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On 8/1/2017 at 2:43 PM, Noad said:
In my personal opinion this is a lovely idea. It would make the MMO more immersive.
17 hours ago, Kyu said:It's something I was planning on doing, but there are some technical limits to mixing conditional spawns (Season+Daytime/Nighttime+Day of Week) which need to be addressed prior. "Changing spawns" isn't very impactful to the overall game though, it's just nice to have (and at least several week's worth of work), so it's low priority to me currently. I may try to expand "Seasons" to drop tables too at some point.
It's probably not going to be used to expand into Gen 4-exclusive species, though; we need something aside from the storyline to make Gen 4 NDS regions worthwhile.
I'd really like to be able to use it to get some things out of Safari Zone restrictions since the original planned times for seasons were 1 real month (same as NDS). I'm not sure how well that's going to play, though. It impacts our meta quite a lot and pins some species into "you can only breed good ones during Spring" restrictions.
Thanks guys! I really appreciate your responses! ^-^
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The big reason I am suggesting seasonal Pokemon, is because of this thread:
I feel like having Pokemon that change depending on the season would help the game have a more realistic feel XD
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74 hours, and it was a Manky that I traded for a cape.......................not a big fan of Primeape........................
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Dragonite (Non-Legendary)
I stumbled upon this majestic creature way back when I had first played through my original Red version, and I was fishing in the Safari Zone. I found a Dratini and wondered "What are you? What do you evolve in to?" so I caught one and trained it. Dragonite carried me through the Pokemon League, and I have loved it to death ever since. Dragonite has one of the best stat sets and move pools (even though Ice Punch is no longer a thing on them in the newer gens Q~Q) of any Pokemon to date, and will always own a special place in my heart. Dragonite is also the reason I don't believe in the concept of "Tiers", as I believe that you should NEVER be limited on your choice of Pokemon, and should ALWAYS use the Pokemon YOU want to use, not what society tries to force on you based on stats. My favorite type is the "Dragon" type, because of this friendly behemoth.Mewtwo (Legendary)
I also happened upon this Pokemon in my Red version, way back when, and thought it was one of the coolest things ever. This was later reinforced by "Pokemon The First movie :Mewtwo Strikes Back", where we learned even more about him through his touching backstory (which I feel most of the newer movies don't have) and ever since then, I have always considered Mewtwo to be my favorite Legendary Pokemon.
Sorry for the long response, but I felt that these two Pokemon helped me as a kid carve out a part of who I am today (if you can believe that XD).
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I kinda hope that legendaries are nerfed but breedable. I prefer to train all of my pokemon myself from level 1 :(
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So, I feel like all pokemon should be available all the time, but I also think it would be cool if we had pokemon in Hoenn and Kanto that only appeared in different seasons, as to give the game an all over more realistic feel (not that it would be easy but maybe for Kanto we could have some of the alolan forms in stead, such as Exeggutor and Raichu in the summer, and Sandshrew and Vulpix in the winter).
Perhaps just changing the % on the wild pokemon encounters during different seasons (like less Pidgey in the Autumn and Winter and more of some other pokemon).
This is just a thought really and I just wanted to see your opinions on it, so no flaming on anyone or hating in this thread. Also, don't say it's impossible, as until the staff says otherwise, anything is possible.
