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Blueredemption November 27th, 2014 7:32 AM

Did you use the Exp share?
 
The revolutionary Exp share from XY carried over into ORAS, and brought along with it extreme benefits when it comes to grinding. Did you keep it on after getting it from the scientist in Petalburg woods? Or did you shut it off to keep the difficulties of the game around?

I myself shut it off, as did many of my friends. I just couldn't see myself going through hoenn without getting a little disappointed if it got too easy.

Discuss! :)

Pendraflare November 27th, 2014 7:38 AM

I had it off the entirety of my main play before the post-game. But now that i've beaten the Delta episode, I have it on now that I can focus on training up stuff to higher levels and what not.

PokeChris123 November 27th, 2014 8:02 AM

I kept it off the whole time, I wanted to challenge myself... I'm not sure if I will turn it on after the Elite 4.

SkyRyder November 27th, 2014 8:09 AM

I have mine off since I want my main-game team actually earning their experience. I'll keep it off until I'm done with the main-game and post-game. After that, I'll turn it on when I'm building teams for competitive battling.

Candy November 27th, 2014 8:15 AM

I turned off the exp share. After being too overleveled at my first Kalos playthrough, I had to keep it off the entire time I play any gen 6 games. It's just not fun.

Plus, it'll just result in you using only 1-2 Pokemon in the party 'cause the others already gain their level ups thanks to you.

cmtthws92 November 27th, 2014 8:27 AM

I kept it on, mainly because I have no patience grinding out my Pokemon. I just used my starter during the main story and Delta Episode.

SirRidge November 27th, 2014 8:37 AM

On what I consider my main playthrough on Ruby I played it the way god(Arceus) intended. No EXP share and only using Pokemon I find in Hoenn.

When I do my playthrough just to get all the other legendaries on Sapphire I'm turning it on, as well s bringing Pokemon in from the bank.

Mawa November 27th, 2014 11:10 AM

I kept it on, I have exams and big projetcs so I don't have that time to train my pokemon, but if I am overleveled, I will put it off.

Cerberus87 November 27th, 2014 11:15 AM

I don't have the game yet but when I do I'll keep it on because it was a pain in the pass to grind in the originals (and, really, any game before FRLG).

gunzjones November 27th, 2014 12:01 PM

I kept it on and alternated pokemon to the frontline. Usually pushed some out and replaced them after I got their evolutions. I've been playing through slowly. Put in 40 hours in just trying to catch them all or evolve them.my beldum, latias, sceptile and a gyarados have been my main team since the middle though. I'll play with more for the contests after I beat the 4 the first time.

Outsethero November 27th, 2014 12:14 PM

I keep it on, mainly because I like to enjoy the story without any interruptions and I've always used just my starter whenever I play through the main scenario. EXP Share actually allows me to use other stuff if I ever feel like it.

J a s m i n e © November 27th, 2014 12:22 PM

I always keep mine on because I like to be over-leveled. Also, its been a tradition of mine to have my main team at level 100 before I challenge the E4. That way, I can concentrate on training other Pokémon post-game.

clbgolden November 27th, 2014 12:26 PM

I kept it on, and I'm happy I did. If not, some of my Pokemon might still be at 40-50.

QueenNatSumi November 27th, 2014 2:36 PM

I enjoyed turning it off, and ive found that if you battle in secret bases you can get exp pretty easy. Also there other ways to get some. But I don't see much use for it until post game training up pokemons and eving stuff for battles.

Nah November 27th, 2014 2:44 PM

I've been alternating having it on and having it off so far. Grinding in Hoenn (or anything that's not Unova or Kalos) usually sucks, so the Exp.Share is welcome, especially because I don't like having my team be too varied in level; I like them to all be within a few levels of each other. I don't keep it on all the time though because while I don't mind being a little overleveled, too much isn't exactly fun fun for story purposes.

