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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Can't say I'm surprised you choose Cottenee of Raphael for Dazzling Gleam, given they are your starter and therefore you have a greater personal attachment/reason for them to get stronger to/for them than the cherished cherub, but I still can't help but feel disappointed about it. Cottenee could learned Fairy STABs naturally with a bit more time/investment, while Raphael will be stuck with the underwhelming Fairy Wind as a Surprise! Move ,(bar Iron allowing it to learn other ones/drops another Dazzling Gleam TM in the future), so from a logistics perspective I find sub-optimal. But hey, your choice in the end, so this is all I'll say about this matter....

The option that felt logically correct was somewhat going against the option that follows what the feelings wanted, Shiva obviously tends to listen more to her heart. I couldn't deny Cottonee something she really wants to have! D:

I could save up a lot of XP to have Raphael learn Draining Kiss or even Moonblast, but I actually feel he's having quite a bunch of good moves that I'd probably end up using more often than Dazzling Gleam if he'd be to learn this. He is already able to hit Fighting Types AND Dark Types with Air Slash/Aura Sphere respectively and some other Pokemon of mine already make decent dragonslayers that the archangel can learn a bit from. Cottonee or future-Whimsicott though could use a better Fairy STAB in her pool on the other hand, especially when other moves to learn take priority over Moonblast on the fluffball. I hope that clears the decision a little from a competitive viewpoint?

Shiva's goals are less battle-oriented than Windos', so there's that to consider too! I'm always trying to think of ways to give a greater number of meaningful non-battle choices and challenges.

Hmm...fair enough point mate. I appreciate your willingness to make a diverse enough campaign too, even if I lean more towards enjoying combat/Pokemon related challenges. Variety is the spice of life, as we all know, so I'm always willing to give new idea a chance!

I've probably said it a few times already, Pokemon Battles are quite fun but there's so much of that going on in the franchise already for my taste that I enjoy doing and exploring other things in their world when given an opportunity or tend to bite for the fangames that concentrate more on the RPG-aspect or follow an unconventional storyline.

We're also having so many battlers in the party that me lagging a bit behind in fighting doesn't really matter, or so I guess! With the right combos though, I feel Shiva can be suprisingly strong.