Right when i started reading your post i thought Motivation would be awesome, but then possibly like 50dust for every one you defeat. or 10 idk what direction they're going in. All in all, i agree. A training system against your own gym members. Because i think you should really still be rewarded from a team gym if you didn't get a spot. Excluding the 1 extra item you get....
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Need for a "training mode"
Hi there,
I really hated the prestige system BUT it had one advantage IMO : it allowed me to evaluate the strength of my mons. After getting a new good defender, I found it funny to fight it with ideal counters from my own team so that I could get an idea of its defensive skills. With the new super effective/stab bonus, I guess it's even more important to measure the impact of a surprising moveset.
However, it's no more possible to fight against its own mons which I find quite frustrating because it basically means that we can never interact with our best defensive mons. Plus, as stated above, it's really hard to evaluate their skills. For instance, I'd like to see whether it's worth maxing out my 98% IV steelix with dragon tail and earthquake by fighting him with some vap or flareon... But it's impossible, except if I find one in a rival gym !
I think Niantic should consider releasing a "training mode" that would not increase motivation, but maybe give some exp or dust. What are your thoughts about this ?
