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    Movesets for All Crest Pokemon

    in Discussions

    Posted

    My thoughts on the Crests, are as follows. Please listen to or ignore my non-professional gamer opinions as you wish.

     

    One of the things about the Crests, I think, is that they are supposed to be not as good (usually) as Z moves, Megas, or dynamaxing.

     

    Mostly because you could slap a Crest onto everybody on your team if you wanted instead of the one each approach, so there's probably got to be a bit of balance (but since it is one-person and the fanbase is smaller, balance isn't as strict).

     

    Most of these are good, (Claydol and Spiritomb might actually need a nerf), but I would say Cherrim and Magcargo both could use a bit more of a buff on their Crests (and maybe Leafeon and Glaceon too, but those two aren't as stiffed in the metagame, I think). Maybe Castform should get a Sandstorm form, too...

     

    I think someone else suggested that the Darmanitan and Infernape Crests are intended more for playstyle changes than to amplify their typical approaches. That honestly makes the most sense to me, but since unlike, say, Ledian, they are good already, the effort of switching things up for them is probably more noticeable.

     

    Magcargo in particular, needs a buff. From what I've seen, that poor Mon seems to have been doing badly since it was introduced.

    Reborn or Rejuvenation

    in Reborn City

    Posted

    Both Reborn and Rejuvenation are far harder than the main series, and very lore-rich games. But their overall...fantasy levels seem to be very different, as is how they handle the storyline.

     

    Reborn mostly takes place in a fairly grounded universe - if it wasn't for the pokemon, a lot of the stuff you see could easily happen in the real world, almost. Psychological issues are commonly brought up, and the storyline is fairly streamlined. There's no need to go "outside" and do sidequests to figure out all of what is happening.


    Rejuvenation's the polar opposite - Team Xen is using and showing off more mystical stuff with the Rift Matter, and this is before we get into

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    the time travel aspects of things.

    Also, the plotline often travels outside the main story, because if I didn't do some of the Help Center Requests I would have no idea what is going on at several points (there's still plenty of times where I'm baffled). But the team of Rejuvenation is doing their best - each version is often more streamlined and clear. With that said, I would appreciate an official sidequest tracker or something...

    Overall, in Reborn it's not hard to figure out where to go. In Rejuvenation you can often be left clueless if you didn't tackle a sidequest.

    Also, this is just personal opinion, but the teams on Reborn seem to be overall more... fair, then the teams in Rejuvenation? Just personal opinion. The only gym leaders I remember being super hard were Charlotte and Adrienn. Which could be related to both of them fighting in doubles, actually. But Reborn is definitely easier than Rejuvenation unless you do Casual on the latter, in my mind (just personal opinion there).

    Neither of them is a bad game, but Reborn is more my style, personally.

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    Pokemon Rejuvenation Elite 8 and Champion Predictions (As of V12)

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    Jenkel... hm. I guess? It could be.

    Also, I remember something about Dylan - he said when you fought Ava that you would be less likely to win than he is, or something like that. Considering your team should be around level 80 at that point, I think that's just more support for him being an Elite 8 member.

    OH! New idea for an Elite 8 member! What about... the Eldest? Cella? She definitely has the age - and we've never seen her participate in a Pokemon battle yet. Granted, that may be my memory betraying me, because I haven't played through Rejuvenation in a while.

    And for a slightly cracky idea, could Piano Lady be an Elite 8 member?

    (The last two ideas were dragged up by me going through the Rejuvenation Characters page on Tv Tropes).

    Looking for Pokemon Reborn Fan Responses

    in Reborn City

    Posted

    What led you to Pokemon Reborn?
    I was originally led to Pokemon Uranium by a public talk about the game being taken down shortly before Episode 16 came out (I think), and after that I decided to look around for more pokemon fan games. I found pokemon reborn, started playing, and I got hooked.


    What do you think about the battle system in the game?
    Way better than the original series! I hadn't really played pokemon games seriously for a few years beforehand, and my general reentry into the Pokemon fandom can be traced back to Pokemon Reborn. The difficulty is pretty reasonable - I have had a few hair-pulling fights in the past (I needed a lot of thinking to get through Charlotte), but winning the current episode has always felt good. Seeing every pokemon there is in the game also helps. My introduction to all of generation six came from Reborn, I think (at least, the pokemon that I didn't see in Uranium).