I'm just hoping that there will be a good way to level grind before the Elite 4 or in the post-game, or both. I only have 5 badges atm, so we'll see what happens.

QueenNatSumi November 27th, 2014 2:48 PM

I find its pretty easy to get those lvls before the e4. Besides theres also victory road, for leveling.

Thief November 27th, 2014 7:11 PM

Just got it and turned it off immediately. It's already too easy considering I've caught Level 17 (& could have caught a lvl21) Pokémon with the DexNav before I even entered Petalburg Woods. My team members are already higher than Brawly's Pokémon, and I'm not even in Rustboro yet.

TwilightBlade November 27th, 2014 7:22 PM

I kept it on and then turned it off at some point, like gym 4. I turned it back on again since Team Aqua's base in Lilycove.

destinedjagold November 27th, 2014 7:30 PM

Only turning it on during Gym Leader battles. I'm also planning to turn it on later in the E4. ^^
Other than that, I kept it off all the time. :/

Altius November 27th, 2014 8:26 PM

I turned it on. Hoenn isn't a nice place to train weaker pokemon. The EXP share makes it less painful... Though I've turned it off for now because I'm already at Lv35-37 with only 4 badges in.

DRCM November 27th, 2014 9:00 PM

I turned it off straight away. It made XY too easy; don't want to make it too easy.

QueenNatSumi November 27th, 2014 10:18 PM

Post game its so useful for when you eving, other wise i only use it to lv up low lv pokemon if need be.

Hikamaru November 28th, 2014 2:41 AM

I already know what I'll do once I get the games... I'll still use it. It didn't really bother me in X/Y plus I'm someone who likes to breeze through, and on top of that I'll be doing Pokemon Amie on everything as well.

Sebastian_Sommer November 28th, 2014 5:07 AM

I only turn it on when I challenge the gym leaders, but apart from that, I keep it off in order to avoid being too over leveled.

90210 November 28th, 2014 5:25 AM

I turn it on all the time since I want to go through the game quick and fast :)

La Espada November 28th, 2014 6:35 AM

Like meany others, I only use it in the post game. I learned from X/Y that that thing needs to be turned off immediately if you want any kind of challenge.

Death November 28th, 2014 6:37 AM

I kept it off except for when I needed to train a new, weaker Pokemon which wasn't at all often.

After the E4, I now have it switched on permanently.

Creator Limbs November 28th, 2014 7:22 AM

The difficulty without exp share is artificial. You bet I kept it on.

Making the game harder is a matter of reducing the critical hit ratio and decreasing the damage.

Chibi-chan November 28th, 2014 12:25 PM

I kept it on to avoid the grind. My primary focus in ORAS isn't leveling my Pokemon, but making sure that I cover all the little aspects of the game completely. It's easier to complete the game 100% if you have high level Pokemon to plow through the usual obstacles.

RedJ November 28th, 2014 12:41 PM

I shut it off the moment I got it and only turned it on when I caught my Aron and bred my Poochyena so could get them caught up in levels faster. I've since beat the Elite Four and I stll leave it off, mainly because I made the mistake of not doing that quite a bit in X and Y and would end up leveling up Pokemon I didn't want to by accident.

The Fourteenth Doctor November 28th, 2014 1:00 PM

I've got it switched off for my current playthrough, I may switch it on after I've beaten the E4

Ivysaur November 28th, 2014 3:23 PM

I always have it on. I'm doing a N playthrough -catching a few new pokémon in each route and training them- and it would be a pain to do it without the cheap experience. My "extended team" currently has 9 members and I just finished Rustboro, with all of them on level 12. In Y I got to the league with about 25 mons on level 50-something so I'm expecting the same here.

Meganium November 28th, 2014 6:57 PM

I had it on and I figured it was something I'd rather keep on. I don't even know how my playthough would look like if I had it off. I don't think I've done any grinding on my Pokemon, which is good at least.

