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...
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I do play mainly plants... Sunflower is my main class, as I have multiple variants with 1,000 plus kills on them, and Mastered 5 different sunflowers so far. But I have played and leveled up quite a few zombies as well. Computer Scientist and Zoologist are two characters I have played as. The Scientist doesn't have it rough in GW2.... Not at all or in the slightest. In fact, he has been the easiest class to post a 2+ K/D ratio with. He has almost no limitations in terms of how you want to play him.
He has changed since GW1, and does deserve a pretty hard nerf to bring him down to reality. One of the things he didn't have in GW1 was that heal beam. Now that he has one and can be mobile while healing he doesn't need that much damage. There's absolutely no more justification for his damage anymore.
Here's the truth... The Scientist was nerfed in GW1 because he was too powerful. http://answers.ea.com/t5/PvZ-GW-Xbox-Troubleshooting/Recent-Nerf-Buffs-Review/td-p/3066728 but in GW2 guys like the Zoologist are actually more powerful forms of Dr. Chester from the GW2. Just a straight up more powerful version.
There you go... Read... He was a topic of conversation even back then. https://www.reddit.com/r/PvZGardenWarfare/comments/4dtcwl/why_are_people_complaining_that_the_scientist_is/
Read more... Lot's of people do think the scientist is too powerful, of course there are some advocates of the scientist naturally trying to defend it. But I will never believe he has it rough in GW2, he didn't even have it rough in GW1. When OrganicOreo states, "Chemist was dominating a little in PvP." is playing it lightly. Obviously.
So the scientist was nerfed and now is where he left off in GW 1, which is fine. The zoologist is an upgraded version to a character everyone felt was under powered in the first game so I don't see a problem with that. He needs to be really close to kill people and is ineffective at any other range. It seems like people want scientists to be terrible at killing in general.
The thing is the Scientist is way too good at everything.
He can be a Support character, DPS character, Assassin and not every Scientist has to be in your face to do the damage, both Paleontologist and Astronaut say hi!
People say he only has 100 health, 110 with the health upgrade.
Well that's simply not true in the heat of the battle. He can lob in a heal ball before attacking a group of plants to ensure another 50hp of health as he warps in or the kill, once killing that pack and he will kill that pack. He can assess the dangers around him, if other plants are coming towards his way he can warp the hell out of there, otherwise he can just find a nice quiet spot to place his healing station down just intime to heal himself enough to lick his wounds.
His burst DPS is way too strong for this type of character. If you are going to be a glass cannon then that's what you should be, not have the utility to heal yourself after every battle in different ways.
Also and this is a valid complaint. Not one Zombie class has a pure support class, so why did Rose get nerfed into that role while Zombies didn't. I wouldn't mind seeing the Scientist receive that type of nerf and place him into more of a healer role.
That's one of the reasons this game is unbalanced atm. Zombies just have the advantage in offense and it clearly shows.
- The dynamic has changed so greatly from gw1. The zombies have a sniper class now to rival that of the cactus.
You see, you have to understand. The old zombies powers were based off of the need of not having certain classes that the plants had. Like the Sniper. So guys like the scientist made up for that role. Now with the inclusion of 3 new classes on each side and 3 more attack zombies and 2 attack one complete support character on the plants his role should diminish significantly. To that of a weaker healer.
I'm really telling you, the scientist is one of the real problems with why the zombies have an edge. They already have like 400 hp mechs now, and more than enough damage from all of their other classes. The Electro Brainz, Scientist class and the Imp have balance issues.
You said you have to play these characters to get to know their weaknesses. But it's also how you learn their strength. The scientists strength is so much so that once you see it you realize it's too much.
I can deal with quite a bit, and even some slight imbalances. But the 3 things I said (Electro Brainz, Scientist, and Imp) are things I can not take. Ones just a variant. I can live with the super brainz class, but not electro brainz arc damage. And the imps life needs to be dropped to like 60. But the scientist needs some overall nerfs. To like mobility, and damage.Since you brought up the scientist and Uni, I would like to add that you can really see what an unfair advantage the scientist has with his take downs. Both these characters can warp then kill, but only one can avoid certain death afterwards. After Uni warps then chomps, there is that death-sentence cool down period. So you trade you life for one kill. The scientist, can kill several others, then warp to safety, heal up, and get right back in the fight, without having to even worry about respawning, and crossing the map again.
The scientist is one of the deadliest characters there is, and it would be nice to either give Uni the same ability to instantly warp away after a kill, or else reduce the scientist to only 1 warp with a decent cool down period, so if he comes in to kill, chances are he ain't leaving alive.
Chompers in general just don't seem to be worth choosing in the game. It seems like every vanquish gets you vanquished. He's such a large, clunky, slow target with a huge crit box. If you want to use a slow, clunky character, you might as well choose Corn, seeing as he has one insta-kill from distance, and the Husk Hop, along with the hill protecting butter bomb thing.
I don't mind how ridiculous some of the scientists are, but I do mind that the sunflower just seems to rollover in just about every exchange with any zombie. If Electro Brainz arc is going to be so ridiculous, why shouldn't sunflowers electric variant? (I'm aware that one's a tank and the other's a healer.) My point is that there is no equivalent to some of the zombies on the plants.
