Grain of salt that I'm only representing my personal thoughts and not the rest of the mod team, but: I'm honestly not too worried about higher-level Pokemon? In the rare cases where they are actually relevant, like badges, it's not difficult to judge "Hey... John Doe has only been in the game for 2 weeks... there's no way he should've been able to catch some level 80 Pokemon from the Indigo Plateau..."
My main worry with warps is that unlocking them all immediately could take away from the feeling of progression, particularly for new players & in an environment where the game is on the slower end and often very slice-of-life-y. When I was new in game (and honestly even now, if to a lesser degree), "unlock more of the map" was very useful for figuring out what to make new posts about + motivating myself until I did start getting more in-depth CR! But it might still be worth it for the ability to jump into an in-person log wherever?
...and definitely no plans to eliminate mechanical rewards entirely! They might just be showing up less often/showing up when it makes sense to have several reward options.
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My main worry with warps is that unlocking them all immediately could take away from the feeling of progression, particularly for new players & in an environment where the game is on the slower end and often very slice-of-life-y. When I was new in game (and honestly even now, if to a lesser degree), "unlock more of the map" was very useful for figuring out what to make new posts about + motivating myself until I did start getting more in-depth CR! But it might still be worth it for the ability to jump into an in-person log wherever?
...and definitely no plans to eliminate mechanical rewards entirely! They might just be showing up less often/showing up when it makes sense to have several reward options.