@PerniciousPea I see what you mean as far as character's requiring more skill than others should have a higher pay off. I just don't want them to be too good, especially in a game with so many younger players that aren't as tactically savvy as we older folks. The fact that E-Pea is the subject of so much ire, and so many max ranks play him to 'seal club' means there is a problem.
You're never going to get perfect balance in a game where characters diverge so much in how they operate from each other, and having a difficult to use character be excellent in the hands of an expert is fine, but that line of excellence can't be too high, or it ruins lobbies, and I strongly dislike abilities that are so oppressive that chunks of people just leave the match, that happens in BfN with Brainium Basher too, even if a lot of us can handle them, they're still obnoxious and get away too easy from retribution all too often.
Valid points @Iron_Guard8 . As regards E. Pea I see yours and stukapooka's point in having characters that are too overpowered even if they do require great skill to use, and see the danger of frightning away newcomers to the game.
That, on the other hand, puts an even greater emphasis on nerfing characters that deal out tremendous damage, but take a minimum amount of skill to use, such as Branium Basher and Toxic Brainz.On reflection, Toxic Brainz is indispensable in the Boss hunt, "Tale of the Spooky Squash", so having him nerfed (should that boss hunt ever return to the game) would give me a serious problem.
@PerniciousPea I am not sure if I directly suggested giving Electro Pea a nerf but despite that, I have firmly believed that he needed a nerf for a long time. I would not expect everything major, although players who are very experienced with this character or manual detonation characters in general could be very frustrating or unfun to fight against. I have played the shooters since late 2017 and I have still generally have trouble dealing with manual detonation characters.
