6th Gen Blocking in Secret bases?

[Wizardling]

Okay, just getting back into AS after a long break, and not having done much 'net stuff earlier on.

Is blocking a visitor's way with objects and trainers in one's secret base a thing? Are they just being jerks, or what? I don't understand the sheer number of blocking incidents I've run into. It cannot just be accidental :-(

 

[Oblox]

I never understood it to be honest, bases are there to visit otherwise why bother?

Just delete them from your cartridge and find better ones.

 

[Judge Mandolore Shepard]

I sometimes find that if someone blocks a visitor's way with objects in the secret base, it is probably that they don't want their flag taken.

 

[OffRoadSP]

But what is there to gain by blocking someone from taking your flag? You don't gain anything from "protecting" your own flag. I do think some I encounter were accidental, but others do seem quite deliberate. But I agree with Oblox; just delete the base and a new one will eventually take it's place.

 

[Wizardling]

Forgive my ignorance as I've barely used the online services in ORAS before. But how do I delete a base? TIA :-)

 

[OffRoadSP]

No worries. Just go up to the PC in your secret base, it's one of the options there.

 

[TheMasterKoga]

I've learned that some people just want to watch the world burn

 

[mrtheexception]

I had this happen the other day (the blocking was done with the trainers) and the only justification I could come up with is they wanted to force me to add them to my secret base so their character would disappear. Which of course doesn't make much sense because what would they get out of it? Not to mention it doesn't explain people who block with objects.

I agree, they're just being trolls.

 

[Hikamaru]

I know I have never personally seen it in-game, but those people are just trolls so ignore them and try checking out someone else's Base.

 

[Neil Peart]

I don't fully understand the scope of secret bases. I only use the Blissey secret bases that I found online. Is there anything cool I'm missing by not checking out other bases?

 

[OffRoadSP]

Well, I would say the main thing is that you need to collect 1,000 flags in order to obtain the Garchompite in ORAS. So if someone is trying to collect flags, it's annoying when you go into someone's Secret Base and the path to their flag is blocked.

Other than that, it's a fun way to battle other people's teams. You'll be battling the first three Pokemon in their roster when they last saved and snyc'd to the PGL (I believe that's how that works). In addition, you can recruit other people to your own base, where you can have them perform a task daily, such as finding an item, evolution stone, or berry, "work out" with one of your Pokemon to raise its level or EV's, building decorations for your base, among a few other things.

 

[Bellsprout]

it's honestly so annoying because the whole point of the bases is to collect flags and maybe battle. i like to decorate my secret base like it's my own little home and i keep my flag open for anyone because that's the point of it