Loving pokemon XY but the pacing is much different in pokemon xy.  I turned off Exp Share immediately in pokemon XY but by around the third gym i noticed pokemon started to be much stronger by the 3rd gym than i was.  I couldnt keep up with their high levels so i turned exp share back on to notice that Exp Share gives your pokemon that participated full experience while it gives the rest of your team 50%.  

This still makes you have to switch pokemon because the 50% isnt near enough but it does make leveling up much easier.  Im not sure if i like this to be honest.  Does it make your pokemon stats worst by chance?  

Im thinking it is the high pace of the game.  Havent even beat the 3rd gym yet and I'm already fighting pokemon at level 30 and have put 11 hours into the game.  At this rate it looks like elite four will be around level 70-80 which is fine.  I just want to know if Exp Share makes your stats lower or has some kind of down side?  Also how does other people feel about the new exp share?

Note: Obviously i love the game putting 11 hours into it on day 1.  I havent done that in about 6 years.

No downsides.

I turned it off at the start, its kinda easy mode in my eyes.

You can get a lucky egg right before the 4th gym if that helps.

That is what i was thinking :/  But because of the high pacing i wasnt sure if it is needed or not

Since EV training was farmed out to an express side mode, i don't see how there could be a problem at all.

Are we 3DS friends, crazy_man?

Never heard complaints about it tbh

If we were I don't have it anymore, I haven't exchanged FC's after I lost my 3DS in Mexico this summer.

I'll send you a PM later today.  I need some sleep..........

Not necessarily a complaint, just much different than im use to in pokemo.  Im not sure how i feel about it at this moment.  So far my only complaint in XY is that it can have some frame rate issues sometime in pokemon battles.  Hoping there may be a patch for that later on, but i think it may be the best pokemon game ive played too so far.  Which is def an accomplishment xD

This is good news for me. I'm level 22 with main starter around 15 for others and I'm finding the game really easy. Wish they included a hard mode because of it. I'm 8 hours in and don't even have my second badge also.

Glad you are enjoying it!

Just using 4 so far.  

Yeah I was about the same up until i beat the 2nd gym lol  Then i made it to Mirror Cave and everything was higher than me lol  Now im debating if i should use exp share or not.  I dont want it to be too easy but then again i dont want to grind for hours.  Im undecided haha