I think if we were to use numerical values then we would need to implement some sort of reference / scaling feedback so players know what the numbers mean. For the time being we will probably stick to the system we have but I've made a note to investigate.
This is the build order. 1. Base turret, 2 flame throwers at the center, 1 plasma turret near the base. 2. 1 flame thrower north of the crossroad 3Mgs around the base. 1 plasma at the crossroad. 3. Upgrade all the flame throwers to experimental. 4. Place artillery on remaining slots. 5. Upgrade 2 artillery turrets close to the base to the nuke experimental. 6. Upgrade all the MGs to the AA experimental. 7. Upgrade all the artillery turrets to nuke, except one which is upgraded to the EMP. I don’t know which spot is the best for the EMP, but I’ve been using the one right at the north of the crossroad. 8. Upgrade plasma turrets to the lightening experimental. These turrets are used to deal with elite fresh wings with the charged attack. 9. Unlock the slot next to the base and place an EMP turret. 10. Place nuke turrets on remaining 2 locked slots. With above, you should be able to get to the wave 42 easily.
It happened once to me on Uranus. I used a charge attack, and it looked like it was powered down trying to recover after that (but I didn't pay attention to whether the charged attack actually went through, the bars were green not red though), but then just never did.
I was thinking that you were switching turrets out for more artillery later on to hit such high waves. I usually place a single EMP artillery where you have put a napalm turret directly to the left of the fortification wall. I'm going to try a similar set-up to you and see how I get on.
The reason I keep those flame throwers is because they provide continuous fire, which guarantees that all the fast moving weak fresh enemies get hit, particularly spawnlings. Artillery turret’s slow rate of fire leaves some hole in the cloud for them to slip through unharmed. The reason I do not place a flamethrower right next to the wall is to avoid two flamethrowers hitting the same taerget. One question I want to ask is how the damage over time(DoT) works. From what I have seen, the damage on enemies sitting in gas clouds from a nuke charged attack stacks, but is it the same for the DoT after an enemy leaving the cloud? Also, does fire and radiation damage stack? What happens when an enemy that is already burning gets hit by another flamethrower?
I have a rather minor request on some maps. Some maps have call the next wave button overlapping with turret slots unless zoomed in. For example, the NE turret slot on Saturn and the SW turret slot on Mars. I hope these buttons are moved so that I don’t accidentally call the next wave early. Edit: I don’t see the purpose of spreading the call next wave button everywhere. How about just having one next button and make it hold to press?
All DOTs do are additive regardless of the turret type. So for example if you deployed two uranium barrages at the same location the damage from each pool would be stacked. The same applies for flame turrets so the damage and burn time would stack even if it was two flame turrets of the same level / type. Maybe we could make this clearer... Selecting an enemy could show the DOT info at the bottom of the screen. Thanks for that I'll log for review.
This is something we have internally logged and will be reviewed in the future but thanks for reporting.
I’ve been watching your YouTube videos, and it’s really interesting to see how different turret placement and orders are viable. Also, waiting on your Saturn survival run with reaching wave 47
I love watching other players to see how they approach each map. When you've been working on a game for so long you think you've got the best strategy then somebody comes along and gets to wave 47 At the moment I've got a dev build of the game installed and it includes changes that will make it a bit easier for me. Once balancing has been done I will start a survival series... It may end up been after the next update gets released though.
Well, the amount of bonus cash earned by calling waves early is too small for me to use the feature. Also, the fact that I didn’t call any waves early maybe one of the reasons I made it that far on the particular run. If I ever call a wave, it is by accident. For the feature to be used aside from intentionally increasing the difficulty, the reward should be something like 50 * wave number.
