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

I noticed they fixed the pokedex notifications for non dlc owners catching dlc Pokémon in online raids. During teal mask I would get notifications for catching them as if I was finishing the kitanami Dex, now I'm not getting them... But I'm still getting the Mons without paying Gamefreak again :smug:
 
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Fucking furries.

So I finally got my hands on a physical Platinum cartridge after all these years. What was kinda funny about it was this local game thrift store place has several copies of Platinum, all about 85 bucks each (as just the cartridge itself, this is the cheapest I've seen them). Scalpers ruin fucking everything, but also just how desperate are people that several of them in the area ended up selling Platinum?
I consider myself lucky for getting a legitimate SoulSilver for 40€ (cartridge only obviously), it doesn't always work as the previous owner wasn't the most careful but I've seen cartridges on sale for 100€ so you take what you can get. I once bought a Platinum for 15€ but it was too good to be true, turned out to be a fake.

HOME renders for every new mon:
The new Applin form looked like garbage, but Hydrapple actually looks quite neat. Meanwhile paradox Entei doesn't change as much as the other two and Terrakion looks like it's suffering due to that uncanny metallic frown. And what's the deal with the peach pit?

Every single static encounter is shiny locked because fuck you I guess.
I hate it when they do this shit.
 
So we meet 3 friends in the vase game and the base plot ends at a perfect point where going on a trip would be great.

First DLC is a trip without those 3 friends and pairs you with randos. You meet a 4th Friend and her brother goes on a power trip in Second DLC

Second DLC requires you to have completed first DLC and base and sends you to a school where everything is Double Battles and it seems each member of the E4 has the same type of personality as 1 of your 4 friends.

Why aren’t the Double Battles in each area and against the E4 member with a specific friend depending on the area? Cullminating in a Solo 2 v 2 against Orge Kid?
 
Well whoever said in that the Shiny rate in the Terarium appears to be higher than normal may have been onto something, I just caught this fucker before starting the reaching my first class session.
Things had been this way since Legends Arceus at least. I started to feel that I could get a shiny Pokémon because I just ate a grape!
 
what's the deal with the peach pit?
Apparently it's the new mythical. There's data to encounter it within the game and even an event tied to it, but no concrete method like with most legendaries. Also it has the mythical "dogshit stat distribution meant to harken back to Mew" problem.
 
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Orge Boy: I think we are reying too much on the MC to do all the work

And in base game the companions you were with were helpful. Oh and did not need to be brought up to speed every five seconds.

Lampshading how useless the group of 3 new buddies is does not excuse the fact that for some reason the game decided not to have the base trio back for this portion. Despite Geeta saying it would be dangerous, knowing we did this before oh and none of them being voiced so it’s not like they couldn’t have come back…

When I am agreeing with the kid that deserves to have their head dunked in a toilet and the game is saying they are being unreasonable…plot has issues
 
My biggest gripe with Indigo Disc? “Oh, we have a game that can barely run at the best of times? Let’s make a constantly snowing Area that runs absolutely horribly!”

Like who’s bright fucking idea was that? Nevermind the framerate plummeting for me when I dared to go in the water, that area of the map just runs noticeably worse than the rest of the DLC. Which considering what it’s built on, is honestly more impressive. If I actually paid for the DLC Pass I’d be much more annoyed.
 
Even the ending credits is just a worse version of the base game.

And I really feel like Gem Turtle did not get enough lore. Which, for a whole game and two DLC building to it, is beyond impressive.
 
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I think the whole "Terarium's Shiny rate is higher" bit may just be a red herring, unless I missed on a Shiny Deerling/Sawsbuck/Minior I haven't seen another Shiny until just a few minutes ago (said Shiny was a Torkoal).
So we meet 3 friends in the vase game and the base plot ends at a perfect point where going on a trip would be great.

First DLC is a trip without those 3 friends and pairs you with randos. You meet a 4th Friend and her brother goes on a power trip in Second DLC

Second DLC requires you to have completed first DLC and base and sends you to a school where everything is Double Battles and it seems each member of the E4 has the same type of personality as 1 of your 4 friends.

