SwSh Gamefreak, for the DLC legendary raids, please...

[Kadaj]

after a bit of work and some personal research i was able to manage most 5* raids solo. for gigas that are too strong i just go online but for people with poor internet or no internet at all, they end up at an ugly snag and disadvantage. im assuming most here know about the legendaries from older gens coming in announced dlc which is awesome but one question remains here for me (and a bit of a genuine concern as well): what will they do to adjust the raids against these? if the ai is too weak to survive gigas well, lets just say none of us probably need to get started on what would happen in legendary raids solo (especially for people without internet). We all know for sure what would happen with the current status and setup for the AI: They will be one shotted by every attack. Youd be purely lucky making it past the second turn without them hitting the death cap which seems like inevitable failure at this point.

And this is where i start to have some genuine concerns about the legendaries for the upcoming dlc. even a normal players high level pokemon can struggle against legendaries, so theyre obviously absolute toast knowing this. im hoping they make proper adjustments here so its not 100% impossible for solo players. some ideas are to adjust the AI's pokemon and computation cooresponding to the difficulty of the raid. i think this would be the more ideal and balanced move for game freak to make so its hard without being downright impossible (looking at what solo players currently have with the AI which is horrible for something like this and just plain suicide). i dont really think it was good of GF to punish solo players with the raids in the first place tbh, and theres rage all over the place online about it. all you have to do is write pokemon sword/ shield 5* max raid help to find numerous complaints that all boil down to the same problem. and if game freak doesnt adjust this (even specifically) for legendary encounters its going to blow into a total outburst assuming it already hasnt and that wont be good at all. people with no internet or who want solos will be completely screwed if some imrpovements arent made for this future dlc

 

[Yumi Chi]

This be why I’m avoiding that game like it’s a bunch of yucky mushrooms.
I don’t see good things, I don’t hear good things, it costs way too much to try to enjoy Gamefreak needs to take notes with Nintendo Animal Crossing sequel is amazing. Can’t say the same for Pokémon.
ill happily stay with let’s go Pikachu.

 

[Artisan]

Hehe, what you think of the Mewtwo Dynamax raids. I mean First Impression and Sucker Punch work wonders but if it's a bulky Mewtwo I think things could be harder.

 

[Kadaj]

Hehe, what you think of the Mewtwo Dynamax raids. I mean First Impression and Sucker Punch work wonders but if it's a bulky Mewtwo I think things could be harder.

oh god no, havent even tried because i know full well the AI will die to every attack and dont know how reliable randoms are. once i heard about it i just stayed on MHGU and MH stories on purpose to sit out. might play some resident evil too but probably not playing sword/ shield until the mewtwo event times out... especially since i saw we only get a 4 death cap for this insanity. not happening game freak, sorry

 

[ChewyPucc]

It's pretty much impossible to do the Mewtwo raids solo, it's already tough doing it with 4 people. I've done it with 3 players so u don't need a full squad but it's fun to finally have a challenge and planning what to bring even if the rng is rough sometimes.

But yeah I don't get why Game Freak gave the npcs really weak set ups and bad AI, they prolly thought it would encourage players to play online more but with the online UI being terrible again it's hard to tell. Not sure how the DLC legendary dens are gonna work with the AI since they made it seem like we're gonna do more than just battling them. Hopefully they will give people who play solo a better experience but at the same time make it fun for people who like playing together.

 

[Kadaj]

It's pretty much impossible to do the Mewtwo raids solo, it's already tough doing it with 4 people. I've done it with 3 players so u don't need a full squad but it's fun to finally have a challenge and planning what to bring even if the rng is rough sometimes.

But yeah I don't get why Game Freak gave the npcs really weak set ups and bad AI, they prolly thought it would encourage players to play online more but with the online UI being terrible again it's hard to tell. Not sure how the DLC legendary dens are gonna work with the AI since they made it seem like we're gonna do more than just battling them. Hopefully they will give people who play solo a better experience but at the same time make it fun for people who like playing together.

its fine when its hard, but when you have 3 NPCs who literally do nothing to help other than breaking the bars (and inconsistently) its more of a headache than an enjoyable challenge imo. this is going to really suck for people who just finished the story and did limited grinding before beating the game since they kill almost every 5* without a lv 100 pokemon (even with these they still do tbh). and for people attempting the DLC legendary dens? probably not any better, most likely these are going to be worse. and if we get stuck with super legends like white/ black kyurem or ultimate necrozma then well... get ready for a total nightmare, those are gonna be pure luck if they decide to pull that on us ... hopefully they do improve the conditions for gigas and more importantly legends, those are going to be the worst ones possible and people with poor internet are screwed big time here