>>30741407It's to corner people into focusing on pokemon they either like and want to do well with. What it's meant to do is force competitive players choose between using their favourites, or building a team that is more viable.
Of course, you're only complaining because you know there's an easier method and want instant gratification. IVs are a simulation, a small way for you, as the champion and a pokemon trainer to show the effort you put into certain pokemon you like - just like an actual champion would.
Pokemon, competitively, was never meant to be about constructing a team of thee best performers in battle. It was always and has always been pushed that you're supposed to use pokemon you actually like, and that you had a static team and some substitutes. Of course, now that we have so many pokemon it's understandable to love at least what? 30 - 60 pokemon depending on the person. They have accommodated this by making breeding easier, and allowing legendaries to now be able to be IV capped.
Sooooooo my point is, if you were to be able to just use any old pokemon, what is that actually teaching you? To use the same fucking "strong" top tier team as everybody else in the competitive scene - which IS quite frankly what is happening and it's horrible to see the lack of diversity.
I understand fully that people want to win, but there is 0 satisfaction for me to win using pokemon I don't even like just because they're strong competitively.
This is why ideally I like IVs, but it is quite literally the pkhexers that are destroying this whole concept. I mean, yeah sure whatever idc theyre cheating but most of the players now are obsessed with instant gratification and winning.
Long ass post. TL;DR: Pokemon has always canonically been about using your favourites and spending time on a select few regardless of them being weak or strong. Karenfags are canon.
