Raichuforyou Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Pretty much any time I'm playing through the game I am just incredibly discouraged from ever using a healing item, especially the high tier ones akin to revives, full restores, full heals, etc. I totally get that I'm not really supposed to have 99 of most healing items like main Pokemon, but these prices seem stupid... As of September 2018:Market Items: Full Restore: 9000 Full Heal: 9500 (I assume more Full Restores are farmed to put in the market) Max Revive: 25000 PP Max: 35000Storebought Items: Hyper Potion: 1400 Revive: 3250 I can't help but wonder why prices on healing items are so high, because I don't think there's an inherent balancing issues if they were made more affordable. If I'm doing a gym battle rematch, wanting to revive a fainted Pokemon already takes away half of the net profits for that game. Wanting to heal something with a status condition puts you in the negative for that battle. Don't get me started on using healing items in the main storyline as well: I've found myself pretty much deciding to just take the L in plenty of battles because healing simply just isn't worth it. I have no idea if the prices/obtainability (I say this due to the market value placed by playing FarmMMO to create healing items) are balanced around Elite 4 rematches, which I have no hopes of doing anytime soon due to lack of money to create a decent comp. But with money being harder to obtain, it just seems stupid to ever even consider using a healing item, and that seems wrong to ignore what is a core Pokemon item. Edited September 25, 2018 by Raichu4u added to end Link to comment
SodaNaranja Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 They made hospitals free so private medicine should be expensive to compensate, all hail capitalism. razimove, DeadGorilla, Ryu and 4 others 7 Link to comment
Marinebeast Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just farm Lum Berries or other berries if you want to address status conditions. PP Max is an item with direct attachments to competitive play, so there's going to be high demand for it. As for HP-healing/revival items.. it's the portability & utility that you're paying for. You could just fly back to a Pokemon Center if you're that desperate for healing. If you're doing Gym Leader rematches, then it's on you for not fully preparing for the fight? Just look at the full range of possibilities that the leader might have, and build your team to be able to deal with everything while being able to avoid healing or reviving. Link to comment
Raichuforyou Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 44 minutes ago, Marinebeast said: Just farm Lum Berries or other berries if you want to address status conditions. PP Max is an item with direct attachments to competitive play, so there's going to be high demand for it. As for HP-healing/revival items.. it's the portability & utility that you're paying for. You could just fly back to a Pokemon Center if you're that desperate for healing. If you're doing Gym Leader rematches, then it's on you for not fully preparing for the fight? Just look at the full range of possibilities that the leader might have, and build your team to be able to deal with everything while being able to avoid healing or reviving. It's the mid-battle healing that I'm talking about, that every NPC gets to take advantage of, but that costs the player a ton. If using an item against a gym leader rematch (That the Gym leader themselves have access to 2 of, Full Restores) cuts whatever profit you would of made against them, the system is wrong. Link to comment
HandsomeLooker1492 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Farming berries are cheaper Link to comment
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