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Created page with " <h1 style="text-align: left;">Introduction</h1> In this entry, I will go into depth about an upgrade pattern most of the early up the menu towers use. <h1 style="text-align: center;">Entry</h1> In ''BTD5'', while most tier 1 and 2 upgrades are just stat boosts, many tier 3 and 4 upgrades actually have certain rules to how they are done. Don't believe me? Here they are: * '''Top tier 3''': Tower gets a new mechanic; something that it couldn't do prior. * '''Top tier 4'..." |
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Take the Ice Tower for instance. Its tier 3 upgrades, Arctic Wind and Ice Shards, were initially on different upgrade paths of the tower, as shown in [https://bloonswiki.com/images/1/1c/BTD5F_prerelease_Tower_Screen.jpg prerelease material] of the flash version. But we don't even need that to know that they were. | Take the Ice Tower for instance. Its tier 3 upgrades, Arctic Wind and Ice Shards, were initially on different upgrade paths of the tower, as shown in [https://bloonswiki.com/images/1/1c/BTD5F_prerelease_Tower_Screen.jpg prerelease material] of the flash version. But we don't even need that to know that they were. | ||
Let's do this again, with Ice Shards and Arctic Wind in their original positions: | Let's do this again, with Ice Shards and Arctic Wind in their original positions: | ||
* '''Top tier 3''': Ice Shards upgrade give the tower a new mechanic: when bloons are popped, shards come out and | * '''Top tier 3''': Ice Shards upgrade give the tower a new mechanic: when bloons are popped, shards come out and pop other bloons around. | ||
* '''Top tier 4''': The Viral Frost upgrade make the tower's ice spread across bloons that are near. Something it couldn't do before. | * '''Top tier 4''': The Viral Frost upgrade make the tower's ice spread across bloons that are near. Something it couldn't do before. | ||
* '''Bottom tier 3''': Arctic Wind upgrade gives the tower a freezing aura around it, slowing bloons that pass it. Slowing bloons is something it could already do with the Permafrost upgrade. | * '''Bottom tier 3''': Arctic Wind upgrade gives the tower a freezing aura around it, slowing bloons that pass it. Slowing bloons is something it could already do with the Permafrost upgrade. | ||
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