GW2 Tuning/Balance Notes Feedback from Beta
COPIED FROM A POPCAP REDDIT POST
Hi guys, a note from Justin Wiebe, Creative Director for PvZGW2, posted to the Garden Warfare Subreddit first.
I want to take this opportunity to on...
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Yep, the Imp sounds mostly useless now. He was very strong in the beta but he kind of had to be, he was incredibly easy to kill. It feels like a bunch of uninformed players got killed by the legions of imps in the beta and just asked for nerfs instead of trying to figure out how to take them down. Honestly if you know what you're doing they went down super fast, minimal nerfs were needed.
He was never easy to kill. If you were good with the imp, his ability to move across the screen and dodge attacks was unmatched. He was difficult to kill, and his weapons were very damaging. I loved the Imp because of that, but I also knew it needed a lot of rebalancing
Maybe I just have superior reflexes or something coming from games like Halo but I never at any point during the beta thought Imps were hard to hit. With a Peashooter you can just shoot in their general area and kill them within a few shots. My Cactus was taking them out in a single critical shot at times, Citron's beam makes short work of them too.
- But you have to take skill level into effect as well. I doubt your cactus would have been hitting my Imp because I was extremely mobile. I was never on the ground for any longer than what i needed to be. The Imps best quality is his movement. These nerfs aren't going to make him terrible. It just brings him to a evem playing field
I'm surprised that Rose got buffs... granted some of her abilities were worthless, but her primary was OP. She's gonna be the "go to" plant for easy mode.
