The Worst Update in TDS History 

This was actually the best tds update ever because it added neko dj sorry I forgot to put that in the video THANKS TO EGGRYPTED AND EVERYONE I USED FOOTAGE FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

with the data migration issue i lost 3 golden towers, commando and gladiator. it was a horrible experience and i will never get those towers back without spending robux in the game (gtowers not included in that tho)

I think that this game could really use a big rebalancing update, especially with the modes and certain towers but it has definitely gotten a lot better since then.

The only really disappointing part about the hardcore update was the fact that 1. Most of the tower back then got a huge rework to the point it’s not even useable at all (especially the John tower), 2. The removal of Golden mode and Plat crates, and finally 3. Which was that it was region locked when entering hardcore lobby (which they already change that so thank god). But now with the current TDS I am glad that they’re slowly coming back up where they used to be before the entire hardcore update that.

In my honest opinion, I've watched the game grow since 2019. It's had ups and downs. But everything that happened after the Egg Hunt event just spiralled downhill. Nowadays, I don't get as much enthusiasm as I did before with TDS. Something has changed. It just isn't the same anymore. On another note, great video, it basically sums up the Hardcore Live update. I enjoyed it very much.

Designer and Creator of Accelerator Tower here. The update was a Hell of a clusterfuck as the developers lacked motivation and originality with the update ever since the release of... I think the event of when Lord Sinister was released. Did I like the update when they first released Hardcore? Well, yeah. I did. Because I wanted to see how the Accelerator Tower performed (Spoiler alert: it was okay, but Jesus Christ). The owner is devious, and it's apparent if you get to know him deeply. When I say the game and the devs begin to lack originality, I mean it. The reason why Golden Titan was removed is that the enemy and design were solely ripped from a famous non-ROBLOX game, Risk of Rain 2 (fun game, try it!), and the same for other enemies/bosses. Y'know, it's funny that to those who played Minecraft before, you damn know that he ripped the designs from other games and even the ideas from Tower Battles. I shit you not; Accelerator Tower was/is based on Phaser from Tower Battles with identical usage until it was just a "burst-damage Tower with a short cooldown." The developers and the owners seriously lack the ways and knowledge of entertaining the players now. It just makes me disappointed and sad to see how the game and the brain rot community have become. I doubt there is a way to redeem themselves after many TERRIBLE updates and changes. I like to thank you for this video; I just got tired and felt a little motivation to share this small portion of my rant about this game. Just because the game is so popular doesn't mean they have the right and power to change or take everything as part of their ownership.

The thing I don’t like about this update is all the features they removed. I was at the point where I could play hardcore but not good enough to beat it. I felt fallen became much harder and molten and normal were way too easy to beat. Since golden was gone it made it much worse. Also the delay was bad because of that I missed the live event but it didn’t seem too important anyway. Also I might’ve been bad because I didn’t use supports that often. And without accel, I lost Halloween 2020. But the toxic gunner wasn’t that good anyway. I think the game has gotten a lot better after that, but the overhaul update still has some lasting affects. For example, they can’t make normal easier or molten harder, golden is still gone and, hardcore has a way to early level to play. I think it should be around level 75 or 100 at this point. but they could always make hardcore easier because it’s stupid you pretty much need accel or engi to beat it which is silly, considering you get those from playing hardcore. Also outlaw is a better name than ranger

I love ur vids (the editing is good, and you have original ideas)

Keep up the great work! I love your content!

It's a miracle that they managed to find their footing after the hardcore update I mean sure it took a year of therapy but a recovery is a recovery

4:30 actually, the deluxe crate didnt exist yet, it was introduced on the final overhaul testings a few days before the update actually released, so yes they were on the right crates

Well I was not there when this happened as I've never heard of TDS at that time but seeing this yeah I agree cause of the bugs in the event. Another video for the week, damn these are amazing, keep going propellars :D

I remember being at the event and it sucked how tons of features were removed or changed. I ended up quitting the game for a good half a year with maybe a few rounds every couple weeks during it.

I really like the style of content your trying to make, the storytelling was amazing i hope to see more!

i think this is the most quality youtuber i have ever seen about TDS, i really enjoyed the video edition, keep the great work, ill be checking ur channel for new videos like this lol

I love these vids!!! Keep up the good work!!!!😊

I will say that the Overhaul update was one of the bigger dissapointments I've ever witnessed. I was part of the live event, but the meteors did not fall down. Instead, the lobby floor just vanished. At least that's how I remember it happened to me. Plus, the game was not so kind to me as i was unable to play a single match in the new Beta form of the update. Not a regular match, not even Hardcore.

