Chomper's Burrow Ability Needs Balancing

That's a problem people have had since GW1. You just have to adapt and deal with it because the insta-kill while annoying is just part of the chomper's identity.

I disagree, in a mode like turf war for example. You will likely use up all of your abilities and won't be paying much attention to chomper burrowing into the ground due to many other enemies. Even if you do see him, turning to run while fighting will likely end up in you getting killed, even if it doesn't if you run without abilities chomper can move quicker while burrowed than above ground (even though the game doesn't state so) it's unlikely you will outrun him. Chomper's biggest use seems to be for now in turf war, you can catch people off guard, or eat people and survive because you have a large team. Even if they didn't want to nerf it by slowing him down or any of that, maybe the least they can do is add an better indicator than burrowed dirt, and obviously I don't think he should have the ability to use a speed trap, it makes no sense, he's going underneath the trap. How would that even work?

I agree with you. But before I type more, let clarify something. "Yes, we can avoid him. And we can switch to counter him." I'm fully aware and I understand that very well and that's why I switch to Engineer if there were many "good" chompers.

As for the Burrow ability, I have the following to add/confirm:

• Burrow is a truly annoying ability for most players because there is no 1v1 involved in it. You just happen to be there at the wrong time, at the wrong turn. And you die because someone pressed a button twice while moving.
• The game has many narrow places and corners everywhere, which makes it difficult to predict/avoid a chomper at all times.
• The ground isn't always "even" at certain points. It is more difficult to notice a chomper burrowing now than GW1 due to the photo-realistic style of BFN.
• [Personal Opinion] I don't understand the joy of playing a chomper that dies 80 % of the time. At least, I don't tend to keep them close from me. There are many players who never switch and insist on playing chomper even after many deaths. I do not deny that he is a powerful hero.

I am disappointed that they haven't removed the ability at all. Everyone deserves to be revived and a chance to 1v1. But I fully understand how some people like it and it might not be favorable to them if he got nerfed/reworked.

They could change it so that you can have 2 ability charges instead. You will dig down, go up, chomp here and there behind/inside barriers, then bail out. No need to swallow anything.

i guess, the issue with burrow is the sound feedback that have been cranked down too much , add to this all the effect on screen, that make it way harder to detect than in the 2 others game

Chomper himself eats zombies. That’s his whole job in the original plants vs zombies. Eat and than be vulnerable to kills. That’s who he is, and if they took out the eating part, it wouldn’t seem like Chomper. With the range attack already it doesn’t feel like Chomper. I think they down-played the insta-kill already. You can’t just goop and eat from behind and you can’t eat them if they’re snared unless you burrow. People had problems with Chomper before, and I think that’s why they limit his eating to only on ability. Since that ability is his only escape, being that he’s supposed to be more stealthy, it’s cooldown isn’t that long. Good Chompers have to think more stealthily and can’t attack in groups unless with a very strategic plan. There’s a lot of abilities in this game that can kill in one shot. Plus it’s pretty easy to avoid chompers just by climbing onto something. Yes I’m a Chomper main, but that’s why when I play zombie, I can sense how chompers act and usually always climb on something if I’m shooting from far away. 

I haven't played new Chomper that much yet but the changes they made mostly seem to make him more of a team player and less of a solo assassin. On a side note, when you burrow a screen door zombie, you don't eat the screen door anymore, you eat the zombie and the door. I didn't get to try it on an outhouse zombie yet though.

in GW2 a lot of people complained about the instant arming of spike weed and I think they wanted to address that here. The fact you can spit it at range means gives it a little extra versatility and the goop replacement is an AoE damage cloud that can be useful to restrict choke points. You can also spit out decent damage at range by zooming in, meaning zombies can't hide on rooftops like they used too.

Not being able to chomp someone from behind is going to take some getting used to and I found that I couldn't burrow robot soldiers when fighting some in Town Center. However this does mean you're not going to accidentally chomp someone when trying to bite them so you aren't stuck digesting them and unable to attack or use abilities.

I do need more time playing Chomper but it looks like they made him less annoying to play against and more supportive of the team. I would classify him as defense over attack, but that's a matter of opinion/perspective.