Two changes that could benefit Towerdefense

[CrystalDrop]

After playing this game mode for a long time, and communicating with other players, I strongly believe that there needs to be a change to the leach tower and the mob: creepers. I am not implying that these two things need to be removed or even drastically changed. Just balanced out a bit more.

Leach Tower:
- The leach tower is overpriced and causes players to be misled.
- Often causes lag and or crashes players. (Crashes are often seen in 1.11-1.12)
- The damage dealt is very little, even fully upgraded, and is not balanced with the price especially with only being able to place one. (Shown in the quick video)
- Seems to only be reasonable in long games because then it is actually affordable easily.

Creepers:
- My main problem with this mob is that they are way weaker then skeletons yet way more expensive which ultimately makes them a bit pointless. Below is a comparison of level 1 creepers and level 4 skeletons:

12 level 1 creepers: 3600 coins
12 level 4 skeletons: 2484 coins

 

[LlTE]

I don't even know what leech tower do :v

 

[Savvy]

Yes, I completley agree. The leach tower is quiet useless. I personally hate the leach due to it crashing me often. Since its called "leach" you would think it would take health of others and heal something. So my idea is that the leach can take some health and heal your castle's health a little bit more. Giving the tower name its purpose. Many other games have the term "leach" and it refers to take health of others and heal yourself. So it would be interesting if this was a thing, if not change the name.

For the creeper yes it needs a big change. It's useless. You can lava AOE it and it will die very rapidly. I generally never use the creeper, but when I do its for the meme and fun. The creeper needs some kind of change to make it an acutal good mob. If no changes can be made, replace it with a new mob that is more balanced out.

 

[Luukk]

I think leach is very useful and powerful. I agree with you that the tower has to do more damage and that there is a need for some kind of balancing in price. +1 from me!

 

[zhca]

Justice for leach tower I want my upgrade purchase validated

 

[Fexiny]

There has to be a balancing in the price tbh, And i agree with u that the tower has to do more damage. Good idea

 

[Vict0r]

I totally agree with you about the Leach tower - It is way too expensive for normal games (It is affordable only in double economy games) but I think that the creeper should not be compared with the skeleton. I also think that the creepers are kinda semi-tanks. The creppers are cheaper but weaker than Giants (I think we should compare them with the Giants) but... Still that is only my opinion and If I were you, I would add into your suggestion some early game balance changes (maybe higher XP requied to unlock skeletons and zombie pigmans) and some benefits that you can get after your teammate leaves - often the teammates are leaving early and the games are changing into pretty unfair games 2 against 5 (for example).