    What do you think about the stories/narrative in the game?
    The world building is... just amazing, really. The story of the Reborn Region feels a lot more... real, than the average pokemon game. Maybe it's because it's meant to be more realistic/"edgy" than the standard pokemon games, maybe because of the way Reborn isn't afraid to point out real-world problems like slums or environmental issues, maybe it's because you're going to spend a ton of time trekking your butt around nearly every location in the game. And... well, the story has you as a pretty major character, that's clear. But at the same time, you aren't the only person fighting the bad guys. You're not alone, being left to tackle an evil team because there's nobody else - it's just that things tend to fall into your lap, or they go after you in particular (the bad guys to deal with you, or the good guys for your help), and you've always got backup. You're not fighting this fight alone (really, every single gym leader and major character in the game has no issue with going out to get shit done themselves, and the Elite Four are the same). As discussed above, it feels like you are playing Pokemon Adventures: The Game. This is not even remotely a bad thing.


    In particular, what do you think about the queer characters in the game, like Cain and Adrienn? 

    Cain is pretty great, in my opinion. Honestly, I wish I was more outgoing like he was - and I hope his home situation gets better eventually.

    Adrienn is someone that I - well, when I first flew back to Reborn in Episode 16, my initial reaction was more or less "Holy F***, they really fixed up the place while I was gone!" I wish I could find the sort of motivation to do things that xe had in them to go around and start the movement to make the city "Reborn".

    And as noted above, neither Adrienn or Cain is really defined by their LGBTQ - it is, at most, a side part of their characters or backstory. They would still be recognizable as themselves without it (not that I am saying they should take that out or anything, they're both great as they are!) But honestly? I always identified more with Amaria than Cain or Adrienn. At first, I think it was because I had Water types as a personal favorite type myself, and because she was really nice (and saved your life, too). In hindsight, later on when I saw more of her story, I wonder if it was also because I've had minor issues with depression in the past myself. I never had it bad enough that I tried to kill myself, and my family has always been good to me, so perhaps seeing someone trying so hard to keep their head above water with only a few friends to talk to struck a note with me (I really took the Reshiram route somewhat hard, and I am not the sort of person who gets emotional that often).

    How would you alter the Reborn trainer lineups to include Gen 8 Pokemon?

    in Reborn City

    Posted

    For Victoria, I actually think that Sirfetche'd might be fitting for her, y'know?

    A Galarian Stunfisk would be pretty fitting for Terra, too (???/Bird type).

    Cramorant might be good for Amaria, since I think that the Gulp Missile ability would probably interact with the Water Surface and Underwater fields to some degree. And probably a Dracovish or Arctovish.

    Aya would totally have a Toxtricity.

    Luna might go for a Grimmsnarl, I think? And she seems sort of like the kind of person who would take in a Morpeko.

    Shade would have a Cursola, and maybe a Dragapult. And a Runerigus, too.

    Serra would likely have a Mr Rime (without Screen Cleaner, unless it changes what it does on the Mirror Field). Frosmoth would fit her too, and Galarian Darmanitan, perhaps. She got a lot of potential teammates from Sword and Shield.

    Hardy might get a Stonjourner... but the absurdly low special defense the poor thing has means that it might not be much good without something like Guard Split on a teammate. Rock got screwed again, it seems.

    Titania could have either Zacian or Zamazenta, in the postgame.

    Maybe Cain will have a Galarian Weezing...

    Adrienn totally has a Galarian Rapidash.

    Shelly might have an Orbeetle, do you think?

    Noel may or may not have a Dubwool, but it might run into competition from Bewear.

    Julia could have a Boltund...

    Cal has a Coalossal, I think.

    Laura has an Appletun or a Flapple, probably. 

     

     

    I gave this a lot of thought.

    Pokemon Reborn Redux [Mod][E18.71 Version Released]

    in The Mod Market

    Posted

    (Suggestions on the complaint above about Hardy's master fight, and Commander's response)

    Maybe you should switch the field for the Master fight to Cave, or Desert, or Mountain, then? I mean, the Rocky field can be kind of... well, I guess it's just not the best field. Actually, Florinia might be able to make better use of it strategically, I think, than Hardy did.

     

    Suggestions! A Desert field composed of Rock-Ground types (Double 50% Special Defense increase, maybe more with items) and a Sandstorm plus bulky pokemon would be a pretty tough nut to crack defensively, I think. The Mountain also boosts Flying types (Almost Hardy's second specialty type) and boosts Tailwind, and the Cave collapsing could be a good way of knocking only your pokemon out, with the right setup and pokemon abilities (Rock Head. Plus the Sound moves boost is fitting for Hardy's rockstar theme).

