This new arena system is the definition of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'; anyways Etienne is pretty cool I suppose. Check out the 2nd channel for more battles during this session not shown here (to be uploaded later): www.youtube.com/@ISABExtras
The intention of the new trophy system is that NK wants players to push each other to continue playing. If the other players in your league raise the threshold for advancing, then you have to play more to meet the threshold. Players push each other out of the threshold, meaning everyone has to keep playing. The reason why everyone hates it is because nobody likes playing Battles 2 in the first place lmao. NK dropped the ball (again) by giving players more of an incentive to play for trophies, rather than more of an incentive to play for fun.
I actually really like the new arenas system since it gives me specific people to compete against and look at. It reminds me of Duolingo leagues which is not a bad thing. The old clash Royale style trophy system felt a lot more arbitrary.
Etienne learned that standing is indeed a healthy option opposed to sitting, it also helps with that gamer lean and the added height makes him look less like a child playing with nerf drones but now an adult playing with real adult monkey drones (at least in his pfp)
The problem with the etienne model is that everything is too exaggerated. This has normally worked well for battles when they just make normal features bigger, but Etienne just has so much going on already and already has so many 3d elements like hair and goggles and a hat it just doesn't work.
The only problem with arena leagues is that you can't lose trophies,which means you don't need skill to reach hall of masters even if you lose you don't get punish for it
you definitely still need a lot of skill to get to HoM and its not like getting demoted is not possible also it takes forever and only really good players that are the first to fast track can get to the high arenas in the first place
Well, to get to HoM while being bad at the game would be a huge time commitment. They'd have to play way more games to make up for all the trophies they're not winning. And they'd have to do it every week! Any player willing to do that probably won't *stay* bad at the game, considering how much they're playing.
unironically I really hope they give Etienne some useful utility in BTD6 as well, he desperately needs a rework. NK themselves called him a support hero, but he literally doesn't have any support abilities other than global camo detection... which can potentially be useful in some very specific scenarios, but that's nowhere near enough to save him from being a worse support hero than just about every other hero with any supportive ability lmao, at least what they do is unique.
If they give the MIB upgrades to BTD6 Etienne, he'd be OP. battles 2 only has 3 towers to work with, while you can have as many different towers in BTD6.
Etienne looks very strange in battles 2 but i suppose thats the final result of needing him to face foward right? Oh and he stands up as opposed to sitting down which is also part of his interesting design
The changes to ranked from a dev prospective is genius, after players get what they desire, (like moving up) then they either get to take a break or play the other content... Genius
The system is fine except for the fact that you can get demoted from Hall of Masters. If there is anything to change, it would be make it so that HoM doesn't demote you. I personally think that everything before HoM is like a tutorial where you can learn the game but once you get to HoM, that's when you need to put on your try hard pants.
Its fairly balanced when you consider how weak etienne is in the meta, star captain and fateweaver are so strong and other heros like gwen and agent jericho are still a lot better.
in case you think He's OP, Look at it this way: With the Spy Drone, His voice lines also call out possible threats. He will verbally warn the player of incoming Modified Bloons, and High HP bloons (Like MOABs) He will say "They're Planning something!!!" or "Attack Incoming!!!" and even has a warning sign show up above his head.
Isab bro that ring of fire cross path isn’t correct it’s 4-0-2 it’s same with inferno ring too 5-0-2 don’t go middle path. Edit: same with the Moab press you should go top path
Etienne's model is ugly in battle because they still use the angle of where he was in btd6. Doesn't make sense why the streaks on his glasses are like that tbh and makes him look ugly also the shadow of his glasses are the big giveaway
Ruined the trophy system for absolutely no reason. Between this and yet another shitty hero in btd6 that you have to micro, NK has pretty much lost me as a player lmao
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This new arena system is the definition of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'; anyways Etienne is pretty cool I suppose.
Check out the 2nd channel for more battles during this session not shown here (to be uploaded later): www.youtube.com/@ISABExtras
I’ve seen this exact arena system in other mobile games
The intention of the new trophy system is that NK wants players to push each other to continue playing. If the other players in your league raise the threshold for advancing, then you have to play more to meet the threshold. Players push each other out of the threshold, meaning everyone has to keep playing.
The reason why everyone hates it is because nobody likes playing Battles 2 in the first place lmao. NK dropped the ball (again) by giving players more of an incentive to play for trophies, rather than more of an incentive to play for fun.
I actually really like the new arenas system since it gives me specific people to compete against and look at. It reminds me of Duolingo leagues which is not a bad thing. The old clash Royale style trophy system felt a lot more arbitrary.
