Hello there! I just beat Dialga on Expert mode. Overall it was a good and balanced challenge that really made me think on how to break through some obstacles and rooms. QoL changes also made it way more pleasant than the original game. Playing on Drastic, I did not find any game breaking bugs nor, actually, any real bugs I guess, so nothing to report here. About balance though, I just noted 2 things that were really bothersome and put them on the suggestions below.
Suggestions
- A NPC that recycles TMs for you in Treasure Town. Some TMs are rare and super valuable, while getting in a dungeon for the sake of only recycling is bothersome.
- Nerf Grovyle boss in Expert mode by removing Giga Drain and reducing his evade status. He is super bulky and given how Marowak Dojo gets closed Grovyle can become a hard wall that ends the run of any player who doesn't know how to cheese him. Like, the dungeon was easy but Grovyle suddenly appears one shooting everyone and taking less than 30 damage from my most powerful attacks when they happened to hit.
- Increase the amount of unique items sold by Croagunk. Since more species are meant to be added, getting the very specific items each party members needs can become hellish if that guy keeps his usual amount of products.
- Utility passwords could be on FAQ board. Special ones like the one for Diancie mega stone could be kept a secret.
- Restrain the amount of room wide moves foes have in Temporal Tower. All dragons (Altaria, Garchomp and Dragonite) I found had Draco meteor while grass types like Venusaur can also hit the entire room. At least to me this led to a never before seen burning of reviver seeds.
Bug reports
- The first dungeon of future dungeons allowed me to just fly to whenever I wanted. I believe this may be related to all terrain hiker and I don't know if it's something from the original game.