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Dec 2, 2019 16:53
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Macaluso posted:Why is turning down an egg even an option Sometimes the nursery lady deserves a nice snack
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Dec 2, 2019 17:04
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Macaluso posted:Why is turning down an egg even an option Cause sometimes the first baby is perfect and I've already got 4 more eggs so just keep it.
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Dec 2, 2019 17:05
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Macaluso posted:Why is turning down an egg even an option
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Dec 2, 2019 17:13
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I sent my entire team on HP and attack seminars and now none of their other stats seem to be increasing (like SpA). Have I ruined my team?
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Dec 2, 2019 17:20
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Verisimilidude posted:I sent my entire team on HP and attack seminars and now none of their other stats seem to be increasing (like SpA). Have I ruined my team? Maybe? do you have any special attack users on your team? You can check your EV progress by pressing X on the stat summary screen. A yellow overlay will show how the EVs are split up. If a stat is fully maxed it will sparkle, and if the pokemon is full up on EVs then the overlay will be translucent instead of vivid. A pokemon can only max out two stats before running out of EV room. Which sounds like what you may have done. There are berries that can fix this problem, but without a farm to grow them you will be limited in how many you have access to. Sorry.
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Dec 2, 2019 17:24
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Modest Eternatus on the first try  I have a feeling this ugly wireframe idiot monster is going to become a very good friend.
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Dec 2, 2019 17:29
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Pentaro posted:Modest Eternatus on the first try Did they finally realize people reset for this poo poo and just guarantee it Modest? Mine was Modest, first try, as well.
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Dec 2, 2019 17:40
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Mine was also Modest, I just thought I'd gotten really lucky
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Dec 2, 2019 17:41
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Mine was Sassy and I do not regret that in the slightest because it amuses me.
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Dec 2, 2019 17:42
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Mine's Jolly which makes me quite happy when I always get to go first each round on raids.
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Dec 2, 2019 17:47
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SpaceCadetBob posted:Maybe? do you have any special attack users on your team? You can check your EV progress by pressing X on the stat summary screen. A yellow overlay will show how the EVs are split up. If a stat is fully maxed it will sparkle, and if the pokemon is full up on EVs then the overlay will be translucent instead of vivid. A pokemon can only max out two stats before running out of EV room. Which sounds like what you may have done. this poo poo irritates me because there's almost zero information in the actual game about EVs or IVs and yet there's all this support for changing them and that can lead to suboptimal builds for raids and PVP, or potentially several hours of grinding on my part to negate the changes I've made. The way the system works currently, it seems like you definitely get those ability points because every time I send them on a job they return with a message that says +96 BASE INCREASE, which leads me to believe their stats are being raised, even though they aren't. As far as I can tell there's nothing that says you can only max two stats, so now my Eiscue and Charizard are practically useless unless I spend the time to farm the berries that'll lower their attack stat bonus back down to zero. Do the berries only lower their EV stats (the ones I got from the jobs) or do they lower their base stats as well? It really sucks that unless I watch a 15 minute long youtube video starring some bearded guy I can't really get this information in the game.
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Dec 2, 2019 18:54
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EVs and IVs need to go or just get tuned to sliders you can adjust on the fly.
