A few things I would like to see in the 5th Generation of Pokémon.

[Smeags]

SmokedHostage said:

PLEASE DON'T POST YOUR OWN IDEAS.  EVEN THOUGH MOST OF YOU WILL, I WANT THIS THREAD TO BE ABOUT MY THOUGHTS BELOW.

But... but... I have so many cool ideas!

NO SMEAGS! JUST REPLY TO THE THREAD AT HAND! IT'S NOT THAT HARD!

Fine, you big bully!

1.) The Nerfing of Stealth Rock.  It's so common in most movepools and so easy to setup yet it completely neuteres Fire/Flying types, Bug/Flying types, etc.

I definitely agree with this one. How many times are we going to see a Skarmory with the Stealth Rock/Spikes/Roar moveset? It's annoying, and it makes a lot of usable Pokemon... not usable.

2.) More moves that raise Attack 2 stages.  Swords Dance is not enough. (inb4 Acupressure)

This is why I loved my Leafeon. My Swords Dance/Baton Pass moveset was pretty awesome. Plus, it allowed me to have Leafeon on my team. I <3 Leafeon.

3.) Better Physical Electric and Ghost type moves.  I actually cried a little when Shadow Ball was made special and the best move my Banette could use was Shadow Claw.  Also dislike that Volt Tackle is exclusive to Pichu and its evolutionary forms but most other are limited to Spark/Thunder Fang. Luxray ;__;

Yeah, poor Luxray was a victim of a craptastic move set... actually... most of electric Pokemon suffer from this travesty. And why did Dusclops get an awesome evolution while Banette did not? She's a possessed stuffed animal! That's too awesome to ignore!

4.) An ability that lowers the opponent's Special Attack.  Intimidiate is very useful, especially on Bulky Pokemon like Gyarados.  Why not a special variant?

Good point. There's a LOT of special sweepers out there, and we need a little help once in a while Game Freak. Get on it!

5.) The Buffing of elemental Held Items.  Items like Charcoal, Mystic Water, Miracle Seed, Magnet, etc. are pretty useless when taking into account Choice Band/Specs/Life Orb.

Mhm, Smogon is a prime example of how little items are actually worthwhile in the metagame. Like seriously, half of my team just has the Life Orb.

6.) The Nerfing of Outrage.  Like one member of this forum has said in the past, it's broken.

Yeah, the move lasts forever and just destroys everything. Everything except for Steel Pokemon just get destroyed.

7.) Less HM's.  1/3 of the members in my initial party in Diamond and Platinum were HM slaves.  It made me rather unhappy.

Haha, HM's... good times... bleh.

8.) The Return of Diving.  I loved it in Ruby and Sapphire.

That was fun.

9.) The Return of Exterior Bases.  See above.  The Villa in Platinum was a nice touch but I would love the choice of where I can put it.

That was also fun.

10.) Less Zubat and Geodude in caves.  A pet peeve really but it's getting old.

Moar Clefairy's pls.