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I play this game to battle. The story was fun. The metagame is all I really care about. Movesets, abilities, team compositions, scouting, harassing, gimmicks, and everything else that makes battling random people or friends interesting.
Breeding is not interesting. Or fun. It is time consuming. It's also not "simple" like so many people tend to claim it is, it has a lot of hidden values, RNG bullshit, and outside resources recommended like IV calculators.
If pokemon were about breeding, it would be something different. If I was paying big$$$ to play, I might think differently. I'm not though.
I don't mind hacked teams that have their stats predetermined, all within legitimate limits, and some choice moves already to minimize the hassle of spending hours to just have a battle with pokemon I like that play as they should in terms of the metagame.
That's REALLY cool it ONLY TAKES 6 HOURS to get a "perfect" team in this game legitimately (if all your estimates are even reliable). Too bad I still only care about battling. I want to watch the pretty monsters use their awesome moves and I want this shit to play like the crazy ass game of chess it is.
If I had to breed my Kens and Ryus in Streetfighter because they might have lesser stats and it took me hours, I'd be done with that game too.
