September Patch Notes are here
http://www.pvzgw2.com/news/balance-update-for-september
Forum Discussion
I like these 2 changes:
1. Finally, Popcap listen to community cries
All Party Characters
- ‘Shared Vanquishes’ count towards Party Time
Dev Notes: Party Time mode is powerful, yet difficult to achieve. To balance this, Shared Vanquishes now count towards Party Time characters, which should increase how often Party Time is triggered.
2. Finally, we can use this ability.
Rose Arcane Lotus Ability
- Rose can see ally health bars when this ability is equipped
- Increased movement speed to match arcane enigma
- Heals 25 health on self when activated
Dev Notes: With this ability equipped, Rose can see ally health bars, which allows for more informed decisions regarding when to use her Arcane Lotus Ability. Her increased speed helps her reach injured allies, and the self-healing effect makes up for the ability’s shorter duration, while still allowing her to use it as an escape tactic.
I like these changes and especially the party character and arcane lotus buffs! Not being able to see your teammates health was especially annoying as you never knew when to use it for healing allies! I may start using it again.
Nec'rose is my favorite rose appearance-wise so happy to see a buff, even a small one for her. She seemed to be underperforming.
Party characters are pretty nasty when in party mode but are very lackluster otherwise (some better than others of course). Shared vanquishes counting will make them far more viable in multiplayer matches. I still think the party rose really needs more ammo in her clip though.
The heal station change is fine. I usually use the beam nowadays anyway though. The station is good for fixed objectives and multi-healing but the beam is more useful on the move.
Love the Alien Flower buffs! She's been a favorite of mine since GW1.
The Imp mech and Super Brainz changes are fine, keep them effective but reduce their sniping/long range ability a bit.
Petrified cactus changes I'm neutral too but all the explosive projectile characters can be nasty if used well so probably needed.
Oh yeah, get ready to start being wrecked by alien flower. She's already highly deadly in the right hands. Another old favorite of mine to reassess.
Bye bye, you G-D sniping super brainz!!!
My daughter master all sun flowers while I only master half of them.
With this buff, I will try to master alien flower next.
But we also should see other teamated health bar before using the ability. My suggestion is to hide the health bar only when the ability is not usable.(while in countdown).Want to test it but can't because of Popcap QA. Over 24 hours have passed since their tweet.
Also the only thing i can't agree on is the S.H.R.Imp nerf. He was great and nobody abused his accuracy. There was literally no reason to change the accuracy of the only Imp that actually had decent long range capabilities.
And lol keep the E. Brainz nerfs coming. That character has a history~
As a very experienced player put it on the reddit sub, they really need to decide what the heck role they want Shrimp to have.
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