Another thing was the variety that the premium minigunner skins offered. Some skins used totally diferent weapons instead of the minigun. Now they just feel like NFTs

hey propel i just want you to know i love all your videos can't wait until the next one❤

I love your videos bro your editing is awesome i subbed and watch your every vid keep going!

I remember i was freaking out during the time the game was closed i was so desesperate to see the update finally, it was worth seeing a lot as i didnt really experience many bugs

I love ur vids propellers keep up the good videos!!!

One thing that I would have loved to see for hardcore is a monthly changing or even seasonal type game mode (since realistically 1 month changes for game modes are hard), where every either 1, or 3 months they would change the wave structures, focusing on a certain gimmick. Double spawns but less hp, most enemies are flying, or metal, etc. With then changing the types of enemies that come out. Being a ever changing challenge other than events focusing on that idea. Every time it updated it would have brought back quite a bit of people to try the new seasonal or monthly challenge of what is hardcore mode.

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I love ur vids keep the good work up!!

Keep the good work u have very good edits

I gotta say that the update was a downfall at first but they reinstated it to somewhat ok. Great video but I have mainly one complaint besides from this fail of an update, the gems. The way gems are given when playing hardcore even to this day is pretty inconsistent especially when trying to buy the engineer. I feel like the devs should at least do something about that since most of us don't have the time to grind.

I'd LOVE to see more videos in this style, man

I had data migration issues too. My level was lower and I had fewer towers but interestingly, I somehow had the shotgunner tower (I didnt buy it before the event)

I wish that when they released the hardcore update, they kept the new looks, but didn’t reword literally everything

I love these vids! Keep it up

i will never understand why the devs ended up blaming the COMMUNITY for all the bugs in THEIR game that THEY set the expectations for

The archer event was really hard as you didn’t get it by beating the event rather got tickets and had to pick the correct box (9-12) with rng deciding your fate. Kinda wish they gave back the holiday skin to ogs.

I remember playing during the live event, I had started playing in a laptop some months back and when the timer hit 0 it super lagged lol, i didnt really experience many issues and i liked the update a lot tho ive never beaten hardcore to this day

Your editing is so good

The Holiday Archer I had the same reaction with you lol

Bug testing and community involvement. That’s what the dev team needed.

i remember being in the live event but this update was the biggest delayed update in tds history lol

i really like this style of content and would like if u made more

me: damn i need some sleep a video about a game im sorta interested in: allow me to introdouce myself

one good thing about the hardcore beta was the golden soldier's design with the golden laser turret

been here since 4k still lit🔥

this is a really well made video bro

Back in the days, i played tower defense simulator, and when the live hardcore update was gonna release, i was at school......

I started playing when the event was about to start, the only thing i remember was the amount of people that was playing,sadly i stopped playing before the event starts because i lost the acount.

i started playing in august 2019, and left after the live event when hardcore update was released, i just recently came back to the game, and its grown on me

So happy u posted!

I was actually there when it happened! I thought it would be funny to go into the elevator while the big something was coming from the sky, and I didn't see the full thing. I didn't really even play hardcore since I thought it was a massive downgrade from the normal TDS + it didn't save your data

Man I was there when the game broke it self I’m starting to lose memory of it but the only thing I remember joining back was seeing people fall into the void and asking for help to get to level 50 (I think I was level 47 or 48 at that time)

For being in the live event, this was really the worst update. golden mode was removed (it was alright anyways,) and many tower nerfs. But hey, i managed to grind for mecha base and use it.

i started playing in august 2019, and i quit after the live event when hardcore update was released, the update was a let down, and the game didn't feel the same, though i just recently came back to the game and i am trying to get back into it again, i think its definitely grown on me and gotten better since then

lesson for game devs here: always have a update more then half complete before announcing an event, and make sure to play test it

So as someone that started playing at the beginning and getting archer and lazy couch, I’ve always hated hardcore so much that I didn’t grind for the accel, here I am level 142 and only NOW start grinding for the accel and I hate it, i just wish paradoxum had just a little bit more time to fix the event

Hey propellars i don’t know if you will see this but I love ur content and keep going🎉

I have a question, what software do you use for recording? because the one im using doesn"t work

ah..the 2020 TDS Hadcore update. So i was really confused when it came out (at the time i was around level 45 or so) and when i came out obviously, there was alot of bugs and all and i disliked the hardcore stuff and it made me quit tds, I eventually came back in the later half of 2021 but i don't love the game as much as i used to back in 2020, though, i will always remember the good times I had in 2020.

