>>30449593>More non-starter startersAs much as I am a charmanderfag, my favorite playthroughs have been with shit like Meowth, Cubone, and Munchlax.
>More specific AI intelligence modifiersHonestly, something like Dragon Age would be great. Create certain triggers that result in certain actions, like, "If an enemy is over 50% HP, use Growl" and "if an enemy is under 50% HP, use Water Gun", or maybe more options like "When own HP is under 25%, retreat" or "When enemy has raised stats, use Chip Away".
>Bring back RNG missionsMaybe remove any noteworthy rewards from them other than money if they want to avoid Wondermail fraud, but it gives you something to always do.
>Actually have a post-game plotI don't care if your idea of a postgame plot is Groudon yelling at you to get off his lawn before he fights you, anything is better than what Super had.
Crazy bullshit ideas
>For the main game, disable recruitment, and instead have all of the pokemon who can follow you be story charactersTo an extent, Super was a step in this direction. But instead of literally anyone joining you, imagine if you had to pick from either the school kids or Ampharoses guild, albeit a more filled up version, supplemented with townies, or maybe like a grumpy old Shelgon off to the side in a cave somewhere. Basically, just make your teammates actual characters that exist in the game, at the cost of a smaller selection until postgame.