Berries MUST be Nerfed
I have never called for nerfing before. I also thought some of the nerfing, like with Valkyrie, were maybe not needed but still was not upset about it. But now I feel the Strawberrian/Strongberry com...
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This is what a lot of players react like but I was expecting something more humble from a fellow software developer. While balance changes are usually imperfect, I think we should always give the benefit of the doubt, specially if we don't have all the information. Have you never created a piece of software and had people falsely think that it did not work in a way it was meant to work just because they didn't think about it?
I personally agree with Daalnnii about Berries being quite beatable, but it is clear that the player base doesn't so, the nerf will hopefully create a more balanced metagame. The most important thing about both Berry nerfs is that both key cards have been reduced in health, making them susceptible to a larger number of removal spells. It seems to me that you're not considering this in your evaluation of the nerf, since this will have quite a big effect on how zombie heroes can deal with them. Also, now you can put a small zombie in front of Strawberrian without it dying automatically because the berry player played a couple of berries.
Also, you are down on some of the nerfs to the zombie side but I assume that because you haven't been following the reddit forums, you haven't seen people complain about barrel of barrels or how Valk is still a very strong card. Did you know that after they nerfed all the cards used in Valk OTK people reacted just like you, saying that it wasn't enough and that Valk was the one that needed the nerf. They were wrong but I think it's fair to consider that now that Berries have been made weaker, the strongest zombie strategies also need to be constrained to avoid fully dominating again.
Woot! I’m happy about the Valk thing and satisfied with the changes to Berries.
Nerfing Valk is what PvZ should have done to begin with... instead of hitting “supporting cards” that weren’t even in the same class. I was seriously PO’ed about Regifting, which I immediately ground to dust.
Valk is a card I never owned... until the turnover of last season. Now I’ll be able to turn my one copy into anything I want.
Increasing the cost of cards should always be the last stage of nerfing. A Strawberry that doesn’t hit in front of itself is much easier to deal with w/simple opposition, and putting it in range of plunger is a gift. I’ll happily recycle mine whilst knowing plant players will still be able able to play the card and the meta won’t be too shaken.
