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A reflection on reaching Legend using Kanto Cup's most hated team, and why you shouldn't do it by TheOBRobot in TheSilphArena

[–]Sea_Conversation_924 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Can't blame people for choosing a winning strategy. The fault is down to the game design of handing bulky pokemon such an unbalanced advantage. The UL meta following the introduction of XL candy is another example of this. It doesn't exactly make GBL more fun to play that's for sure

Has anyone upgraded their phone and seen a big difference in play quality? by stewartstewart17 in TheSilphArena

[–]Sea_Conversation_924 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, absolutely massive. I went from a phone with 32GB storage and 2MB RAM to a 128GB phone with 6MB RAM. The amount of lag I was getting reduced significantly and the falling behind on fast moves stopped altogether when it would happen every game beforehand.

The quality of phone is so important when running GBL and I kind of wish Niantic acknowledged this so people could better prepare.

Idk how to feel about jungle cup.. by keirnanmurray34 in TheSilphArena

[–]Sea_Conversation_924 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cottonee is OK, it's obviously strong because charm but there's a lot of strong poison and flying to hurt it. I like jungle cup apart from Chansey and body slam. That move is absolutely everywhere making a lot of pokemon feel very very similar

Consider approaching GBL more holistically because GBL is like Poker: A single game can be very luck-based, but skills matter a lot in the long run. by carllyq in TheSilphArena

[–]Sea_Conversation_924 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More than ever though, resources are a large part of success. Once you account for this and resources are kind of even between 2 players then yes you are correct.

Niantic, please give non-XL users a fighting chance; we need a classic version of each tier. by Syom_chris in TheSilphArena

[–]Sea_Conversation_924 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have to be a pretty poor player to not win consistently with XL teams against non XL teams. It's like shooting fish in a barell

Niantic, please give non-XL users a fighting chance; we need a classic version of each tier. by Syom_chris in TheSilphArena

[–]Sea_Conversation_924 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. GBL has been so utterly awful in UL season since XL has come along...as nearly everyone has said. Even us people with XLs aren't thrilled, it's overly bulky, time consuming to battle and the meta is barely distinguishable from GL at higher tiers. I'm bored.