>>58554524>Personally I think Butterfree makes it TOO freeI think if a player goes through the effort of training up a Caterpie or, god forbid, a Metapod that only knows Harden, they deserve an easy win.
A lot of attempts at a harder difficulty miss this idea. There's more to the game than just battling, and players should be rewarded for exploring and preparing rather than gunning straight for the next gym leader. Battles should be hard for the lazy but only a mild challenge for the engaged. Instead most romhacks make battles impossible for the lazy and still ball-bustingly difficult for people who do everything they can to prepare.
