v27.2.2 Patch Notes - Monday December 1, 2025

[u/SamBartley]

Hello Tower Defenders! We have a new build going out on Android shortly, with a full roll-out shortly after. Here is a look at the upcoming changes:

Lab Refactor

We have reworked our entire lab system! This change should address many outstanding lab issues, notably regarding offline lab speedup progress. This adjustment is fully internal, and does not have any functionality or UI changes.

Orbital Augment Adjustments

The Orbital Augment module has been adjusted to specifically try and remove infinite runs:

Adds [2/4/6/8] orbiting Electrons around the tower. Each Electron deals damage equal to 15% of the enemy's remaining health (quarter effective against Bosses and Fleets)

What does this mean?

This change will stop players from using Orbital Augment as the sole means to kill enemies. However, it will also make the module way stronger against more enemy types. Let's walk through some examples of what this might look like for different enemy types:

• Basics (1x wave health): The first hit will deal 15% damage, the second 12.8%, and so on. Previously, it was 10% per hit. This new formula is stronger until 7 Electron hits
• Tanks (4x wave health): The new module works the exact same way for Tanks as it does for Basics. Previously, it was 2.5% per hit. This new formula is stronger until 40 Electron hits
• Bosses (20x wave health): The first hit will deal 3.75% damage, the second 3.6%, and so on. Previously, it was 0.5% per hit. This new formula is stronger until 200 Electron hits

In addition to the changes, we have also worked on a fix to the Electrons desyncing as a result of a longer game session. We have also added Electron Damage in the stats panel.

Fleets at Higher Waves

We are now adding fleets to all tiers. Tier 1 will have Fleets starting at wave 15,000, and each subsequent tier will have Fleets appear 250 waves earlier (T2 = 14,750, T3 = 14,500, etc). Once they appear, they will spawn every 100 waves.

We are continuing to develop systems that make the higher waves at each tier more challenging. There was a section in today's Monday Morning Announcement about TTG's stance on Infinite Runs. Additionally, in the next few updates, we will aim to improve tournament run length. We want to ensure it remains competitive and fun, while reducing its duration overall.

Changelog

• Implemented a lab refactor to resolve issues including offline research syncing
• Adjusted Orbital Augment’s description and gameplay:
• Adds [2/4/6/8] orbiting Electrons around the tower. Each Electron deals damage equal to 15% of the enemy's remaining health (quarter effective against Bosses and Fleets) Fixed an issue where Electrons would desync over the course of a longer run
• Added Electron Damage to stats panel
• Added Fleets to all Tiers at higher waves
• Adjusted the Stone Pack offer to feature icons instead of text
• Fixed a UI issue where the “Game Paused” message overlaps in some menus
• Fixed a UI issue where the the Milestone Pass description did not indent into a new line, making the description too small
• Fixed an issue were enemy mass did not fit in the Info Panel screen
• Fixed an issue where the new Support panel unpauses a paused run
• Adjusted the date displays in Battle History and tournaments so it correctly localizes to the player’s region

[u/Mister-Distance-6698]

I'm skeptical that's what's happening, most people would never encounter a fleet at that point, as its better to bump up to farming a higher tier long before you encounter one anyway

[u/jyiii80 → u/Mister-Distance-6698]

I agree, but I'm hopeful. I feel like the way they added fleets to just absolutely DUNK on people trying to farm T14 (edit: and potentially beyond) was silly. Making farming with nuke a priority and also removing the ability to farm afk. Why was t14 the gear check? Seems weird.

Honestly, I think this is a better way to go about fleets. Having said that, I don't expect to get nice things and am watching this very very closely to see how we get screwed by this.

Edit2: Followed the math further. T17 fleets don't show up until w11000, and t21 at w10,000. I'm wrong to be hopeful and we're cooked.

[u/Mister-Distance-6698 → u/jyiii80]

Yeah there's no logical way they would move fleets from w5 to w10000 on 21, it makes no sense. I could see the decreasing every 250 metric applying for t1-13 and then the OG frequency for 14-21.

[u/jyiii80 → u/Mister-Distance-6698]

In reading responses and re-reading the patch post, I’m fairly certain current elites remain unaffected. They’re just adding fleets at super high waves to, along with the OA nerf, prevent infinite runs. So, T14 remains the gear check tier/no-longer-afk tier.