Talk:Red Bloon Equivalent (RBE)

RBEs and cash gain
RBEs and cash gain BTD5 in question here: How does the RBE value match up with how much cash you get out of the round? I've noticed incredible discrepancies, but I'm still trying to understand what, exactly, RBE is. I think I've finally got it figured out, what's causing it... RBE is how many hits have to land, right? Wave 46 (single MOAB), the RBE would be health of MOAB + what it contains + what they contain etc., right? But the cash would be 1 (the MOAB) + 1 for each bloon it contains, etc? - Zergling_man 58.96.88.83 07:32, March 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * Bloons below and including Rainbows (i.e. Zebras, Blacks/Whites, Pinks, etc.) will give 100% cash for their RBE in early rounds. This is only because each of their layers only take one hit to pop. E.g. Pink Bloon rewards $5 since its RBE is 5, Rainbow Bloons reward $47 since their RBE is 47. However, Ceramic Bloons' outer layer takes 10 hits to pop, while rewarding $1 for popping that layer. The RBE of Ceramics is 2*47 + 10 = 104; cash rewarded = 2*$47 + $1 (<-- not sure) = $95/$94 (<-- again, I'm not too sure). Similarly, the outer layer of MOABs take 200 hits to pop. Assuming that popping that layer does reward $1 (again, I'm not sure):
 * RBE of MOAB: 200 + 4*104 = 616
 * Cash for MOAB: $1 + 4*$95 = $381
 * The same will apply to BFBs/ZOMGs (just on larger scale)