Virtual Headache November 29th, 2014 5:16 AM

I have it on and I'm going to keep it that way. I see no reason to keep it off just to make training take a lot longer, I'm already taking enough time to play through the game^^;

Pinkie-Dawn November 29th, 2014 8:23 AM

I turned it off until my planned team is fully EV trained. I wasn't aware that the Exp. Share was turned on the moment I received it, so I quickly turned it off.

Sheep November 29th, 2014 8:34 AM

Mine's been off since the beginning. I don't want to overlevel, especially since my team this time around is already pretty powerful haha.

Sopheria November 29th, 2014 8:46 AM

Turned it off as soon as I got it. I tried the Exp Share out during my second playthrough of Y, and it just made the game wayyyy too easy. However, I might use it in the postgame to make building up my competitive team a bit easier.

GhostTrainer November 29th, 2014 8:59 AM

I kept it on, and it surprisingly didn't overpower my Pokemon.

Dedenne1 November 29th, 2014 11:29 AM

Yep kept it on since i got it balances the team for me and keeps pokemon that im not using on my main team trained its great for nuzlockes too!

Outsethero November 29th, 2014 2:59 PM

I figured I'd make a new reply here now that I've restarted the game. I'm actually keeping it off this time around, trying to play the game while actually working on a team, something I have never done since I'd usually just use my starter throughout the story. I'll update this if I ever go back to using it, but for the time being it's off!

Nakala Pri November 29th, 2014 7:05 PM

I kept it on at the beginning, but then I turned it off when I needed to level up Pokemon specificity, like my Swablu, who was level 20 and the other guys were approaching level forty. xD

I turned it on just now, since they're gettin' a tad under leveled.

morrison November 30th, 2014 4:18 AM

i dont like the ep share it is still like the gen 1 share and which i didnt like because it takes ages to get all the bla bla got xx exp . i want to be able to choose between the gen 2 to 5 exp share and the 1 and 6 share.

Moonlight Shadow November 30th, 2014 8:46 AM

I turned it off immediately after I got it,want a bit of a challenge.My current team are all the same level at the moment focusing on one member at a time...I may switch it on later on who knows?

Disolia November 30th, 2014 9:16 AM

As stated in previous topics. I found that experience share system to be an undesirable overly non-challenging feature, so much so that I immediately turned off upon receiving the device.
Though even with that stated, I do understand the implication of this device is to decrease the amount of time you waste idling training on this game, to allow the player to reach their goal in a reasonable amount of time. I however, actually enjoy the training process, and don't mind the additional life expenditure.

ilias_ November 30th, 2014 12:15 PM

I kept it off for a while but I turned it on later. I don't have enough time to play so it makes things easier!

Pepperton November 30th, 2014 12:22 PM

I've had it on. Just helps me get lower leveled pokemon up to speed, which is generally a very annoying and tedious process.

Oddi November 30th, 2014 2:27 PM

I keep it on because I like being overleveled.

My rule when I play any of the games is to be level twenty by the first gym leader, then ten levels per leader after that, so by the time I'm at the elite four, my pokemon are already at like level 75 or 80~ maybe even 90 if I really stuck by it all the way through, which I usually don't, but it's a good way to get me started. I don't like to spend too much time battling NPC's.

Lilycove November 30th, 2014 2:56 PM

I kept it on. Really love the feature, because I wanted to finish the game ASAP, I much prefer post-game.

Warspirit December 1st, 2014 5:14 PM

I turned it off shortly after I got it. I want to challenge myself, as I have always used exp shares in previous games and it's become easy. If my pokemon start to get behind though you can bet I'm turning it back on. (And for gym leader battles I'll most likely turn it back on)

ArcanineWithABow December 1st, 2014 6:31 PM

I just turned mine off. I needed it to catch up some of my newer Pokemon. I am only in Slateport City and it's nice with an Abra who could only use Teleport and a Magikarp.

Way better than the ol' switch out and take a hit.