Etienne learned that standing is indeed a healthy option opposed to sitting, it also helps with that gamer lean and the added height makes him look less like a child playing with nerf drones but now an adult playing with real adult monkey drones (at least in his pfp)
It doesn’t help that he looks awful in Battles but eh I guess
He looks kinda cute when he sits tho
@@Marx8679Agreed
He is tge most unserious hero so it's fitting in btd6
When I’m in an unfunny competition and my opponent is the isab comment section
Easy win for you
You stand no chance.
you won
Lol that's actually so creative, nice one
The more a game wants me to dedicate the entirety of my free time to it the less I wanna play it
real tbh
Same happens with contested and now the boss rush
@@ABlueThingboss rush is p fun imo
@@constellar6330aren’t they the same ticket system though
@@ABlueThing at least boss rush isn't a comp mode
Could you please film a video were you lather yourself in oil and start flying while it rains thanks
i read oil and thought the sentence would end differently
@palmtree476 man I just pulled my pants down
Man it got all over my screen 😢
@@palmtree476obligatory “clean up on isle MY PANTS 😂😂😂😂” comment
Good ending of being lathered in oil
All NK needs to do to get ISAB to make daily Battles 2 videos is to add Sauda
Its getting closer now
They done did my boy bad with his appearance(friggin lookin like the mouse from Stuart little) , but they done made him op...💀🤔
the mouse from Stuart little? You mean Stuart
No skins either lmao
i like it he looks bug-eyed its cute
I think it's literally just the goggles lol
Fun fact: The mouse from Stuart Little is named Stuart Little. Pretty weird coincidence right?
The problem with the etienne model is that everything is too exaggerated. This has normally worked well for battles when they just make normal features bigger, but Etienne just has so much going on already and already has so many 3d elements like hair and goggles and a hat it just doesn't work.
The only problem with arena leagues is that you can't lose trophies,which means you don't need skill to reach hall of masters even if you lose you don't get punish for it
you definitely still need a lot of skill to get to HoM and its not like getting demoted is not possible also it takes forever and only really good players that are the first to fast track can get to the high arenas in the first place
Well, to get to HoM while being bad at the game would be a huge time commitment. They'd have to play way more games to make up for all the trophies they're not winning. And they'd have to do it every week!
Any player willing to do that probably won't *stay* bad at the game, considering how much they're playing.
unironically I really hope they give Etienne some useful utility in BTD6 as well, he desperately needs a rework. NK themselves called him a support hero, but he literally doesn't have any support abilities other than global camo detection... which can potentially be useful in some very specific scenarios, but that's nowhere near enough to save him from being a worse support hero than just about every other hero with any supportive ability lmao, at least what they do is unique.
Engineer is support, with top path also being heavily damage
Maybe something that buffs Helis and aces.
Panic button also seems like something support worthy
If they give the MIB upgrades to BTD6 Etienne, he'd be OP.
battles 2 only has 3 towers to work with, while you can have as many different towers in BTD6.
@@TheHammerGuy94 Agreed. You can kind of see the divergence in upgrades in btd6/btdb2 like camo priority or glue stacking
The bots are crazy.
We love the youtube bot problem here
@@Bupboy Fr tho
fixtf2
Etienne looks very strange in battles 2 but i suppose thats the final result of needing him to face foward right? Oh and he stands up as opposed to sitting down which is also part of his interesting design
If you look closely he is sitting on the battlefield, his legs are kicking and the soles are pointing towards us
the new ranking system are just duolingo ranking system LOL
I really like these new changes.
I’m really happy Etienne is here since it opens up so many new stratagies.
im just saying, that thumbnail looks WILD from a lore perspective
How? I don’t get it
@@zamo907probably implies that Etienne is actually from Monkey Intelligence Bureau
@@zamo907 the monkey intelligence bureau is almost certainly part of the bloonminati
isab my girlfriend said you sound like the nerd emoji without pants on
LMAOOOO
3:57 ITS 1 DOLLAR JUST BUY IT!!! PLEASE JUST BUY IT ITS LITERALLY 1 DOLLAR!!! PLEASE!!!!
The changes to ranked from a dev prospective is genius, after players get what they desire, (like moving up) then they either get to take a break or play the other content... Genius
I love the new arena system, it's pretty pretty good
The system is fine except for the fact that you can get demoted from Hall of Masters. If there is anything to change, it would be make it so that HoM doesn't demote you. I personally think that everything before HoM is like a tutorial where you can learn the game but once you get to HoM, that's when you need to put on your try hard pants.
