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Re: Wishlist for the Last Patch!

@TheSprinter85 Great post & one I'd encourage people to add to, rather than creating multiple posts on the subjects - as you know, more notice is paid to posts that have lots of replies, me toos & xp 🙃

Being sadly realistic, I don't think you will get another map, damage drop-off (which has been asked for so many times) or any major upgrade or PvP reworks.

Making the PvE regions more playable would be nice, but again even back as far as last Autumn, there had been requests to enable resetting progress or more features & nothing happened, so I think this is unlikely as well.

Re Ice Lettuce : while I agree it's unfair for the Plants to be a character down & sad that Ice Lettuce looks close to completion, it looks to me as if the devs simply don't have the time & resouces to finish it, put it live & carry out the necessary balancing to both the character itself AND the rest of the characters impacted by how it performs in-game.

AI tweaking is a MUST & one they've said they'll address, so I'd encourage everyone to provide feedback on that when it happens and the crucial character balancing on the characters already in the game.

The team also need to ensure that re-running the old prize maps runs successfully for those who had only partly completed it before - you really don't want a situation where the recognition of previous progress doesn't work properly.

Re currency conversion, I think this would be an amazing addition & one I've always supported but it's been requested sooo many times & I think it unlikely there will be one set up, because EA will hope to still make a little money from micro-transactions... 😖
Having given it a little more thought as well, it's possible that a system to easily convert the millions of coins some players have to rainbow stars might actually have a NEGATIVE impact on player numbers going forward - missing Rux items will be a big incentive for some people to keep playing & if it's too easy, they'll disappear quickly but on the other hand it being too difficult has already put a lot of people off trying....

If everyone wanted to push for a conversion system, I think it would be better to have one for converting prize bulbs to rainbow stars, as prize bulbs will be completely redundant to anyone who had completed the prize maps first time around.

Another idea is to perhaps ask that the daily challenges & character challenges are tweaked to allow people to choose whether they get prize bulbs or rainbow stars as a reward. The Rux items are so pricey that even if these were made one-for-one, it would still take a long time to earn all of the customisations & some players would still go down the micro-transaction route.

Sorry for the long reply, but in all honesty I don't think I can offer any more help in the BFN forum & am unlikely to be back in unless tagged or pm'd - which people are welcome to do if a need arises, such as keeping @Gormey under control 😜
All the very best of luck to you all, in-game & irl 🌻🧟‍♀️🌹🧟‍♂️

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  • benn1nat0r's avatar
    benn1nat0r
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @ToastedSarnie , @Gormey & @TheSprinter85 

    I hope you don't mind I made a thread with some suggestions to the devs and CMs. I thought I'd make a separate one, because the things I wish for are unrealistic. I thought I'd separate my wishes from the reasonable demands. I will copy my suggestions to the devs part here to support this thread. I will add my wishes that are unlikely as well.


    Wishes:

    • Currency conversion (It is a part of my suggestions, but I think it win't happen. EA wants to make as much as possible from this cancelled title)
    • Iceburg Lettuce (close to being reasonable)
    • Ops phase 2 (far from it, as it was in early stages of development)
    • Missions in free roam regions: A pop up would appear that tells you that for doing stuff in a specific region, you will temporarily get 2x xp and coins
    • Advertise the free roam region bosses: If all players new how awesome they are, more would play the regions
    • Remove Brainium basher until it gets balanced
    • Make the game accessible offline
    • Add cross progression, so I can happily play both the PS4 and PC versions 

    Things I think could and should happen:

    • I don't know if it is too much work for a post active content change, but please make the game playable offline. The free roam regions and private play should be accessible without an internet connection. It would also mean that once the serves are down in a couple of years, the achievements will still be unlockable. Considering SimCity got an offline mode update, I think it would be nice to have for a game that has story elements.
    • Make a boss selection screen for private play ops (I think it wouldn't be much work, you could reuse the Rux store ui and the activity vote feature from Giddy Park)
    • Release the soundtrack, if possible (please include the beta theme of Mr. Old's school's boss fight if you are able to)
    • Make it easier to level up until master rank. Players who get the game after September will have a hard time playing against the high ranks that remain. Therefore, the amount of xp required to get to master rank should be reduced. You could also remove the 5x per day cap from the xp machine.
    • Add a currency conversion system (if EA allows it. The shop already shows how much rainbow stars are worth in coins when trying to purchase Wizard). It would make me play the game longer if I had a chance of unlocking all items.
    • Advertise the fact that wizard can be unlocked more. if a new player starts the game, (s)he should be told that after collecting 500 000 coins he will be unlockable.
    • Add some more load outs (from 3 to 5 would be nice)
    • Increase the amount of xp bots give when vanquished
    • Remove the inequality in xp rewarded when playing private play compared to normal online. Without this change, everyone who tries to get the trophies in 1 year will have to go through a tremendous, not at all fun grind.
  • @benn1nat0r The point about bot xp is a particularly good one I think, especially as numbers of actual players will inevitably fall off at some point 👍

    @Gormey Muppet! 🤦‍♀️😂

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