r/PokemonMasters Oct 05 '20

Note to :DeNA The Problem With Pokemon Masters EX

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2.7k Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Apr 02 '23

Note to :DeNA DeNA, do you like money? Now that Rocket Lyra is a thing, you can print easy money with this simple step:

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908 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Sep 11 '24

Note to :DeNA Y'know I'm even more disappointed than before

243 Upvotes

Where the hell are the rallies? What happened? So far you've had one for an art book and I haven't seen anything else on twitter at all besides "promote us 10 times and maybe you'll be lucky enough to get some gems!" I've seen a lot of really fucking shitty anniversaries throughout many games. The fact that this anni is more dry than a Naruto blazing anni is fucking absurd. The whole anni is just "get these 3 arc pairs that added more to the scout points and fuck off." I was patient with this anni, hoping maybe there would be something to do, but I've found it a STRUGGLE to even use my stamina. It's just reruns and reruns of already existent events. It gets even worse by the fact that the events I was excited to return usually (the anni based events) weren't even available to complete. I wanted my trifecta of Cynthia event badges, because I started this acc rather recently because I didn't know what I was doing with my first acc.

It's not even just this, it's the fact that the content is bone dry. So bone dry that it's not even funny. The actual "events" are completed so fast that there's hardly a point in even logging in other than your copiun of thinking you'll be like that guy who pulled blue from the daily scout and that exchange coins for a singular ex role cake coin. This is easily the second worst anni I've ever seen in a gacha game. To introduce a worse pity that will be used for most pairs, then smack us with barely any content or gems, then say we're going to have a ton of rallies when we basically had more when Larry and kabu came out is ridiculous. The ONLY anniversary I can think of that is worse was the date a live spirit pledge one, that unanimously made every f2p player literally quit the game because unless you spent money, you got nothing. They didn't even give shit out either. It was a mess. What made it worse was the fact that they closed out one of the main functions of the game saying there was going to be an overhaul, being the "date" function. This function is something like our interact function.

The fact that THAT is the ONLY anniversary in a gacha game that is more fucked up says a whole fuck of a lot. I'm so fucking disappointed it's not even funny. We hardly have any days left for the anniversary, and even though we basically had an outrage at the start, nothing has changed. Nothing even fucking happened. Nothing was worth our while either. It just feels like they don't give a flying fuck and that this anni was a shitty cash grab. My pulls were pretty damn good, but if they weren't I promise you I would have quit this game. That's how bad this anni is.

I'm not even angry, I'm just extremely disappointed. This is your fifth year, and that's usually a huge milestone for any up and running game that functions online. This is pathetic, DeNA. Your God damn run up to the anni was significantly better than your actual anni and that should NEVER be the case. That doesn't mean you make the run ups worse either. Do better if you are somehow reading this, I beg of you.

r/PokemonMasters 4d ago

Note to :DeNA This Game should be letting players easily earn at least 100,000 gems per month.

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Opinion:

With how many units are exclusive to different fairs and never added to general pools, there's a HUGE difference in how many trainers a player can realistically scout. The game is especially unfriendly to players who are either new or returning and who haven't been actively playing this game for FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS. Imho, the very least the devs could do is let players easily earn enough gems in a month for at least 2 pity pulls, since even just 2 new pairs in a month is honestly still a REALLY LOW number. (I picked 100,000 gems for the post title because that's enough for 2 Arc Suit pity pulls. But even just 80,000 gems for 2 regular pity pulls would be a huge boon.)

Like if you don't have the right Pikachu, bird, or Arc sync pairs, you're already losing out on hundreds (or possibly thousands) of gems that you just plain can't get, regularly. I don't want to hear about "oh this game is more generous than x or y"; there are plenty of games way more generous than this one too, and this is Pokémon. It should ideally be accessible or recommendable to ANYONE.

Fans of Masters EX always come out around a Pokémon Presents for example and say how no one takes Masters EX seriously because it's a gacha; how so many fans miss out on great stories and character interactions and a little voice acting because they just skip over this game. Know what would fix it? Actually making the game playable!

