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Yeah, would be nice if we don't have to redownload everything all over again.

iirc the reason to use static sprite was because it is less heavy on older/weaker device, and that making 3D model frames for the custom Pokemon (the clone starters, the Xmas pokes) takes a lot of time.

I bet Zorua line will be like this as well when it becomes obtainable one day. The ability will still be not coded yet, making it a no ability poke because it can only have Illusion as its ability xD

The new client isn't up yet, right? How can you already knew the name and that the song changes? One thing for sure though, it wasn't the remix of a Pokemon theme. Doesn't sound familiar at all.

Yeah, hopefully the incoming alteration make sites great again XD

Starters can be caught in the wild in PRO. But yeah, for the ones obtained from the Professor (including the Boss version), they should have been at least decent...... Because he can sell 2 300k MS or 3 200k MS in 1 hour, instead of 1 500k MS in a day? Why bother selling MS for 500k when you can get more (2 x 300 or 3 x 200 = 600) in a much shorter time by selling less? People want cheaper MS, so logically it will be easier to get buyers when you sell for less. Really, if I can buy MS from coin shop, that is what I would do. Buy a lot of them, then sell them at the right price so that I still sell them for less while at the same time gaining more profit than those selling for more. Speaking of which, we need more people selling for less right now, so that the price go down.....you'll drop your price too when others are selling for less and gets buyers while you don't because you're selling for more.

We're not even in Summer anymore for a month lol. It is indeed a nice place though. The trainers are all great for money and exp.

They also should return a few things that were removed, that should make sites more interesting again. Klink & Dwebble (Mineral Site), Scraggy (Feral Site), Piplup (Glacial Site), Roggenrola & Ralts (Historical Site), Munchlax & Foongus (Natural Site). Interesting how Haunted Site never has any spawn change. Perhaps they should put Sableye and Litwick there? And remove Gastly, I didn't remember if Gastly was already removed or not, but if it is still there, then it should be removed. Misdreavus too. We have other places where they can be obtained easily. Anyway, I'll check Glacial Site today, I'm curious what would flee right away in there if you don't have MS. My guess is Clauncher.

Hmm, that does suggest they did alter the sites again. Why, though? It's like that in Blue & Red as well.

At least 2 of my friends in Red also reported not seeing any rarer pokes for a week. When there are too many people having bad luck, it's debatable if it's even bad luck anymore. Seems more like they did alter the sites again. Though, personally the problem for me isn't the missing rare pokes - it's the fact that MS is literally a must have requirement for sites. With the price for MS steadily rising to stupid level, sites becomes useless and pointless if you cannot get anything good without MS.

I seriously question why people leveling up Shroomish didn't keep Spore in the first place. You already have it when leveling up Shroomish, why not keep it? But yeah, for certain cases*, this kind of tutor NPC might be needed. *(like the Toxic Spikes Roserade mentioned above, which requires leveling up/using the move relearner on Roselia, not Budew or Roserade.)

I'm sure we will heavily need this eventually, we know the number of TMs in PRO exceed 100, or even 110. No way we can remember all of them just by looking at the number. Even veteran Pokemon players didn't remember all the TM numbers in official games, perhaps other than the commonly used moves like Flamethrower (TM35, which is TM 85 in PRO for some reason), Ice Beam (TM13), Thunderbolt (TM24), and Earthquake (TM26). Bet the same people saying that actually didn't remember a few of them anyway, especially for stupidly useless TM moves like Water Gun and Mega Kick.

Nincada is one. You'll never be able to fight a Nincada as long as you do not have MS. I have 8000+ discovery, without MS all Nincada flee right away without any battle. At least they can be traded for fossils? And maybe vitamins, I forgot. But I do think 999 Fresh Water is still better than 999 Artifact Pieces. We can use Fresh Waters right away when needed, while fossils might still ends up having bad IVs meaning all that work, money, and time collecting the artifacts was for nothing. People might not like so much Fresh Waters.......but if they knew beforehand that this is what they got in exchange, maybe they'll prefer Fresh Water more? Also personally I like getting a bunch of vitamins. Really helps with EV training. Personally I think sites were at their best when the entrance costs 5k and artifact pieces are not introduced yet. When vitamins and fresh waters are common. Pretty much the only thing I really like from the new version, is the lack of Starly. Catching them is a pain when your catcher poke is Breloom.....hate all those Aerial Aces. If only their level is lower. Actually, I'm curious, is there ANYONE who like this newer Artifact version more than the Fresh Water version? It would be nice to hear their point of view.

