More content in March? All we need is 3-5 more Gardens & Graveyards maps! Right now! Gosh, that mode is fun.
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
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It is a fun game. Pea Shooter has such a small hit box it gives me trouble. So far I've bought a couple packs but considering how many consumables and upgrades you need to be competitive it seems like the coins are slow to accumulate....almost as if it is balanced to drive you to spend money. It better not come to that.
crazy lag tonight!!!! Anyone else?..........couldnt connect to the EA servers for close to ten minutes, what a joke this is. For an online only game u would think this wouldn't be an issue
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These servers are s***. Last night managed to pull the wife into the same game as me. Tonight no luck. They leave absolutely no slack on the teams so rooms are always full meaning you have a 1 in 100000 s*** of dragging a friend into your game. f***ing EA. If you don't want to build a true party menu in you game at least f***ing set your matchmaking logarithm down a few notches so the rooms have space for friends to tag along.
yeah it really sucks when it comes to trying to play with friends, my buddy and I tried a few times and couldn't not join each other tonight. Why is there no party system, so dumb. The game is a ton of fun though, I like this way more then I thought I would. Sticking with 20k packs till I get all the weapon upgrades, I notice a huge difference once I unlock one. How am I going to have time for this and titanfall plus a couple other games I need to finish 
that has nothing to do with servers or EA
EA arent the developers, they dont make the algorithms for matchmaking..the EA hate is getting so ridiculous, resulting in so many ignorant posts
Part of me really wants this but another part keeps telling me it will sadly be dead in a couple weeks.
I'm not sure about that, I can still put Blur on and there is only fifty people online and still get a good game.
The Pea Shooter does splash damage though. If you can't hit consistently with him in the chest/head, you can aim for the feet, it does like 10 damage as splash. If you use something like the Ice Pea Shooter keep in mind if you land three successful body shots, it will freeze the opponent, that's how you do it.
I have to side with the original poster. After years of playing on EA's servers, they are consistently average or very below average at times. Their customer service is horrible as well. It can't be every single game on EA's servers isn't programmed well. The same issues come up over & over in different titles. They compress information to save bandwidth as well. They had voice troubles on their servers forever. The servers are bad & EA never cares to improve them. The only reason they have their own servers isn't for us, it's because they want to make their own closed network & try to dominate the industry.
They did do maintenance again last night, I got into games easier after that. Don't know if that is going to last, but it was better this morning.
Well, I was under the impression that Microsoft's servers used their own matchmaking API and developers would just leverage that in their games. This way every developer was not coding their own unique matchmaking, the were just coding into Live's existing backbone.
So if that were the case would it be the same across the EA servers? That EA has one shred data center which MS hands gamers over to and that this entire cluster of server utilizes a common matchmaking pairing system. I would agree the developer has some fault in the matter but I would not say EA is free of blame.
So if that were the case would it be the same across the EA servers? That EA has one shred data center which MS hands gamers over to and that this entire cluster of server utilizes a common matchmaking pairing system. I would agree the developer has some fault in the matter but I would not say EA is free of blame.
EA has dedicated servers. You connect to them to play any of EA's games. They are hosting the match per se. So if their servers suck (which they do a lot of the time) the direct results of that are filtered down to your end. They compress information to save bandwidth, it's been noted in many Battlefield videos. They also have their games update slower than other online games to save bandwidth. It's noted that BF4 in particular updates at a very slow rate compared to other shooters & this is mandated by EA's guidelines that they force on their developers. They have had trouble with their servers for years & a lot of it is their stingy greed. Their 'customer support' has been noted for many years to be poor because they address many band-aid troubleshooting solutions then hand it off saying it's your connection, equipment, Xbox overheating, etc. when they will never fix the root of the problem, their servers. Maps don't load correctly frequently, you get stuck in black screens, & voice chat has had many issues of there years on EA's servers.
I don't know why you would try to defend or stick up for EA when they are historically noted as not giving two sh*ts about their servers & they force developers to make their titles run worse online to save communication bandwidth. They release games that are broken knowingly to meet a street date when developers ask for more time. They simply buy out the competition when somebody does try to make a quality product to compete. Some EA games still mix a host-based connection for the smaller four player co-op type modes & the other larger games use their servers. They also should be blamed for never making any solid way to play with your friends consistently, that does involve the party system. The larger, online games rarely feature any type of 'pre-game lobby' for you to meet up with your friends then search.
I will never defend EA in such a manner. They get what they deserve. If they actually weren't rated 'the worst company in America' a year ago for a reason, then I wouldn't hate on them. They are terrible though, I won't defend being terrible. If they want us to change our minds, they need to change their minds as a company what they value first & foremost. That should be consumer experience & consumer loyalty over consistent corporate greed choices for the last 20+ years. Every year we give them the opportunity to change & win gamers back, but they choose the selfish choice every time throughout history.
