Yes I did. Sorry if you are not able to understand it.
You miss the point here entirely. See my third comment.
If DPP is the first Pokemon game you have ever played, then I might buy what you are trying to sell.
It isn't. I found it easier.
Matter of opinion. Knowing that ALL Ghost moves are physical is much easier to remember than looking at the move and determining if it makes contact or not.
This would mean I would have to memorize all the types.
You see, the point I'm making here is that in DPP, you don't have to memorize anything. All the moves are self explanatory. Of course, there are a few (like rock throw, as you said) that don't make sense, but that is why it shows whether or not the moves are physical or special ingame. After spending some time with the game, you would get a very good idea of what is and what isn't.
Now, you may argue that the metagame is now restricted to people who have played DPP.
I would argue against that.
There are only few moves like rock throw that don't make sense. It would only be a matter of time before you recognize these moves.
It isn't a matter of whether or not the move makes sense, but the shift in the metagame created an over abundance of more offensive moves. Unless it has changed since I stopped playing, the DPP metagme is more about power and speed and less strategy.
No.
Now there are fantastic new moves like Trick Room (which makes slower pokemon move first and faster pokemon last) and Embargo (prevents the other pokemon from using items) to compensate from this.
And yet Rock THROW is.
I'm gonna be honest with you. I reckon that they kept Rock Throw physical because they
A) Didn't want an abundance of Rock Special type moves and/or
B) There isn't any point in making another base 50 rock type move just because the old one didn't make sense.
If you had been here prior to DPP, you would see the difference.
I had. I never really got into the adv metagame though.
I used to help out in the Strategies & Movesets section a lot prior to DPP, along with a good number of knowledgeable members there, most much better than myself. Not one of them are there now.
What does that have to do with anything?
The bottom line is that it is a difference of opinion. You like the new metagame, I don't. I think the previous metagame was better, you don't. Life goes on.
I suppose so. But when someone rants in my thread for seemingly no reason, I might as well start a discussion.