Good, the new team looks much more manageable compared to the Mega Mewtwo Y team :p I think Carlho will be able to "hack" her now.

Regarding vitamins : not everyone has the money to get them, especially now that, if I recall correctly, the easiest way to obtain them has been nerfed (they require artifact pieces to obtain from sites and has fixed amount that is lower than the amount of the pieces, when in the past we obtain them right away from sites and they're quite common) Regarding Power items : we need themmmmm, and they must be obtainable outside coin shop Time advantage is usually not considered as P2W, though. That's why people keep saying you do not need MS to play in PRO, because the only difference is the time it takes to grind the same amount of money/exp. Nobody ever say MS is P2W. Other online games also have exp boost item, and they are usually never considered as P2W. But yes, as has been said, Power items would be better than a new coin shop item that massively reduce EV grind to the point where it the grind doesn't exist.

Hmm, try asking in the General Support subforum?

Actually, the name is correct.

Why a prince? Why not a princess xD

Would be hilarious if the server is down until Shane is back lol. 1 whole week downtime xD I doubt that will happen though, I think there are other admins who also can restart the server. But I think they're on the other side of the world, meaning they might be sleeping at the moment......

I'm very sure NamelessHero27 is correct - I see similar change too, the moment people found out they are selling too low compared to other server*), they immediately raise their price. It was stable at 300k, then one day they suddenly ask for 400k-500k, while everything else, at that time, still remains at the same price. That makes no sense to me, even if the other things are less useful than MS. Inflation might be happening, but greedy sellers exist too, in fact it might have been them who created the inflation in the first place. *) Despite both servers are completely separate from each other, especially in terms of economy ......anyway, eventually we will come to a point where MS price is too high to be worth it. Personally I expect next to no MS buyer once the price is getting close to 2mil or higher. I don't think a 2mil MS is worth it. Not everyone has the time and patience to grind to get 2-3mil back in one month, you know. And the moment there's no buyer anymore, seller will either be forced to drop their price, or stop buying lots of MS from the coin shop since they can't sell them anyway. If it's the former, hope there are eventually more people sensible enough to not buy MS until the price drops back down to a more comfortable level. Already buying MS again when the price just dropped by 100k from 1M to 900k, isn't helping anyone other than the seller :p I mean seriously, just yesterday people are complaining in the Trade channel due to one player insist on buying MS for 500k because he has sold one for 500k before. If it's the latter......well, maybe the staffs will finally make an intervention since it affects the amount of donation for the server.

To be honest, I'm still on the fence about this. I don't mind THAT much about the grind, but a slight increase shouldn't really hurt anyone. If anything, I wish the fishing system is changed. Right now the chance of getting no bite is slightly too high. And it seems using better rod doesn't really affect the no bite chance in a meaningful way.

One thing I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned yet in here, is having an event that increases the spawn rate of certain pokes for a short period of time. It's not something new either, we already have such event before. During the Clone event, Kanto starters are slightly easier to encounter. So we know it is in fact not impossible to code into the game. Your EV suggestion though, might as well implement the Power items instead?

Can't say anything about fanmade games, but Beldum and its evolutions are catchable in the wild in official games. Beldum can be caught in the wild in Platinum, and it has base 3 catch rate. Metang is also available in Giant Chasm in B/W/B2/W2, as well as Friend Safari in X/Y, with the same base 3 catch rate. Metagross is a rare shaking grass encounter in Giant Chasm, again with the same base 3 catch rate. And yes, it was super hard. Platinum is even worse due to the fact that Beldum only knows recoil move, and our Pokemon is being hit by permanent sandstorm on the route Beldum is in, so no using Shedinja. Thanks Game Freak, it's totally not obvious that you don't want us to catch the thing in Gen 4 -_-

There are 2 versions of Mt. Summer maps, the "2" version is only accessible if you choose to help Team Magma instead of Team Aqua. Helping Team Magma prevents you from accessing the regular version of Mt. Summer maps though. I think you have to ask the staffs for this. Maybe with the next update i think is gone... Next week, I think. Shane just made a post stating he will return to dealing with the game next week after sorting out real life stuff, and I think only him can remove the event at the moment.

Yeah, we really need Timer Ball, Dusk Ball, Quick Ball, and Repeat Ball. I hope we're getting them soon-ish......