Banana Farms

[Jon.Topps]

I'm noticing that banana farms aren't even close to as useful in this game, just wondering if others are finding the same.
In the other btd games, round 80 isn't a big deal, but for this, 40 is huge, so you have less than half the rounds to be gaining benefit from your farms, so it doesn't pay off nearly as much.
I risked losing the game (and actually have lost quite a few) just to risk managing to get a banana bank or two. By the end of the game, the payoff was quite low (maybe 10k).

Do people use banana farms? Or is it basically purely a late game thing?

[Planterror]

Banana farms are still worth the investment if you can sink it. Most of the time they aren't needed and are only there for strategies that cost more.

[alveolate]

so, a base banana farm:
- costs $1000
- gives 2 bananas per round @ $40ea (=$80/round)
that means you need 12.5 rounds to earn back your base value.

banana 1/0
- upg $300, costs $1300 total
- 3 x $40 = $120/rd
10.83 rds to break even

banana 2/0
- 1000 + 300 + 1400 = $2700
- 7 x $40 = $280/rd
9.64 rds b/e

path 2 doesn't increase income until 0/2; but that is obviously not worth it without path 1 at all.

banana 2/2
- $2700 + $4500 = $7200
- 7 x $60 = $420/rd
17.14 rds b/e (so don't do 2/2 ever)

the wikia says don't buy 0/2 until you have 4/0; but i haven't unlocked those yet so i don't have accurate numbers for you. the numbers on wikia seem to be for the flash version, so use at your own risk: https://bloons.fandom.com/wiki/Banana_Farm

[Jon.Topps]

Yeah that makes sense, because if it takes you like 8 rounds to be able to safely buy one, then you're looking at round 20 or higher before it even just pays for itself. So you won't get much rewards unless you're playing higher rounds.
Even if you are playing past 40, you still won't get "that" much in terms of rewards.

[Hyebri]

Only Banana Research Facility is worth it, the rest I wouldn't bother with. If you need extra cash then either use Monkey Town or Bloon Traps if you don't have BRF.

[BarbieQ234]

i do the buy and sell tactic for banana farms since they are nerfed in BMC mobile/steam. generate that slight edge in cash then sell the farm to upgrade your key monkey against a rush. like a 4/0 ninja against round 4 or 5 ceramic rushes

for farm upgrades, you would use 1/0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/2, and sometimes banks

[Jaime]

If you want to farm, the best way is with 4-0 engineers, especially since there is no drop on how much you get per trap on late rounds.