HAIL NAW
Ok in no way should IVs take a hike, when us competitive players love it, losing it would mess up hidden power, which is one of the best moves in todays metagame.
Secondly, IVs are the core of a pokemon, and are not hard like you say to breed at all, go get a ditto, no offense but yeah...Sheesh erfect ivs and above 30s can be hard in every stat, but in other cases shouldnt be that difficult to come by. There are numeros way to get great ivs, it just takes time.
IVs are something that adds great passion to the game, and enlightens it in many ways, like a trophy ;D
thirdly, none of us raise our pokemon to 100, talking about anyone that every plays remotely competitivly, again none of us raise to lv100, once we get all our moves, ivs, evs, and nature, we all use level 100 auto on wifi, simple as that... We all use auto 100 wifi to check ivs on level 1 pokemon, no need to raise a pokemon as you say "suck" at level 100 to check ivs....
Also, losing IVs is just another excuse for A: hackers, and B:
more laziness
Seriously, I mean no offense in any way, but any of us saying that it's a good thing is both a sign of lazinesss on yalls parts, and the fact that some of us like iv breeding, it is really cool to look up the ivs, and see a great pokemon
also
Have you forgotten about the natures? Or the EV's they gain? Guess so.
Look, if IV's didn't exist, two of the same species of Pokemon wouldn't have the EXACT same stats. There is much more things that manupulate how a Pokemon's stats turn out other than IV's. IV's play a very small role compared to what Natures, Personalitties, and EV's do.
ARE you kidding!?!?!? no no no, IVS play a giant role in pokemon, they determine the best move in the game [hidden power] and can be the sheer difference in a battle.
IVs do NOT play a small role, if they did do you think we all would be breeding for good ones?
NO
And in conclusion I end with this:
"A pokemon does not need at all to be 100 to win, just some average ivs (10), a somewhat correct nature (easy abras find/everstone) and a player with skill."
I couldnt agree more with every word you said
Kansas:
That's true, on DS wifi, you can see the exact ivs on metalkids, in one short 100 auto wifi battle
so instead of wasting your life and making terms of laziness to get rid of IVs, you could of just checked from the moment it was born
Another thing i'd like to add with kansas, as you say how stats would be different without IVs? no they would not, anyone can get the standard sets for any pokemon and have the exact same stats as the other without ivs, it would happen all the time...
I can't stress more how the hard work of IVs, are pokemons greatest reward. They give us something to say everyday: like hey I got a 25 iv pokemon, and thats something to be proud of...
So NO, ivs shouldnt even be touched.