Difficulty level?

It could be as simple as Easy, Hard, and maybe like Master or some shit. Just amp up the AI, lower EXP and higher opponent Pokemon levels/amount of Pokemon on team.

>>26102653
Just have it be like a menu choice when you choose like gender or name

Easy Medium Hard

Just do what BW2 did again but without the retarded keys.

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>>26102666
Witnessed.

Also, I meant more along the lines of say, would you be able to change it througout the game say if you got half way through then realized you're too shit to do it? Or would you have to restart and lose all your mon?

>>26102682
I feel like you should have to restart

It's not like pokemon games would have like unwinnable scenarios or anything you'd just have to grind a bit more if you were that shit

>>26102653
Pokemon will never be difficult until levels and trading stop existing.
Other RPG may be difficult because even if you grind enemies have unique moves, bumped up stats and possible kill spells. Pokemon has nothing of the sort.

Despite following the normal rules, Colosseum and Gale of Darkness were more difficult uniquely because grinding was hard, doubles were forced and the available Pokemon sucked.

The only way a Pokemon game can be hard is by playing the Combat games, like Stadium or Battle Revolution. Fixed levels, no trading, fixed rules, everyone is the same.

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>>26102700
Yeah I guess you're right. Maybe just have a confirmation when you pick anything higher than "normal". My biggest problem with fucking XY was the easy as fuck difficulty, not only due to the XP share but also just the low as fuck level'd e4 which only had 4 pokemon apiece and couldn't be challenged a second time at higher level.

>>26102715
I think thats why BW was my favorite gen due to the fact you're forced to use the new mon and only them, not comfort picks.

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>>26102719
>but also just the low as fuck level'd e4

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>>26102742
Its not bait are you retarded? They had 4 pokemon apiece bar the champ, relatively low levels, and the comfort of challenging them at your chosen order.

>>26102757
they're the highest leveled elite 4

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I've just resorted to using shitmons in story mode. Much more interesting and satisfying that way.

I used the same Thunder Fang Poochyena from the dexnav tutorial for my entire playthrough. It swept Phoebe of course.

Don't avatarfag.

>>26102666
No. They would just grind.

Let the AI use held items, HA and TM/egg moves

>>26102666

Don't lower XP or raise the levels, that just makes for a slog.

Just give trainers more Pokemon with better movesets / natures / abilities / held items and an AI able to capitalize on those advantages. Gym leaders especially should have a full team of six past, say, the third gym. That's really all that needs to be done.

>>26102770
Not when you factor in your pokemon levels at that point though due to easy as fuck grinding even if you turn xp share off

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>>26102653
Make it postgame only and only accessible after you've beaten the league 100 times, talked to every single NPC 10 times and completed the dex with every single form

>>26102757
Literally kill yourself you fucking retarded avatarfag.

Lorelei: 52, 51, 52, 54, 54, nerfed from RBY as well
Bruno: 51, 53, 53, 54, 56. One of the last opponents of the game has 2 tutorial Pokemon.
Agatha: 54, 54, 53, 56, 58. Has an unevolved Pokemon.
Lance: 56, 54, 54, 58, 60. Has TWO unevolved Pokemon.
Blue: 59, 57, 59, 59, 61, 63.

Will: 41, 41, 41, 41, 42
Koga: 40, 43, 41, 42, 44. Has an Ariados.
Bruno: 42, 42, 42, 43, 46. Again with the tutorial Pokemon.
Karen: 42, 42, 44, 45, 47. Has an unevolved Pokemon.
Lance: 46, 49, 49, 48, 48, 50

Sidney: 50, 50, 50, 50, 52. Has a Mightyena.
Phoebe: 51, 51, 51, 51, 53
Glacia: 52, 52, 52, 52, 54
Drake: 53, 53, 53, 53, 55
Steven: 57, 57, 57, 57, 59

Aaron:49, 49, 51, 50, 53
Bertha: 50, 53, 52, 52, 55
Flint: 52, 55, 53, 55, 57
Cynthia: 58, 58, 60, 60, 58, 62

Shauntal: 5 in BW2 in challenge mode, all to 60 and 1 to 62
Marshal: 5 in BW2 in challenge mode, all to 60 and 1 to 62
Grimsley: 5 in BW2 in challenge mode, all to 60 and 1 to 62
Caitlin: 5 in BW2 in challenge mode, all to 60 and 1 to 62
Iris: all 61 and one at 63 in BW2 challenge mode.

