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Kvlt! posted:yeah at first i thought i was missing something but it really is that easy hahaha I feel like I made a mistake getting this game. I almost got Ultra-Moon, it was cheaper and all, but I figured I should try to be active with the actual community. However, I heard that the Ultras have a lot of tutorials. Maybe it would've done me good. Anyway, I'm happily leveling up my mooks. I'm usually 3 levels higher/lower than the gym leaders and I'm trying to keep my favorites around, with some alternates. I haven't really need to raise any one unnecessary as of yet. My team is heavily fighting and dark, since those are coolest looking creatures so far, with a bit of water and flying for good measure. So it's gone well enough. Gotta go beat up some fairies now.
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I'm lolling hard at being confused by GameFreak not hand-holding.
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I didn't realize at first the wild area had shifting weather per day so I thought it was cool that the second area of the game had a bunch of ice pokemon for a change.
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SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:I didn't realize at first the wild area had shifting weather per day so I thought it was cool that the second area of the game had a bunch of ice pokemon for a change. Its still really cool that you can get access to ice types so early and that this gen has been nicer to ice types than any gen since sinnoh.
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It's cool that there is so much jargon and meta stuff surrounding this game that is absolutely not required to learn and understand because the game is so easy anyway. It's like the perfect game to bond with your kid over. It's literally perfect for that  I got him into Warframe, he got me into Pokemon. I think we're actually even now. Fortnite, however, is another story entirely...
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Jan 5, 2020 22:50
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I'm lolling hard at being confused by GameFreak not hand-holding. I know! It's making me feel like a massive idiot. But I look at my stats, I had to look up what the pink and blue numbers were, and I hardly understand what the Natures are and why they matter, and then the weird little detail, like "Startled by loud noises", and is it just flavor or important? I get how to breed, but how to actually do it in a way that matters, is beyond me. Anyway, again, I'm just an idiot who hasn't played since Diamond, and it's fine. I know that none of this stuff really matters to "beat" the game, and I can look into it up as I need to know, but it's just opaque. I'm happy I can pick and choose random battles, but I'm annoyed that some of the battles won't actually be visible in the tall grass meaning you have to find them anyway. I feel like a lot of features are like that for me. Cool but also annoying.
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Whitney's Miltank is the only instance I can think of in Pokemon's history where it has ever approached being challenging. If you're low or at-level and know type matchups, it's easy. If you're high level it's easy period. The only game I can think of where you can't just grind through is maybe Black/White if you don't abuse Audinos? This isn't a bad thing, they're still fun, especially if you get into battling, but it is baffling with this track record that people are still surprised when it's easy or easy to break.
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My 6 year old, holding a Cubone toy: "If I catch this guy in Pokemon sword, I'm going to nickname him Boner because he can throw a bone like a boomerang"
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canyoneer posted:My 6 year old, holding a Cubone toy: It's a good name.
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Gruckles posted:It's a good name. What're your best nicknames? I'm particularly proud of my Obstagoon called No-name Dog, my Mimikyu called Kentucky Owl, and I do think Raichu is quite suited to Cutty Sark.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I know! It's making me feel like a massive idiot. But I look at my stats, I had to look up what the pink and blue numbers were, and I hardly understand what the Natures are and why they matter, and then the weird little detail, like "Startled by loud noises", and is it just flavor or important? The pink and blue numbers no-one's going to blame you for though. It uses the japanese color-coding system which is the opposite of what westerners would intuitively think and for some reason didn't get localized. I remember when XY came out someone mentioned that red is actually the stat that goes up and blue is the one that goes down and it caused like 4 pages of goons getting upset over learning this.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:The pink and blue numbers no-one's going to blame you for though. It uses the japanese color-coding system which is the opposite of what westerners would intuitively think and for some reason didn't get localized. I appreciate that they're giving players the chances for optimal builds, choosing your best/worst stat and all, but honestly that stuff could be hidden like before. I hear terms like EV and IV and I'm not really sure what they mean. I think a bit of chance would make it a touch more interesting. Like it's cool I bring my Wingull all the way to the end, but it's unfortunate to know from the get-go I'm making a loss with good ole Captain Ahab, because I don't want to evolve him.
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I name all my Pokemon jimbo
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mandatory lesbian posted:I name all my Pokemon jimbo same but Sephiroth
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I get how to breed, but how to actually do it in a way that matters, is beyond me. This is way beyond what you need to know right now, but if you want to breed pokemon once you're in postgame, this post describes how: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3883283&pagenumber=661&perpage=40#post500133803
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Genovera posted:This is way beyond what you need to know right now, but if you want to breed pokemon once you're in postgame, this post describes how: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3883283&pagenumber=661&perpage=40#post500133803 Quoting for future use, but thanks. I'll probably be doing it to get duplicates for things like Eevee's but yeah, that's some detail.
