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I certainly think so, although digital piracy and hacking aren't the same thing. Look at Clover, everybody's undisputed favorite romhack that does nothing wrong. On first learning about its anticheat I was disappointed and thought it meant the creators just hated their audience. This opinion shifted on reaching the postgame and finding all the convenient tools given to the player for EV training, level grinding, breeding, etc. The integration and ease of high level strategy is fantastic, the player can half fill a PC box with viable pokemon with only minimal autism and be justified in doing so. The PC transitions from a trophy shelf to a toolbox. Even better, there are enough challenges in the game to make breeding and grinding worthwhile; a stark contrast to official mainline Pokemon titles. 100%, I had more fun being able to legitimately raise my own 31 IV pokemon with carefully allocated EVs, arranging them into bespoke teams for each battle. Compare injecting, which is something I'd turn to more out of frustration and would qualify much of Clover's postgame as a trashy difficulty hack. Clover struck a balance for me between being attached to my team and being able to know they are performing at their absolute peak. I can hardly wait for the Battle Channel update (Coming Soon™). This is why I love Clover and think GameFreak could learn a thing or two from it in this field.
