Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's open gym challenge won't include level-scaling, and that sucks
Playe꧂rs are disappointed by the traditional approach to a new idꦓea

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans are expressing their disappointment at the revela﷽tion that the game's new app𝓡roach to the series' gym challenge doesn't seem to scale with players' progress.
The recent Pokemon Presents showcase reaffirmed the fact that there's no set path by which 👍you need to complete the game's three stor꧙ylines. One of those arcs is the iconic gym challenge, within which you'll need to defeat all eight gym leaders to earn their badges. With 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Game Freak revealing that you'll be able to tackle the gyms in whichever order you like as you journey around the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Paldea region, some players assumed that those gym leaders m𝕴ight scale alongside you, fielding more powerful teams if you encounter them later in the game than they might in the opening few hours.
- which turns Pokemon Red and Blue into their own anime - protagonist Red arrives at the Pewter City gym to face leader Brock. When Brock learns that Red doesn't have any badges yet, he agrees to battle him with two specific Pokemon, rather than his entire team. It's just a brief, throwaway moment, but one that explains a lot about how Pokemon gyms might work outside the context of the games.It's also a system that would likely﷽ have worked in the new games. Show up with a team of three first-stage 'mons, and a gym leader would face you down with a smaller, weaker team. Rock up with six fully-evolved beasts, 🌌and leaders would respond in kind.
Unfortunately, however, that doesn't appear to be the case. As pointed out on , the games' official website says that "there is no se𝐆t path to the Gyms. You can purposefully seek out a stronger Gym Leader, or you can simply stop by a Gym that happens to be located in a town you came across on you🍬r journey." From that, it's pretty clear that even if the last gym you arrive at is the intended 'first' gym, it won't be putting up much of a challenge.
The responses on Reddit haven't been particularly positive. User suggests that "no level s🌸caling would make the gᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚym order completely worthless." Elsewhere, user points out that proper scaling might make things easier, "because a casual player is far more likely to get lost and accidentally end up at a harder gym without realising." Elsewhere, one user simply described the decision as a "bummer."
It'll be interesting to see how the other two narrative arcs in the game might adopt a more open a🌠pproach rather than Pokemon's traditional, linear story, but this does feel like a peculiar stumbling block, particularly in a series that's been criticised for its refusal to include inc𓄧reased difficulty options for veteran players.
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