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So to start with, I'll just put up front that I did find this thread that already shot down the concept of mass-evolving in fields. There's too many complications, and I get that.
Edit; This rejection also exists, but I felt that mine was distinctly different in that it focuses on species, not type. Furthermore, Niet did not give any criticism in that thread beyond "learn your types", so it wasn't a total takedown of the idea, in my view. If I'm wrong I'm sure they'll let me know!
Summary: Compile same-species evolutions in the Farm page for quick mass-evolutions to make it easier on high tier badge Wishforge users.
Pros: Beneficial to all people who use the Wishforge to get above the Titanium badge, neat/clean design that reduces load time & scroll length for extensive Farm lists, plenty of flexibility for how many Pokemon can be in batches or what qualifies as a batch, no leaving the Farm page, structure of evolution still remains the same.
Cons: Eeveelutions, shiny/albino/melanistic pokemon that are RTE and therefore are batched and accidentally evolved with everything else since you do not have the ability to see a visual indicator of a shiny/albino/melanistic Pokemon the way you do now. Edit to add a con; Poor Sally.
Potential Solutions to Cons:
Longwinded version below, if that's not clear enough.
A note: I personally believe that all UI changes should be toggleable. There should always be a way for a user to choose whether or not to use a feature. This includes my suggestion. Batch evolving may not be for absolutely every single person on this site, but a great deal of people would benefit and use the feature, so making it an option is the ideal situation.
I really hope this makes the concept of mass-evo more approachable for Staff. I read the full thread on why fields were rejected, but I really think this is a winning idea. I look forward to feedback!
I don't know if Eevee is still a problem. I don't see it being an issue if, as it stands now, the Farm can tell that an Eevee is ready to evolve into a specific Eeveelution and prompts you there. Just batch them the same as all the other species. Maybe the system can batch Eeveelutions separately? So it'll say "100 Eevee can evolve!" and "125 Eevee can evolve!" separately, so you'll have to know how many RTE Glaceon and Leafeon you have before clicking that batch evo button.
The issue of accidentally evolving special pokemon is solved by...well, giving any pokemon you don't want to evolve an Everstone. I think that's really the only way to get around it, and I wouldn't qualify that as an actual con.
As for Sally? Well, I realize batching 640 Pokemon is not realistic for her, in all likelihood. But even small batches of 25 or 50 would be a huge improvement.
I'm not asking for a button to evolve all my Pichu and get me that Nintendium badge, I'm asking for just a slightly more compact experience.
When I initially thought of mass-evolving, I never imagined fields. I always just imagined keeping it in the Farm. I thought of it while I was upgrading to Mythril, which requires 200 evolutions. I now have Adamantium, which required 420, and in the future (probably not long from now actually) I'll be looking into Nintendium, which is 640 evolutions. I know there are hotkeys and "quick evo" option to make the confirmation quicker. But I think it would be ultimately beneficial for everyone if the Farm batched the evolutions. I am going to be evolving all Pichu for all of my badge upgrades, so it would be amazing if the Farm corralled all my RTE Pichu and evolved them simultaneously.
I thought perhaps, to make it easier, the Farm won't batch anything under a certain qualifier? Perhaps any species RTE under 100 won't be batched, or maybe they only batch up to 100 at a time? The number is obviously flexible. The point is that I don't know many farmers who use multiple species of Pokemon to upgrade huge numbers, most just collect one or two types in anticipation of upgrading their badge and then mass-evolve a few minutes after giving Ravyne the gems and appropriate relic.
Art credit to Cafe Raichu.
Icon art credit to Maya Kern. Personal paid commission.