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AngryRobotsInc posted:Arven is kind of a dork, and I am here for it. when I first met him I thought he'd suck because he came off as another Gladion type but way too old for the 'angsty maybe genuinely traumatized teenager' act to be kinda endearing but as soon as I started the titan quest with him I realized he's just a giant nerd who was trying to sound cool and loved him.
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I haven't finished getting the badges and stuff but I did all the titan spots and Arvens story is my fav so far
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Nov 22, 2022 19:43
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Mesadoram posted:It is seriously amazing, it is honestly just making the experience just that much more magical. Can't remember what the area below is called, but the music here is my favorite so far. It made me go "oh poo poo!" as soon as it started. Those country rear end beats were bangin, especially during battles. That said, I've found that I generally enjoy the music more when I'm not on Koraidon. The bombastic nature of his themes makes all the music sound more samey, so sometimes I go on foot just to hear the regular theme of an area. I like all the music though (except the tera gym theme; screw that SwSh chanting bullshit imo.)
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The sports chanting really doesn't work when there's like...three people watching the fight At the same time, turning the music off lets you hear the various sound effects, like the sarcastic "woooow" when a Pokemon faints, or the awkward clapping from the few NPCs watching the fight, and the tinkly Tera effects on Flying-types when they flap their wings
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Nov 22, 2022 20:01
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How does this game look run and feel worse than arceus which came out… 10 months ago
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Nov 22, 2022 20:06
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Vinylshadow posted:The sports chanting really doesn't work when there's like...three people watching the fight The sports chanting doesn't really work when the X-type Gym leader Terastilizes their final, non-X-type pokemon to be X-type, the type you've been sweeping with a single pokemon all fight.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:07
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Scromit Comet posted:when I first met him I thought he'd suck because he came off as another Gladion type but way too old for the 'angsty maybe genuinely traumatized teenager' act to be kinda endearing but as soon as I started the titan quest with him I realized he's just a giant nerd who was trying to sound cool and loved him. And he becomes more sympathetic with each Titan, poor guy just wants to help his dog
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Nov 22, 2022 20:08
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Anyone else have an issue with being really underlevelled at the end? It's my own fault for mostly Bee-lining gyms/bases towards the end of the main part of the game, but even after doing some grinding and making sure I got all the Pokemon league trainer rewards in higher end zones, I'm still behind the curve going into the E4. I guess that's just what happens when there're no mandatory trainer fights or random encounters. Larryb posted:And he becomes more sympathetic with each Titan, poor guy just wants to help his dog I was entirely sure he was going to have the opposite box art legendary Once his real motivation came out, I was on board with him 100%
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Nov 22, 2022 20:09
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Vinylshadow posted:The sports chanting really doesn't work when there's like...three people watching the fight It also doesn't feel like a sports chant as much as the SwSh one did. It's too melodic.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:09
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:How does this game look run and feel worse than arceus which came out… 10 months ago pokemon: now with textures! battle system intact again! sacrifices include: dramatically less clothing options, shadows that flicker and pop-in, a new white bar/line that appears on the left side of the screen when you press A to proceed dialogue while the camera is panning (missingno cousin?)... and so much more!
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Nov 22, 2022 20:10
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i do like the in-game reason for the uniforms that's only found in one of the random books of the library. it's essentially 'you can wear whatever accessories you want and do whatever you want with your hair as long as you leave your uniform unmodified' which does make sense but uhh probably should have been in a more obvious place.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:15
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The power creep is extremely real lol. The ancient/future Pokémon are crazy good and the speed tiers on these mons is nuts. You basically have to have priority to revenge kill these guys as they can laugh in the face of most scarfers and kill them. Wasn’t expecting to be worried about matching up against misdreavus and delibird variants going into this.
