>>50267160>It depends on the player, really - meaningful additions have been slowing down, shitty additions have been piling up, but when one outpaces the other depends on subjective tastes.This. This is excellently put. RSE came with a huge update to the core battle system, with passive Abilities, Natures, updated Berry mechanics, and 2v2 Battles. The last meaningful addition to Pokemon's gameplay since then was the Phys/Spec.split. After that things start to get experimental. The Wonder Launcher, Triple/Rotation Battles, Mega Stones, Z-Crystals, etc. were all eventually phased out.
If someone stopped playing at DP and went straight to Legends, the only thing they'd really have missed is the Fairy Type from XY.