Does anyone equip this upgrade anymore?
As evidence of my avatar, I LOVED the new Cactus when equipped with this upgrade before.
I felt it was a high risk/high reward type of SKILL based upgrade that needed no nerfing.
I never see anyone playing Cactus with it equipped and would like to see the changes reverted especially considering the recent TTK changes.
Anyone else agree?
@ToastedSarnie wrote:
@spIash_damageI think I remember another thread about this (?) & thinking it looked really useful, providing you were clever with it.
A friend who did have that upgrade has told me they no longer bother with it, but I myself haven't got far enough to be able to add much. Never thought I'd have a problem with Cactus, used to love it in GW, but struggling big time 😭
The other thread was basically a prediction of the state we’re in now.
Seeing as how that thread was correct in the fact nobody uses the upgrade anymore, I don’t see the purpose in not reverting the changes or REPLACING the upgrade altogether.
My super beloved Cactus is useless and I wanted so badly to main her once I learned how to strategically use the upgrade. 😢
@ToastedSarnie wrote:
@spIash_damageI'll settle for being able to use BFN Cactus full-stop! Any & all tips welcome!!
Decent advice there for PvE Cactus.
For PvP, I find many plants better suited for battle now. Most enemies in PvP don’t fall for Potato Mines so I suggest relying on her fully charged snipe in a peek-a-boo type of manner; I hit them with a fully charged shot and then use primary fire to finish most people. I only use Potato Mines when an enemy tries to charge me or to fortify an area.
Cactus is very lacking now in that there’s only one way to play her effectively - that’s to be “chicken” in that if any enemy comes after you, you’re best to run behind a corner (booby trapped with mines) and use the drone to knock off a little damage as they approach. Providing you’re facing a formidable opponent and not someone you can completely vanquish from drone form, EXIT drone before they round that corner (in just enough time to fully charge a snipe shot). From drone damage/splash damage plus the 60-90 damage on a fully charged shot, it’s usually easy to finish off any opponent with primary/rapid fire. On most occasions, the booby trapped corner will actually surprise aggressively charging enemies, too.
Hope this helps/makes sense. Much like many characters in BfN, caress is the key to Cactus success for me.
EDIT: typo
@spIash_damage Dead horse checking in, want to smack me around a few more times?
@dwooten77 wrote:@spIash_damage Dead horse checking in, want to smack me around a few more times?
I’m genuinely curious if ANYONE uses the upgrade? Pretty sure you or Pinch1off started that other thread... I know you posted in it, at minimum....
Would love to see Cactus become more in line with other characters. The TTK seems to have really made the loss of this ability more prevalent.
One shot isn’t worth it so it’s a no for me. Second shot is still bugged for me.
@spIash_damageNONONONONONONONO!
Old Alacrity basically made it so cactus was a ridiculously good tank buster and combined with the high ttk a good alacrity cactus could've easily dominated.
As a matter of fact, Id say cactus and deadbeard are fine right now (maybe slight adjustments to their primaries and tools for mobility). Its just that the actual long ranged specialists are gutted because there isn't any fall off so pretty much everyone can do their job but not be a sitting duck at close range, and can sometimes be even better.
@The4DAdvocate wrote:@spIash_damageNONONONONONONONO!
Old Alacrity basically made it so cactus was a ridiculously good tank buster and combined with the high ttk a good alacrity cactus could've easily dominated.
As a matter of fact, Id say cactus and deadbeard are fine right now (maybe slight adjustments to their primaries and tools for mobility). Its just that the actual long ranged specialists are gutted because there isn't any fall off so pretty much everyone can do their job but not be a sitting duck at close range, and can sometimes be even better.
All due respect, I take it you’re a Turf Takeover fan?
I love most other modes and TRASH Pirates and Cacti... steamroll them, in fact. In TT, I can use them and play hide-n-seek when people come after me and see where that could be annoying but during the use of this upgrade, your 1,000% vulnerable and that’s the high risk part that justifies the high reward to me (especially in modes that aren’t known spawn points/plants on one side of the map, zombies on the other).
....and thanks for respectfully joining the conversation with an opposing view. 🙏
EDIT: autocorrect revenge
