Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1313357-20140812020129/@comment-24217346-20140917174646

Frankly, you may want to reconsider "intensi-farming".

You need the income to get the strongest of everything in the late-game. Plant just enough to take care of the first 30ish rounds, keep maintaining defense and as much income as possible, do not pay for wasted upgrades, and NO EARLY OR MIDGAME OVERKILL!

Efficiency is the most important thing to prioritize; you need to keep the bloons from taking lives, but you also must avoid getting more popping potential than the rounds have bloons. (start with a ninja, village, and farm, maybe a bomb for leads which must not be upgraded if the track has a design ideal for 4-1 tacks; don't get 4-2 tacks as there is a bug with the x-2 range upgrade.)

Plus, you may need to go up several more levels to have a better starting chance unless you want the CT rewards NOW and would prefer to spend bloonstones and supply crates.