Norwynn

Okay. Then it's my bad I'm dumb for not having noticed it even though I figured that something should have been unlocked somewhere. I just downloaded Desolation and I'm going to try it tonight, thanks again !

First time I hear about Desolation, I'll have to check this, thanks again !

I guess I'll maybe wait for the patch then. Idk. I really want to see the next step of the story but on the other hand when I see "QoL changes" my heart sway. Maybe I'll still fickle around a bit as I have time to waste anyway. About the repels, the buff seems nice but as I have no money to buy them whatsoever I guess it won't help in my specific situation. :/ I also remember a random Klingklang lvl 35 spawning when I was chasing a Pokemon and roflstomping my lvl 20 team. Kinda disappointed I was. But if those are only the few exceptions my heart rests assured. However I feel like I'm lacking xp, even by almost not changing any team member since the start, when I reached Shelly I had my highest at lvl 34, my lowest at lvl 29 and the rest between 31-33. I saw in a guide that I could grind the Unown in the cave to get good xp, but the problem is, I can basically only kill 2 of them amounting to 1/4 level at best before my Pokemon gets too low health and then I'd have to make a long back and forth to the nearest center to get healed etc so I kinda cba Thanks a lot for your answer ! I eventually managed to beat her, but I had no idea about this strat, maybe I could have had an easier time if I knew about it beforehands. Anyway I'll keep it in mind for my next run. Thanks ! I have nothing against getting used to the map, but as an example, having to go across the slums for like 5 times just to get some sidequsts etc was really one of the most frustrating things I experienced in this game for now. My brain has a weird bias which tells me "if this content is available to me then I have to be able to clear it right now". So I guess I'll just have to tell my brain to stfu. Yeah I noticed that even though there are a lot of events which give me free Pokemons every there and now I still feel like I have almost no choice. However, among those you mentionned I only got the Budew. And I decided against using it, as I figured out I'll never find a way to evolve him soon enough as grinding happiness seems pretty impossible to me, given the fact that I'm getting half my team K.O. after every fight. And actually is it really this good of a Pokemon ? I'd have liked to use it as I have no other grass type but I didn't feel it was that interesting to use it. However I must say I have not a single clue about how building is supposed to work. I mean, I know what nature is, but I have no idea what are the different special abilities available to each Pokemon and so I have no clue which one is good or bad compared to others. And as the last Gen I played was Gen III, let's say I have no idea about half of the attack moves or how I can build synergies with it etc. The mod pack seems nice though, a few QoL changes is always welcome. Especially the one which allows the player to set weather as most of the cotnent I missed is due to me not being at the right place with the right weather. Actually the battlers are one of those fights which seemed impossible to me. I indeed saw in a guide that i was a good way to get xp, so I went there to fight but then I met a guy with a lvl 36 Gardevoir who oneshotted my whole lvl 30-ish team with Psychic. So yeah I wasn't really hot about trying my luck again. I went for Froakie as a starter as I heard it was good, but he has Torrent (and trash IV too, but I didn't know about that when I started so I didn't soft reset to have a better one), not Protean. I just checked online and I saw Protean is marked as "hidden ability" what does this mean ? Thanks a lot for your help Yeah I'm actually discovering all this stuff right now but it's a bit of a too big bone to chew at once. So for now the only thing I really understood are IV (which are basically just some kind of dice roll to define a Pokemon base/scaling stats, compared to average right ?) but for the other things I'm reading guides etc but it's a bit overwhelming for now. Shelly Anorith was actually her most annoying Pokemon and I managed to beat her precisely because I managed to OS him with Aquajet on my lucky try. But on all previous tries, he was faster than me and crushed half of my team before I could do anything to him. But yeah, I had not a single clue about Rainbow Field or whatever. Said like this, it sounds cool, but even if I knew about it before fighting Shelly, I actually have no one with the Sunny Day move. So I couldn't use this strat. So if next update makes things less grindy it gives me one more reason to wait for it. I mean, I have nothing against grinding as itself, but if the grinding spot is kinda far from the nearest Pokemon center and I have to go there and back every 2 fights, spending more time running around than actually grinding it makes it quite annoying imho. I'm the kind of person who'd be easily tempted by cheating stuff but I'd still like to play the game how it's intended to be played at least once Well I have no idea about what Skill Link is neither. Maybe I'm going to check this. But yeah, usually I'm pretty chill, but I found myself cursing at my computer more than once while playing Reborn, which almost never happened to me previously. The only exception being when I lose a Hearthstone game because of my opponent getting lucky on a random effect or idk. I'll keep the Facade trick in mind as well, however I don't even know where to get the TM. Gotta check this as well. Yeah I went to check the dev blog after seeing your comment and as it's getting released sooner that what I thought, I guess I'll wait for it as I think I'll be nowhere close to the end by the time it gets released even though I keep playing it on a daily basis. I mean, I advanced quite quickly as I nolifed the game for 3 days, but I still needed 30 hours to get past Shelly. Half of this playtime being me actually browsing the web trying to understand what I didn't get rather than actually playing. And also, English not being my native language, it's the first time I hear about the English names so everytime I see "enemy trainer will send X, would you like to change ?" I'm like "who the fuck is this" and have to google it. I'm often checking for guides and tips to not miss hidden events and such things so I guess I'm exploring enough, but as I don't want to constantly double check every single move I do, it's still possible that I missed a lot of stuff. Yeah I just saw this as well, so I guess I'll definitely wait for it, even though I really want to know what happens next in the storyline. I mean I'm lucky to have discovered this game right when it's about to be finished, so I guess I can wait 1 month. And restarting a game never bothered me anyway. Especially when I notice that I did some easily avoidable noob mistakes which will drag me down the whole run (like having a starter with trash IV). I got one sticker after saving a girl in Jasper ward, but apparently the next one is available in an event which triggers only on windy days which I hadn't when I was in the area so yeah, maybe I'll restart and also use the mod to set weather in order to not miss important stuff like this. Had no clue about mining kit neither, gotta check what it's about, thanks. Last question, admitting I'm not playing Reborn waiting for the patch, how is Rejuvenation in comparison ? Is there some stuff I should know beforee trying it ? Am I supposed to clear Reborn before, or are they totally independant games ? Thanks again for your help and your warm welcome !

