Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-24843074-20161030184616/@comment-24024415-20161030190756

TheGollddMAN wrote: -Mindless Stars-

-Casuals Idealizing OP Prems-

-OP Prems in strategies-

You can very well have a sword in an RPG that has purification against all poison types but if you only rely on that without seeing how other weapons turn out to be, then it's your fault, not the sword's for being there. You make your game only as bland as you yourself can be. But playing mindless did allow me to gain every star.

I was once a "casual" in PvZ2, and I was allowed to breeze through. Now I have gone through this "even more casual" PvZ2 and became more adept to fending off zombies in much more difficult scenarios. I learned nothing from Pre 1.7, I can tell you that. Other than "this plant hardcounters that" and "this plant is good for general play", I never felt like the roster of Pre. 1.7 or its levels promoted me to think more critically.

Fair enough, players of a relatively low skill level using a super plant to grace through levels should be called out for their lazyness. You don't submit to the temptation for variety's sake, but some certainly have and will go with the obvious choice, regardless of skill level.

Yes OP plants can still be implemented in strategies, but usually those strategies were already made with previous plants and slightly altered to fit them. Any Snapdragon strategy works just as well if not always better with CSD, and EoN fits any defensive strategy, any strategy that requires sacrificing plants to prevent collosal damage and any strategy that's cost efficient.

No, having a sword that grants carte blanche to the player is the fault of the developer and by further extension, the sword itself. Because that should not happen if they wanted users to use other weapons that are likely not as useful or powerful. The player does have the option to choose, but what's the point of choice if all the other options pale in comparison to this apex option? I like variety in strategy, but in the presence of these plants I have to sacrifice reason in return.