Malva: 3 at 63, one at 65
Siebold: 3 at 63, one at 65
Wikstrom: 3 at 63, one at 65
Drasna: 3 at 63, one at 65
Diantha: 64, 65, 65, 65, 66. 68

You made me waste 20 minutes just to prove your dumb ass wrong. Having more Pokemon doesn't mean shit if they're shit or unevolved. Half of the Kanto E4 is basically fighting with half team.

>>26102917
There's no such thing except inside your broken head.

Just make Challenge Mode available from the start of the game. Easy.

>>26103032
t. xy fanboy

>>26103073
>proven wrong in the worst way possible
>h-hahaha, f-fanboy! got him!
Classic.

>>26103032

He's right though, they're technically the highest leveled league but exp share makes it redundant. They are still one of the easiest because your mons will be overleveled even with 0 grinding.

>>26103080
Yeah compared to my level 70's with xp share turned off and no grinding. Bet you're an owlfag.

>>26102653
Usually in RPGs like this even if you can't beat a boss you can always grind until you are a high enough level to beat them, so if you want an "expert" level difficulty I would say the only way to ensure maximum difficulty would be to make it so that you don't gain exp. from killing wild pokemon and make the amount of prize money you can get from beating trainers more limited so you can't just overstock on healing items. Make the game sort of like GBA Fire Emblem games except your Pokemon don't die. I would also probably force the game to put you in set mode instead of shift for good measure.

Then I would give everyone better AI, even normal trainers, give them more pokemon (gym leaders always having a full team by the 6th gym) and make them fully EV trained but with only average IVs. I would also NOT make pokemon rediculously over leveled (except MAYBE the E4/champion) because that is just a stupid way to artificially raise the dificulty level. No, make the AI actually good and give them actually decent Pokemon. Appropriate level scaling very important, it should be scaled with the assumption that the player has fought all of the NPCs to endure difficulty.

This might seem a bit too difficult, which is why I think an "expert mode" should only be unlocked after beating the game on a hard mode which would be available at the beginig of the game. Hard mode would have grinding, not as good AI and more prize money for winning. I think it should be just a little bit harder than the difficulty level of DPP. Normal would be the difficulty level of lets say BW2 and easy would be ORAS levels of difficulty.

Holy shit I typed a lot more than I was expecting to. Anyway this is what I would like to see happen but I think it has an approximately .00001% chance of happening.

What do you guys think of my idea?

>>26102666
Is the AI from the Maison any different from just regular trainers in the region? I've rarely seen trainers switch their mons, but Maison it happens occasionally.

>>26102653
I'd probably just leave it at a scaling difficulty in terms of IV and EV trained pokemon as well as type coverage for gym leaders making the values and coverage higher for each setting.

>>26103258

Maison trainers only switch when they can't touch you (eg: a CB Hitmonlee HJK against a ghost) but otherwise will stay in indefinitely.
Which is why the best strategy for the past 12 years now has been to cripple them from the start and start set-up sweeping.

>>26102666

Higher levels and lower exp is fake difficulty. I want all gyms to have 6 Pokémon for a start, with diverse typing where possible. Maybe a Mega on all of them (and megas in turn are withheld from the PC until postgame).
That's how I'd do it.

>>26103466
I'd actually like it if the trainer can only do a resisted attack against your current mon, they'll switch. Higher levels is basically an artificial difficulty (you can catch up if you grind rather than using actual strategy).

>>26102670
This but with fancier names.
>Novice for Easy
>Adventurer for Medium
>Pokemon Master for Hard

>>26102666
This is not exactly how it's done. The only difference is only to spend a couple more hours grinding. AI must resort to nastier tricks at higher difficulties, like foes with at least double or triple HP as your mons, and gym leaders with actual strategies if you want to use their weaknesses at them. Even using revives at higher difficulties.

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>>26103485
NOVICE!

>>26102653
Choose when you start up a new game

>Easy
>Medium
>Hard
>Kaizo

You could rename them so that casuals don't feel bad for picking easy and veterans eel badass for picking the hardest difficulty.

Each difficulty makes the dungeon and gym puzzles harder as well as making the opponent teams and such better as well as increasing the AI.