Starry Windy December 1st, 2014 10:45 PM

I keep it on, because I want to have my other Pokémon in the party keeping up with the ones that I often use, also because it makes training my team a bit easier, too.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire December 1st, 2014 11:10 PM

I've had it turned off for most of the game thus far (I am as a result very underleveled and am at the 7th gym...that's why I am avoiding this site still for the most part). Only time I turned it on was to train Abra two levels and even then I used my level 40 Glalie from the demo by itself to avoid making things easy. Leveling up without it makes leveling as difficult as pre-Gen 5...

ΩRαS December 2nd, 2014 5:03 AM

Back in X&Y I don't think I bothered to switch it off at all but creepin' up in Hoenn I set this little beauty to off upon arriving at Rustboro City (7 minutes after receiving it) only using it to level up another Wurmple I caught to have both Beautifly and Dustox.

Without using it my team remains balanced and still gives me a challenge upon entering new routes and during gym battles.
I'm currently preparing to get my sixth gym badge and my team of 6 are in their low 30's with the exception of Aron (Lv.16) which I walked back to Dewford to catch!
I'm training him up without the aid of Exp. Share, giving him the Amulet Coin and sending him out first each trainer battle.

starseed galaxy auticorn December 4th, 2014 6:26 AM

I have a hard time leveling my pokemon without it, so I kept it on. I have turned off a few times to level up weaker pokemon with or without a bait and switch method. There are moments when I forget to turn it back on. XD

.Lacie December 4th, 2014 9:21 PM

Kept it on. I focus in the post-game anyways.

Diggerez December 5th, 2014 9:57 AM

I left it on as I usually over level on every rpg anyway

Warspirit December 5th, 2014 10:17 AM

Now I actually shut mine off. All my Pokemon are wayyyyy above the levels of trainers in the area. I guess it's because I search for IV taillows with egg moves/special abilities all the time to trade for pokemon I want to trade into ORAS :/

Altairis December 5th, 2014 11:46 AM

I used the EXP share right after I had caught a Swablu and Feebas that were both ~10 levels below where they were supposed to be, and I wanted them to gain a lot of EXP while I battled Team Magma and continued on with the storyline, mostly because I was too lazy to grind them. :P I also turned it on towards the end of the main storyline, because then you start to battle a lot of trainers that give out a lot of EXP and I wanted all of my Pokemon to be roughly around the same level.

Jimmyray December 7th, 2014 9:10 AM

I kept it on for a little while, until I had a team of 6 that could all compete with the levels of the point I was at in the game, then I turned it off as I found myself too over-leveled. I remember my Taillow evolved near Mauville and I hadn't even used it for ages so that kind of annoyed me. I'm currently at Mt. Pyre with Exp Share off and I'm finding myself 2, 3 or 4 levels above the opponent which is enough to provide a little bit of a challenge with certain trainers. It's certainly better than my Y playthrough when I was OHKOing absolutely everything.

pkmin3033 December 7th, 2014 9:13 AM

I've been using it, but I'm beginning to think that might have been a mistake...I have six Gym Badges and most of my team are now in their fifties. I could probably tackle the Elite Four right now; I expect my team will be in their seventies by the time I get there at this rate. I kept it on because I didn't want some of my party members to fall behind, but the result is that they've all gone rather dramatically overboard...

...I knew this was going to happen. Or I could have hazarded a guess. I don't really mind, as I've not found Pokemon challenging in years, and this way I don't have to grind mindlessly off low-levelled Pokemon in the wild. But...well, it would have been nice if they hadn't shot up QUITE so fast. xD

Nakuzami December 8th, 2014 12:59 PM

I turned it off right when I got it. It was nice to actually train my pokémon again, more like the originals, and I didn't even really need to grind. I'm done with the Delta Episode and my highest level is fifty. Even with pokémon level 46-48, I swept Wally and the Elite Four, so I shudder to think how easy it would have been had I kept the Exp. Share on.

