Sunflower Ability Change...
So I'd like to propose a change to one of the Sunflowers abilities. Currently we have the Dark Flower ability as an alternative to the Healing Pot. This little evil flower doesn't feel very useful at...
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Or maybe some people could just learn how to use the dark flower correctly? Try placing it to the side somewhere, preferably hidden in a bush etc. The dark flower easily gets kills when left behind and it can be used to warn you as wheb a zombie is near it will shoot at it almost instantly, you can see the damage points and flee or finish the zombie off.
Valid points, but it's a fail ability that leaves your Sunflower with no self heal at all unless you're the Vampire variant and is more of a defensive ability, it's total garbage on the offensive, and so is a heal pot.
On the defensive a heal flower is alright...but shield would be better as I suggested many times.
'Put it in a bush...'
You keep putting yours in bushes then, I think I've only ever died to one dark flower in both game versions in over 300 hours, and probably 1000 games...because I was too busy looking around for a player and didn't look at the tiny little pot on the ground, oh and I was ridiculously low health when I went near it.
I think I've only ever died to one dark flower in both game versions
Well you've been lucky. In the first game I was picked off several times because of the flower. That's how I knew it was effective. Because at first I too wondered why would anyone use that instead of a heal flower. And then I felt the flower power. It became such an annoyance and hazard that whenever I encountered one along with other players, I went for the flower first.
You all say that it's weakened and not as effective in GW2....well I haven't played all that much as sunflower, so I can really say I've noticed one way or the other, but when I was playing as flower I still chose the dark flower over a heal pot. And still felt it was coming in handy.
Or I could keep on saying it's not a good ability. It doesn't do a lot of damage, or good damage. I'd rather have a stun plant. It'd be much more effective in more situations than trying to hide the Dark Flower and hoping that the opposing player hangs around for like 2 minutes to let the dark flower kill it. I'd rather have a bonk choy, so I can actually use strategy in a more technical way. The stun Bonk Choy would be a perfect counter-ambush weapon instead of an ineffective few points of damage. He's(Bonk Choy) like a legitimate trap option. You're anticipating the rush from the zombie and he'll stun the guy as he turns that corner and you ambush him instead. Or like I said it'll actually stop a rogue scientist. You think a Dark Flower would stop a scientist sneak attacking you? No. He can take all that damage and kill you and your friends well before that Dark Flower takes even half of his life down. I'd rather the stun trigger so we have a real chance to react. Not a small spray of damage while he still kicked your butt into oblivion.
I want the Bonk Choy because I want it to physically stop the movement of an advancing enemy. The Dark Flower doesn't stop anybody from doing anything. It doesn't have stopping power, or killing power.
- A plant pot that gives you a shield would be very helpful (just like the one in Star Wars Battlefront). Like make it a shoot through from inside while outside needs to break it or run inside. Should be a new ability to unlock like for the Chompers in this game.
Instead of a heal beam, why not something that does the complete opposite?
It drains the life of an opponent, whilst healing yourself, and reducing their damage whilst adding to your own. No idea on numbers, but it would make a close combat variant much more viable, without being op. When you link the beam the drain begins. If you or your opponent leave the range of the beam, the life drain stops, but the damage reduction/increase remains for a few seconds. No need for the suggested shotgun variant with that ability.
Or how about making the sunbeam vanquishes unrevivable? A small change like that would make quite a difference.
