Hi guys. I might be a new member to this community since I just joined it a few weeks ago, but I actually started playing Reborn 7 years ago (I remember that Julia still has an Emolga, and the Tourmaline Desert is not done yet).
I was young then. And stupid. I tried brute-forcing my way through every battle. It went about as well as you would expect. So I quit. I remembered exactly the point when I decided to quit. That damn Cradily.
Fast forward to last year. Say what you want about USUM being a handholding game, but it reignited my interest in playing Pokemon again. So I recalled a certain Pokemon game which I abandoned years ago, and I typed it into the Google search bar, and lo and behold, there was this vibrant community behind this huge Pokemon Reborn. I put off playing again until I did my research this time, so I learned everything I could. I did it. I beat the damn Cradily that caused me to quit last time. And then the Crobat, the Volbeat, the Mimikyu (I remembered him having Chandelure before, but since I never got to this point, I don't know, my friend did). I beat Hardy two weeks ago. It's a rollercoaster.
And surprisingly the community is supportive. Which is more than I can say about the community of some games. So, thank you everyone. Thank you Ame. And Cass. And everyone on the dev team. I'm a fan. If you decide to postpone the development of the game for the time being, I understand and support you.
In the meantime, we'll just enjoy this great world you've worked so hard to make. Hiding the progress bars is a good idea. It reduces anxiety (out of sight, out of mind, right).