Upadoro TD v0.985

[EMPerror]

Wow. Just wow. I love this map.
I downloaded it a while ago and left hope since i couldn't find correct building spots and i was leaking too much, blaming it on the towers.

I just got back to it recently, and being enlightened by countless other TDs, i made a good strategy. It's... it's just beautiful. You actually need to think here instead of build a siege tower, anti air tower, aura towers and level up everything.

The abilities are simple (except the hydralisk mutation or whatever - i didn't finish reading the tooltip until he randomly cast it and the spell was gone >.<). Other than that, i loved every aspect of it. 5/5 fo sho.

Also, fix the tooltip of spiderlings (last time i checked, spiders aren't brutish orc warriors)

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

hey,

just a little update:
I think I located some bugs from the last version. The most bugs are related to the new script of the spell system but I think I fixed them all now.
The only strange thing is still with towers which use shockwave spells. In my tests it works most of the time but in a few games it just wont work and I still can't see a reason for it.

But anyway after a few more tests I will upload the bug fixes. But I can't say when I can add more content.


@EMPerror: Which spiderling tool tip do you mean? I can't think of any tool tip where spiderlings are shown as orcs.


11/1/11:
Version 0.985 has been released.
As you can see it still counts to 0.98 so there aren't much changes at all. The balance changes are just a little start and most of the work was bug fixing.

 

[l0lz12345]

I can't go to level 55.. How do you do it? I only get until level 50 where the golem boss is..

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

thats one of the secrets how to unlock the bonus waves.

 

[l0lz12345]

I have already tried this for many times but I just can't get it.. Could you teach me how to?

 

[Redirect]

I have a feeling, this td is too easy, after some unsuccessful attempts I made it through all the difficulties choosing random builders (more leaks = goblins). Today gonna try 5 bonus waves.
1 things that makes me play this TD is pulsing crystal. I'm hopeless at it ) I suppose this hint is somehow connected with DIABLO (which I haven't played )?

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

yeah the difficulty is still very low if you know what to do. thats my last real point what I want to finish for a .99 or 1.00 version.


and the crystal has nothing to do with diablo. but I think you will somewhen find the other component.

 

[Redirect]

Can u plz say me that hint in p.m.? I'm tired of playing td, finally passed it on nightmare with 5 bonus levels

PS Archimonde is too overpowered + u'd better remove skill from Illidan (the first race) that summons monsters to the start. Cause 3-4 Illidans and u pass easily

 

[l0lz12345]

can anyone tell me how can I go to the bonus levels?

 

[Redirect]

Nah, just type in the start 'Klaatu! Barada! Nichto!' for bonus levels
And 'ThereIsNoCowLevel' to receive special tower from 3rd boss (~2k dmg + big cd useless skill)

 

[azeroz]

The pulsing crystal needs to be combined with the lifeless stone, which is a tiny stone that can be found in the creep zone near some corner of the map, to create the 2nd golem with high damage and bash ability...

 

[kemcl1989]

difficulty

Ok, so i can beat this map on nightmare or very hard with any race except the mercs who seem a little underpowered on air waves otherwise good, this includes the secret race which is interesting but not really any outstanding mechanics. Also the difficulty increase of nightmare doesnt seem balanced to the power of the soul templars. Secrets ive unlocked are the 5 bonus waves, The cow king, Muggs fish, stone tower, and holy crusader, Ive been told there is a secret race you can unlock(other than the one that can be randomed) wondering if that is done with the mercs because ive beat it with everything else.

 

[KillMaster]

Mercs seem underpowered to you? I think they are ok, but deamons seem underpowered to me. I cannot win with them even on the hard difficulty whereas i can win on any difficulty with all the others.. Also nightmare seems easier then very hard to me because of the new towers (Especialy Shaman kills just everything =) )

 

[kemcl1989]

Mercs seem underpowered to you? I think they are ok, but deamons seem underpowered to me. I cannot win with them even on the hard difficulty whereas i can win on any difficulty with all the others.. Also nightmare seems easier then very hard to me because of the new towers (Especialy Shaman kills just everything =) )

True enough daemon is a strange one, also i did mention that the soul templars arent balanced in comparison to the difficulty increase or i said difficulty wasnt balanced to the templar either way its the same

 

[zck113]

The demon race is absolutely fucking terrible, i random every game hoping for the secret race, never get it, and end up getting the demons. no matter how hard I try, I can't not get past like, wave 5 with that race.

 

[kemcl1989]

You cannot build it the same as you would the other races, i always have to spam the slow poison satyrs early then do teching later

 

[EMPerror]

Well, i just finished this on the hardest difficulty with the underworld guys. And yea, once you know what to do, it's real easy. Tip : Choose towers that are good early AND late, and build several of them early game (towers with AOE stuns, slows, stuff like that).

Anyway, what i really loved about this TD is that there seems to be like some sort of a teamwork between towers. All towers do mediocre damage, but when combined, they do enough to kill waves. Decent micro is also required, which i also like. The soultemplar idea is also nice.
I also like the way difficulty varies. In other words - how harder difficulties are just more risky and require more planning, unlike other TDs where the creeps just get stronger.

