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  1. Well, first of all hello and welcome. I was in a similar place to you a couple years ago, when I discovered Reborn. And I have to say, I had a blast playing through it. It's an amazing game, with unique characters, a lot of very rewarding sidequests - never felt like skipping one, ever, which for a sidequest is great - and a plot that is always filled with unexpected twists. Now, to answer your questions: 1. Passwords are by no means necessary, but there's a few QoL (quality of life) ones that I highly recommend. I'd suggest applying them on a fresh save myself, but your mileage may vary. In case, you'll need a Data Chip per password, and you'll have to use the PC to activate or deactivate them. I'll go over a few notable ones I use, though they are by no means all the password there are. easyhms gives you more freedom on movesets, as you can use stuff like Cut without having to dedicate a moveslot to it. No more HM slaves! Which is good, as a lot of "boss" fights are challenging even with a full team of 6. And let's face it, HMs are almost never worth it, compared to other moves. fieldapp is a bit of a double-edged sword. On one hand, it gives you a lot of help in learning the fields the game introduces. Which is great, as there's quite some side-effects that are not so obvious and can prove surprising (Fire-type moves turning into Dragon-type on the Fairy Tale field, when you face someone who would normally be wrecked by Fire-types, but ends up obliterating them instead). On the other, however, part of the fun in this game is discovering new things and finding the many collectibles. And Field Notes are some of the most interesting ones. I like to scout around for them, and there's a wiki if you feel like learning them outside the game, but... Yeah. You do you. weathermod is again a double-edged sword. It gives you control on weather, which is great if you want to get all possible special encounters even though you'll get access to every Pokémon anyway later in the game, but sometimes the suspence of facing a tough Grass-type that you need to defeat on a rainy weather, when your best answer is your Fire-type starter, well... Yeah. Again, you do you. stablweather is the above's lite-mode. It makes weather have a set pattern throughout the week. Easier to foresee when you'll have that sunny weather you want, but I prefer the above as at least I don't have to wait or skip encounters. freeremotepc gives you access to a remote PC, allowing you to change your team on the fly or check the captured Pokémon you just got/captured to see if it's a viable member for the team or not. Side-effect is, you can deposit a Pokémon and take it out immediately and it'll be healed as if you went to a Pokémon Center. I use this password, but generally refrain from doing that, however it's notable enough to mension. Handy in emergencies. pinata is again a bit of a double-edged sword. It makes you skip the repeatable trainers in the Grand Hall, getting Exp candies instead. Cool and all, but I generally add this later in the game, when I have to grind for evolutions or for a new team member, as those trainers are all pretty unique and worth facing at least once, I feel. earlyincu is another notable one, albeit with a caveat. It gives you an incubator machine in the Pension that allows you to get eggs instantly. Great for breeding and all, but I don't mind the 5 minutes walking around to get eggs throughout the story myself, so I don't use the password. I just get the machine later on in the game as it becomes available. As I said, there's more, but if you're new to the game, I would encourage you to go light with game-changing ones like the ones tailored to mono-type teams and the like. I'm gonna link you to the password page of the Wiki in case you want to have a look around, but keep in mind what I said here (https://pokemon-reborn.fandom.com/wiki/Passwords). 2. Every Pokémon is unique, as they say in the anime. While the base statistics are common to a species, IVs (Individual Values) are unique to the specific Pokémon. They range from 0 to 31, higher is generally better though there are some (very specific) caveats. These are normally fixed they don't grow or decrease, and they can't be changed, but in Reborn there's a limited supply if items in the post-game that allows you to do so. It's why people breed Pokémon. It's a way to get out of the luck-factor that capturing a Pokémon entails. The odds of having a full 31 one are abysmal, and I'm being generous. By breeding, there's ways to ensure those 31s get passed down to offsprings. EVs (Effort Values) are earned defeating other Pokémon, and represent how a training improves the Pokémon's performance. They reach their cap at 255, but you can only benefir from multiples of 4, so everything past 252 is a waste. And you can get at most 510 total per Pokémon. So, you gotta be selective, especially in the late game, with what you work on. Notably, every Pokémon species you defeat gives a specific amount of EVs in a stat (or two). There's a fair bit of strategies for spreads and the like, but my suggestion is to find your own style and work from that, taking a template and seeing what you like (or not) with it. Maybe you like your physical tank to be bulkier on the special side so it can eat at least a special move, compared to the template. Maybe yout want it to outspeed another enemy wall to throw in a move that could potentially make that wall useless. You can adjust the EVs as needed, there's berries to drop them and items to add to them if you don't feel like fighting a specific Pokémon for the EVs you want (HP UP, Protein, you know the list). 