Steam News 19 June 20241y ago

Update 4.0.2 is rolling out now - Patch Notes & Going Forward!

New Features Nexus Tournament Rewards - Congratulations to Boltrix for winning the recent Nexus Tournament and well done to runners up ISAB and Tewtiy. - The text emote “A Defend, Is A Defend!”, chosen by Boltrix, is no…

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changedNew FeaturesNexus Tournament Rewards - Congratulations to Boltrix for winning the recent Nexus Tournament and well done to runners up ISAB and Tewtiy. - The text emote “A Defend, Is A Defend!”, chosen by Boltrix, is now unlocked for all players. - All players who made a purchase using any Nexus creator code during the tournament will also receive banners chosen by Boltrix and ISAB and an avatar chosen by Tewtiy. - These cosmetics are also available to any player who makes a purchase using the respective creator code.

changedBalance ChangesBloon Sends - Round 13 Spaced Ceramics: Spacing 0.75s -> 0.65s - Round 16 Grouped Ceramics: $400 -> $350, spacing 0.12s -> 0.11s, and eco change +1.8 -> +5 - Round 23 Tight Leads: $1,200 -> $1,400 and eco change +20 -> +24 - Round 28 Tight Ceramics: $4,000 -> $3,400 - A few buffs for the ceramic sends since other rushes are typically more effective than these ones relative to their unlock round. We’ve also increased the price of tight leads so that they are not quite as efficient.

changedBalance ChangesDart Monkey - x4x Super Monkey Fan Club: $8,000 -> $9,000 and ability duration 15s -> 12s - x5x Plasma Monkey Fan Club: Ability duration 15s -> 12s - Dart has received a lot of buffs over the updates and has now gained recognition for being dominant tower in all stages of the game. We have decided to weaken its abilities so that it can keep its early game strength while being a bit easier to rush in the mid/late game.

addedBalance ChangesBoomerang Monkey - 1xx adds +3 -> +10 pierce to xx3 - 2xx adds +3 -> +12 pierce to xx3 - There was no reason to ever pick the top crosspath option for Kylie Boomerang since the attack speed buff heavily outclasses the small pierce increase. This change aims to balance the crosspaths so that the superior crosspath is situational.

changedBalance ChangesIce Monkey - x2x Deep Freeze: Freezes 2 -> 3 layers - We’re providing a buff to an upgrade that doesn’t offer too much, to strengthen Ice Monkey’s early game a little bit.

removedBalance ChangesGlue Gunner - xx4 Relentless Glue: No longer drops any puddles on the track - xx4 Relentless Glue: Every time a glued bloon layer gets popped, a small splat occurs which stuns nearby bloons (6 pierce and 12 radius). Stuns bloons for 1s, moabs/DDTs for 0.35s, BFBs for 0.2s, abd ZOMGs for 0.1s - x1x Bigger Globs: increase xx4 on-pop stun pierce by 1 (6->7) - X2x Glue Splatter: increases xx4 on-pop stun pierce by 3 (7->10) - x3x Glue Hose: $2,000 -> $2,200 - Relentless Glue’s puddles have never felt right on this upgrade path, barely being a noticeable addition in most cases. Therefore, we have removed the puddles and given this upgrade something else to offer instead - greater stalling potential with stunning splats that occur every time a glued bloon is popped.

Bloon Sends - Round 13 Spaced Ceramics: Spacing0.75s to 0.65s65s - Round 16 Grouped Ceramics: $400 -> $350, spacing0.12s to 0.11s11s, and eco change +1.8 to +58 -> +5 - Round 23 Tight Leads: $1,200 -> $1,400 and eco change +20 to +24

New Features

Nexus Tournament Rewards - Congratulations to Boltrix for winning the recent Nexus Tournament and well done to runners up ISAB and Tewtiy. - The text emote “A Defend, Is A Defend!”, chosen by Boltrix, is now unlocked for all players. - All players who made a purchase using any Nexus creator code during the tournament will also receive banners chosen by Boltrix and ISAB and an avatar chosen by Tewtiy. - These cosmetics are also available to any player who makes a purchase using the respective creator code.

Balance Changes

Bloon Sends - Round 13 Spaced CeramicsSpacing 0.75s -> 0.65s - Round 16 Grouped Ceramics: $400 -> $350, spacing 0.12s -> 0.11s, and eco change +1.8 -> +5 - Round 23 Tight Leads: $1,200 -> $1,400 and eco change +20 -> +24 - Round 28 Tight Ceramics: $4,000 -> $3,400 - A few buffs for the ceramic sends since other rushes are typically more effective than these ones relative to their unlock round. We’ve also increased the price of tight leads so that they are not quite as efficient.
Dart Monkey - x4x Super Monkey Fan Club: $8,000 -> $9,000 and ability duration 15s -> 12s - x5x Plasma Monkey Fan Club: Ability duration 15s -> 12s - Dart has received a lot of buffs over the updates and has now gained recognition for being dominant tower in all stages of the game. We have decided to weaken its abilities so that it can keep its early game strength while being a bit easier to rush in the mid/late game.
Boomerang Monkey - 1xx adds +3 -> +10 pierce to xx3 - 2xx adds +3 -> +12 pierce to xx3 - There was no reason to ever pick the top crosspath option for Kylie Boomerang since the attack speed buff heavily outclasses the small pierce increase. This change aims to balance the crosspaths so that the superior crosspath is situational.
CosmeticIce Monkeyx2x Deep Freeze: Freezes 2 -> 3 layers - We’re providing a buff to an upgrade that doesn’t offer too much, to strengthen Ice Monkey’s early game a little bit.
Glue Gunner - xx4 Relentless GlueNo longer drops any puddles on the track - xx4 Relentless Glue: Every time a glued bloon layer gets popped, a small splat occurs which stuns nearby bloons (6 pierce and 12 radius). Stuns bloons for 1s, moabs/DDTs for 0.35s, BFBs for 0.2s, abd ZOMGs for 0.1s - x1x Bigger Globs: increase xx4 on-pop stun pierce by 1 (6->7) - X2x Glue Splatter: increases xx4 on-pop stun pierce by 3 (7->10) - x3x Glue Hose: $2,000 -> $2,200 - Relentless Glue’s puddles have never felt right on this upgrade path, barely being a noticeable addition in most cases. Therefore, we have removed the puddles and given this upgrade something else to offer instead - greater stalling potential with stunning splats that occur every time a glued bloon is popped.
Monkey Ace - xx2 Centered Path: This upgrade now allows you to target the position of any flight path (centered, infinite, and figure eight). Renamed to Advanced Navigation. - A small quality of life change to give greater flexibility in Ace’s flight pathing.
Heli Pilot - xx1 Faster Darts: $150 -> $350 and this upgrade now increases dart pierce by 1 and razor rotor pierce by 3 - Faster Darts does not provide any significant benefit and Heli Pilot is not a common starting tower either. This change is intended to improve both of these aspects.

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Steam News / 19 June 2024

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