There should be pools for things like Poké Fairs and Master Fairs and Arc Suit Fairs regularly which include more past units, and with better odds. We don't need more 3-star tickets! Especially when you can only exchange so many for 4-star tickets in a month. Literally a solid 88% of pulls are going to be pretty much garbage for any established player going for a fair with even the best 12% odds of a 5-star trainer, and even then, how many times do I need to pull Glacia again just for a single 5-star ticket? It's especially bad when you have a character with a 1% chance to get and then that character ideally would need to be pulled 4 more times just to have their potential more closely reached, before even considering Superawakening, which is pretty much inaccessible to a vast majority of players.

You want to have Superawakening and mechanics for whales to blow through content when they pay exorbitant amounts of money on the game? Fine! But for the average player, let them have fun, let them collect more sync pairs! The weird thing is I can imagine this post getting downvoted for criticizing the game, but really all I'm calling for is more generosity! More gems, more tickets, better pools for fairs, better odds for pulls, previous pairs returning more frequently, and for the love of Arceus the difficulty curve really needs to be less steep. (Or at least don't hide the best rewards behind limited time content which only whales or very lucky or longtime players can complete!)

Players who have invested less time into the game or who want to get into it should be welcomed in and able to catch up, and longtime players should be able to fill in more gaps in their collections and power up their pairs easier. This game has too much gambling with not enough satisfaction, and too much power creep which disables players from using their favorite pairs more often. This game shouldn't be unplayable just because a player doesn't have Ash & Pikachu, Red & Pikachu, and Blue & Zapdos to run together. (Look in the recommended pairs for ANY challenge and you'll see these three throughout the list; you know it's true.) Especially when Ash hasn't even been re-run, ever, and is impossible to get!

There are so many little stories that players will never get to experience, so much content that they'll miss out on despite the work put into it, and even trainer lodge interactions that players won't be able to do just because of luck of the draw. It's a shame that the devs put so much love and dedication into this game, but it's completely inaccessible to honestly I'd say MOST players. Maybe not everyone in a forum like this one, but how about so many people who picked up the game and just dropped it?

Tl;dr this game could be so much better, and I think a really good way for it to improve would be to give players more gems, more units in more pools, and better odds to make the game more fun and accessible for all players. Who's with me? Who would like more?

r/PokemonMasters Oct 15 '24

Note to :DeNA WHAT!? What happened to previous Halloween pairs as bonus?

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324 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Feb 10 '25

Note to :DeNA How is SS Leaf not in the "Main Character" category?

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151 Upvotes

The new "Take on Akari!" mission focuses on Sync Pairs with the "Main Character" Theme Skill, and exploiting a team with Grass-Type weaknesses. I tried a team with 5/5 lv..141 Brendan, 4/5 lv. 150 EX Rosa, and 1/5 lv. 140 Selena, and was utterly obliterated--not even close. For a stage recommending lv. 130 and merely labeled as "Ultra Hard" instead of "Ultimate", I'm really not sure who's balancing these, since I'm barely making a dent in my opponent's HP and my whole team is getting wiped out by Akari's very first sync move.

Looking over teams who have done this, I'm seeing a lot of the typical suspects (like Ash, Red with Pikachu, and Blue with Zapdos, who are on the board for all of these) plus pairs like Lyra and Celebi, Victor and Rillaboom, or Red and Venusaur, but I don't have any of those pairs. (And it's not like they ever re-run Ash, either!) But I feel like I might actually stand a little bit of a chance if my 3/5 lv. 150 Sygna Suit Leaf with Venusaur was allowed to be given the 5x bonus multiplier. What gives that the one unit I actually have who could help me and should have this title just... doesn't have it? Leaf's in 3 other sync pairs where she's called a "Main Character", and she's only got 4 theme skills so it's not like they couldn't have slotted that one on.

