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Legacy moves/Community day RUIN THE GAME?!

Hi. I honestly believe that legacy moves/cummunity day ruins pokemon go. Especially for new players.

Here are my reasons:
1. If you started to play today and you missed all those past community events, you can catch thousands of (for example) charizards, venusaurs,.. and even if they'll have 100 IV, your pokemon will suck in comparison with those who recieved that special OP move on community day. Don't get me wrong, i get it, those pokemons are supposed to be rare and stuff. But if you are a new player, it is not only hard to get charizard or venusaur, because of how rare they are and how many candys you need, hence it is even harder to get one with great IV.. But in the end why bother if this pokemon will still suck in comparison to those with legacy moves? I honestly believe this totally ruins the fun of even trying to get these pokemon. So for new player it is a lot harder to even get that pokemon, but in the end reward is a lot, A LOT smaller in some cases 30% DPS less (i'm looking at you metagross)
2. If you own pokemons that didn't have community day it makes no sense to evolve them! For example if you have any of gen 3 starters with great IV, you should probably wait before evolving them, to get that OP move when community day for you pokemon comes.. and don't blind yourself, this day will come! So again, who is hurt the most? New players! As a new player you finnaly hatch your Treecko, thinking finnaly I got a good grass pokemon.., but why evolve it knowing this? It makes no sense and it is a mistake imo.
3. Shiny pokemon are supposed to be rare. If you miss community day, odds that you will get one are small. But odds to get that special move? 0% Isn't it enough for community day to get GUARANTEED special move on evolve, do you really need to make it impossible for everyone else to get it? It should be hard, but not impossible imo. Again for new player geting that charizard or any other pokemon, on evolve you have (in most cases, considering most pokemon have 3 charge moves) 33% chance to get second best charge move, SECOND best. A lot more effort to get it, and reward?..
4. When PVP comes, having those moves might mattter, making it impossible/a lot harder for new players to compete. My point is, new players at least need a chance to get those moves to compete.
5. So why should I even catch pokemon during the month? It makes more sense to just wait for community days and play those 3 hours and do some legendary raids during the month, because everything else you catch during the month either already had community day, meaning your pokemon can only have second best move.., or in other case if that pokemon didn't yet have community day why even bother? When community day for this pokemon comes, same new pokemon will be better, making your past efforts useless.

So that's basically it. Any thoughts?

Asked by NewPlayer1236 years 4 months ago

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What exactly are you inhibited from doing by missing CD?

You can still take gyms down with C tier attackers. You can still win raids if you get involved with a good raid group. You can still collect pokemon and send gifts and trade. Heck, most hardcore players even pack extras of the CD/A-tier mons to trade to newbies, so you aren't even 100% cut-off from getting those CD mons.

The only reason that missing CD's should be devastating is if you are actively trying to get yourself to a point where you can duo/trio different high power raid bosses as a challenge; basically: You're trying to join that upper 1% echelon of the game's best players.
If this is the case, there should be no complaints about CD's. You make it out to them, and that's it. Missing old CD mons? Trade with one of your 1% buddies who has a spare.

I have a friend who has upwards of 30 spare shadow-ball mewtwos and you know what the crazy thing is? Despite having 0 shadow ball mewtwos, I also have no reason to trade him for any of his. I have 7 Lick/Shadow ball (or soon to be shadow ball) gengars which out DPS Shadow Ball mewtwo anyway, and I have more than enough regular mewtwos to make a Psychic mewtwo squad.

I have 3 MM metagross, but other than being good gym attackers, they really aren't best in class for ANY upcoming raids.

What's my point: As a new player, if your goal is to become the very best, Niantic is ALWAYS releasing more pokemon which can compete with or downright outclass the previously existing Best In Class (BIC) mons, which means that as long as you play and grind rigorously, you can certainly still reach that 1% echelon of best players.

If instead your point is to complain that the best pokemon currently in the game can't be caught in the wild and you're mad that you can't just HAVE the best mons in the game, or that you don't like that you can't have the best mons in the game despite not wanting to put in the effort to make it out to CD's, I have no sympathy for you.

The absolute best mon/moveset combos have yet to be released in the game or look promising to be re-released. The only exceptions are Moltres as best fire attacker (which may still be ousted by BB Blaziken/Reshiram) and MM metagross as all time best steel attacker. Seriously, MM Metagross is the only pokemon in all of GO which will forever remain BIC for it's type and is relatively scarce if you are looking to trade for one. Yes C/P mewtwo as best Psychic attacker is technically unobtainable, but even the average joe currently has so many of those that it should be no problem at all to trade for them. I have 9 spare mewtwo right now (6 im saving for a friend, 3 I'm readily willing to give away) if you really want C/P mewtwo that bad.

TL;DR: Community day has ruined absolutely nothing so far other than your chance to obtain the best steel attacker/ gym generalist in the game. All spoken for... that's really not much that you could have missed out on.

Edit in response to "Why catch mons during the month?": Stardust. You need stardust to power up your CD/Raid mons that are actually good. Yes your "monthly grind" mons are mostly garbage. The game has always been that way. Grind for that stardust.