History VideoGame / BloonsTDBattles

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** Round 8 unlocks the ability to send [[RegeneratingHealth Regen bloons]] at a 1.5x cost multiplier. Round 12 unlocks the ability to send ''[[InvisibleMonsters camo]]'' bloons at a ''3x'' cost multiplier. Money not a problem? You can send ''camo regen'' rushes at your opponents!
* DifficultyByAcceleration: At round 32 or so, all bloons gain a speed boost each round

** The sniper monkey loads his rifle and fires it once every few seconds.
** The supermonkey fires his EyeBeams continuously.

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[[caption-width-right:280:[[EvilLaugh Mwahahahaha!!]][[note]]The Z.O.M.G.s pictured are player-sent, while the rest are AI-sent "natural" bloons.[[/note]]]]

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* GameBreakingBug:

**There are a good few:

*** The game has a tendency to desync at times; even if your internet is fine.
*** There is a glitch, that can reset your trophies to zero, and if this glitch happens to you when you are in the Hall Of Masters, you could effectively be stuck.
*** The game has a tendency to crash when certain heroes are used at times.
*** Sometimes the game may crash randomly.
*** At times the game may not even send bloons at all; while this could be due to a hacker, it's sometimes a result of the servers.
*** The game is poorly optimized and can cause major lag, which can lead to desyncs or crashes.

* ObviousBeta:
** There are several signs the game was likely rushed & not finished at launch.

*** Despite the fact that battles are intended to be ranked, the system that tracks your rank (trophies) has a tendency to reset randomly, completely resetting your ranked progress."

*** The XP to obtain upgrades in relation to rank progression is severely mis-calibrated. Often times you have to deliberately throw a string of matches at higher ranks due to a lack of upgrades needed to perform competitively at those ranks, in order to derank so you can grind the XP for those upgrades. Even VIP, NK's Pay-to-Win feature, does not alleviate this problem."

*** The game has a serious problem with disconnects, lag, and errors. While having a perfectly-executed all-in against an unprepared player fail because the server didn't track the leaked bloons was something that occasionally happened in earlier games, such problems have been amplified in this entry, making it borderline unplayable at times."

*** While NK claims to be attempting to fix the problems in later updates, there has been very little, if any follow-up on these alleged updates, putting into question whether these updates will ever come to fruition.

*** The game is full of numerous balance issues & bugged towers, some of which that can break the game. A good example is the bugged laser dartling gun, this bug causes the damage over time to stack, while only different tiers of laser shock are supposed to stack (e.g. a tier 2 laser shock stacks with a tier 3 and up, but multiple tier 2s can't be stacked, so the tower becomes up to 6x more powerful due to this bug. This makes the tower very broken & OP, that it becomes close to impossible to stop, unless you counter rush with something strong ASAP or use other bugged towers, like Ninja, sniper; tack used to be one, but was recently patched, and this also beats the purpose of a pure competitive & skill based game, due to how exploitive & bugged most towers are currently.

*** The game is full of numerous balance issues & bugged towers, some of which that can break the game. A good example is the bugged laser dartling gun, this bug causes the damage over time to stack, while Only different tiers of laser shock are supposed to stack (e.g. a tier 2 laser shock stacks with a tier 3 and up, but multiple tier 2s can't be stacked, so the tower becomes up to 6x more powerful due to this bug, this makes the tower very broken & OP that it becomes close to impossible to stop unless you counter rush with something strong ASAP or use other bugged towers, like Ninja, sniper; tack used to be one, but was recently patched, and this also beats the purpose of a pure competitive & skill based game, due to how exploitive & bugged most towers are currently.

*** The game is full of numerous balance issues & bugged towers, some of which that can break the game. A good example is the bugged laser dartling gun, this bug makes the tower so broken and OP that it becomes close to impossible to stop unless you counter rush with something strong ASAP or use other bugged towers, like Ninja, sniper; tack used to be one, but was recently patched, and this also beats the purpose of a pure competitive & skill based game, due to how exploitive & bugged most towers are currently.

*** The game is poorly optimized and can cause major lag, which can lead to desyncs or crashes,

*** The game is poorly optimized and can cause major lag, which can lead to desyncs or crashes

There are a good few:

** The game has a tendency to desync at times; even if your internet is fine.
** There is a glitch, that can reset your trophies to zero, and if this glitch happens to you when you are in the Hall Of Masters, you could effectively be stuck.
** The game has a tendency to crash when certain heroes are used at times.
** Sometimes the game may crash randomly.
** At times the game may not even send bloons at all; while this could be due to a hacker, it's sometimes a result of the servers.
** The game is poorly optimized and can cause major lag, which can lead to desyncs or crashes

* ObviousBeta : The game feels very rushed and unfinished, the fact that the game is full of tons of bugs, major server errors, an XP system that can make it nearly impossible to progress unless you pay for VIP, and the lack of many futures then even the first game did at first, pretty much begs the question as to why they released it as a full product then in a Open Beta.

* ObviousBeta : The game feels very rushed and unfinished, the fact that the game is full of tons of bugs, major server errors, and lacks many futures then even the first game did at first, pretty much begs the question as to why they released it as a full product then in a Open Beta.

* TheArtifact: In ''Bloons TD 6'', the Monkey City would give you a free Dart Monkey every round. Thus, it makes sense that its icon is a Dart Monkey with a white glow around it. It doesn't do this in ''Battles 2'', as that would require the player to use Dart Monkey as well, wasting a potential tower slot. Despite this, it has the same icon.

