The Community's Response to the 5th Anniversary of Pokemon Masters EX

#pokemon #pokemonmasters #pokemonmastersex #pokemongame
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I made this video for my audience and those interested to let people know the current state of Pokemon Masters' 5th Anniversary according to its playerbase. The feedback survey I put out about three weeks ago highlights many of the playerbase's satisfactions and dissatisfactions, and I can assure people I, and others, have done what we can to let the players' concerns be known to the development team.
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CHAPTERS:
Intro: 0:00
Arc Suit Fair Scouts: 0:44
Arc Suit Sync Pairs: 2:33
Gem Count: 4:27
Other Resources: 7:17
Free Sync Pairs: 8:11
Sweepstakes/Rallies: 09:40
Event Points System: 11:01
Outro: 12:50

The survey I used to compile data AND *ALL* of the written responses can be found in the HTML file provided below. This information is completely unfiltered and if you need access to the direct spreadsheet itself, DM me on Discord (or email me, but Discord is faster):

I compiled all the data, scripted the video, did the voiceover and the editing all on my own. I did use assets from others, credits below.

Credits to the creators of Pokemon Masters for all assets, such as official promotional imagery and character models:

Assets taken from the r/PokemonMasters Discord server & Bulbapedia:

Credit to Sages for crunching the event systems numbers, and tlim_ for the gem count and resource availability numbers:
@sages on Discord.
@tlim_ on Discord.

And of course credit to ALL of those who filled out the survey and provided very valuable data. Thank you everyone.

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Contact me and submit art at..
Discord: salamencelvx

[salamencelvx]

This will be the last time I make a video like this, pointing out criticisms and feedback. This is twice now and I don't think I should have to do it again, I would recommend players simply stop playing if they continue to feel dissastisfied.

I do apologize if video quality is not up to the standard expected, but I wanted to get it out as soon as possible while I still had time and it was still relevant.

The video has English subtitles, captioned by me. If you would like to offer a direct translation (not via automatic translation services like Google Translate) to another language, contact me on Discord, username is at the bottom of the description.

[Switch]

Feels rough saving up for a few months just in case, coming into August with about 75k gems, and still only got 2/3 of them. Had to ignore pulls I might want knowing these would be good.

Add to that the new style of events has no benefit to playing once 10k points is reached, and theres just no incentive to login more than a quick 10 minutes for dailies. At that point, it's becoming a chore, not a game, and the rewards for playing feel less rewarding. It's a shame, because the core game is good, and I'd like it to feel that way again.

[cescderrillcareerdevelopme]

Unfortunately the JP players where all hyped up and those are the ones who drive the decisions

[xLevianeer]

The way the developers are handling the game I am sensing EOS announcement soon, they have become too greedy and don't care about the players

[fatchanaulia]

Well everything is not free the plan is not targeted for us (f2p/semi f2p) u have money? Support the game not all unit worth to pulling, i hope Dena make the game way better & fair in future like reward, event battle, rallies, banner, and gems count every month at least 27k+ gems per-month & 34k+ gems only at anniversary

For f2p player manage ur gems/candy spend it to worth op unit only to help u clear csmm, Lg, ebe, HSE, and ub (not all) any of zone setter unit is free now

[rudrasaha]

the game should last forever...
nd those who want the game to shut down, plz leave the game, stop with so much criticism... there's always a way to leave ...
people like us being f2p we njoy the game very much ...
yall want every sync pair that is released every month ...
there's a thing called rerun where u can get them if u missed...
nd 2 months of saving gems will help every player to shaft a banner possible...
if u dont like this game just leave nd let us njoy the game...