Since they brought back frost blaster for winter 2023 I’m positive they’re gonna start reworking older event towers (commando, slasher, archer, etc)

i remember i hated this update SO MUCH for changing my favourite tower at the time - enforcer into a cheap knockoff - shotgunner but im mostly over it but i still do miss the SWAT vans tho.

i remember a glitch which allowed you to run ontop of the old map also when i used it to watch the event from high up i didn't get the badge

Propellars why did you use the cagney carnation sound track in this TDS video?

I feel like this update ruined the previous charm and balancing that tds used to have. And while they have mostly recovered, many towers are still straight up unusable compared to their pre-overhaul versions, the skins are much less unique, and hardcore still has gotten little updates, for what they were considering to be the biggest part of the overhaul.

This may be tied with The Lunar Overture now, specifically Act 3

Congrats on 100k subs

I was there for the live event, and I got the 1 coin archer too,I tried to buy all of the event skin crates, but it was lagging the hell out of my pc

I love this new style!

I remember beating the hw event but had to wait months for toxic gunner to release

I never got to see the live event, but after seeing my favorite towers just die, it made me sad. But Atleast the team just kept moving I suppose

This guys editing is INSANE!

This guy took more history than egypts past 🇪🇬

Recovered? No, no not really. They left the towers they "rebalanced" (turned some of them just obsolete) rebalanced, and honestly, even if Militant *IS* viable, John was and always will be the better option, and, it's not only in the stat percentages, it's just in general. I mean, everybody used John, now, like, a quarter of TDS uses Militant. They removed Golden Mode and never brought it back, and just out of nowhere removed Platinum crates too. Overall, the game still needs a big rebalancing update, it's gotten better in some ways, but still bad in others. You can tell me I'm wrong and it's been better off, but I genuinely just won't even care if you say militant was the better choice. (im very butthurt about john getting removed) Edit: So, I just remembered. This isn't really a part of the conversation, but, I do want to point out they have some weird habit of announcing stuff, and then never putting them in. Skins, Maps, Modes, Towers, Bosses, PVP, Collaborations, All of it just kind of... Gone? I don't know what goes on behind the scenes but I don't get how the hell everyone just kind of forgets about it.

Tds generally doesn’t handle difficulty well, obviously normal mode is broken but it goes behind that. Molten mode is way too easy and the gap between it and fallen is massive, not to mention how most of the “skill” in this game is owning the best towers and having them shred everything effortlessly. Hardcore mode makes this even worse by forcing you to use towers with variety of detections in the early game, drastically reducing the usable tower selection, as for the late game of hardcore, the difficulty has shifted around a lot over the time and I think it’s in an acceptable spot right now, I think there are strategies that don’t require special towers to unlock but this wasn’t always the case. Overall: this game kinda sucks why do people (including me) still play it lol

I kinda liked hard core beta it was the perfect in between mega update and hard core update keeping some of cartoon style and have realistic and also gold scout was op lvl 3 costed only 500

I feel like since The Devs didn’t really spend more time before they released the update they could’ve been able to not make many of the bugs happen

I did get into the old hardcore portal, wasnt much in there other then a long hallway and at the end of it was nothing. But a sign saying "???"