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Dec 2, 2019 18:56
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Chill Penguin posted:Did they finally realize people reset for this poo poo and just guarantee it Modest? Mine was Modest, first try, as well. I had to reset 40 times just to get a Timid one 
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Dec 2, 2019 19:00
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less than three posted:Eternatus seems to be inspired by a warp gate in EVE. The Caldari are desecendants of Pokémon trainers. Macaluso posted:Is Team Rocket still Jesse, James and Meowth? If they want to replace Ash's friends each time then fine but I will not stand for them breaking up the Team Rocket family in the same way Wasn’t there some other team rocket group with a rattacate? I think it was Butch and Cassidy? I don’t remember much about them other than they sucked.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:03
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Evil Fluffy posted:The Caldari are desecendants of Pokémon trainers. Yes, but they haven’t been seen since way back in the Diamond & Pearl adaption.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:07
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socialsecurity posted:EVs and IVs need to go or just get tuned to sliders you can adjust on the fly. evs and ivs need to stay--they help differentiate pokémon so that no 2 are exactly alike. but im all for the games making them more visible to the player
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Dec 2, 2019 19:08
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Live Free posted:evs and ivs need to stay--they help differentiate pokémon so that no 2 are exactly alike. but im all for the games making them more visible to the player Natures do IVs in much more elegant fashion, and in general differentiation can kinda suck when it means some Pokemon are flat out worse than others of the same species. If there were more meaningful tradeoffs I'd find differentiation far more engaging.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:13
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Verisimilidude posted:this poo poo irritates me because there's almost zero information in the actual game about EVs or IVs and yet there's all this support for changing them and that can lead to suboptimal builds for raids and PVP, or potentially several hours of grinding on my part to negate the changes I've made. The only bright side I can give you on this is that it has never been easier to just roll a new mon through breeding or catching and get it perfect. I would definately not recommend berry hunting, just breed the mon you have (or go deeper down the rabbit hole with IVs and natures if you want) and run them through the Jobs training the way you want.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:16
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no "gamefreak needs to overhaul x, y, or z aspect of Pokemon" discussion can be complete without someone chiming in that Onix needs to get buffed. onix needs to get buffed. it's base stats are lower than butterfree's, and almost 1/2 of them are just in defense. It has lower attack than Oddish, a special attacker. loving 35 base health, making even the 160 base defense pointless because it isn't bulky enough to use it. Onix is only as bad as it is because it was the signature pokemon of the first gym leader, and they didn't want it to be too hard, and didn't want it to be lower level then the geodude.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:19
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The Bee posted:Natures do IVs in much more elegant fashion, and in general differentiation can kinda suck when it means some Pokemon are flat out worse than others of the same species. If there were more meaningful tradeoffs I'd find differentiation far more engaging. Yeah natures at least are immediately visible and you don't need to wait for the post game to understand what's going on. (Even if blue being lowered and red being raised took me a bit to guess, I thought it was the other way.  ) IV's are just annoying gateway to a mon being usable. EV's are....at least something you can do, but they also mean any pokemon you raise through the game is 'ruined' until you reset their EV's to what's good.Also you can check EV's in game, hit your control stick while looking at a pokemon's stats. The stats will turn yellow and you will see grey triangles representing what it's EV's are.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:20
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https://twitter.com/xilliette/status/1201374769016262657 i want my pokemon to judge me
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Dec 2, 2019 19:22
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socialsecurity posted:EVs and IVs need to go or just get tuned to sliders you can adjust on the fly. I’m all for ease of use but I don’t think instant sliders are the answer and a little bit of time and effort is fine. Just give the EV numbers to you straight up and give an easy way to reset like in gen 6. IVs are a lot dumber but I’ll admit there’s not much like the rush I feel when I breed a 5 IV mon.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:23
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EVs were meant to exist so that Sarah's Poliwag would be special and unique compared to Leah's and they're fine for that. The reason it's all half steps to make the easier to manipulate is because they weren't meant to be manually/knowingly manipulated at first. Real Sakurai hours for it
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Dec 2, 2019 19:24
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TeenageArchipelago posted:no "gamefreak needs to overhaul x, y, or z aspect of Pokemon" discussion can be complete without someone chiming in that Onix needs to get buffed.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:40
