How Update 32.0 Changed BTD6 Forever. 

What was your favorite update? Mine was probably 27.0

I love revisiting the history of BTD6. I still can't believe its been 6 years, I still remember when Mortar was first added and I also remember when Engie finally got added.

I still remember when I downloaded this game back in 2018. I was amazed by all the expansion that NK made, making BTD5 look ancient. Was it buggy and incomplete? Yes. But they kept at it and made it the game we all know and love today. Favorite update? Probably 35. NK realized that HBomb's beard had grown way too powerful for this world so they had to nerf it.

Never knew that Druid middle path is so amazing for midgame today to balance out how broken it was in boss events before

2:26 It's funny how this change slowly got reversed over time Also, challenge browser got added which was huge for the game, I didn't see you mention it in the video

I'm surprised you didn't mention the massive Perma-Spike Nerf in one of the later updates, considering how much people (me) lost their mind over it.

I love how Ninja Kiwi is handling BTD6, I remember being excited for the game, and when it was released on Steam it was met with mixed reviews, but now look where it is today, the best tower defense game ever made and still growing better and bigger with every single update

While playing a game, we think "how can I win", NOT "how to design a more fun game", obviously. This carries over into how feedback is given. Nerfs are a difficult and brave thing because they always upset the players. But a game with broken strategies is generally less fun.

13:25 Guys i just realized...... If we currently have 68 maps this means..... The map coming in the next upate is the 69th.....

All of those changes make it hard for new players like me to learn how some heroes works, so it would be nice if you made a guide for the current versions of the heroes

I've been playing this game for a while but was absolutely shocked to learn the mortar was added after the initial release.

loving this update recap 🔥

I joined the game 8.0 and remember challenge editor and coop being incredibly hype, even queuing up some random coop games the day the patch came out. Haven’t touched the game in a while but came back for odysseys then again for boss events. Crazy to see how far this game has come

It’s so weird to realize that soulbind was removed basically at launch. I remeber using it a couple of times but I didn’t remember it was removed that early

I still remember launching the game and being mad at it, there were no dartling, no engineer... Now I can't see myself stop playing it from time to time. So addicting ❤

surprised that you didn't talk about the rollercoaster that is the top patch beast master. it went from being a boat paragon at home, to being literally unusable, to now being an ok upgrade path

btd 6 has definetly done a good job keeping the game way more balanced than other games *cough* monster legends *cough* clash royale

The times around right when Bloonarius was introduced will always be the glory days in my opinion. Though BTD6 has arguably gotten better balance wise since then.

With the amount of content in BTD6 right now, its one of the best deals on steam because of its 14$ price point (and only 7$ on mobile.) I'd say a good addition they should add is steam workshop support because of mods being more popular and would vastly increase its content and longevity

7:11 Druid of the jungle always had the vines attack, it just didn't use to have the road item part of the vines. it was dumpster tier for obvious reasons even at a... I think it was 700$ pricetag.

If you remember Soulbind, you should also remember that Half Cash used to be Half Starting Cash!

The Late Game era was my favourite, Boss Events are the thing that keeps me playing BTD6 and I’ve managed to complete every single one so far, if boss weren’t added I probably would’ve dropped the game years ago

Day 3 of asking for the battles 2 nuzlocke challenge Rules:have to start a new account Once you get defeated you cant use the towers and heroes that youve lost with (it counts if you place them) Challenge is completed once you get to 100🏆 You have to record the time and trophys that youve gotten through the challenge You're subscribers have to pick 2 towers to ban and a hero (hero alt is instant eliminated with the hero)

Dang, I joined a week or so before adora. I didn’t realize how much went on before.

The fact that you completely left out the fact that they KILLED Permaspike is wild to me. That tower's pierce and viability was nerfed into the ground, they took my permaspikle behind the shed and shot it dead :(

Crazy how not once he mentioned the intriguing and fascinating case of perma spike

This video is absolutely outstanding, great job!

i remember playing the game for an afternoon shortly after the game launched, but recently came back because my friend randomly asked if i wanted to play it. its really addictive and even though i didnt really understand lots of the stuff in this video, it was enjoyable to listen and to know the history

yooooo goat editing

every time someone mentions powercreep I bring up the pre nerf pspike and comanche. i'm 100% certain that with the first few update's towers you could beat most LCCs set today if the player's skill was as good as today. also a good point to bring up is how they constantly nerfed lategame, with round 3000 being possible before and nowadays its impossible to reach round 1000

If someone were to collate all the balance changes and the data/decisions behind them, this would be a truly excellent case study in how to provide ongoing support for a game like this. Along with the business case of how they have stayed profitable and relevant, this one game could be a foundation course in a Business of Gaming master's course.

