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 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.Aye, the worst part is trying to get some people to cooperate. I've had pretty good luck overall, seeing new people catch on quickly is always nice, but just like boss hunts in GW2, some people either don't pay attention, don't care, or are intentionally sinking it. I've not seen the intentional one more than a couple of times thankfully (as far as I can tell anyway), but lots of the not paying attention one.
Just last week we had an elite Disco Zombie boss and 3 of the 4 of us went right to the gramophone almost immediately whereas our 4th player was all over the place until finally catching on. To be sure, I appreciate those that may not know what to do but eventually get it and help. When I used to run lots of group content in MMOs it could get pretty nasty to new people which I find counterproductive. How are they supposed to catch on or even care if you just berate them? I have no such sympathy for those that intentionally cause us to fail, but a lot for those that are earnestly trying. In a game that has to have a community to thrive, I don't want to scare people off!
