Increase the timer on Tower Defense, please!

[DeDeDestroyed]

For a game as strategic as TD, the timer is way too short. Great games just end early with one side winning because they spammed creepers 5 minutes in. In my opinion, there should be a boss bar that represents the time, showing the time before Armageddon at the half-way point. Armageddon should start 45 minutes in (with the Wither being buffed to compensate, of course) with the game lasting 30 minutes after this point. This would fix 2 problems; the short duration of the game and the inability to predict when the game will end, leading to losses simply due to the fact that mobs are too slow.

 

[Spleefy]

I can see where you are coming from. I haven't played TD for a while, but I've always thought the game timer was just right -- long enough to assemble a solid defense and powerful army, but not too long to become stale and/or too easy to build up a ridiculous defense and offense.

The current time limit forces you to make the best use of your time, without feeling too quick or too long, thus enhancing the need to strategize and implement it fairly optimally to make every minute count.

I think it will all depend on people's strategies and gameplay style. For some people, they may require more time to get up a good defense and offense, whereas for others they can assemble this easily within the current time frame. Further, I think the current time frame makes it more epic and dynamic as anything can happen. And the limited time means you will need to make the minutes count all the more to counteract and modify and execute tactics masterfully to meet any situation. I think if the timer was increased, it would feel less intense and become too stale.

 

[Deleted member 100818]

Well my knowledge of tower defense is not that much but when I played it the timer was good enough for me. What could be an option is creating a new vote where you can vote for 3 different times. That could be cool but if that is not gonna happen I think it would be good as it is now.