New snEAky streakbreaker tactics??

@Humplemann

Now that you have said it out loud what your strategy is going to be, I guess EA can start working on their new tactics to improve their algorithm to make the bots action less obvious....  👿

I don't get how the community can still accept that...but actually what can we do something about it ?
I mean Battlefront 2 was a huge disaster for EA, but PvZ2 is not better, look at Pinatas, there are loot boxes ! So many shady things, so many mechanics to make players pay and watch ads ad nauseam...
It's just that the game is free so "hey why should you complain" ?
A great game but in the same time ruined by pursuit of profit...

Back to the topic, it is interesting but the problem is, it often takes some games to find a really good tactic. So finding two or more with different setup of plants, especially when you have no premium ones...kinda difficult... 😳

Also, do you think that trying to have "small victories", like not making huge score but just trying to do just enough to beat your opponents and play really well when streak breakers are here (as long as the game "allows" you to play well) could be a strategy ? But here also, it's tricky since you may end your streaj by yourself doing that.... 😞

@Humplemann

This is what I saw on other site.  The fluctuation in our scoring is caused by some zombies.....👿 

https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/99s1pc/are_they_reballanced_battlez_killing_scores_maybe/

Kinda crazy the number of bugs & problems PvZ2 is getting lately: problems with Battlez rewards (even after a 4h maintenance) for 2-3 weeks, problems with game crashing, problems with some plants of the new containmint family, problem with Battlez games.... 
Are all their dev and game testers on holidays at the same time ? 🤔

Things seem to be going from bad to worse in Battlez, at least for me.

I now can't use the same load out for more than three consecutive matches. If I do, my scores will plummet to around 50 to 60% of what I was getting when I first started using the particular load out.

I was using a load out that included the Bowling Bulb in combination with Moon Flower and Dusk Lobber as the main defence/offence. I scored between 2.8 and 3.3 million for three matches. It then dropped to 1.6 million.

I swapped to using the Electric Peashooter inconjunction with the MF and DL. I scored 2.6 to 2.9 million for a few games. I then had a match where I scored only 1.4 million.

I swapped again to use the Fire Peashooter and scored 2.8 to 3 million for a few matches. Then the scores went down drastically.

I chose to use the Electric and Fire Peashooters to deal with the ranks of Frozen Imps.

Incidentally, have any of you guys experienced massively long trains of Frozen Imps, with the Trogolodite pushing them still not on screen? I've had as many as 6 columns in rows 1 and 5 taken up by them. Before resorting to the Electric and Fire Peashooters all I could do was retreat while planting Toadstools in front of them to try to melt the ice.

For a while using the Electric and Fire Peashooters meant the Frozen Imps were being dealt with effectively. They then hardly put in an appearance and instead I had hoards of Bullies, Rock Punchers and All-star Zombies, which those two peashooters aren't as effective against.

I swapped to using Caulipower with MF and DL. Guess what happened - I was inundated with Frozen Imps and the Caulipowers couldn't target the Trogolodites because they weren't in the arena!!

I changed again to use Caulpowers with Bowling Bulbs to deal more directly with the Frozen Zombies than the MF/DL combo. They again hardly put in an appearance after a couple of matches.

I'm finding that the Zombie load outs seem to be changing after around three matches in response to my current plant line-up, and in such a way that my plants are having some of their strengths cancelled out.

As I'm one of the 'privileged' few to be running version 6.9.1, I'm wondering if I'm being used as an unwitting guinea pig and experiencing a taster of how things may become in Battlez once the proposed 'Buffz and Bruisez' mod is introduced? 

I certainly hope that's not the case, because it's awful going into a match not knowing whether or not some of my plants are being subjected to a degree of background nerfing.

If I AM being used to test the Buffz and Bruisez mode, it sucks. By that I mean it sucks that I'm an unwitting guinea pig, AND that the Buffz and Bruises mod itself sucks.

Also, if I'm being matched against players/recordings based on 6.8.1 users and therefore NOT being nerfed, THAT REALLY sucks.

Sorry for the off topic question but how comes you are on 6.9.1 (even if you are on Android), it seems that like every one else is still on 6.8.1 ?
You got an early release ?

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@BBnot8 wrote:

Sorry for the off topic question but how comes you are on 6.9.1 (even if you are on Android), it seems that like every one else is still on 6.8.1 ?
You got an early release ?

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It would seem that way. I didn't do anything to get it. It was just there when I launched the app a few days ago.

The first thing I saw was a notification of New Epic Quests being available. One was showcasing a 5 Free Battlez Practice games quest. Then there was a 3 part Buffz and Bruisez quest where the Lightning Reed was showcased while set between being ultra high powered and non-effective. (Buffed and Bruised).

It was shortly after that when my Battlez woes commenced, so it would seem like possessing the 6.9.1 version is like being handed a poisoned chalice.

With all the problems happening lately, it is hard to tell 😳
I'm wondering if maybe some of your plants are affected by the bruisez and you just don't know ?

@BBnot8

All I know for certain is that the wild fluctuations in scores I've been getting ever since the 6.9.1 version ended up on my tablet has left me with no faith whatsoever in my chances of being treated fairly in Battlez. Because of that I'm no longer playing and will continue to not participate until I hear that EA have finally got their act together.

I'm also not holding my breath, because if past experience of EA's problem solving abilities is anything to go by we're all in for one hell of a loooooooooong wait.