Money Strategy?

[eric_in_the_sky]

I realised that I basically use the same money strategy, build 2-4 banana farms and try to get to monkeynomics I've tried the other paths and just don't notice anything that makes them superior in a significant way. Obviously I could be overlooking something big which is why I'm here.

Do you use the same money strat across the board? alternate depending on what type of game you're playing? Do you recommend trying the other paths? TIA for any advice

[Jimmy Booker]

I alternate my money method depending on the map and mode. Sometimes farms, sometimes merchant ships. But one thing that pushes my economy over others in co-op is making liberal use of the monkey engineer's traps. Especially useful if you put them not right on the edge, but in the middle near the start, so as the rounds progress, you move traps (Moveable with enhanced range) to the progressing kill points.

I also like to have fun on limited space maps with the snipers.

BTD gets boring if you don't alter up your strategies, so it's always fun to experiment.

[Hiroko]

monkeynomics isnt really worth it. stick to T3 spam or alternate farming methods.

Originally posted by Jimmy Booker:

But one thing that pushes my economy over others in co-op is making liberal use of the monkey engineer's traps.

Thats because you're literally taking away their portion of the regular pop income. Don't be a dirty trapper in multiplayer. Its fine advice for solo though. Traps may be a net positive for the team, but put yourself in the shoes of your teammates who go from getting 1/4th income to getting 1/100th. i think obyn's trees also do this. I'll say for general usage though, 1 trap per lane is the most efficient number of traps. You're not using each subsequent trap to generate income for progressively more time. Instead of having traps making 0 money for multiple rounds, you should just make passive income.

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by Jimmy Booker:

But one thing that pushes my economy over others in co-op is making liberal use of the monkey engineer's traps.

What Hiroko said. This just steals other people's money.

[EmperorC3]

It really depends on the mode. For regular maps, having two to three 203 farms is more than enough. Just make sure to start with all 200 farms and upgrade them to 203 later. If you an afford it outright, 023 makes more money than 203. But again, only worth if you can buy the 023 from the start.

However, 230 technically gives you far more income, especially with monkey knowledge and Ben. The catch is that it requires micro on when to collect and all of the income comes in at once. Most players don't do it for those reasons.

The only time you really need to farm is during the boss and races. For boss I recommend looking at some guides, as it can get in depth. For a brief summary, you start with 203 farms because of the lower cost and sellback value. Then go 204. Then sell and replace with 420 as it makes more income, especially when boosted with overclocks. The magnum opus is a 520 being constantly overclocked along with your other farms. If you are short on space a 105 village really helps, just overclock it for more range to absorb more 420 farms.

[eric_in_the_sky]

Originally posted by EmperorC3:

It really depends on the mode. For regular maps, having two to three 203 farms is more than enough. Just make sure to start with all 200 farms and upgrade them to 203 later. If you an afford it outright, 023 makes more money than 203. But again, only worth if you can buy the 023 from the start.

However, 230 technically gives you far more income, especially with monkey knowledge and Ben. The catch is that it requires micro on when to collect and all of the income comes in at once. Most players don't do it for those reasons.

The only time you really need to farm is during the boss and races. For boss I recommend looking at some guides, as it can get in depth. For a brief summary, you start with 203 farms because of the lower cost and sellback value. Then go 204. Then sell and replace with 420 as it makes more income, especially when boosted with overclocks. The magnum opus is a 520 being constantly overclocked along with your other farms. If you are short on space a 105 village really helps, just overclock it for more range to absorb more 420 farms.

Ok this is great info, thank you very much. When i see some towers cost 600,000 or more, I can't fathom how its possible the way I'm currently doing it.

[Spookypizza]

Originally posted by Ninja Zyborg:

Originally posted by Jimmy Booker:

But one thing that pushes my economy over others in co-op is making liberal use of the monkey engineer's traps.

What Hiroko said. This just steals other people's money.

How is that a bad thing? It is a competitive advantege.

[Neit]

Originally posted by Spookypizza:

Originally posted by Ninja Zyborg:

What Hiroko said. This just steals other people's money.

How is that a bad thing? It is a competitive advantege.

By the same logic, when playing Counter Strike, kill your teammates and take their weapons, that way you can save your own money to buy something more expensive later.

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by Neit:

Originally posted by Spookypizza:

How is that a bad thing? It is a competitive advantege.

