andracass

are you referring to the choice banded gigalith

definitely not trying to freak everyone out...

no and no

so, first, since i elected not to include this earlier, the game is not deliberately intended to be tedious beyond to extent to which, like, it's an rpg and this is kind of how they go. i'm certainly on the watch for ways to ease the tedium, but there are also often reasons why it exists/stays etc. a big reason (and what i'm expecting to be the case the majority of the time here) is in-universe context. luna's case is an example where it doesn't really make sense for a PC to be there given how isolated her actual gym is. a similar case can be made for titania. in this sense it isn't so much intentional so much as it is a side effect of other design choices. devon is also in a similar situation (if this whole thing was planned why would it be easy) but i've also come up with something that'll make it a little less obnoxious for e19 despite that. which, by the way. hi i'm cass. i also make this game. this shit's all hers, though. *ahem i think this might've been a slight misinterpretation- it's less of a "If you don't like it, dont watch it!" thing and more of a "why are you still yelling about this thing you're watching". which leads into... yeah bud i dunno about that one. this post? this is criticism. it's coherent, composed, well-stated. this is something i can appreciate. the "reviews" are, at best, an irreverent liveblog. they read like the first post. to someone who has no context and does not get the humor, it reads like the start of this thread. i would expect a reasonable reaction to the 6th instance of such a liveblog to be something along the lines of "really? another? why?" so if we assume that could you not? i have (again) said this before, but even if, as you say: it literally doesn't matter because your points do not make it through. ame won't read your blogs. i've reached a point where i no longer have the patience to, either. and, see, here's the thing: who's pretending it is? if you want someone to tell you about what's wrong with the game, we can help. big peeve of mine? lag. holy shit, the lag in this game is so bad. rough puzzles? i sure hate route 2. where is crustle in the grid. why does it not line up with the rocks. who makes this game. and a big one that you just barely touched on: there's a pretty clear increase in quality as you progress. now (obviously) i certainly think that the game as a whole is great, but on replays of the game you realize stuff like "y'know, up until you beat Corey, you're basically just hunting down tangrowths" and "dammit do i really have to run through jasper again???" just to name a few. i feel like i've reached a point where i'm just rambling a bit. short version: see this quote*? it: a.) criticizes the game b.) is funny c.) doesn't make the entire community hate me things would probably be way different if your blogs read like your last post. i would certainly welcome that. i won't, but there have been plans for a while, don't worry. fits in with the early game stuff. *d.)what the fuck is this bitch quoting herself who the fuck does she think she is

i see you are spreading. it is probably worth mentioning that the hole in the back of her arena will take you out to where the healing station is in train town. this allows you to save some backtracking. my sarcasm detector senses a bit of salt here. i believe this comes from a bit of a misunderstanding about the game. reborn is supposed to be hard. there is a level of difficulty that the canon games are (especially more recently) sorely lacking and it is that gap that reborn seeks to fill. there are, of course, a number of differences that this causes from a gameplay perspective, the primary of which is that you will have to play more strategically and adapt to the different battles. there are a lot of ways to do this- ev training, nature changing, rotation-based teams that swap from a pool of pokemon to best fight specific opponents. there are ways around obstacles. but we've already had this talk before. and, indeed, my impression of you is mostly that you're here to make noise. so this is, perhaps, not specifically for your benefit, but also for those who dropped in because of the racket. ...i would add in quotes from your post, but god is it noisy. we'll just do a list. the first comment i'd make is that this is not the first time someone has been turned off by the difficulty- there are absolutely other players who stick around for the story and don't particularly like the tough fights. that's valid! this is why lite mode is in development- we want it to be more accessible to those players while still presenting a challenge which is going to be a tough needle to thread. you probably remember me saying this, too. now, part of this... i'll politely refer to it as a "run-on sentence" is that you were frequently told to "git gud". while this statement, for aforementioned reasons, is, perhaps, true, this is not really an acceptable response to people looking for help. neither is telling someone to find the best flavor of cheese for the situation. some people don't like cheese. ah, but, i'm still repeating myself. so, instead, how about this: why are you here? criticism is acceptable, but we both know that's not what this is. if you are simply here to make noise, you will be asked to leave. if you wish to keep banging your head on a game you are clearly not enjoying, that is your own prerogative. do not scream at the rest of us while you do so.

straightmers are an elaborate hoax perpetrated by the patriots

you die

the marketing department says that the truth is irrelevant in the face of Profits™

don't tell them

i think this is the first devblog post i've written with consistent and accurate use of capital letters. it was agony.

you

next year's april fool's joke: ultimate random. abilities? random. pokemon? random. trainers? random. map connections? random. button inputs? random. sprite displays? random. audio output? random. we'll also randomize a pixel distortion so it looks like one of those grainy TV screens from back in the day

no

*puts on hazmat suit okay, we can look into that

hi also. if you've been following this thread then you might notice that there are some things hidden. stuff got a little bit off topic/out of hand. i like how ame is in the picture because he has no idea what's coming

her garchomp uses the field really well. first, the physical/special split change weakens your team pretty significantly- gallade loses some STAB, alolatales loses dark pulse and dazzling gleam, noivern loses boomburst. the type effectiveness changes also helps it a lot: dragon hits it neutrally, fairy is normal type, and its ice weakness is mitigated by its assault vest, which also gives it infinite draco meteors at full power. i'd suggest maybe a pokemon with knock off to get rid of its vest (https://www.serebii.net/attackdex-sm/knockoff.shtml) a little more ice coverage would also do you some good. i'd also say, in general, that iron tail on noivern basically wastes a moveslot. flamethrower would probably be more useful there (though not necessarily for this fight in particular) edo's idea is also pretty good. it might also be worth swapping out meowstic if you do that.

here! also added this to the post

i mean, like, the topic seems fine if you wanna get something out, that's what this channel's here for... this was just really weird since a.) literally no one calls me by my full name and b.) knowing both myself and bean it really didn't seem like your followup description of ishtar matched... either of us. i'm a little curious what server this is/was

me neither

what

this sounds like how wondertrade dies

that's hilarious.