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Resource Implementation Thread
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Because of recent and ongoing queue clogging, the Battle Tree reffing limit is going from one to two simultaneous reffings. I'm counting on yall to share reffing opportunities responsibly within this constraint.
On a related note, if anybody qualified wants to get registered as an approved Tree ref, please PM me.
On a related note, if anybody qualified wants to get registered as an approved Tree ref, please PM me.
Alright, two big things-
#1
Self-reffing is completely available to all players, with the stipulation of accuracy of course (Approvers can still deny rewards based on poor reffings), for any matches that are 3v3 and below. The purpose of Reffing 101 going forward is to provide certification for being eligible to ref serious matches and facilities. Additionally, if you have not yet passed R101, but have plenty of experience under your belt, reach out to me via PMs on here so that I can evaluate your experience for a potentially expedited certification.
The mentorship thread will be updated with this information as well.
#2
Thank you for providing us with tons of feedback and data to test the new economy and progression system with over the last 8 months or so. We're happy to announce that we can now allow for the direct purchase of an upgrade for Pokemon to go from Stage 3 to Stage 4, at the cost of 20 JC. There still will be no purchaseable method of getting to Stage 5, but we think having a guaranteed route to Stage 4 should assuage a lot of concerns for both getting Pokemon ready for battles as well as hopefully getting some of those weaker Stage 3 Pokemon to their Stage 5 without needing multiple challenges.
The handbook and prize claiming thread will be updated with this info.
Take care!~
#1
Self-reffing is completely available to all players, with the stipulation of accuracy of course (Approvers can still deny rewards based on poor reffings), for any matches that are 3v3 and below. The purpose of Reffing 101 going forward is to provide certification for being eligible to ref serious matches and facilities. Additionally, if you have not yet passed R101, but have plenty of experience under your belt, reach out to me via PMs on here so that I can evaluate your experience for a potentially expedited certification.
The mentorship thread will be updated with this information as well.
#2
Thank you for providing us with tons of feedback and data to test the new economy and progression system with over the last 8 months or so. We're happy to announce that we can now allow for the direct purchase of an upgrade for Pokemon to go from Stage 3 to Stage 4, at the cost of 20 JC. There still will be no purchaseable method of getting to Stage 5, but we think having a guaranteed route to Stage 4 should assuage a lot of concerns for both getting Pokemon ready for battles as well as hopefully getting some of those weaker Stage 3 Pokemon to their Stage 5 without needing multiple challenges.
The handbook and prize claiming thread will be updated with this info.
Take care!~
Battle Tree Mk II is now open for business! It has been updated for Gen 8.1. The old signup thread is now closed. Expect the old Tree threads to get removed once all current Gen 8.0 Tree challenges are complete.
That is all.
That is all.
Bunch of changes shipped for 8.2:
- Agility (Evasive) and Teleport (Evasive) no longer exist. These moves will only have their in-game effect from now on.
- Detect is no longer active during the cooldown turn if used in a combination.
- Metronome now selects a random move from every move it can call. Means to easily implement this are yet to be researched.
- Assist now requires a target ally as only argument, and calls a random move from said ally, aside from the moves Assist cannot call.
- Z-Crystals with 2 charges (Aloraichium Z, Kommonium Z, Lunalium Z, Lycanium Z, Mewnium Z, Mimikium Z, Pikashunium Z, Solganium Z and Ultranecrozium Z) now revert back to only 1 charge, but will gain an additional perk (these are not defined yet and suggestions are welcome!).
- Gender mechanic changes
- Toggle Abilities will lose their Toggle tag and become Passive (this one needs a short list of exceptions)
Gender rework is finally here:
- Infatuation can be triggered on all Pokémon, regardless of both user's and target's gender. It also works on genderless Pokémon.
- Similarly, Captivate works on all opponents now.
- The Infatuation status now applies a -2 Eva penalty to the afflicted Pokémon for the duration of the status. An Infatuated Pokémon can no longer be immobilized by love.
- Nasty Plot will lose the Infatuation-related part of its description.
- Rivalry now changes effect: it grants +1 BAP if the target shares at least one type with the user, and has no drawback otherwise.
- Typing is admittedly inconsistent between matches, meaning Rivalry won't always be in effect, but no characteristic would be both less inconsistent and easier to remember.
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An adjustment regarding Combo interactions with Protect:
Adding a new clause to the Player Handbook, under [Different Move Combinations] > Properties:
Feint is now CT: None, from CT: Set.
This change only affects battles started from now on.
Adding a new clause to the Player Handbook, under [Different Move Combinations] > Properties:
Feint is now CT: None, from CT: Set.
This change only affects battles started from now on.
Fling is being adjusted to be less dumb and awful.
