Wait, I don't get it. You don't have to fight anything once you get the fort. And my fort never got damaged--- so.... Is the difficulty of this game self-inflicted?
Not gonna lie, poison wand is OP as hell. 3 +30(poison), ftw. [beat it on Hard, btw] Hell, I accidentally killed the mounted boss off-screen and the gem was in an unaccessible (too far up) location so I had to restart. btw, what do those gems do? I got 15/15 but nothing that I could see.
Also... how I got the Elite ship with only beating 3 bosses is beyond me. Maybe those perfects gave me 500k each and not 50k? hmm... (Oh well. I'm beasting)
@Dibbons: Not spending money on weapons destroys the game because it's not as fun imo. It's just a lame means to getting a medium badge. (Not worth compromising a game over)