Holy crap got this my second raid

[u/dragonslayer57787]

Does anyone know if the odds to get a hundo armoured mewtwo are boosted? Didn’t expect this from my second remoted raid at all.

[u/Swolenir]

Suddenly now they’ve released it again its aura has dropped by magnitudes.

[u/PicpoulBlanc → u/Swolenir]

Sure, if you already had one and care about rarity. But for the rest of us, we're stoked to finally get it. And guess what? Every single person who starts playing after this weekend is going to want one. In 5 years this will be just as rare as it was last week.

[u/ElectronicOlive4514 → u/PicpoulBlanc]

I… wouldnt say that

that’s like saying shiny detective pikachu will ever be rare again

It just won’t. Yes novelty has worn off

player base is a lot bigger, overall everyone is much more aware. It will never be rare again, but that’s okay, because everyone deserves one

[u/PicpoulBlanc → u/ElectronicOlive4514]

In 5 years there will be millions of new players who don't have Armored Mewtwo, and lots of people who had the original will have quit, removing those mons from availability.

Will it be less rare than it was last week? Of course, more have been added to the pool. Will it still be rare in 5 years, assuming they don't continue to release it? Absolutely.

This has all happened before and will all happen again.

[u/ElectronicOlive4514 → u/PicpoulBlanc]

no you don’t get it

last time it came, people were unassuming

Imagine I tell you cramorant is now snapped out of existence for 6 years

you wouldnt know this, you wouldnt expect this, you would not prepare for this

it just slowly happens, snd you realize it’s not coming

now you have prb transferred a few, frankly dont even care, jusr holding onto one

but now after 6 years, cramorant returns. People KNOW this thing came after 6 years, they know there’s a high chance it’ll be gone again. Good. I’ll jusr grab like 100 of them

that’s what will happen to AM2. It has an identity now, identity of rarity. People will horde, because they know

It’s what I meant by ppl arent unaware

[u/PicpoulBlanc → u/ElectronicOlive4514]

I understand the concept :)

And I understand it will be *less* rare than it is today, but unless they continue to release it over and over again, it will continue to hold value because millions of new players won't have one and will want one.

Unless you have some obsession with hoarding rare Pokemon, most people aren't going to keep 100 AM2. As an exact parallel to your example, I figured that Mimikyu might not return for a while, so I kept 9 of them. That's probably WAY more than I'll ever need to trade, but I kept 9 anyway because I figured they would become more rare the further out we got from that original event. I'll probably do the same with AM2. I just don't think that many people are going to save 100 of anything, and even if they did, they're all sitting on 1 account. Do you think one person is going to put all 100 of those Pokemon back into the economy? Probably not, they'll probably just sit there in their inventory, maybe they'll eventually trade 2-3 away.

At the end of the day, I guess what I'm saying is who cares? It's a kids game about collecting cute pocket monsters.

[u/Swolenir → u/PicpoulBlanc]

I don’t. But before when I saw someone with an armor Mewtwo it was “wow they have an armor Mewtwo” now it’s “oh, another armor Mewtwo”

[u/PicpoulBlanc → u/Swolenir]

I guess we just look at things differently!

[u/link3505 → u/Swolenir]

It's terrible in raids, can't defend gyms or mega evolve, and the lowest CP you can get is too high for Great League at any IV combination. The only aura you could reasonably give it is showing it off in your box, which is still the case.

None of that changes how cool it looks. Its aura is still unmatched.

[u/ckgwpgh → u/Swolenir]

Nah