Egg Moves

[DayKev]

Current system: 3 "common" 1 "rare", unlocked via gacha.

I propose:

• Rename to something else (so as not to conflict with mainline "egg moves")
• No hard limits on numbers, use whatever fits the pokemon (more for split evo lines, less for already powerful pokemon, etc)
  • Should there still be "common"/"rare"/etc?
• Different unlock method(s)

[Tempo-anon]

Rename to something else

100% agree. May I suggest something like "eternal move" as it fits with the new name and they're eternal in the sense that once you unlock them you have them forever?

No hard limit on numbers

Disagree with this one. I think the fact that there is a hard number is what partially deters some favoritism of people wanting to give their favorite Pokemon all the good moves. Every Pokemon line gets one passive and 4 OP moves as fairness.

Different unlock methods

• Should be able to buy them with candy (or whatever metaprogression currency)
• Wild Pokemon should have a chance to spawn with these moves and capturing them permanently unlocks them

One Samrelic is that "only starters get passives/special moves" to encourage players to use starters but I feel like that goes against the point of a roguelike if your starting options are head and shoulders above what you can find in a run. I think it would make more sense if unlocking something like a new move for Pidgey, you would be able to get that onto all future caught Pidgeys in the future. Maybe something like at certain floors a player can pay money to learn an unlocked move for a Pokemon?

[DayKev]

Disagree with this one. I think the fact that there is a hard number is what partially deters some favoritism of people wanting to give their favorite Pokemon all the good moves. Every Pokemon line gets one passive and 4 OP moves as fairness.

The problem is with split evos, that means they get fucked over. We could instead assign egg moves per final evolution instead of starter evolution, that would solve the problem and we can have every mon get the same number of moves that way.

[Tempo-anon]

I'm a bit more okay with that though I think there's only a few split evos that really get shafted under the current system. Eeveelutions and the Ralts line in particular.

[frutescens]

I think Inner or someone else suggested the term 'Mastery Move'

• I think some of the egg moves can be distributed in terms of TMs, "Move Tutor" shops like a special move tutor for LGPE moves, Mystery Encounters, etc.

[Snailman11]

I prefer Mastery moves

[Snailman11]

Shop implies currency, would the player just be getting more money to pay for both healing and moves? Would it be the same currency?

[flx-sta]

As for unlocking mechanics I'd like to se more actual meta progression.
I'm absolutely not a fan of the Candy mechanic as it doesn't integrate well with run-progression. I think you shouldn't have to focus on "candys" or "run" but instead the meta-progression should come naturally and having to be farmed.