Q47 · Chapter 06 · Lasting progression
Alone, then not alone
What permanent upgrade would feel exciting early without making shop choices irrelevant?
Selected direction
The direction
The first major power spike should be finding the first companion while the trainer is initially alone in the dungeon. That discovery should feel like a complete increase in capability and teach the trainer-companion relationship through play.
Later permanent upgrades can increase starting levels or trainer support power, but they should never remove the underlying vulnerability of difficult dungeons.
Recorded as: Selected early milestone
The original question’s prompt
Give one concrete before/after example of what the player can do.
Examples in a prompt are not decisions unless the answer chooses them.Still to decide in this chapter
Temporary evolution rules, affinity thresholds, recipe details and trainer tree structure need design. Example levels are illustrations, not balance targets.
