Post by Lars Anderson on Aug 9, 2018 9:27:31 GMT -5
Okay, Breeding.
It’s the current Pandora’s Box right now, but I have an idea… well, I don’t know if these are similar to the ideas that Noble / Fonz have pitched; however this is just my spitballing here. I don’t know if it’ll make more sense, but. Yeah, here goes:
• If people want to breed Rares (like Starters / Pseudo-legendaries and the like), there should at least be some kind of ‘rare tax’ that should be taken from the person who’s requesting the breeding (as to how much it is, since people get 100 PD per post, I’d suggest the tax be something around like… half that?)
• But if that doesn’t work, then make it like Rare ‘mons can only be bred a certain number of times before they’re unbreedable.
• Linking to the owner’s PC would be much simpler; rather than trading it over and only getting them back like 14 days later
• For non-Rares, the breeding cool down time: a week? For Rares, cool down time: 14 days?
•• Newly-hatched Pokémon cannot be used to breed right away, there's got to be some kind of wait time... is 14 days enough? This is so at least they're well-adjusted and have grown somewhat, maybe?
• When it comes to the Male-only Pokémon (like the Hitmon lines for an example), it’s a little unfair that they should be bred with a Ditto; what if the people who own Dittos are on cool down? I wanted to suggest that with the breeding process, like: Nidoran-M and Nidoran-F, but the person requesting for the breed wants a Nidoran-M, not an F? Do they really gotta find a Ditto just for the magic to happen?
•• Since the current rules have it so you can only get the mother’s species from the egg: why not allow the baby to be either the father or mother’s species? As long as they’re within the same egg groups, the hatchling should make sense. No limiting it to exclusively getting baby ‘mons that are of the female’s breed. Kinda shafts the Male-only ‘mons that exist
• Also, since we’re already here: what about the Genderless ‘mons (like Golurk / Voltorb to give a few)? I think Ditto would fit better with breeding Genderless ‘mons…
• As for the Nidorina/Nidoqueen problem… where I came from, we agreed to put the Nidorina/Queen lines in the Field egg group for simplicity’s sake. I don’t know how that’s going to go over.
I also wanted to possibly suggest bringing Aura Users to the table as well, since there’s a definite difference between Psychics (the telepathy / telekinesis / teleportation trifecta) and Aura Users (kinda like Riley in the games / manga?)
So for Aura Users I wanted to suggest the following:
• The main gist of their abilities allows them to see multicolored hazes around people, hence the “aura” aspect. Different-colored auras mean different things; like red being angry, green/blue being mellow, orange/yellow exuding a lot of energy, so on and so forth. Of course, with practice this takes time—nobody can outright tell an individual’s intentions just by seeing them for the first time. Sure, the person involved may exude a happy personality but their aura can say otherwise.
• If these were allowed to branch out, then the following could/would be possible ideas: keep in mind that humans with Aura can never reach the level of Lucario / Xerneas (if we’re talking legendary-level here) so here’s how that goes:
• Aura Tracking — allows individuals who have Aura to follow either Pokémon or individuals by tracing faint ‘impressions’ they’ve left behind
• Aura Reinforcement — gives some kind of personal shield against attacks. While it can only soften the blow by so much, overuse can lead to exhaustion and blacking out
• Aura Projection — “look at the pretty lights” is the best summation of this; Aura users can manipulate this to look like some kind of a light show. More experienced users can use them to temporarily create a flash that can grant them getaway.
These are just some ideas, feel free to agree / contradict with them in the thread; or contact me via Discord if you want an explanation on how this/that works and stuff.
It’s the current Pandora’s Box right now, but I have an idea… well, I don’t know if these are similar to the ideas that Noble / Fonz have pitched; however this is just my spitballing here. I don’t know if it’ll make more sense, but. Yeah, here goes:
• If people want to breed Rares (like Starters / Pseudo-legendaries and the like), there should at least be some kind of ‘rare tax’ that should be taken from the person who’s requesting the breeding (as to how much it is, since people get 100 PD per post, I’d suggest the tax be something around like… half that?)
• But if that doesn’t work, then make it like Rare ‘mons can only be bred a certain number of times before they’re unbreedable.
• Linking to the owner’s PC would be much simpler; rather than trading it over and only getting them back like 14 days later
• For non-Rares, the breeding cool down time: a week? For Rares, cool down time: 14 days?
•• Newly-hatched Pokémon cannot be used to breed right away, there's got to be some kind of wait time... is 14 days enough? This is so at least they're well-adjusted and have grown somewhat, maybe?
• When it comes to the Male-only Pokémon (like the Hitmon lines for an example), it’s a little unfair that they should be bred with a Ditto; what if the people who own Dittos are on cool down? I wanted to suggest that with the breeding process, like: Nidoran-M and Nidoran-F, but the person requesting for the breed wants a Nidoran-M, not an F? Do they really gotta find a Ditto just for the magic to happen?
•• Since the current rules have it so you can only get the mother’s species from the egg: why not allow the baby to be either the father or mother’s species? As long as they’re within the same egg groups, the hatchling should make sense. No limiting it to exclusively getting baby ‘mons that are of the female’s breed. Kinda shafts the Male-only ‘mons that exist
• Also, since we’re already here: what about the Genderless ‘mons (like Golurk / Voltorb to give a few)? I think Ditto would fit better with breeding Genderless ‘mons…
• As for the Nidorina/Nidoqueen problem… where I came from, we agreed to put the Nidorina/Queen lines in the Field egg group for simplicity’s sake. I don’t know how that’s going to go over.
I also wanted to possibly suggest bringing Aura Users to the table as well, since there’s a definite difference between Psychics (the telepathy / telekinesis / teleportation trifecta) and Aura Users (kinda like Riley in the games / manga?)
So for Aura Users I wanted to suggest the following:
• The main gist of their abilities allows them to see multicolored hazes around people, hence the “aura” aspect. Different-colored auras mean different things; like red being angry, green/blue being mellow, orange/yellow exuding a lot of energy, so on and so forth. Of course, with practice this takes time—nobody can outright tell an individual’s intentions just by seeing them for the first time. Sure, the person involved may exude a happy personality but their aura can say otherwise.
• If these were allowed to branch out, then the following could/would be possible ideas: keep in mind that humans with Aura can never reach the level of Lucario / Xerneas (if we’re talking legendary-level here) so here’s how that goes:
• Aura Tracking — allows individuals who have Aura to follow either Pokémon or individuals by tracing faint ‘impressions’ they’ve left behind
• Aura Reinforcement — gives some kind of personal shield against attacks. While it can only soften the blow by so much, overuse can lead to exhaustion and blacking out
• Aura Projection — “look at the pretty lights” is the best summation of this; Aura users can manipulate this to look like some kind of a light show. More experienced users can use them to temporarily create a flash that can grant them getaway.
These are just some ideas, feel free to agree / contradict with them in the thread; or contact me via Discord if you want an explanation on how this/that works and stuff.