3. Very subjective, your mileage may vary, but I go at it like this: early game (pretty much until the 5-6 badge) everything 20+ is good. I can go lower on not "needed" stats (defense on sweepers, as an example); mid game (up until about 12 badge) 25+ on "needed" stats, 20+ everywhere else, as by this point the enemies are given pretty much perfect IVs that make it very hard for Pokémon with terrible IVs to shine; late game is everything past 12 badge and before the Pokémon League (worth underlining, BEFORE) everything 25+, better if there's a "needed" IV at 30+ or two. For the Pokémon League and after, I'd aim as close to perfection as possible, as those are nothing like the original games. They're MUCH harder, with a combo of field effects and weather, plus movesets that gain boosts from at least one of the two. And the AI can take advantage from that surprisingly well. My exception is generally my starter, which as a rule I never take off my team, for which I reset until I get a good one (25+ everywhere, better if higher). 4. This ties in to the password section of my response, but there's daily broadcasts on TV that you can watch to hear how the weather will change. 5. PokéSnax enable you to have an encounter with some special Pokémon. They will all be accessible eventually, you don't actually need to get all encounters to complete your Pokédex, but having, as an example, a Numel before Gym 2 can be very helpful, as opposed to having to wait till a few Gyms later. And Teddiursa can be a wrecking ball in the early game. The way PokéSnax works is, if you have at least one in your bag when you talk to the eligible Pokémon, it'll either join your team for free or allow you to fight it to capture it. Side note, you can also use PokéSnax to raise friendship. Not really worth it, especially until late game, but in a pinch... 6. The Numel is in front of the train station where you begin playing, if the weather is rainy. I kinda mentioned it above by incident, didn't mean to, but... Yeah. In terms of Fire-types, the absolute earliest would be the Fire elemental Monkey (Pansear, I think?) under the bridge, before Gym 1, if rainy. 50% odds, could be the Water-type one instead (Panpour? Again, I can't keep their name in mind no matter how hard I try). Numel is the second. There's also a Litleo, but it's gated behind a pretty tough fight for this point in the game. You want something capable of tanking hits (especially Steel-type and Electric-type attacks) and possibly inflict passive damage (burn, Leech Seed, confusion, or possibly sleep so you can attack in the off-time). You can trigger this by going in the southern alley in the Obsidia Wards. Tough but very satisfying, if you ask me. Growlithe comes after that, gotta help the Police first. 7. My recommendation is to take everything I said with a grain of salt, as I mentioned this comes from my experience, which was blessed with A LOT OF LUCK, yours may differ. Talk with everyone, there's a lot of cool items that NPCs would gladly give you, if only you spoke to them. Don't be surprised when some of your Pokémon fall off being useful, especially in the later game you'll be facing stuff like Garchomp, Megas, Z-Moves and the like. Some Pokémon are just not able to respond. On the bright side, completing your Pokédex gives you access to some neat TMs, aswell as rare Pokémon. Definitely worth doing, if you ask me. Keep every Pokémon you get with a different Original Trainer than yours in your PC, don't trade them. They're useful for the lottery, but you'll also need some of them later in the game for a Very Important SideQuest (not spoiling you more than that). Specifically: don't evolve Igglybuff nor the Pokémon you'll buy in 7th Street (you'll see what I mean when you get there). Breed them if you wish, level them up, but don't evolve them. This will save you a lot of headaches later on in the game. Trust me on this. Another consideration is, use the Wiki I linked you to sparingly, unfortunately it's a bit of a spolier by virtue of containing information about the game. Generally speaking, I'd suggest using it to keep an eye on special encounters, and possibly TM availability, more than anything else. Just in case that Pokémon or TM you wanted is available at the point in game you are. Also, some of them are very well hidden, so much so that I wouldn't have found them EVER without checking the page for that. Still great to go through all the hoops though, very satisfying. And of course, the usual have fun, don't put too much pressure on yourself, enjoy the game as much as you can. It's so good you can see different things in different playthroughs, and it can always be surprising, even if you've played it before. Best of luck for your playthrough, have a wonderful time!