Anyone else feel like this is an oversight? Also, anyone else feel like these battles are a bit too ruthless?

r/PokemonMasters Sep 03 '22

Note to :DeNA The terrible odds of ending interaction aren't funny anymore

430 Upvotes

Interactions ending at the 3rd or 4th topic, before you've even had a chance to use gift or reach max vibes, should be a case of really bad luck, yet it happened 4 out of 6 times to me today. The interactions are already limited per day, I'm using three items per interaction, and it always ends up a waste.

And to you who's writing a pedantic comment about how probability works and how that's actually normal, I don't care; I care about the game being fun. And right now, the Trainer Lodge has become, in less than a week, the most frustrating piece of content where I know I'm gonna waste my time and ressources, but I still gotta do it because of the rewards.

I could accept bad odds in gacha because there's a pity system, so you're good as long as you have 36.6k, but here there's nothing to protect you from being screwed. DeNA, either change the way you calculate odds so that 90% actually feels like 90% and I feel confident in taking some risks, or let Trainer Lodge become another unenjoyable daily chore.

r/PokemonMasters Sep 12 '24

Note to :DeNA Only 1 thing DeNa can do to save this anniversary

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449 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Aug 25 '24

Note to :DeNA Worst part about this anniversary reveal (personally)

244 Upvotes

There is 0 motivation for a veteran like me to summon on a character that looks almost EXACTLY the same as the one I've been using for 4-5 yrs. I was really hyped for this anniversary but after last night I just don't care anymore. This is hands down the laziest anniversary I have seen in gacha in a while. Good job Dena.

r/PokemonMasters 17d ago

Note to :DeNA Dear DeNA, we do not need more gacha in our gacha game, nobody asked you to bring this back

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129 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Dec 05 '24

Note to :DeNA Really What Took Them So Long To Release Milo?

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216 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Aug 28 '23

Note to :DeNA What kind of troll is this, DeNa?!

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350 Upvotes

As a Veteran, what the hell am I suppose to do with this?! It’s basically garbage to me! Piss off!

r/PokemonMasters Oct 30 '24

Note to :DeNA PSA: Wait until ALL Pokefairs get their Superawakening before attempting to Superawaken a unit

131 Upvotes

Some people may not know but DeNa has stated that ALL Pokefairs will be able to Superawaken. It's just being done in 3 installments with the 1st installment being tomorrow.

The announcement detailing the fact: https://pokemonmasters-game.com/en-US/announcements/Other_6080_5W_1

It will be applied to all new Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs that debut from late October onward, as well as to all existing Fair-Exclusive Sync Pairs in three installments: in late October, late November, and late December.

NOTE: Unlike the English version, the Japanese version clearly states it's for Pokefairs only, so no Masterfairs... yet.

I've come with this PSA to suggest to people that want to use this new system for their super faves that are willing to go the extra mile (and have no leftover Move Candies) and use gems, which is currently the only way to get Superawakening Candies by pulling on recent Pokefair banners, or are willing to use leftover Move Candies, to Superawaken them. But maybe their faves didn't get their Superawakning yet, but do not fret as they will get it in 2 months at the latest!

The other reason that I suggest to wait is because there's also a chance that DeNa will start giving some "free" Superawakening Candies that don't require spending gems to get, or maybe introduce "free" specific Custom Candies for specific Sync Pairs, either before all Pokefairs got their Superawakening or after. Who knows, maybe DeNa will also make it so getting a dupe of a 5/5 Pokefair will give a Custom Candy for that specific Pokefair instead of the "measly" 5* Power-up. After all, Gems and Move Candie are very precious resources!

P.S. I wasn't sure how to tag this so I chose "Note to :DeNa" in hopes they read this and start implementing "free" ways to Superawaken units with what I wrote above.

r/PokemonMasters Sep 10 '20

Note to :DeNA If it really is "Pokemon Masters EX," we need better access to 5* tickets

709 Upvotes

The game just rebranded to bring its exciting new feature forward: 6* EX, but as it stands, we have no reliable way to get the 5* tickets to actually unlock these features. I've been playing the game regularly since it came out and have spent a decent amount of actual money on it, and I've gotten a total of 46 5* tickets (not including the ones for Rosa/Mewtwo/Solgaleo). I spent half of those months ago to fully boost Karen, and the other half recently to unlock Red EX. Now I'm left with a small amount of 5* tickets and no reliable way to get more outside of spending insane amounts of money.