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i stopped reading after your first sentence... the guy was complaining about matchmaking, party system and playing with friends.. that has nothing to do with the quality of servers! Developers are responsible for that not publishers!
again you are just blind hating, its ridiculous. i dont defend EA, but i dont attack them for something they have nothing to do with either which is what you and that guy are doing.
i havent had a single problem on plants vs zombies in terms of connection or finding games which is what the servers are responsible for. anything else is developers job, even netcode.
again you are just blind hating, its ridiculous. i dont defend EA, but i dont attack them for something they have nothing to do with either which is what you and that guy are doing.
i havent had a single problem on plants vs zombies in terms of connection or finding games which is what the servers are responsible for. anything else is developers job, even netcode.
I've only played Garden Ops so far, it's really quick to get into a game but a couple of times I've lost connection to the server and been booted.
Great wee game though.
Great wee game though.
I played it at my bro's place and i really enjoyed it. Looks very nice with those colours, hilarious characters. When i saw some of those levels i said to my bro....man i could see a platformer looking like this, still hoping for a great brand new 3D platformer on X1, cause Nintendo isn't doing that anymore sadly. I played the Team DM'ish mode, but noticed that the amount of maps seemed a bit little....i had read there were 10, so i guess not all 10 are available in this mode then?
EA servers suck balls. When it's happening across multiple devs, multiple games, and all around launch, something is wrong beyond the devs. You let three of EA's devs use MS servers and I would bet that the launch would be way go over way better. EA either needs to learn how to give devs more time or give their devs greener pastures with servers that can actually work at launch while the problematic EA servers get fixed.
Back to the game, I'm gonna say Garden's & Graveyards is the best place to earn coins if the game runs completely. My team lost at the final level, but I got 7000+ coins. Very good take-in and much faster too than going in-between Vanquish games which net me 1000-2000 coins per match, give or take. I was also using an Examine Zombie. Lots of reviving, putting down health generators, summoning zombies, and destroying any barricade I can. It all adds up so try to take advantage.
again, like the other guy you are totally off point..
also servers are working just fine on PvZ, no big problems with connecting to games. but EA are getting blamed for not having party system in PvZ or not being easy to play with friends... that has nothing to do with EA or EA servers
i dont know if its just me but after the live update I notice something different how my games look, even PvZ. Anybody else notice it as well after the update?
Last night, I was unable to connect to EA servers. When I booted up the game, the game said it was trying to connect to EA servers. We're not making this stuff up, we're not on some conspiracy theory against EA, this is actual stuff happening and it's happened across multiple games. People want to be able to play the game they paid their hard earned money for as soon as they get it. First time playing it, I could only play Garden Ops and I often had to play by myself because the game couldn't get me into a match. This has been happening across multiple games, multiple platforms, multiple devs, and multiple years. At this point, at least some of the blame has to go on EA's shoulders. Like I said, you get them better servers and you'll see better launches.
Anyone's game freeze? Mine froze on me over three times while play the conquest mode. Also why does a solider have more accuracy than the cactus? : /
Can say this works a lot better than BF4 on all front. And much more fun too. Have been playing only Welcome Mat mode for an hour or two but it was one of the better MP experiences I've had. I don't regret buying it at all, and will play it alongside Titanfall.
I'm not going to argue with you anymore. You're right, dibils. Everything you say about EA is correct. They have top-notch servers & Matchmaking. They are one of the most treasured companies in the videogame industry over the past 15 years. They release nothing but polished, finished products each & every time & make sure their developers go over everything with a fine tooth comb. They are the leaders in innovation & they push their developers hard in the creativity department to add artistic touch to their products. They constantly improve their servers through helpful customer support & friendly service. Their Matchmaking runs flawlessly with each quality release.
God bless us everyone! I give thanks & praise for the grateful gifts that EA continues to give us.
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EA doesnt code s***.. they are the publishers. do you know what that means? developers do the coding. EA gives developers access to their servers, its devs who code and decide how to utilize those servers
the only factor EA servers have on matchmaking is if there are no servers available. EA servers are far from the best, its not easy running that many servers across so many games, but people whining at EA for things that have nothing to do with them is even more irritating and getting boring now. people post ignorant s*** and the worst part is that they are happy to be ignorant just so they can hate on EA
people bitch about BF servers yet my experience is 10x better on BF then any COD game(or P2P game) in terms of lag. my only gripe with EA servers are when they are down.. which is EAs fault and the excuse of "we didnt expect so many people to be playing at launch" is getting ridiculously old now, but that is the only time its EAs fault
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