Previously, using Fling required cross-referencing your held item with a BAP and En image table, requiring players to look up the move with the Discord bot or in the DAT every time they played with or against it. Now, the rules for determining BAP, Energy cost, and effects of flung items have been greatly streamlined. See below:
This set of rules groups certain item types as being light or heavy to determine their BAP, with Iron Ball in its own heavyweight category.
For the purposes of Fling,
Macho Brace and its 
Power Item relatives are being batched together as "weights," referring to items that lower the holder's Speed stat. All other items are sorted based on the presence of keywords in their name. See 
Mental Herb and 
Hard Stone.
For item effects, only the three listed rules apply. This means that the flinch from items like
King's Rock is gone (though it still applies its flinch chance while being flung), as well as poison or paralysis from 
Poison Barb and 
Light Ball respectively. In exchange, a wide swathe of other consumables and end-of-timing items are now options for Fling effects. Experiment with options such as 
Berserk Gene for a maximum duration Confusion-inducing damaging attack, or build your own Beat Up by throwing 
Weakness Policy at a an allied Pokemon with Justified.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Previously, using Fling required cross-referencing your held item with a BAP and En image table, requiring players to look up the move with the Discord bot or in the DAT every time they played with or against it. Now, the rules for determining BAP, Energy cost, and effects of flung items have been greatly streamlined. See below:
This set of rules groups certain item types as being light or heavy to determine their BAP, with Iron Ball in its own heavyweight category.
For the purposes of Fling,
Macho Brace and its Power Item relatives are being batched together as "weights," referring to items that lower the holder's Speed stat. All other items are sorted based on the presence of keywords in their name. See Mental Herb and Hard Stone.For item effects, only the three listed rules apply. This means that the flinch from items like
King's Rock is gone (though it still applies its flinch chance while being flung), as well as poison or paralysis from Poison Barb and Light Ball respectively. In exchange, a wide swathe of other consumables and end-of-timing items are now options for Fling effects. Experiment with options such as Berserk Gene for a maximum duration Confusion-inducing damaging attack, or build your own Beat Up by throwing Weakness Policy at a an allied Pokemon with Justified.This change is effective in all future battles.
Continuing my vendetta against external references in the Data Audit, today I come for Nature Power.
Old:
New:
Classically, Nature Power has called Tri-Attack in Wi-Fi battles, which is the terrain used in most simulator and tournament play. It now returns to act as our de-facto default, so that users aren't forced to deliberate as to what part of BBP Arena they're standing in as if playing in 2014. In addition, I also clarified the reminder text. Please savor the thought of a horrifying hypothetical arena that offers its battlers Spore as its called move.
As a reminder, effects like Grassy Terrain each already state what move Nature Power calls during their effect.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Old:
New:
Classically, Nature Power has called Tri-Attack in Wi-Fi battles, which is the terrain used in most simulator and tournament play. It now returns to act as our de-facto default, so that users aren't forced to deliberate as to what part of BBP Arena they're standing in as if playing in 2014. In addition, I also clarified the reminder text. Please savor the thought of a horrifying hypothetical arena that offers its battlers Spore as its called move.
As a reminder, effects like Grassy Terrain each already state what move Nature Power calls during their effect.
This change is effective in all future battles.
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- Switch-Forcing effects have been renamed as Phazing effects.
- Self-Switching effects have been renamed as Pivoting effects.
- Pivoting and Phazing effects now adjust turn order upon resolution of their effects.
- Slightly modified the sequence of events when multiple Pokemon need to be replaced between Rounds.
- Added Flip Turn to the list of Pivoting Moves in the Handbook.
Power is to be used.
Today's target is Secret Power. It currently has a bunch of nambly-pambly flavor nonsense for determining its secondary effect, which simply won't do.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Today's target is Secret Power. It currently has a bunch of nambly-pambly flavor nonsense for determining its secondary effect, which simply won't do.
Its new effect will simply ask the arena for its secondary effect and effect chance. The default effect is based on the classic wifi battle effect of the move. Drawing effect chance from the arena is a new feature, and should be fun for arena designers to play with.
This change is effective in all future battles.
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A couple clarifications where the original wording was vague or confusingly worded:
Hydration: At the end of each Action, if the weather is Rain, this Pokemon is healed of all its Major Status Conditions. (This effect has the same timing as Weather-based damaging and healing effects.)
Protect: In a multi-battle, Protect may be used to target an ally, but it then has zero (0) priority and uses the target's typing, defenses, and stage boosts for purposes of calculating extra energy cost. When used in a Combination, Protect must be self-targeting. When used in a multi-target Combination, Protect's effects will only apply to the user.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Hydration: At the end of each Action, if the weather is Rain, this Pokemon is healed of all its Major Status Conditions. (This effect has the same timing as Weather-based damaging and healing effects.)
