User blog:MrMosquito/Hunter Rework

Hunter Rework

"A tower with great hunting expertise! Deals high damage to enemies with a rifle. And employ Drones that aids in battle."

―Store Description.

"Deal medium damage to enemies with a rifle."

―Former Inventory Description

"Deal medium damage to enemies with a rifle. Thanks for following @BelowNatural on twitter!"

―Former Inventory Description

"Thanks for following @BelowNatural on twitter!"

―Former Inventory Description

Description

The Hunter is an intermediate tower that can be purchased from the store for 2,500. It could have also been obtained from a now expired code.

The Hunter has a long-range and deals a hefty amount of damage, though, has a slow firerate. Uniquely, it requires time to aim before it can start attacking. It can attack flying enemies at Level 1 and gains hidden detection at Level 3. Therefore, the Hunter is a fairly decent mid-game tower but is overshadowed by better towers in late-game. Though it is still a sub-DPS in the late-game.

With the rework, it now deploys Drones. It is present throughout the levels. These units attack enemies in the vicinity of the main tower. It is similar to Pursuit when attacking. It varies in different types of drones that does offensive matter. To spawn drones, the tower must require specific amount of damage in order to spawn drones. At Level 1, It needs 45 Damage in order to spawn a drone.

The Hunter has a placement limit of eight per player.

Upgrades

Training

Level 1 • Cost: Training- $525

9 → 12 Damage

2.008→ 1.608 Firerate

+Flying Detection

Sell Price Changes to $383

Better Equipment

Level 2 • Cost: Better Equipment - $1,800

18 → 24 Range

12 → 24 Damage

1.608 → 1.508 Firerate

45 → 90 Blood

Sell Price Changes to $550

Drone Support

Level 3 • Cost: Drone Support - $2,550

28 → 35 Damage

1.508 → 1.468 Firerate

90 → 140 Blood

+Hidden Detection

•8 Damage

•0.858 Firerate

•17 Range

•15 Second Lifespan

Sell Price Changes to $850

Hunting Instincts

Level 4 • Cost: Hunting Instincts - $3,800

24 → 28 Range

35 → 45 Damage

1.468 → 1.408 Firerate

140 → 180 Blood

Sell Price Changes to $1,266

Ultimate Hunter

Level 5 • Cost: Ultimate Hunter - $7,150

45 → 80 Damage

1.408 → 1.458 Firerate

180 → 400 Blood

+Lead Penetration

•9 Damage

•0.458 Firerate

•20 Range

•30 Second Lifespan

Sell Price Changes to $2,383

Stats Table

Hunter Stats

Level	Total Price	Damage	Firerate	Blood	Range	DPS
0	$650	9	2.008	45	18	4.48
1	$1,175	12	1.608	45	18	7.46
2	$2,975	24	1.508	90	24	15.91
3	$6,000	35	1.468	140	24	23.84
4	$9,800	45	1.408	180	28	31.96
5	$16,950	80	1.458	400	28	54.86

Drone Stats

Level	Drone	Lifetime	Damage	Firerate	Range	Max Units	DPS
0-2	Bird Drone	12s	6	1.208	15	2	4.96
3-4	Eagle Drone	15s	8	0.858	17	3	9.32
5	Falcon Drone	30s	9	0.458	20	2	19.65

Strategy

Place the Hunter where it could maximize its range.
The Hunter has expensive upgrades. Placing multiple level 0 Hunter is the best way to deal early game enemies.
- Upgrade multiple Hunter to Level 2's and 3's can be good for mid-game.
Later on, during mid-game, the Hunter's firerate is considered decently slow. Though it has good damage output on mid-game.
- You can use the Commander to decrease the firerate.
You can use the Hunter to kill flying enemies that appear early on during the game, such as the Balloon.

