>previous mechanic was objectively better than newer mechanics
>>749966327It actually was better because steel being such a powerful type meant it had to be rare. Allowing steel to be so common led to a lot of shitty object pokemon which have always been the worst kind of design.
/vp/sisters, Do we think Gen10 will finally give us a new typing?
>>749966327Get rid of dragon as well and it'd be perfect
>>749966327Fairy was created solely because the BW2 devs created the cancer known as Hydreigon
>>749966498All you needed to do was get rid of the gems, which they did. Nothing else was needed.
Why does a children's franchise need such a complicated formula?
>>749966441gen 5 has the most steel types though?
>>749966806gen 5 has the most everything because they sharted out another 150 pokemon at once
>>749966327>chompy chomp>bad guy punch>dishonorabru slashLet's make it SPECIAL, like magic!
>>>/vp/
>>749966441Nerfing Steel was a mistake. A huge mistake.
>>749966806Fire types, too.
>>749966327Ghost and Dark should swap places.
>>749968591Did a quick look and only Banette and shedinja would get worse if ghost was special and only Houndoom would get worse if dark was physical. Every other pokemon would be better if they swapped. Ttar getting stab + using his 134 attack stat for pursuit might be too good.
I hate that all the retarded romhacks retroactively insert the split system into gen 3.
>>749970008I'm fine with the split but adding scrimblo bimblo the traffic cone pokemon from the splorpo region to your gen 3 hack is fucking cancer.
>>749966327People who hate the physical/special split are deeply autistic and elderly now, and just dislike things being changed on principle or that their favorite became shit in gen 4.
>>749968591One of those design decisions that are so baffling its beyond comprehension
>>749970196who even got worse because of the split? genuine question, because i racked my brain and can't come up with a single example of a mon who was actually good that got shafted by it.
>Sneasel being totally 100% completely fucking useless was REALLY important to the game I swearThis was one of the ONLY changes the series ever got that was an objective improvement, you guys are just mentally ill about old good new bad.
>>749970569>Dusclops and some physical attackers losing physical Shadow Ball, Shadow Punch compares poorly>Special attackers that relied on elemental punches for coverage are left with 0-3 replacements, very much depending>Anything that liked having physical Hidden PowerGrowing pains than anything too major, not unlike Flareon having to deal with Fire Fang on finally becoming a physical attacker, and excluding those like Regice, who barely changed but the games around them did. And if you lost punches but got Focus Blast + Shadow Ball, then you at least hit everything for neutral in Gen IV.Also, apparently Smogon has a sleeps move cause now. The fuck happened now?
>>749966470Erm, your Stellar type?
>>749966327Only 17 types?
>delete garbage type>instantly fixes the gameFeels good man.
>>749968591>>749970279Ghost is a physical type because its primary trait is its incorporeality, which is a physical trait.
>>749971857>deletes psychic and then turns fairy into nu-psychic because he's afraid of the color pinkRetard
>>749972037and Dark type is a special type because, erm, uhhhhhhhhhh.....
>>749972037nice fanfic
The attack/special attack limiting the types of coverage the pokemon could effectively use was more interesting. Gyarados had weak water moves, but it got to use a stronger earthquake than other water pokemon to compensate. Special attackers got beam or punch TMs for coverage. Since gen 4, physical and special attackers are more homogenized.
Pokemon Tectonic has some pretty neat balance changes to the type chart. Steel is weak to psychic. Fairy is weak to bug. Water is weak to poison. Ice has a couple of handy new resistances.>>749971857I was surpised that Enchant Farm just stole Pokemon's type chart and removed the bug type. It worked surprisingly well.
>>749972089light is psychic dummy
>>749972115Dark type is originally called Evil type which is aspect of a soul not a physical trait
>>749966327>>>/vp/
>>749966327how has there never been a fire+fairy mon?
>>749966327nah it was retarded, gyarados was a jobber in most situations save for exceptions like battle tower up until the proper physical/special split gen 4. glad devs understood
>>749966327>catch krabby>evolve it to a giant fucking crab>it learns CRAB FUCKING HAMMER>use it>lelOut of all fucking things to complain about?
>>749966327Split was better, the problem was they didn't balance some pokemon with it (i.e. Sceptile's signature move changed to physical when he's special attacker)
