Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time/@comment-5797509-20131124134454/@comment-5792287-20140218092501

TGOskar wrote: Milesprower2 wrote: Another party that everyone thinks is hard which I beat on my first attempt without spending any coins. You had free Power-Ups, then?

I must admit, this one is pretty challenging. Even with the strategy, it takes quite a bit of tries because of the luck element. The starting set-up seems to follow a pattern (1 Wall-Nut, 1 Tall-Nut, 1 repeater, 1 vanilla Zombie and 1 Conehead), but eventually it's all about luck. At times, you get loads of Nuts, and then nothing but Repeaters, while the 1st lane is full of Bucketheads and Pharaohs. In others, you get Repeaters just when you need Nuts. All I know is that Split Peas are pretty scarce, making following the strategy pretty hard. Not to mention PF is also pretty scarce, and Pharaohs resisting Power Zap like bosses...

That said, with the element of luck stabilized, it's possible. Still haven't finished it, and I was forced to use some of my free Power-Ups, but I have enough money and tries to recover. Here is where the speed of Zombies really kills, because you get the hordes in less than a minute, and sometimes even faster. Also, I agree that Piñata Parties shouldn't force you to retry, particularly if they're gonna force you to use Power-Ups (which, unless you get free uses gained by playing Piñata Parties (*winkwink*), you need a few retries to set up your strategy appropriately). No, I didn't use ANY power-ups.