[A Deep Dive into Boss Battles (New music and Aevian mon reveal too!)]

Thanks Jan and the Rejuv team for such amazing updates for the game. The new boss mechanics are incredible and I can't wait to face them. Making the fights more of a puzzle will definitely change how the fights have worked before and could open up to new strategies that were not possible before. Thematically it makes sense that the legendaries and rift pokemon should have the ability to change the state of the battle in such a way. 

 

Making the lower tier legendaries available post 13 makes sense to me since they would not trivialize fights at that stage of the game. I can definitely understand the decision for a smaller post game and that not every legendary have a quest behind it.

 

The new songs are great and I look forward to hearing them in V13.5! 

[Balancing conundrums]

As a normal player I am quite happy with the changes made, especially for Angie and Souta as I definitely had trouble against them. I can also understand the changes made for Narcissa and the forest field though I myself haven't had as much trouble as the former two. I do enjoy the changes for the Dimensional field as I can also see it as some help towards some of the rifts that people may have difficulties with. 

 

The only changes I am a bit unsure of is the Frozen dimensional field completely removing the decrease in offense for Fire types as I feel that making the decrease for fire moves smaller is enough but I will have to see just how much of a difference the decreased defences make in the fight and I will most likely see that it would be too much to also have decreased offenses.  I can see dragon rage dealing 140 flat damage cheese the early game rifts for anyone picking charmander but having the option available isn't a problem. 

 

I myself enjoy having to use different members to manage different fights but it can be annoying that a number of fights require very specific pokemon sometimes to win so I look forward to whatever changes that are coming forward. 

 

As I mentioned in the last post this is your game at the end of the day and I will support whatever changes you believe are necessary to make the game enjoyable for all. I am excited for whatever you guys bring forward and I definitely look forward to having more mystery eggs in the beginning of the game. 

[v13.5 Update | Balance Changes]

I'm a Normal player here and I honestly enjoyed the shield mechanic. I feel like at minimum the rift fights should keep the shields and remove them for Giratina, Groudon etc. to make a proper distinction between the boss battles and make the rift fights more special. My first playthrough was V12 and I honestly found some rifts like Volcanion and Carnivine to be far less engaging and a bit boring then. In V13 I actually had fun fighting those two thanks to the shields. In addition for Aelita, I found the golems more of a threat in V12 than the rift itself. 

 

At the end of the day it is your game and I will support whatever decision you make but I will feel a bit sad to see the shields go for the rifts at least.

[Why exactly is V13 taking so long? Well...]

2 hours ago, Alexios said:

This is the best pokemon game i have ever played and i have to say waiting for the v13 is very exciting. Merry Christmas and thank you for creating such an amazing pokemon game!

...Also it'll be great if there was a love story between the player and Melia...

I am quite sure that at this point in the game there is a confirmed pairing of Melia and Venam. The way I see it so far I think the player and Aelita seem like a more possible pairing.

[Why exactly is V13 taking so long? Well...]

I can't wait for this update, I didn't expect it to be this long! I am wondering will V13.5's side stuff be stuff present throughout the story and if so, is it recommended to wait for 13.5 to drop before starting a new file in V13?