losing to a gym leader

[Bing]

i feel a waiting period would be a good thing weather it's a day or 3 hours, also the pokemon of the gym leader should be a level or two higher than the players strongest pokemon.  like if you walk in with a lvl 20 pokemon the gym leaders would range from lvl 19-21, an exception would be made if your pokemon are too low leveled, ex: you walk in to the third gym all your pokemon are lvl 15ish, the gym leaders pokemon will not be lvl 14-16 they will be set at a min level of 20 (making preparation for gyms important because with out a min you could walk in with a team of lvl 5s and win), but if you walked in and your strongest poke was lvl 22 the gym leaders would range from 21-23 even if the rest of your pokemon are lvl 10 (this would increase people to raise balanced teams and not just one pokemon)

[ghostman50]

I still think that losing a pokemon or two, when losing to a gym leader, is plausible.
I know, for a fact, that i cant be the only person to think this.   

[PkMn Trainer Black]

The loss of a pokemon could be the worst thing done to a trainer. key word: could



If someone were to lose a certain amount of times, they could lose a valued pokemon, or use a decoy to farm exp and train during the wait.

[Wailord]

Wailord dosent lose  to other pokeymans 

But in the case he did.. I think a wait would just put people starting the game off Pokemon and just get them bored

[eviljezza]

I am all for penalties as it means that I have to get better and stronger if I lose, so it gives you an incentive like your own little quest.

[Frenchfry]

Well, technically, losing a pokemon would make your team weaker.
Just saying.

[zylonnick]

I still think that losing a pokemon or two, when losing to a gym leader, is plausible.
I know, for a fact, that i cant be the only person to think this.   

I totally disagree with that. I only catch pokémon which are essential in my team, and losing them would nultify all the efford I putted in catching and raising him.

[eviljezza]

Losing a PKM for losing a gym battle is too much.

[Desbear]

i agree i would be pretty mad if i spent a tone of time finding a pokemon and then finally finding it and then losing it to gym leader  thats not even gonna use it

[bazzleman]

Losing your Pokemon when you lose a battle/when you lose a battle to a gym leader would be horrible especially if you just made a stupid mistake like accidentally using the wrong move and also what about your starter, you lose and they go and nick your Squirtle which is irreplaceable.