what is one thing in pokemon you would get rid of? Page 2

Started by Scorpio219 August 31st, 2010 4:48 AM
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EVs, IVs, stat values--they were definitely cool when nobody knew about them, but now that everybody knows about them, competitive battles aren't fun anymore. What's the point of EV training? Wasn't it more fun blindly training on any pokemon you encounter? I personally find that EVs and IVs suck all the fun out of competitive battles, because, well, I think I already said that I don't find it fun to grind on a single type of pokemon. That's abusing EVs--another thing I don't like about it that most pokemon have absurd stat values because of them. I would do anything for Gamefreak to decide to drop EVs, or better, somehow find a way to hide the fact EVs are still in the game, so nobody would notice--I don't know how though.

And by the way, I like Trade Evolutions and I think they should stay, but I would get rid of trading with an item and simply trading will evolve all trade-pokemon. However, I also think there should be much less trade-evolution pokemon and that most of the pokemon that evolve by trading(there would only be like 5 or 6 total, so about 4, by the way) have their pre-vo traded by an NPC, so they would still be normally available in the game. I liked the fact you had to trade to unlock specific pokemon.
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I'd get rid of master balls. It just ruins the fun out of catching pokemon. like the legendary pokemon for example. Normally it would take a lot of effort trying to capture one with a normal pokeball. But with a master ball you can just catch it without having to do anything. A bunch of lazies added the master ball feature, i think we should take the time to catch the pokemon on our own! Maybe we should get rid of the legendary pokemon to? :] I hate the legendary pokemon as i never use them, they are weak, and you cant use them in the battle frontier. there only good for the story line in my opinion.

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i agree, but then, imagine you had a magikarp or a crabby, imagin how small they would be
That could still be possible, the trainer could cling on it or use it as a jet like in the anime. They don't always ride they're pokemon they could swim with them too.

I'd get rid of the fact that there are only 1 or to houses in a town and when you walk into a tiny house it soon suddenly gets bigger (especially in emerald like that battle frointer.
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I'd get rid of master balls. It just ruins the fun out of catching pokemon. like the legendary pokemon for example. Normally it would take a lot of effort trying to capture one with a normal pokeball. But with a master ball you can just catch it without having to do anything. A bunch of lazies added the master ball feature, i think we should take the time to catch the pokemon on our own! Maybe we should get rid of the legendary pokemon to? :] I hate the legendary pokemon as i never use them, they are weak, and you cant use them in the battle frontier. there only good for the story line in my opinion.
... Hence why there's only one Master Ball per game. Generally the only way to get more is through hacking, and there are cheats that give all balls a 100% capture rate anyways. .w.;

I myself only use Master Balls on those obnoxious roaming legendaries so I don't have to spend days hunting them down and training Mean-Lookers to catch them. >w<

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I can tell you in a heartbeat.

EVs, IVs, stat values--they were definitely cool when nobody knew about them, but now that everybody knows about them, competitive battles aren't fun anymore. What's the point of EV training? Wasn't it more fun blindly training on any pokemon you encounter? I personally find that EVs and IVs suck all the fun out of competitive battles, because, well, I think I already said that I don't find it fun to grind on a single type of pokemon. That's abusing EVs--another thing I don't like about it that most pokemon have absurd stat values because of them. I would do anything for Gamefreak to decide to drop EVs, or better, somehow find a way to hide the fact EVs are still in the game, so nobody would notice--I don't know how though.
Soo...having ways to customize your pokemon and make it more unique from others of its species is a bad thing? I don't mind any of that stuff even though I've fallen out of the competitive scene. It's only natural for a player to maximize their pokemon's potential in a game that encourages competition between players. :P

The only real problem I see is that it alienates the more casual players and the more...elitist of competitive battlers will harass them for it. I feel this problem can be solved if NPCs in the future games intrinsically explained EVs and IVs to the player. The games don't have to get all technical like, "Hey player, did you know that if you kill a lot of Zubats, you'll get a +1 EV to your pokemon's speed, and that if you kill 252 of them, your pokemon's speed will be 63 points higher than it would be otherwise?"...something simple like, "Hey player. Did you know that by killing a lot of pokemon wiht high speed, your pokemon will start growing in speed more quickly? It's true!" would easily suffice.

