Rewarding first blood in anyway is so counterintuitive when surviving with low lives is actually better
#btdb2
sharp violet
How much have you played it? Im pretty experienced and I can safely say the meta literally never changes
The highest arena is literally the same 4 or 5 towers in 95% of games
wintry marsh
made to Hom last season, was super dissapointed to see darling ice farm/vil get abused as much as it did
sharp violet
I stopped playing it a couple seasons ago
wintry marsh
smart choice
sharp violet
It took them like 3 months to fix bloon trap which was ruining eco
wintry marsh
I only grinded for hom because I had never made it before, until then I was maybe 2 months into not playing
wintry marsh
It took them like 3 months to fix bloon trap which was ruining eco
didn't they make eco too strong that same update?
sharp violet
I have no idea
wintry marsh
eco meta means games last for 10+ minutes every time
sharp violet
They really needed a tower ban system IMO
It would make high level play 100x more enjoyable
wintry marsh
I totally agree. That's something they've been doing in competetive community games for over half a year
wintry marsh
absolutely
sharp violet
the big issue with B2 balancing is that they are applying the same approach they take to balancing btd6, which is slow changes over a long period of time
And thats super unhealthy for a competitive game
wintry marsh
they would go weeks at a time without patching broken strats over and over and over again
sharp violet
Their biggest issue was releasing it way too early, then just leaving for christmas break
wintry marsh
dartling sniper ninja, dartling farm ninja, tack eco strats before the pierce bug was patched, druid sub farm....
sharp violet
The release honestly killed the game, theres no saving it
wintry marsh
one single crippling decision was not bringing back the random 4th tower from btdb1
sharp violet
Druid honestly could be fixed by just making heart of vengeance not get to full power unless at 1 life
wintry marsh
in battles 1, getting a random 4th tower let you use it with all tiers unlocked
sharp violet
The randomness from the 4th tower isnt super healthy for a competitive game
wintry marsh
which increased experimentation
sharp violet
Maybe if you were given the random fourth before selecting your hero and given the same random fourth as your opponent?
wintry marsh
The randomness from the 4th tower isnt super healthy for a competitive game
I'm talking about casual mode, a HUGE mistake with the early months of the game,l was that you had to go way out of your way to grind xp for a single tower
even in so called ""casual""
sharp violet
I'm talking about casual mode, a HUGE mistake with the early months of the game,...
They shouldve kept tower XP in the state it was in before they removed it IMO, the current system is way too convoluted
The only possible way they could save the game is making a few couple huge bug fixing, polishing, and balance updates, then releasing a battles 2 exclusive hero alongside a massive ad campaign
wintry marsh
- everyone's locked to tier 2 upgrades
- most towers are terrible without t3+
- one tower is clearly broken even with t2s
- everyone uses tack, and then they discover that the bottom path upgrades are even MORE broken
- if you don't grind for the broken upgrades, you lose every time and get less xp
launch week crippled the game
sharp violet
2D or 3D?
wintry marsh
3d
sharp violet
Nice, I cant do 3D modeling at all
wintry marsh
I'm working on a first person shooter
at least I WAS working on it before college resumed
sharp violet
Too complicated for my 2 axis brain
sharp violet
at least I WAS working on it before college resumed
I'm making my game for a highschool competition, I was making a ton of progress till I got screwed over with med shortages
wintry marsh
Oh, I'm terrible at 3d art. I deliberately made the style something simple that I wouldn't spend too much time on, so I could focus on the gameplay mechanics
wintry marsh
I'm making my game for a highschool competition, I was making a ton of progress ...
medicine shortages?
sharp violet
Oh, I'm terrible at 3d art. I deliberately made the style something simple that ...
Being terrible at something is infinitely better than being unable to do it!
wintry marsh
what's med
sharp violet
medicine shortages?
Yeah, for ADD meds
sharp violet
Bye, gl with your game!
candid lava
2D or 3D?
I’m awfully late to this conversation but there are 2D first person shooters?
sharp violet
Oh yeah that was mb, I read it as shooter originally
wintry marsh
I’m awfully late to this conversation but there are 2D first person shooters?
I did edit my message
2.5d is still essentially 2d