Why aren’t the Double Battles in each area and against the E4 member with a specific friend depending on the area? Cullminating in a Solo 2 v 2 against Orge Kid?
I get wanting to see more of Arven, Penny, and Nemona but it's pretty clear they're busy doing other things during your time in Kitakami and at the Blueberry Academy (Nemona's managing the Academy Ace Tournament with the staff, Penny's working with the Pokémon League and keeping an eye on Team Star, and Arven honestly needs a break after going through the emotional roller coaster that was The Way Home). Also, remember that the leaks say that they're going to be in the epilogue to The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, something that's been confirmed via The Indigo Disk via people datamining the DLC.
As to when we'll get it I have a feeling it'll either be released on or before February 27th (Pokémon Day, it's also the day SV's official soundtracks drop) or at another point after that to coincide with the rumored Pokémon movie.
That is a reference to the legend of Momotaro, who was born out of a peach. Momotaro's companions are a dog (Okidogi), a monkey (Munkidori), and a pheasant (Fezandipiti).

I also remember that apple pits and either apricot or peach pits have the makings of cyanide.
All three produce amygdalin (a cyanogenic glycoside) in their seeds/pits as a self-defense mechanism but the amounts present peach pits and apple seeds aren't toxic to people unless you eat a shitload of apple seeds. Now other members of the Prunus genus like bitter almonds are another story.
 
All three produce amygdalin (a cyanogenic glycoside) in their seeds/pits as a self-defense mechanism but the amounts present peach pits and apple seeds aren't toxic to people unless you eat a shitload of apple seeds. Now other members of the Prunus genus like bitter almonds are another story.
Funny that: I looked up the Wikipedia rticle of peaches soon after I posted that comment and found the same facts.
I still say tha the reference to cyanide is deliberate, even if you have to ea tonnes of peach pits before things ge toxic.
 
@Archeops

It’s less wanting to see them again and more the DLC feels like they should have been in it - from Part 1 just having you join with 3 rando classmates, part 2 having you go down to area zero with a trio - brining up how much worse they are than Penny et al in usefulness - BB E4 matching them also perfectly in character and the entire section being doubled.

I feels like everything was designed with them in mind and then got changed which is frustrating.

Especially when what we got ends up being a discount retred of the base game anyways.
 
Well whoever said in that the Shiny rate in the Terarium appears to be higher than normal may have been onto something, I just caught this fucker before starting the reaching my first class session.
I wonder if that applies to breeding Pokemon because I just hatched this:

shinyhisuianzorua.jpeg
 
Someone seems to have ripped the entire Indigo Disk soundtrack. Or is in the process of doing so (last upload was half an hour ago).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLesHSF1xKY8ZXyxrYEVtzxnA_QAki4x3D^link is obviously spoilers, assuming it's real. I don't know why it wouldn't be because the music- frankly- doesn't sound interesting or memey enough to be faked, but just in case.

Interesting tidbit to note: if these tracks are real, then it means we have a new Mythical encounter theme for the first time since Arceus' cancelled event (or debatably its remixes if you count those). Pecharunt has its own battle theme... kinda. It gets a techno remix of the Loyal Trio's battle theme.
I honestly think it has a better build-up, but the rest of the song is kind of a flop. Just doesn't have the same bouncy weight. Tries too hard to be cool instead, which does not fit the design in the slightest.
 
You all find Shinies?

I legitimately have barely seen any Shinies, even with Sandwiches. This is going to be especially painful because I want a Shiny Metagross, and fuck the Metal Shine effect Steel Types have…
 
I've been going over the item lists for new items added with the dlc along with new Pokémon. The isolation of the new items to the dlc area only does make it feel like you are purchasing the remainder of the game as opposed to a value add to the base game. Yes I can get a rhyperior or rhydon from raids hosted by people on the dlc but it I wanted to trade in my own from Home or raise one in SV I can't evolve it because the protector is exclusive to a shop in the dlc and not in shops in paldea. Likewise for all the new items.

So necessary game content to evolve your mons is locked behind a $34.99 key to get core game content that would be necessary after trading in your own Mons from home.

This really just makes me double down on my refusal to buy the dlc. I'd rather wait until the next gen releases and evolve them there if need be. Some items like the TMs could be accessed if I got a copy of the tm from a trade since you only need to obtain a copy to open crafting of it and the ingredients could be obtained fighting them in hosted tera raids but nobody is out there offering to trade that stuff.
 
You all find Shinies?

I legitimately have barely seen any Shinies, even with Sandwiches. This is going to be especially painful because I want a Shiny Metagross, and fuck the Metal Shine effect Steel Types have…
I managed to find a shiny aloan exeggutor, not much else, shinies seem to have gotten rarer with the dlc in my experience
 
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