>>31577860The thing I hate about pokemon is that pokemon levels determine power. If you had no badge restrictions you could become a powerful trainer with a masterball and walking to a high level area of the region (b/c how the FUCK does that work in universe? Pokemon cannot possibly give a shit about the league and its reward system when that only appeared in the lives of pkmn and humans in the last 50 years of their history)
Pockets of high level pokemon in a region seems unlikely and stupid. An area with Bagon, should naturally have Shelgon and Salamence in the area. This could not be more true for baby pokemon considering they are unable to populate.
In the truest sense, the level system is dated as all hell. Powerful pokemon should be determined by evolutionary stage restricted moves.
Trainers should have levels a la GO.
Pokemon is a card game, hear me out here, you have 6 decks and a total of 24 cards. Z-moves/crystals/items function as spells etc. Some abilities restrict access to your other decks or provide resistance to deck types/styles, Arena Trap, Shadow Tag, Magnet Pull etc.
Stronger pokemon should have better "cards" simple as that. Motivation enough to train them, they learn new "cards"
