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[ghost640]

So how much of setting the difficulty level for a puzzle cache is related to the difficulty of solving the puzzle, vs the difficulty of finding the cache once the puzzle is solved?

A lot of puzzle caches are easy finds, but the puzzles might require hours, days, etc to solve (for me, at least). For that reason, it seems worth raising the diffulty over that of just finding the cache.

What do you all do?

BTW - check out Klick On Klick Off near Cinci - it is making people crazy. Glad I live here.

[dmnrec]

I consider the difficulty the sum of figuring out the puzzle and finding it...

[Moe the Sleaze]

[ghost640]

pfalstad - my aunt would be happy to share an FTF with you!

[GeoPierce]

Looks like an interesting puzzle. And he has 46 more that look like fun too. pfalstad has probably solved them all by now.
When I look at a puzzle and see the difficulty, I assume it is only for the puzzle because most puzzles I've done, which are mostly pfalstad, are easy finds once you figure out the puzzle. His evil or interesting hides are traditionals, which is the way I think it should be. After banging your head against the wall for days, the find should be easy.
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[pfalstad]

Ouch, I don't have a couple of hours to solve this Klick thing.. The rating is for sure too low; he gave the same rating to his puzzle "New Fangled Angles"..

[merkman]

[ghost640]

Thanks - I've upgraded Independence Hall to a '3', based on some of the user comments I've received ("burn in heck"). It's not that bad, really.

Congrats to pfalsted on both puzzles - it took him maybe an hour each to solve... !!!

[pfalstad]

[Moe the Sleaze]