>>44897672As dumb as it sounds I think DP's weak distribution actually had a positive effect on its gameplay.
On a Pearl playthrough I recently did I found that I had to put more thought into my teambuilding than I had to compared to other games. And NPCs were more threatening than I expected. Due to Luxray being rather weak, water types like Gyarados were really dangerous to go up against, and Steel types were all powerful. I think DP is the only game I've ever felt threatened by Steelix and Bronzong is practically a miniboss. The E4 was a nightmare too and I had to lose a couple of times in order to level up my team and try again.
