Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27053902-20161130163318/@comment-24275721-20161204160323

Legofan9o5 wrote: TheGollddMAN wrote:

You didn't answer my question though: Why exactly should I buy Missile Toe now that it's useless after its balancing? For nostalgia? For collection? (for which I won't buy it with real money). PopCap focuses on asthetic balancing while what you mean is gameplay balancing and balancing that makes both good in their own way. HOWEVER, that type of balancing that you want is only found in particular games and freemium models do not adapt that (for the most part). Since these games are F2D, the most money they make is via ads and IAPs and thus they have to make stuff in-game that makes players wanna get them. As I gave examples above, PopCap isn't the only one out there and this model is not going away. Maybe in that way the leveling system can help your case. Let's see.

As for Missile Toe, if I have to use it in place of Banana Launcher, I would have liked to get a bit more ability than just immune to freezing winds. If chilling in an are ai swhat I want, I may stick to Winter Melon and Hot Potato combo in FBC. Costs the same, has a better recharge and does not make the players wait after shots. Yes, it is better than BL but it is at most 6/10 while BL is 5/10 now. A single pont of difference is negligible at best IMHO and that in turn makes the purchase not worth it and thus many will shy away from it. In its early stages it could have gained maybe 5 buyers which could have been a profit for PopCap (after all, that's what they are going for). We have seen what balancing does to plants in PvZ 2 both premium and free alike.