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Re: [Resolved] Change the Mystery Portal Rotation, Please!

I can’t believe that a modder could actually have the possibility of fixing this more than the devs. 

This makes remember that some Minecraft dudes can make a mods with useful and interesting features, while the developers take 1 year for only to bring one useless mob just because the community said that mob looks pretty.

25 Replies

  • SamPlaysPvsZ's avatar
    SamPlaysPvsZ
    2 years ago

    It's honestly so disappointing that a modder can bring back Boss Hunts as opposed to an official company. Even if it wouldn't be multiplayer, I'd love to play them in private match.

  • JosephPopper1's avatar
    JosephPopper1
    Seasoned Adventurer
    2 years ago
    @SamPlaysPvsZ Honestly yeah boss hunts should’ve just been permanent. There was actually a leak of a playlist image for them back in 2019 implying that was the plan but it got scrapped for some reason.
  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @JosephPopper1 The fact that modders were able to include wallnut hills, the backyard battleground map, soil survivors, and capture the taco in private play with workable bots that can include torchwood and hover goat is just downright embarrasing when you look at what popcap did in comparison, oh wait thats right nothing!
  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago

    @SamPlaysPvsZI believe there's an old wolfy playz video where he beat the brothers gnomus on normal with toxic brainz solo on rhe ppr mod so it would've been nice to atleast be able to try something like that in the portal.

    Ugh the more i hear about the more they should've either delayed or canned bfn and given us these features in gw2 before moving on.

    Being a pvz fan is pain i swear.

  • Derv2006's avatar
    Derv2006
    2 years ago

    The day they bring back Boss hunts and change the rotation is the day where everyone in the community yells brainz!!!! who’s with me?

  • Folks I think we lost the battle Braddock EA community manager has officially said no Well guys, I guess that’s it look at the images there will not be an update during the anti-cheat update for the mystery portal 

  • Diegodudeperfect's avatar
    Diegodudeperfect
    Seasoned Scout
    2 years ago
    @Derv2006 Well, so this is the end then.
    I really hoped that ea would do something to the mystery portal. But as I see, ea will always be ea. And thanks to ea sherpard that you tried the possible to make it happen for us.
  • @Derv2006 Well its a very dissappointing. But we know lads, EA is EA. Everything is just a cash grab. Crazy how ppl can return boss hunts with mods. And devs with experince is too lazy. But thanks EA shepperd for interacting with us!
  • hey! just created this forum account to thank our new community manager for slightly trying so hard for us, he isn't different from us, since from what I read from him, he is also a GW2 gamer, that makes him eager for change just like us.

    thank you, Shephard. don't feel sad for giving us hope about the rotation and at the end it was in vain, it was a honor to have actual interaction with us! you are a king, man. cheers. hope we could interact in other possibilities in the future.

  • TheSprinter85's avatar
    TheSprinter85
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @JosephPopper1 It would have been much better for the community if the events were just kept in the game in the first place. I have no idea why these modes were removed in the first place and even if this was intentional or not. Because the modes were removed though, I wonder why they aren't that easy to simply implement, but there is likely a factor that I am unaware of.
  • bsltrinity's avatar
    bsltrinity
    2 years ago

    to be honest, think about it. In my opinion, they could have just toggled it back with like, 3 clicks or something, or atleast give the access to the ''rotation changer'' to someone with trust, just like the manager..

  • TheSprinter85's avatar
    TheSprinter85
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @TheSprinter85 I did hear the news regarding Mystery Portal changes not coming with the Anticheat update. This is very unfortunate, I really hope that there is a possibility of still changing the Mystery Portal in the future, but it is not looking likely so far. Thanks @EA_Shepard for trying!
  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @bsltrinity They said a while back that its was apparently harder than just changing some code but once again never really explained why it isnt that simple.
  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago

    @Derv2006It's over it seems. I swear it feels more and more everyday like they're trying to destroy the series with the worst decisions. Now we just wait for the invetiable meh that will be pvz 3 to release so we can get another low blow.

    And if the anti cheat kills the modding scene we can kiss everything goodbye because than not modders will be able to play the modes and showed what they were like. How the * did they just not create a better rotation in the first place. It Atleast took Rocksteady 7 years to make a game to hit rockbottom overnight with fans.

