>>37002040I think removing random battles makes the world feel too safe. The whole point of having random battles was to make you feel like there are dangerous critters out there that could jump you at any time. Having all the Pokémon visible minding their own business waiting for you to come up and harass them makes it feel too friendly and safe. Now if overworld Pokemon randomly decided to bumrush you if you got too close, or move too quick around them like a real animal, that would bring back the sense of danger and add in an element of skill where you can try to dodge or outrun them or face the angry Pokémon head on.
I could get behind a change like that, but the LGPE encounter system as it is just doesn’t grab me
