Hello everybody,
frustration from getting bad movesets after evolution is getting higher and I don't think it's just me.
My suggestion is to implement SHOP item for pokecoins called "Technical Machine" which could be used on pokémon to reroll both attack at once, QA and ChA, anew. Just like new evolution. There shouldn't be limitations on use, you could use f.ex. 100 TMs on a single pokémon, the only disadvantage should be, that after reroll you could get just the same moveset like before use, thus you just wasted your TM and must use another.
Advantages I see in this:
a) Original move pools for every pokémon will be kept, so this item would not undermine Niantic decisions about move pools.
b) Demand for this would be enormous, which will cause increased demand for pokecoins. Two positive effects would occurr, Niantic income will increase and interest in gym battling will increase (which would increase even more thanks to good movesets)
c) Moves can't be used as trade value once trading comes out. So let's say I really really want Arcanine but there is only one offered with best moveset and high IVs and the owner keeps declining my offers just because I don't have anything to match that value. More casual players would be put away from trade, but this item would prevent it. Also this item would reduce value of "black" pokemons which came from botting and spoofing.
d) Battle balance (if that exists) won't change because even if gym will be now full of pokemons with good movesets, you now have arsenal of attackers with good moveset. It would even help training at gyms, because long charged moves like Solar Beam aren't exactly the best for training and you could change to something that suits more.
e) It would look like that Niantic cares about it's player base and it's demands.
f) I don't know much about programming but I guess this should be really easy to implement.
Disadvantages:
a) Many players who don't know about movesets or just don't care about them would not recognize value of "Technical Machine".
b) If you need a lot of them, you will be forced to buy them with real money or get high deffender bonus every day.
I personaly don't agree with TMs like from classic games, because like I said before, it would undermine the decisions about move pools. And, new players or even veterans, would have trouble deciding which TMs use on who, so game would become too complex destroying the idea of "easy and fun".
The main idea of "Technical Machine" is to make game fun and not frustrating.
Any thoughts? Do you see any other advantages or disadvantages? Share any ideas please.