* FourIsDeath: Round 4 is when spaced pinks are unlocked. They can kill or at least severely damage an unprepared player due to their speed and spacing.
* FunWithAcronyms:
** The popular ('''R'''egen) '''R'''ainbow '''R'''ush '''o'''f '''D'''oom.
** The COBRA tower. Its name stands for '''C'''overt-'''O'''ps '''B'''attles '''R'''esponse '''A'''gent.
* GameMod: Several Website/{{YouTube}}rs have created and distributed mods (some now discontinued) for the Steam version, much like with, ''Videogame/BloonsTowerDefense 5'', only more so nowadays.
** ''[[XtremeKoolLetterz Bloonz]] Reborn'' by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRm5tzMNwGX-kxZeuwRtKQ BTD Blaze It]], which balances out all towers and upgrades so that anything is viable and the presence of a meta is minimized. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXK0cIzm3Tc Here]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4OyaR6pJA are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPO3Sfs7vKA some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khSqs7MJbJc RanDumb]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFPozdfEa9o gameplay videos]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lbJs1yT5ag two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu-PSQKQ1O8 by]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWi3we65vJWzOQ-uJWT6fYQ/featured Black Profile Picture]].
** [=RanDumb's=] ''4/4 Towers'' mod, which adds 3rd- and 4th-tier upgrade combinations to all towers except the monkey sub, engineer, bloonchipper, heli pilot, and supermonkey. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zVpoPD8Y4 Here]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av4ycFXzJyE are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crKs09IU0q8&t=1s a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kao_2r2DhfE&t=39s few]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMUVO8vliQ tower]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys7ibASEhfE examples]]. That isn't all the mod has!
** GamePlaysItself: Like in ''Videogame/BloonsTowerDefense 5'', rounds advance automatically, meaning that a good defense can lead to this, although increasingly difficult bloons mean it can only last so long without manual intervention.

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Round 13 is when grouped rainbow bloons are unlocked. Cue the [[FunWithAcronyms Rainbow Rush of Doom (RRoD)]]!
** Even worse, the Regen modifier and/or Camo modifier (unlocked on rounds 8 and 12, as above) can be applied, creating an ''even'' '''''deadlier''''' ''rush'' for this point in the game!
*** However, applying both is ''super'' expensive (costlier than sending a [[BossInMookClothing BFB]] 7 rounds later!), meaning that it's really only viable on Mega Boosts and/or Bananza mentioned above.

* BribingYourWayToVictory:
** The Flash version has a store with stuff you can buy using Ninja Kiwi coins, including energy potions, energy {{cap}} boosters, bonus medallions, and instant access to all towers and upgrades.
** The Mobile and Steam ports also have purchasable battle energy and medallions, but they

* LimitedLoadout: You are only allowed 4 unique towers to any match. However, you can place as many of each tower type as you can afford and fit on the map.
** You can spend extra Battle Energy for a ''fifth'' tower, particularly useful if you plan to play a long game!
** The Mobile and Steam versions restrict you to 3 towers instead, with the option to roll a ''random'' fourth tower. Some {{GameMod}}s have since turned this "random bonus tower" feature into a regular 4th tower slot.

* PlayerVersusPlayer: Of course. You battle other players and can choose either to be able to send extra bloons to put the pressure on them to defend, or simply outlast them in defensive game.

* WeakButSkilled: The COBRA tower in the Mobile/Steam versions has a slow attack speed, can't detect camo normally, and short range (although it pops two layers per shot similarly to a vanilla Sniper Monkey and can increase firing speed with a tier 1 upgrade). However, it can give you free money similar to a farm, make your opponent's bloons stronger, reduce the cool-down for tower boosts and bloon upgrades, steal your opponent's lives, (which used to be able to kill them before being {{nerf}}ed), and allow you to send powerful bloons earlier then your opponent, and send any bloon up to [[BossInMookClothing M.O.A.B.s and B.F.B.s]] from your side to your opponent's. Also, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it doesn't cost very much]], so they can quickly turn into GodDamnedBats if used correctly.

The game is available on [[https://ninjakiwi.com/games/tower-defense/play/bloons-td-battles.html#.WevuzY-PKW8 Ninja Kiwi's site]], the [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bloons-td-battles/id624533261?mt=8 iOS]] and Android app stores, and [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/444640/Bloons_TD_Battles/Steam Steam]]. The latter three versions add a few game modes and such to the mix:

''Bloons TD Battles'' (a.k.a. ''BTD Battles'') is a spinoff of the ''Videogame/BloonsTowerDefense'' series centered around PlayerVersusPlayer. The goal depends on the game mode: First, there's '''Assault''', in which you can send bloons at your opponents to defeat them or at least boost your income. Second, there's '''Defensive''', where you simply focus on building a better defense then your opponent, but with reduced income.

''Bloons TD Battles'' (a.k.a. ''Bloons TD Battles'' or ''BTD Battles'') is a spinoff of the ''Videogame/BloonsTowerDefense'' series centered around PlayerVersusPlayer. The goal depends on the game mode: First, there's '''Assault''', in which you can send bloons at your opponents to defeat them or at least boost your income. Second, there's '''Defensive''', where you simply focus on building a better defense then your opponent, but with reduced income.

''Bloons Tower Defense Battles'' (a.k.a. ''Bloons TD Battles'' or ''BTD Battles'') is a spinoff of the ''Videogame/BloonsTowerDefense'' series centered around PlayerVersusPlayer. The goal depends on the game mode: First, there's '''Assault''', in which you can send bloons at your opponents to defeat them or at least boost your income. Second, there's '''Defensive''', where you simply focus on building a better defense then your opponent, but with reduced income.