Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Nauseated Courgi]

I used to always struggle with the old physical types because they're not always as obvious as "fire burn grass." Why does Bug resist Ground? Why does Steel resist Dragon? Why does Ground resist Rock? Why is Ghost effective against Ghost but Fighting is neutral to Fighting? Why would a 10 year old remember any of this shit?

Exactly, and that's not even getting into dual-types.

You either have some dual types where the secondary typing adds onto the primary's resistances to the point where the pokemon only has one weakness (Water/Ground, Poison/Dark) or the exact opposite.

 

[BlueSpark]

For some reason steel resisting dragon just makes sense to me.

It's because knights in steel armour with steel swords slay dragons. Or at least I'm assuming that that's the logic.

 

[negativlad]

Sure, but Steel is also neutral against Dragon, so it's not just "Steel beats Dragon like knights beat dragons"

 

[Creep3r]

It's because knights in steel armour with steel swords slay dragons. Or at least I'm assuming that that's the logic.

What about dragons being weak and powerless against fairies? I would figure it'd be the other way around. Then again, there's always those fairy queen sorts being godlike.

Or how about ice types not being resistant to grass? I always felt they should at least be defensively resistant to those or flying types.

 

[negativlad]

Fighting is ineffective against Fairy but Steel is super effective, so I guess you can't punch a fairy but you can... shoot one?

 

[Wingnut]

Fighting is ineffective against Fairy but Steel is super effective, so I guess you can't punch a fairy but you can... shoot one?

I think that's playing more into the:
Steel = Machinery and Machinery > Nature

 

[BlueSpark]

What about dragons being weak and powerless against fairies? I would figure it'd be the other way around. Then again, there's always those fairy queen sorts being godlike.

Or how about ice types not being resistant to grass? I always felt they should at least be defensively resistant to those or flying types.

Dragons being weak against Fairy is probably just for balance reasons without any real logic behind it. People had been complaining that Dragon was OP forever.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

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"no characters that resonate with my dick", and that's what children game design should be about.

People are just experiencing culture shock learning that there are ugly Spanish women out there.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

Whatever the reason, I don't think the moves specifically telling you whether, or not they're effective is a bad thing.

It would be nice if there was a way to turn it off, or something, but I don't think it's a big enough deal to really complain about.

 

[negativlad]

I think that's playing more into the:
Steel = Machinery and Machinery > Nature

That's how I remember it too, except for rust (Ground) and fists (Fighting) and fire (C'mon now).

The only reason I remember Poison being effective against Fairy is because Poison was underrated pre-Eternatus, probably thanks to every non-Levitating Poison type folding to every OP Psychic type and Earthquake spammer since Gen 1.

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

*looks dumbfounded at more than one person not knowing that mythological fairies fear iron*
Good that I left tumbkr, huh.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

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"no characters that resonate with my dick", and that's what children game design should be about.

So we should make every character androgynous or ugly to make sure someone doesn't dare fap to the characters? Make April O'Neil a troon to guarantee nobody wanks one out to TMNT? Genius.

fidough is so good and i would kill for him. i hope he has fun customization evolution stuff like alcremie did

they're European 10 year olds

I just don't think it would kill them not not make weak, pansy character designs. Speaking of ages, other Pokemon games let you play as older characters, like Colosseum, they should let you pick the age since they're doing customization anyway.

 

[negativlad]

*looks dumbfounded at more than one person not knowing that mythological fairies fear iron*
Good that I left tumbkr, huh.

It's true. Rock is super effective against Dark types for this very reason. Especially if you charge them up by JOing first, which is why we need these dick-ticklers in Pokemon!

 

[Archeops]

Eh, the trailer made me a bit more hype for SV but I'm still cautious.

Spoiler: In General

I'm liking the new raid system, it looks like they're less of a slog than Max Raid Battles and I'm glad you can still search for randos to raid with.

The characters intoduced look decent, I’ll have to wait for more story details to make a better decision.

I like the fact that we now have three different stories to follow and that we’re allowed to follow ’em at our own pack but I have a sneaking suspicion that Game Freak may stonewall progression in somme way.

Spoiler: SV's Gimmick

The Terastal phenomena and Terastal Pokémon looks like it'll be a nice revitalization (compared to past and current gimmicks) and might help with some of the balance issues that were still present in SWSH. The one thing that I find odd is that a Pokémon‘s Tera Type can be any of the 18 types, that’s going to be troublesome depending on the Pokémon present in the Paldea’s Regional Dex and ones introduced/brought back via DLC.

Spoiler: The Pokémon

The newly-revealed Pokémon/forms (barring Koraidon’s and Miraidon’s) look neat.

Fidough looks a bit basic but since it’s in the same Pokédex category as Growlithe, Lillipup, Rockruff, and Yamper there’s a very good chance it’ll evolve. I have a feeling that it might have different evos based on its environment but we’ll have to wait and see.

Cetitan wasn’t what I expecting from a new whale-themed Pokémon but its workable. Its description doesn’t lend for a speedy Pokémon but it does lend for a strong bulky attacker that has the potential for speed thanks to Slush Rush (Thick Fat is nice but it only works on Fire and Ice-type moves while pure Ice-types have to fear Rock, Steel, and Fighting Types in addition to Fire). Its defenses scream Physical and that helps it to some extent but I worry about its Special Attack and Defense being abysmal.

Paldean Wooper is an interesting take on the line and I’m glad it still has Water Absorb to help with the new Water weakness that’s gained by swapping Poison for Water. My one wish is that the Ability changes only include swapping Damp for Poison Point, I REALLY love using Unaware Quagsire and I’d love to see the rage continue with Paldean Wooper’s evolution.

Their base designs don't matter. You're going to completely change how they look once you get the game.

As someone who played Gens 6 through 8 whilst barely interacting with the trainer customization featured in those game, SV will probably be the first games where I'll seriously get into the feature since the base Trainers are that awful.

*looks dumbfounded at more than one person not knowing that mythological fairies fear iron*
Good that I left tumbkr, huh.

I was just about to bring that up but to be fair I will admit it’s something you really have to do some research on to understand.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

I just don't think it would kill them not not make weak, pansy character designs. Speaking of ages, other Pokemon games let you play as older characters, like Colosseum, they should let you pick the age since they're doing customization anyway.

But that kind of customization choice would be pointless as the only thing that would affect is the character height and maybe a few lines of dialouge.

Besides, in PLA you played as a teenager.

 

[Syikeblade]

Fighting is ineffective against Fairy but Steel is super effective, so I guess you can't punch a fairy but you can... shoot one?

Also how faires are burned by iron in some stories.

 

[Namesarehardtocomeupwith]

So we should make every character androgynous or ugly to make sure someone doesn't dare fap to the characters? Make April O'Neil a troon to guarantee nobody wanks one out to TMNT? Genius.

Why are you taking shit post about pokemon so seriously?

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

But that kind of customization choice would be pointless as the only thing that would affect is the character height and maybe a few lines of dialouge.

Besides, in PLA you played as a teenager.

You could say that about anything though, like gender and race, but they allow for those changes. It isn't a big deal, just seems a bit odd to keep older characters only to spinoffs.

Why are you taking shit post about pokemon so seriously?

lol calm down

 

[Neurotypical Mantis]

I just don't think it would kill them not not make weak, pansy character designs. Speaking of ages, other Pokemon games let you play as older characters, like Colosseum, they should let you pick the age since they're doing customization anyway.

the game is for children

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

the game is for children

Didn't stop them from giving Gold a cool design. Zelda is for children too, and Link was a child character but they gave him a cool design.