Deterioration and Destruction: Are they killing the game?
The first thing i was greeted when i wake up is the Sinnoh Stone is NO LONGER guaranteed in the breakthrough. Good luck completeing the dex...YOU WILL NEVER GET THERE?
The second thing is, not only the raid bosses are just the Regice release bosses, Shinx and Buizel were removed in raids.
Is this a perfect way to destroy and kill the game? Deterioration, Destruction and Despair; the 3Ds that represent this game and its rotten dev team are here in full force. They are really pushing the borders of shit. So you think?
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What the heck is WRONG with you people? Can't you just let Mr-ex777 be? He is just talking about what doesn't satisfy him in a rather aggressive manner, and THEN you guys want to ban him? Don't you think every negative post you make to him could hurt his feelings very hard? You are obviously making him sound like a whining loser, though he might just be a normal player liking to express his feelings on a forum. So I'm telling you people, STOP talking like this.
It is no problem once in a while to be agressive in a post, it probably happened to all of us at least once to be highly upset by something in the game.
However his posts appear almost on a daily basis, at each and every single new event or change in the game. They are not constructive nor oppened to discussion, just spreading negativity in the community.
And it looks kinda unhealthy both for the community and for him, should get some distance, it is just a game.
Talk about using an extreme word! Hatemonger? I think not. That’s a word you reserve for Nazis and such. He is juts extremely hyperbolic in his frustration.
I’m with hkn in that mr ex and responses to his silliness are not to be taken seriously. Take with a bottle of salt and enjoy the ridiculousness
I think the term is just right for someone who says stuff like 'rotten dev team' - which is extra stupid since a dev team does NOT determine the game's content. They just build what others (Niantic product owners) demand. So don't blame them!
A general forum's rule is: make constructive posts. This guy does NOT make constructive posts. Just whines every day, shouting how bad Niantic is.
MrEx, if all you can do is whine about the game, please stop playing it since you're clearly not ever gonna get enjoyment out of it.
Or just stop trollling, if that's what you're after, because that's just pathetic.
He never suggests hate or violence on any particular group. He says the developers are killing the game and that’s his opinion (you are right about his anger being misplaced) And if you were to agree that niantic and its dev team are killing the game, would that make you hate? I hope not. I don’t think someone ruining or not ruining a video game is reason enough to hate. He’s a whiner or a troll, not a hatemonger... don’t use such serious words out of context like a certain someone...
Will sign... but not for this particular post because dammit, I agree with much of the post.
I finally did a Buziel raid yesterday morning. I'm sooo glad I decided to do it because it's gone from the raids now. Shinx is also gone from the raids, and I was doing those raids 2-3 times a week. (I'm also annoyed that Kirlia is gone, but I've got more than 400 Ralts candies saved up and a few Lucky Ralts for the future, so... it's meh, not aggravating)
The Sinnoh stone being taken out of the Research Tasks is aggravating as well, but I'm withholding my complaints until I get one in another way. As with many others here, I've got 5-10 Evolution Items of each type that I just keep forgetting to delete, and if the Sinnoh stone becomes as prevalent as them, it won't be an issue.
Most of the time I'm quite happy to tell X7 to go get mental help, but this time it's not for the content of his complaints but for the negativity and hyperbole around them.
Oh, boohoo! Please complain only if it hits you personally much more than other players, preferably with a perfectly aimed double-whammy at least. Try this one for a taste: My breakthroughs are slightly shifted due to missing a few days because of holidays. So I collect my Shedinja on Wednesday - and on the next day they introduce the update that gives a Sinnoh Stone. Wait six days to get one, while everyone else is happily playing around with their Gen4 evolutions. One week later: Sinnoh Stone is no longer guaranteed in the breakthrough - starting from the day before your breakthrough. Guess what: No second Sinnoh Stone for me. Do you see my wailing in the forums? No. I kicked a couple of puppies this morning, though.
Firstly, I thought the weekly stone was a good idea, but other ways to get them sounds ok, have to wait & see but can't see them being super rare if you play everyday. Secondly, the raid bosses. Have to agree here that they are woeful this rotation. Shinx & Buizel made tier 1's worth doing, removing them when, like me, you are close to evolving them makes little sense & is annoying. Right through, there is nothing new or interesting to raid this time. With Cresselia & Deoxys the curdled icing on the cake, this rotation is bad by anyone's standards.
Part of what they are doing by not guaranteeing the stone: with multiaccounts somebody could merely do 1 task a day on countless accounts, get the guaranteed stone--trade the newer releases to a big account. Adding some randomness/mystery to obtaining the stone puts a wrench in someone's "clever" workaround.
Oh come on, is this really an issue worth penalizing the significantly larger portion of the playerbase that doesn't multi-account? I know many who multi-account and none of them have done this.
Given how many Pokemon need the stone and how many are desirable to have multiples of there needs to be some consistent means of obtaining it. This doesn't even consider if the other evolutions will require the stone as well. I know they said they'll make it obtainable via other means in the future but they could at least implement those before taking away the one consistent means of getting it. This methodology they have of front-loading rewards only to scale them back later is frustratingly bad game design.
A case for why Sinnoh Stones should be a constant, at the least until another source for them is added. The breakthrough is less dismal that way and most people will need the stones for several weeks to fill out the Sinnoh evolutions. Because let's face it, people who run large numbers of accounts (like 5+) are definitely not the average player and are not the kind of people the game should be designed around.
I think it is pretty flaky they haven’t told us the Dec Research Pokémon. A guess, but I think they might do Fossil theme with Omastar getting smack down and rock slide. They probably aren’t too hopeful we’ll be excited about it b/c of the other smack down Pokémon. My research breakthrough is set for tomorrow, trying to put off getting any more stamps but CD weekend might get in the way of me trying.
I straight up forgot that they hadn't announced the December breakthrough yet. Whatever it is it can't be worse than a Shedinja with zero relation to the rest of its line.
It's 2:48 Central Time as of posting this, if there is an announcement we'll likely see it in ~10 minutes. They have a penchant for announcing things at 4PM EST.
