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Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:39:30 No.27574766 View View Reply Original Report

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Why don't we have a single Normal type starter that can evolve into any type the player chooses?
Why did Moon/Sun do away with gyms, potentially Megas, and shake up the format, but not do away with the arbitrary Grass/Fire/Water starters?

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Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:43:32 No.27574852 Report

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doesn't demonstrate the triangle and heavily reliant on factors that wouldn't be obvious to younger players

Moot

Moot Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:46:17 No.27574894 Report

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Flying/Rock/Fighting would've been cool

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:47:15 No.27574914 Report

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>>27574766

Grass/Fire/Water is easy for newcomers to figure what beats what using real-world logic.

Most other triangles aren't that easy to figure out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:47:20 No.27574917 Report

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>>27574766
Grass-Fire-Water has the perfect combination of type effectiveness to easily convey the concept to newer players

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:48:52 No.27574944 Report

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>>27574766
Remember, every game is potentially the first game for one or more players. Having the first Pokémon you receive have a branched evolution would be confusing, and would also remove the early exposure to type matchups.

Not to mention that, in several games, the starter has been the first fire or water type you'd have access to for a while.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:48:59 No.27574946 Report

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>>27574766
Although Fighting-Dark-Psychic would be better because there is that non-effective typing in there

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:49:47 No.27574960 Report

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Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:52:32 No.27575007 Report

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>>27574946
Wouldn't work. Not only is there inequality, but it's not immediately obvious about their weaknesses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Aug 2016 23:54:07 No.27575041 Report

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>>27574914
Anyone have a handy chart or explanation of all the type triangles?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 00:09:15 No.27575320 Report

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>>27574766
I've done Eevee runs of HGSS and XY, they're pretty fun

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 00:13:31 No.27575383 Report

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>>27574914
>>27574944
I was thinking that after the second gym (which gyms are kill, so maybe at a certain level) the regional professor calls you back to the gym and let's you select a type for your starter and he evolves it for you.
And he would do so again after the 5th gym (or whatever level) and let you select another type creating a custom Type combo determined by the player.

He could give you the type match ups.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 00:15:55 No.27575431 Report

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>>27574914
I was thinking after the 5th gym (or at a certain level or spot in the campaign) the professor calls you back and let's you choose a type and evolves your starter.

He does so again after the 5th gym (or level/spot in the campaign) for a secondary type.

Letting the player create a "custom" Pokemon of sorts.

He could explain the type match ups before you choose.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 00:19:50 No.27575510 Report

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>>27575383
This shit sounds retarded as fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 02:59:46 No.27578417 Report

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Bump.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 04:46:11 No.27580234 Report

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>>27574766
wait... gyms are gone?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 06:11:58 No.27581465 Report

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>>27575383
>>27575431

>suggests the most convoluted starter system ever conceived

Keep it simple.
An eevee style starter only really works if you already get type match ups. Getting an eevee around gym 3 or 4 works fine.

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Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 06:24:53 No.27581615 Report

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>>27574766
>all that Gen 1 pandering we're getting
>we won't get a new Eeveelution this gen

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 06:56:33 No.27581962 Report

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>>27574766
>fanfiction
>tryhard
>no

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