Crystal6

If it were literally translated like that then I suppose but you don't have to do it that way. It could just increase the odds of both parents passing their IVs. I guess I don't understand what people enjoy about the current system? This item wouldn't break battling, and it would make breeding easier and more prevalent. The only "bad" affect would be good pokes are cheaper/easier to get. And even that could be controlled by how powerful you make the item.

I'm not such a big jerk that I'm going to abuse the system by buying the reasonably priced pokes (pretty good IVs for reasonably low prices) and crank up the price just because that guy over there is selling a way worse pokemon for way more. All I'd be doing is perpetuating the worst parts of the economy.

But the description doesn't say it passes the ivs on every time, just that it raises the odds of passing on all 5 IVs from BOTH parents. So having one perfect poke parent does not even mean the baby would be perfect, it means MAYBE it would get 2 or 3 of the perfect IVs from that parent. All that said, if the destiny knot really would create an issue if it were translated as is from X and Y, you could always nerf it but still have some kind of item that helps this a bit. I'd argue the pokeconomy is already in a weird place when I see crap pokes with players demanding up to a mil for them, while other players are selling good pokes for 50k. It's the most bipolar/unregulated economy I've ever witnessed in a game. In general I'd say it can be pretty inaccessible for newer players to try to enter into an economy like this.

I'm not sure. The reason the economy was destroyed here appears to be hacking devices, not destiny knot. O_o Sadly it does ruin X and Y as a test case though, since we can't know what impact destiny knot would have on the community without cheating/hacking devices also being present. (Unless we use this MMO as the test case, or find some other way to test it. sigh...) Wait, you could get a LEGIT shiny perfect IV mewtwo easily? For a normal ratata? :? How? Edit: I suppose pokesave and whatnot would make it easy to clone existing legit ones but... to get that Mewtwo initially someone would have to save scum the unknown dungeon event for sooo long... O_o did someone do that?

I suppose there is cheating but if you enter an official tournament with a hacked pokemon you will be punished, and most players will refuse to do buisness with you. And, X and Y do have an economy. It tends to vary a bit from community to community (its not unified in the same way a more traditional mmo is) but there is still certainly an economy. If there weren't you could be like "Yo dog I have this ratata or whatever. Can I have a legit shiny perfect IV Mewtwo with maxed out EV training?" and everyone would be like "Sure we have 50 of those. They're common as dirt." All that said you could certainly make an arguement for various aspect of the X and Y economy. (Are legit shinies/godly pokemon too easy to get?) but you don't seem to be making that arguement. The in-game mechanics of this mmo are essentially identical to an already existing pokemon gaming minus the cheating and adding in a few mmo related tweaks. I can't understand the claim that later innovations made by the people who invented the series in the first place aren't comparible or are completely irrelavent, especially when the creators are still adding the new pokemon and regions from the later games.

Are you suggesting X and Y is not an mmo? Are you also suggesting this will kill the breeding community? If anything it would mean the breeding community will be more important as people start shooting for perfect 31 across the board stats instead of the vaguely passable stats I see being toted as "godly."

This is the only thing that makes me wish to play generation 6. The Destiny Knot. Its a held item whose primary affect says, if the user becomes infatuated so does the opponents. It's secondary affect however is particularly interesting. It raises the likelyhood of the parents passing on their IVs to the child. An item like this would mean less time spent in breeding hell and more time spent battling in tournaments. It would also mean players battling in tournaments would be more likely to be the ones with the best strategies, rather than the ones that have been playing the longest/have the most money.

O_O Its... a dog hanging itself right? O_O.... I... its okay? What? Also the gif in your signature is awesome. Just wanted to point that out.

Never had to multiquote before. Let's try it out! Ehhh.... I see college kids having them. O_O I'd say it depends on your situation in general. If you are one of those child geniuses that has like, a huge company already while you're still in your teens and a stable relationship and you are perfectly ready to take that next step of your life, that's one thing. (one really really rare thing.) If you are 20+ but you're still in college, going to crazy college parties, and living with your parents or working a job along WITH college, I don't think you have time to raise a child. Sorry but, reconsider placing yourself in that situation before you have to learn what its like. I don't care that you're above 18, that's a lot to handle. This is true. I've never had a child to be honest with you. I was thinking of my less comparible experience with less difficult to raise baby animals such as orphaned rats. They mature so quickly there's really no toddler stage for me to compare it to. Once you survive the baby stage, you basically win. : P But yes. O_O You make a good point. Hm, I was trying to quote your correction to my post. Which was "won't have children" over "less likely to have" To which I say, I can't argue with that. Unless I bring up Jesus but then I turn this into an arguement about teen moms and religion. Ahhh! Actually I could still point out rape. The person might not choose to have sex but might be in a situation where its not really a choice. And then you still have the teen mom situation.

I've found my favorite food varies based on exposure. For example initially my favorite food was tuna sandwiches. (No really.) Then it switched when I discovered the meatball. Now lately my favorite is pizza. (Due to having not eaten it for a few years caused by allergies.)

I enjoy it so far, pokemon always wanted to be an MMO I think what with the emphasis on trading with friends in order to complete the game. And the encouragement to battle with friends.... The only problem I can find with it, is it doesn't have all the feature of the newest games and honestly what did I expect for free? Its not like we have all of Nintendo with their limitless money and man power here, so for what it is, its darn impressive! O_O

Nevermind I instantly regret defending and complimenting you. *slowly backs out of thread*

So, all the fun of battling without the level grinding and buying tms then?

Woah this topic moves fast. O_O In all seriousness, my geography class literally has a chart on what parts of the country use the word "pop" which use "soda" and which use "coke" to describe soft drinks. My bf is from a part of the country that uses "pop" but I'm from a part that uses "soda." So the word soda started infecting his family as the way to refer to soft drinks. Geography is weird.

There are a lot of teen mom's where I'm from too. Listening to them talk about their relationships and act clueless as to why they are upset all the time makes me feel ill. That said sex-ed is kinda terrible where I grew up too. O_O Despite your claim that my ideas are stone-age, I seriously think we need more science and less ideology* in our sex-ed classes. We should be talking about the hormones that become more active as teenagers and how they affect the brain, not claiming that hand-holding will lead to babies. Other note, teen-pregnancies are on a trend downward. So, there's that.