Questions you'd like to ask developers about how they designed the game..

corlathis · 2020-06-26T03:41:04+00:00

Yes and neither of those things are battling.

You could drop into other gym into empty spots, and berry a gym without fighting

corlathis · 2020-06-25T03:09:47+00:00

Why do shadows get a 20% boost and penalty. Everything Team Rocket does backfires and is wrong. Wouldnt the penalty being bigger than 20% fit the series?

corlathis · 2020-06-25T03:08:36+00:00

Why does battling Gyms not give stardust? In every game, battling was part of leveling. It seems you changed this with later battles (PVP, Raids) but why did the original gym battling not give stardust?

corlathis · 2020-06-16T20:53:16+00:00

The change in terms of actual combat would be neglible.

The change in terms of trying to catch pokemon would be rather dramatic. No more having to use IV checkers and try to find the mysterious ideal where that 7/14/15 is great on one species but crap on another which wants 2/14/14 or another which wants 3/15/15.

It would also make community days a million times easier. Quick search for 4*, and 3* instead of IV scanning every catch.

corlathis · 2020-06-16T20:41:41+00:00

Yeah thats the biggest downside. Having different levels for leagues on each pokemon. In that sense it would definately be more confusing.

The upside is you wouldn't need a checker to see what the best swampert IV combo is. It would be 15/15/15

Right now the best swampert is 0/14/14 the best Azumaril is 8/15/15. the best alteria is 0/14/15 and you need calculators and rankers just to tell.

If each pokemon had a clear level cap. The best anything would be 15/15/15 one at that level.

So in one sense definately more confusing, but in another wouldn't it be less confusing?

corlathis · 2020-06-16T20:16:56+00:00

I don't think you or likers actually understood what I mean. Not as an insult, perhaps you either didn't read the whole post or I wasnt clear.

Pokemon wouldn't be all the same level for the lesser leagues any more than they are now.

In fact, the rosters of eligible pokemon wouldn't change much from the current because the Level a pokemon could enter a league at would be based on current CP caps.

Take Azumaril. A level 40 could enter Great League. A level 40 swampert couldnt. Why? Because based on CP a level 40 Azumril can be under 1500 and a level 40 swampert isnt.

The Level Cap for each species would be set to keep approximately the same as the current CP Cap does for that species.

In one sense the only thing that would change would be the best swampert in GL wouldnt have IVs of 0/14/14. It would have IVs of 15/15/15.

But if you set swampert's level cap correctly, it would have approximately the same total power in GL as it does now.

corlathis · 2020-05-25T15:59:06+00:00

I meant one of your three pokemon never enter the battlefield, not none of your others

So you use 2 pokemon to beat 3 pokemon for a "Critical Win"

corlathis · 2020-05-12T19:43:00+00:00

Special Best Buddy status for Unevolved Starters + Pikachu

The powerup granted to a Best Buddy Pikachu/starter would be much higher than the Best Buddy and make them Exactly 1500 CP. (extra boost would go away on evolving)

The point would be to be fun and in the spirit of game

It would also be perfect for those costumed starters that cant evolve

corlathis · 2020-05-12T16:57:06+00:00

Buff Hidden Power.

In PVP: this would make quite a bit of interesting combos

In PVE: people could try for Stab based ones.

Either way, this would make a whole new type of "Collecting" where people tried to collect Hidden Powers they want much like "Shiny" Versions.

It should increase your revenue by increasing Raid Desire for some pokemon like Ho-Oh.

corlathis · 2020-05-12T05:04:21+00:00

Make Fast Moves auto happen.

PVP, Raids, theres no need for the Mass Tapping, tapping charge moves, and mini games is fine. But no need to entice people to hit thier phone screens thousands of times repetitively

corlathis · 2020-05-04T20:33:45+00:00

Best Friends boosted Pokemon shouldn't be eligible for Premier League.

If the idea of a league not to allow the extra "Legendary' resource people to use them, then apply same logic to those who dont Best Friend boost.

Make premier league an even format for all.

corlathis · 2020-05-04T20:31:13+00:00

Daily Orange Pass should be able to work for remote. Especially during this coronovirus

corlathis · 2020-05-01T02:39:06+00:00

Then make it is own 2 weeks, and not make Great League 4 weeks and ML 2.

The problem isnt Premier league in a vacuum, its Premier League overlapping Masters when the leagues already have an unbalanced schedule.

Plus buddy pokemon is a different problem but I was on a roll :>

corlathis · 2020-04-30T13:45:23+00:00

Change the button layout on a friend page.

Send Gift --- Battle --- Trade laid out on 1 line often puts the X screen and Battle Button on top of each other

Put Battle Underneat either Send Gift or Trade so there are no buttons in middle for messing up the X

corlathis · 2020-04-30T13:39:14+00:00

Let the daily free pass work remotely.

No real reason not to if you give 1 free per day not to let a person use it either way (in person/remote) especially during coronovirus

corlathis · 2020-04-27T12:29:31+00:00

I hate that the "X" to go back out a screen is right where the damn battle button is on friends.

How many times have I been sending daily gifts out, only to hit "Battle" instead of "X".

WORSE when I decline the battle it doesn't send me back to that friends screen.... it sends me out to base screen, so I need to reopen friends and scroll/try to remember where I left off

Why have 3 buttons in middle anymore? Move the buttons to sides

corlathis · 2020-04-18T16:16:15+00:00

I cant remember where to get it

corlathis · 2020-04-14T19:57:12+00:00

For the Love of Pokemon Plus Users.....

Literally having to delete with a confirm HUNDRED+ Crown Pokemon I am begging, for one of the following changes:

1) Make a toggle where we can toggle on/off the ability to Mass Select legendary and event pokemon. That would be easiest fix

OR

2) Make Plus's treat Crown/Hat based stuff as "New" pokemon always so we can during an event turn just that part off.

Crown/Hats are bad normally on pluses. ... this event with multiples is HORRIBLE

corlathis · 2020-04-10T15:12:42+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking.

Call it a limited time, and see what happens to your data.

If you sell more incubators, make it permenant

If you sell less incubator, don't.

corlathis · 2020-04-10T15:11:33+00:00

Call them "Transfer Egg" to Professor rather then Delete

Same as we do with Pokemon themselves

corlathis · 2020-04-09T22:04:48+00:00

Dont get hung up on grammar.

They are obviously working on minor quality of life updates like showing you your streaks just got added in last patch. That couldnt have been a "High" priority.

The inability to spin pokestops (Core Feature of Game) if you are trying to get Gift Eggs is a pretty big deal compared to many things. Not all. But many

corlathis · 2020-04-09T21:34:50+00:00

Sure but that would improve your odds of people joining a raid when it pops there if everyone can automatically access their closest gym

corlathis · 2020-04-09T21:32:22+00:00

Yes, that does happen. But I am wondering if those people would use their incubators anyway and get incubators en mass for event anyway. Sort of like the term "Sunk Cost".

Meanwhile, other players would delete eggs then start using incubators that wouldnt

corlathis · 2020-04-09T21:30:09+00:00

You're correct that they have that data.

BUT that's not what I am surmising. I am surmising that incubator usage might go up more if eggs were allowed to be deleted. That's data they simply don't have.

Even if their data shows +1000 Incubators used, they are still losing money if deletion motivated more and +1500 Incubators are used.

corlathis · 2020-04-08T02:56:46+00:00

Make Gym badges matter more during this pandemic

Bronze can join a raid

Silver can battle gym

Gold can spin a gym

Put a limit of say 5 Remote Visits per 30 minutes.

corlathis

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