I just canāt bring myself to like āBattle Facilitiesā in Pokemon Games. At least not the ones that arenāt more abstract. Stuff like the Battle Institute or the Battle Royal are pretty cool, cause they still provide a challenge (when the gameās RNG doesnāt completely screw you over) and have neat mechanics, but donāt have crazy stakes.
Stuff like the Battle Tower or the Battle Maison or the Battle Tree just donāt do it for me. Theyāre not fun. The odds are too stacked against you (not to mention the legitimacy of some mechanics according to datamines) to make it reasonable. And the fact that theyāve started hiding content behind them is upsetting. Iām fine with them putting items as rewards, like Lansat or Starf Berries, but now theyāre hiding trainer battles behind them. What used to be indifference has become annoyance. And itās a real blue-ballsing to make it past a 30 or 40 battle streak and lose.
The only times Iāve ever pursued a Battle Facility was the Maison in Omega Ruby, in order to unlock Daily Wally battles, and the Battle Tree, to battle Red and Blue. It was a major pain to get up to and beat the 50 streaks. Not fun in the slightest. Plus, now the Battle Tree has a bunch of trainers Iād really like to fight frequently besides Red and Blue, like Cynthia, Colress, or Anabel.
Iām not even big on battling in general, but I would like the option to just fight those trainers, without having to bulldoze my way through triviality.