Trivia

The original name for the Hunter was going to be called Clout God and it had a different design.
- The name and design were changed as some people felt it was too similar to the Tweeter from Tower Battles.
- The first version of the Blue skin for the Hunter looks similar to the original design.
The Hunter is the first tower that is to be not a cliff or air-based tower which can detect flying enemies.
The Hunter Rework Idea was changed 3 times while making this.
- First version was supposed to be a High-Damage with Burst.
- Second version was supposed to be the original tower buffed with the said Drones.
- Current version is a better version of the Sniper, having a massive buff to justify its role in the Intermediate Section of the towers. And its Drone are overhauled, complete with Offensive Drones.
  - The reason why I've made it into an intermediate tower so that we sort of have a High-Damage tower progression line (Sniper-Hunter-Ranger). It is similar to the Fast-Firerate tower progression line (Soldier-Militant-Minigunner).
The Hunter, Sniper, and Engineer are the only towers that can damage all enemies, no matter their Immunities.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

13 October 2019
- Hunter added.
18 October 2019
- New skin: Halloween
12 January 2020
- New skin: Blue
29 October 2020
- Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
- Skin rarity added to Basic Skincrate and Premium Crate skins.
- Statistical changes:
  - Base
    - Firerate decreased from 2.05 to 2.03
  - Level 3
    - Cost decreased from $1,000 to $900.
  - Level 4
    - Range increased from +1 to +2.
    - Damage decreased from +4 to +2.
    - Firerate changed from 2.05 > 1.7 to 2.03 > 1.68.
  - Level 5
    - Firerate changed from 1.7 > 1.05 to 1.68 > 1.03
- Hunter no longer obtainable (code expired).
4 December 2021
- Appearance changed.
- Now unlockable in the store for 850.
- New skin: Vampire Slayer
- Statistical changes:
  - Base
    - Placement cost increased from $475 to $500.
    - Firerate changed from 2.03 to 2.53
    - Flying detection added.
  - Level 1
    - Damage decreased from +1 to +0.
    - Firerate changed from 2.03 to 2.53 > 1.83.
    - Renamed from Hunter's Attire to Fast Hands.
  - Level 2
    - Cost decreased from $650 to $600.
    - Damage increased from +1 to +3.
    - Hidden detection added (Moved from Level 3).
    - Firerate changed from 2.03 > 1.68 to 1.83.
    - Renamed from Remington to Experienced.
  - Level 3
    - Cost increased from $900 to $1,000.
    - Damage increased from +0 to +3.
    - Renamed from Falconer to Better Gear.
  - Level 4
    - Damage increased from +2 to +12.
    - Cost increased from $1,500 to $2,500.
    - Renamed from Professional Hunter to Deadliest Hunter.
  - Level 5 removed
    - Statistics:
      - Name: Ultimate Survival Pack
      - Cost: $3,250
      - +2 Range
      - +8 Damage
      - 1.68 > 1.03 Firerate
12 March 2022
- Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
- Statistical changes:
  - Base
    - Firerate decreased from 2.53 to 2.508.
  - Level 1
    - Firerate changed from 2.53 > 1.83 to 2.508 > 1.808.
17 April 2022
- New skin: Ducky
21 December 2022
- Skin rarity added to all skins.
7 April 2023
- Statistical changes:
  - Base
    - Damage increased from 3 to 4.
    - Range increased from 15 to 17.
  - Level 1
    - Cost decreased from $300 to $200.
  - Level 2
    - Cost increased from $600 to $800.
    - Range increased from +1 to +3.
    - Damage increased from +3 to +4.
  - Level 3
    - Cost increased from $1,000 to $1,900
    - Firerate changed from 1.808 to 1.808 > 1.608.
    - Range decreased from +3 to +2.
    - Damage increased from +6 to +8.
  - Level 4
    - Cost increased from $2,500 to $5,200.
    - Firerate changed from 1.808 to 1.608 > 1.408.
    - Range increased from +2 to +4.
    - Damage increased from +12 to +16.
5 August 2023
- New skin: Pirate
21 December 2023
- Unlock cost decreased from 850 to 300.