Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27053902-20161130163318/@comment-24275721-20161203204650

TheHandsomePlant wrote: TheGollddMAN wrote: TheHandsomePlant wrote: I'm glad they've finally started to notice how overpowered the premium plants were getting... If they only could now do something to give Grapeshot or Cold Snapdragon a little nerf... This makes Missiletoe not worth as a plant buying with real money. The entire charisma of the plant was to damage zombies in a 3 x 3 area. If it's gone, why should I even buy it now? For that small chill duration effect? All other stats of MissileToe matches toe-to-toe with Banana Launcher which in of itself is a sh*t plant. So why would anyone sane buy a plant that is a clone of a sh*tty plant and has no redeeming abilities and costs money? I've got to agree with you on this one, but at the same time I don't support the idea of premiums being just straight upgrades to other plants. I liked the premiums before post-LC era, where they were at the same time good and worth their money, and also unique and exciting to use.

This game uses freemium model and in games like these, you have to accept the idea of straight upgrades. In racing games there will always be a premium car that beats other cars obtained via gameplay, in action games there will always be a premium sword or a gun or a bazooka that deals the most damage out of any weapon, in RPGs there will always be classes that outclass normal classes obtained for free. In sports games, theer will always be premium gear that vastly are superior to anything obtained free or with in-game cash. Hell even in PvZ2 this idea is explored from the start; you buy a plant with money, it is shared across all profiles. You buy that same plant with gems, it is accessible on only that profile. So even in of itself, unlocking the plant becomes an upgrade in its own right.

It's a given that if you want money out of customers, you have to make something that makes them want to get it and as expected, it has to better than something obtained for free, otherwise people will just try to ignore it thus defeating the entire process. You obviously have not played many mobile games and that's why you have little to no idea on how these games work.