Protect: In a multi-battle, Protect may be used to target an ally, but it then has zero (0) priority and uses the target's typing, defenses, and stage boosts for purposes of calculating extra energy cost. When used in a Combination, Protect must be self-targeting. When used in a multi-target Combination, Protect's effects will only apply to the user.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Gen 8.3 Profile Update Thread is now live. If you own an 
Equilibra or 
Voodoom, you MUST get it re-approved in the thread. All other Profile updates are optional (but they're buffs, so players are strongly encouraged to get their relevant Pokemon updated and re-approved!)
Equilibra or Voodoom, you MUST get it re-approved in the thread. All other Profile updates are optional (but they're buffs, so players are strongly encouraged to get their relevant Pokemon updated and re-approved!)
Shell Side Arm is now compatible with new Combination mechanics.
- If this move is ordered within a Combination, the Trainer must choose a specific version to use (otherwise the Combination is illegal).
- Combo Type: Elemental.
- Combo Classes: Body (Physical), Material (Special)
- Combo Subclasses: Arm (Physical), Pelleting (Special)
Lightningrod is getting its description updated
old version
updated version
This change is effective immediately.
old version
updated version
This change is effective immediately.
Battle Tree MK III is now open. If you were whitelisted as a ref for Battle Tree MK II, and you reffed a Battle Tree challenge within the last 12 months, you are whitelisted for Battle Tree MK III as well.
Pay close attention, as the rules have changed dramatically since the last iteration of Battle Tree.
Pay close attention, as the rules have changed dramatically since the last iteration of Battle Tree.
Unown can now use Hidden Powers of two different Types in Combinations.
This change is effective in all future battles.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Adjusted the effect for Body Press:
This change is effective in all future battles.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Once again, adjusted the effect for Body Press:
This change is effective in all future battles.
Clarifications to existing rules and mechanics:
- The Handbook now states: attacks which hit multiple targets have their final damage multiplied by 2/3, after all other final damage modifiers.
- The Mechanical Ruling Thread now states: in situations of mathematical ambiguity, use the PEMDAS Order of Operations (multiplication and division before addition and subtraction).
- Whenever you send out this Pokemon, you may disguise it as another teammate. While under the effect of Illusion, this Pokemon's statuses, ongoing effects, stage boosts, held item, and attachment will still be visible, but all other information about this Pokemon (including its name) will resemble that of its teammate. The Illusion fades if the Pokemon is struck by a damaging attack, if this Ability is removed or nullified, or if the Round ends. You must use the selected teammate later in the battle. [Usage Note: PM the ref if you are sending out a Pokemon with Illusion. In Self-Reffings or Roleplay PM a third party.]
Hotfix to Triple Axel and Triple Kick in order to make them compatible with current Combo rules.
Triple Axel: If used in a Combination, this move's base BAP becomes 4 per hit for each hit.
Triple Kick: If used in a Combination, this move's base BAP becomes 2 per hit for each hit.
Specifically, the issue was that BAP can be a deciding factor in determining the Combination's Type. This fix is meant to eliminate ambiguity in these cases.
This change is effective immediately.
Triple Axel: If used in a Combination, this move's base BAP becomes 4 per hit for each hit.
Triple Kick: If used in a Combination, this move's base BAP becomes 2 per hit for each hit.
Specifically, the issue was that BAP can be a deciding factor in determining the Combination's Type. This fix is meant to eliminate ambiguity in these cases.
This change is effective immediately.
Weather- or Terrain-summoning abilities and their behavior during their specific weather or terrain have been found to have an oversight. The following is a correction to these abilities:
In addition, the additional effect of Abomasite and Tyranitarite are being hotfixed with the following correction:
- This change applies to the abilities Sand Stream, Snow Warning, Drought, Drizzle, Grassy Surge, Electric Surge, Misty Surge, and Psychic Surge.
- Each ability checks for the weather or terrain that it would induce.
- The above change is effective in all future battles.
In addition, the additional effect of Abomasite and Tyranitarite are being hotfixed with the following correction:
- This change will check for Hail in the case of Abomasite.
- The above change is effective immediately.
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Due to its status as an honorary "pseudo" Recovery move and its relative complexity as a non-damaging method of lowering HP, Pain Split is being forbidden from use in combinations.
- Pain Split's Combo Type will become None and its Combo Classes will become n/a.
Added the Witchcraft Combo Class to Grudge.
This change is effective in all future battles.
This change is effective in all future battles.
Everyone seems to like this revision to weight-affecting abilities, so here is their new text:
This change is effective in all future battles.
You may safely remove calculated post-ability Weight Classes from any affected Pokemon profiles, since their modified WC can now be very easily determined on the fly.
This change is effective in all future battles.
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