Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-24843074-20161207133938/@comment-24275721-20161211170851

YammaYamer21 wrote:

Another thing is that it can do is make content that is unique or has a function that doesn't replace another's function, per se, but adds a new one. Think about it. If Bombegranate did half of the initial damage, but released more powerful seeds(say, 15-20 nds in a 1.5 tile radius) that can stack and have plants on it, would you not buy it? It's not an upgrade of Cherry Bomb necessarily, but its effect is unique and useful in a way that no other plant is. Apple Mortor wasn't the most powerful plant ever. However, it could stall enemies like no other. There really wasn't a more cost-effective way of stalling as many zombies as it can, is there? I can see people who don't usually buy these "powerful" plants because they feel sufficient with their current plants' power, but see these as different tools that they have no equivalent of in their arsenal and buying it just to test it out, and probably start finding unique things they couldn't do before. And EA can make their money off of these positive engaging experiences that leave the buyers enthralled and ready for more. I can give an example, but I shouldn't even be here 'cuz of my work, so I'll make it quick: Warframe. Long story short, it's power system rolls off of Primes(extremely rare, but purchasable for an exchangable Premium currency, Platinum) and Forma(hard-to-obtain items that increase the power that you can put on a Warframe, but takes a day to craft and resets your level).

Now, your argument about making a new profile for my normal non-PLS playthroughs. There are a few problems with it. The main ones are time and exclusives. First, it does take a decent amount of time to go through all 200-300 levels, especially when some of them are borderline impossible without Prems or PLS. Second, not all of my resources transfer. Want to get GP so it's not as difficult to break through the BWB levels so I can get Guacodile and BL? Welp, gonna have to grind/pay for that again. Need an Imitater for rapid E. M. Peaches? Well, if you bought it with Gems, you gotta either pay for real or deal with it(well, now that I think on it, I believe this was one of the few plants I bought for real before my account glitched). Got a strategy that could go better with Sweet Potato and Garlic? Too bad; SP only comes on Thanksgiving; ought to wait for a super-sale reselling it or Thanksgiving. All of this work just to appreciate the game's workings in a way that you used to before. That's not very welcoming, is it? When it comes to F2D games, are you asking for fairness in ourchases? Did you read/forget that post I made where one car in a game was 100$? Do you really think they would give you a fair playing field?

I could understand but the problem is I had to go through the whole game during the NMT part 2 update when my progress was wiped off and I cleared my new playthrough in 3 days. It shouldn't take more than a week of casual playing for you to complete the story and so the time shouldn't be a factor. But hey, maybe I have way too much free time in my unstable life. Maybe that.

While players with an incomplete roster won't be able to get full benefits, it sadly plays into what I said above, The game won't give you a fair room to breathe and even then it gives somewhat more than what I have seen other F2P/F2D games give (looking at you f*cking CoC). You have to make do with what you can; either pay or don't. The car game I said above, I grinded so much to get that 100$ car for free in multiplayer but even after 19 months, I still haven't and I don't think I can ever. It hurts but I have to deal with it.