[Let's Play] Pokémon Volt White Nuzlocke Run - Page 17

Rah

United States973 Posts

August 08 2013 17:23 GMT

#321

I went against the OP's advice and started up my first Nuzlocke run on Blazeblack (clean). I'm up to the first cave area and it's been so fun so far. I added 2 rules to the OP to make things actually challenging and not "grind until you can win". My 2 self rules I added were each pokecenter/ heal spot can only be used once. I can reset the game, but only at the first turn of a trainer battle, since I couldn't find a way to look up what they'll send out. I lost my Ralts Rhianna R.I.P. to the first gym leader, and I've been broke for the entire playthrough so far, relying on only potions. Wish me luck on making it to the next pokemon center. =p

If it's undoable I might slip in for next time "bonus pokemon center visit after beating a gym", similar to his bonus pokemon rule. Does anyone know where the first vending machine is?

This would definitely be more doable with Pokemon Black or White, but the variety you get from wild encounters in Blaze/Volt make playthroughs more unique, so it's worth it.

Capped

United Kingdom7236 Posts

August 08 2013 17:28 GMT

#322

Yeah i made it so i can only use a pokecenter for each area once too, i have a feeling i will be revising this rule later. I also gave myself 1 free resurrect on any pokemon i chose throughout the game. EDIT: As soon as i post that some BS wurmple escapes a pokeball with 1 hp and crits my snivy. Well there goes the free res. The wurmple is now called Cuntfuck and i hope he dies.

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

August 08 2013 17:34 GMT

#323

By the way, is it better to skip trainers as much as possible the first time you enter a region and rely on wild pokemon for leveling up, then revisit the area later for the money, or trainers first? I suppose this choice is influenced a lot by the pokemon center rule too...

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

August 08 2013 19:13 GMT

#324

If you're going to just grind for exp and don't mind cheating it a bit you can just use an AR code to rematch trainers instead of grinding on wild pokes. Yeah yeah not as "legit" but it saves so much time and I didn't care about EVs in my run. Killing those nurse/doctor guys' Chanseys for like 3k exp per rematch was amazing.

Rah

United States973 Posts

August 08 2013 19:26 GMT

#325

I might need to set a limit for things like challenge rock too along with the pokemon center restriction, because if I really wanted to grind without pokemon centers, those daily income spots are pretty exploitable.

ParanoiaDHerO

United States183 Posts

August 08 2013 20:09 GMT

#326

The runs people are coming up with are crazy lol I'm totally impressed by everyone challenging themselves, but am I the only one enjoying playing Volt White clean just cause it's fun without rules? It's nice to have a bit of a challenge and have access to so many different pokemon.

Purind

Canada3562 Posts

August 08 2013 21:05 GMT

#327

They've probably already had tons of fun playing it normally and are just challenging themselves for additional fun. I kinda wanna run a romhack Pokemon game too. I'm having so much fun with Black 2 vanilla, no challenges, so these romhacks sound pretty fun

Sandster

United States4054 Posts

August 08 2013 21:14 GMT

#328

I did Nuzlocke even though I haven't played those games just because it was pretty boring to play through normally. I would just hold down spacebar and spam abilities the entire game with no repercussions or strategy.

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

August 08 2013 23:02 GMT

#329

Without challenging rules Pokemon becomes extremely boring. If Nuzlocke runs had never been thought up (impossible with Pokemon games present) then I would never buy Pokemon past the original Game Boy Color games I have.

IMABUNNEH

United Kingdom1062 Posts

August 08 2013 23:15 GMT

#330

Nuzlocke has probably kept peoples' interest past competitive scenes and first playthroughs. I know I play it exclusively even on new pokemons now because vanilla is boring. I like to FEEL challenged in a game, and neither the story (lol) or the gameplay is enough to keep me hooked otherwise. Plus I've never been a collector in games, so not being able to catch loads doesn't bother me.

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

August 09 2013 03:16 GMT

#331

So! After losing against Clay on my original attempt, I decided to treat the run officially as a loss but essentially use a Continue and keep going since I wanted to finish the game. I notice Skyla is a Triple Battle, and figure I'd lose at least 3-4 Pokemon if I go up against her mano a mano, because half my team is Flying-weak - I picked up a Magnezone in Chargestone Cave but her Archeops and Gliscor both have Earthquake which would probably OHKO me.

Luckily, the other Pokemon I picked up in the cave was Ferrothorn. Two fodder Pokemon later and... (note contains spoilers on Skyla's team)

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Jet Badge! And Acrobatics, which kicks all sorts of ass.

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The brave sacrifices sent out to allow a Triple Battle. Note: I'm not sure if you actually have to do this but I did it anyway. Sorry Gligar

you could have been useful possibly

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<3u ferro.

