Hi, because the game is going to have one last update before the support gets cut, hopefully this last update which is upcoming will be very good. While it is unlikely that we will get that much new content in this final patch, but I had this idea to make a Wishlist for the final update at the end of September, of what us (the community) would like to see in this final patch. Feel free to comment your ideas below, ideas of what I would like to see include (the first one is planned to come in this final patch):Al Tweaking.Damage drop-off.Another map.A currency conversion system.Ice Lettuce.Rux rework (e.g. make most items cost coins, or items with certain rarities).Some upgrade and PvP content reworks, or possibly additions.Make PvE regions more replayable.Now, obviously, it is extremely unlikely that all of this would come, but hopefully some of these would come, or possibly EA will change their announcement according to community feedback. @benn1nat0r suggested the idea of keeping support going of this game going until December (possibly more sales at Christmas time) while I am remaining pessimistic and assuming this will not happen, if it did, hopefully some more of these features could be added. https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/AT-LEAST-keep-going-until-December-EA/m-p/9463198/highlight/true#M26826If you want to provide feedback on these ideas, or add your own, feel free to do so.

@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 🌻🧟♀️🌹🧟♂️

@TheSprinter85 Oh boy, I'm becoming Gormey. Is that a good or bad thing?Another map sounds like a joke and fixing PvE regions or Rux is something that doesn't exist in every universe ever. Basically, anything that adds content or messes with their microtransactions are out the window. Everything else is pretty reasonable.

@TheSprinter85 I want a boss selection screen for private play ops (wouldn't be much work, they can use the Rux store ui and change the pictures and rename the buy option to "summon". They also have a voting system already in the game (giddy park join group activity)). With these systems already in the game, my wish should be possible.)

@ToastedSarnieMy name is Gormey and I support this post.

@Pheesley It is really weird to me that private play ops on crazy settings changes literally noting in terms of difficulty. I have been experiencing random difficulty spikes that made ops nearly impossible to win in multiplayer for some time (all enemies including z-Mechs and such spawning at once). I thought I was because they were testing difficulty settings. But when private play launched, ops never was as difficult as with those weird spikes in difficulty.

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Fork_x_Spoon
5 years ago
@TheSprinter85 Oh boy, I'm becoming Gormey. Is that a good or bad thing?

Another map sounds like a joke and fixing PvE regions or Rux is something that doesn't exist in every universe ever. Basically, anything that adds content or messes with their microtransactions are out the window. Everything else is pretty reasonable.
ToastedSarnie
5 years ago
@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 🌻🧟‍♀️🌹🧟‍♂️
shurikeninja
5 years ago
@TheSprinter85 Re the currency talk, I like getting 1300 Stars every 2 months and so there would actually be some kind of incentive for me to keep playing, to unlock the costumes that I really want. It's annoying that they removed Rainbow Stars from Arena. They should at the very least allow the items that cost <400 be unlockable through Coins. But obviously that's not going to happen.

AI tweaking is the only one that I see happening.
TheSprinter85
Hero
5 years ago
@ToastedSarnie I like the idea of being able to choose whether you would get Rainbow Stars or Prize Bulbs from daily and character challenges. That is something I never thought about and probably never would, that would be really good, perhaps if players picked Rainbow Stars as a reward, the rewards would be 10 Rainbow Stars per daily challenge and 20 per character challenge. Thanks for your long and very kind reply.
@Fork_x_Spoon I understand and you are completely right. It’s just a Wishlist but you are most likely correct that apart from Al tweaking, that much else would be added from the list, if any.
@shurikeninja Now that Battle Arena has been reverted to regular, perhaps some more players will want to play it, but unfortunately no rewards, including Rainbow Stars, which is a shame.
benn1nat0r
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@TheSprinter85 I want a boss selection screen for private play ops (wouldn't be much work, they can use the Rux store ui and change the pictures and rename the buy option to "summon". They also have a voting system already in the game (giddy park join group activity)). With these systems already in the game, my wish should be possible.)
Gormey
5 years ago
@ToastedSarnieMy name is Gormey and I support this post.
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.
ToastedSarnie
5 years ago
@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! 🤦‍♀️😂
Pheesley
5 years ago
@TheSprinter85 All I can ask for is good balancing changes, but there is A LOT of stuff in pvp that needs to be balanced.

On the subject of PVE, i still really want Ops mode to be improved, but new content likely won't be added. Which is sad because there was so much potential in Ops mode alone. Even so, maybe they can make ops more difficult and tweak damage so its more interesting? In private play anyway, changing the difficulty doesn't seem to do anything in ops.
benn1nat0r
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@Pheesley It is really weird to me that private play ops on crazy settings changes literally noting in terms of difficulty. I have been experiencing random difficulty spikes that made ops nearly impossible to win in multiplayer for some time (all enemies including z-Mechs and such spawning at once). I thought I was because they were testing difficulty settings. But when private play launched, ops never was as difficult as with those weird spikes in difficulty.