Forum:Determine whether to merge a potential "Bloon Assault" and "Bloon Strategy" BMC page
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These two as of yet un-created pages would be for documenting the features in Bloons Monkey City relating to the rounds being adjusted based on them. On the Flash version, Assaults are used to increase the amount of a specific Bloon type or Bloon mod. On the mobile version, Strategies are used to adjust the rounds to follow a specific pattern, rather than just increasing a certain amount of Bloon.
While these two features are distinct in their capabilities, they appear quite similar in purpose and I will admit I'm struggling with creating proper links to them, often being shoehorned into other pages due to the exclusivity between versions. So to those who play Bloons Monkey City, I want to know if a potential merging of both pages is the proper way to handle this.
Merge
I think if the pages were to be merged into one I'd recommend calling the page "Tile Modifiers" or "Round Modifiers" even though that term isn't used formally in either game. It would be a good catch-all title while keeping all the information condensed onto one page, and in my opinion is the better option since we can split it later if we don't end up liking it.
For the round generator part, I'd just provide a loose description on what actually changes with each tile and have a separate page for how the round generators themselves work since they're very technical. We still don't exactly know how the mobile round generator works as the logic for it is hardcoded... JessiePatch (talk) 00:08, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
Split
Ideally I'd like to find a way to split them as they function differently, but this may not be a feasible task. --Planterror (talk) 22:45, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Other suggestions
I think a page for bloon strategies in the mobile version is fine, but for the flash version, I think it would make more sense to incorporate the information on assaults and packed MOABs/BFBs into a page covering how rounds are generated, since that's mainly what they affect and they don't do much else (iirc having an assault also increases the difficulty level displayed on a tile, but not the actual difficulty used in generating rounds, so it's just visual aside from making it impossible for assault tiles to be rated trivial).
You could also merge the bloon strategies into that page too, and have separate sections for flash round generation and mobile round generation. The technical details of how bloon strategies affect rounds probably makes more sense in an article that provides context for it. For example, the specific numbers that Fast and Furious changes in the round generator wouldn't make sense unless you know what the base numbers are. po●la●vux 01:22, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
Comments
The lack of edits annoys me. You can't really make a decision when nobody shows up to vote. This proposal ends in just over a week, I even bumped up the time yet I don't see users like @BMCLover57 or @OverclockBTD whom I know play Bloons Monkey City. --Planterror (talk) 05:42, 23 May 2025 (UTC)