>>13508334Level ups offer the same satisfaction, only in shorter leaps. Also, evolutions happen only 1 to two times, so the really big leaps are rare anyway.
>>13508335>And then you've got the poor bastards like mawile or heatmor who are in desperate need of an actual evolution but are most likely never going to get one because of this mega evolution thingSure.
But gimmicky Pokémon have always been around. Farfetch'd, Unown, Chatot, etc. They all have little to no combat value and are purely there for dex filling purposes. That is intended and will most likely never change and even if, most of them will only be mega evos.
