Quincy not popping lead on round 28 (anymore?)

[Reformatio]

Guys, this is making me crazy. I could swear in the past Quincy has reached level 7 (exploding arrows) before round 28 when lead first appears on most difficulties with all knowledge unlocked. Apparently this is not the case anymore or is it just me?
Being able to place a camo lead counter early on and then continuing doing something else is something I really enjoy ^^ Who plays this game actively anyway? :-D

[PichuYang]

You have to notice Map difficulty level, because they do affect how fast a Hero can level. They level faster in Expert and Advanced maps for obvious reasons, which made him was a popular choice on Inferno. This also includes when you place the Hero down, because not every game you start at Round 6. One might ended up spending cash to level up Ezili to 20 on R100 Workshop (Expert), for example.

Originally posted by Reformatio:

Being able to place a camo lead counter early on

Quincy's lead popping ability is very similar to Ezili, is that they lack of constant splashing and requires targeting management to be truly effective. If they are the only Lead popper without Alchemist early on. Something important to note on Alternate Bloon Rounds. But Gwendolin can hit camo Lead at level 3 thanks to Cocktail, placed 2nd between Ezili and Quincy.

Camo Lead has always been easy since the game's initial release. It's just the DDT issue compare to now.

[HoBoMiKe]

regrettably, in higher difficulties quincy doesn't unlock "exploding arrows" in enough time to deal with the leads.


so you have to stop saving up for farms for that level and shell some cash to buy his upgrade, or a bomb tower :(

[PichuYang]

Originally posted by HoBoMiKe:

regrettably, in higher difficulties quincy doesn't unlock "exploding arrows" in enough time to deal with the leads.

so you have to stop saving up for farms for that level and shell some cash to buy his upgrade, or a bomb tower :(

In Beginner map, without Monkey Knowledge and Income boost, starting in CHIMPS R6 he can only reach Lv 6 20%-ish by R28.

There are many lead popping alternative such as Wizard with Fire spell, Red Hot Rang, Hero's abilities, Engineer's soap, Sub's Heat-ipped Dart, etc. It really depend on what midgame and endgame strategy the player wants: Shimmer/Prince of Darkness? Perma-Charge/MOAB Push/MOAR? Overclock? First-strike/0-3-2 Sub? Selling has lower return and CHIMPS ban selling.

Buying Hero level is generally not okay because on the said situation, it is a whooping 3700, for a not so reliable lead-popping. Around 2k cash could goes to something else, not necessarily on Alchemist or Farm.

But buying Hero level on situation such as Level 20 Adora and Ezili vs R100's BAD is another story.

[HoBoMiKe]

Originally posted by CatChu:

Engineer's soap

i like this description, it makes me think the engineer just grabs the hand soap off his kitchen countertop and loads it into his hose XD