another option is to make ur first berry cost 20, ur second cost 40, ur third cost 60, etc etc. This would retain the chief use of the berries while also mitigating berry spam.
Granted, this is a low-priority change bc while berries r op bows are still better even at close range for pvp.
Or add a counterpart of the speed berry like… slime balls. Imagine that someone is chasing you with Speed and you activate a kind of “viscous fat” as a defense mechanism. When you run, your footsteps leave the ground viscous and that would delay the enemy that is chasing you. It wouldn’t leave him stuck to the ground, it would only slow his speed.
Even the flag capturer would benefit from that, he could use it while fleeing with the enemy flag.
But I’m just a simple earthling, who lives hallucinating 
I mean this would make the berries basically unobtainable later, it’s better to nerf them, I think.
how many berries are u using that they become unobtainable? That said, I am also fine just nerfing the pvp aspect of them with any of the methods listed above.
Funnily enough tho I am max lvl I only use 0-1 berries per game(though I buy more than that I just never use them). Anyways, I think speed berries nerf could just simple be shorter, slower, both, or increase the price.
Your so wrong its funny xD
like why wouldnt it slow u down 
Speed berries currently are a bit too OP, but this suggestion makes them almost completely useless. Hive should remove being able to drop the flag, eat a berry, and then pick the flag up again and actually get speed this time. Hive should also increase the cost but 65, 1 is too much and 2, is not rounded nicely. I think 50 or 60 is a fair trade off for already getting a nerf.
This is also very map dependable. If no one is ahead of the flag holder and you’re playing on Ashram or Oryx (which have no teleporters for catching up to flag holders) then speed berries are the only way to have a chance at catching up.
Speed berries need a slight nerf but not this heavy of one.
The hive has said they don’t intend to remove that feature.
Using berries to go fast with the flag is fine imo, its the pvp side that I think many players would rather be nerfed. Going fast is the main use of the berries, taking low kb isn’t.
Reducing the speed they give would be good, because plenty of players are ‘berry carries’ and just run around you hitting you after having the berries. A small berry QoL change would be nice.
bump! Ive been grinding CTF recently again, and i have repeatedly run across this problem. I defended for 10 minutes without someone grabbing my flag then lost a capture to someone abusing speed berries. its really annoying to not be able to catch up. Personally, i think they should just remove speed berries from being able to be used with a flag, like even if you eat it before it removes the effect. anyway, i hope this gets fixed
I think they’re good with the flag I just think they need to be less speedy. maybe slightly faster than usual berries.