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The Bee posted:Natures do IVs in much more elegant fashion, and in general differentiation can kinda suck when it means some Pokemon are flat out worse than others of the same species. If there were more meaningful tradeoffs I'd find differentiation far more engaging. i would really prefer if they didn't remove any more of the game than they already have
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Dec 2, 2019 19:40
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:EVs were meant to exist so that Sarah's Poliwag would be special and unique compared to Leah's and they're fine for that. The reason it's all half steps to make the easier to manipulate is because they weren't meant to be manually/knowingly manipulated at first. This is so wild to me because I was as absorbed in poke mania as a kid as I possibly could have been, and I'm pretty confident at no point did I compare the stats of my same-level mons to my friends'.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:42
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If IVs were gone would that remove gameplay? You don't unlock the IV checker until postgame, and even then it just means you can't use these pokemon until you max out their IV's. There's just a lot of egg grinding that...while it can be enjoyable as something mindless while listening to podcasts I wouldn't say the game is better for it. You'd still be breeding for natures/abilities.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:43
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I think that they should just make the EV reducing berries purchasable (with your choice of money, watts, or BP). Make nature mints purchasable with money and watts too. That way you can still have the postgame goals of making perfect pokemon, but you can more easily fix your playthrough pokemon, or any mistakes you make while learning breeding. It would still take some effort, but would feel less punishing for newcomers.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:45
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Genovera posted:I think that they should just make the EV reducing berries purchasable (with your choice of money, watts, or BP). Make nature mints purchasable with money and watts too. i agree about the berries, but the battle tower is easy enough that the mints being bp only is fine. maybe lower the price to 20-30
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Dec 2, 2019 19:46
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Live Free posted:i agree about the berries, but the battle tower is easy enough that the mints being bp only is fine. maybe lower the price to 20-30 Yeah but the battle tower is boooooooooooring this time. Previous gens I would agree though.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:47
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IronicDongz posted:Honestly I feel like gamefreak is more likely to change almost anything besides pokemon base stats. The only way I see them ever touching pokemon stats is with regional forms. they have before. for example, Arbok got a 10 point buff to it's attack in gen 7. like, what you would need to do to Onix to make it not absolute garbage would require much more than 10 points in to it's attack, but still I just want my giant rock snake boi, god drat it
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Dec 2, 2019 19:50
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Onix's face is the worst thing Gamefreak has ever done to the series
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Dec 2, 2019 19:52
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Countblanc posted:Onix's face is the worst thing Gamefreak has ever done to the series I'm still leaning towards it being that steelix's overworld model floats through the air but it's battle model being the same "tail on the ground, head lifted up in to the air" that Onix has
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Dec 2, 2019 19:55
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Eimi posted:If IVs were gone would that remove gameplay? You don't unlock the IV checker until postgame, and even then it just means you can't use these pokemon until you max out their IV's. There's just a lot of egg grinding that...while it can be enjoyable as something mindless while listening to podcasts I wouldn't say the game is better for it. You'd still be breeding for natures/abilities. Breeding for only nature and ability is a 1 step process. This would basically remove breeding which some people might prefer but I would not. I think that the items are a better solution since you still have something to accomplish, but can get there either by breeding or by items if you don't like breeding. Also you can absolutely use pokemon who do not have max IVs-- just doing nature and EVs will get you pretty far. The reason why the IV checker is hidden is because otherwise people will fixate on IVs when frankly most people don't need to.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:56
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I thought they gave Onix a buff in Gen 2. It's called Steelix.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:56
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Genovera posted:Yeah but the battle tower is boooooooooooring this time. Previous gens I would agree though. Last couple games i've just been using up my giant stockpile of BP from bank, and I still have like 1000 some odd left. I hope to god Home allows them to transfer up and be used in SnS or otherwise i'm gonna have to find a weird use for them all in USUM.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:56
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Countblanc posted:Onix's face is the worst thing Gamefreak has ever done to the series golem
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Dec 2, 2019 19:59
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actually accelgor
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Dec 2, 2019 20:00
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Countblanc posted:This is so wild to me because I was as absorbed in poke mania as a kid as I possibly could have been, and I'm pretty confident at no point did I compare the stats of my same-level mons to my friends'.
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