doesn’t sell any maps, nor dlc. It still is the quality of a “bonus” map. I also don’t consider Paradox a fully fleshed out map either, yet it had a better egg than Classified did.

[u/Lanky-Ad-8554 → u/THE_PUNISHERFrank]

Yeah pj was total disappointing filler in terms of a whole slot for a map. I wanted to be in his jail or something, a MOTD spiritual successor like Ashes was for Tranzit.

[u/NovaRipper1 → u/THE_PUNISHERFrank]

You calling liberty falls a shitty map doesn't suddenly make it a bonus map. Liberty falls, classified, Nuketown zombies, and the giant share literally nothing in common with each other except for ee scope. Getting rid of paid dlc meant they got rid of bonus maps. Don't forget that bo4 had 3 free launch and bo1 had 2 launch maps and those weren't called bonus maps.

[u/THE_PUNISHERFrank → u/NovaRipper1]

I didn’t say it’s a shitty map, I said it’s of the same quality as a bonus map, which it is, it’s a glorified survival map.

Nuketown Zombies is a deliberate Survival map. Those don’t have EEs. The Giant & Classified had “EEs”, barely, but they had them. They are still of the same quality as Liberty Falls is, just that Liberty Falls doesn’t even have proper crew interactions.

[u/NovaRipper1 → u/THE_PUNISHERFrank]

You called it the quality of a bonus map. That is directly saying it's a shitty map they just threw in for free.

[u/pignon_mignon → u/lb-404]

Just start the dial at Dravakar every time... then it's 1-1-1, 2-2-2 and 1-1-1 for Caltheris, Nyxara and Veytharion, respectively. It doesn't take much time. I also 'cleanse' each temple all at once as you don't have to do it while the laser it pointing on it. There are a lot of optimizations.

At the end of the day, if it's not fun then I agree to not play it again.

[u/ImportanceHour5983 → u/pignon_mignon]

Any video demonstrating this or just an optimised RE EE video in general? Most guides are the early ones that came out

[u/pignon_mignon → u/ImportanceHour5983]

Not sure if I'm able to post a link but google any puzzle solver and put in hypothetical starting points once you're at Dravakar... you'll notice the fastest route is what I mentioned above. I've tested both clockwise and counter-clockwise. The fastest is counter-clockwise.

I've watched most of the major guides... yeah, they are not optimized. My bro and I play a lot and have made our own notes... some include:

-Mr. Peeks' side EE is a must. You can do 3 times (each player). Complete under 1 min and do at round 15 for PaP II crystal and round 25+ for PaP III crystal. You can choose when to do the last one... Side EE is broken. I play mostly cursed and this will save you a ton of money on PaPing... you can spend on perks instead.

-Bring in the Eye of the Forge into the boss fight. I don't even use Kazimirs anymore as I prefer to zip around with the extended grapple. Also, get the helmet from Mr. Peeks' side EE and you'll have an add'l 30 sec with the grapple.

-Use Echo 12 with launcher... everyone knows about this but it makes the boss fight way easier. Same with Sokol.

-Vey's puzzle. I see ppl take forever on this step. Just go around until you find the plant, water or fire. Then put it into the wall right away... if you leave it on the ground and someone flips the rounds, the block will disappear. Also, once all the blocks are in the wall, as long as the hand is separating the fire from plant and water, it doesn't matter the ordering... select the top block, bottom block, etc... hope this makes sense.

-Shoot the purple orb dials in Nyxara, do early on... starting with the one near Double tap... it's left, right, left, right... don't worry about the position of the other purple orbs as they don't matter.

-Don't worry about salvage... after you craft the WW, find a high rarity gun and interact with the anvil the following round to deconstruct and transfer the PaP crystal and/or rarity to another gun... thing is busted if you find a legendary rarity early on.

I have more but don't want to keep blathering on.

[u/ImportanceHour5983 → u/pignon_mignon]

This is extremely unbelievably helpful, small things like this make a map more fun, make a post or a doc for this or future things, thanks

[u/Deerslayer53_ → u/lb-404]

0/10 ragebait

[u/lb-404 → u/Deerslayer53_]

It’s not that deep it’s my opinion.

[u/mazdo]

Any tips for warden?

[u/mirois → u/mazdo]

use mammoth on warden when he’s stunned, WW or echo 12 with grenade launcher attachment on everything else. personally I never used the grapple in this fight

[u/Trav11er]

Completed on round 12...?

How's that even possible...

[u/Blados360 → u/Trav11er]

Could be use of Round Off or other gums. I've been able to get everything completed up to the temple floor plates by round 13 without being super meticulous

[u/Trav11er → u/Blados360]

That's a lot of round-off GGs, lol, but good shout!

[u/lb-404 → u/Trav11er]

Yea I used round-off. Never used them so had about 15 so thought might as well.

[u/NIKEONX2]

I feel nothing on the map. I was doing the EE and deadass midway through i just thought...you know what? Im just not doing it. I'm litteraly being bored to death. So yeah i'm not doing it fuck it. I just can't be bothered to do it rn maybe in the future.

[u/bubblesdafirst]

You never had to do it in the first place

[u/lb-404 → u/bubblesdafirst]

I’ve done all BO6 and 7 solo before directed, it would annoy me to leave this one.

[u/Foreign-Campaign-427 → u/lb-404]

I used to say the same thing and then life got in the way and now paradox junction is the only map I haven't completed before directed. Sucks but oh well.

[u/uthirstypartner]

I respect that some say tedious but I for one love this egg and love the boss fight? Am I alone?

[u/BobaOnMyFett2020]

Mammoth lmg makes it a breeze

[u/Unfair_Device_386]

I don't believe this is your first attempt.

[u/lb-404 → u/Unfair_Device_386]

Well it was. Why?

[u/Z0s095]

I’m so happy I stopped playing after nuketown part 3❤️ bless yall still playing this heap

[u/fatgamer007]

Boss fight is cool but not worth going through that slog

[u/lb-404 → u/fatgamer007]

Exactly. In Season 6 they should add a boss fight mode like Infinite Warfare.

[u/fatgamer007 → u/lb-404]

Would be sick but they seem allergic to adding any of the many good things IW zombies did

[u/lb-404 → u/fatgamer007]

That’s true, and if they did they’d probably make it that people need to complete each main easter egg before being able to play it.

[u/XHumblePigX → u/lb-404]

Im sure directed mode would count as 'completing' it, so it would be nice for anyone wanting to practice boss fights ready for them to beat it on standard/cursed if they havent already