basically you guys are to lazy to add character variants rip to mine in gw2

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@CodayaTheSlaya wrote:

I was upset at first too,  but I think if they keep adding different upgrades it can be even better. 

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At first when I saw no variants I was leery of this game. The new characters looked like fun, and I'm essentially 'done' in GW1 and 2 so got it anyway and glad I did.

The more I play BfN the less I miss the variants. I do still miss some aspects of them, like being able to fire different sporting equipment as various all-stars, and some of the unique looks the variants had but the new idea of having characters fit more tightly into their roles, and adding more characters down the line instead of variants has a lot of advantages:

-In both GW games, a lot of the variants overlapped with other characters so much, they were often better than the other class at its main role. Look at Citron and especially frozen citron for example. They could snipe better than Cacti thanks to the camera since they could hide behind rocks and still shoot whereas cacti had to expose their head to snipe, the beam is much easier to hit with than a projectile, and of course being frozen so quickly while running from cover to cover was a nightmare.

-Balancing the variants is a nightmare. Right now, the balance isn't perfect in BfN (but then it's not perfect in Overwatch and that game's been out almost as long as GW2), but it will be far easier to get it right without extreme variants of some characters, such as detonation characters, and variants that just weren't that great, such as Rock Pea or Rugby Star. Remember how many times party characters were changed? How about how powerful Toxic Brainz is? Disco Chomper being one of the weakest meter characters in GW2? How often you saw Arctic Trooper? They want to address this.

-Adding entirely new characters is superior to just having variants. One thing we all need to give PopCap credit for is how creative and amusing they've been since the original PvZ game. Instead of just getting a toxic variant of several characters like we had before, we can get a devoted toxic character, and while I will miss the alternate abilities, giving new characters entirely new abilities can really add some fun and excitement to the game once it goes fully live. Plus making entire new models with new rigging, new animations, new abilities, and new customizations takes a lot more work than just giving the Peashooter an icy look.