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Splash Attack posted:i do like the in-game reason for the uniforms that's only found in one of the random books of the library. it's essentially 'you can wear whatever accessories you want and do whatever you want with your hair as long as you leave your uniform unmodified' which does make sense but uhh probably should have been in a more obvious place. The fact that the 30, 40, and 50 year old NPCs are also students wearing the same uniform makes me think they just ran out of time Man I like Pokémon and I liked sword and shield but this feels like it’s not even close to a beta
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Nov 22, 2022 20:17
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The fact that the 30, 40, and 50 year old NPCs are also students wearing the same uniform makes me think they just ran out of time I think those forever-students are hilarious but I suppose if I stop to think beyond how funny/sad it is I would realize that none of those adult students can be seen on school grounds.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:19
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It’s def way more finished than a beta lol.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The fact that the 30, 40, and 50 year old NPCs are also students wearing the same uniform makes me think they just ran out of time It's never too late to take up pokemon courses!
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Nov 22, 2022 20:20
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I feel like the Director should run a Star-gang for the older students....
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Nov 22, 2022 20:21
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Also why did they not bring back the NPC to reset EVs. It makes you consign your level up dudes to the box or spend hours searching for little gold sparkles to pick up EV reset berries... kinda bad! I liked being able to take a levelled up guy and make him competitively useful relatively easily. You could fix lovely EVs, IVs, natures, and abilities without too much effort  Oh well. I got super lucky with a 4 IV imposter ditto I found randomly in a crystal thingie so I can breed up some fresh ones pretty easy.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:22
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I was weak when I ran into a clearly older man, without realizing what he was wearing until the close up and getting whacked with "Student (whatever his name was)". As someone who was previously a returning student considerably older than many of my classmates (not nearly that much older, though), I thought it was neat.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:22
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The fact that the 30, 40, and 50 year old NPCs are also students wearing the same uniform makes me think they just ran out of time I would say it feels a lot like a beta. Just needs some cleanup and optimisation passes. I am at peace with the uniforms but then in the UK most school kids do wear uniforms and with less room to personalise than this, even. Still miss my fashions.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:22
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Can't wait for the massive beta Scarlet/Violet leak in a few years with a stable build, more elements like being able to stealth-catch from PLA, and earlier Paradox Pokemon in the overworld 
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Nov 22, 2022 20:23
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Lux Animus posted:The sports chanting doesn't really work when the X-type Gym leader Terastilizes their final, non-X-type pokemon to be X-type, the type you've been sweeping with a single pokemon all fight. I thought the same thing, it mainly worked in Sword and Shield because they doubled their Pokémon’s HP so there was a chance for some back and forth, here they are down in one hit.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The fact that the 30, 40, and 50 year old NPCs are also students wearing the same uniform makes me think they just ran out of time There's a ton of NPCs that aren't wearing the uniform and probably a greater overall npc model variety than sword/shield so I don't think that has anything to do with anything other than a deliberate choice
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Nov 22, 2022 20:25
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The chanting also works better when the fight is in....you know...a stadium. With a crowd. Not when there's a group of like...maybe five randos watching the fight.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:25
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The fact that the 30, 40, and 50 year old NPCs are also students wearing the same uniform makes me think they just ran out of time one of the npcs says that there's no age limits to joining the academy and that their grandma could do so right now if they wanted, so i like to think the uniform is for all ages. which makes it funny to see the 50 year old man in little boy shorts because he's either been a student forever or joined up and has to dress like that now.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:The fact that the 30, 40, and 50 year old NPCs are also students wearing the same uniform makes me think they just ran out of time At first I just assumed the adult students were teachers in disguise since I saw one around a Team Star base. It'd feel less weird if they weren't in child clothing or you saw a few adult students at the school itself.
