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But you are supposed to catch common pokemon, that's the quickest way to level up.
by calsy 10y ago
But you are supposed to catch common pokemon, that's the quickest way to level up.
- bskap 10y agoAssuming your goal is to level up. A lot of people were playing for the collection aspect.
- ethbro 10y agoTrue, "Gotta level up" is a far less compelling motto.
- calsy 10y agoI don't think the motto is the 'foundation' for gameplay. Last I checked pokemon was also about battles.
- calsy 10y agoUm yes, its called 'evolving' your pokemon. Commons evolve into new high CP pokemon which fill up your pokedex AND give you high XP in the process.
- bskap 10y agoYes, but there's only one evolution track per pokemon (except Eevee which has 3 in gen 1). The optimal strategy for grinding experience is to catch a million pidgeys and evolve them all into Pidgeottos for the experience and then transfer them because Pidgeot isn't that powerful of a pokemon. The optimal strategy for building the pokedex is to catch enough pidgeys to get a Pidgeot and then you don't need to catch any more pidgeys.
- Thriptic 10y agoI think the game absolutely needs PVP / better gym mechanics and trading to survive. Right now the emphasis is 95% on collecting, which is why people are losing interest.
- vintermann 10y agoAnd it wasn't going fast enough for them? But maybe they didn't want it to go fast. Maybe it was supposed to be unfeasible to get a full set in a reasonable amount of time. This doesn't seem too unlikely if they want to implement trading at some point.
- fphhotchips 10y agoThat's nice and all, but it's not fun.