Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-26239911-20160107231848/@comment-1997588-20160109124027

Dung Dinh Anh wrote: Nikel23 wrote:

Milesprower2 wrote:

TheGollddMAN wrote: Milesprower2 wrote: @Nikel, Hair Metals don't appear as often as Coneheads. If you want me to explain in detail what I believe to be the reason for them showing up so early in Greatest Hits levels, I can, but long story short, it's to do with the way jams work in Greatest Hits. I curious for this..Why do you think the sheer appearance of Hair Metals depend on the jam? They can very well not appear at all during Rock. that is also a possibility. Every time they appear unusually early (such as pre-first-flag), the music changes to Metal in the same wave they appear. My guess is that whenever the music changes to a certain jam, at least one zombie affected by that jam has to appear in the same wave, even if that zombie doesn't usually appear that early in a level.

This therefore means that if the game decides to play the Metal Jam early on, Metal Gargs appear early on. So far I've seen nothing that disproves this theory and it seems quite likely based on all available information I have. I wasn't talking about their appearance during a level. I know how jam and zombie presence work in Greatest Hits, but still it's an interesting explanation.

What I meant was how often they would appear during seed selection screen, even though we visit Zen Garden over and over. They simply almost cannot be avoided. Since jam may be present in Modern Day EZ, I wish it just doesn't work that way during selection of zombies in seed selection screen. A flag (not just when Flag Zombie shows up but also the waves before that) often has 2 or 3 jams playing, so a 2-flag level may feature all types of jams, which means there will be Hair Metal Gargs. Considering how often 1-flag levels appear, I would say you have to be EXTREMELY lucky to avoid Gargs. Oh, this makes sense. On level 10 onward, the level only has 1 flag whenever I actually avoid Hair Metal Gargantuar. The game may just randomly add metal jam just to fill in the quota... which in turn spawns HM Gargantuar.