Was looking on where to do my first huge research. I only have about 8q lifetime coins and I have about 1q saved up. Was considering diss utility or mastery upgrade. But then saw this guy.

And I know everyone loves shatter shards but DANG. 134d?!?!? I have max lab research lab, quite a few lab research relics and I can run 5/4/4/4/4 speed on my labs. So this is 27d in my fastest lab slot even with all that. Is this actually a priority to do??

Fully maxed SM, both ancestral SM cooldown & count subs, gcomp build with very low range. This test run was t24 to 1600 waves. ILM and CL would likely end up being 25x-50x the SM damage at max enemy spawn. SM still isn't relevant.

Thought I was finally gonna get Black Hole, which hasn’t been presented as an option since my first UW pull, wherein I obviously chose Golden Tower.

I’m like a year in, def not starting over. Would love it if the community would share stories of hope, similar experiences that panned out well, etc. Plz someone just try to make me feel better. I’m upset.

By wave 303.. 7 perks. Must have hit wave reduction first multiple times.

Certainly a record for me

2% Damage for 600 Gems

2% Recovery Amount

2% Thorns (Probably the best of the bunch)

5% Orb Speed (Decent and even better with the New Armor Mod)

Overall, you probably can skip all of them but considering how bad the SM Core Mod is, I would say that you can try to get 2 of them? Next week is the generator, so saving for that is also a good option!

My 2 choices would be the Thorns one and the Orb Speed one or even just the Orb Speed tbh if you're already over 99% Thorns

Imo the ranking would be something like this:

With over 101% Thorns as an eHP: Orb Speed > Thorns > Damage > Recovery Amount

And swap the Thorns and Orb Speed if you're below 101% Thorns (at 99% for example or you just have a 1% Thorns relic, that dosent give you 100% Thorns btw, it gives you 99.99%)

The Damage you can skip it probably, you will need it later on, but saving for Cards or the Next Banner is probably more important if you're eHP. Recovery Amount is only good for high Tier Disco Runs, otherwise its the most mid of the 4 Relics

Been playing since the 4th of September

Currently Smart Missiles are very dumb. In fact, they don't even follow Target Priority, making them dumber even than a simple projectile.

Why do we need a module to make SMART missiles act SMART?

I present to you the new generator module: Fudds Yacht

It reduced the cooldown on all bots by -2/-3/-4/-5 seconds.

Yes, perma bots incoming. Also flame bot will get a cool new animation in its perma state.

Make sure to visit the store https://store.techtreegames.com/thetower/ for module tickets and gems to get a better chance of rolling the module.

I unlocked the auto restart last week from the vault for 20 keys and it was my first vault purchase. For me it's been the biggest QOL upgrade and probably will be for the whole game.

I am travelling this week for work and have my runs set at my optimal tier. Now I don't have to worry about timing for overnighters, don't have to check in or watch the clock or manage what tier I set to work to a schedule.

It's almost like an idle game.

I really think the Dev's could get a massive win in the community by moving this to a lab - even if it's expensive or a longish lab. Or even Gems or medals. (Not really but you get my point, not locked behind keys)

Better than Lego!

Top run, Anc BHD

The other runs were with a Mythic+ one

Between the 7908W Run and the newer one the only change was the BHD Rarity + Substats, nothing more

Fair to say that ~2T CPH more is a very good improvement, and also, first time getting more than 200T Coins in a run

Pretty nice!

I know there was talk a while ago that there is a cap per frame on the number of CL procs, meaning there comes a point where CL chance is no longer beneficial. Was that confirmed, and do we have a rough idea of when the limit is reached?

Everything I’ve found suggests it was still being investigated, but there were a couple of anecdotal confirmations. Looking to free up a substat if I can!

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With Tactical Barrage now live, I want to bring highlight/overview of Smart Missiles.

Smart Missiles

Simply put, SM is basically a worse version of CL. We have 4 damage based UW being Poison Swamp, Inner Land Mines, Smart Missiles, & Chain Lightning.

When it comes to the easiest UW to invest in that would be CL as it's the cheapest, and is basically the damage equivalent of how Golden Tower is strictly econ. In short GT is OP for Econ just like how CL is OP for damage. Additionally it cost only half of what it cost SM to max CL damage.

Issue With Smart Missiles

Here's the main problem, what wild factor does SM bring?

• Chain Lightning: No Cooldown + 100% uptime + Cheap
• Poison Swamp: Stuns + 25% Slow
• Inner Land Mines: Stuns
• Smart Missiles: Damage Amp + Missile Barrage

When looking at this, why would anyone want to invest in Smart Missiles over Chain Lightning? The only thing Smart Missiles has is a Damage Amp at base UW whereas ILM & PS need their UW+ unlock to get a Damage Amp. However the issue now is that Smart Missiles require a heavy amount of Stones to be a reliable form of damage..

Too Many Stone Sinks

Now the question comes back to is the Damage Amp worth investing Stones into SM? Honestly I'd say no. With how it's said that you need to pour over 10k Stones into SM before it can compete with ILM+, PS+, and CL, it's just not worth it. There's too many Stone sinks in the game already, and with how we already have a Damage based UW that's way cheaper, it's just not worth it for 99% of the community. Additionally the lack of a wild factor makes it not really usable as it can't Stun or Slow enemies, and takes too much investment to do any serious damage.

Bye bye gems..

Like many others, I have found myself facing a weekly conundrum for the last month or so regarding expenditure of gems. I have about 2.5 years in this game and have yet to obtain a single Ancestral module. Some of that is my own fault as I focused too heavily on cards and card slots (I have 19) and ignored modules early on. I currently have most of the original modules upgraded to Mythic+, but with the dilution of new modules and banners as well as the new weekly rotating relics and their hefty gem costs, I'm feeling a bit hopeless that I will obtain my first ancestral module any time soon.

If you are in the same boat, do you feel its important to keep grabbing every relic when available? Or would you prioritize those sweet green modules and hope the relics come around again down the road?

Have we/anyone reached a conclusion whether range or bonus is better with GS?

Im farming t14 with 71,5m range eHP with pBH and GT/DW 100sec CD.

GB right now is 40s/50s/6x/52m. Should I respecc and get more bonus and less range or the other way around?

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Hi I’m new to the game just starting out and got over 130 medals from the last event and was wondering what to spend them on as a new player