well i just said this in a comment but (Patreon)

my next job is the encounters. for those, i have two objectives-
add in the gen 7 pokemon
increase the lower-end levels of wild pokemon so that they're more practical to grind on or pick up and throw into your party

i get the feeling that a lot of people really like route 3 and route 4... partly because they're pretty and breaths of fresh air compared to the nightmares of routes 1 and 2, but also because they have such high levelled pokemon, even though they're not evolved, that they're totally easy to just catch and charge at charlotte with. 

when i was doing the encounters for most of the game, i wasn't super keen on that. i was thinking, it would feel weak to just pick up a new pokemon and not put any effort into it but be able to have it replace a party member. so i gutted the levels on new species for most of the game. 

i've since decided i was very Wrong. most people won't change their teams because of the effort required to grind... but it's more interesting when they can. it encourages people to use new stuff, new strategies, and play the game in a different way. 

so we're gonna do more of that.

today i'll also be figuring out which gen 7 pokemon will be in events, and which will be in encounters; then we'll map any place needed for those events tonight at the stream. hope to see you all there!