  2. Happy Birthday 😄, i hope that you will have a great day 😉🍰

  3. Lots of good suggestions here, consider these options OP. On my part, I'd say EV training is a good idea regardless of your situation, as it can turn a Pokémon from dead weight to a powerhouse, since the difference between attacking at all due to outspeeding or surviving a hit and not being able to do so is significant. So, I'd encourage you to do it. You also gotta be mindful of IVs. If your team has lots of 10- IVs on used stats (think defenses, HP or speed), you're gonna suffer. A good moveset and typing can only do so much. Other than that, your team seems kinda frail on the physical side, so you may want to look at something that can take a hit on that side. Gigalith, as mentioned above, is a very good option. Silvally Dragon is a bit of a double-edged sword, as it's supereffective and boosted by terrain, but also weak and very vulnerable to the opponents' stab Dragon type attacks (which are also boosted). If it doesn't outspeed consistently enough, that's not very useful. I'd use that in a different form - even without a Memory Silvally's pretty good - to set up things that would help your team. Tailwind and Thunder Wave are two notable options, as well as Parting Shot. Status may help. Thunder Wave, if you can take a hit, can cripple her Noivern significantly, allowing regular outspeeds on your side if your team has something fast enough. And Will-o-Wisp cripples a significant part of her team - Garchomp and Dragonite both suffer pretty badly if burnt, and the damage over time can possibly tip the balance in your favor in other cases too. Keep in mind Garchomp is choiced, if I remember right (but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, please!), so if you can get it to face something that can sport an immunity or resistance to it after it picked a move, you may get a turn or two to regroup and prepare to counterattack. An idea, since you can't seem to be faster, is to look at speed in a different way. Trick Room would ensure you attack first for a few turns judging from your description of the situation, though setting it up requires something to survive at least a hit consistently, better if two, and your team doesn't seem particularly slow. Otherwise, Tailwind is a good alternative. If you can find something that can consistently take a few hits, dropping the opponent's accuracy or raising your elusion can also be an idea. A bit exploity, since the AI generally doesn't deal well with it (the AI tends not to swap after setup even at -6 Accuracy, in my experience) but hey, it's an option. My Togekiss with Flash was surprisingly useful throughout the game. Never thought I'd say that Flash was useful, but here we are. Best of luck on your next attempt.
  4. You can break the green "rocks" with Rock Smash, like in Iolia Valley. They wouldn't be crystals if you didn't already have the key item mentioned above, so you should be ok in that regard. You just need to get in from the other entrance. Unfortunately I'm still not familiar with the area, so I can't help you in that regard, but... Yeah. Just explore around and you're bound to find it. Edit: whoops, didn't notice the necro... Sorry.
  5. Having just cleared the game for the first time I felt like I should celebrate, and this thread feels like the perfect place for it. I'm using a pic from the Hall of Fame 3 as it's the latest, but the team has been the same ever since I got access to them. I put everything in spoilers for ease of scrolling through. Items are your friends, but a nice team helps a lot. I was very lucky I got some nice members on my own, but I gotta also thank the people who traded me the random bred Rowlet, Chimchar and Togepi. Unfortunately as I was checking my boxes to see the trainer names, I realized I must have traded those guys off wondertrade at some point or released them by mistake, as I couldn't find them... So, thank you to whoever it was that sent me those Pokémon. Being able to breed to have those three made it very satisfying to stick to the team throughout the game. Legendaries felt unnecessary, never actually used any.
  6. I just finished the game from my e18 playthrough, and I must say it's a wonderful, amazing Game. I'll be starting a new save soon, to see the changes to the story. I don't know how to express how much I enjoyed this Game though, because even saying "it's possibly the best game I played in a decade or so" sounds reductive. I loved the plot twists, the characters being all uniquely characterized while not being stereotypical, the suspence, the amazing level of challenge... in the Pokémon games I was used to I could just grab a legendary or three before the Pokémon League and would end up steamrolling through everything, and with nothing more to do other than completing the Pokédex it was not a matter of challenge, but of chance. And stubbornness. In Reborn, I actually had to strategize at all times, especially since I wanted to try doing everything with my main team of 6, only swapping something else in if needed for plot reasons. It was very satisfying to get past a difficult fight without resorting to spam healing or grinding, but instead focusing on strategy. So, as I said before in this very same thread, THANK YOU to all those involved for this amazing Masterpiece. I loved every minute of it, and I'm really glad I actually took a moment to research what Reborn was when I read about it. So, Thank You all again.
  7. Thank you for the quick answer, this is beyond anything I could expect! I only used an itemfinder QOL mod that made it act like a radar, just in case that's relevant and can help pinpoint the issue, and only for the last part of the old savefile's life, while completing the Pokédex. I'll most definitely post the savefile as recommended though, sorry to bother you. And thank you for your hard work.
