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Tower Battle

Lucky_623

MKX XB1 & Cage Family Supporter
The net code for online play is always a little wonky during release week (month, depending on dev), I am a very big fan of the new mode Tower Battle and I urge people to go and check it out. It brings people into a lobby, from 2 to (6-8: sorry, I can't recall exactly and am at work), then once everyone readies up, you go to character select screen. At that point, your 9 minutes begins. You have 9 minutes to progress through a tower of 5 AI opponents (tower style), with random test your luck multipliers, as well as a challenge to complete (ie: land 5 sweeps in a round and win the match). After your 9 minutes are up, it tallies points from a few different aspects of the games (how well you did overall, how far you got and how fast, how many challenges did you complete) then gives you a score. Highest score is tower champion and grants coins and faction credit.

Things I like: it is a competitive, multiplayer element, that even when connection is bad or delayed, you are still fighting against someone, just in a different manner. Also, as long as you all have mic's, you can talk the entire time.. So it can be competitive, trash talk, or funny. You can get matched with players, or you can do private invites.

Things I would like added:
A ranked system (not just player matches)
A larger tower with more time and possibly more reward added to the winner.

Has anyone tried it? What are your thoughts?!
 
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Pterodactyl

Plus on block.
Oh, it's only 5? I actually want to try it out now, I thought i'd have to do a big ass tower with somebody else or something.

Thanks for the info, pal.
 
Can you set your own difficulty? I mean I can't seem to up it for most towers. Is there a universal switch maybe?

And I'm gonna try it later tonight. Thanks for the heads up.
 

Lucky_623

MKX XB1 & Cage Family Supporter
Can you set your own difficulty? I mean I can't seem to up it for most towers. Is there a universal switch maybe?

And I'm gonna try it later tonight. Thanks for the heads up.
I don't believe so, and the AI is not the true opponent, they are the means, the other people in the lobby are the opponent. Think of it like a 5 opponent tower, one shot, mini-leader board event- trust me, I believe Tower Battle is the new multiplayer standout!
 
I don't believe so, and the AI is not the true opponent, they are the means, the other people in the lobby are the opponent. Think of it like a 5 opponent tower, one shot, mini-leader board event- trust me, I believe Tower Battle is the new multiplayer standout!
True but I always feel like I'm not learning anything if I play against dummies and man do I have stuff to learn yet.