Hello there, I'm a new player who discovered Reborn 3 days ago and I definitely got hooked by the game, especially the atmosphere and the story (who would've guessed that I'd someday play a Pokemon game for the story ?) but let's say I'm struggling a lot. Everytime I meet a strong opponent (gym leader or others) I eventually manage to beat them after 10 retries but usually only due to RNG, like enemy Pokemon missing an attack or idk. I'm currently just after beating Shelly with a team made of Loudred / Swoobat / Onix / Frogadier / Growlithe / Swalot (I know it's definitely suboptimal but I feel like I didn't had any better option until now (the better options were either with trash IV, either too low level and me being too lazy to grind to make them catch up with the rest of the team) I actually have no experience on Pokemon games, the last one I played being Emerald like 15 years ago (and being a kid at that time I always played my Pokemon games by overleveling my starter and oneshotting everyone so...) so I'm using the forums and the guides a lot to find hints about everything and nothing, but it's starting to be tedious. So a few of my questions being : 1) I saw a new big patch is coming soon, should I wait for it or should I keep on my current game and maybe restart a new one alter when new patch is out ? 2) I feel like the game makes me do a lot of back and forth to get some side quests / hidden items / pokemons and it's quite annoying especially as I'm alway broke and can't afford Repel. Is it on purpose or am I missing some tricks / shortcuts ? 3) Sometimes there are unexpectedly strong enemies compared to my current level, latest example is 10 minutes ago when I went for the second part of the Magma sidequest, I beat a double trainer with lvl 31 Pokemons, then suddenly the next one has only lvl 40-45 who oneshot my whole team. Is there a way to prevent those unpleasant surprises except always checking a guide to get warnings before every encounter ? And of course any tip which would be helpful is welcome. As stated previously I'm extensively checking the topics on the forum to get some insight, but a lot of them are a 5+ years old any might contain outdated stuff... (I know there were some other specific questions I wanted to ask but I already forgot them T-T) Thanks for reading, have a nice day/evening.