Area 51

Event Content

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Area 51 has been removed from the game as of the 13th of October 2019 as it was part of the Area 51 Event.
This page has been preserved for historical purposes.

Summary

Area 51 was a night-time map that was based on the Nevada Test and Training Range, more commonly known as Area 51. Due to the high secrecy of the place, it has been rumoured that the place contains proof of extra-terrestrial evidence, such as aliens.

This was the event map for the Area 51 Event. Players started with $1,800 ($1,900 for players in the community group). While you could choose the difficulty of the map, this had relatively little effect on gameplay, except that harder difficulties gave more money per wave (ironically making it easier). Players were rewarded with the Commando upon triumph, but only if the mode is Normal, Hard or Insane modes.

Design & Path

Area 51 took place in an expansive desert. The map was a military base, with helipads, runways, hangers and the American flag all surrounded by a perimeter fence. Various military residential buildings could also be seen. There were very few landscape features, though sand hills could be seen outside the fence with several rocks seen inside the fence.

The grey path started from a mystic half portal, with particles emitting from it. It cut into the perimeter fence and rotated around the various buildings within the fence. It ended at a hanger that contained shelves and a UFO.

Wave Structure

Bolded names indicates a enemy type's debut.

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Wave	Narration	Enemy Type & Amount
1	Defend Area 51 from the invaders!!!	5x Alien
2	-	6x Alien
3	Incoming new enemies!	6x Strong Alien
4	-	5x Strong Alien, 4x Alien
5	-	8x Alien, 2x Strong Alien
6	-	10x Alien, 4x Strong Alien
7	If we Naruto run, we can dodge their guns.	3x Zoomer
8	-	8x Zoomer
9	* distant sound of lawnmower *	8x Zoomer, 13x Alien, 5x Strong Alien, 1x Lawnmower
10	-	2x Lawnmower, 8x Alien, 6x Zoomer, 3x Strong Alien
11	-	3x Lawnmower, 6x Zoomer
12	Get your camo detection!	5x Hidden Zoomer
13	-	5x Hidden Zoomer, 6x Zoomer
14	-	3x Lawnmower, 10x Alien, 5x Hidden Zoomer
15	Ohno! They have UFOs!	4x UFO
16	-	2x UFO, 2x Lawnmower
17	Uhhh... heres your payheck [sic] Paycheck: $50,000 ÷ number of players NOW GET BACK TO WORK! They're sending in raiders!	5x Raider 1
18	It's a bit chilly...	5x Raider 2
19	Uhhh... heres another payheck [sic] Paycheck: $75,000 ÷ number of players Fire and ice!	3x Raider 2, 3x Raider 1
20	* heavy footsteps... *	1x Raider Boss, [random amount]x Raider 1, [random amount]x Raider 2

Strategy

• The points where the path takes corners is obviously where most of your towers should be placed.
• Cliff towers, such as the Outlaw, can cover most of the map if placed correctly.
• If you can help it, try not to place your towers too close to each other as some attacks affect towers in an area.
• You get paychecks towards the end of the round, so expensive towers, like the Turret or Commando, can be gotten by the end of the game.
• You cannot place any towers outside the perimeter fence.
• Towers that are non-humanoid (like the Turret) are excellent against enemies on the last few waves, as they cannot target non-humanoids.

Trivia

• This map (and the event itself) was made to "celebrate" the Facebook event Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us becoming viral.
  • The enemies that spawn, Raiders, were a reference to this.
  • The other enemies that spawn, namely the Aliens, was a reference the conspiracy theories surrounding Area 51.
• This map is the first and only map to give paychecks to the players.
• This is the first and only map to give a random amount of enemies on a wave.

Update History

• 9 August 2019
  • Area 51 added.
• 13 October 2019
  • Area 51 removed.