What i don't like is that it's kinda hard to start off. Both starting off in a game, and starting to learn how to play it (what towers are good, where to place them etc.). I'd like to see some sort of a list of towers so when i play a different race, i don't have to play 5 times to see which towers are good.
Also i think you should allow soultemplars in easier modes as well, but make it harder to get soulpower.
And finally, the morale idea for the latest race is not a good one. It promotes randomness to a TD which is based on strategy and good placement. It's just, no matter how good you place your towers, you can still lose if your vital towers go afk.

All in all, it's a great game, i love it. Please continue updating it

also Klaatu :3

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

hey everyone,

didn't watched this forum sometimes (again). But it looks like there is still some interest in this map and that the balance is still the biggest critic point of the map.
If I find some time upside from work I will try to make some balance changes again and maybe to add some little stuff and finish this map finally to version 1.0.

@EMPerror
thanks for your usefull comment
the idea of the "moral" for the mercenary race has the background that the tower or "units" are of very different races and that they dont have a good teamwork as an army but as you are upgrading and finally building a castle they feel like finally united and the bad moral debuff will be removed.

 

[Kniff]

Hey, what to do with the crystal?

Edit: Ah, nvm I found out. I would find it nice if you could use the crstal on other things, too. So you could decide wether you want to get a stone golem or a snowman (there are many snowmen in this map) or maybe something else.

The layout of the maze isnt so good. All towers have >500 range, so it is most usefull to place the towers all in the mid to shot most often (nearly without a pause).

 

[5k.mx]

Hey guys ! I need your help , i'm looking on this map for 2 hours now , after finishing and killing all 50 waves on easy mode, including the boss on level 50 , and it happend nothing , and i cannot tell if it's a bug or must i do or combine something like the crystal ... i'm confused
Please help me , regards !

 

[KuroroLucifer]

This map is awesome one of best tds.Still no idea how to use , COW KING ability ( chat gem ) One thing i dont like is map way 2 easy , right now i play only in very hard(55 levels) mode and i try to master all races
Night elfs (very hard mode ) - easy i made it in 1st attempt ..
Nature (very hard mode ) - 1-2 attemps and i did it..
mercen (very hard mode ) 4-5 attemps and i did it ..
Demons ( very hard mode ) this is a challenge took arround 8-10 attempts to finish



There is one common bug where u are still fighting last boss and game ends.

 

[mmmsheep]

hey can anyone tell me what to do with the chat gem on the cowking tower? i have tried clicking it on and off far more than 50 times and nothing has happened. also what is the holy crusader tower?
how many secrets are there in this map? so far i have the bonus five levels, the fish for mug, the cowking tower and the stone golem.
any help would be appreciated

 

[mmmsheep]

so nobody knows what to do with the chat gem? or where the holy crusader tower comes from? if it actually exists

 

[EpixBelongToMe]

Hey all,

just wanted to say that me old pc totaly crashed and I lost all my progress data for a new version and because I didnt take any notes I forgot which balance changes I did ...

But I think I will release a small patch with a few important changes I remember.


@chat gem question
If you know the chat gem from Blizzards Battle.net you will easily find out what the chat gem does

@last boss bug
I never saw this bug for myself can anyone who crossed this bug tell me if it happens in any situation you can reconstruct?

@holy crusader
its one of the secrets. so he exists but you have to find out how to get him

 

[mmmsheep]

yeah i worked out the holy crusader tower, where can i work out what the chat gem does, i have no idea what you are referring to lol and are there any other secrets that hadn't been mentioned?

 

[Thelegendback]

Hey is extreme Very hard? [edit] But brava best TD game ive ever played. Hope you continue updating

 

[JaffarVN]

I played in nightmare mode with the 2 codes Klaatu!... and ThereIs... and after killing the final boss, i still didn't received anything called the "save code" for the Mercenaries race , like you said ? I'm wondering how to unlock that race ? T.T
But anw, great map, gj man

 

[Silent_Spirit]

Great TD... I love it... Thanks..

 

[An7yk]

Hi,
its nice map! I like it. But, how i can use Pulsing Crystal? Or for what is this ?

 

[Fear.LiTe]

I've been playing this TD often and I love it, from the diversity to the challenge, although I've beaten it in Nightmare with Lich King (still going to try other races). About these, I believe this race is bugged (for the better), since the attack speed aura that should work only at night stays active throughout the whole day, making it a permanent buff.

I've also been trying to unlock all the secrets. I've got the cow level, Cortas, the 5 bonus wave and fish (contact in PM if you want to know). I've seen the lifeless stone in a corner, but I can't reach it unless I play as green (spawning in the lifeless stone square). There certainly must be a way to obtain it from every spawn position, but both workers (race + soul templar) can't move there. How?

Besides, I never seen the codes for unlocking mercenaries. How can they be acquired?

 

[Aleyja]

Love this td, i discovered it few weeks ago and i can't stop playing it solo. I've discovered the Paladin/ Crusader secret, the cow tower, but i struggle with lifeless stone, i can't find it anywere on the map. Also with Gem Chat i've spammed it but nothing, i get the refererence to Diablo but nothing happens

EDIT : YOU CAN'T PICK PULSING CRYSTAL WITH REFORGED GRAPHICS
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