I've been thinking about what would be a good way to change alphas in a fun way without completely obliterating their economy and I've come up with some ideas:
1. implement a way to get alphas by just battling them
alphas are super lame when they become just the red mon to catch mindlessly just in case they have good IVs for selling(that's why I'm ok wth the nerfs on pain split and endeavor) so alphas could be spiced up if you can get them by just battling, but how?
well, if you kill the alpha it should "come back for more" or "get stronger" several times maybe even cycling thru it's known movesets on every "phase" (but that may be too much)
it could also request help from the non alpha mons on the swarm
you could even go as far as giving alphas the ability to intimidate pokemon on later phases so they are scared and don't want to battle anymore to make it really challenging
not only these changes could make them super fun to get but also give other pokemon that are seen as useless some use, devs could even release alphas that will help with the next alphas and such
with this, the time alphas are in the overworld should be increased so people have plenty of time to make a strat and give it several tries if needed
"but what about little Timmy, he can't battle this mighty alpha!!!"
little Timmy can still catch the alpha! but for a lesser reward, for example, removing the exp candies
or even better, giving a special reward for those who beat the alphas, in a perfect world we would have an achievements system and that would be a nice way to keep track of it and to reward players accordingly with something like a exclusive vanity or a exclusive title/badge in your trainer card letting them flex it (but that's a topic for another post)
even a special ribbon, special pokeball or cool text in the catch location information window would be nice
2. Make alphas wandering encounters and give HA chance to normal swarms.
what if alphas just appeared around the world randomly just like phenos?
making a big and intimidating alpha appear on certain locations on any region every x amount of time would be super nice and would make the community work together to find them, specially if their spawn interval is fixed
this could give some functionality to some npcs and tvs too, something like "An powerful beast is terrorizing Pallet town/has been spotted near Mt moon, you seem like a strong trainer, you could help them!!" bla bla bla and that would make them feel more special than just a big red Mon in the middle of a swarm
normal swarms close to the alpha's spawn time could be used to alert players that the wandering alpha is coming and having a chance of getting HA on normal swarms is just a nice addition that gives more value to normal swarms
(having HA chance on normal encounters if you use lures would be a good idea too, specially if the idea 4 is implemented)
3. Alphas as encounters in dungeons.
whenever dungeons are introduced getting random alpha encounters in dungeons would be so fitting for them, imagine, you find an amazing alpha gallade in the middle of your run that you can get either by catching it or defeating it
wouldn't it be could?
4. Make alphas only breedable with other alphas
this would make breeder alphas way more valuable and will solve the problem of some alphas reaching 20k each which is dirt cheap, not even super crappy natural 2x31's go that low and it's super sad and strange to see alphas being SO insultingly cheap to the point people spend more on balls than what they can get back by selling the alpha
"but then what's the point of breeding an alpha? they would be super expensive and for what? a red glow?
yes! people do infinitely more for a slightly color shifted Pokémon so everything is possible and the flex power is real
and maybe, just maybe an extra feature could be added to alphas
what feature? could be anything really
like making alpha catching easier by "intimidating the wild alpha" and lowering it's stats or leaving it unable to act for x amount of turns
or give them a special glowing trail when you have them as a follower
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I've been thinking about what would be a good way to change alphas in a fun way without completely obliterating their economy and I've come up with some ideas:
1. implement a way to get alphas by just battling them
alphas are super lame when they become just the red mon to catch mindlessly just in case they have good IVs for selling(that's why I'm ok wth the nerfs on pain split and endeavor) so alphas could be spiced up if you can get them by just battling, but how?
well, if you kill the alpha it should "come back for more" or "get stronger" several times maybe even cycling thru it's known movesets on every "phase" (but that may be too much)
it could also request help from the non alpha mons on the swarm
you could even go as far as giving alphas the ability to intimidate pokemon on later phases so they are scared and don't want to battle anymore to make it really challenging
not only these changes could make them super fun to get but also give other pokemon that are seen as useless some use, devs could even release alphas that will help with the next alphas and such
with this, the time alphas are in the overworld should be increased so people have plenty of time to make a strat and give it several tries if needed
"but what about little Timmy, he can't battle this mighty alpha!!!"
little Timmy can still catch the alpha! but for a lesser reward, for example, removing the exp candies
or even better, giving a special reward for those who beat the alphas, in a perfect world we would have an achievements system and that would be a nice way to keep track of it and to reward players accordingly with something like a exclusive vanity or a exclusive title/badge in your trainer card letting them flex it (but that's a topic for another post)
even a special ribbon, special pokeball or cool text in the catch location information window would be nice
2. Make alphas wandering encounters and give HA chance to normal swarms.
what if alphas just appeared around the world randomly just like phenos?
making a big and intimidating alpha appear on certain locations on any region every x amount of time would be super nice and would make the community work together to find them, specially if their spawn interval is fixed
this could give some functionality to some npcs and tvs too, something like "An powerful beast is terrorizing Pallet town/has been spotted near Mt moon, you seem like a strong trainer, you could help them!!" bla bla bla and that would make them feel more special than just a big red Mon in the middle of a swarm
normal swarms close to the alpha's spawn time could be used to alert players that the wandering alpha is coming and having a chance of getting HA on normal swarms is just a nice addition that gives more value to normal swarms
(having HA chance on normal encounters if you use lures would be a good idea too, specially if the idea 4 is implemented)
3. Alphas as encounters in dungeons.
whenever dungeons are introduced getting random alpha encounters in dungeons would be so fitting for them, imagine, you find an amazing alpha gallade in the middle of your run that you can get either by catching it or defeating it
wouldn't it be could?
4. Make alphas only breedable with other alphas
this would make breeder alphas way more valuable and will solve the problem of some alphas reaching 20k each which is dirt cheap, not even super crappy natural 2x31's go that low and it's super sad and strange to see alphas being SO insultingly cheap to the point people spend more on balls than what they can get back by selling the alpha
"but then what's the point of breeding an alpha? they would be super expensive and for what? a red glow?
yes! people do infinitely more for a slightly color shifted Pokémon so everything is possible and the flex power is real
and maybe, just maybe an extra feature could be added to alphas
what feature? could be anything really
like making alpha catching easier by "intimidating the wild alpha" and lowering it's stats or leaving it unable to act for x amount of turns
or give them a special glowing trail when you have them as a follower
whatever would be nice
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