[pokestyn]

One solution could be sync move candy for arc fairs specifically. If it’s given out as much as the other non general 5 star candy it could even make arc fairs easier to invest in

[akbaryr]

there are 3 reason pokemon masters is going downx3 every month after the 3.5 anni was done
reasons:
1. Gems: every month they always gave us Gems true thats like the point of the game. but plot twist is lest than 30k which is not even affordable for players to get scout points. thats one
2. the Point system right now were in: its always take atleast 5-7 days to complete and even with the main 1.8 Sync pairs like whats the point of the System if its always to get us use stamina everyday even thought you could save the stamin for later
3. the Scout rate's: The Rate system allowes use to get multiple sync pairs depending on the banner a spotlight is usually 7% & 2.000% of getting the sync pair. while Poke fair is 10% & 2.000% of getting it and Masterfair is 12% & 1.000%. and now the arc fairs 12% & 1.000% with 500 scout points which make it even worse now.

idk how Dena is getting worst by the month alot of players have already quit since then. and now next month they added idk what upgrade thing there talking about which is still a mystery to us. idk if its better or vice versa

sooner or later there will be a demolition and pokemon masters is going down sooner or later im still playing thought how this game will last this is basically a Mrbeast Downfall but Pokemon masters.

[GeneralTagatashi]

I think it would of been interesting to examine some other solutions around the scout point issue since the satisfaction around pulling units is very vital to a gacha game and where this one is dropping the ball.

I think they fell into a trap relying constantly on limited pairs to preasure you into pulling, I would of liked it if after 2/3 years limited pairs got added to the general pool. This would mean pulling feels better since even if you spark you probably picked up some pairs that could benefit you or get extra copies for the improved grids. A benefit for the developers would be people being more likely to pull on general fair scouts since there would be a much smaller chance that you get them off banner for favs.

Some ideas I saw that I quite liked where making grouped units share a scout point counter, so instead of one for cynthia/steven/lance it would be a Arc Scout Point, so if you got Cyntheia after 200 pulls, you only need a maximum of 300 more pulls to get Steven. Another idea was garuteeing an Arc unit after 400, but then pushing you to spend another 100 pulls toget a copy, since these units like move level investment.

[LynPMEX]

Hiiii Sallie meant bevel ex! Huge fan!

Can you translate the video into enchantment table? Ty pooks!

[dayvonlouis]

I’m surprised people aren’t more pissed some sync pairs didn’t return, the rolls are constantly getting stacked more and more as they refuse to retire the sync pairs that the community at large more than likely maxed out and the Arc suit sync pairs are freaking unbelievable not just in that they raised the pity scout limit but as I mentioned before the chances of getting are far less than 1% because of the aforementioned bloat problem when them not retiring the older sync pairs (seriously there’s no reason that I should’ve seen Hala in 5 multi’s and all in all they game is just becoming more disappointing

[TheRayquaza]

I love this game, but it just doesn't seem fun anymore. These arc scouts were ridiculous. I spent all my saved gems (F2P) and got around 4 repeated 5 Stars in total. I'm not angry tho, at this point it's just what I expected.

The events have become a chore, and they give out less rewards.

But it is still a gacha game, and we all know what that means. It's the idea behind the game itself. If you want the pair now, spend money, if you're F2P, lol good luck and wait for a rerun.

Good video man!!

[pokeboy]

Thanks so much for making this video! Hopefully everyone shares this through in game feedback so dena sees this

[sthele]

Thanks for putting this together man, must have taken a lot of time.

[gustavoraaul]

Thanks for the video. Your courage and determination inspire other players. I believe that when the message is well expressed, just like you did, it reaches the right place!! Gratitude for helping the community that loves Pokémon so much!!!

[beksan]

Real question is will there be a 6th anni at this rate?

[ailehunter]

lillie and solgaleo, but i dont usee them as much
The new daily scoout is actually pretty fine. its not great, or super awesome, but i think i'd be giving it praise if they did 5x or 10x roll for it.

[jiggzsaw]

I pulled on metagross. Got to 400 realized I needed 500 and I was out of gems. I un-installed. Game is dead

[Aeonsora]

OK, so, as much as I hate the whole 500 scout points thing and the Arc Suit fairs, which I still haven't scouted for, not once, Dena in the the month of September has given us 32K of free gems. It was around 26K via events and daily logins, then they gave us another 3K for the anniversary and then another 3K split into 1K a day bringing the total sum to 32K. Plus, we are getting another 1K for Lear in a few days

[wesleyhollingsworth]

Absolutely superb video, much appreciated every single detail good and bad. Very well fleshed out and I hope DeNa makes positive changes for the community from this video