Element TD 2 News

A small update for the holidays.

• Fixed potential causes of desync for Windstorm, Flamethrower, Root, and Archdruid towers
  
• Upgraded Unity game engine version
  
• Poison tower base damage decreased from 150 / 600 / 2400 to 130 / 520 / 2080
  
• Poison tower DoT decreased from 70 / 280 / 1120 to 65 / 260 / 1040
  
• Fixed an exploit involving buff towers
  

These changes require a leaderboard reset.

We've added Peer To Peer Networking support. Both public and LAN options are available. Public is for playing with anyone anywhere. LAN is for private lobbies within an internal network.

It's seamless, just select the appropriate region in game settings. When you do so, a small application is launched in the background (ElementServer.exe). This is a build of the game server running on your computer. If Windows asks for internet/firewall access, please allow it.

For those concerned about privacy, it uses the same port as Steam. And if you don't want it running, just change your region back to something non-P2P and the server will be stopped. It only runs when you have set the region to P2P.



[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Peer to Peer Networking Support Added
  
• Updated Unity game engine version
  
• Updated networking code libraries
  
• New hotkeys added for Select Previous Tower (F6), Next Tower (F7), and Similar Tower (F8)
  

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[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Co-op Creep HP multiplier reduced from 1.153 to 1.15
  
• Co-op Boss HP multiplier reduced from 1.25 to 1.2
  
• Water tower damage increased from 90 / 540 / 3240 / 38880 to 95 / 570 / 3420 / 41040
  
• Earth tower shockwave damage increased from 35 / 210 / 1260 / 15120 to 40 / 240 / 1440/ 17280
  
• Poison tower base damage increased from 130 / 520 / 2080 to 150 / 600 / 2400
  
• Poison tower DoT increased from 65 / 260 / 1040 to 70 / 280 / 1120
  
• Nova tower damage increased from 260 / 1040 to 300 / 1200
  
• Windstorm tower damage increased from 300 / 1200 to 350 / 1400
  
• Root tower DoT increased from 35 / 140 to 40 / 160
  
• Wisp tower damage increased from 850 / 3400 to 950 / 3800
  
• Archdruid tower damage bonus multiplier increased 20%
  
• Archdruid tower base damage reduced from 25000 to 15000
  
• Obelisk tower base damage reduced from 9000 to 7500
  
• Obelisk explosion damage build up reduced from 4000 to 3600
  

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There is a leaderboard reset with these balance changes.

[h2]Season 8 of Ranked has also started![/h2]



Development is active on our next game and I'm personally very excited about how it is taking shape. This is cliche to say but we really are applying what we've learned from Element TD 2 and Axon TD to our next game. We'll have more to share next year.

I want to take a moment to acknowledge our more casual and co-op players. We have learned from experience that prioritizing new content over fine tuning balance is the way to go. You can expect us to focus on keeping things fresh by adding content in our next game.

With the upcoming 5th year anniversary of Element TD 2, it felt time to release something meaty. We've pushed an alpha build that adds Peer To Peer Networking support. Both public and LAN options are available. Public is for playing with anyone. LAN is for private lobbies within an internal network.

It's seamless, just select the appropriate region in game settings. When you do so, a small application is launched in the background (ElementServer.exe). This is a build of the game server running on your computer. If Windows asks for internet/firewall access, please allow it.

For those concerned about privacy, it uses the same port as Steam. And if you don't want it running, just change your region back to something non-P2P and the server will be stopped. It only runs when you have set the region to P2P.

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[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Peer to Peer Networking Support Added
  
• Updated Unity game engine version
  
• Updated network libraries
  

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[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Co-op Creep HP multiplier reduced from 1.153 to 1.15
  
• Co-op Boss HP multiplier reduced from 1.25 to 1.2
  
• Water tower damage increased from 90 / 540 / 3240 / 38880 to 95 / 570 / 3420 / 41040
  
• Earth tower shockwave damage increased from 35 / 210 / 1260 / 15120 to 40 / 240 / 1440/ 17280
  
• Poison tower base damage increased from 130 / 520 / 2080 to 150 / 600 / 2400
  
• Poison tower DoT increased from 65 / 260 / 1040 to 70 / 280 / 1120
  
• Nova tower damage increased from 260 / 1040 to 300 / 1200
  
• Windstorm tower damage increased from 300 / 1200 to 350 / 1400
  
• Root tower DoT increased from 35 / 140 to 40 / 160
  
• Wisp tower damage increased from 850 / 3400 to 950 / 3800
  
• Archdruid tower damage bonus multiplier increased 20%
  
• Archdruid tower base damage reduced from 25000 to 15000
  
• Obelisk tower base damage reduced from 9000 to 7500
  
• Obelisk explosion damage build up reduced from 4000 to 3600
  

PS: To play the alpha build, from Steam client, go to game properties, betas, select alpha from the dropdown.

There have been issues with scores not submitting to the leaderboards correctly. This has now been fixed. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

Let me start by saying that we don't condone cheating. That said, we don't care if you cheat in singleplayer. But when you cheat for the leaderboard or multiplayer then it hurts other players.

If you want to cheat in Element TD 2 and not get banned please keep the below in mind.

• Campaign is only singleplayer so you can do whatever you want.
  
• Survival you can exit the match anytime before you die. Leaderboard submission happens upon death.
  
• Alternatively, you can turn on God Mode in Survival.
  
• Mega Survival is the same as Survival for this.
  
• Ranked, FFA, Co-op, Teams, and War are all multiplayer and completely off-limits. Do not play these.
  

We added an option in Axon TD to disable all leaderboard submissions based on player feedback. It has worked out well so we're going to add this to Element TD 2 in 1.9.5. That way you can play Survival without any concern.

We have a three strike policy. First time cheat entries appear on the leaderboard we simply delete them. Second time cheat entries appear we ban the player. The player can appeal either on Discord or Steam Forums to get a second chance.

If you're intending to cheat singleplayer only and accidentally get an entry on the leaderboard, please reach out to us on either Discord or Steam Forums. We're not looking to ban people for accidents. We're looking to ban people trying to cheat others.

For the other side of players, those who worry about cheating in multiplayer, we'll have something in 1.9.5 for you too. We're trying some anti-cheat with Axon TD and what ends up working we'll add to Element TD 2.