Because they had already targeted DMOD for the effect of Timaeus as CL1 I suppose? Man this structure deck is pulling its weight for sure, caught me lacking on ladder
I am one of those 11 players in the world who's an Appliancer fan. I actually started my journey in Master Duel with an Appliancer DPE Adventure deck that I had lots of fun with.
However, purely as a Machine archetype that plays around having linked monsters, R.B. is the entirely superior deck when compared to Appliancers. To begin with, the limited pool of Appliancers conflicts with its own bloated lineup of Link monsters, which in turn cannot be used as link materials themselves on the same turn they're summoned, and can ONLY be summoned with an Appliancer as material. Basically, it's all fun and games until you have to seriously consider using your normal summon on Formud Skipper.
In comparison, R.B. simply reaps the best rewards by being more generic, and more generically accessible. And also by being, well, more, as in, more than 3 main deck monsters, which is one of Appliancer's biggest ceilings and consistency issues.
But wait, you say: if both decks are trying to do the same thing, can't you play them together? And you could be right- at first glance they do seem somewhat splashable, with complementary ED and MD card distributions. Well, you could say they are almost too good at what they do, because Brute Blues and Celtopus (the "towers" of each deck) compete for the Extra Monster Zone. There are simply no advantages to having them both on the field at the same time, no matter who's on top.
With that in mind, the idea of future Appliancer support gets a little grim. Because of R.B. simply existing, what direction could it take that would reward the player for playing Appliancer instead? By modern standards, the deck is simply too weak and slow with no clear game plan other than spamming Link-1's that moderately bother the opponent. Do I hear Appliancer Yummy? It's been tried before, with the synergy there being that all 3 main deck Appliancers are lv 1 so you can bridge into the Yummy synchros. Not bad, it's no Hornet Drones but it's easily the highest competitive point the archetype ever reached in the 6 years it's been out ((and never used))
I was scrolling through the roster when I got this. I completely forgot to check its summary screen so I have no idea what it looks like. I honestly thought it was a completely random bonus feature from within the rom at first.
I did however select it as the lead for my team, alongside Starmie and Typhlosion. However, when I actually went into battle Starmie was the lead instead, and the unknown pokémon is completely absent from my party screen even though it takes up its second slot.
If it helps I'm trying to build a Battle Factory streak through save states. I spent hours at this facility as a kid but never got the gold symbol, now I must have battled Nolan 11 times hah.
Unreal, I don't get to play much even though I'm in the postgame right now, but every session has been a total blast. Love this rom, love the team behind it
What can I say, this was an absolute banger. For the first time in my life I genuinely had fun breeding for optimal IVs and select egg moves, like DD on Salamence or Will-o-Wisp on Gardevoir. I even passed Mirror Coat onto Milotic before realizing it could learn it naturally in this rom.
Speaking of Milotic, he is the absolute goat of this team. I took these screenshots before the Champion fight so that's why the team isn't at lv. 50 across the board, but Milotic being at a higher level than Salamence at this point should speak for itself.
Thank you so much Smith for this amazing experience! Looking forward to enjoying the postgame ;)