VG Weekly Poll #6: Is the Battle Tower/Subway too hard?

[Miar]

It starts to get tough in the third set. Just before the brain of the tower, they begin to cheat. (at least that's how I see it)

And the subway doesn't reward nearly enough for the challenge, if that tells you anything.

 

[Baron Dante]

Yeah, like I said, I lack in the Pokemon department. I like how it is actually demanding decent pokemon though.

It's the best enjoyment in the games for me at this point. Though, it has to be mentioned I didn't like how a Cottonee single-handedly trashed all 3 of my pokemon. the others at least were almost serious pokemon. -.- But yeah, that's what's fun in it. Even better if they hax.

 

[hurristat]

I always give up early unless I have a FEAR Rattata. Then I go and play for fun.

So... long story short, yep, too difficult.

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Its fairly easy.I get to a streak of 40 matches easily every time in the subway.You need to create a team thoughtfully.Its not just a matter of leveling pokes to level 50 and battling.

 

[Arc Blader]

It's not too hard; you just have to know what you're doing. For instance, in Sapphire, I rarely made it past the first few rounds of the Battle Tower, usually having met defeat at the hands of a Milotic. So, what did I do? I eventually wised up and brought a Breloom with me. Not too long afterward, I achieved my first-ever 50-win streak. It probably could have gone on even longer if I bothered to EV train or seek out a proper moveset.

 

[Rocky505]

The BT in Crystal was impossible to complete to me. I can handle them nowadays though.

 

[Data_Error]

I was never able to get the symbols/prints/stars from the Battle Towers, personally - largely because I have little experience outside of battling NPCs and I don't really EV train, not to mention that losing at any point meant that you had to start over at the first trainer. It was a very time-consuming process to get to the point that awarded the trainer star that I sought, not to mention that BP gain is incredibly slow, so there's not much in the way of a consolation prize. In my opinion, B/W did the right thing with adding the Super lines - having a checkpoint of starts to try again from has really helped me and made the whole ordeal much less frustrating.

 

[Strato Lucario]

I thought it was hard at first. Then I went to the Pokemon Tournament in Reading-then-got-moved-to-London-last-of-Gen-IV-blah-blah-blah. And then... it didn't seem very hard vs. battling a real opponent. This is the reason I'm EV training a Lucario now. Stupid rain dance hax...

 

[Stuntology]

For the most part, no. But I recall a few times at the higher levels in Emerald where the opponents would somehow predict my team and build theirs to counter it, but that is only at the high levels.

 

[Almonds]

The Battle Tower was okay, but Gear Station is full of HAX TRAINERS!! So YES!!

 

[Peppermint Phoenix]

Its fairly easy.I get to a streak of 40 matches easily every time in the subway.You need to create a team thoughtfully.Its not just a matter of leveling pokes to level 50 and battling.

But that's how the rest of the game works so it catches some off guard.

 

[Lord Clowncrete]

Its fairly easy.I get to a streak of 40 matches easily every time in the subway.You need to create a team thoughtfully.Its not just a matter of leveling pokes to level 50 and battling.

But that's how the rest of the game works so it catches some off guard.

um..what?

 

[Quetsol Melt]

Umm yes yes and yes I have no luck whatsoever.

 

[Shiny Shinx]

It's easy the first two challenges (14 Battles), but then it gets real hard the third time (21 Battles). You guys should be very proud that you reach even 50 battles, I struggle to get even to 21, even with my best teams.

And my best teams have beaten alot of good battlers. Although I didn't EV or IV train...

 

[closing account]

It's kind of really hard, but it's just that when I choose my Pokemon, I'm always worrying about it. Cheats do nicely for it, but I don't recommend it.

 

[Mixleplex]

I'd say its tough, I certainly don't win with just any random team, but if I get serious those battle points start building up. Sadly I haven't played around with this feature too much.

 

[VirtualAnomaly]

The Battle Tower has always driven me to the edge of supreme frustration. I always lose when it matters most, due to status conditions, or critical hits, etc.

The Battle Subway is a little bit too easy for me. I beat the Single and Super Single trains with hardly as much effort as I have had to do in the Battle Tower.

 

[Mumzy]

It's painfully easy. I ever use it.

 

[Owain]

Not that hard, when I lose, it's often due to my own mistake tbh.