The funny thing in the update is the 1 coin holiday archer (beginners would possibly get it in that time lmao)

i think the outlaw to ranger nerf was very much needed i feel like outlaw was doing too many things. each tower had its own use. pyro would burn, demo would do splash damage, etc. outlaw would just out of the blue do all of these. splash damage, long range, and hidden detection all at once. tho i cant be sure cause i played after outlaw was a thing

It'd be cool to see the best TDS update ever, honestly, I'd say it was egg hunt 2020, considering that was when I started the game. I just remembered playing gold mode a lot, owning and using the John tower, and just generally enjoying the game more, mostly because it was more fun for me cause I was new.

my go to loadout had pyromancer, rocketeer and cowboy but all three got massively nerfed in the update

I remember before the event started I accidentally entered an elevator and it didn’t let me leave and it didn’t let me rejoin so I missed the entire event

"Tower Defense Simulator is a game based on BTD3" "instantly gets memories from the tds and tb drama"

well after a lot of delays and bugs it kinda makes sense cause making a GIANT update, probably the biggest ever, a lot of bugs and unexpected things happen so I still forgive them, except the part where they delayed the live event though to be honest all the nerfs and them just changes nearly every tower and removing golden mode is something I will hate nearly forever the one thing i hate the most is they removed the john tower and replaced it with militant which is like, dog water, in my opinion worse then MOST towers in the game, good thing they buffed him A LONG TIME later

i remember when i hopef on the hollowern update and i bought the holiday archer for 1 dollar than i got kicked out and when i joined back i didint have it anymore i also remember how laggy it was 💀

I was a part of the hardcore live event. I got teleported under the map and got kicked. I couldn't even experience the rest of the event.

i remember being there for the live event, and was saddened when all my data was wiped

Bro the iron golem at the start really looks line the one from Risk Of Rain 2, it even has the same melee animation

man the cutscene didn’t even work i was so hyped up for that too

the hardcore update was the worst update ever, they could just add the mode and hardcore towers and not overhaul the game and delete things the community liked. 2 big example of things being deleted that the community liked was john tower and golden mode

remember that the molten brawler in tower heros had 1m hp and nobody was crying their ass off

this was solely the worst update i have ever experienced in my entire life. first, event towers. I managed to get shredder, holiday archer, frost blaster, and swarmer, which were all very useful before the update. then came along overhaul. slasher, the terrible version of shredder, frost blaster, just a freezer with more damage, archer, the failure that cant do a single thing, and swarmer, pyro with a worse DoT with less rate of fire and a mediocre ability. the only good pre-overhaul event tower at this point is Gladiator, which you had to participate and win in the very first event, or spend a ton of robux to get. and its not just slightly better, but its miles ahead of every other pre-overhaul event tower combined. second, hardcore towers. before the overhaul update, you could unlock meta towers just by having fun and playing the game. but what did below say to that? no no, we cant have that, lets make every other lategame tower absolute garbage and make the only good towers locked behind a wall of mind-numbing pain and santity diminishing mode. who would even use ranger or turret compared to Accelerator and Engineer? third, reworking absolutely every tower in the game. i remember using electroshocker and dj before the overhaul update, and they were very fun and unique. electroshocker was more of a damage tower than a support tower, with cool graphics. dj had cool visuals, especially at max. i never managed to get mortar and pursuit in pre-overhaul because my account got hacked when i was around level 91, and just a few days later, mortar came out. but mortar and pursuit were both worth level 75 and 100. but now, are they really? the latest update tds has got has made them certainly better, but they still arent what they were before the overhaul update. outlaw was extremely powerful with hidden detection at base and small spash damage, but ranger is just a useless version of it. i hope your opinion on the overhaul update is swayed with this.

i lost the most of my OG skins and some taunt but tbh the most shocking stuff was the plat skins were removed

i remember playing tds before the hardcore that was fun in that moment but after hardcore update and made john tower to militant i actually quit

I honestly wonder what made tds devs think making many of the towers to very bad and overbuffing main towers is a good idea.

Bro i remember waiting for this harcore update but the event happened so late at night that i was just too tired to watch it live i was so hyped to play the game (i was lvlv 89 which was pretty high that time) when i played the game in the morning i hated it so bad and i still like the og TDS more (especially easter 2020 ( i started playing tds at the start of 2020 around january) EDIT:also i think that when it showed lvls above your head was also a lot better idea

this seems, oddly familiar now. act 3 sucks

I remember how I lost all my progress in tds. Luckily I didn’t give up

when live event ended and tds got update, i just joined as fast as possible and spent 50 rbx or smth for vip. but then game was clossed and i never saw these 50 rbx ever again

bro this is the update where i quit. but now i’m back with a buncha og and rare skins/towers

I really like the longer vids

I'm still sad that cowboy deals 3 dmg now instead of 4 and with the new rebalance it does a scary low 2 dmg

I remember the event it was pretty cool, and then I couldn’t get into tds for years