Stop Rain from Punishing Players

[FuzzyRegirock]

I made an earlier suggestion to have sweet scent work in rain, but since then I've realized that rain serves really no purpose in this game other than an annoyance and a random water type power booster. Rain is the most annoying element in this game in my opinion. Not only does it slow down battles/wild encounters because of the beginning "It is raining" text and animation, but it also prohibits players from doing basic tasks; such as EV training or shiny hunting. Rain is an unnecessary punishing factor in this game. Every time I want to EV train in hordes, I can only do it until it starts raining. Then I have to wait until the game decides to stop the rain. This waiting is just unnecessary and pointless. My suggestion is to have sweet scent work in rain, and for the "it is raining" text and animation to be able to be toggled on/off.

[fredrichnietze]

it does serves the purpose of immersion. 

[Kite]

It seems like every 2 minutes it feels like it is raining. I'd rather keep the rain in then reduce the frequency of it.

[awkways]

Not to mention the original fire red / leaf green games don't have random rainstorms, as opposed to Hoenn where the weather reflects the actual GBA games. So it begs the question, why was this implemented in the first place? Shouldn't Kanto always be bright and sunny?