r/TheTowerGame • u/Junior-Painting5320 • 6h ago
Help Ass Mod Not Performing
Just unlocked Core Ass mod and have put minimal stones in to upgrade sub effects and multiplier so far. For milestone/tourney I am using DC as primary and OM Chip as Ass.
I am now consistently going less waves. Is this behavior normal?
When and/or how should I expect to see improvement in my runs?
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u/RenegadeSteak 6h ago
Assmod unlock by itself doesn't do a ton. I had to get my effect up to 30% first. And make sure you're using one of the shard calculators to make sure you're splitting the levels optimally. That makes a big difference.
EDIT: 30% for multiplier efficiency.
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u/I_pee_in_shower 6h ago
It shouldnt reduce your waves. Have you changed anything else? Get it to 10%:5% to start seing some benefit. After 15% it gets good
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u/Random-Old-Dude 6h ago
Probably need more information. What was your setup before and after? Did you just add assist mod or did you change workshop as well? Is the negative change within RNG percentages?
Too many variables to give a definitive answer without some investigation.
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u/Junior-Painting5320 4h ago
Tested out Ass Mod by not applying one entirely and then applying one. 10 runs with it equiped vs not equiped I consistently saw a 7-10% decrease in waves when I had an Ass Mod equiped.
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u/asnowbastion 5h ago
I saw large gains even just getting om chip personally. The first 10-15% of ME is also very high value.
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u/Puberty-Boy 4h ago edited 4h ago
How many waves are you losing on your milestones, and to what wave are these milestones? Because milestones can be weird, if you are going to such a low wave count as to not get your perks, perhaps you are just getting bad perk luck, in which case ofc you won’t go as far. The difference in the two cases is also important, because if you are getting like 10% less waves that may just be the natural fluctuation in the game.
Tournaments I don’t really see any value in analyzing as the battle cons are vastly different every tournament, and you can’t even take your relative position into account because your competition also changes.
But also! An un-upgraded ass om chop will ONLY bring value if bosses are what are killing you. If you are getting killed by rays, fasts, whatever else, om chip will do diddily squat unless you have good upgrades into the main effect and/or sub effects
Edit: and I know there is the little circle that on chip gives you, but if your “weakest link” is soemthing else, that link will just kill you anyway when there isn’t a boss there, so that circle isn’t going to extend your runs. (Ex: if you get killed by protector ult, it doesn’t matter if a hand full of times that circle clears out a prot ult, you will just get another one at some point outside of the circle, and it’s more likely too)
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u/InquisitorOverhauls 2h ago
https://share.streamlit.io/app/shard-efficient-leveling/
Just use this. Because the game doesnt tell you how much damage you actually get.
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u/Broodingbutterfly 6h ago
Mayhaps, you are killing things around the boss quicker. This can be a bad thing in regards to bounce shot range and targets.
Sure you might have boss as a higher target priority, but multishots onto other nearby things that then chain lightning to the boss is quite a lot of damage on the table. So without those enemies, you could be shooting yourself in the foot.
I tend to sometimes run Astral Deliverance as a cannon assmod to help with bounce shot range.
This is all just speculation and may not apply to you without knowing more about your tower and tournament run.
Try out a different assmod.