Alternate way to beat final wave of final level. Back row: 4 fully upgraded archers. In front of them: fully upgraded walls (replace as necessary, i only had to do it once). First row: frost traps. Everything else spikes. Use the cannon/shotgun alernation technique pointed out by tortnotes in his post to eliminate the elementals and dragons. I bought everything in the middle skill tree and mixed some arrows into my alternation to maximize damage. I beat the entire game only dying once using this technique, and got perfect scores on every level. Great game by the way. I'm not usually a fan of defense games, but this one kept me hooked for the whole hour and a half it took to beat. Loved every second of it :)
My very first loss was wave 5 of level 9. I used nothing but archers, arrows, and spikes all game. Perfect scores every level. I hereby dub this gameplay style, "Basics Mode".
I really like the learning in this game. Nothing is ever thrown at you in text. Instead, you get to see new game mechanics in action before they can actually hurt you. Every time i died, regardless of how, i never got angry, just excited to try again.
I'm running into an error where i'm dying immediately when i spawn. The character simply explodes the second the level loads. it only happens after i die on spikes, but not every time i do. Game is still awesome tho! :)
fun game, but twice i became frustrated and quit because the level became impossible to complete. Once because a necessary bridge was destroyed, and again because i became trapped in a room by an elevating pillar, unable to activate the pillar from within. A suicide button would be nice, as i would rather lose some coins than lose my progress.
Bug found - The confusion attack used by the beastmasters in z1 says it only lasts for 2 turns, but it actually lasts till the battle is over. very annoying.
Needs an ingame reset button, I am a very fickle person, and i know i'm not the only one. Hitting refresh when you want to start again is kind of troublesome
The trick for the first few days is to focus on survivors first, then repair. Don't worry about weapons right away, the .357 and the pump shotgun will literally fall into your lap during the first couple nights. Once you have 3 or 4 survivors, it only takes 2-3 hours to fully repair barricade (unless you spend more time admiring the amazing graphics than actually shooting :P).