If any staff members see this, please comment if you can! ^-^
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an event on my birthday? Awesome! I may actually participate, even though I usually don't XD
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to be fair, I still don't see why this can't be a thing XD
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I say +1 to this, since my favorite Ball is the Dusk Ball and when/if it comes out, I would like to put all of my Pokemon in them
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20 minutes ago, Xatu said:
People will continue to breed post update. I never said they wouldn't
You imply like the rebreeding will actually hinder the economy when we cant even gauge the effect on the economy since there will already be about 60% more mons to breed for. I never implied that it would hinder the economy, I was implying that it would only HELP the economy. Don't know where this backwards thinking came from. O.o
I never said to get rid of breeding. neither did I, but if we let everyone just use a tutor for egg moves, no matter how short a time, it would prevent the erasure or millions of dollars in game which would have been taken out of circulation, which would help keep the prices decent in the long run
Like i said before, this pales in comparision to ACTUAL NEW money being brought into the game via pure grind, ala gym leaders, storyline, and island running. If just a single player quits thats millions and millions that would NEVER be brought into the game. By that logic, you don't believe that players should ever leave? Why such extreme thinking? Also, you just reinforced my reasoning as to why this shouldn't be implemented, more money means more need for the sink
It screws over long time members so hard that many will quit. Potentially leading to a dead game that depends on player-to-player interaction. Thus killing the game and taking it offline all-together. How do you know with 100% certainty that MANY will quit? there is nothing to suggest that people will leave en-mass just because they have to re-breed their competitive teams
There is everything to suggest that. When you play an MMO you invest time and resources so that you have something to show for it. You may not have 5x31 or 6x31 PERFECT COMPS. But many of us do. With the inclusion of 150 new moves there are many many options that did not exist prior. Many player simply wont care enough to sell unsellable comps for drastically low prices. They will see the state of the game, essenitally reducing there THOUSANDS of gameplay hours to meaningless. And they will quit. Player retention is the name of the game in MMOs. Lets just assume that every single player is staying right? Well from the devs perspective if they sense EVEN A HINT that players may leave based on a decision THAT COULD BE PREVENTED. Then they should do everything in their power to prevent that form happening. Or else, they will sit there wondering the rest of their lives WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. What MMOs do you play that literally never get new content? As I stated before, I have played MMOs for a long time now, so I know the pain of expansions, losing gear/things because something new and better came out. I have in fact put in the effort to build a team of perfect 6x31 Pokemon (not for comp, I don't believe in tiers) and there are new moves that are coming out for some of them that will make me re-breed for them. am I complaining? no, because everyone else will be right there with me re-breeding for new moves. You don't need to sell your current comps, re-breed them like everyone else. What gives you the right to speak for all of the playerbase? again, you don't KNOW they will quit, since it hasn't happened yet, and until it does, it's only YOUR opinion. Player retention IS the name of the game, and how do you keep players? Give them more things to do, like re-breeding, and not playing favorites for the older players over the newer ones. Also, you shouldn't assume anything, as that makes it a part of your opinion, not fact.
The 200+ new pokemon is more than enough to supplement the economy. Having to rebreed all of our old stuff is beyond lame. Just because there will be more/new Pokemon added, doesn't negate the fact that breeding is better for the economy than removing the need to re-breed altogether
Sure i understand the point. But its only about 50% true. let me guess, everything up to the word "added" is true, and everything after isn't? How do you even begin to pretend that this statement is only half true? No it's 100% true, you said nothing to prove otherwise (especially without physical proof), and I'm fairly certain that the staff knows this too, which is why there are no plans currently to implement this.
More like a reason to leave. maybe for you, but not for everyone. in fact, having something to do is what keeps people playing. If you have a game, and you find it fun, but you only have one thing to do all the time, it's going to get boring quick. Making people re-breed their comp Pokemon team gives them more to do, something to occupy them for a greater period of time. Idle hands are the Devil's plaything.
I never said i was leaving. But really. Whos gonna see this update and see that their comps are worthless and be like "Oh boy I cant wait to rebreed them!!1!".. Seriously nobody will feel this way. There are COUNTLESS things to do OTHER THAN breed. Sure re-breeding is going to suck, but that's no reason to leave at all. if you feel the need to leave just because your gear/items/Pokemon are obsolete and you are too lazy to put in the time and effort to put yourself on top again, then you don't need to be playing MMOs, because that is the very nature of them: change. I don't leave an MMO just because my character got nerfed and my gear just became obsolete, I get over it and make the better gear, and learn to work around the nerfs, as any serious MMO player should.
This thread is NOT about my fight to keep the game gen 3. So i will not be commenting on this. It sure seems like it does have something to do with it, considering the topic is directly related to the new updates.
Yeah. It related to the new update. Never once did I say "Dont update the game" in this thread. Which is why I'm not commenting on it. Almost every time you comment on anything remotely related to the new update, you try to combat the positivity that it is getting with reasons why you think it's a bad idea to implement them, why is that? Also, you don't need to openly say it to imply it. you'd do well to remember that for the next time you let your opinion overshadow logic
I'm not a pain in anyones side. Could have fooled me, what with arguing with the staff almost every time they give you a reason why your suggestion isn't such a good Idea for the health of the server
Really you call that arguing? You mean stating my opinion in a calm and collected manner right? Not once have i lost my shit talking to staff. And @Darkshade hasnt even commented on many of the points I brought up in my last post addressed to him. Thats how debated work you know. Like we are having right now. We arent arguing. it's not really debating when you keep saying the same thing again and again when they already told you why it's not in the plans, just because you personally think something is unfair and want it changed. I was trying to be nice by not calling it whining, but I guess it is what it is. And adding a scenario (and a biased one at that) to attempt to further prove your point doesn't help unless someone legit doesn't understand what you are talking about.
