[Meta Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

Personally I grew to enjoy Monster Houses, as they became one of the few true tests of skill and power after you learn to master the various systems of PMD. If you got the right inventory and Moves you can still find ways to trivilize them, but then against that's part of the fun with them: do you dedicate moveslots and inventory just for these rare occassions, or do you not and risk being at a severe disadvantage just for more flexibility? 

There's at least still a lot of merit in room nuking moves even without encountering a Monster House.  Not needing to be positioned in a straight line from your target can be very helpful.  Or your worst nightmare when the wild Nidoqueen are sniping you with Earth Power from the opposite side of the room you just entered.  That's always 'fun'.  Best counter to room clearing moves from wild pokemon is usually room clearing moves of your own because of that.  Being able to clear out Monster Houses with that same move in a pinch ends up being a nice cherry on top.

The most dangerous Monster Houses though are by far the ones that not only get the jump on you while you're inadequately equipped for them, but then proceed to buff the entire room or dogpile on you from range.  Hence why Agility Aerodactyl in Sky Tower and Discharge Porygon [all members of the evolution line] in Temporal Tower are so feared and reviled in the PMD community.

I'm kinda numb to Monster Houses myself for the most part.  Mostly because I never set out to a dungeon without several countermeasures for them whenever I happen to start acquiring those resources, so I see them more as opportunities for rare loot than an actual threat in most instances.  I'm honestly more worried about running into random pokemon with Hydro Pump in the newer games (hits in a line and pierces, which is a death sentence for a party in a corridor) than I am about Monster Houses.  And anything with Perish Song can just cease to exist, thank you very much (cures for that Perish status are far more specialized than anything else you typically need to prepare)