EV Training

[Thirdbird]

When I see people with the 252 "x" stat, 252 "y" stat, etc. I honestly think they're bullshitting. IT TAKES SO FRIGGIN LONG TO EV TRAIN. How can anyone have the patience to do press buttons for that long?

[LeoG]

I'd personally like to know just how much work is involved in that kind of stuff and just what kind of payoff comes of it.

Never bothered with that stuff since I first heard about it way back in Gen-II. It seems doubly irrelevant since there is no competitive play for this game so is largely wasted.

[NeoDarklight]

The gym leaders are your competition. This game is pretty freaking hard if you don't know what you're doing. That's why EV training is so important. Or at least, I assume it will be important at the later stages.

[Magus]

You don't really need to EV train, just have some good battle strategies.

[Stiffins]

With a pickup team and cheat engine, it doesn't take too long at 5x speed. I buy 10 vitamins of the stat i wana raise first with all my pick up pokedollars then just grind unkowns for 152 SpA or Atk then buy 16 berries to lower the other stat that gets raised by 152 then buy another 10 vitamins and grind Azurine island for HP, Mt Pyrous for Def and the spot just before the underground railnet for Speed from lvl 3 zubats/swoobats. Cbf doing SpDef though takes too long.

Edited September 1, 2013 by Stiffins

[Thirdbird]

Even with cheat engine, I literally can't go longer than 5 minutes killing wild Zubat before I lose my mind and quit.

[ITnKU]

You can do EV training mindlessly... I just watch a video or something while I'm doing it.

[Bearadactyl]

The gym leaders are your competition. This game is pretty freaking hard if you don't know what you're doing. That's why EV training is so important. Or at least, I assume it will be important at the later stages.

I honestly hope that is not the case. EV training, to me saps the fun away from the game. I enjoy Reborn because of its interesting story; if EV training and the like were to become a requirement to progress I could honestly see myself not playing the game any longer.

[ieatjordans]

I think pokemon with the right natures could suffice, EV training is for competetive play and yes i do also think it would sap away the fun for this game.

[Khayoz]

call me crazy, but not EV training a Pokemon drives me nuts. My teams must always have maxed EVs...

[Magus]

You've lost your sanity Khaoz, probably when you were training your Phampey army

[Stiffins]

Khayoz, you are crazy. >;o

[Khayoz]

Probably. I'll change my location to "mental asylum"

[NeoDarklight]

I honestly hope that is not the case. EV training, to me saps the fun away from the game. I enjoy Reborn because of its interesting story; if EV training and the like were to become a requirement to progress I could honestly see myself not playing the game any longer.

By "later" I meant post-endgame, where the opponents are freaking hardcore. You'd have to use pseudo-legendaries as a minimum requirement, and they'd all have to be very high level. EV training would be so you could take on the strongest enemies for 100% completion, and would likely have no real impact on the story itself.

[DJ Mewdeon ft Dan Punk]

Honestly, I'm with Khayoz on this one. ..Not as intensely of course.

I end up grinding my Pokemon a little in between gyms anyway, so I might as well put in a little more effort to finding out which Pokemon would give me better stats to be more prepared to handle later gyms matches that are even harder. No one's saying you need to mindlessly grind until you have all your 510 EVs accounted for immediately [except Khayoz I guess] and gradually making your Pokemon more powerful and better suited to whatever roles you're having them do in your respective teams will definitely improve your experience playing the game.