I’m playing Pokemon Masters, a mobile gacha game set on the island of Pasio. Collect many Pokemon waifus and husbandos and participate in unique battles involving sync pairs.
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I will make a video on the new Pasio Gym Battle (PGB) feature once it concludes on the 27th, but I have to talk about it here. Simply put, I think it is one of the best features that have added to the game. With Pasio Tower, we got true endgame single-player content. With PGB, I feel like they have added true endgame multiplayer content, which adds a lot more dimension to the game.
In terms of gameplay, it is basically glorified Damage Challenge (DC) but better in my opinion. I never really liked DC because there is no clear end goal to that content. Of course you want to squeeze out as much damage as possible, but because there wasn’t a defined goal, I didn’t have a lot of drive to play that content. For PGB, while there is still a time limit, you can actually win the battle. I like this a lot because there is a clear goal, and I know I did enough when I complete the fight. The battles are pretty difficult and fun too, and requires a lot of planning. You have to use DC strategies, like having a lot of sync move acceleration, but you have to do enough damage in the give time. You also can give a battle multiple attempts, so you can have a set-up run where you debuff the enemy. Then you can follow up with an actual attempt, taking advantage of the previous debuffs and also the support buff you get after someone has started the battle.
In terms of the multiplayer aspect, I think PGB does an excellent job in a lot of ways and really encourages activity. I can see if you have 20 people who are all following the same gameplan, you can coast through this content. The weaker players need to start the battles, setting up debuffs and allowing for the follow-up fight to be easier. Then the stronger players come in and finish the fight. While it would be nice to have all 20 players be veteran players, people who have newer accounts can still provide a ton of impact as long as they are active and use their battles correctly. Even if a Gym doesn’t have communication, I think it is still pretty clear what players should be doing, which is just battle.
In terms of rewards, I think this is the most important aspect of this content. They have to give gem rewards for battles, which encourages players to do fights even if they don’t want to. We also get group gem rewards, which encourages players to want to progress deep into the content (my gym was able to unlock this by the third day). For newer players, opportunities to get PokeFairs can help with progression. For veteran players, opportunities to get candies can help with the endgame. In terms of rank rewards, I think the public opinion is more split, but for me, I try to be very realistic. While it would be nice to get top 500 gym rewards, it is not something worth crying over, especially if you are not a whale or veteran player. I know with my account, I can get top 500 gym rewards if I join a competitive gym, but I’m just too casual. I run a Gym, so I would rather support the players in my Gym than abandon them. I’ve always tried to encourage active players in my gym, and I want a place for less developed accounts to thrive instead of kicking them out for better players. At first, my expectations for rewards were very low, because high expectations is the gateway to disappointment. But as PGB has gone on, I’ve been impressed by what my Gym can do and am hoping for better rewards. I don’t feel like I’m losing the Gems and Superawaken Candies by being in a below 500 ranked Gym. I feel like I’m gaining a ton of things because I didn’t even expect to get all the non-ranked rewards in the first place.
I encourage anyone to do your fights and take this content seriously, for the sake of the other people in your Gym. If this content has a lot of activity and is well-received, we can hopefully get in every month or even more frequently, which would be a ton of fun and we will get a lot more rewards.
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