My problem at that one is that I had 2 completely diff. ways to be 2 off, with not a clue what one can be cut.... I was working a long while on the wrong one :-(
Good level. Interesting. 45 tries, for me. Here, I was 6 off (on 312 route), for quite a while, then came to 2 off and in one try found the two, while at the other variation, I am still 6 off. EDIT: had quite some trouble to find the latest 2 cut (new record 310), but managed. :)
Another SPLENDID level! Over 50 tries, only to get 6 off. And no idea as to how to save these 6. :S Edit1: 137 tries & 6 off! Edit: More than 3 years later I finally found it! :) GREAT level!
(1) 5-stars for all the effort to make that path to be the final solution! (2) I also agree that this level is not too difficult, once you go that way, virtually you will never get a 2-off.
5 tries :p But the only reason I got this so quickly was because I actually have a level in my unpublisheds that feature exactly the same sort of trick, but not so elegantly constructed. This is cleverly made, well done.
I found it easy. A lot easier than some of the levels rated with less points, on which I am still stuck! I was done in 62 tries (am used to be about 300), and had no 2 off (although I am a specialist of remaining stuck 2 off)... Fun but not real challenge.
I liked it very much. To my eyes, there is only one real 2 steps cut to be found, consisting of choosing what to do first at a certain lock. But for the rest... The few variants possible all lead to same amount, so that it is pretty rapidly clear where to focus on.