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$$DFE remains a single-player build.. the opening towers have to be built at III or VI or even IX.. the build doesn't hold well at the regular IV V.. it's not competitive enough to play against a well-played LWFN, or any other rushing build in multiplayer..

1100 range at V can get a few extra shots in along the right ledge.. could be useful for really low hp leaks.. the timing is almost impossible to control so it's largely hit and miss...

support towers don't really make good starts.. tornado slows, so it is stronger to micro it along the path in the midgame. with both slows upgraded, everything would be at V, with a little impulse mirco at the start of every wave.. using which duals to upgrade to triples usually doesn't matter that much as those duals often don't stay in play for long... some would just use elemental arrows and interest farm and build the triple directly.. LWFN is basically a V build, or if you can handle it, could try VII..

Also testing towers by themselves isn't that good an idea of balance.. support towers are not meant to solo waves.. build them after the main damage is in play.. some of the towers mentioned are strong in the right build with the right support.. as mentioned, doubt we balanced that bad.. some of the numbers are too extreme, in the betas, they have proved overpowered.. and some towers do need to be mircoed.. if the flame tower fires 2-3 times at the same creep and that damage is wasted, then you need to mirco it to change targets frequently or use the short-pass placement..

in the beta FDS, there was almost a replay to ronalds with more than 50 leaks...

One strategy is to vote for the triples based on the dual you remove.. basically remove a set of builds around a certain dual.. like jolin012 voting for golem, drowning and impulse after removing well in the last draft..

The 4th and 5th showed up pretty fast this time.. first to remove gets to pick the first element and set the tempo for the draft..

A real element td fan indead.. spreading the news fast..

LET THE DRAFT BEGIN!

THE FORUM DRAFT SERIES #7! This will be the thread for the forum draft and uploading of replays... for information on how the draft works, refer to the forum draft series! Discussion of the mode is to be done in that thread. This thread is only for the drafters and hosts. Tower removal phrase opens immediately.

And there's 5 drafters.. but the draft is not going to be called yet.. 4.1 is expected to be released shortly (so says karawasa)..

few would realise the difference.. only those who wheel down and take a good look and know every detail of both the old and the new.. but as it goes, it's the little things that make it more interesting.. most would not bother but it would impress/suprise the few who pay attention to every detail..

Playtest 6-element replay eletd_beta_342_LFNEWD_61_10lives.w3g

And the hunt for the elusive 4th drafter begins (again)...

t3 duals are stronger than t2 triples in terms of dps.. but most triples are stronger with support. suppose t3 trickery 3-element builds should work.. but it is harder to play.. LDW, LDE and LDF should all be playable too.. LDN maybe not with no 'real' damage tower.. trickery, life and disease don't quite make a build..

t3 support duals are too strong in the early-mid game but probably balanced for the endgame.. anyone tried to rush t3 damage duals early-midgame? t3 triples would probably be imbalanced.. players have to decide on playing t3 duals vs t2 triples now.. t3 triples would definately be stronger than t3 duals.. which probably means t3 triples all the way.. either that increase in creep hp which makes the t3 duals worse.. and yes, no quad element towers or 5-ele towers..

shouldn't be a problem with "Element TD 4.0".. even beta filenames were longer and they appeared in the list and no problems playing them..

It's a pretty cool bug.. a very sudden start.. then the player panics.. and leaks the first wave.. which brings back the point not to release a map that has further changes not tested by the team... although the release party map wasn't the actual released map in the end as well..

Forum Draft #7 opens for sign-up...

Draft report: Non-drafters who wish to post their draft replays may post their replays here.

To bring the Forum Draft #6 to a close, after some time extensions for replay submissions The results! soyamilks with 1 leak (1), a time of 49.46 (4), networth of 237072 (1) and 98 ronalds killed (1) total 7 points. 6draft_soyamilk.w3g jolin012 with 13 leak (3), a time of 47.06 (1), networth of 90954 (2) and 23 ronalds killed (2) total 8 points. 6draft_jolin012.w3g lesher with 48 leak (4), a time of 49.40 (3), networth of 172463 (2) and 6 ronalds killed (2) total 11 points. 6draft_lesher.w3g Draft report to follow.

the draft is closed! but all drafters have maybe 12 hours to submit replays as the draft host would not be viewing replays till then..there is no penalty if replay is submitted before results are posted..

3.5 hours left... got that elusive no-leak replay yet?

what build have you come up with?

heh.. true.. for beta FDS every game can be considered testing the beta.. but not now.. my current draft build is a 2-pass / VIII VII build instead of a build for rushing..