WishCookie December 8th, 2014 1:17 PM

Nope, I kept mine off through the whole main and delta series.

s0nido December 9th, 2014 4:07 AM

I was pretty excited for the postgame (no Battle Frontier y u do dis trollfreak T.T), so I kept mine on to speed up my playthrough. It was satisfying to finish the game the very next day, though, since I've never finished a game that quickly before.

SaniOKh December 10th, 2014 11:36 AM

I kept mine on. I've become allergic to grinding after marathoning the entire series a year ago. The only game(s) I completed without having to grind before the League just to be around the same level as the Elite Four (despite beating every single trainer on the way!) was/were B2/W2. Now I just love curb-stomping things :) .

Right now I'm getting ready to curb-stomp even harder. I'm thinking about replaying all four Gen 6 games as soon as I capture the Cresselia in OR, and today my Mirage Island has wild Happinies. I'm currently doing a different kind of grinding: grinding Lucky Eggs :D (I have 21 of them already, only three to go) .

SparklingMistral December 12th, 2014 5:53 PM

I kept mine on 'cause I like having my Pokemon all at about the same level as others without needing to grind. n_n I don't mind it that much, but having to do it extensively gets boring after a while for me.

ChikoritaCheezits December 17th, 2014 12:02 PM

I just keep it on. It gives me the benefit of not having to keep switching around and avoids being under leveled. It also lets me switch into Pokemon with a type advantage without having to worry about a Pokemon not getting as much experience and falling behind. My only complaint is that it makes the game a bit too easy.

Necrum December 17th, 2014 3:29 PM

I had mine on sometimes but usually just when I had multiple Pokemon to raise.

MrMacBeth December 18th, 2014 10:26 AM

I kept mine off for the entire main storyline, which didnt prevent me from literaly crushing the league with nice levels without grinding.

Timbjerr December 18th, 2014 11:26 AM

I kept it on mainly because the last of my planned party members becomes available relatively late and I wanted her to catch up easily...but then I realized that I was dramatically overlevelled (43-45 range upon arriving in Fortree City) and turned it off. XD

antemortem December 18th, 2014 5:11 PM

hell yes i used it

I used it at all times except against an NPC like a Gym Leader, where I would turn it off so certain team members could have the spotlight and solo against certain enemies on the Leader's team. Any other time, I kept it on in order to allow my team to remain balanced. That said, the only time my team was perfectly balanced was when I reached the Elite Four for the first time and my team was all Level 49 except Swampert, who was Level 50.

Karajan December 18th, 2014 11:57 PM

I kept it on mostly for the fact that it bothers me when all of my pokemon aren't at the same level. This just made it like 10x easier to keep my pokemon around the same. Plus it makes it easier to beat gym leaders and such.

MarinoKadame December 20th, 2014 4:29 AM

THe only problem I encountered for now with it off the whole time was that Trainer Milotic lv 36, after Fortree. The Milotic kept spamming Recover, Water Pulse and Twister. Also it was always raining so Water Pulse did lot of damage.

Imperator161 December 20th, 2014 6:09 AM

I haven't finished ORAS yet, but so far, I've kept it on (about to get my fourth badge). Yes, it makes the game easy, but I've enjoyed being able to easily swap my Pokemon in and out and bring in new team members. The main problem is that my starter is majorly overleveled because I don't generally like to take it out of my team even when I'm not training it, so it picks up a lot of extra experience and is about ten levels higher than the rest of the Pokemon I'm training at the moment. I wish they had both the new Exp. Share and an item that functioned like the old one (attach it and give experience to one extra Pokemon). I catch a bunch of new Pokemon that I don't want to grind, but if I had both Exp. Shares as options, I could choose which one I wanted to use based on how many Pokemon I planned on training.

Cyclone December 20th, 2014 11:24 AM

Once again, because I catch and train everything, I leave the Exp Share on. However, what I've found myself to do after a while was start putting higher-leveled Pokémon in the PC so they didn't become OVERleveled. I still have many that are underleveled, so it saves time.

