>>51327207Most people don't care about the campaign. Everyone loved PSS and the communities it formed on several platforms, including /vp/ with Safari Threads and 2ch x 4chan Wonder Trade Events. Breeding for IV's became viable before PKHeX which allowed people to wonder trade 4IV pokemon in hopes of new 4IV pokemon they could breed into a new 5IV pokemon (even better if it was a female in an apricorn/rare ball and/or egg moves). You could see all the people worldwide playing alongside you. There was those rare battles of having a language barrier that would prevent communication but looking at team preview instantly showed what kind of players you were, and then you would each give a friendly Nice! afterwards as a thanks for the battle. They would then turn into an Acquaintance that continues to show up, and then eventually added to your friends list to maintain seeing them. Acquaintances and Friends could share O-Powers that mattered before PKHeX.
There's no obsession with XY. There's a desire to connect with trainers through official in-game means in realtime for a purpose again; to feel "connected" while accomplishing the same goals whether that be Friend Safari, sending/receiving breedjects in Wonder Trade, or getting Exp Power Lv3 from a friend as you go through the restaurants for leveling. That sounded fucking gay, but it's not as gay as Plaza or Y-Comm.
>before PKHeX before PKHeX before PKHeXThere are latefags who own patched Switches who can't skip breeding and leveling, but there are still other things having proper online could accomplish that include (but are not limited to):
>finding passerbys you like and genning them whatever they need for better battles (pokemon and items)>obtaining a new legitimate vivillon collection with the new region's mark as a scrapbook of meeting many new trainers of various locations>text communication for specific requests or battle rules>friend code reliant unlock for other playersOh, and my pokemon all love me.
