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A Shadow Pokemon Has Appeared?
Topic Started: Sep 14 2014, 08:46 AM (729 Views)
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If anyone has been following sam's blog, you'll know that Sam has recently implemented a Shadow appearance chance in PTD2.

http://prntscr.com/4moacs
http://prntscr.com/4moasf

What do you guys think? I really dislike this in all honesty. It further devalues pokemon
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Yeah, I personally think that this isn't a good thing. It just makes the time spent getting rare non-shadow Pokemon useless. I think that shiny Pokemon are good enough.
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I thought the original idea of having hidden areas with shadow pokemon was good but that just petered out without explanation like so many things in this game. I've always agreed though that something needed to be done to make shadows more common rather then just breeding. I just hoped Sam would be more creative then that.
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I think that a good compromise would have been to obtain shadow Pokemon through unique means such as achievements, challenges, hidden areas, etc. That way it would be different enough from shiny Pokemon to justify its existence.
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Actually if Sam implemented more "Secret" areas to catch shadows, I'd be happy with it.

But adding a Shadow chance in the wild? I really don't see the point. There's not much creativity as ThatGuyHim has pointed out, and devalues pokemon. I think Sam is destroying the game - first with the convert shiny, now with the Shadow Chance. Because sooner or later people will collect them all and stop playing the game, since there's no reason to breed anymore.
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The problem is this game is it's pretty much finished despite these little touch ups. But instead of fixing the missing parts, Sam's adding things like this in. It doesnt seem like he has actually done a full proper play though. I've already said the Mahogany Towers, theres also:

An area with pokemon in it in the Dark Cave that seems like a bit of tease not being able to access it

Not being able to replay the Zapdos fight

No other berries have been added since the first 2

And there is still a character talking about how farming will be added to the Pokemon Center in a later update

Surfing in Olivine still shows the walking/running/biking graphic rather then surfing

Stuff like the smartphone compatibility or trainer pass are good because they increase exposure and revenue. And these are all just little things but my problem is there are a lot of them. If Sam doesnt want to add in berry farming, just change the dialogue of the character that suggests it but dont leave it in and forget about it when the development finally "finishes". The issue is that these things are left like this in the game when they should be the first things to be polished up before extra stuff like this shadow update happens.
Edited by ThatGuyHim, Sep 15 2014, 02:34 AM.
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I've tweeted Sam about this, hopefully he can fix some of the stuff.

I'm really interested in the berry farming idea to be honest. But you're right - Sam is focusing too much on the sub-aspects of PTD
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I just had an idea. What if we all compile a detailed list of changes we want in the game, and then send it to him. We are the official forums, after all. I think that having an organized list of every change we want would be the best way to go about doing something like this.
Edited by MetagrossMaster, Sep 15 2014, 04:33 PM.
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adopting with snd coins
convert to shiny
hof
mystery gift
wild shiny/shadow
all devalue something

which do you think should be removed
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I'd remove Convert to Shiny first (Or increase price to make it more OP ><)
Then I'd remove Shadow Chance in wild.

Others are ok imo
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