The Official Pokemon Thread! Pokemon X/Y Are Released! - New Poll!

[lestatdark]

_crazy_man_ said:

In my honest opinion they should get rid of IV's, yeah it makes every pokemon unique but it would make less folks have the need to hack.

Especially now that IV's no longer determine it being shiny and its gender (since Gen III).  Thier Hidden Power should then be determined by showing one's pokemon to gym leaders and other mono type masters (those not covered by the gym leaders).  Like Hidden Power starts off as a 70 power normal attack, and I want my Jolteon to have HP Ice so I visit Brycen in Icirrus City to do so.  But wait now I want my Jolteon to have HP Grass, so I go visit Cilan in Striaton City.

I just find it frustrating to go online and battle peeps that have full roster of shiny pokes, perfect stats even on event pokemon, and having 70 power HP of the right type they need for coverage with little to no effort with hacks while I'm just struggling to get a Gligar with the right DW ability, nature, and decent IV's the right way.

EV's can be used to customize your poke's to your liking.

It just ruins the meta game.  This is most apparent in competative communities like smogon that base all thier guides and strategies on having perfect poke's.

/vent over

Thus the reason I no longer go online anymore. It's just not worth, especially after spending hundreds of hours perfecting my team for some bastard with hacked baby pokemons (I'm kidding you not) to destroy my team without any effort at all. I now only battle with people that I know won't use those under-handed tactics. 

I agree with your IV idea, and that would make for much more strategies on the fly than the current method (though i'm a bit fond of the "uniqueness" of every pokemon), and pokemon has already moved a bit into the "make-your-own-strategy-depending-on-the-situation", with the inclusion of re-usable TMs.