So, I feel I am missing something in the garden.I can not figure out what the point is of watering your sprouts. Yes, I know the obvious, you tap on the water drop so that it can grow. But what is the point of adding in the extra tapping requirement for a simple redundant visual effect?It seems I can dig up both sprouts and watered plants from the pot if I don't like my decision. So what advantage is there to anything?In any game, any action the user does should have some sort of impact, but from what I see, EA should have just eliminated the watering step as it seems totally redundant and a waste of a tap.I am trying to figure out what I am missing here. Some hidden option?Thanks.

With all the invasive ads, my interest has wavered with the app. And as a principle, I refuse to purchase premium items. I do not feel like supporting something I know will just bite me later and encourage EA so that every month there being a new $ release...The latest and greatest Pay-to-Win plant is here! Get your credit card ready kids! You can't win Battlz without it!

I guess nothing more than some RP.There is an impact, for fire type plants 🙂Torchwood will have its flames go out, when it will look sad, then the flames will reappear. So far, this is the only place it can be seen without its flames.Pepper-pult is extinguished and then reignites within a few seconds.Fire Peashooter turns into a regular Peashooter, then burns back into a Fire Peashooter again. restores its lava after a period of time.Jack O' Lantern restores its fire after being put out.(from the wik) It definitly add deeper meanings in the game 😛

Oh! Wait! That's a non-starter as it would mean players not buying as many gems. Silly me!Buwahaha!【ツ】

Same here. I don't mind paying for one game. I would not mind to pay for few add-on/DLC with exclusive contents.But there are so many things to buy in this game, so many mechanichs to induce you to buy them (ads, weekly quest to get seeds for premium plants,ads, incredible difficult new levels, PvP that tempts player to buy premium plants and gems to get more gauntlets or Pinata, etc), it is just too much and I don't won't to support that 🤔

Yes I know It's jun ""fun"" to discover another mechanics used to make player watch more ads and pay more.When you see all the topics with players having issues with the game and getting no answer, I can't stop thinking that EA should hired less people for marketing & co and more for dev' and support 🤔

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eieio_31310
Hero
8 years ago
@MAGICDAVESHROOM wrote:
....
As to being a cash cow, all i can say about that is "MOOOOOOO".

I am sure EA is happy to hear this. 👿

@D0CT0R_Z0MB0SS There are some plants can go up beyond level 10.
BBnot8
8 years ago
Somehow, Pinatas are not that different from the infamous loot boxes, you are paying to get the chance of having something (one weapon/one type of seed) and most likely you will not have what you want at the first try.You are not paying to get one better plant you are paying to get a chance to have a better chance.

@D0CT0R_Z0MB0SS Some basic plants like peashooter or sunflower can go to level 20 but actually the number of seeds recquired is not that high
For example Dusk Lobber lvl 6 will cost 10+75+200+400+750 = 1435 seeds while with the same amount of the seeds for peashooteror wall-nut they will be almost at level 12 already.
MAGICDAVESHROOM
Legend
8 years ago
I have just upgraded hurrikale from L4 to L5 at a cost of 10,000 coinz which equates to 20 ads (max 30 seconds)
10,000 (lovely golden coinz)
÷500 (coinz for ads)
=20 (ads)
X 30 (max 30 seconds)
=600 (seconds)
÷10
=10 minutes.
OR
10,000 coinz in the oh so convenient and easy to use EA shop cost £4.99 in real money.💰KER-CHING!💸
BBnot8
8 years ago
How did you manage to upgrade a specific plant using 10000 coins ?
I know there are the daily Pinata for 5000 each
MAGICDAVESHROOM
Legend
8 years ago
I was lucky enough to "win" a premium pinata for a plant i actually have at the pinata party which took me over the experience points needed to level up and the 10,000 coinz are the price i have to pay to EA to actually level up.
Don't ask me what they spend them on.
Those 5,000 coin pinatas are not actually pinatas but a daily offer put out by EA to get you to visit the shop, watch ads or buy coinz.
Hurrikale is the first gemium plant i bought as soon as i had the 100 gems and i occasionally get a premium pinata with seed packets for it.
I soon found out after buying it that every time you lose it costs you an extra 10 gemz to not to lose your streak when you lose a battlez match (10,20,30,40 and so on).
It is well worth saving them (and mintz) for a rainy day.
Most of the prEAmium pinatas i get are for plants i haven't bought so if i do buy one then i usually can level up 2 or 3 times.
Now the rewards for a successful streak are BIG by my standards (the furthest i got was 44) but i woke up at 3am and decided to use a freeplay without setting up a defence before starting (DUH!) and it would have cost me 70 gems to retain it so i declined.
ThEAy usually push premium pinatas for a new plant ahead of said plant appearing as plant of the week.
BBnot8
8 years ago
Oh yes I forgot the coins to upgrade the plants.
So not only you have to watch ads, win quests, etc to get the seeds but you still have to pay to upgrade your plant. I never realized how stupid and non logic it was. In many games, either you have to pay to get your weapon upgraded either you have to do some quest or achievement to get a new weapon.
Here we have to do both doing both. That or paying for Pinatas then paying for the upgrade.
Are we paying an engineer or a botanist with thoses coins so he can upgrade our plants or is it just another way to make players buy coins or watch ads, I'm really wondering ? 🤔

Else, I only had one daily offer at 5000 today, instead of 3, is it normal ?
MAGICDAVESHROOM
Legend
8 years ago
I had 3, i think they were em peach, puff shroom and guacodile.
None are plants i normally use but i bought the seed packets anyway.
MAGICDAVESHROOM
Legend
8 years ago
It's not stupid, it's actually very clever, vEAry clever.
Offering people a free downloadable game that has in app purchases and it starts off being really easy and cheap to upgrade your plants then gradually getting harder and progressively more expensive in time, coinz, gemz then some plants can only be bought with actual money (usually the best ones).
I suggest that you and any newcomers read ALL the posts in this forum and you might see the bigger picture because I keep on repeating myself which is probably getting boring.
I suggest you try the original PVZ game which is fun and available for many platforms but isn't riddled with ads or ways to part me with my cash.
It was quite old when i bought it so it cost less than what EA charge for a premium plant.
I'm going off now to play my favorite level, it's raining seeds and nobody's going to make me watch another d****d ad tonight!
I AM CASH COW! HEAR ME MOOOOOO!!!!!
BBnot8
8 years ago
Yes I know
It's jun ""fun"" to discover another mechanics used to make player watch more ads and pay more.
When you see all the topics with players having issues with the game and getting no answer, I can't stop thinking that EA should hired less people for marketing & co and more for dev' and support 🤔
eieio_31310
Hero
8 years ago
@MAGICDAVESHROOM wrote:
... i woke up at 3am and decided to use a freeplay without setting up a defence before starting (DUH!)
I confess I have done something similar, I forgot to pick a sun producing plant.... 😃

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