By the same logic, when playing Counter Strike, kill your teammates and take their weapons, that way you can save your own money to buy something more expensive later.

dude was trolling

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Originally posted by eric_in_the_sky:

I realised that I basically use the same money strategy, build 2-4 banana farms and try to get to monkeynomics I've tried the other paths and just don't notice anything that makes them superior in a significant way. Obviously I could be overlooking something big which is why I'm here.

Do you use the same money strat across the board? alternate depending on what type of game you're playing? Do you recommend trying the other paths? TIA for any advice

I like banana farm 4-2-0, I spam like 5-6 of them, wrap them around a farmer to automate banana recovery. This method start slow but it will snowball. Eventually I will hit the 5th tier upgrade to make one at 5-2-0. At that point my next one will be a 0-2-5 point at which I'm fully loaded with monkey money until level 200+ on hard impoppable or until I get bored, whatever happens first. With that strategy I get more money than monkey combination, except maybe a few paragon. Still pretty good by my standards. That's pretty much how I get to high levels because regular income is not enough to hit the first paragon (I really like the paragon boat) anytime soon.

Misc. fact, I have played 2,078 btd6 games, placed 3,465 money farms and generated 682,660,167 monkey money so far. Note that I have been playing this game for a while (1,1k~ hours) and that I have unlocked the whole knowledge tree and I'm at level 153. I also use double money now cause why not. Your result will vary depending where you are at in the knowledge tree.

Have fun and conquer :-)

[Ittrix]

To my understanding the difference is pretty negligible. Crosspathing might save you a single round out of like, 15-16, in terms of getting back your investment. All of them take around 15-16 rounds to get back your investment, all of them cost rrroughly the same, and all of them make rroughly the same amount of money down the line.

If going upper path crosspathing middle is better, if going middle path crosspathing top is better, if going bottom path crosspathing top is better.

Plantation > Market, straight across the board. The exchange is you have to mouse over them to get the money, which could mess with gunners/heli/micro. Or you could just place a farmer. The one odd situation is marketplaces synergizes with merchant monkeys at rank 4, giving them slightly more cash.
Banks are weird. At rank 3 they're the best, but at rank 4 they give a loaning power that stacks poorly so it's really only helpful once, and it's really only used to invest in more monkey farms. Otherwise rank 4 isn't much of an upgrade, and it falls behind the other profits without reinvesting the loans. Rank 5 is better but if you're getting the fifth rank of any farm you've probably already won any normal game.

I personally always use marketplaces, since the difference is pretty negligible and they have zero micromanagement or money monkey requirements.


When I'm using money strats anywho. They aren't really needed for most stuff, and it's pretty easy to overcompensate and get blindsided.

[HoneyDrake]

Originally posted by Ittrix:

To my understanding the difference is pretty negligible. Crosspathing might save you a single round out of like, 15-16, in terms of getting back your investment. All of them take around 15-16 rounds to get back your investment, all of them cost rrroughly the same, and all of them make rroughly the same amount of money down the line.

If going upper path crosspathing middle is better, if going middle path crosspathing top is better, if going bottom path crosspathing top is better.

if you have monkey knowledge enabled a 0-2-3+ is better than 2-0-3+.

If you want to optimize income 4-2-0 and overclocking it with an engineer is the most cost efficient thing to do, especially if you ever get an 5-x-x.

If you have a decent amount of water on your map you want to go bottom path, up to 10 farms and afterwards go top path+overclocking them, while also spamming bucanneers, bot path.

The only reason I say this is because of Boss events.

[tinfoilgrills]

im an avid 420 spammer

[OldGamer]

I typically use the Alchy 024 method at first then move onto either farms or pirates.

Farms I usually do the bottom line so I don't need to click to get the money. 003
But recently been helping out on coop where I have been using my banana farmers and insta farms 400.
One such play yesterday me and this other player got to 200 - they had a true sun god paragon? or just the last one. I had 4 paragons by the end, karate/ninja, darty boy, construction guy, boomer guy & aeroplane doomship.
It was great fun. That all started from my insta farm of 400 and me just giving my team money so they can do all the little rounds. Once completed, we all went to 100 but then only one of them stayed and we both helped eachother to achieve the towers we wanted. Not sure exactly if we needed all of them though.