Unlock current shift stones alongside related moves
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Your_Neighbor_Nat
Currently, as far as I'm aware, new players have access to all shift stones from 0 BP, including many which they cannot utilize due to lacking access to the moves required to utilize them at pebble rank. I think it would make sense to only have unlocked as a pebble the shift stones that don't require a certain move to utilize them and to allow the shift stones that require certain moves to be unlocked only once the required moves/BP has been acquired. Since there is a shift stone tab in the gear market, perhaps they could be acquired from there once the player has those moves and/or the required BP?
Rank (BP) requirement for each stone with this change:
Pebble (0 BP) - Surge, Adamant, Vigor, Guard
Tor (30 BP) - Flow, Stubborn [this rank grants Dash, which completes the set of two moves referenced on both of these stones]
Monolith (96 BP) - Charge
Mountain (156 BP) - Volatile
Thank you for your consideration. ^_^
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Detective_Pork
definitely a good idea. though i think it would probably be better if stubborn was unlocked when you get dash instead since the stones description specifies both. plus, the most common way to use stubborn is with a dash since mario jumping into a structure doesn't (usually) have that many benifits
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Your_Neighbor_Nat
Detective_Pork Yeah, might not be a bad idea since unlocking it on Jump might encourage new players to try just jumping as a defensive technique. I'll change it in the main post.
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ContagiousPow
I do agree with this, i cant count how many times i've seen a white belt and had to tell them "you cant actually use those stones yet, here are the ones you can use instead". This would be much simpler to introduce people to shiftstones. You can even have a boarded up/blocked section of the shiftstones in the box that they reside in, to really show and not tell that it's not possible to use them yet.
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Your_Neighbor_Nat
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