I'm simply a player who has an opinion who isnt afraid to share it who happens to use the forums. Good, you should share your opinions, and never be afraid to do so, just make sure they are just that, your OPINIONS, not something that you want to force in to the game. start a poll and ask how the other people feel about it. Don't just throw out an Idea that isn't well thought out and expect it to instantly win over everyone here.
My idea is plenty thought out. Its not even complicated. Its literally a 1 line piece of code that says "This guys teaches this move". So you think that because it would be easy to do makes it well thought out? That is not the case. you are being narrow minded and thinking of only the veteran comp players, but if this isn't a permanent addition to the game, then how is it fair to non-copm and new players after it's gone? It isn't. What you don't see here is that by suggesting to add this, you are suggesting that the staff play favorites with a select group of players over another group of players. That's not fair for everyone. sure you could argue that not implementing the tutor, making people re-breed is unfair, but that's a weak argument, since even non-comp players like to have 5x31 or 6x31 perfect natured pokemon with amazing moves too, and new players still need to breed in the first place, so if anything you already have a head start. what more do you want?
MANY players are unaware of this update altogether. How many exactly? I find this really hard to believe, seeing as every time I log in, all I ever see in the world chat besides spam, is people talking about the update
Really because i log in every day for about 3 hours a day and use the chat very frequently. About 9/10 people arent even aware about the update because they dont read announcement logs and they dont use the forums. If people actually used the forums then maybe a poll might actually work but even this is inaccurate because people can just make alt accounts to throw off the stats. again, how do you KNOW with 100% accuracy that "9/10 people arent even aware about the update"? How do you KNOW with 100% accuracy that "they dont read announcement logs"? sure not everyone uses the forums, but without physical proof, these statements are just your opinion, so stop speaking for EVERYONE when you aren't everyone. You don't know that they don't read the announcements, therefore you don't even know that they are unaware. I however see people talking about the updates (and their potential byproducts) in the chats all the time. I never said that they read it, but the fact of the matter is that it IS being discussed frequently in game so it is highly unlikely that the vast majority of players haven't heard about the updates by now (unless they play like, a few hours a month)
If they were aware and also used the forums, there would likely be more public backlash. But the staff isn't exclusive to the forums, they log in to the game too, so I am sure they are aware of what the vast majority of people think about the topic. So how come we aren't seeing a huge backlash over it here or in game?
Why dont we start by telling every single comp player at the beginning of every single tourney "Hey in about 2 months all of your pokemon will be useless, oh yeah and good luck selling them too because nobody will touch that shit" Then once everyone is properly informed of the repercussions of said update then we can decide on the communities opinion. Im just going out on a limb saying this but.... I dont think they will be too happy. How are they useless? Why would you sell them when you can........again.........USE THEM TO RE-BREED. Again, that is a head start over anyone who doesn't have any perfect Pokemon to begin with. and why would a staff member say that a Pokemon is useless (NO pokemon is useless, each one has it's own special features that make it shine individually) and then take it a step further by saying that the pokemon is worthless? They care about the players and would never talk down to them just to be an ass. People don't just finish the story, then buy up already perfect comp pokemon just to jump right in to PvP. Not at the price they normally go for. but someone MAY buy an old comp pokemon to do what you want to be too lazy to do: re-breed it like everyone else. It seems to me that you are just trying to shoot down anyone who doesn't agree with what you have to say because they thought it out just a little better, and can use actual logic to support their claims......just sayin...Kinda seems like with this comment on the bottom, you are trying to plant and nourish a seed of hatred toward the new content in the playerbase, just to get the update canceled or convince the people to leave if it comes. if that is not the case, then please stop making the staff's work out to be something worse than what it really is. If you are so opposed to the changes, then you have 2 choices: Get over it, or leave. Simple as that.
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1 hour ago, Xatu said:
People will continue to breed post update. I never said they wouldn't
I never said to get rid of breeding. neither did I, but if we let everyone just use a tutor for egg moves, no matter how short a time, it would prevent the erasure or millions of dollars in game which would have been taken out of circulation, which would help keep the prices decent in the long run
It screws over long time members so hard that many will quit. Potentially leading to a dead game that depends on player-to-player interaction. Thus killing the game and taking it offline all-together. How do you know with 100% certainty that MANY will quit? there is nothing to suggest that people will leave en-mass just because they have to re-breed their competitive teams
The 200+ new pokemon is more than enough to supplement the economy. Having to rebreed all of our old stuff is beyond lame. Just because there will be more/new Pokemon added, doesn't negate the fact that breeding is better for the economy than removing the need to re-breed altogether
More like a reason to leave. maybe for you, but not for everyone. in fact, having something to do is what keeps people playing. If you have a game, and you find it fun, but you only have one thing to do all the time, it's going to get boring quick. Making people re-breed their comp Pokemon team gives them more to do, something to occupy them for a greater period of time. Idle hands are the Devil's plaything.
