Spooky Squash Nerf
I don't know if other people agree with me, but I feel like the Spooky Squash elite boss fight is way too hard. I play Ops a decent amount, and I have only managed to beat the boss with my squad twic...
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@Moltaiverse
Have to agree with @ToastedSarnie I kinda like these 2 being more difficult... I like the challenge 🙂
but I appreciate how frustrating it must be for you. Much does depend on both the makeup of your team in both experience and character choice at the beginning of the game (not something you can predict either which makes it tricky).
We have all got our fingers crossed that the 3rd phase of Ops will mean more fun for everybody and hopefully that includes difficulty choices, along with other places in the map for the point, more bosses etc etc etc 🤞 😃
@Moltaiverse Agreed. Doing the Spooky Squash or the Yeti King with a team of randoms is very difficult to achieve. I have managed to complete this elite boss before, but it's still very difficult. Luckily I play mostly in split-screen so I don't find this as hard, because I have better team communication. But, I think that the developers should bring boss hunts back from GW2 and put the Elite Yeti and Spooky Squash (also known as Pumpkin Squash) back into there. 😃
The current state of Ops is largely without challenge for the veteran PvZ players in the community.
The Pumpkin Squash and Yeti Elite Bosses are the two things in Ops which actually requires the team to work together and to understand the mechanics. With a team which simply knows what to do, or which can acknowledge simple “follow me” and “stay together” expressions and figure things out both Bosses are easily defeated with only moderate effort.
Nerfing either as a crutch for players who can’t be bothered to learn the mechanic or follow directions would be a disappointment for all of us who already find the bulk of Ops disappointingly easy.
- @realitysquared I actually agree with you, I guess I'm most annoyed at my teammates, not the boss. It's annoying seeing them still try to kill him when they're doing 1 damage, and never notice the Chomper. I think Ops is mind-numbingly easy too, so I guess instead of nerfing the boss, an indication from Zomboss or something saying "try something else" would be nice for those who keep shooting the Squash when half the team is running after a Chomper would work for me too. Or Custom games, that would be perfect. Thanks for the input. (:
- @Moltaiverse Zomboss does make commentary but it’s really easy to miss those little pop ups at the top of the screen in the heat of battle.
There’s less of an excuse involved when I run straight up to players who are shooting the Squash or the Yeti and flash the “Follow Me” and “Stay Together” expressions several times only to be ignored.
So I do agree that the most annoying part is trying to get players on board with what needs to be done.
- @TheSprinter85 I have always been really on and off with PvZ. I have been playing since the first game since 2010, but didn't really get back into GW2 until 2018. I never got to play Boss Hunt, but always really wanted to. Thanks for your input, I totally agree.