  8. Hello everybody, I wouldn't want to bother anyone, but I need confirmation that a part of the game is working as intended and that I'm overlooking an obvious solution, rather than having a specific puzzle be bugged. I'll put a couple screenshots with an explanation of the issue in spoilers as to not spoil anything for those who would prefer not to learn about the new stuff beforehands. To be clear, I'm not asking for a solution to the puzzle, I'd prefer to figure it out myself if possible, but I'm having some peculiar behaviour that I'd like to understand wether it's intended or not. Thanks for your patience and consideration. Also, side note, I get a funny error message on startup that really doesn't give me trouble in any way, I just have to click OK and the game starts with no issue whatsoever. Apparently the game believes me to be playing v0.0. I'll add a pic of that too, just in case it has something to do with my issue. All of this is coming from a fresh install of e19, other than the savefile. I've been stuck at that puzzle for the last couple of hours and I can't seem to find an alternative path. If it's just me being dumb I'll redouble my efforts, but if it's not... Yeah. I'd probably go through with the new savefile instead. I would appreciate any sort of help, even just a simple "look better into that room". Again, sorry to bother anyone, and thank you for your patience and consideration. EDIT: Figured out how to put pics in spoiler. Sorry about that.
  9. I'd like to say thank you all for this pearl of a game, I've had no real trouble up to now playing from my "old" savefile, other than a puzzle I'm stuck in for which I'll probably ask for help, but the story, characters, locations, music... It's absolutely gorgeous to see and play through, challenging at times, and very satisfying to progress into. I'll most definitely make a second savefile after I'm done with the first one so I can roleplay as a different kind of character (and see the revised and corrected story), and that's saying a lot for a Pokémon game, where generally the "choice" is wether you'll aim at adding Salamence or Metagross to your team, for the endgame. As such, let me say it again: thank you all for your hard work, and for this amazing piece of Art.
  10. Nope, no resets or anything. Also for the Metagross, that was a first attempt capture. I know a little of how stats work, and I remembered natures from Gen3, so I knew they were pretty good. I was honestly surprised, it felt too good to be true! Still yeah, my luck is generally dreadful, it's probably just evening itself out.
  11. Hello everyone, I'm Drew, a 32 years old man with little in the way of social relationships practice, and a lot of nostalgia for Pokémon from the times when it was still the new thing. I generally go by the name Loner or some variation of it when online as it tends to make the fact I generally have little to say less of a problem. To quote the old 1st Gen games, I'm "le strong, silent type". I generally have little time for fun, but when I do I tend to go all out. Pokémon Reborn has been the game that captured me ever since the 2000s. There have been some good ones between then and now, but they never actually got my attention like Reborn has. The dark story, the level of challenge - always maxed out, as I prefer to play games at the highest level of difficulty as soon as I figure out the mechanics, generally restarting the game as I do - the characters' characterization, the surprising extra field effects and the like, added to the fact the last time I played Pokémon was with Emerald, made it such an outstanding experience that I don't think there's words for it. I never found myself thinking of "games" in my few free moments inbetween work and necessities, but Reborn managed to get into my thoughts so easily I could not let it go. Plus, the game seemed to want to capture me, by giving me some outstandingly awesome odds. To put it in perspective, I'll attach my starter and a very hard capture in the wild - had to read a guide for that, but definitely worth it. Those were first encounters, I did not reset for better odds or anything, as I hear some people do. You can't just not want to use those Pokémon, especially if you're used, like me, to seeing 1, maybe 2 shinies throughout the whole game, and they more often than not being scripted ones. So yeah, the playthrough felt almost magical. Now granted, they weren't like that when I got them - Adamant nature on Froakie, Quiet on Metagross - but as a first encounter in both cases, and once I found out you can change natures, I just could not not use those. Metagross was dreadful to get though I appreciate the easter egg feel to it. I could go on more, but I'll stop the gushing. And now, I'm gonna have an overly serious parenthesis to save me and everyone else possible grief and frustration in the future. You see, I'm generally more of a lurker kind of guy and generally have little interactions with communities due to severe social anxiety, but after reading good things about Reborn, seeing how the community seems tight-knit and accepting, and playing through the current release in the last few months, I was so impressed by this wonderful work of art I just had to make a profile here, if only to say my thanks to all people involved in it. So, thank you, you wonderful Artists. Plus, contact through the internet is less stressing to me than face to face, so at least I should be able to say something from time to time. Still, I'm not often online due to a very busy and unpredictable real life, short notice work trips and the like, so in all likelyhood I will be more of a lurker than a speaker, and for that I would like to apologize in advance. Please, don't think I'm not interested in interacting or that I'm ignoring you, I just have a hard time doing it, be it because of no internet while travelling for work or having a hard time putting things into words/finding something to say. Now, with the premises off the table, it's time for general notes I guess. English is not my first language, so sorry in advance for any typo or misunderstanding that may originate from it. I also tend to take things in the literal sense, so my writing tends to not have much in the way of jokes, sarcasm and the like, though when I joke I do say so. I appreciate being corrected if I happen to be wrong on something, as the last thing I would want to do is spread misinformation. Thanks in advance for the time and effort you who read put into reading this, hopefully my lurking won't bother you and everyone else too much.
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