This thread is NOT about my fight to keep the game gen 3. So i will not be commenting on this. It sure seems like it does have something to do with it, considering the topic is directly related to the new updates.
I'm not a pain in anyones side. Could have fooled me, what with arguing with the staff almost every time they give you a reason why your suggestion isn't such a good Idea for the health of the server
I'm simply a player who has an opinion who isnt afraid to share it who happens to use the forums. Good, you should share your opinions, and never be afraid to do so, just make sure they are just that, your OPINIONS, not something that you want to force in to the game. start a poll and ask how the other people feel about it. Don't just throw out an Idea that isn't well thought out and expect it to instantly win over everyone here.
MANY players are unaware of this update altogether. How many exactly? I find this really hard to believe, seeing as every time I log in, all I ever see in the world chat besides spam, is people talking about the update
If they were aware and also used the forums, there would likely be more public backlash. But the staff isn't exclusive to the forums, they log in to the game too, so I am sure they are aware of what the vast majority of people think about the topic. So how come we aren't seeing a huge backlash over it here or in game?
Why would i be upset? You were civil and didnt result to flaming or bullying. I appreciate that you understand that I'm not trying to be rude, I never try to upset people, I try to teach people to think from every possible perspective, and to not over exaggerate or assume extremes.
No one single person knows what is best for the server, so all the staff can really do is take into consideration the opinions of the majority of the people on the server, and put it on a scale to see if the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, Then make a decision based on the results.
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19 hours ago, Xatu said:
Still smaller than the amount of sink from all new mons entirely. Id say player happiness >>> economy. The economy will already be much better anyway.
Well we cant really partake in end-game until we breed the brand new mons anyway. Being able to still use our old comps is only like 40% there.
New players are always going to be far behind. Its an MMO. We earned our comps, they will always have to catch up unless you happen to join an MMO the day it opens.
If you truly cared youd put the players spirit and time-investment higher than all. You want people to stay. You want people to continue to donate. You dont want to piss people off. Even if just 1 player leaves because of this that could have been like 100m they wouldve generated into the game by grinding etc.
Ultimately its the players that are valuable. Not the pixels.I want to know, either what fantasy world you live in, or what you are smoking(whatever it is it must be amazing), but player happiness can come from various places. One thing I have learned from playing MMOs for a long time, is that the enjoyment of the game is MOSTLY effected directly by the economy.
That being said, I think that Breeding is one of, if not, the BEST sink in the game. it keeps the economy stable and prices reasonable for everyone, and who wants to play a game that is expensive to live in?
Just because some players aren't happy about 1 thing not being implemented, doesn't mean they can't get over it and do other things to make themselves happy.
Just because the Staff is thinking economically, doesn't mean they don't care, in fact, it shows that they care more about the players than you think it does, as they care enough to keep the economy in a place that makes things affordable to all players, which in turn makes the server a better place to be, in turn making players happy.
Furthermore, making people rebreed comps will give the players a reason to stay, and something to do besides the main story of the new area.
I feel like just because you don't want these inevitable changes to happen, you are trying to point out anything that may make the players upset, and then making a big deal out of it by posting about it, and when the staff shows up to tell you why they aren't doing what you want them to, you make a fuss over it and try to argue with them over it. kinda feels like you are just doing this just to be a pain in the staff's side, all because you don't want the game to change from it's current format.Sorry if I make you upset with this post, but from an outside perspective, this is what you have been looking like these past few months.
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9 hours ago, IndigoGlacier said:
maybe it's the custom region darkshade has hidden all this time. Yeah i didn't forget
This^
I think it will be a custom region made with the same tiles and sprites as gen 3, to keep the feel, with gen 4/5 Pokemon in it
I mean, it would be easier to just start from scratch than to try to make a (mostly) 3D game in to 2D
this is what I'm thinking will happen, but I could be wrong
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yes please, I would love my 6x31 Adamant Dragonite in a Dusk Ball(my favorite ball ever) when(or if) it comes out <3
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Inb4theimplimentationoffairytype!
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I suggest Galvantula (w/ Compound Eyes) and Bayheem., they are my favorite gen V pokemon, as well as the EXTREMELY disliked Litwick line (don't let anyone tell you that they suck, because they don't). Also Scrafty.
If by utility, you mean HM slaves or pokemon that can learn almost any move, I don't think there are many if any in gen V, so sorry if I am no help here Q~Q