TM/TR obtainment

[anabsolutesloth]

The Problem

the Simple TMs mod currently in the pack is a bit questionable when it comes to actually obtaining the TRs and TMs, as it is very luck based, with low percentage droprates from fainting opposing pokemon. Implementing alternative means to acquire TRs and TMs seems wise, but how to do it is a difficult thing to decide.

Possible Solutions

• Take a note from Pixelmon and have Blank TRs/TMs that are held by your pokemon and gather data on one of its moves over the course of battles, and eventually turn into a TR/TM for the move.
• Implement a physical "TM Data" item that is gained from releasing pokemon, to provide an incentive to Catch and Release random stuff, similar to Pokemon Legends. There's many ways we could determine what TM Data is gotten from releasing any given pokemon, it could be an amount for one of its known Moves, Remindable Moves, a move from its Learnset, a TM from its source Generation, its Type, etc., and also have the amount scale with the pokemon's Rarity and/or Catch Rate. (actually i like this factor a lot, it means Legendaries and Rare pokemon scale well) A Release Reward system could also tie into EVs and IVs (potentially instead), much like how Legends rewards you with Grit items to increase your pokemon's Effort Levels. (something between EVs and IVs in that game)

There's a lot more room for possibility, but this is just what i thought up so far.

[adam9899]

i like the idea of getting rewarded for freeing pokemon, thats a really interesting concept i do also like getting random rewards for battling so we should keep that in place too, as a complementary method of occasionally getting TMs

[anabsolutesloth]

i like the idea of getting rewarded for freeing pokemon, thats a really interesting concept i do also like getting random rewards for battling so we should keep that in place too, as a complementary method of occasionally getting TMs

Release Rewards is such a simple but effective addition that Legends has, and i think it is fantastic. The main thing with them that we should ensure is that they are always useful somehow, so you have an incentive to keep catching and releasing for them, that's part of Legends' gameplay loop really, and i do think it'll transfer well to Cobblemon.

We can definitely keep Battle TM rewards, and i think i could use a similar implementation to Simple TMs to implement a wider range of items aswell, if we want.