Gotta Catch Em' All: PXR Revolution

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I have a burning question about Pokémon Points and how they're used.

I just want to borrow the in-RP stats I saw from Blizzard Blue (I've been lurking in these threads just to get an idea of how this whole thing works. I'll use Sarah's as an example (I saw most people have something similar going).



First of all, Sarah, I ADORE how you have this set up, I hope it's not a bother if I use something similar to this when Resurgent Red starts, because this stats layout... it's awesome and sleek.

Okay, so I'm looking this and I see Aster the Ivysaur is at 30/30. What... is that exactly? I'm trying to link it with this, but I see Ivysaurs for that have 16 Points (and I'm not entirely sure what these points mean and what they're for). The same goes for the other Pokémon. I'm just not sure how this number is derived and what formula is being used behind the scenes.

I'm hoping this isn't coming across as a noobish question, I'm still trying to get the hang of this and I'm a bit lost. XP

Go for it! Feel free to copy the code. I'm pretty proud of it haha!

First off, I'll say there's more information in here which might explain it a bit more clearly:
http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/for...ogress%29#faq8

In GCEA, Points = Levels = HP. So my Ivysaur is on level 30 with 30 HP.

I started with Bulbasaur on level 5. To evolve it to Ivysaur (level 16), I had to pay 16 points. This is where the Master List thread comes in because it tells you how many points(/level/HP) your evolved Pokemon will jump to upon evolution! If it was a newly caught Rattata on level 5 which evolves to Raticate on level 20, I'd have to pay 20 points for example and my Raticate would be on level 20 when it evolved.

So anyway, then I had an Ivysaur on level 16. My options are to
1. level up Ivysaur to any level between 17 and 31
2. evolve Ivysaur to Venusaur which puts it straight to level 32 which is Venusaur's starting level as said in the master list

Without the 3rd gym badge, you can't use Pokemon over level 30, so option 2 was out. I levelled up Ivysaur to level 30 (from 16 to 30 = 14 levels). To level up costs 2 points per level, so I paid 28 in this case. Now I have a level 30 Ivysaur!

If I want to evolve it, I only need to pay for 2 levels (4 points total) now, to get it to level 32. So yeah don't worry, any level ups count toward the cost for evolution.

Bulbasaur (lv 5) + 16 points -> Ivysaur (lv 16)
Ivysaur (lv 16) + 32 points -> Venusaur (lv 32)
= 48 points

Bulbasaur (lv 5) + 16 points -> Ivysaur (lv 16)
Ivysaur (lv 16) + 28 points -> Ivysaur (lv 30)
Ivysaur (lv 30) + 4 points -> Venusaur (lv 32)
= 48 points

So it all ends up the same!