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Stux posted:agreed the busywork check list game of flat empty areas that repeated pokemon endlessly and couldnt have more than 2 on screen at once and had gameplay best described as holding down ZR to fire a machine gun of balls at everything and nothing else is much better. unrelated but a cartoon roadrunner just caved my skull in with an anvil. Similarly, I have only ever done the 'throw out your lead Pokemon at something to catch it off guard" thing by accident in SV - it's just plain faster to battle normally than to try to line up a good surprise attack, and lining up a surprise attack isn't fun or engaging enough to bother with on its own. This game has some issues but "isn't enough like PLA" isn't one. The fundamental mechanics of SV are fine, they just needed a lot more polish for the graphics and engine. Paramemetic posted:Edit: I really appreciate that in the modern Pokemon world your in game rival isn't really a rival and definitely isn't an incorrigible little poo poo who serves only to want to foil you. An emphasis on cooperative fun in competition is good and the saccharine sweetness is a delightful escape in this bitch of a world.  It also makes them seem a hell of a lot less pathetic since they're not coming up to you all HEH YOU'RE A LOSER YOUR LAST WIN WAS A FLUKE  after you've curbstomped them 4 times already.AngryRobotsInc posted:Arven is kind of a dork, and I am here for it. Blockhouse posted:There's a ton of NPCs that aren't wearing the uniform and probably a greater overall npc model variety than sword/shield so I don't think that has anything to do with anything other than a deliberate choice
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AngryRobotsInc posted:The chanting also works better when the fight is in....you know...a stadium. With a crowd. yeah while sw/sh was boring the gym fights felt like a actual spectacle in-game, so it's kind of weird for it to downgrade to a casual gathering in scarvi lol. but i do love the music even if it doesn't fit.
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I kind of like Nemona to be honest (not sure if she goes downhill later in the game though) but yeah, Arven is great (wasn’t a big fan at first but by the second Titan I was fully onboard with him)
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Haifisch posted:Similarly, I have only ever done the 'throw out your lead Pokemon at something to catch it off guard" thing by accident in SV - it's just plain faster to battle normally than to try to line up a good surprise attack, and lining up a surprise attack isn't fun or engaging enough to bother with on its own. I do wish this mechanic was to catch without battling. Surprise attack is worthless lol
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Frankly I miss my OP dodge roll and I wish my dragonbike would just step over the bugs and birds that I can't see on the ground. It's also really weird to be locked in a fight to catch a Salazzle with all her male paramours watching and panicking in the background, and none of them are attacking me. She's your queen! Losers
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The glide not working similar to Arceus's was a bummer and lol the drop off of your path if you glide for too long.
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Echophonic posted:Is it possible to cross-train egg moves like it was in Sw/Sh? I'd like to get sucker punch onto my starter. Yes. Have another Pokemon with Sucker Punch in your party, delete a moveslot on your starter and give your starter a Mirror Herb to hold (you can buy them for 30k in Cascarrafa at Delibird Presents if you don't have one). Then just start and exit a picnic.
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So at what point in the game do you start finding more Tera orbs? I’m two gyms/Titans/bases in and still only have the default one
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once again i am bemoaning the fact that the GTS was relegated to Home('s mobile app) even with certain community link codes being passed around, it's just... so much more of a hassle to get specific pokemon than it needs to be. why did they even start doing that. Echophonic posted:Is it possible to cross-train egg moves like it was in Sw/Sh? I'd like to get sucker punch onto my starter. 1 - get any pokemon with the egg move you need, egg group be damned 2 - buy a mirror herb at the delibird shop in the water gym city 3 - remove one of the moves from the pokemon you want to get the move and have them hold the herb 4 - start a picnic with both pokemon in the party
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Nuclearmonkee posted:The power creep is extremely real lol. The ancient/future Pokémon are crazy good and the speed tiers on these mons is nuts. You basically have to have priority to revenge kill these guys as they can laugh in the face of most scarfers and kill them. Weavile isn’t even considered especially fast now, these are harrowing times
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Nuclearmonkee posted:Wasn’t expecting to be worried about matching up against misdreavus and delibird variants going into this. As someone who's loved Delibird forever, the fact that Iron Bundle is this god-slaying "please quickban it"-worthy demon fills my cold, black heart with joy. 
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Oh lord, only the learner needs the herb? RIP 30k. Oh well, not like money's that hard to come by with my Tera Raid addiction. What the gently caress, that takes like 20 seconds. That's insane and I love it.
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MacheteZombie posted:I do wish this mechanic was to catch without battling. Surprise attack is worthless lol My hot take is that there's nothing stopping you from getting into a battle and immediately throwing a ball anyway, so throwing a pokeball from the overworld should at least be an option (that kicks you into a battle if the pokemon breaks out).
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