Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on November 21, 2016, 10:40:18 AMSounds good, I'll probably pick it up fairly soon then.How is the difficulty though?XY/ORAS was mindnumbingly easy, I get why they wanted to make it less grindy but I don't think I ever got to a gym and went 'well fuck' during the battle. Maybe it's to do with knowing the games better than when I was younger but I think there was a lot of design choice that made it a piece of cake.I wouldn't say mind-numbingly easy this go-around, but at this point, I've conditioned myself to make the games more challenging in my own ways. That said, I honestly had a couple "well shit" moments against some of the Totem Pokémon.Just turn off the Exp. Share, avoid using Z-moves, and try using Pokémon you've never trained before. It also may not hurt to impose some kind of item restriction, but that's approaching nuzlocke territory.
Sounds good, I'll probably pick it up fairly soon then.How is the difficulty though?XY/ORAS was mindnumbingly easy, I get why they wanted to make it less grindy but I don't think I ever got to a gym and went 'well fuck' during the battle. Maybe it's to do with knowing the games better than when I was younger but I think there was a lot of design choice that made it a piece of cake.
Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on November 21, 2016, 10:53:29 AMQuote from: Verbatim on November 21, 2016, 10:45:40 AMQuote from: Mr. Psychologist on November 21, 2016, 10:40:18 AMSounds good, I'll probably pick it up fairly soon then.How is the difficulty though?XY/ORAS was mindnumbingly easy, I get why they wanted to make it less grindy but I don't think I ever got to a gym and went 'well fuck' during the battle. Maybe it's to do with knowing the games better than when I was younger but I think there was a lot of design choice that made it a piece of cake.I wouldn't say mind-numbingly easy this go-around, but at this point, I've conditioned myself to make the games more challenging in my own ways. That said, I honestly had a couple "well shit" moments against some of the Totem Pokémon.Just turn off the Exp. Share, avoid using Z-moves, and try using Pokémon you've never trained before. It also may not hurt to impose some kind of item restriction, but that's approaching nuzlocke territory.Yeah I'm not gonna use Exp share, Z moves sound kinda cool though.I did that with Oras actually, I picked out a team of pokemon that I hadn't really used before (barring Aggron who is a must for every playthrough ever) but it was still a bit easy.You wouldn't happen to know of a randomiser for S/M would you?The trouble with full dex ones is they pick stupid shit like legendaries from the wrong game, but something that gives you a list of 6 obtainables in SM would be great for mixing things up.I played with Z-moves and EXP share on and some of the totems were still pretty rough. I believe Exp share was nerfed this gen so some grinding is still required to get an evenly leveled team even when using it. I've noticed the game can be very easy if you use the Pokemon you get from various trades in Pokemon Centers. You can get an early Machop right before you do the Normal trial, and that thing will stay relevant throughout the game even if you don't decide to fully evolve because it gains exp ridiculously fast due to being a trade mon. Avoid those and you should be fine.
Quote from: Verbatim on November 21, 2016, 10:45:40 AMQuote from: Mr. Psychologist on November 21, 2016, 10:40:18 AMSounds good, I'll probably pick it up fairly soon then.How is the difficulty though?XY/ORAS was mindnumbingly easy, I get why they wanted to make it less grindy but I don't think I ever got to a gym and went 'well fuck' during the battle. Maybe it's to do with knowing the games better than when I was younger but I think there was a lot of design choice that made it a piece of cake.I wouldn't say mind-numbingly easy this go-around, but at this point, I've conditioned myself to make the games more challenging in my own ways. That said, I honestly had a couple "well shit" moments against some of the Totem Pokémon.Just turn off the Exp. Share, avoid using Z-moves, and try using Pokémon you've never trained before. It also may not hurt to impose some kind of item restriction, but that's approaching nuzlocke territory.Yeah I'm not gonna use Exp share, Z moves sound kinda cool though.I did that with Oras actually, I picked out a team of pokemon that I hadn't really used before (barring Aggron who is a must for every playthrough ever) but it was still a bit easy.You wouldn't happen to know of a randomiser for S/M would you?The trouble with full dex ones is they pick stupid shit like legendaries from the wrong game, but something that gives you a list of 6 obtainables in SM would be great for mixing things up.
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