Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 42.0: Difference between revisions

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| steam date = {{timestamp|8 April 2024 02:43:11 UTC}}<ref>[https://steamdb.info/app/960090/history/?changeid=23066409 SteamDB]</ref>

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== Additions ==

=== [[Quest (BTD6)|Quests]] ===

==== [[Team Flair]] ====

== General changes ==

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| quote 1 = Bouncing Bullets still feels decent enough at some points, however we feel it’s too difficult to save up into to justify the current power level. We’re shuffling prices to allow this upgrade to come online sooner while keeping the path at the same value for higher tiers as these still offer additional income support that they are balanced around. Additionally we think the T5 sniper changes for improving sniper farming QoL was a step in the right direction, however we want to take it further and work this way directly from the T4 Supply Drop.

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| quote 1 = General improvements made to higher tier DoT applications for Buccaneer. The pierce from bottom crosspath seems to be better after destroyer currently, so this also acts as some crosspath balancing for Flagship. Middle path buccaneer continues to attack with its initial 1 damage projectile that never gets upgraded but the Cannons are very much intended to be a ‘replacement’ upgrade to this main attack, so we are finally disabling that dart along with improving the damage of grapes for the T3 & T4 on this path so the lower tiers can save into Pirate Lord better.

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| quote 1 = The blowback rate of Special Poperations is being increased to reflect the previous changes upgrading downdraft to support chinook and bring up more lategame value in the support capabilities of this path. Comanche Commander’s value soared recently with buffs along with the recent Geraldo subtowers bugfix which solidified it as a strong lategame dps, and given the powerful synergies right now the current price feels far too low for what is now a solid pick for any map; we feel this may not be enough of a nerf but wish to hold off until v43 for further changes to be considered with this synergy.

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| quote 1 = As groups of Berserker Brew seem proportionally too good compared to upgrading to Stronger Stimulant in some cases, we are slightly shifting price down into T3, keeping the total price of Stronger Stimulant the same but adding up more if choosing to spam T3 Brews. Back to improving damage over time, Lead to Gold currently deals a large damage increase to Leads but only on the main impact of the attack. I’m sure you can see where we’re going with this.

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| quote 1 = Banana Central’s current level of buffability for a single tower makes it quite exceptional of a cash producer right now so it is increasing in cost. Players have made it clear that for Boss Events the current cooldown on IMF Loan regularly puts it into a position where timing is frustratingly tight in order to maximize profits when farming with banks, so we’ve agreed to loosen up on this cooldown to help with this issue. Finally, the Banana Salvage crosspath is also being increased in cost to reflect the current huge value granted to it with sellback metas where it is used.

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| quote 1 = When first creating Beast Handler we balanced the T1-3 upgrade costs with a goal of creating a decision point between spending free playable space to save on cash or spending more cash to save on playable space. However in practice though some people have come on board with spending their playable space as a resource for more power; actual interest is much more divided between maximizing cost efficiency of these merges or simply using different towers. Given that spam of lower tier handlers already comes with the advantage of allowing them to be repositioned over a larger area, we’re changing our approach with a full cost rebalance across most T1-3 upgrades for exactly equal cost per point of merged beast power, instead leaving the nuance around understanding higher value merges & footprint advantage to depend more on discounts.

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{{BTD6 hero changes|quote=Quincy’s Storm of Arrows feels a little more like a downpour of wet pool noodles once Super Ceramics & especially their Fortified variants come around. However instead of making a drowning Quincy skin to pair with Lifegurd Brickell we are granting a large bonus to Ceramic Damage for the ability around the point you’ll need to deal with these.|version=42.0|hero=Quincy|changes 1=*{{buff|Storm of Arrows: now deals +18 bonus damage to Ceramics}}|changes 1 levels=18–19|changes 2=*{{buff|Storm of Arrows: now deals +24 bonus damage to Ceramics}}|changes 2 levels=20}}

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| quote = Looking back over her kit, we noticed that we’ve never improved the actual attack itself for Gwen’s Heat it Up. Allowing her to be juiced up with high attack speed in order to spam these supercharged bursts of damage sounds fun and cool, so while noting that this will also increase the uptime of her buff we’re removing the limiter on her Heat it Up rate and pumping up its damage tenfold.

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| quote = Playing on ‘growth’ with his nature theme we’re allowing Obyn to sustain a long-lasting army of Brambles across multiple rounds, and we are doubling Obyn’s buff to Jungle Druid range to hopefully make it significant enough to enable druids much more power for a mid-late farming setup.

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| quote = Benjamin’s value as a farming hero is majorly tied to how much more efficient he is at Lv1 than base farms and at a lower cost, whereas his higher levels of cash generation are quite inconsequential. Given this along with his early game snowball being a general balance concern, we're lowering the base cash generation to not be so overwhelming but also pumping up cash generation into his higher levels so he brings a lot more to the table later.

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{{BTD6 hero changes|quote=Ezili has a good anti-camo build, however as her totem cant be used in CHIMPS and her main attack never upgrades to de-camo DDTs this means she is never able to de-camo DDTs when playing in CHIMPS even though her totem easily counters them in the base game. While we don’t have any concerns with some heroes being relegated more as ‘non-chimps’ heroes, we felt no reason not to solve this simple issue by allowing her main attack to upgrade to counter DDTs as well.|version=42.0|hero=Ezili|changes 1 levels=16+|changes 1=*{{buff|Lv16 Main attack can now de-camo DDTs}}

*{{buff|Lv16 Main attack and splash can now defortify DDTs and MOABs|undoc=y}}}}

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|changes 1=*{{buff|Geraldo should now restock inventory correctly when leveled immediately from 18 to 20|fix=y}}

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*{{buff|Nail Mine should now save correctly|fix=y}}

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*{{buff|Corvus now passively gains 1 mana/s so long as Bloons are spawning}}

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|quote=We’ve included slight tweaks for a few relic knowledge. Many of these relics are having slight number increases as they seem to have low value across all tile types (relics with low usage only on some tile types have not received changes as they still have value in niche cases), Restoration maximum barrier size is being reduced slightly as it too effectively acts as a complete camo counter in many cases while also providing benefits against non-camo Bloons.

|changes 1 label=[[Broken Heart]]

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|changes 1=*{{buff|Damage bonus increased|+1|+2}}

|changes 2 label=[[Fortifried]]

|changes 2 names=Fortifried

|changes 2=*{{buff|Damage bonus increased|+1|+2}}

|changes 3 label=[[Going the Distance]]

|changes 3 names=Going the Distance

|changes 3=*{{buff|Range modifier increased|+20%|+30%}}

|changes 4 label=[[Hero Boost]]

|changes 4 names=Hero Boost

|changes 4=*{{buff|XP modifier increased|+15%|+20%}}

|changes 5 label=[[Restoration]]

|changes 5 names=Restoration

|changes 5=*{{nerf|Maximum extra lives reduced|200|150}}

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==Notes==

*The official update notes claim that [[Monkey Pirates (BTD6)|Monkey Pirates]]'s [[Hot Shot (BTD6)|Hot Shot]] DoT damage was also buffed from 2 to 4, but this change was not implemented.