>>58501954I'm at about 600 battles and I'm honestly surprised at the battle requirement being what most people complain about. I feel like it's easy to get inevitably.
If anything what I don't get is why you need to catch 50 of each type. The type catching ones ask for WAY more than you'd need for any realistic scenario, even if you assume someone is going for the most they might reasonably want to do (full LIVING dex + multiple to maybe get one with good raw IVs maybe? etc.)
I'd understand if the game had ANY sort of system that promoted you catching multiple of the same Pokemon (chaining that gave rewards or shiny chance) or something, but nope. Once you've caught enough for the dex, even a living dex, there isn't anything like that, so you'd only ever catch more to specifically complete these requests for Mable. Which would be fine if the amounts were overkill by only a bit, but like, catch 50 Dragons? There are 19 in the whole game.