Current Events > I actually really like Let's Go Eevee

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The most surprising thing to me is how little the no-random-battles thing actually impacts the leveling progression. It's actually not that much different from grinding trash mobs, but makes chaining Pokemon for higher IVs much less of a hassle.

And surprisingly the actual trainer battles are a lot harder because they're always around your level.
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I actually really like Let's Go Eevee

We know
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yeah I have been pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable it is
do miss the safari zone though, I was looking forward to how that would look in this iteration
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how bad is it to catch pokemon if your switch is docked and you're using joycons/a pro controller?
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DarkRoast posted...

And surprisingly the actual trainer battles are a lot harder because they're always around your level.

I mean, if you actively go out of your way to make them harder.

You know, instead of using the effectively uncapped stat boosters, x-items, or the starter that gets 90 BP 100% accuracy status moves.
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I'm glad to hear it's enjoyable. I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet, but probably will over the Thanksgiving break.
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Game exceeded the little expectations I had and ended up surprising me

Shiny hunting is actually fun and they nailed it, Better than the seeker which literally got me pissed off as a kid

Way more fun than waiting for an egg to hatch like the masuda method

the_rowan posted...

DarkRoast posted...

And surprisingly the actual trainer battles are a lot harder because they're always around your level.

I mean, if you actively go out of your way to make them harder.

You know, instead of using the effectively uncapped stat boosters, x-items, or the starter that gets 90 BP 100% accuracy status moves.

We got the fun police here lol

soulunison2 posted...

the_rowan posted...

DarkRoast posted...

And surprisingly the actual trainer battles are a lot harder because they're always around your level.

I mean, if you actively go out of your way to make them harder.

You know, instead of using the effectively uncapped stat boosters, x-items, or the starter that gets 90 BP 100% accuracy status moves.

We got the fun police here lol

I'm not policing anyone's fun, but it's outright deceptive to claim the game's battles are harder.
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Romulox28 posted...

how bad is it to catch pokemon if your switch is docked and you're using joycons/a pro controller?

not bad at all, but it doesnt have pro controller support unfortunately
have to use the single joycons
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the_rowan posted...

soulunison2 posted...

the_rowan posted...

DarkRoast posted...

And surprisingly the actual trainer battles are a lot harder because they're always around your level.

I mean, if you actively go out of your way to make them harder.

You know, instead of using the effectively uncapped stat boosters, x-items, or the starter that gets 90 BP 100% accuracy status moves.

We got the fun police here lol

I'm not policing anyone's fun, but it's outright deceptive to claim the game's battles are harder.

Wooowooowooowooowooo

prettyprincess posted...

Romulox28 posted...

how bad is it to catch pokemon if your switch is docked and you're using joycons/a pro controller?

not bad at all, but it doesnt have pro controller support unfortunately
have to use the single joycons

yikes, that kind of killed my interest in the game lol
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I do feel like they surely could have made it work, whether the same as the joycon or by using the gyro controls to match the handheld method of catching

hasnt been bad enough to turn me off but I like the feel of the pro controller better
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I'm having a lot more fun with Let's Go to the polls than I thought I would.

prettyprincess posted...

I do feel like they surely could have made it work, whether the same as the joycon or by using the gyro controls to match the handheld method of catching

hasnt been bad enough to turn me off but I like the feel of the pro controller better

They absolutely could have made the Pro Controller work, since the game uses standard 2-joycon controls in Handheld Mode. The Pro Controller has motion sensors as well.
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Who gives a fuck about shinies and IVs in a game with such barren mechanics?
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Romulox28 posted...

prettyprincess posted...

Romulox28 posted...

how bad is it to catch pokemon if your switch is docked and you're using joycons/a pro controller?

not bad at all, but it doesnt have pro controller support unfortunately
have to use the single joycons

yikes, that kind of killed my interest in the game lol

It's great how Nintendo keeps forcing ginmicks on us. Especially the horrible motion controlled types.
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GiftedACIII posted...

Who gives a fuck about shinies and IVs in a game with such barren mechanics?

Why would you care about IVs when you can just feed pokemon stat boosters (which are, from what I understand, different from EV boosters from other games) until they have +200 in every stat, and no one can tell if you've only used a few? Seems silly.
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the_rowan posted...

GiftedACIII posted...

Who gives a fuck about shinies and IVs in a game with such barren mechanics?

Why would you care about IVs when you can just feed pokemon stat boosters (which are, from what I understand, different from EV boosters from other games) until they have +200 in every stat, and no one can tell if you've only used a few? Seems silly.

They're the same as EVs

There are bottle caps for raising IVs, just like Sun and Moon
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Excuse me, they're the same as the EV system Gen 1 and 2 had.
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So it sounds like if you want traditional 2-handed controls you have to play it handheld?
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Banjo2553 posted...

So it sounds like if you want traditional 2-handed controls you have to play it handheld?

Yes. Which is stupid and doesn't even make sense. If the game can support normal controls in handheld, why not in docked mode?
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Yeah, that is really weird. Maybe they can patch it in.
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the_rowan posted...

GiftedACIII posted...

Who gives a fuck about shinies and IVs in a game with such barren mechanics?

Why would you care about IVs when you can just feed pokemon stat boosters (which are, from what I understand, different from EV boosters from other games) until they have +200 in every stat, and no one can tell if you've only used a few? Seems silly.

That and who the hell is competitive battling in such a barren environment with over 90% of the Pokemon gone, no held items or abilities and mechanics catered to single player.
There's a reason most people don't play RBY competitive anymore.
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Banjo2553 posted...

Yeah, that is really weird. Maybe they can patch it in.

They can, but I'm not holding my breath.

The sad thing is someone clearly put a lot of work into the Pokeball Plus, with the sounds effects, rumbling, Pokemon sounds, etc. It's really cool, but playing with it is a huuuuuuuuuuge pain in the ass.
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If you ignore the candy and don't just stick with your starter the difficulty seems pretty standard. Misty even knocked out my Pikachu.
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The trainers seem to be a lot closer to your level than other Pokemon games, at least to me.
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The candy boosts stats regardless of level. But you do overall need to go out of your way to trade the Pokemon in and pump all of the candy into a specific Pokemon.

I think they've done this for the Master Trainer post game so you don't need to grind every single Pokemon to a high level. So really if you intend to do that it's probably better to just wait for the post game to use them. But they do give you the option to break the game if you want to.
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50 bucks for a Mew is unforgivable,tho.
Through if you all have Pikachus I can get you Bellsprouts and Ekans if you need them or if you need your trade evolves to envolve
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I like how they used the same exclusive Pokemon as Red and Blue.
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I only got to one gym so far but I didn't like that it required me to have a grass or water type to even enter. Like yeah I get the weaknesses but this was unnecessary.
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They stop doing that by Lt Surge
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