Bughouse
Like ships in the night, you're passing me by
No Gen7 CAP27
Gen7 Pre-Existing CAP Mega Evolution
Gen7 Regular CAP27
Gen7 Ultra Beast CAP27
To be honest, if mega evolution still existed in gen 8, I'd vote for that ahead of no cap, since this project could definitely be done in time and depending on the CAP chosen is almost a side-project. You can focus on both this AND metagame resources, provided the CAP picked was something that even with the buff would probably be niche (cough Voodoom or Malaconda cough) so that adding this in wouldn't require redoing tons of work. But given that the mechanic is going away, this feels pointless. We've already explored mega evolution once, too.
I'd probably have put Alola ahead of regular or UB also, since it also saves enough time to be doable I think (movepool and stats always take a while, and there's less to do here in an alola project), but it's not an option in the poll.
UB does save time relative to regular cap, due to the locked in ability stage, but it's only maybe 2-3 weeks total, which is not very significant in terms of time to finalize metagame resources, etc, so I viewed this time savings to not matter. Between the two, then, I'd rather it just be a regular CAP, since I see few other benefits besides the marginal time savings. It doesn't really feel like an incredibly important feature of Gen 7 (only 2 really get used). It doesn't provide much guidance beyond the ability either, since they come in all shapes and sizes. In terms of drawbacks, UB limits options and therefore discussion and also has mediocre optics. If UB could be done in like 1/2 or even 2/3 the time, I'd prefer it. But for only a few weeks, it's not worth it.
Gen7 Pre-Existing CAP Mega Evolution
Gen7 Regular CAP27
Gen7 Ultra Beast CAP27
To be honest, if mega evolution still existed in gen 8, I'd vote for that ahead of no cap, since this project could definitely be done in time and depending on the CAP chosen is almost a side-project. You can focus on both this AND metagame resources, provided the CAP picked was something that even with the buff would probably be niche (cough Voodoom or Malaconda cough) so that adding this in wouldn't require redoing tons of work. But given that the mechanic is going away, this feels pointless. We've already explored mega evolution once, too.
I'd probably have put Alola ahead of regular or UB also, since it also saves enough time to be doable I think (movepool and stats always take a while, and there's less to do here in an alola project), but it's not an option in the poll.
UB does save time relative to regular cap, due to the locked in ability stage, but it's only maybe 2-3 weeks total, which is not very significant in terms of time to finalize metagame resources, etc, so I viewed this time savings to not matter. Between the two, then, I'd rather it just be a regular CAP, since I see few other benefits besides the marginal time savings. It doesn't really feel like an incredibly important feature of Gen 7 (only 2 really get used). It doesn't provide much guidance beyond the ability either, since they come in all shapes and sizes. In terms of drawbacks, UB limits options and therefore discussion and also has mediocre optics. If UB could be done in like 1/2 or even 2/3 the time, I'd prefer it. But for only a few weeks, it's not worth it.