r/TheSilphRoad:

u/jaxom07

Well written post OP. I made it all the way to the end and I agree with your assessment. Unfortunately with the sale I don’t see it getting any better.
u/jaxom07

Might as well just track what Niantic did get right over the last 9 years, it’s probably a shorter list.
u/jaxom07

So far all of the Adventure effect Pokemon have been direct upgrades to what we had before. Could Crowned Zacian be better than Dusk Mane Necrozma?
u/jaxom07

Agreed
u/jaxom07

Ha. Only if people actually do max battles at the spot. I cant tell you how many times Ive gotten zero candy and I dont live in a rural area.
u/jaxom07

Because they literally dont care. I have no other explanation for it. The shear number of screw ups cant be explained away as oopsies.
u/jaxom07

XL candies are not. Plus I don’t like wasting stardust.
u/jaxom07

I flat out refuse to build a Dmax Machamp, I’m not into wasting resources even though Niantic is basically begging me to do so with all this Dmax Machop nonsense they’ve been pushing. We’re going to have this Gmax battle day then like a week later they’ll give us Gmax Machamp and all that dust and candy will have been totally wasted just for one day of fighting Snorlax. Seriously, they really suck. I’ll show up with a built Kingler and other Gmax so either we’ll win or we won’t. Snorlax will be back.
u/jaxom07

I would guess no since every dmax seems to be the same upgrade. So anything stronger than Excadril is normally would be better as a dmax.
u/jaxom07

That’s interesting. I think I know the source you speak of so I believe you, it’s just happened so many times that I began to think it was a real thing.