Rebalancing Status Conditions

[Deleca]

Ignoring the stupid replies I made 2 years ago there’s some things I’d like to add!

@Leostel

-Reduced travel speed applies a modifier to running speed depending on severity, rather than disabling running

Not realistically possible yet I think, due to the way speed works. “Running” Itself Is a movement speed stage. I think for now simply wearing off at all ( In terms of Slow Traps ) Is better, which obviously can work because Gooey Is basically the same thing

@Leostel

-Affected by suggestion below regarding travel speed drops–run speed reduced rather than running being rendered impossible

EDIT: An alternative to the above could be to completely remove the movement speed decrease and/or the full paralysis chance, and instead impose an attack speed reduction. (though slower attack speed with a 30% chance to fail may be too strong)

Pretty unnecessary. In the games ( all of them ), It’s not even a floor-long thing

As for poison, yes they do deal too much damage:

Compared to the games, It’s chip damage with a generous threshold until you receive It, whereas on PMU It’s every 5 steps

@Leostel

However, I was looking at them through the lens of someone who doesn’t switch at all after being poisoned, which is perfectly reasonable counterplay if it and other non-volatile status conditions are changed to wear off on floor change.

This also assumes your other Pokemon are high enough to not be able to die wherever you’re running. Just something to consider

In the games, I was never ever pressed to have a move that cured status nor use berries too often, except maybe Pecha. I am so so eager for this to change because It would also make the game less difficult for new players, the main people that need to stick. The first major dungeon you’re meant to do Is based around getting poisoned, the worst offender of status conditions, so…