Oh that's clever!
so how many vivilion patterns have you collected so far?
By now they released shiny scatterbug but I haven't had any luck with that yet
Yeah at some point the power ups use so much star dust and candy but only bring up the numbers a little ^^°
But it also depends on the Pokemon how high the CP is actually going to be even at max level. Some pokemon will be stuck with 2k ish even at their max level And then I think there is also the IVs to consider
As for user leveling I think it makes sense because the amount of exp you need to level up is getting bigger as you progress. At the beginning you need a few hundred k but as you progress you then need millions
So getting to level 17 requires less exp and therefore goes a lot faster
And I can already tell you once you reach level 40 you will also get extra tasks to do like in a research and you have to complete those too to level up.
Hm I got a squitle with sunglasses... Or actually it's Blastoise now xD but I guess that was already released.
There are so many event Pokemon.
I'm still waiting to be able to evolve my Bulbasaur with party hat... It's the only one that can't evolve currently from the Kanto starters with party hats.
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It feels like, at a certain point, no matter how many candies you collect, you can't really make your pokemon stronger. I've been stuck in the high 2k/low 3k CP for my strongest pokemon FOREVER. But the Team Rocket leaders just keep getting stronger...
? Very confusing.
So far, my favorite has been the Absol in aviators. I can't wait for them to put out a Squirtle in dark sunglasses as a callback to the original series. And maybe a Pikachu with a little tuft of hair for Sparky. 
