Whats the key to getting high scores?

[Kotton]

I recently started playing this game and I'm really enjoying it but I can't seem to top any of my friends scores which is discouraging lol. Whats the trick to getting a hgh score?

[mikeydsc]

1) Use as little resources as possible.
2) Timing is key in placing towers.
3) Juggling is a big time score booster if you can master the technique.
4) Using backspace sometimes to correct a mistake or a creep slipping by.
5) Earning interest on the resources you have accumulated by holding off and spending as little as possible.
6) Learning the strengths and weaknesses of the towers and creeps. Each tower has a creep it defeats easily and each creep has towers that cant do much to it.
7) Watch some Youtube vids if you find some maps difficult.
8) Just have fun and learn from each map and use more advanced strats as you can.
9) Find chokepoints on the maps and build killzones with command towers.

This is a general list and there are many variations on some maps. Experiment and try different builds.

[Kotton]

Thanks a lot mate. But what do you mean by juggling enemies?

[mikeydsc]

Setting up a maze with 2 ways to get to the core housing and having a tower in each path you build/sell, timing it so the wave turns around and goes by the same toweres over and over - back an forth. Probably best to watch a youtube vid or 2, it does take some getting used to since if you wait to long the creeps can keep going one way and then get your cores.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlVCRFWI0nU

[Kotton]

Got it. Thanks again mate.

[AstraNine]

This is a good place to pickup some good setups: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1897685

Other than that practice and lots of it. And measure yourself against other good players. Good luck :)

[Bretzel Killer's]

thanks to

[ThunderPeel2001]

You don't need to juggle. It can take the fun out of the game, as it isn't very satisfying.

My tips are this:

1. Upgrade your towers
You'll be amazed how much better a Red Tower is compared to its Green counterpart. Focusing on upgrading well positioned towers, instead of adding tons of low powered ones, made a huge difference to my game. So focus on upgrading instead of litering the levels with guns.

2. Position your towers well -- usually as close to the core as you can.
You get high scores by amassing resources -- and you gain interest on resources when all your cores are in their housing. With this in mind it's best to keep the cores in their housing as much as possible... and that's very difficult to do when they're miles away, so put your guns close to the cores.

The other reason to place all your guns as close to the cores as much as possible is because the aliens will pass them twice very quickly, which means your guns are inflicting twice as much damage almost immediately: Once as they pass to get a core, and again once they have one as moment later.

3. You can kill most things with Guns
You'd be amazed how much damage a couple of Red Guns can do. My levels are mostly filled with Guns. Some exceptions are:

Concussion -- Brilliant for groups of aliens, and there's nearly always groups of aliens.

Missile -- Brilliant for flying aliens in later levels.

Temporal -- There's no subsitute for slowing down aliens so your guns can do more damage. Always worth investing in well placed ones.

Command -- If you're going for a highscore, this will help by boosting the amount of resources you get for each kill. Not usually necessary if you're just going to complete the level with a decent score, though.

Final tip if you're going for the absolute best high score you can: Sell your weaponry at the end of the level, as soon as you know it's safe to do so. If you have all your cores, you'll accrue interest while the end-game dialogue plays out. Can be useful if that extra (if small) boost on a high score.

Good luck!

[AstraNine]

Hey G! How u doing? Back from ur exile now. Dont play much DG1 anymore but Barrier Story Challenge 63196 41T new #3 oops!

[Apostulator]

Instead of building three green towers in-a-row, strategically place one tower where it gets the aliens coming and going; now upgrade that tower to at least a yellow (preferably to red) before moving on to build your next strategically-placed tower. Learn precisely which levels the air-raids come and build only just before (you do this by losing to air-raids, taking a note, then re-trying).