So it has been a while since I took a break from PRO. While I sincerely compliment the work of programmers on the idea of triregional (currently) game with significantly advanced difficulty, I could not be confidential about my frustration of grinding and trainer battle system.
Grinding is just necessary in any series of pokemon games, and I accept it. It is truly understandable that we need 510 EV’s to make a ‘mon perfect. But this is where the problem with IV steps in. While I can barely catch any wild ‘mon with any stats above 28, in trade chat every third of fourth ‘mon I see at least four 31 IV’s in the most ideal stats (Most notably Rough Skin Garchomp with 31 1V on everything except Sp.Atk while Gible / Gabite can only be found in Moon iirc). The reason why I have decided to take a break from this game is because I attempted to hunt Modest HP Fire Magnemite, only to waste 60k money that I earned from Johto / Hoenn playthrough. And I have wasted 2 weeks in Meteor falls just to find a Bagon, which never appeared while the online fellow who arrived Meteor Falls at the same time at the same location found one under 10 minutes.
Also 70+% of the viable pokemon are either super rare or membership only. After 8 months from the start, I only have Mamoswine, Weavile, and Gengar, with none of them ever having above 29 IV in any of their Atk / Sp.Atk / Speed.
I want to clarify if membership users have better RNG to get wild ‘mons with better IV’s, or if it is just me who are unlucky. I could bare with Impish Cyndaquil with 2 Sp.Atk IV’s in Johto but I can’t really bare with this wild ‘mons IV stats, because nature can be somewhat adjusted using Synchronize lead while EV training is significantly less difficult with Macho Brace. For now, current grinding is just completely pointless without at least getting wild ‘mons with reasonable IV’s. PvP apparently makes 30 Speed IV + Jolly nature Garchomp useless because of those with 31 IV’s.
Sorry if I sound like a pessimist, I actually like this game. A lot. I just want some tips on making PvP mons with less stress. Thanks.