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6 years ago

Balance Update 1/28

Balance Changes
Character Hitbox adjustments
Tuned (Increased) the hitbox sizes for Nightcap, Acorn, Rose, Imp, and Electric Slide.

 

Velocity and Drag Distance – Certain characters were overperforming at distances beyond their intended range. So, we’ve made changes to the velocity and drag distance of several characters’ primary weapons that will make it harder to hit targets beyond this expected range (but not impossible).

 

New UI Element: Health Regeneration Bar

  • A new bar that goes above a player’s health bar will now display how much time will pass beforel health regeneration begins.]

Peashooter

  • Homing Pea Upgrade has a shorter range on target acquisition 

Chomper

  • Increased effective area of primary Chomp
  • Decreased velocity and drag distance of Slobber shot

Kernal Corn

  • Decreased velocity and drag distance of Cob Busters

Nightcap

  • Decreased velocity and drag distance of Spore Strike

Oak/Acorn

  • Decreased velocity of Shell Shot
  • Decreased velocity and drag distance of Wood Grief
  • Fixed flight path and increased initial velocity of Sap Trap

 

Rose

  • Decreased rate of fire on Magic Thistles
  • Time Snare Upgrade: Increased the number of hits needed to trigger Time Snare

Foot Soldier

  • Decreased velocity and drag distance of Z-12 Assault Blaster
  • Rapid Fire Upgrade – Decreased fire rate speed up and max fire rate 

Imp

  • Decreased velocity and drag distance of Imp Blasters
  • Increased recoil of Imp Blasters

Super Brainz

  • Increased health gain per punch landed and effective area of Heroic Fists

All-Star

  • Decreased velocity and drag distance of Football Cannon
  • Increased recoil of Football Cannon
  • Sprint Tackle refresh doesn’t start until ability is done
  • Dummy Shield has a decreased cooldown time, and a shorter active time

Engineer

  • Fixed collision check when attempting to deploy Double Time (easier to deploy)

100 Replies

  • GrandDeluxeGami's avatar
    GrandDeluxeGami
    6 years ago

    I honestly think that engineer double time, should stated as a bug fix not adjustment. I always can't deploy my ability on double time. I keep pressing the button, it won't deploy most of the time. 

  • Jacob2of3's avatar
    Jacob2of3
    6 years ago

    why did electric slide, scientist, 80's, cadet, sunflower get nothing for there sniping power?

    Edit: station, scurvy scattershot, cactus close range, snap's secondary  

  • DeAtHaDDiCtiOn5's avatar
    DeAtHaDDiCtiOn5
    6 years ago

    Snap Dragon is already super OP! If my team is behind in any PVP match, I'll switch to Snap Dragon and its a guaranteed 20+ kills every game. I'm surprised PopCap didn't nerf the heck out of it flame thrower main weapon. I can hit a player from a substantial distance which surprises me all the time. Fighting against a Snap Dragon is also a pain so not sure why it wasn't addressed.

  • Pheesley's avatar
    Pheesley
    6 years ago

    The changes here aren't bad but I was expecting more...

    This Needed:

    - Damage drop-off as well ( the velocity and drag distance may not be the right decision, but I'm willing to try it)

    - Healing and Overheal Nerfs and Scientist/Sunflower Survivability Nerfs (Warp and Sunny Side Up)

    - Rocket Ride Damage Nerf ( Can wipe out groups of enemies way too quickly)

    - Blue Blazes Damage Nerf ( Homing projectile that will hit almost every time. Does 125 damage and ONE SHOTS 7 of the 10 zombie classes. Which leaves All-Star, 80s, and Superbrainz with very little health.)

    - Jazz Hands Nerf. I'm disappointed Time Snare got nerfed but nothing happened to Jazz Hands which also has long and frequent stuns 

    These are the biggest balance issues as far as I'm aware.

    I am very surprised there was no changes to Sunflower or Scientist at all! Are people just not discussing these guys enough? These classes are probably the single most broken characters in this game. I am talking about Sunflower mostly, but both classes are extremely hard to kill with a good team backing them up. Their Healing is one of the biggest reasons why there are stalemates, and they can make a team unstoppable. This is a huge balancing issue that has been missed completely. 

    There is a lot that could be learned from looking back to the GW games, especially when it comes to Healing. Healing has never been this powerful, and I don't mind Overheal (as long as it's effect isn't permanent), but the GW2 in particular balanced Healing very well. 

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