Your Feelin's on Weather SOS?

[Lamont]

Just gunna chime in here, we are definitely not making weather SOS more complex than it is currently. Having to 'redo' weather encounters every X-often is too much, as is having to have 5x the number of encounters for every weather in every route. We already barely get Swarms & NPC Trades done in time for a 3 mo. rotation and are a few years behind integrating Gen 8 pokemon :p

[Tiki]

which is why im suggesting weather exclusive SOS place and we just rotate the available pokemon every year (odd or even) with pre-selected pokemon lol.

this way the weather can still get updated monthly like normal, and if anyone wants to hunt for weather SOS mons they can go to just the place. Alternatively, we can use pick a few existing place like it had been mentioned, and based on weather, those places would have weather SOS available. IDK lol.

(also idk if im misreading people or not writing clearly lol)

[Jenesis]

I admittedly don't SOS (though I probably will at some point to complete the dex), but the logistical hassle of having to wait for the correct season, set up the conditions to toss the Adrenaline Orb, and then hope that mods will reply fast enough to let you get lucky with RNG before the weather changes in a month sounds absolutely miserable.

My preference is for "make them regular encounters somewhere", but I could also get on board with one of the following options:
-Make certain (sub-)areas have fixed weather, so you can always SOS them there. This would also be inline with what the games do.
-Make them SOS'able with player-generated weather. This would make TMs like Sunny Day and Rain Dance more useful, too.

[Tarlar]

Apr 16, 2024 3:13:40 GMT 11 Tiki said:

which is why im suggesting weather exclusive SOS place and we just rotate the available pokemon every year (odd or even) with pre-selected pokemon lol.

this way the weather can still get updated monthly like normal, and if anyone wants to hunt for weather SOS mons they can go to just the place. Alternatively, we can use pick a few existing place like it had been mentioned, and based on weather, those places would have weather SOS available. IDK lol.

(also idk if im misreading people or not writing clearly lol)

But isn't that making it harder? If, let's say I really want a tympole in rain weather, but it's only there every three year, and only if there is rain in that said spot?

[vartio]

Apr 16, 2024 4:27:01 GMT 11 Jenesis said:

I admittedly don't SOS (though I probably will at some point to complete the dex), but the logistical hassle of having to wait for the correct season, set up the conditions to toss the Adrenaline Orb, and then hope that mods will reply fast enough to let you get lucky with RNG before the weather changes in a month sounds absolutely miserable.

My preference is for "make them regular encounters somewhere", but I could also get on board with one of the following options:
-Make certain (sub-)areas have fixed weather, so you can always SOS them there. This would also be inline with what the games do.
-Make them SOS'able with player-generated weather. This would make TMs like Sunny Day and Rain Dance more useful, too.

This sounds good. More friction is rarely a good thing, and adding more means to reduce friction would be good.

[Tiki]

ok what about instead of rotating pokemon.... we just split by cities unlocked to encourage progression? (so basically the thread has to be in the correct town)

example:
first 5 towns (so NBT to Goldenrod): current set
next 5 towns (ecruteak and beyond): new weather set: example: silicobra in sandstorm, orthworm in Rain (earthworm comes out in rain), Eiscue in hail, Gossifleur in sun.
I don't have candidate for mist buy Elgyem and Drampa.

im just throwing in unavailable Pokemon while I'm here

JUST MY TWO CENTS