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> it just makes the game really boring. Oh boy no. Maybe for you. Maybe for some. With a bit of empathy should be able to imagine that not everyone think like

> it just makes the game really boring. Oh boy no. Maybe for you. Maybe for some. With a bit of empathy should be able to imagine that not everyone think like you do. What if someone wants to play pokemon for the exploration, lore and care taking of pokemon. For that person, fighting and leveling is a chore. Maybe someone does not have the actual time for the grind before each arena. > Pokémon with infinite hp sounds awful and will massively compound any sense of a grind because now all fighting is pointless What if the grind was not a goal or what if we actually doesnt want to fight at all. Pacific run exists. Let's me skip dat boss if I want to.

danielvaughn 4y ago
Agreed. I spent dozens of hours playing GTA5 and literally never made any progress in the story. I had too much fun driving around like a crazy person, constantly using the cheat code to avoid dying.
oneoff786 4y ago
If you want to play Pokémon and not do the Pokémon battles then you’re on a weird edge case where it’s debatable whether you’re actually playing the game at all. If that’s what you want, sure, go ahead. That’s actually still very different. Removing fighting from the game vs doing it but with infinite health. The former is at least self consistent I guess.
- pr0zac 4y ago
  They enjoy or get satisfaction from one part of the game without enjoying or getting satisfaction from another part. Being happy there are methods to skip or minimize the part they don't like is pretty reasonable. There's no reason in a recreational hobby to struggle through something you don't enjoy in order to do something you do. Personally I think the battles are the best part of Pokemon but if folks like the story, the exploration/discovery/search, or the collecting parts of Pokemon but don't like the battles it doesn't hurt me if they do something to minimize them and they aren't lesser for doing so.
  - oneoff786 4y ago
    Doesn’t hurt me if someone decides to shoot themself in the knee but I still have pretty strong opinions against it. Judging people by their choices is pretty much instinctual human behavior.

danielvaughn 4y ago

Agreed. I spent dozens of hours playing GTA5 and literally never made any progress in the story. I had too much fun driving around like a crazy person, constantly using the cheat code to avoid dying.

oneoff786 4y ago

If you want to play Pokémon and not do the Pokémon battles then you’re on a weird edge case where it’s debatable whether you’re actually playing the game at all. If that’s what you want, sure, go ahead. That’s actually still very different. Removing fighting from the game vs doing it but with infinite health. The former is at least self consistent I guess.

pr0zac 4y ago
They enjoy or get satisfaction from one part of the game without enjoying or getting satisfaction from another part. Being happy there are methods to skip or minimize the part they don't like is pretty reasonable. There's no reason in a recreational hobby to struggle through something you don't enjoy in order to do something you do. Personally I think the battles are the best part of Pokemon but if folks like the story, the exploration/discovery/search, or the collecting parts of Pokemon but don't like the battles it doesn't hurt me if they do something to minimize them and they aren't lesser for doing so.
- oneoff786 4y ago
  Doesn’t hurt me if someone decides to shoot themself in the knee but I still have pretty strong opinions against it. Judging people by their choices is pretty much instinctual human behavior.