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I kinda doubt it's because of Covid, since by the time Rejuv will be finished it will be years from now on, and pandemic will most likely be over.

However, doc here still told us that "he left a present for each and every person in a city" when we got him. Dont know if this is a part of text that was not removed, or he still did something.

Finally appreciation for our lord and savior Pyukumuku. This man has found his guiding sun.

Shields are a good mechanic, but they still need to be tweaked and checked. Fixing multi-hit moves, making that poison actually damage shields (stall should be a viable strategy), as well as i would argue letting damage continue into the next shield.

After you finish the past section of Hiyoshi city with a certain Rift-G as a boss, you can come back to past entrance of Sheridan, cut down one of the bushes, then route 2 will completely change in the future. Get there, take research notes, replant the bush, get back to normal Route 2, give scientist notes.

I think a lot of Eevelutions are powerful enough pokemon, and Leafeon and Glaceon already got their crests, Flareon will probably have one too. Vaporeon, Espeon, Sylveon and Umbreon really dont need a boost, being a considerably powerful pokemon already that are easy to use. There are so many weaker pokemon that need crests to be remotely viable, like Aurorus, Kricketune, Delibird, Plusle and Minun e.t.c.

As well as crippling opponents to set up on them and then sweep. Or using a Trick room. Or utilize Light Clay screens. Or spamming status like sleep. Or Destiny bond the pokemon you have troubles with. Or Wobuffet abuse with either direct counters or perish trap. Or Endeavor. Or abusing Swift Swim. Or a myriad other things that dont immediately pop into my mind. The notion that changing a Field is a more one-button and inferior strategy to all other possible abusive one-button brainless things you can do in Pokemon is just absurd and completely wrong.

Game also directly says when you start it that this ruleset is a "standart Intense esperience", strongly implying this is a suggested experience for Intense.

And that is a huge shame in my opinion, since, again, all that difficulty would be meaningless without a world it exist in. You wouldnt be that interested in fighting all those gym leaders and Meteor admins if they were all Youngster Joey. But then again, it's been, i think, 8 years since Reborn started development and a lot of conceptions about it were changed. I am also curious, when people want to play difficult pokemon, why not just go on Showdown? Generally a lot of good matches there.

No. It's first and main selling point was always, i quote, "massive, detailed world". Adding Field Effects was done not only to spice up gameplay, but also as a way to enhance immersion in the same world. Even in an interview with Ame way back in 2014 she said that the darker story and world came first, difficulty was added more to accomodate darker tone of the story.

Im fairly sure that most of the appeal comes from a detailed world, actual characters and story, as well as a much better progression and pacing. Difficulty was always secondary, and all fan games like Insurgence, Reborn and Desolation are first of all known for making pokemon work with a much more compelling narrative in a setting that makes much more sense.

I was much more annoyed about 2 Megas. With held items. Maybe next version some enemy can get a Mega who holds Life Orb, Assault Vest, some Band Item, Leftovers and all berries at once, just for shits and giggles. It's one thing to give an enemy advantage, but now opponents are literally playing a different game.

I dont understand the lack of Trick Room TM though. If i want to use this particular strategy, i only got Oranguru or Porygon-Z for this and you cant even breed it on someone. It's still available on those 2 pokemon, so argument that it would be broken to have it also doesnt apply here.

Leftovers are available. You can use Pickup to get them since level 60. Not trying to disagree, just saying.

Well, as someone made a retort towards Lavender in a dream, "not as scary as your lack of plot relevance". I like Lavender enough, but for now i dont really understand why she exist as a character.

Sure hope it's a bug, it's very hard to read in it's current state.

Edit: found a reason, case closed, that was my bad. I forgot Mega Meta got Tough Claws instead. Big oopsy.

So, i've been testing different things in her fight, and i noticed something very weird going on with her speed. Her Mega Metagross should have 315 speed, while my Reckless Mienshao got 289, but sometimes i just for no reason outspeed it. Only sometimes, and the same was on 288 speed, since im using debug to adjust stuff, so it's not some weird speed tie. Obviously, not holding a Quick Claw, i double and triple checked. Her Metagross also dont have moves with minus priority, so i really have no idea what's going on there. Anyone else encountered this?

Yeah it was a bug if you finish it first. IIRC it was fixed in 13.03.

It's a specific Rift, each one got different pokemon. You need the one directly above the entrance to Route 4 from Wispy ruins.

Was the same for me, i think it's a bug personally. When i came back later in the game after Terajuma events i did the same thing and he moved away. Try to report it in the bug report section.

Yeah, this was reported multiple times. If you pick up letters before talking to Dragonite it will bug out. Most likely will be fixed in 13.03. For now you can load backup save before picking up a letter.

Jolteon is another strong contender here. Also i trained a couple of Sturdy Golems for this fight to Stone Edge anything that i really dislike. Ice types can be a great tool as well. Trick Room is always an option too.

I believe first place you can meet it is in Darchlight Woods at night, very far into the game. But maybe someone seen one earlier in v13.

I answered that today around 20 times today, in this topic, no less. Im super tired of answering this, entire topic is about this.