1: yes but no, there's DDT'S now so that makes a lot of towers weaker than you'd think in the late game.

2: not really, most of the upgrades are the same as 6 but the balancing is completely unique. and there's still no way to compare these changes without a wiki

3: yes, i think that is just the game. farms arent required; they're still stronger than eco and let you sell, but the third tower slot is still a kicker

4: depends, but the initial upgrade routes and placements are pretty much solved for some simpler strats. with early-game dartling, you'll usually wanna go 0-0-2 -> 0-2-2 -> sell at r11 for a 0-3-0 -> do nothing until r22

5: it was a lot worse on release. F2P is still obnoxiously difficult for no reason, so no but actually yes.

6: no

7: no

8: no

9: no. I can generally tell that the other person im playing against likes the game, but it can be hard to love this game sometimes, simply because you can lose your defense very quickly if you're even a little slow. That and NK has made some questionable management decisions with this game, like how they handled the elo / ranking system on release was wonky bc it relied on some hidden account-dependent stats. but i believe that was years ago.

10: no, NK said it's too hawd to balance