Let's talk about the Lv 100 level cap

[colours]

Ever since... forever really, Level 100 has essentially been ceiling of how strong your Pokemon can get, with some exceptions being glitch exploitations in the older games.

But...

What if Game Freak made some changes to the Lv. 100 cap? What if they increased or decreased it? Do you think it's necessary to alter it in any way?

 

[Yue Han]

It's something I only ever think about in regards to the never going to happen "Pokémon Rainbow" with all the regions and it being one of the possible changes they'd have to make to accommodate such a huge amount of game play. Otherwise I think the level cap as it stands is appropriate and works well as an in-game goal that has the right amount of balance between effort and fun.

I don't take part in the meta-game beyond Showdown but I think it wouldn't make much of a difference to what the cap would be since I'd assume all Pokémon teams would be capped out to whatever it would be by every trainer before competing anyway.

 

[LadyJirachu]

100 is good. A different max level would be confusing and more difficult to memorize xD

 

[tranceking26]

I think 100 is fine, no need for more.

 

[Caite-chan]

I wonder about that sometimes. How back in the day it seemed to take forever to get to 100 and now not so much. I wouldn't mind seeing the level cap change just to see what else could be done with it.

 

[colours]

not gonna lie I think it'd be mighty interesting if the level cap changed and decreased to like... lv 50 or something

 

[Caite-chan]

I think the question with the level changing whether it be higher or lower is would that change the Pokemon's power or stats at all?

 

[colours]

you bring up a good point... I think it absolutely would. but whether that would be a good or a bad thing is up for debate.