Krysi
Local Scapegoat
Starting as a newbie in Kanto, reaching Misty only to realise she kicks your butt every time you battle her can be frustrating, especially if you chose Charmander. The problem is that there are very few useful grass type Pokemon to counter Misty's water type Pokemon. Bellsprout, Oddish and even Bulbasaur can be one hit KO'd by Starmie because they all have low defense. Sunkern is even worse, the only way it could possibly do something is if it evolved and well...that requires beating Misty. I don't think Tangela is even worth mentioning here. Since you now need to be at a trade station to trade, trading to beat Misty is not an option either. On the original Nintendo games, we could go back and overlevel our Pokemon easily to resolve this, but in PWO overleveling can take hours/days on end depending on how much free time you have to play. We could also go back to Viridian Forest to hunt for Pikachu for days, but who really wants to do any of this just to be able to progress past one gym in the beginning of the game?
The reason I bring this up is because I feel like this situation doesn't really inspire new players in Kanto to continue playing, but rather it makes them want to quit. So I have two suggestions to possibly solve this issue.
1. A simple solution to this could be that a stronger pure Grass or Electric type that's more common than a Pikachu is put into the earlier routes. Maybe a Pokemon like Mareep or Electrike for pure Electric type and Shroomish or Cacnea for pure Grass type. Basically, a Pokemon we'd be more likely to keep in our main party after defeating Misty instead of something disposable like Sunkern. Personally, I'm leaning toward Shroomish as it has the best defensive/offensive balance, just seems to make the most sense of the bunch and it would fit in Viridian Forest well.
2. An alternative simple solution would be to just make Pikachu more common. I personally don't see why it's as rare as it is, I've never spent two hours hunting for a Pikachu on the original Nintendo games, yet alone days.
The reason I bring this up is because I feel like this situation doesn't really inspire new players in Kanto to continue playing, but rather it makes them want to quit. So I have two suggestions to possibly solve this issue.
1. A simple solution to this could be that a stronger pure Grass or Electric type that's more common than a Pikachu is put into the earlier routes. Maybe a Pokemon like Mareep or Electrike for pure Electric type and Shroomish or Cacnea for pure Grass type. Basically, a Pokemon we'd be more likely to keep in our main party after defeating Misty instead of something disposable like Sunkern. Personally, I'm leaning toward Shroomish as it has the best defensive/offensive balance, just seems to make the most sense of the bunch and it would fit in Viridian Forest well.
2. An alternative simple solution would be to just make Pikachu more common. I personally don't see why it's as rare as it is, I've never spent two hours hunting for a Pikachu on the original Nintendo games, yet alone days.