     

    If you actually gave Amaria a full 30 pokemon army and those videos on Youtube weren't just jokes, then (aside from the "Dear God this is going to be horrible when/if I get there..." exclamation (seriously, did you?)) well, giving Hardy Stealth Rock and Sandstorm at the start of the battle against you might not be the worst start, I guess. Or having Trick Room set up automatically for him, or something?

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    [OFFICIAL Q&A] Ask the Rejuvenation dev team!

    in Hub

    Posted

    One that's a bit of a spoiler...

    Spoiler

    Do you have any... non-spoiler moments that involve the "Lightened Siblings?" (The four, you know who). Just, not fighting or having the fate of the world, just... spending time together and getting to know each other. Besides two of them (and they've got their own issues) they never even knew each other before recently, let alone that they were family. I just... I'm a sucker for sweet moments, and I'm pretty sure that the moments between them will be really sweet.

     

    Major/Fatal bugs V12

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    (Cut and Pasted because I realized this would work better here, rather than in the general bug reports, since I can't progress because of it).

     

    This has been showing up recently for me, as I've been playing through V12 of Rejuvenation, and sometimes, the game shuts down and I have to reload because it's slowing down too much. Recently, after clearing the Mysterious Figures fight, and defeating Ryland, then having Adam fight the woman (Freya?) the game shut down because it was taking too long for the cutscene.

     

    And as it turns out, I'm now stuck inside the cutscene itself. I cannot move, or seemingly do anything except save. The animation is working fine. But I can't even open the menu.

     

     

     

    EDIT: Happy to announce that this has started working again! The issue is still there, but I got through the cutscenes without having to restart and getting stuck.

    Where do I go next? [REJUVENATION]

    in Guides & Resources

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Fuyu said:

     

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    Stuck on where to go after beating Ren outside of Sashila Village. Reina mentioned the tournament but I think I missed triggering something. Oops. 

     

    I am bumping this, because I have a similar problem. I have done what was detailed above, and also done

    Spoiler

    The whole Code Angelus battle

    But I have no idea where to do now.

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    Where does the tournament take place, actually? I am not sure. Do we even participate in this round of the tournament, or do we wait till tomorrow?

     

    Commander's Rejuvenation Adventures (A Rejuv Not Cancelled Run) [Chapter 62]

    in Discussions

    Posted

    I really liked your critique on the whole chapter, Commander. But er... you said you did Where Love Lies, right? Apparently a plot point (though I only understood this myself because I read up the TV Tropes page) was that

    Spoiler

    Neither Venam or Amber started the fire - someone on TV Tropes thought that it was implied that the person who was trying to kill Taelia/Vivian/Aelita/Maiden of Reincarnation and tried to blackmail Kenneth/Keta into doing it was responsible for starting the fire to kill Kenneth's friends (Tesla, Jenner, and the others), and it sort of makes sense. No clear indication who was behind it yet, though (The person who blackmailed Kenneth and may have framed Amber/Venam for starting the fire).  

     

    And I loved the investigation into Venam's personality, by the way. And the one that you did on Ren.

    The Terribly Titled Nuzlocke of Pokemon Rejuvenation: Part 3: Chapter 88 - My Teenage Robot Life

    in Discussions

    Posted

    1): There could have been lava on the other side of that door, remember? Crawli couldn't exactly tell if there was, and opening it to find out if there's lava there is... Potentially Suicidal? The entrance filled up with lava seconds after you and Venam went through if I remember right, you could have died if you were a minute slower, and you don't know in game that you can't die at that point.

    2): Yeah, this was never really explained. At all. Well... Maybe Giratina was preventing it or something for everyone not Melia and shooting everyone's Pokemon down? Which just makes me facepalm that she's kind of acting like a main game Pokemon protagonist/player who hasn't quite figured out she is in the wrong place to do that, and went anyways. Sort of like Heather from Reborn, just slower to learn.

    3): Yeah. Probably should have shown a picture of Saki building that or something - or just someone saying we should not hesge our bets or whatever.

     

    But yeah, the point is, Valor Mountain's leadup needs work.

    Commander's Rejuvenation Adventures (A Rejuv Not Cancelled Run) [Chapter 62]

    in Discussions

    Posted

    As a minor question for Commander. If you think there are issues with the story (and I have to admit there are), why not just send a message to Jan? He does seem to be changing how the game works, how people talk, and how things look a great deal every update. Maybe he'll take your ideas into account, so the game "flows" better. (Say, if Crawli did show you the door in his gym at first, but said you could not go through because he had a thermometer or something that showed there was lava on the other side, so it would get you killed at that point).

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