Ishiftyounot
The Meme Supreme
Honestly you may have made a good choice - mobile is only going to make things worse, not better. If the current info is correct about number of pre-downloads on mobile (which is netting us a free Pikachu license + holowear) the game is about to get smacked with hundreds of thousands if not millions of new players who will all be joining in the ranked fun since the game did a terrible job of actually setting you up for success with accessing ranked. Pretty sure you just need 5 Pokemon licenses? Free Pikachu + Slowbro + Venusaur + your initial free starter choice + day 2 Alolan Ninetales gets the new mobile players over the line, and thus matchmaking is about to hit rock bottom (more than it already has). Don't think it's possible to comprehend how bad the matchmaking is - people going AFK for no reason, players taking the jungle even after you called it at the start, nobody rotating to Drednaw, Masters players doing things I'd expect a Great/Expert rank player to do. It's awful.I gave up on this game because I couldn't take the BS anymore. Even if things change DRASTICALLY for the mobile release I'm not sure I'll go back to it because I've felt A LOT better since stopping.
Sorry everyone. I guess.
On the plus side, we might get a proper balance patch then! I'm hoping for a Wigglytuff, Blastoise and Lucario nerf, and some buffs for Slowbro. Wigglytuff in particular is a nightmare to beat even if you're a ranged character - it's too tanky and strong at the same time, with good CC? Not cool. Also we may get news on when Mamoswine/Sylveon are coming out, I definitely like the idea of getting Mamoswine but will depend on the skillset really.