Next Balancing Request

Here's what I think should be considered:

Plant Class - Corn

Kernel Corn

Decrease standard ammunition count from 45 to 40.

Increase ammunition upgrade count from 5 to 10.

Reason for this: His Dual Cob Busters should always have 50% total ammunition each. 20 for one side, and 20 for the other. With the ammunition upgrade, it increases to 25 for one side, and 25 for the other.

BBQ Corn

Increase ammunition upgrade count from 5 to 6.

Reason for this: Just like Kernel Corn, BBQ Corn's Spicy Hot Shot should always have 50% total ammunition each. 15 for one side, and 15 for the other. With the ammunition upgrade, it increases to 18 for one side, and 18 for the other.

Mob Cob

Decrease standard ammunition count from 45 to 40.

Increase the effectiveness of his Penetration ability to pass through an extra enemy.

Increase the effectiveness of his Penetration Upgrade to pass through an extra enemy.

Reason for this: His Dual Cob Crushers should always have 50% total ammunition each. 20 for one side, and 20 for the other. But by reducing his ammunition count, it's best to improve his penetration skills to compensate.

Pops Corn

No changes needed for him; he's fine as he is.

Party Corn

Increase standard ammunition count from 35 to 36.

Decrease ammunition upgrade count from 5 to 4.

Reason for this: His Dual Party Busters should always have 50% total ammunition each. 18 for one side, and 18 for the other. With the ammunition upgrade, it increases to 20 for one side, and 20 for the other.

Commando Corn

No changes needed for him; he's fine as he is.

Zombie Class - Imp and Z-Mech

Imp

Increase standard ammunition count from 35 to 36.

Decrease ammunition upgrade count from 5 to 4.

Reason for this: Like the Corn class, the Imp's Dual Imp Blasters should always have 50% total ammunition each. 18 for one side, and 18 for the other. With the ammunition upgrade, it increases to 20 for one side, and 20 for the other.

Z-Mech

No changes needed for the Imp's Z-Mech.

Lil' Drake

Increase ammunition upgrade count from 5 to 6.

Reason for this: Just like the above, Lil' Drake's Dual Weapons should always have 50% total ammunition each. 15 for one side, and 15 for the other. With the ammunition upgrade, it increases to 18 for one side, and 18 for the other.

Drake Z-Mech

Increase the allowed usage time of Lil' Drake's Z-Mech by 20 seconds.

Reason for this: The allowed usage time of the Drake Z-Mech just falls below that of all other Z-Mechs, making it harder to actually use it. By Increasing it's allowed usage time, it'll be much more capable of doing a better job.

Pylon Imp

Increase standard ammunition count from 16 to 20.

Completely eliminate the arc-firing pattern of his weapon's projectiles.

Reason for this: Just like the above, Pylon Imp's Dual Weapons should always have 50% total ammunition each. 10 for one side, and 10 for the other. As for his weapon's firing function, the Arc-Firing pattern it currently produces makes it impossible to score an accurate shot from long-range.

Pylon Z-Mech

No changes need for the Pylon Imp's Z-Mech, however the bling version should perform exactly the same as the normal one.

S.H.R.Imp

Increase ammunition upgrade from 5 to 6.

Reduce recoil of his primary weapon by 20%.

Reason for this: Just like the above, S.H.R.Imp's Dual weapons should always have 50% total ammunition each. 15 for one side, and 15 for the other. This increases to 18 for one side, and 18 for the other, if the ammunition upgrade is equipped.

S.H.R.Imp Z-Mech

Increase the allowed usage time of S.H.R.Imp's Z-Mech by 20 seconds.

Reason for this: Like the Drake Z-Mech, the S.H.R.Imp Z-Mech's allowed usage time falls below that of all other Z-Mechs, making it harder to actually use it. By Increasing it's allowed usage time, it'll be much more capable of doing a better job.

Z7 Imp

Increase standard ammunition count from 18 to 20.

Reduce the damage fall-off effect of shots fired from his primary weapon to 30%.

Reason for this: Just like the above, Z7 Imp's Dual weapons should always have 50% total ammunition each. 10 for one side, and 10 for the other. This increases to 12 for one side, and 12 for the other, if the ammunition upgrade is equipped. Also, despite the extremely high velocity of shots fired from his single-shot dual weapons, the damage fall-off effect at long-range is too great. Toning back the damage fall-off effect will make it easier for him to eliminate his enemies.

Z7 Z-Mech

No changes needed for Z7 Imp's Z-Mech.

Party Imp

Decrease standard ammunition count from 40 to 36.

Decrease ammunition upgrade from 5 to 4.

Reason for this: Just like the above, Party Imp's Dual weapons should always have 50% total ammunition each. 18 for one side, and 18 for the other. This increases to 20 for one side, and 20 for the other, if the ammunition upgrade is equipped.

Party Z-Mech

Increase the allowed usage time of Party Imp's Z-Mech by 20 seconds.

