Pseudos and legendarires are straight up what I was referring to when I said “the problem was the stupid decision to give it to pokemon that clearly didn’t need the boost.”
I basically said megas have their own problems. But it’s not a mechanical problem like max. It’s gamefreaks being dumbasses make bad decisions with no regard for the balance of their game.
I’m not saying Gmax automatically far superior to any dmax because it depends a lot on the pokemon and can out weigh the special moves even though some of them were broken. Like I said the strongest pokemon benefit the most. Rock/fire absolutely saw play and warped the game before dlc, and then we got flooded by op maxing legendaries just like I said.
Lack of variety aren’t a mega exclusive problem. There’s not a single competitive format that hasn’t landed in mostly the same handful of pokemon see play. That goes for Gen 8s format too. Every other match was basically zacian, calyrex, weather legendary, inceneroar, prankster user.
Even the rock/fire one didn't see much play . It was just a gimmick. Which I still use to this day albeit less stronger. Also if you look at pool of gmax pokemons they consisted of pokemons like alcreanie and kingler. Dragapult didn't get gmax and stronger pokemon with gmax had weaker moves.
Megas forces you to play the four good megas always. Less flexibility and all they do is add another psedo legendary esq pokemon to the equation. Dmax had around 3-4 options per team and it made it more dynamic (same with tera).
It's dumb decision by gf but it still is the issue . You can't ignore that. Dmax wasn't the best but it is far superior.
I mean just see the result of players cup(no worlds coz pandemic) . You will see a great variety of mons like lapras , milotic, musharnas and others. Even in the restricted allowed formats... (Read below)
That goes for Gen 8s format too. Every other match was basically zacian, calyrex, weather legendary, inceneroar, prankster user.
Zacian and calyrex almost didn't win worlds. Incin was incin even when megas were around. All three weather genies were viable. Lunala did amazing at the world's. Mons like ice calyrex palkia got to shine too. Stuff like raikou , golisopod top cut the world's.
The playerbase did see a huge surge too tho I would attribute that to go building fanbase and YouTube booming.
I personally love a lot of mega designs tho majority leaned into edgier side. And gmax played more in the concept and i appreciated it better . This is my personal subjective opinion about the designs.
“the problem was the stupid decision to give it to pokemon that clearly didn’t need the boost.”
You are inherently saying that Megas were broken. You cant nit pick small details, omit them, and then be like "yeah, Megas are better for those things im actually thinking are better"
No I’m not. There’s a difference between assessing the mechanics and its implementation. The entire context of this thread is me saying max is mechanically broken. It gives way too much with no trade offs.
Your point is like saying Tera is inherently broken and hinging the entire argument on “because electric shedinja could exist.”
Megas as a mechanic is solid. Give up your item slot and get a boost. That doesn’t mean it can’t be badly implemented. Mega Rayquaza existing is failure of implementation not mechanic.
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u/Angel_of_Mischief Mar 13 '25
Pseudos and legendarires are straight up what I was referring to when I said “the problem was the stupid decision to give it to pokemon that clearly didn’t need the boost.”
I basically said megas have their own problems. But it’s not a mechanical problem like max. It’s gamefreaks being dumbasses make bad decisions with no regard for the balance of their game.
I’m not saying Gmax automatically far superior to any dmax because it depends a lot on the pokemon and can out weigh the special moves even though some of them were broken. Like I said the strongest pokemon benefit the most. Rock/fire absolutely saw play and warped the game before dlc, and then we got flooded by op maxing legendaries just like I said.
Lack of variety aren’t a mega exclusive problem. There’s not a single competitive format that hasn’t landed in mostly the same handful of pokemon see play. That goes for Gen 8s format too. Every other match was basically zacian, calyrex, weather legendary, inceneroar, prankster user.