honestly, i don't see the necessity to rank up all the way to get the hard badge.In fact, i am only lvl 23 and already have 11 brilliants, 3 excellents, and 1 good (lvls 1-11 brilliant, lvls 12-14 excellent, and 15=good). The Meteor is the only spell you really need to focus on anyway, so maxing ur max mana + lowering meteor mana cost + Increasing meteor dmg does real help in the start of the game when u are just starting to rank up.
The only really annoying enemies are the ones that "MISS" and the ones that ppl call "Ninjas" or the ones that go "invisible" after 1 hit. i find it that a powerful attacker at the front could kill the Ninjas in 1 hit anyway. Well, at least for the most part. I only put Crypts on high spots since they are the beasts.
I have to say all the towers have their own benefits but the Ice towers are definitely the ones to go on high spots and to max out at the skills room. The fear seems to be decent and the maxed out "FREEZE" ability seems to work really well. Also, a couple good tips for the Skills Room is to lower the price of Meteor Spell as much as you can and to get that 1+ gem in the beginning. This could help with Brilliants!
i didnt use the Tack Tower glitch. all i did was do what thatguyyaknow said to do. I put many monkeys in an upside-down T formation. I also bought a Super Monkey and a Cannon, but otherwise it is a good method.
nice TD, i must say though, that the 2 enemies that bug the heck out of me are those Transparent Dudes (once hit become transparent and cant be hit again for a while), and those guys u try to hit but it keeps missing. I want to get the hard badge but I can tell it takes time and ranking up. I only finished to lvl 10 and got Brilliants in lvls 1-5, but am only lvl 12 in Skills. Did I mention I REALLY like the meteors?
I agree with Mystery (in the high rated comments), people make ludicrous remarks about the game and this games shows how ignorant and rude some Kong players are. If u guys who criticize games, as exhibited through the (funny) comments in THIS game, could make better ones, prove it... otherwise, appreciate the hard work they did to create games and make Kong a better and more varietal place... (Yes, constructive criticism is nice, but the point is not to be a huge JERK)
wow. this was incredibly good, but awfully easy... i got the hard badge in one sitting. that was perhaps the easiest hard badge ever. I think it should be an easy and medium badge to reflect how easy it is. XD
Tips for bosses: Worm... Well, first buy rockets #3 on your NORMAL shopping cart. do not but the dumpster BEFORE buying rockets #4, it's incredibly hard to rack up points. Once you buy both, select them and try to get teh dumpster dive. once you get it, then you must dive into the ground for this boss. Once in the ground just bat back his bombs. I did this w/o groupies in 2 turns. Watch out for the tunnel since it isnt straight and you may crash. Otherwise, just hitting the bomb will home in on the worm for the most part. an easy boss. Then comes the more difficult boss, the monkey is a bit hard, just bat the bananas, and sometimes the bombs to hit him. you WILL need groupies for this one.
I think this game is actually very awesome. You guys may think it's stupid... or perhaps unfair that Candies get their own SPECIAL tanks. while zworp did say he would give us everything they got in 2 weeks on Apr. 6, I don't see it as much of a loss. I mean, after all, the tanks not given to us (except the lvl 50 Killer Chicken Tank) are ugly or useless. So it wasn't a huge thing that we don't get those. Also, Put Kong colors (grey/white and red) on your tank.
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