our feedback has been an essential for the development of Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, and we appreciate your continued input on character tuning. Thank you - we are committed to listening to our players. As a result of your feedback and the latest data we've reviewed for character balance the following changes have been made.
BUG FIXES
Sometimes Captain Squawk character stickers show up without his name, not anymore
Fixed endless Toxic Overload issue for Toxic Brainz ensuring it always times out as designed
Addressed performance issues around too many Party Imps appearing in the same session
Prevent game from crashing due to two specific customizations (Druid-Robo’k hat & Derby Dillo)
Ensured proper difficulty level for the Red Gnome in the “Brothers Gnomus” Boss Hunt
TUNING / BALANCING
Scallywag Imp
Increased rate of fire from 150 to 200
Increased ammo capacity from 10 to 12
Dev Notes: Scallywag has been slightly underperforming compared to his fellow Imps. An increase in rate of fire will help him hit targets more consistently. However, this will also cause his ammo to deplete more quickly, so we’ve increased his ammo capacity to help compensate. These changes will also bring up his damage per second and per clip, giving him that extra edge that a legendary character should have.
Breakfast Brainz
Doubled the speed at which his rate of fire increases for both his ranged and melee attacks
Dev Notes: His slow ramp up in rate of fire made it difficult for him to secure vanquishes in a fight, often getting vanquished before reaching maximum damage output. We’ve increased the speed at which his rate of fire increases to help him put up more of a fighting chance when combat is initiated.
Electro Citron
Charged Shot First Level
Decreased splash damage from 30 to 25 (also affects impact damage)
Decreased inner splash radius from 3 to 2
Decreased splash radius 4 to 3
Charged Shot Second Level
Decreased splash damage from 45 to 40 (also affects impact damage)
Decreased inner splash radius from 3.5 to 2.5
Decreased splash radius from 5 to 4
Dev Notes: Electro Citron can charge his shots very quickly compared to other charge characters, allowing him to take cover while he quickly charges his next shot. However, his high splash damage combined with the spread of his electricity made him very difficult for Zombies to deal with. Decreasing the splash radius and damage of these charged shots will force players to be more accurate when using him. This change will also decrease his impact damage as splash is included, giving Zombies more of a chance to react should they get directly hit by a fully charged projectile.
Tennis Allstar
Decreased movement speed while priming/firing by 25%
Dev Notes: His fast movement speed while priming or firing his weapon is what makes Tennis Star unique. However, it needs to be dialed down slightly as priming is one of the weaknesses of the Allstar class. He will still be the fastest Allstar both when moving and when priming/firing.
Corn
Husk Hop: Decreased inner splash radius from 2.5 to 2.25
Dev Notes: Husk Hop can be very difficult to avoid due to its large splash damage radius. We want Zombies to feel like they can avoid getting vanquished by this ability if they see it coming without making Corn players feel like they’ve wasted their Husk Hop. This change causes damage to start to falloff near the outside of the splash damage radius. Zombies who manage to side step the attack will still receive damage, but it is less likely to vanquish them due to the decreased damage near the edge of the explosion.
Electro Peashooter
Decreased detonation damage from 30 to 27
Decreased detonation radius from 4 to 3.5
Decreased regular splash damage from 18 to 16
Captain Cannon
Decreased detonation damage from 35 to 32
Decreased detonation inner damage radius from 4 to 3
Dev Notes: The most recent buffs to Electro Peashooter and Captain Cannon made them a little too powerful. These changes dial them back a bit and make it a little more difficult to secure those detonation vanquishes.
BUG FIXES
Sometimes Captain Squawk character stickers show up without his name, not anymore
Fixed endless Toxic Overload issue for Toxic Brainz ensuring it always times out as designed
Addressed performance issues around too many Party Imps appearing in the same session
Prevent game from crashing due to two specific customizations (Druid-Robo’k hat & Derby Dillo)
Ensured proper difficulty level for the Red Gnome in the “Brothers Gnomus” Boss Hunt
TUNING / BALANCING
Scallywag Imp
Increased rate of fire from 150 to 200
Increased ammo capacity from 10 to 12
Dev Notes: Scallywag has been slightly underperforming compared to his fellow Imps. An increase in rate of fire will help him hit targets more consistently. However, this will also cause his ammo to deplete more quickly, so we’ve increased his ammo capacity to help compensate. These changes will also bring up his damage per second and per clip, giving him that extra edge that a legendary character should have.
Breakfast Brainz
Doubled the speed at which his rate of fire increases for both his ranged and melee attacks
Dev Notes: His slow ramp up in rate of fire made it difficult for him to secure vanquishes in a fight, often getting vanquished before reaching maximum damage output. We’ve increased the speed at which his rate of fire increases to help him put up more of a fighting chance when combat is initiated.
Electro Citron
Charged Shot First Level
Decreased splash damage from 30 to 25 (also affects impact damage)
Decreased inner splash radius from 3 to 2
Decreased splash radius 4 to 3
Charged Shot Second Level
Decreased splash damage from 45 to 40 (also affects impact damage)
Decreased inner splash radius from 3.5 to 2.5
Decreased splash radius from 5 to 4
Dev Notes: Electro Citron can charge his shots very quickly compared to other charge characters, allowing him to take cover while he quickly charges his next shot. However, his high splash damage combined with the spread of his electricity made him very difficult for Zombies to deal with. Decreasing the splash radius and damage of these charged shots will force players to be more accurate when using him. This change will also decrease his impact damage as splash is included, giving Zombies more of a chance to react should they get directly hit by a fully charged projectile.
Tennis Allstar
Decreased movement speed while priming/firing by 25%
Dev Notes: His fast movement speed while priming or firing his weapon is what makes Tennis Star unique. However, it needs to be dialed down slightly as priming is one of the weaknesses of the Allstar class. He will still be the fastest Allstar both when moving and when priming/firing.
Corn
Husk Hop: Decreased inner splash radius from 2.5 to 2.25
Dev Notes: Husk Hop can be very difficult to avoid due to its large splash damage radius. We want Zombies to feel like they can avoid getting vanquished by this ability if they see it coming without making Corn players feel like they’ve wasted their Husk Hop. This change causes damage to start to falloff near the outside of the splash damage radius. Zombies who manage to side step the attack will still receive damage, but it is less likely to vanquish them due to the decreased damage near the edge of the explosion.
Electro Peashooter
Decreased detonation damage from 30 to 27
Decreased detonation radius from 4 to 3.5
Decreased regular splash damage from 18 to 16
Captain Cannon
Decreased detonation damage from 35 to 32
Decreased detonation inner damage radius from 4 to 3
Dev Notes: The most recent buffs to Electro Peashooter and Captain Cannon made them a little too powerful. These changes dial them back a bit and make it a little more difficult to secure those detonation vanquishes.
