>>38959582I think megas were a good idea implemented very half assed. It really helped shitty 3rd form egos that just couldnt compete with power creep. Shit like Pidgeot, Charizard, and Beedrill needed mega stones to stay relevant in competitive play. But then they started randomly doling out megas to Ppkemon like Metagross, Tyranitar. And fucking Salamence of all things, and it just seemed like they were randomly picking who got a mega and who didn't.
Giving a mega to a single stage Pokemon that's not a legendary was also fucking retarded, because she like Mawile, Lopunny, Houndoom, Pinsir, Heracross, and Kangaskahn could have just used regular permanent evolutions.
And dont even get me started on how much of a shitnjob they did with Alolan forms. Even if they were determined to Gen1 pander with what pokemon they gave the forms to, they totally shat the bed with stat distribution. What could have made shitty pokemon relevant again just turned out to be another half baked gimmick.
I get why Gamefreak is cutting the bloat with gimmicks, but axing half the pokemon in the process is pants on head retarded. If they're so concerned with fixing the metagame, just balance stats, abilities, and the BP of certain moves. Shit, they've done all of this (half assedly, of course) in previous games.
