>>31139786>Every pokemon game in essence has gotten easierGen I will forever remain the easiest one and you know it. I know we were all young, but try going back sometime.
>shit level up movesets>awful AI that can't even tell a status move from a damaging one>badge boost makes sure you still oneshot everything even if you're underleveled It took until Gen IV for NPCs to learn what a coverage move even was.
Quality of life improvements don't translate to difficulty. they just eliminate tedium. There's still plenty of areas to explore and you can do so to your heart's content as long as you avoid the map marker.
>>31140126I did all of that and I was still 3 to 4 levels behind. Maybe turn the Exp. Share off.