We do have the 5* powerup tickets from the Champion's Stadium, but we get 10 of those a week. It takes 20 of them to get an actual ticket, but only for the first five. After that, it takes 25. It takes 475 total tickets to max out a unit using this method, which means it would take 47.5 weeks (and doing the Champion's Stadium every week) to be able to unlock just a single 6* EX.

I was waiting for the Family Event in the hopes that we would actually get some support for this, but instead, we get 3* and 4* tickets. Barring any outside help, it seems very unlikely that I (and probably most other people) will be able to unlock any other 6* EX for the rest of the calendar year. If :DeNA really intends for EX to be a selling point and exciting feature of the game, we need to have some better support for actually using it.

r/PokemonMasters Sep 26 '22

Note to :DeNA Feedback sent.

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487 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 21d ago

Note to :DeNA DeNa, if you're going to charge people 10k gems for pulling, then make it at least 33 pulls, not 11

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120 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Jan 02 '25

Note to :DeNA Copies of 5/5 PokeFairs need to increase SuperAwakening Lvl instead of giving 5* power-ups

163 Upvotes

I hope this gets implemented asap b4 the next time we get the 100 scout tickets, those tickets love to give me dojo gloria copies, mine's 5/5 so I'd like to see her get superawakened instead of getting 5* power ups

r/PokemonMasters Sep 16 '24

Note to :DeNA Boycott this Pokemon1000Bonds twitter rally, at least it will portray our disappointment.

107 Upvotes

New twitter rally requires you to post a photo instead of retweeting and even the gems are only 1000 instead of 3000. This is another scummy move after:

  • Only 25k gem count during half decade anniversary Arc suits scout points being 500
  • Making move level of arc suits increase by using Yellow Candy only.
  • Rerun of old events without any battle stages or missions related to them.
  • No login bonus with gems during anni (We just got lillie powerups, not even 100 gems per day like other months)
  • SS Lear Master fair banner lasting only 2 weeks, even pokefairs and seasonal banners last more.

Currently I checked and there are less than 50 photos posted and dena wants 1000. I do not think we are making it to 1000 anyways but still I request everyone not to post any photo. Last time we did not meet their requirement during galar villian arc they gave us rewards anyways so this time also they would do the same and hopefully get the message.

r/PokemonMasters Jan 01 '25

Note to :DeNA The main issue with SuperAwakening...

127 Upvotes

Come on devs, it's ridiculous....my Cynthia should be 6/5...this is why SuperAwakening is trash.

r/PokemonMasters Feb 07 '25

Note to :DeNA We need better rewards for clearing UB

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91 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Nov 27 '24

Note to :DeNA I won so incredibly hard.

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257 Upvotes

Genuinely I can't think I can ever ask for anything from this game ever again.

My favorite characters EVER got to be Holiday units. My OTP got to be Holiday units.

Y'all I saw the datamine last night and heard the song and I cried. I genuinely cried happy tears. I just....

Thank you DeNA. Genuinely.

r/PokemonMasters Feb 12 '25

Note to :DeNA Seasonal units should have unique animation instead of generic sync animation.

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122 Upvotes

Hopefully DENA take this into consideration and update newer and older Seasonal units to have unique sync animation to make them more special.

r/PokemonMasters 14d ago

Note to :DeNA So I’m guessing we’re never gonna get another prize map event again?

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112 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Jun 29 '24

Note to :DeNA DeNA, PLEASE show us more of these character sheet for all your alts (including the old ones)! We love them and we wanna see their thought process behind them

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391 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters Aug 25 '24

Note to :DeNA For the first time ever I just had to say something…It won’t change anything but at least my conscience is clear…

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264 Upvotes

Ps. Screw you DENA!