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I'd remove the inability to forget HM's easily, EV's & IV's (like that one person said at the top of the page), and Sinnoh-only evolutions (i.e. only being able to get Glaceon, Leafeon, Probopass, and Magnezone in Sinnoh).
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I'd remove the all the gimmicks GF added in to make it impossible to complete your Pokedex without two gameboys, two opposing games, and events. I shouldn't have to spend double the money, or find a friend willing to trade for everything I lack just to complete the game....Also get rid of Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny.
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I would eliminate the old battle sistem with a fresh one (I mean nowdays the turn based sistem is getting a bit old especially after all those games) the trade-based pokedex competition and HMs (make a ranger-anime-like system for field moves).

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I would want to get rid of trade evolutions, or make another way to evolve them instead of having to make a friend just to evolve your Kadabra or Haunter. Also I would want to remove EV's, as it was better without them, and make the only way to have pokemon with a boost in certain stats is to get the correct nature.
I'd get rid of the fact you can't delete HM moves unless you go to the move deleter guy. ):
Amen! :D

I can't believe this didn't cross my mind. I can't tell you how many times I've had to rush through the game just to get to the move deleter's house before my Pokemon was able to learn a new move that I wanted it to know. Unfortunately if you don't make it on time you then have to search the region for a Heart Scale. Which by the way was so much harder in Heart Gold and Soul Silver then in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. :(
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The only real problem I see is that it alienates the more casual players and the more...elitist of competitive battlers will harass them for it. I feel this problem can be solved if NPCs in the future games intrinsically explained EVs and IVs to the player. The games don't have to get all technical like, "Hey player, did you know that if you kill a lot of Zubats, you'll get a +1 EV to your pokemon's speed, and that if you kill 252 of them, your pokemon's speed will be 63 points higher than it would be otherwise?"...something simple like, "Hey player. Did you know that by killing a lot of pokemon wiht high speed, your pokemon will start growing in speed more quickly? It's true!" would easily suffice.
I agree with this. I just started playing HeartGold and fell in love with the game. I hadn't liked pokemon this much since G/S/C (hmm... probably because HG is the remake of G, haha). So I found this community, and started hearing about EV. To me, it's all a foreign concept. But it sounds interesting. I wish the game would explain it. I feel kind of alienated.
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well he carries the god of his universe on his belt in a little ball so it wouldn't be that farfetched.
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Anyway, I wish they would get rid of HMs; they're a waste of a move slot. Plus, it's kind of ridiculous. From a gameplay point of view, you have to teach a water pokemon how to swim when you teach it surf. You have to teach a pokemon more than capable of ramming into rocks on how to ram into rocks. You have to teach a flying pokemon how to fly. That last one, I think, is the most extreme example I can think of when it comes to how strange HMs are.

In my opinion, pokemon like that should automatically be able to be used to clear obstructions; if not that, provide us some items to use instead of HMs.

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I'd get rid of Jynx. >:<

On a serious note, I'd get rid of Event Pokemon. Well, the newer ones aren't that bad, in my opinion (the Event Pokemon you can get through WiFi), but the older ones, where you had to travel, were dreadful. :o I shouldn't have to travel several miles just to get one Pokemon. >:<

Also, I might get rid of the useless HM's like Defog. :\ I don't mind some HM's (such as Fly and Surf), but the more useless ones that just make it easier to see, are a bit pointless. :\

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When it comes to the games I hate Trade Evolutions and how long it takes to train a pokemon.

When it comes to the anime I seriously want rid of Team Rocket. When there is a cool battle and you can't wait to see who wins then suddenly, Team Rocket come on in and make a stupid attempt to vacuum up pokemon. :/
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Sinnoh.... LOL
I'd also get rid of the Dragon type, it's so cheap, seeing as you can't get a decent Ice or Dragon type before the elite four, Lance and Clair kick your ass.
On Diamond/Pearl/Platinum you can capture Palkia before entering the Elite 4. Palkia being Dragon/Water type. :)
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