Should we be looking forward to the 7.1.2 update?
Or should we be trembling in abject fear over what they might have c*cked up this time around?
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It seems to me that EA/Popcap have become so intent on creating 'challenging' tournaments that they've almost completely lost sight of the fun element.
I've done pretty well in the tournaments overall, getting on average 1,000 to 1,200 crowns most weeks. I even did quite well in the, I believe universally hated, 'All level 10 fixed plants' nightmare. Despite winning my league that week by close to 500 crowns, after a friend came up with a more successful strategy than I'd been using early on, I still found the fun side had all but disappeared.
There are times when playing the matches becomes a chore. Instead of thinking "I'll have a bit of fun by getting in a few Battlez matches" it's been more like "I suppose I'd better grind out a few more Battlez matches to maintain my league position."
This week's Electric Blueberry tournament is a case in point. Players can get good scores and win plenty of matches, but the game-play is so intense that you don't dare relax, even for a split second. That makes the matches a chore rather than being fun.
Just when you think you're pretty much on top of things, a tidal wave of All-stars comes pounding in and virtually wrecks everything at the front of your defenses. Once those defenses are in tatters, in comes the hordes of marauding Modern Day Gargantuars to shoot out the plants at the rear. (Not to mention the Super-Fans and Imp Bots.) You then have to try to rebuild and attempt to survive until the end of the match while hoping your opponent's score won't overtake yours.
I've found that the key to this week is to concentrate mainly on ensuring you kill the Cardio Zombies. Their combined scores of 1,125,000 (Jade League) often makes the difference between winning and losing.
If anything, this week's tournament has completely exposed the overall weakness of Electric Blueberry and shown it's totally unsuited to Battlez. Okay it's an 'instant kill' plant, but it takes forever to refresh between plantings and its firing rate once planted is abysmal. Also, it doesn't even target the Cardio Zombie. Where's the sense in that? A 'Plant of the week' that ignores the highest scoring Zombie!!!!
I agree with you on all points !! RNG makes the battle a crap shoot as to how well you can do. My scores, with the same exact plants every time, can vary from over 2M to barely breaking 1M. Which will it be this time and how will my opp fare since I know that we are not playing against the same RNG ! The lottery has better odds.
I am also disappointed with Electric Blueberry. I only use a few each round and rarely is it a benefit on the lawn.
I only wish I could figure out how to kill the Cardio...nothing has worked yet.
@lawmfw wrote:I only wish I could figure out how to kill the Cardio...nothing has worked yet.
The way I'm doing it is through using Laser Bean as my main weapon on the whole arena. I then use Squashes in the area where the Cardio comes in. I put one down in column 7 as soon as the Cardio appears and then another as soon as I can. I can sometimes get three working on it together and back them up with as many Laser Beans as possible in row three. I also deploy Spearmint to boost the LB's while the Cardio is present.
Don't forget that you can place another squash on the spot vacated by the original when it jumps to smash the Cardio. That way you get two of them on the same square. You can also plant one directly on top of the Cardio's treadmill to get three attacking if you get time. The Cardios stay on the field for 40 seconds, so it is just possible to have three squashes working together. After the first Cardio dies, or leaves the field, try to keep three Squashes in place ready for number two and then three.
The caveat to this is you need a fairly high-powered Squash. Level 9 or 10 should just about be able to do it with the help of Laser Beans in columns 1 thru 5, but Mastery would make life easier if your Squash (Assuming you have it in your arsenal) has Mastery. It also helps if your LB is in the Mastery range.
Both of mine are in the Mastery range thanks to grinding each tournament for 200+ matches and getting lots of seed packets through being on the 10x reward multiplier.
Give it a try in the Practice Room if you've got any slots left.
ty for the explanation. I have tried that with no success to date. My Squash is level 9 and LB is Mastery. I will try again the next time there is Cardio.
tonight I am being crucified much more than I had been earlier in the week; losing twice as much as yesterday
@Humplemann wrote:... Give it a try in the Practice Room if you've got any slots left.
It is no use as I found out the hard way that practice and real Battlez are not the same.
I can kill all three Cardio zombies with my level 1 plants in practice but in real Battlez, EA has changed its health points thus even with level 9 plants I can only just manage to kill one.
My current profiles are working and have all the ads for gems and coins, so I have to admit (it is selfish for me) I fear that with the updates thing may change.... (and knowing this is from EA.... normally it is not for better...)
Looks like version 7.1.2 wasn't up to scratch. They've already patched it to 7.1.3.
Let's just hope they finally get it sorted out before unleashing it on everyone. (They've not been so good with the updates thus far, so I won't be holding my breath on that count.)
