@MAGICDAVESHROOM
LOL! 'Minted'. I see what you did there. 😃
The person I chatted with about the Fila-Mint had what I felt was a good suggestion when it comes to the Power Mint plants. As they're in effect a Power boost with a limited duration, instead of us having to commit a valuable plant slot to them, they could be put where the Power Snow, Power Toss, Power Zap, and/or the Power Flame are placed in the single player game.
I've found that I often don't make use of the 'Plant Of The Week' during many of the Battlez matches I've played. This is mainly because some have proved to be totally unsuited to the faster pace and tougher Zombies in the Battlez environment. That leaves me with just 5 plant slots to work with, and there's no way I'd sacrifice one of them for what amounts to a temporary boost that I MIGHT be able to use twice during a match.
I get the impression that the people who came up with the Power Mint concept did so with just one purpose - to encourage players into playing more Battlez matches than they otherwise might and end up having to pay to play.
To do that, people have to use Gauntlets. Gems are needed to purchase Gauntlets and CASH is needed to purchase Gems. This is unless you VERY SLOOOOOWLY build up sufficient Gems to exchange for Gauntlets. (This excludes the hackers who never need to purchase anything because they have thousands or even millions of Gems.)
Okay, I know there's the 2 daily free Gauntlets and the Free Plays every 4 hours, and I ALWAYS make the most of that, but EA know that most people will eventually be tempted into purchasing Gems at some point. I still have unused Gems left over from the Pre-Battlez era, so with careful management I have yet to reach the point where that particular temptation hits.
Even if someone opts for what EA laughably refer to as the 'Best Value' option of 1800 Gems for $99.99, each Gem will cost five and a half cents. (MUCH higher on the other options). If they also go for the 'Best Value' option of 36 Gauntlets for 150 Gems, each Gauntlet costs just over four Gems. (MUCH higher on the other options). Multiply the Gem cost by the Gauntlet cost and it works out to around 22 CENTS per match - MINIMUM, and up to 50 CENTS per match if the lower value options are used.
With that in mind, OF COURSE EA want us to go on a Power Mint hunt. It's just a shame for them that their chosen 'Bait' has turned out to be so useless. I can't help but wonder if any of the developers and/or EA executives ever even play Battlez? If they did, they'd soon see that the Mint plants are a total waste of time and space.