My favorite tier 5 is Super Mines(don’t ask me why), and it’s probably gone from the worst tier five at launch to a really good tower for it’s price. I mean, it’s gotten only 5 nerfs, 2 of which were indirect, and meanwhile it now sits at 30 buffs.

To address your confusion as to why people didn't like those updates: you're right, it's because stuff they liked got nerfed. Not that that's an invalid reason to dislike an update. There's a reason devs try to fix things with buffs if possible. Things you like getting nerfed never feels good. But sometimes, it's gotta be done.

I probably played the most when bloonarius dropped and when contested territory was released

He didnt even mention the megalodon nerf

I started playing about a week or two before 27. I had played btd5 years before and I consider it one of my top games when I was 5-12. So I decided to pick up btd6 to give it a go. Now it's my favourite game of all time and I have a good ~1700 - ~2000 hours in it, much to my phones dismay. Despite being a 'newer' player this video was very nostalgic to watch and it just reminded me of how much I love this game and what it means to me. Thank you for making this

I hope you make more longer videos. Love the format!

love that Cult of the Lamb soundtrack. Amazing video!

Adding Cult of the Lamb music is a great touch

I like how he’s added cotl music to this. Its a bop and suits the video

10:53 That explains so much! Tack Zone was always one of my go tos but then suddenly it felt like it wasn't performing as well. That must have been around that update!

Man really interesting looking back on it all like that

I think notable changes glossed over was when the VTSG and middle path alchemist were both reworked.

great video as always broski

This is amazing, forgot how the game has evolved since launch

It's funny how you never mentioned the Perma-Spike nerfs. It went from top dog to... "Being on a farm somewhere."

12:55 and sometime before this Megalodon was patched which made its latch-on-and-chew attack THOUSANDS of time slower

i didn't realise this until today but i actually first downloaded btd6 within months of its release, which explains why i remember stuff like the release of the mortar monkey and even i think benjamin.

Geraldo has been helping me blackborder expert maps and honorable mentions are moab glue, bloon sabotage and 0-0-2 village

Why is era 3 called "late game"? From my perspective, as someone who really really enjoys going for high rounds they just keep making late game less and less fun to play. Ramping got increased multiple times, which is fair enough but I dont see a reason for the last ramping increase. On top of that the game is practically not coded for late game at all. Anything past r300 is like a fewer dream for people with bad devices. Paragons arent changing freeplay at all either. The main strat is still temple spam and probably will always be temple spam. Paragons are just a neat addition to the regular strat. I dont see any positive changes for this kind of late game during the era called late game. However last update NK did something I as a late game fan really like. They made grand sabo permanent with ninja paragon and they finally made it possible to hide projectiles. And they reduced the ammount of bloons, which is barely noticable so... its more or less a non-change. Those are the kind of changes I think late game really needs. Apart from a rework of the entire game to increase performance. And what late game needs is an actual incentive to do it. Cuz right now there isnt one other than a high number on your profile which is like... yehaa no one cares. The instas arent an incentive cuz you can farm those much better in other ways, that also give a good ammount of monkey money at the same time. And thats kinda sad for me cuz I feel like finding out the highest possible round is kinda in the nature of tower defense games. But in BTD6 its just a chore to do without any rewards.

I feel like the biggest nerf was to the permaspike as you could cheese most maps with it. The biggest buff(s) is probably towards the wizard monkey, considering how much buffs it got throughout the years

Also quests got added, didn't see it in the video Nice work tho! Really informative

Man, they NEED to fix the 042/052 spike factory. A bug a few updates ago made them get rid of the synergy for the ability at the start of rounds. Can you please make a video on this? NK needs to put their attention on this.

I remember when my brother told me about btd6 and we both pre-ordered it and as soon as it came out we started playing. Honestly I remember being so familiar with btd5 i didnt liked 5 more but i eventually got used to it.

he didn't mention the most important change, the commas in between the numbers

Def excited to see what they do next

i love this game. from playing btd5 on a browser with my friend to playing btd6 with my gang. this game, this series is freaking awesome

whatever update the engi got added in was my favourite. i think i remember when the x-x-4 or x-x-5 engi I THINK was able to pop leads with his nailguns too

watched it on half speed because the video essay was so jam packed and well made 😩😮‍💨

I think 32.0 was disliked because of the CT gamemode. It has nothing to do with the nerfs of buffs! Also I strongly disagree about "The Nerf Era". I think NK buffed a lot of things, it wasn't the nerf era for me to be honest! Here's a few recent changes that I think were pretty heavy buffs: 5xx and xx4 Glue Gunner 4xx Wizard xx4 Sniper xx5 Heli xx5 Village 4xx Tack Shooter x5x Boat (as you said) x3x Super Monkey These ones are the ones I remember. I'm sure they are a lot of them in the list! This aside, great video covering the story of BTD6, love to see it! :)

