Any tower guide?

[n3mes1s]

Just trying this game and i love it so far, but one thing that is annoying me is that i am clueless how to make certain dual towers. There is no explanation anywhere, tooltips are slim or non existent, it seems that you need to meet certain requirements and certain tower requirements but im lost. And about to give up because its so frikkin confusing. A tooltip system guide or a better turret build tree needs to be implemented. I reached campaign 3 but i just lost my patience in there. . everytime i think i chose the right requirements for some dual towers, in-game i still fail to be able to build them. Its really frustrating.

[Karawasa]

If you're playing the campaign you need to unlock both the underlying elements and the dual (or triple). For example, Ice tower, you'd need to spend a point on water, a point on light, and then a point on ice itself. Please reach out here on the forums or better yet Discord when frustrated because there is a lot of fun to be had in the campaign.

We are keen on improving the UI/UX. If you are so inclined, any specific recommendations, especially what would have prevented confusion, is very welcome.

[n3mes1s]

Well, yes i figured it out how the requirement works, but only after many many hours playing. Honestly a tooltip system telling you - you need xxx will be just the solution. Newbies will have the same problem as me since the beginning.

But also, im confused about when in-game i want to build a dual tower from another one, but i dont have a clue what tower is the one i need to upgrade. I keep wasting a lot of time clicking on a tower and see the icons to see if i can build the dual tower im looking for... because again, there are also no tooltips anywhere.

More than that, i just got a little annoyed about the quantity of mobs that appear on the screen. Not my style. I love tower defense games but this is exagerated lol. In the last stage of the campaign 3 it was just ridiculous. Less quantity of mobs but more challenging would be way better.

[Lynesth]

If you press SPACE during a game, you can see all towers.

Mousing over a tower there highlights which one are needed to make it.
Mousing over Nova for example, highlights Lightning, Solar and Bloom, so you know that those 3 can be upgraded into Nova (also highlights Light, Fire and Nature btw).

Also note that you can click on an available tower there to directly build it without having to go through each stages.
That means you can directly click on Disease tower to build it without having to make a Darkness or Nature beforehand.

PS: the same highlighting exists when putting points in the tree before a campaign mission.

[jjurg]

and to add to what Lynesth said once you click on a tower in that menu, you can hold the control button down when you place it and it will automatically be placed at max strength if you have the points to pay for it

[n3mes1s]

Erm... lol, yup i already know basic aspects of the game like the basic tooltips you get. But thats not enough. Thats the main problem. And yup i know about the automatic placement, as i said im not just started playing. Ive been playing for a long time now. And i never ever really understood how the tower upgrade system works lol.

[Lynesth]

Let's say you want a Disease tower.
That's a Darkness/Nature tower, as indicated by the elements icons in the top right of the tooltip. That means you'll need both those elements to unlock it, and that it can be upgraded from either a Darkness tower or a Nature one.

Now, let's say you're aiming for a Polar tower.
That's a Light/Water/Earth tower, as indicated by the elements icons in the top right of the tooltip. That means you'll need all three elements to unlock it, and that it can be upgraded from a Light/Water tower (Ice), a Light/Earth tower (Atom) or a Water/Earth tower (Geyser).

No crazy shenanigans.

And as mentioned in my previous comment, you don't even have to remember all that, as simply hovering the tower will show you what it can be upgraded from and what it can be upgraded into.

Also, there's a beginner guide available on steam here by the way: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2360427994

[Karawasa]

Originally posted by n3mes1s:

Erm... lol, yup i already know basic aspects of the game like the basic tooltips you get. But thats not enough. Thats the main problem. And yup i know about the automatic placement, as i said im not just started playing. Ive been playing for a long time now. And i never ever really understood how the tower upgrade system works lol.

We are going to add a big question mark button on the campaign loadout screen. Either 1.1.1 or 1.1.2. So very soon. Click it and it popup and explain all of the things you were asking about earlier.

Would that have been sufficient for you looking back?

[jonesguest1]

I use to play this in SC2 I did Desert Strike map. I just bought the steam version and I can't figure out how to make a dual tower doh! I can make arrow and cannon. It says just upgrade to dual on hint. But i see no options the rest of the towers are greyed out. Help!

NM just found the load out I had to select one of the tower trees at the top. I think I got it, would never have solved it if I did not ask though :)

I think I was looking for it to actually say "Dual upgrade" but its more of build a arrow tower then unlock the skill tree then say turn that arrow tower into a water tower. To me it looks like a single water shooting tower but I guess its shooting arrows that look like water = dual.

[BinaryDigit09]

Originally posted by jonesguest1:

I think I was looking for it to actually say "Dual upgrade" but its more of build a arrow tower then unlock the skill tree then say turn that arrow tower into a water tower. To me it looks like a single water shooting tower but I guess its shooting arrows that look like water = dual.

It actually does change the Arrow tower into a Water tower when you upgrade, it doesn't combine the two. Once upgraded to a Water tower it will do Water damage instead of Composite like the Arrow tower does. Then, if you unlock Earth and upgrade the Water tower to a Geyser tower, it'll do Earth damage because that's what Geysers do. Or if you unlock Fire and upgrade the Water tower to a Vapor tower instead, it'll still do water damage because that's what Vapors do. As another example, Tesla trees require Nature, Water, Light, and Dark in order to build, but they only ever do Nature damage. If you study the tooltips you'll see where it says the damage type as well as icons for which elements it requires before you can build it. HTH!