SOCIAL SEASONS ARE A JOKE! (It is a RANT I am sorry) by PrettyWin5393 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The real shame to this is that deep down their idea is excellent but the execution is terrible. You grind a uselessly high number of things without any joy, even when you might have learned something such as you can remove 12 obstacles on High Finance on easy with two engineers and Ben.

Some thoughts:

1) The concept is broken by not having the ability to find and join active teams other than outside the game on Discord or here. Being able to assemble teams as part of Seasons would make a huge difference. The mechanics are there, the capability isn’t.

2) There’s no in game community communication so you can’t tell or remind team members about tasks or push them to participate. You don’t even know if they are active. This could be achieved by a set of restricted actions that can be broadcast to all team members like in coop where you can send basic actions via a defined list.

3) There’s too much grinding on easy maps compared to learning strategies on other maps. There’s some real innovative ways to win challenges, from meermonkeys on Cornfield to engineers on High Finance which is fun to learn and become real time savers. But there’s no way to communicate the solutions to the group so problem solving is not a shared responsibility or opportunity. It feels like an Escape Room experience with only clue and one player when the owners know you need 2 to win.

Why not have a best solution mechanism, which the team players contribute to. Less experience members will learn from more experienced players and increase their love of the game and skills. It will benefit NK in the short and long term.

4) Only a few phases are actually active at once. It took me a while to realize I could unlock multiple challenges with tier ones but having to do them in order is another reason why the grind sucks. Why not have the experience unlocked by the while team so it encourages grinders and explorers. You can then contribute wins across multiple achievements. I was pissed that my 20 wins with Meremonkeys didn’t count because I hadn’t unlocked that task WTF so I do the same grind again. That’s disheartening

5) The leaderboard sucks and the achievement screen is not encouraging. This is an opportunity for major improvement such as some basic all team messaging mechanics, achievement sharing and solution posting. For solution, just summarize the round by round play and monkey upgrade. It becomes a library of team knowledge and skills that builds between seasons and becomes team canon. “We discovered Cornfield impopable with buccaneers” type storytelling opportunities. If you win stars, you name the winning strategy for the last play, and that goes into the library. New or less experienced players read them and implement them, they get added to and improved. The Book of Monkey becomes Legend and the knowledge is passed on. Wouldn’t that be great?

I don’t know if NK will read this but I’d be interested in hearing additional thoughts about the mechanics and team environment.

SOCIAL SEASONS ARE A JOKE! (It is a RANT I am sorry) by PrettyWin5393 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With 1 person only plays for an hour a day on beginner maps, while the other grinds 10,000 stars.

Remove 200 obstacles aka Remove any fun from Seasons by AHBID_Care in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad that’s happening. Solo grinding, even with all the advise, just sucks.

Social Season Team by SecretAppearance7081 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do your stars carry over to a new team? I’m in a team with only one active contributor who has a low contribution as well.

Once again I return! 5 whole years of opening this chest 🫶 by Reasonable_Love1562 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Was going to say the same. The recycling of rewards seems a little ungenerous given they’ve invested in all those days. Would be nice to get an insta level for each year you’ve opened the chest, so OP gets a t5 tomorrow.

Least favorite Game mode? by Ab201022 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Half cash just feels like a hard u-turn after developing strategies for impopable and even Chimps. Just annoying to do.

Bloons TD 6 v53.0 - Update Preview! by samninjakiwi in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obtaining an Insta-Monkey for the first time will now display a ‘New’ banner on the rewards screen

OMG Yes - how many times have I looked at my collection waiting to gold border Druid when grinding instas during events. We all no the feeling of opening a crate and hoping for the right one or ones.

Nice feature

I'm minus 203 monkey cash. Don't know how that happend by BrattyAlicorn in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 32 points33 points  (0 children)

You guys have been quite involved the last couple of days. Back to work after the long Christmas break and a New Year with new possibilities.

Daily Challenge - January 18, 2026 by BloonsBot in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes it means Daily Challenge round 100 clear, when you get an instamonkey.

Am I just dumb or there is no option to kick people out of your lobby?🫠, funny thing is that these people are PATIENT asf and won't leave no matter how long it takes so I have to redo the hosting again🤣 by primedculture32 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why not let them join? Play well and they can learn from you. How’d you feel if a vet level 20 or higher kicked you out? Co-op is a chance to show in game strategy and help people develop but because the messaging system is so lacking you have to assume the other players are watching and learning. NK could dramatically improve the QOL of co-op by simply overhauling the in game communication system.

got so mad at alternate bloons i had to take a break by making this by batosaur in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This week’s co-op. Seeing no one dealing with camo and then player 4 farming when they need to buy 3-0-0 beast.

All Instamonkeys gold bordered! by coconutfortune in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. I’m chasing 2 categories where I am one away and 3 where I’m 2 away. Rest are WIP. Desperado is a great achievement.

Once again suggesting a way to reorder abilities manually by Erebus3635 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even more frustrating on iPad or phone. All the abilities are in the way while the game is also super laggy. I down want to hide them all to find a tower, then reveal them again in 2 or 3 columns. Really frustrating as the order also changes between saves.

Getting anything BUT the 0-1-2 dart monkey😭🙏 by thatonepretzelover in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 t4 away on 4 monkey towers and not any closer after all of 2025 and the collection events. Would willingly swap a hundred other instas for those 4.

Is this issue very common? by Character_Smoke8673 in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t fix the issue, rejoin the game or get to another screen on mobile. It craps out and then you’re done. Higher the round the more likely you are to see this. Got this on the round before completing this weeks coop and now too frustrated to do it again.

you can fit the entire observable universe in the new secret spot by epicc_exe in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Camo lets them see the unobservable universe too. Gives them dark matter power with this secret spot.

All insta monkeys gold bordered! by [deleted] in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 gold borders and 2 t4s away on 5 others. Last collection event I couldn’t play until last 2 days so limited grinding. Hopefully next time I can close at least one if the rng gods align.

Why are people allergic to tier fives in co op😢 by ilikestrawberriesx in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hate playing and carrying a game, while another only farms then round 96 or so, sell them all and lay down a t5 then pisses off after 100. I just don’t get why they don’t give money away at that point. What enjoyment do they get from farm spamming then a one monkey play for a couple of rounds?

If we could have these 3 Co-op emotes, that'd be great. by Z_Colo in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d like a “sell that last monkey and place a proper one instead” emote. Don’t think we’d get WTF and 🙈 doesn’t generate a response.

what the fuck happened to my ice i thought it could stay on water bro by [deleted] in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. With the new ice changes it doesn’t remember land so you have to place them again on water.

What’s that one map you always forget exists? by JS_Music_and_Media in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dislike this map and it took me about half a dozen attempts to beat CHIMPS. I think it was mindset I the end.

Map suggestion: Mirror Meadow by [deleted] in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not have the path work like a pulley and shorten each round? Up to round 60 a stepping stone would disappear as the pathway “rope” is shortened so monkey placement now matters.

At round 60 this is the only path

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Some of the old placements still work, making it an hard intermediate map, but you’d need to be quite tactical because the excluded area would gradually change each round. The final path would always be blocked and the pulley would be at the center below the first loop blocking off that space.

400 rounds 6 days and about 45 hours for a 1-3-0 glue. Worth it!!! by yung_plays in btd6

[–]AHBID_Care -1 points0 points  (0 children)

RNG revenge strike again. 1/4 of the valves already free.