Ello beard man

I remember downloading this for the first time after a major surgery I had just gotten. Can't believe it's come so far.

i remember starting around 9.0 or 10.0 my brother was doing a swim meet til i realised 11.0 was releasing, which i noticed was having co op me and him were one of the first ever to play a co op match of btd 6

Great background music, love Cult of the Lamb OST

What was best way to farm? Boats What was the best to deal with MOAB Class Bloons? The Absolute Zero What was the most used Paragon? The Apex Plasma Master What was dealing the most Damage for its price? The Tack Zone Easiest Black Border? The Elite Sniper Best Early Game Bloon Popper? The Wall Of Fire Easiest way to do with Super Ceramics? Downdraft Money Saver? Summon Phoenix Who lost the Best Beard In bloons? HBOMB I feel the most problems in Update 33.0 and Update 34.0 to be hated a lot Update 33.0 As NK looking forward on 33.0, they decided to add a Ace Paragon and Dreadbloon. But the stuff was too much for them so decided to delay the boss on 34.0 while also make to 3 paragon per game which makes players wants to get every single paragon in 1 game. Also affect in co-op with 4 players. Only 3/4 but the problem is only 3 in Late game is not enough. Making it to be hated as well. Update 34.0 As NK looking forward on 33.0, they decided to Breast Handler to Update 34.0 but was replaced with Dreadbloon as NK wants to have some break on January and decided to push the Breast Handler to 36.0 which makes the community 2 Extra updates for it. Only getting a Boss with no new tower. Lastly, Update 32.0 is my least favorite. As no more infinite Paragons and a teamwork Game Mode but the problem is Lack Of Communication. Plauers mostly use Discord Servers to make a team. I'm sure okay the Builder they added but I never use it since Doomship was added

Binding of Isaac Repentance moment I haven't played BTD6 in YEARS, and this video made me want to play it again! There's so much new stuff that it's a bit overwhelming tho lol

Cult of the lamb music as background.. wtf.. throwing me off so hard after just 100% that game

Not even a day after this video released I already watched it thrice

I remember I got the game early on and never played it then got really into it when the dartling was added.

this was a nostalgia trip i was pre ezili so gah damn

BTD6 had more love is 5 years than BTD5, shows how big this title strives to be.

What I love about Hbomb is that he doesn't brag about his black boarders

Feels like engineer monkey was last year. Damn I remember GRINDING him when he came out

I still remember when Gerardo came out,he was so op and needed to get nerfed and it was all I could see in co-op

When Obyn said "may the spirits of the forests awaken" by that tree placement they instantly woke up and I wonder what happened to oybn

Video idea: Which Heroes had the best strats/were the most powerful in notable updates. Right off the bat, I think of release Sauda and Geraldo who were both pretty powerful as soon as they came out.

Good video, but I notice you never mentioned how the beast handler was so broken that it could 1-shot BADs at launch. There might be some power creep in there somewhere

Wow this video is a whole Nothing Burger Deluxe with Fries and a Drink

Music at the start: Cult of the Lamb: Work and Worship

I love how you used Cult of the lamb’s OST

and then the corvus nation attacked

Crazy how we went from 3.0 to 27.0 then finally 32.0

13:21 I have not touched the btd6 community for almost a year now. When i heard this i audibly screamed.

i can’t believe i’ve been playing this game this long

i think a new era upon us, the era of player made content, which would help Ninja Kiwi in keeping the game fresh

Monke video with lamb music cool

ayo this video was dope

That’s very interesting

7:10 Oh thats interesting, so the vines were like a nerf but a buff at the same time. Also, theyve been buffing the middle bath druid alot recently 😅

How many nerfs to the perma-spike? Ninja kiwi: *yes*

Perma spike surviving all these nerfs is amazing. even in 37.0 the index ranks it in A which is pretty high like top 20 and is a top 10 tier 5 overall. I wish people tested it in a more realistic scenario instead of looking at "omg dies to 2 cerams pre round 80 it must be a dead tower" when in reality its still an amazong tower late game esp vs ddt's and makes them a non worry

dont forget the best bug of all time, temple buff stacking.

every update changes btd6

I would argue that 22.0 and 27.0 changed btd6 forever. I think this because 22.0 added challenge browser and 27.0 added bosses, and then 27.0 also added a completely new concept and mechanic (also known as paragons)

My favorite update? 22.0. It was just, different back then. Updates are better, but the Dartling gun was just. So. Hype.

I actually joined this game in update 22.0 and I still play to today

I stopped playing the game not long after the mortar monkey was added and im getting back into it now... there's a lot to catch up on

I wish you talked more about bank farming when deposit strats were prominent. Feels wierd not talking about it in a history video

I've had my fingers crossed for ages now that they add the bloon chipper back in a future update

i was playing on the collecting rocket area of bloons at night time i saw lich in the background