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6 years ago

Cactus upgrades that i think should be buffed or add something new.

Spud spotting: Needs a range buff from 2m to 5m.

Alacrity: Needs duration buff from 2 seconds to 4 and charge multiplier increase from 3x to 7x.

Pressure Point: Should have the blast radius change reverted.

Mirage: Should be a 2 pointer and same for the deadbeard version. 

Bon voyage: Potato mine instantly aimed when placed.

Calibrated: May need a reworked idk.  

Popcorn: Should guarantee spawn a potato mine and make the potato mine stay there indefinitely, and should be able to spawn up to 3 potato mines and always spawn on ground or roof if the enemy dies in the air. 

Sustenance: Doesn't need to be touched but it would be cool for it to make it where if you get a vanquish you get increased health for the drone up to 20 hp.

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  • @KingusBanana  Gotta agree with Popcorn, it already costs like 4 upgrade points to use, so I would rather the Potato Mine placement be guaranteed, rather than a 75% chance. I also like the idea of Sustenance, it is way too easy for Al or players to vanquish your Drone, more health would make me more satisfied. I use the Spud Spotting upgrade and find that I do not often highlight Zombies with it, a range buff would be nice or make it cost 1 upgrade point instead of 2.

    I am not aware of what all of the upgrades do but from what I can see here, there's nothing I want to disagree with. 🙂

    Good suggestions! 👍

  • @KingusBanana I agree with you.
    Cactus himself is weaker than Deadbeard and Cactus's upgrades is much weaker than Deadbeard's. Her upgrade's effects are too small.
    To balance between the two characters, the upgrades need buffed (and herself needs buffed. For example Garlic Drone's attack ability needs no initial refresh time, I think.)
  • @KingusBanana I agree with a lot of your proposed changes! I think Deadbeard has the overall better upgrades and drone, but is a little bit worse at close range combat than Cactus.
    In my opinion, the difference in the upgrades is bigger than the one in the normal primary. Therefore, the upgrades you mentioned need to be improved.
  • @KingusBanana As a GM1 Cactus (without exploits), I agree with many of the points here, especially the Popcorn upgrade; I always want to use it because of how good it is against zombie clusters, but since its chance I don't wanna risk the upgrade point spaces for something that may not be even used.

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