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I named all the strong powerful bugs on my bug team after soups
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100YrsofAttitude posted:What're your best nicknames? Eternatus: Gastr Blastr Shiny G-Max Solar Power Charizard: StrctlyWorse Toxapex: LetItHappen Appletun: Farthing Applebottom
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100YrsofAttitude posted:What're your best nicknames? Gmax Orbeetle named Posadie
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AlternateNu posted:Appletun: Farthing Applebottom That seems too long but it's powerful
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100YrsofAttitude posted:What're your best nicknames? All my nicknames rule. Mostly because I sit and think about them way too loving much. For example I'm going to name my Cursola Eurydice because if I ain't being extra about it why bother.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:That seems too long but it's powerful In game, it's just "Farthing". But we know the full name. 
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I'm very proud of my Chewtle named Don Chewdle
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Finally got and started Sword! It's very cute so far. My only complaints are A) giving me access to random encounters before Pokeballs. Don't tempt me! And B) the bump sound when you walk into a wall. I gotta check everywhere, don't punish me for it!
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The only pokemon on my team I haven't theme named is BORB 2.0, who is a gmax replacement for BORB, who was a rookidee before he became a corviknight.
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Some of my more personal favorite Nicknames: Frosmoth: Snom Mom Falinks: WeDemBois Mr. Rime: Charlie Chillplin Cinderace: Hopanero Rillaboom: Sun Growku Sirfetch'd: Duxit Also not mine, but there's a goon out there who named their zacian "KNIFE CRIMES" and it never fails to make me laugh when I see it Rich Uncle Chet fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Jan 6, 2020 |
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Cactus posted:So far I like the game but I'm a bit confused as to the difficulty. It seems like there's nothing stopping me from doing loads of max raids early on and vastly over overlevelling the content, making the gym challenges trivial. Admittedly I'm only on the second gym but I've already caught a load of grass mons and am in the process of feeding them tonnes of xp candy in preparation to kick the water people's arses. If you A) don't use EXP boosting items like the candies (horde those for post-game, really, to super level some dudes for the end-tier raids), B) don't go ham grinding or catching excessive amounts of wild Pokemon, and C) keep a shifting roster of about 9-10 'mons that you keep roughly evenly leveled, the EXP curve falls just right to make the campaign solidly challenging and fun. You'll end up around 1-2 levels lower than each area as you get to it like the older games.
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My best nickname might be Duxcaiber, the Sirfetch’d. Sir Leeksalot is another great one I’ve heard for it. I also wish I used Boolong for my Polteageist, but I didn’t think of it at the time so mine was just Oolong.
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ChaosArgate posted:My best nickname might be Duxcaiber, the Sirfetch’d. Sir Leeksalot is another great one I’ve heard for it. When I did my second playthrough, I saw that the German name for Sirfetch'd is Lauchzelot which is basically that. It was one of my favorites.
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Consider; Caraduck
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ChaosArgate posted:My best nickname might be Duxcaiber, the Sirfetch’d. Sir Leeksalot is another great one I’ve heard for it. I also wish I used Boolong for my Polteageist, but I didn’t think of it at the time so mine was just Oolong. I've just been doing puns off whether they are authentic or not. ArTEAficial, LegiTEAmate, etc.
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are the menu noises still literally from gen 3 or are they just designed to sound exactly like the gen 3 menu noises? i don't know why this annoys me so much but it does. i remember black and white had some sick-rear end whoooooooosh selection noises but x/y had these really annoying clicky ones instead
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I'm lolling hard at being confused by GameFreak not hand-holding. I'm not sure a popup should be necessary for investigating literal shining beacons.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:What're your best nicknames? ChaosArgate posted:Sir Leeksalot is another great one I’ve heard for it. But for the others... my team’s not finalized yet, but so far I’ve settled on Peter Rabbit for Cinderace. Proud of all the others, though: Sir Cawsly (changed after Hootsworth the Rookidee evolved to something less owl-like); meaning my Bewear then filled the resulting -worth gap by changing to Hugglesworth from Cuddleston; Braeburn wins as an apple variety that sounds like a dragon name, and finally Dr. Hocking is my Cramorant—particularly proud of that one. (Thanks 100YrsofAttitude for being a tie-breaker on that one) Gift meowth is Quidston. Shiny Gyarados is Erik the Red, though I’m open to a better one.  On a strongly-felt whim my Yamper was Coconut until she (I only realized why at the annual Die Hard Christmas viewing  )
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Names I'm proud of: My Inteleon is named H2 Double O7 because why shouldn't we be obtuse as hell. Grimmsnarl was SUPPOSED to be named Follicula but that name tripped the profanity filter, so he became Nosfollicle instead. Lisa Frank the Rapidash (With 0 IVs in Attack  The IV Judge is bittersweet when checking your in-game party)
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Some of my names so far have included: Gorillaz the Rillaboom Lenore the Corviknight Vanille the Alcreamie MacIntosh the Appletun (I have a MacIntosh apple tree in my backyard.) Hobbes the Boltund (She’s named after my friend’s corgi.)
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I love naming things; it's practically half the game for me. Some of my favorites this gen are Hell-o-tape the Centiskorch Taikoko the Rillaboom Pievern the Appletun Snapstopher the Drednaw Gorgatross the Cramorant Baarnabus the Dubwool Slabses the Runigrus Chai Scream the Polteageist Sassy Knoll the Eldegoss Cholestolord the Alcremie
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