First lets start explaining the Regions Systems, they will co-exist as different lores, but in the same universe (similar to how it is in the anime) where you can create and play in the ones you like the most.
Despise those servers having different setting, gameplay and admin team its possible to travel between them at the very late game, with a Regional Ticket you can take the boat and go to the other server (You can get one regional ticket per 8 badges, or buy them on capsule shops).
Take Johto opening as a new wipe. You play there a fresh wipe if you like fresh wipes, if you dont want a wipe, you are given the option to continue playing the older wipe (wich have higher gains, caps, etc).
Keep in mind different Regions have different Seasons, going to a region will adjust your team´s power to the new region’s initial setting, (If its set to be max lvl 5, your team will be reset to lvl 5). You should also take note of the Season’s Max pokemon TIER (will be explained ahead). So, incase you go to the other server with your veteran character, keep in mind this is still going to look like a fresh start for you (mainly if the wipe is just starting there!)
But you will be able to keep the previous experience and keep the team, and other related story your char have, and in a ideal world, make the game not need complete wipes, allowing players that completed their adventure in a season to be able to migrate to a fresher one.
The Teams in different Regions will be completelly apart, each region with their own head admin will run events lores and bans on their own server. And a player is free to play on the region where the team and community fits better their playstyle. (or play on both at the same time)
Each Region have their own Egg Ratings, this mean the rarety while breeding/introducing a pokemon is different, natural pokemon of a region will be introduced earlier on that region and so on, not to mention the different default habitats etc.
In the near future we will have a third server for MT Silver, League Champions and players with a specific knowledge will be able to go to MT Silver from both Regions, and by leaving the MT Silver they will return to their origin server; MT Silver would have a very high Cap and other season settings, allowing players in a very late game to compete (and even war) against the other region. Mt Silver would also have specific spawn routes and possible extensions!
Also in the future wipes (after we finish testing the region system) players active in the endings of a season and helping to conclude the lore/plot being involved at it will receive a free regional ticket to migrate to another new adventure if they want to. (This wont be applied at the first test, as we want to control better the amount of migrations)
Its not possible to create the same account on both servers, patreon is still locked into specific account, but you can change toward another one at the month change if you want to transfer to your alt and don’t want to travel early wipe for example!
Now lets talk specifically about Johto!
There will be two testing start Maps for our first Johto wipe, Olivine and Ecruteak towns. Lets start by talking about Olivine, this is the port town of Johto where travelers will arrive from Kanto, The town is decorated with festival flags on the streets have a beautifull beach and a noticeable Lighthouse. Olivine is actually the first town to welcome Wisteria´s League in the Region, and the league managed to obtain the Lighthouse and turned it into a research center, the famous Milk Farm and build the very first Johto Gym! (Defaults Steel Type)
However Johto is showing to be a little more complicated for Wisteria League’s influence to grow, as the nearby town Ecruteak is actually controled by the “Dojo”. Johto is very traditional and the Dojo actually profits in the traditional battles and other influences, hence their power grow as the Johto do traditional pokemon (street) battle, and they even have their own starterball repository where they teach their own training methods to the region since a very long time!
The Dojo influence extends through the traditional Museum, where scientists researches and collects artifacts and charge people interested in studying those (Here they can obtain Miner and Archeologists) While Archeologists are also able to work for the Museum by searching for artifacts in the millenar Twin Towers and their ruins
As the League is headed by Professors, the Dojo is headed by Dojo Masters, ranks able to teach newbie trainer, newbie criminal, manipulate the Dojo global funds etc.
The Dojo also owns the Items Production in Johto through their own Factory, and will cleary be a strong enough challange for Wisteria's League!
Allright, now that we introduced the scenario of Johto we can get back into talking more about mechanics:
Olivine Starters in the League Repository (Wich are located in the Milk Farm in Olivine): Mareep, Phanpy, Snubull, and as rare: Totodile, Chicorita, Cyndaquil, Miltank
Ecruteak Starters in the Dojo Repository (Obtainable by the Dojo members): Eevee, Tyrogue, Spinarak, and as rare: Houndour, Gastly, Alolan Vulpix.
I Promiced I would talk about the Evolution Tiers, and now its time, basically pokémon are organized in those tiers based on their total mods, and tiers being 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Max Tier is a Season Setting that let the wipe control the current "fair" point of evolutions on that point of the story, and pokémon on evolution tiers at the maximum allowed tier, will start refusing to injure pokemon of weaker tier then them by 80% of the times.
This is mostly to give the current server time to catch up on evolutions from previous seasons or even to control the "fair point" of the evolutions, or pokemon that got mods increased in some other way (like ho oh feathers etc).
In short, pokemon too strong higher then the current season setting will only fight with their full power against pokemon at the same tier or higher, untill the season max tier increases
In Olivine Farm you can obtain Farmer and Ranger perk, similar to how it is in Kanto, and the farm actually have the widest Farm Zone in the game, can't wait to see it filled with pokémon!
There are also gameplay adjustments such as:
Offensive Moves that reduce the defence of the same status they damage will have Accuracy Nerfed
Knocked Out Wild Pokémon will get up after a short period of time
Johto Mining Items are different then Kanto,
Kanto have moonstones more commonly
Johto have dawn stone and dusk stones more commonly
Also as usual new updates means new pokémons, so introducing Unown, Mimikyu and Zorua!
and the seasonal pokemons starting this next month will be: Heracross, Miltank and Misdreavus!
oh yeah zoroark is also in
New moves:
Shadow Sneak and Night Daze
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