I'm the real Dave December 20th, 2014 12:01 PM

This allowed me to raise an army of Pokémon easily on X.

So yes, I used it.

Deliciousfruit233 December 24th, 2014 10:27 PM

I didn't find either X/Y or OR/AS too easy with it on, but this is probably because the team I was using in X/Y spanned half a PC box and I had about 17-18 Pokemon at around level 55 heading into the E4. Currently in OR/AS I have 5 badges and my army is in the 25-30 range (though planning to add a couple more members soon). I like the new EXP share. Reduces grinding time by a lot.

halcyonic December 25th, 2014 6:32 AM

lol no, i only started playing today and i'm up until slateport. so far the game has been easy af (with just two grass types lol) and i'm not going to let some dumb cheating exp device spoil the fun. besides, good ol' grinding is fun, right?

Galmar December 25th, 2014 11:42 AM

I'm currently using it, my Zubat needs to level up and he is currently too weak to battle trainers at the moment.

Bounsweet December 26th, 2014 12:54 PM

I kept it on, but I am actually getting ready to restart my game pretty soon, and my team was crazy over-leveled (by 15-20 lvls on average) so in my next playthrough, I'm going to challenge myself to play the whole game without it.

Ryumie December 27th, 2014 7:44 AM

Once I read here that without it the game becomes more challenging, so I decided to give it a try and the game was still very easy, easier than my X with Exp. Share on. But I confess I turned that on closer to the Elite Four, my team was about level 50 and the wild pokémon are so low level that it would take an eternity to level them up. Though you can battle again some trainers (and that was the time when I figured it out), I think these low levels were a problem because if you don't find out the rematches, well, you're gonna have a long bad time training.

Dreg December 27th, 2014 9:54 AM

I can't answer to any of the above... the only time I use the Exp Share is just before a gym/Pokemon League. I'm currently in Rustboro and I have the Exp Share on at this time, but will turn it off after I beat Roxanne. Same thing for the next 7 gyms.

Eevee117 December 27th, 2014 3:23 PM

I kept it on, too impatient to wait later I guess

AriArk December 27th, 2014 3:43 PM

I did when playing Alpha Sapphire but I found it too easy, so I am keeping off while I play Omega Ruby

classicpaul64 December 27th, 2014 6:59 PM

I only used it during my recording sessions. It helps me not have to worry about offscreen grinding, but I didn't use it during my serious runthrough. :)

Hikamaru December 27th, 2014 11:00 PM

I've mainly left it on but I sometimes turn it off when I had something low-leveled that needed to catch up with the rest of my team.

Queen Crobat January 6th, 2015 6:45 PM

I kept it off from when I got it, in all honesty. I'm old fashioned and stubborn and wanted to play the game the way I've been playing them all for years; alternating Pokemon until they gain a level, then bringing another one to the front to battle with, etc. Rotating through all of them.

Alumens January 14th, 2015 3:54 AM

It depends on the situation. I mostly use it on early levels to give me a little of advantage and I turn it off on Gym Battles or when i noticed I am becoming a little over leveled. I normally play with my Team 2 or 3 levels higher than the rest of the trainer in a specific area

Vintasticvin January 14th, 2015 5:57 AM

As a player with limited time to play YES I keep that baby on unless its a Gym battle or one of my mons is about to hit level cap (currently beyond 40)

TheUnit684 January 14th, 2015 10:10 AM

Really I think the new Exp. Share is a great tool and Key Item...but it doesn't fit my playstyle. My first playthrough of Y I left it on and my Pokemon were extremely overleveled in the Pokemon League (My Pangoro and Tyrantrum were both in the 80s, and the rest of my party was spread between the 60s and 70s). I think the Exp. Share is useful for a playthrough where you are constantly swapping out your team members, making new parties every few cities because of all the available Pokemon. But if you are using one main party throughout the entire game, I think it makes the game way too easy.

