Hello, everyone!
Iām a fairly new player with around 600hours in the last three months.
Iāve started playing at the same time with a friend of mine. We both grinded together the last event, got our Wishing Stone and then went on different paths regarding the way we play the game and goals.
I had my mind set on completing the whole storyline as fast as I could and then went for the real goal, which in my mind represents a huge part of the Pokemon experience: Completing OT Dex.
After a couple of weeks I managed to finish the OT Dex and was eager to enter Mt. Silver.
Iāve searched the whole zone, collected all the items, found Redās location which I havenāt challenged yet and then went for the Alpha Tyranitar. I managed a o catch it, then I started to shiny hunt for a larvitar.
While using my stack of leppaās, my sense of achievement for completing the Dex simply faded away because of the rewards which in my opinion arenāt up to the achievement of catching all the catchable pokemon in the game.
Talking to my friend who had around 90 entries at that moment, he was happy that he didnāt spend time completing the Dex, which confirmed my mixed emotions and the lack of fulfilment that I felt after experience all that Mt. Silver has to offer.
Donāt get me wrong, Itās nice to be able to rerun Red for some pokeyen, get some rarer pokemon and have increased odds to get a shiny larvitar(due to the hordes) but this seems to me justā¦ not enough for doing what the whole franchise is based on: ā catch āem all ā
Iām not salty in any way, Iām not going to quit the game,I love it and I think itās a masterwork being able to play my childhood game in a MMO style which basically combines two of my wet dreams in one. In fact, Iām more hyped than ever after getting my first shiny just yesterday and thatās why I want to give my 2cents on how this game could be improved. Iām merely trying to give, as the section is entitled: a suggestion which is:
Have a weekly / biweekly / monthly Alpha spawn in the Tyranitar room with the same mechanics ( doesnāt run until you catch it).
In my opinion this would incentivise players to complete the OT Dex and also
Sorry for my english skills, as you can probably notice, Iām not a native english speaker. Cheers!