Re: New snEAky streakbreaker tactics??

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.

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@MAGICDAVESHROOM wrote:
Perhaps humplemann is being used as a beta tester, I'm on android and I'm still 6.8.1 but i don't like the sound of these buffz and bruisez changes. Has anyone else had their game "updated" to 6.9.1?
VICTORY TO MEEEEE!!!!!!🇬🇧

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If I AM being used as a guinea pig beta tester it's without either my knowledge or consent, and EA have lost out. Due to the horrendous and inexplicable variations in my scores I've stopped participating in Battlez. All they'll be getting from me is data that says "As from Saturday 25th August - did not play." 

That would be so shady to use random players without asking them as beta testers...

Oh wait we are speaking of EA 🥳

And when you see that the last 2 things released (containt-mint, this week tounrnament) had been full of problems, that there are lot of other issues with the game, and that even their support team act like they don't care anymore ("Ask on the forum, developers will reply", suuuure), this 6.9.1 is going fun 😃

To come back on the subject, I also have a lot of variations in score.

I often do 700k+ sometimes I reach the million but therecare some game when at 1m30 I'm still at 200k while my opponent is at 350-400.
I dunno if it is something due to the lot of random things, frozen imp destroying everything, troglobite that are really hard to kill, necromancy, etc, or if at some point they change on purpose some parameters of the zombies so that make you lose...Hard to say.
But for real, there are game when I score very low and I'm like "OK I guess I'm supposed to lose that one.
Last week it was easy to go streak of 9-10 games, this week I struggle to do more than 6. Well could be that I don't have a really good strategy this week.