    With this and the news that several game ideas from the old popcap vancouver were scrapped i swear it feels like someone or something hates pvz.

  • JosephPopper1's avatar
    JosephPopper1
    Seasoned Adventurer
    2 years ago
    @TheSprinter85 Honestly I get the feeling it might’ve just been a weird attempt to push people towards BFN. Those changes to GW2 were made in 2019 after BFN released to a not very warm reception.
    I mean idk it is purely speculation but I really don’t see any technical reason why couldn’t they just automate Mystery Portal to be more frequent and feature more modes, pretty sure all the GW2 live stuff is automated anyway. All Mystery Portals are always on a set schedule, Rux, certain festive packs and there’s the sleepy bat NPC always appears in October (yet for some reason all other seasonal NPCs like the rabbit and the gnome are no longer used). Tale of the Taco according to some dataminer leaks was supposed to be a tie-in event to BFN but the whole BFN tie-in got scrapped. Honestly I would’ve made Tale of the Taco into a yearly summer event (with that giant taco and the Backyard Battleground decorations).
  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago

    @JosephPopper1The fact they didnt create a better set schedule is baffling. They were able to make sure Rux sells all the alts but not include fan favorite gamemodes? Lets not forget how quickly they fixed Rux either despite support for the game being over for a while.

    I wouldn't doubt it being a move to push plauers and dev time to bfn as they didnt wanna be split between two games and a lot of players quickly moved back to gw2 after founders since the game really just didnt have much going for it and a lot of pvz youtubers straight up admitted they enjoyed 2 more and it was the better games for views 

    Really the late 2018-early 2019 era of gw2 just overall feels unfinished. I'm gonna go more in depth on some of this stuff in my 8th anniversary post.

  • @Derv2006That is such an shame. This is a complete joke. If they are not going to change it, can they just remove the achievements? This strongly feels like such an pitiful, poor and pathetic excuse, but this is EA after all. Hey, at least we gave it our best shot everyone, never give up. We can keep pushing for changes until it is done! Thanks for your great help EA Shepard! 

  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @matchattaxmad Feels even more like a kick in the teeth since fans wanted it changed all the way back since 2019 but they only even started interacting with us via community managers back in Novemember.

    They might as well delete them since there's no point to them being on the game anymore.
  • @stukapookaI know right. There was an forum on Xbox site True Achievements back in 2019 that complained about taking EA to the Better Business Bureau when Boss Hunt kept getting pulled when it was scheduled to be put on the weekly event calender but ended up getting pulled last minute. There was an 10 month gap from January 2019 to November 2019 when the final Boss Hunt was in the Mystery Portal. From there in January 2020, people started to complain even more about the pathetic rotation that we have now and that Boss Hunt was never coming back, complaining even more about EA's practices. I think we should start something similar to this. This is ridiculous.

  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @matchattaxmad Yeah I remember the unique modes like boss hunt getting constantly pulled despite being the upcoming mode in 2019.

    Feels like there should be a law or something against withholding publicly available content in media. Imagine buying a book on digital but after three years every chapter after the first was locked, not even purchasable. Its bs.
  • @stukapookaAbsolutely agreed. People are still buying this game with their own money and are entitled to have full and complete access to everything that the game has to play. It feels so much like robbery and deception. EA still have to pay money to run the servers for these games today. We should still keep this forum active to stand our ground!

  • Derv2006's avatar
    Derv2006
    2 years ago

    @matchattaxmad @stukapooka I understand what you’re all saying it just makes me cry seeing that a really good series just being fed away like it was nothing I love Garden warfare. I’ve played it ever since I was a kid the very first one just sad to see it just being wiped I wish EA actually cared about its community who’s with me here sometimes I wish I could just rewind time and relive The good memories of the game,

  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    2 years ago
    @Derv2006 I want to go back to 2016. Crazy how in such a short time the series could release a smash hit with an unprecendented 3rd person shooter spin off but now can't even seem to get the tower defense series it started as right.
  • TR3YV3N's avatar
    TR3YV3N
    2 years ago

    I remember back then playing the portal with my dad on boss hunts and cats vs dinos. I wish they came back so I could again because I miss that. I also have several friends that'd play again if the portal was good. It would be a win-win for EA and the community. They'd make money from more players and we'd have fun and relive/make memories.

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