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Mandibuzz Tormented me early on which was a pain in the ass, and on top of that had Rest as well. I Iron Defense'd up to +6 in the beginning to fend off Skyla's entirely physical (sans Swanna) team. Braviary and Skarmory killed themselves in timely fashion thanks to Brave Bird recoil, my Iron Barbs, and my Rocky Helmet.

Gliscor and Archeops followed, though it took a little longer because they each had Earthquake which is a non-contact move, so I had to wait out their PP before they started killing themselves. With all three enemies Leech Seeded and me at +6 Def I just rofl'd around and occasionally Iron Headed to tack on damage.

Swanna was kind of a pain in the beginning since Hurricane would do 65% of my HP, but I stalled it out with Moomoo Milks (best potion in the game!) until it started using Ice Beams instead, which only did around 30%. Twaved it and let Leech Seed do the rest.

Mandibuzz was a huge bitch because he'd rest over and over again, and Iron Head was too weak to do anything. Finally got him as he Brave Birded himself into low HP right as I hit him with Thunder Wave (Iron Head was on Torment-cooldown), got the Iron Head next turn for the solo win.

that was longer than I expected lol, was really fun to do

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

August 09 2013 10:18 GMT

#332

What happened to the original runner did he died?

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

August 09 2013 10:26 GMT

#333

On August 09 2013 19:18 sc4k wrote:
What happened to the original runner did he died?

No he's on vaca. He won't upload for a while, but expect a lot of pictures to come when he does.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

August 09 2013 13:56 GMT

#334

On August 09 2013 01:16 TheAntZ wrote:

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As much fun as it sounds like, I find all this hacked ROMs and thousands of new pokemon business extremely intimidating, so I'd rather just follow the story/new features/new pokemon through this thread

Do it softcore like me then :D

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And be stuck on the third gym leader cus you've no flying or fire types, hell yeah

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50107 Posts

August 09 2013 14:08 GMT

#335

On August 09 2013 22:56 Iplaythings wrote:

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Do it softcore like me then :D

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And be stuck on the third gym leader cus you've no flying or fire types, hell yeah

hahaha that bugger will fuck you up.

Rah

United States973 Posts

August 09 2013 14:22 GMT

#336

Well now I've reached the first vending machine and things should be easy even with no pokecenters. Potions were so bad for cost efficiency. Not gonna lie though, I cheated with a couple resets because I wanted to see if it was possible to do without my mistakes. I'm going to start over from here because I'm fairly sure at this point that this ruleset is possible to win with, if you pick oshawott, and it's crazy fun. Looking forward to doing this without the resets.

R.I.P. Rhiana, Lefteye, B-Rad, & Ludacris You were noble sacrafices.

Archas

United States6531 Posts

August 09 2013 17:32 GMT

#337

Sorry, guys, but I honestly don't know if I want to keep this up. I started this thread with the idea that it'd be really fun to do this sort of thing. After that initial excitement wore off, though, I realized it's not nearly as fun as I'd expected. It feels like work to set up every episode, and that's not the mindset I had anticipated at all. If you're not enjoying yourself while doing a little project like a let's play, what's the point, y'know? Like, I've been avoiding using the computer just because I don't want to sit down and pound out a new episode.

Mostly, though, I'm disappointed in myself for letting you guys down after all this; you guys showed a lot of support, and I'm being a total asshole for shattering your expectations. I feel a sort of obligation to continue because of you folks being so supportive, but again, if I'm not having a fun time doing the LP, it's just a grind to fulfill that obligation. I think that's not the right mindset one should have for this, so as much as I hate letting you guys down, I'm just not having fun.

Again, I'm sorry about that. I may or may not continue the series, but don't be surprised if it just ends here.

Man, I feel like such a dick for doing this.

Capped

United Kingdom7236 Posts

August 09 2013 17:45 GMT

#338

Aww

at the very least you introduced us all to nuzlocke runs.

Thanks though archas, was fun while it lasted and ty for being honest

Was really looking forward to it too

/guilt trip

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

August 09 2013 17:52 GMT

#339

We know how tough it can be to screenshot every single thing and attach a witty narration. As Capped said, at least a ton of people got motivated. Maybe this thread will keep running for a while with people sharing their tales.

Rah

United States973 Posts

August 09 2013 18:26 GMT

#340

On August 10 2013 02:52 OpticalShot wrote:
We know how tough it can be to screenshot every single thing and attach a witty narration. As Capped said, at least a ton of people got motivated. Maybe this thread will keep running for a while with people sharing their tales.

I think Antz said at one point if you try to force it, it doesn't come out funny, so don't feel obligated. You introduced some TLers like myself to the hacked games and nuzlocke runs, which made this game a lot more interesting to me. So thanks for that, but I'm sure my Planetside 2 outfit isn't happy about my sudden disappearance without explanation. It's been so addicting. =x

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