Why would you not buy the 1 dollar level 4? That's early XP for level 5
one dolar of xp
i think the reason why etienne looks weird is coz the goggle lenses are facing away from each other and not forward (it makes him look cross eyed)
Instructions unclear. I forgot who etienne was
A drone Pilot with a Flying MIB in the Sky.
His 4 Drones are Mini Pursuit Helis.
@@TheHammerGuy94 okay, thank you
I assume one of the differences between normal and ETN will be swapping if it can hit leads and purples
A sprite is a 2d image, the monkeys in btd6 btb2 have 3d models
7:33 "let's see if they know that i don't have camo yet" as he pops the camo green 💀💀💀
0:46 Very much the opposite, only on the very back of his head though (which is only visible in-battle)
being able to choose to not fast track is a hilarious punchline
Holy crap the rotors spin the correct way now.
Etienne level 2 is probably gonna need a nerf that seems way to op to me
Its fairly balanced when you consider how weak etienne is in the meta, star captain and fateweaver are so strong and other heros like gwen and agent jericho are still a lot better.
@@kavinvenkatesh1581he's not weak though
in case you think He's OP, Look at it this way:
With the Spy Drone, His voice lines also call out possible threats.
He will verbally warn the player of incoming Modified Bloons, and High HP bloons (Like MOABs)
He will say "They're Planning something!!!" or "Attack Incoming!!!"
and even has a warning sign show up above his head.
My fav hero is etienne!
you can see UV shadow when he lv7 so tho
He looks like a fly now dude. Ettinetiana will never be the same
Man at 10:10 i felt true pain about those bananas
for a moment i thought they reworked it in btd6 and ruined him
Almost at 700k😤 it’s been quite the journey
His glasses make him look like Bentley from Sly Copper except Monkey.
Boomer, Sniper, Farm with Etienne is goated, just sayin
ISAB is hella good even though the abbreviation of his youtube name is "I Suck At Battles". Truly the GOAT
etienne engi spac farm meta incoming
*insert sauda joke*
thx isab pop blon
4:48 bro what..🫢
"Etienne Just Got Some HUGE Changes! (NEW Update In Bloons TD" :D
"Battles 2)" ):
nahh that etienne lv 2 ability is insanely broken what
Ettiane is actually OP
i dislike how the rating rewards time played over actually winning games
This leaderboard placement promotion system is something another old 1v1 mobile game did; C.A.T.S.!
they do it completely differently though, unless they changed it?
Isab bro that ring of fire cross path isn’t correct it’s 4-0-2 it’s same with inferno ring too 5-0-2 don’t go middle path. Edit: same with the Moab press you should go top path
I'm truly surprised this game is still going
People are complaining because he's not sitting down.
Hi
he did battles on the main channel 😭
Etienne's model is ugly in battle because they still use the angle of where he was in btd6. Doesn't make sense why the streaks on his glasses are like that tbh and makes him look ugly also the shadow of his glasses are the big giveaway
could dartling bomb farm work ?
2-3-0 boomerang monkey glaives bionic boomerang
Am i the only one who doesn't mind ettiene's looks
Yo im no 3 on the leaderboard 3:04
Thats not etienne thats etenna
Day 32 of asking Isab to beat chimps or a boss with the walking monkeys mod
Ima just quit this until better rank system
Yeah I kinda have no motivation to play btdb2 if there’s no actual skill required to be at the top, and it’s just who no life’s the most
no hate but u are better than boltrix u got a new sub
Hisab
Who’s Etienne?
He's french that's all I remeber
Should i buy Etienne?
Ye
Why no sauda yet
Okay, dare I say it's official, League of Legends has a better ranking system than BTDB2.
Who is Etienne?
Drone
French for Stephen
Ruined the trophy system for absolutely no reason. Between this and yet another shitty hero in btd6 that you have to micro, NK has pretty much lost me as a player lmao
Try not to complain about Battles 2 challenge (impossible).
Saudo is gonna be mad after that one
wow you got smoked
Let’s go
Damn this new system sucks
Btd battles needs to add suada
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
TACO
Yo
Me 20
hi
wtf seconds ago
5 hours ago and late
I just ate ettinenne
First
No you absolutely were not
Btw comments only load when opening the comments (or clicking on the video if on PC) so it will show no comments if you went to the video before the comment was posted even if there are already comments
He actually is first, if you dont count the bots.
2 views in 38 sec bro fell off
hehe no 🙃
why do you care so much?
@@ChodyMoody He think he's "cleaning up TH-cam" or something.
day one of asking for admission into isabs servants (fuecocoboi09)
First
Nuh uh