Reason for this: Like the Drake Z-Mech and the S.H.R.Imp Z-Mech, the Party Z-Mech's allowed usage time falls below that of all other Z-Mechs, making it harder to actually use it. By Increasing it's allowed usage time, it'll be much more capable of doing a better job.

Scallywag Imp

No changes needed for him; he's fine as he is.

Scallywag Z-Mech

No changes needed for Scallywag Imp's Z-Mech.

Soldier: Smoke bomb

I think they should change a bit how this skill works. In GW1 it worked because there were almost no support skills and zombies had the role of attackers, but in GW2 this ability is contrapoductive many times. It not only does a small damage, but it also hinders the visibility of your allies.

I think if you increase the damage per second and leave a radar effect to the plants that enter the smoke, it would help much more and would be more effective for the zombies.

As you mentioned @asukojo and I did the same on twitter, Rose I feel definitely needs fine tuning, however, on zombies I would like the same towards Brainz.

Rose Problems:

She has a pretty small hitbox, which is even smaller than a jumping imp's, and requires to be taken down by concentrated fire or splash damage.  This becomes exceptionally frustrating when dealing with Rose players from a far distance or above ground who have plenty of ammo and stuns to spare. She is meant to be a role reversal to the engineer, but her shot damage and range makes her more of a mixture of both engineer and all-star just without the health difference.  As a Superbrainz player, at long range (one end of Rome to the staircase where the portal to Azia is),  a Rose player can target me due to the increased tracking distance on her shots and quickly drain my health because of her decent fire rate.  While it might force the player to duck into cover and readjust their strategy towards close quarters combat, the invincibility and the length of enigma prevents subsequent attacks that would allow the player to have an easier vanquish on their foe and puts her in a position of safety, but also allows her to properly re-engage the enemy.

Rose Fixes(?):

Either decrease the length of enigma or have enigma can only activate when she is not under fire as that would have players actively assess their situation more and use the ability more appropriately than a get-out-of-jail card.  As her abilities are unlikely to change, I would like to see a decrease in the tracking distance of her shots as rose should not be targeting players like a soldier, kernel corn, or even caucus can.  I also would like to see a change in her damage, not her fire rate based on her variant; a normal rose at max rank deals 10 per shot and with a reload speed of less than 0.5 seconds, which is a lot to dish out for 30 or more shots which can also affect nearby teammates, while a Nec' rose deals 7-13 damage and consistently reapplies a defensive debuff.

BrainZ Issues:

The beam issue for both citron and super is still very real, but one thing that bothers me is why Breakfast Brainz runs into a similar issue, leaving me to wonder if his Break-fists were coded as a beam as he can shoot over objects.  Another problem is that any Brainz's punches will stop when ascending or going down surfaces, which leads to awkward moments when fighting enemies near cliffs or houses and restarts the charge to Comsic's attacks.  Furthermore, a mild nerf is needed for Toxic as he not only deals a huge amount of damage, but also regains up to half his total health; on the other hand, Electric needs a buff to his fists as they are weaker than the Party or a couple from Breakfists. 

Ok, my request! 

Chomper: Decrease Maximum health from 175 to 150.

Reasoning: with the recent patch, his health went over kernel corn. Now barrel, Imp punt, and many other abilities seem left in the dust.

ALTERNATIVE CHANGE: Imp Punt & Barrel Blast: Increase maximum damage to 175 damage.

i was fair on chompers, cuz I kinda want this to really happen... 🙂

I could not disagree more with the above assessment of Rose. She dies plenty easy. If you don't think so, try playing her. Her shot homing ability is neat, but if you think about it, a direct fire weapon does damage instantly, and the homing effect only works provided your aim was sufficient enough that a direct fire weapon would have hit anyway.  The homing ability doesn't help you hit, it delays the damage of a shot that would have hit anyway. The advantage of homing is that you can move before the target realizes they are taking fire and figures out where you are.

Her arcane enigma barely lasts long enough. I'd say it's just a hair too short. Just over half the time it expires when you are still in danger, and just under half the time it lasts long enough.

I think regular rose should have either a 10% bump to rate-of-fire, or a +1 bump to damage, because she just feels slightly under powered.

I was unaware that Toxic Brains healed himself when he does damage. That's interesting.

There are some other aspects I feel need adjusting, but I'm not sure what exactly would be required. For example, there are plenty of times where I have an undamaged character die from a single hit, usually from a scientist or something. What I don't understand, is when I use the same characters, I am doing fractions of the amount of damage that would be necessary to single-shot someone. I don't know how this happens, if it's server lag, players cheating, aim-bots, or whatever. 

I was unaware that Toxic Brains healed himself when he does damage. That's interesting.

He got 100XP when in Toxic Mode. It's good against boss hunt, just keep punching, keep punching, keep punching....easy peasy.

The healing to 100 (or 105 with upgrade) only occurs after the meter is fully charged to clarify, which is not hard to reach. Plus he has big damage reduction/attack to boot when it's active soooo...yeah, little ridiculous when party or other legendary variants have a similar jump in health, but no protection.