[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

Besides, just as I updated Charasheet... Happiness is great and stuff, but Loyalty feels just a bit sweeter to me. Like, I believe a Pokemon can become happy around everyone who treats it right, but only loyal to those the Pokemon really cares for. A stray cat may be happy if you feed her constantly, but that does not mean she likes you and lets you pet her.
Seeing that Cottonee is on maximum Loyalty now... --> Shiva does now call a fluffball her own that absolutely enjoys cuddling with her, but will shed toxic fairy dust to anyone else who gets the idea to do so unasked.

Sylveon also evolves with Loyalty, not Happiness.

That's a pretty good way of looking at it.  Loyal but disobedient pokemon are another major thing to consider.  Happy but disobedient pokemon probably aren't as likely to act in their trainer's best interests as a loyal one, if it comes down to one or the other being a factor.

Of course, the two stats tend not to stray to far from each other for the most part, since loyal pokemon are more often than not really happy with their trainers.