Opinions on the game and hot topics
I'm reading a lot of opinions and thoughts on the game and it's great to see people so passionate about the game! I figured I would give my input on some "hot topics" that seem to be going around all in one post 🙂
Character balancing - With such a huge variety of classes to play, it's hard to play and learn them all in such a short amount of time, especially if people didn't play the first game. If a character seems extremely strong to you, play as that character before you form an opinion on it. What is giving you trouble on the other team? One of the popular topics I'm seeing is scientists being too strong. If you're playing against a scientist and trying to fight close to it, chances are you are going to lose. But when you're dying to a scientist over and over because you're trying to fight it the same way you aren't really seeing what it's doing to close the distance or what the players not fighting on the ground are doing make that scientists life hell. Now play as a couple games as the scientist and see the difference. Chances are on certain maps and match ups you may feel even completely hopeless of getting kills at all because everyone seems to be in places you can't reach. Now the character that you originally thought was "overpowered" seems almost underpowered and even unable to fight back at all at times. That Citron that keeps EMPeaching you, the chomper who keeps gooping you, the pea shooter who hypers away every time you get close, or the corn who husk hops over you and you're finding yourself trying to find those few players who will actually stay on the ground.
The reason I use this example is because it's a character that has played exactly the same for a couple years now, but all of a sudden people now think the character is broken. I am NOT a scientist player, this is my unbiased opinion on the character. I have played as AND against scientist before and if you're aware of where they are (they're usually marked) then you can almost guarantee a kill on them with a lot of characters. With the beefed up pea gatling and more crowd control in this game than the first, scientists have a harder time than ever. This isn't exclusive to scientists, I would advice everyone to LEARN all the characters they feel are too strong. Play htem, learn what kills them a lot and what gives them trouble, and try replicating it next time you're against the character. This game is a lot more balanced than people make it seem.
HOWEVER that does not mean I think this game is perfect. There are still things that could be tweaked to make the game MORE balanced, which is inevitable in a game with this many different characters. Tweaks to Electro Brainz chain damage and fire damage are two things that come to mind that could use some nerfs. Some things that could use buffs are the Commando Pea's damage, give the sunflowers a tiny bit more fighting power, buff party characters damage, and make Electro Citron's single shot stronger. These are just off the top of my head.
Loyalty Rewards - Loyalty Rewards are exactly what the name suggests. REWARDS to players for being LOYAL fans. Handing out the unicorn chomper through completing other feats defeats the purpose of the system and the character itself. Give players a chance to use the character in the hero showcase periodically so that they can achieve max rank, without having to take away the rewards for the loyal players who earned the character and continue to try to do so in the first game. That is a more than fair solution to allow everyone to reach max rank while still keeping the character exclusive to the players who earned it. Let's not kid ourselves, if the character was available to everyone, then I don't think it would be special to ANYONE :P This is one of those petty situations where players just want something because they don't have it. Giving it to them would upset loyal players, and the people who got it for free most likely wouldn't play it, they just don't want to feel like they aren't included.
everyone is giving their opinion on the topics so I figured I would give my input as well! 🙂 Take the time to learn the game and characters, and it will seem a lot more balanced than you think it is now. The game is still new and it's especially overwhelming for people who didn't play the first game and have so much to take in at once, but I promise if you stick with it and learn the characters and abilities you will have so much fun on this game.