But, now that I've beaten the actual storyline, I did turn it back on. It's very useful for training up multiple Pokemon, like I said, especially thanks to the new EXP system.

While I do miss the old Exp Share, I don't mind this one too much, as long as I am always able to turn it off. :)

The option I chose in the poll was "I turned it back on after the e4"

SvelteDonut January 14th, 2015 4:06 PM

I kept it on in OR and my Sceptile made it to level 70 by the time I hit Steven. I tried turning it off playing through AS and I found it just a bit harder. Required some grinding and rematches in Victory Road but nothing too different. If I recall correctly my highest leveled Pokemon in AS was around 68 when I beat Steven.

I love it for raising Pokemon in the post-game tho.

LilyAnn January 15th, 2015 6:22 PM

I enjoyed having it. It makes it so much easier to level up pokemon when I constantly am switching them out. I had a whole box full of pokemon that I ended up using throughout the game and I never really needed to go and grind. If I wanted a challenge anytime in the game, I would just go and get my lower leveled pokemon and use them until they caught up with everything. xD It also makes leveling freshly bred pokemon a lot faster. It's more handy than the past Exp. Share.

Ephemeral Euphoria January 15th, 2015 7:51 PM

I used it due to me being overly careful when planning for gyms and before I knew it, I had a team of level 80s before I even beat Winona.

PokéMew January 16th, 2015 7:20 PM

Though I can easily see why one would shut it off, I myself used the exp. Share throughout the journey. The way I handle my Pokémon unlike many others, is that I like to keep every Pokémon on my team the exact same level, ideal for equal strength when in need of the required type. With the exp. share, this can be a problem at times. In conclusion, I'm more in the middle of usage with the share. Most of the time I have it on, but when I feel like a member of my team is slightly under powered compared to the others, I shut it down.

jombii January 16th, 2015 11:03 PM

Shut it off before surfing to Mossdeep from Lilycove. I figured I was too overleveled for the trainers in the area and I wanted a bit more of a challenge.

Stroker Ace January 16th, 2015 11:20 PM

The only times I would actually turn it off was when I wanted to balance my team, like letting my level 30 Pelipper catch up to his level 50-something teammates.

jombii January 17th, 2015 7:02 AM

That is the main reason why I turned it off. Levelling isn't really level at all between the Pokemon of your teams. It just makes your lead Pokemon enlarge the gap bigger and bigger.

Circuit January 17th, 2015 11:17 AM

I kept it on. I like my team to all be around the same level, and with some Pokémon receiving exp boosts (being from other games, or mystery gift - shiny Beldum) it just made things easier. My team were mostly the same level, and it made sure that a Pokémon wasn't left out in gyms that a Pokémon may have been disadvantaged in (Ninjask in Flannery's gym for example).

Navenatox January 17th, 2015 11:43 AM

I turned it off right when I got it because I knew from Pokemon X that having it enabled would boost my team so bad that I would probably find myself defeating most of my enemies with just one hit. I found my run on Pokemon X too easy since there were simply no difficulties. My team were constantly more than 10 levels above the average enemy's level. I wanted that to be different in Alpha Sapphire so I turned it off.

However, after the E4 I turned it on again because some of my pokemon still hadn't learned moves that I wanted them to know and besides that my team were suddenly under the average enemy's level.

DyingWillFlareon January 17th, 2015 11:57 AM

I only used it occasionally. I tried to keep my team around the same level, but then Altaria would battle more and gain two levels or so and that would mean I'd have to turn it off and train the rest of them. But I think I kept it on for at least most Gyms and E4+Steven.

Krauff January 17th, 2015 12:37 PM

Well I kept it on since I got it because I didn't have much time to train my team. However, my team was around level 55-65 when I faced the E4 for the first time.
Personally, I didn't find it that easy with the EXP share on.


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