Tesla dome is too bad

[Reiko]

I realliy liked artillery dome, but tesla.. its just too weak.

Mobs that throw rocks at the dome? Well, you were supposed to defend tham with electro orb, but oh no, these orbs deal so little damage they can't break a small rock without expensive damage upgrades. And laser dome at least made these guys to bury back without throwing. This& It does nothing, they throw regardless of being zapped.

That super fast diving enemies with little hp? Well, good luck charging your attack in time, and positioning reticle properly since their diving time is less than that.

And it is just too slow at handling things in general. It punishes you for pre-charging your shot by slowing reticle. It is so bad at hitting those small flyers because you have to wait for thr charge and they are fast. And even quick shot doesn't one-shot them before second (either gamage or QS) upgrade. This dome is just too bad at working on multiple fronts.

[zimny5811]

Well... the issue with Tesla is... it is really weak early on, and then it becomes so OP it is simply broken. It just melts everything. And it is not just me guesses or something. It was proven again and again, that Tesla is simply broken and needs balancing. Just to show you how broken it is: pretty much all those crazy scores in Endless Mode on prestige with Tesla are real. Tesla call pull off +100 waves on Endless while Laser and Sword fail around wave 70-80. And yes, Artillery dome sounds so cool, but sadly it is really weak in the long run. It starts really strong, but then it just falls apart. Currently (sadly) it is the weakest dome in the game.

Judging by what you said, especially about Tesla being bad at working on multiple fronts, you are using it wrong (I'm not making fun of you or anything, it is a honest hint). Try looking for grizzgrizz on YouTube (or mine video) with Tesla, if you want to see it in action (just a note: it was when Tesla was still new and we did not had that much experience with it yet).

Saying all of that... I would expect domes balancing sooner or later.

[Reiko]

I don't really play endless and know its scores, i play just to beat normal mode on hardest difficulty with biggest map size. But i see those who take the game more seriously actually have a reverse ranking of domes than i do..

I just have seen artillery one-shot huge enemies and so far, tesla was doing really bad compared to others, games ened faster and progress at improving over time was slower, that's why i thought it is underpowered, that and those two enemies that mean almost guaranteed high damage

[zimny5811]

For shorter modes, like Small to Large, maybe even Huge map size on Relic Hunt or even Countdown variant of prestige your observation are correct. Tesla is bad early on, while Artillery dome is quite strong :)

[Spacesuit Spiff]

You do need the first few upgrades but then it's quite good. Rocks can be popped with the secondary shot. Divers can be popped with the secondary shot, and later the electro orb (lets you defend both sides at once).