RE: Return of the Secret Base!
True, but Gen 6 wasn't too difficult thanks to the possibility of Audino+Chansey safaris, coupled with Exp o-powers (and plenty of generous strangers, at least in the first few months of X/Y, who would spam you with o-powers if requested in your shout-out). Using just such a safari I can reliably reach level 50 (from roughly level 10) in 6-10 minutes in most cases. Farmable Blissey would indeed make it even faster, but it's actually easy enough as it is (when you know what you're doing). Offering farmable pokemon (whether through Secret Bases or just level 50+ pokemon) before the E4 would take most of the remaining challenge out of the E4. I'm not saying such friend battles won't be available, but the more I see it discussed, the less I think it will be included (at least I doubt you will gain Exp from such battles). I do still think it would be nice to have in the game, however.Teal said:You EV train very well with what we currently have in 10 minutes and then you are like level 20-30. The real time consumer lies in leveling the Pokémon up to 50 for flat rules.