Let's talk about scientist
In the middle of the current "zombie are better then plant". Scientist is a name that often come up during those discussion. It not hard to see why, terrifying at close range, a self-heal and good ap...
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This class will either be too good or too bad and here's why ..
First of all, if you're making a support/healer class the design of that class should incentivize you to heal. Nothing about the scientists kit is team oriented, let alone healer oriented. Why would I bother healing one guy with my heal beam if I can rack up a better score by just teleporting behind players, getting 2-3 kills, and getting out?
Giving huge amounts of damage to a healing class is just flat out poor design. There's no way to properly balance this class unless you do a complete overhaul which isn't at all likely. Here's what needs to happen.
Damage on all close range varients need to be nerfed to move players onto the longer ranged varients.
Longer ranged varients need a slight buff in damage to further incentivize people to play them
With the longer ranged varients being better, people will sit back with their team and heal them and rely on teammates damage rather than their own.
Teleport will be used to get out of sticky situations or catch up to an ally that needs help rather than teleporting on top of someone and being obliterated in 2 seconds.
First of all, if you're making a support/healer class the design of that class should incentivize you to heal. Nothing about the scientists kit is team oriented, let alone healer oriented. Why would I bother healing one guy with my heal beam if I can rack up a better score by just teleporting behind players, getting 2-3 kills, and getting out?
Giving huge amounts of damage to a healing class is just flat out poor design. There's no way to properly balance this class unless you do a complete overhaul which isn't at all likely. Here's what needs to happen.
Damage on all close range varients need to be nerfed to move players onto the longer ranged varients.
Longer ranged varients need a slight buff in damage to further incentivize people to play them
With the longer ranged varients being better, people will sit back with their team and heal them and rely on teammates damage rather than their own.
Teleport will be used to get out of sticky situations or catch up to an ally that needs help rather than teleporting on top of someone and being obliterated in 2 seconds.
u make me sucky sucky with nerf like dat ☹️
pls noooooooooooo
Its simple give the sunflower the same capabilities as the scientist 🙂 lol
Play Cactus. Snipe 'em til they cry. It was like that in the first game and it still works here.
The trick is killing them without letting them get close - because that's their domain. (Unless there's a Chomper nearby) However, it's not too terribly hard considering they only have 100 hp. The Scientist was always pretty powerful - people just glossed over him because they were too busy spamming Soldiers.
Sure, most of the Variants do a bit more damage point blank than in the first game (Regular can hit 70s up close!) - but it makes them competitive or even better than the GW1 powerhouses. (Chemist, Marine Biologist) Still doesn't mean they can't be quickly killed from afar or gooped and chomped to unrevivability.
People will eventually learn how to expect/react to warps eventually. And those that waste their warps for 1-2 kills die quickly. Scientists can be annoying, but they aren't the sole reason why the game's skewed towards the zombies. The Zombie team has THREE classes that can get over 200 hp - two of which have it baseline, and they're getting spammed all to hell right now.
