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  • 03/30/2008 at 6:27 pm #1726294
    Trekkin and Birdin
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      I know there are differing opinions on this kind of thing. We’re getting ready to put out a cache that will be somewhat similar to Robin’s series for zuma’s birthday last year, in that anyone who seeks it will need to complete several other caches first. All of which are generally difficult and/or challenging. There’s a great pay off for those who do it, though. [:)]

      So….even though the mystery final is pretty easy, to get it requires completing 10 challenging and somewhat far-flung caches to get those coordinates. So….please complete my not very scientific poll to help us decide how to rate the difficulty factor for it. Thanks for your help!

      03/30/2008 at 6:48 pm #1886850
      TyeDyeSkyGuy

        I have several caches that fall into this category. I’ve had to combine the hide difficulty with the find difficulty for them, as I think you will need to as well. This is another case of needing more than just two sources of ratings. There should be optional ratings such as puzzle difficulty, hide difficulty, terrain difficulty and container difficulty.

        03/30/2008 at 6:56 pm #1886851
        Trekkin and Birdin
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          Yeah, see the actual final will be pretty easy, and the terrain could probably stay easy, but difficulty would be high. Robin rated the difficulty final for hers at a 5, I believe, which seems reasonable when you consider a person needed to find 50 other caches to obtain those coordinates!

          03/30/2008 at 6:59 pm #1886852
          hogrod

            If it were me I would set the cache difficulty at the maximum, since you have to complete other difficult caches to complete this one. Wouldn’t the terrain rating for the cache cover the actual difficulty of the cache anyway?

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