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-      Gen 4 Battle Factory FAQ
+     Emerald Battle Factory FAQ
 
 Q: What are you trying to do?
-A: Beat the Battle Factory without manip, going for the fastest time for Silver and/or Gold Print.
+A: Beat the Battle Factory without manip, going for the fastest time for Silver and/or Gold Symbol.
 
-Q: Why L50 and not L100?
+Q: Why <L100/L50> and not <L50/L100>? Why <Doubles/Singles> and not <Singles/Doubles>?
-A: I already have the Gold L100 record, so focusing on L50 for now.
+A: They are separate categories, just focusing on this one for now. I plan on doing them all.
 L50 is easier/faster (HP bars go down quicker, and you have less 'guessing' of what set the opponent is using in sets 5 and 6), but also a bit more boring because the early L50 pokemon are not as fun to use.
-Q: Why are you doing so many swaps?
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-A: When going for Gold, my strategy is generally to prioritise doing a swap for every battle in the first 2 sets. This is because for every 7 swaps you do, you get a Pokemon from the above set in the first choice of 6 Pokemon to choose from.
+Q: Are the sets the same between Singles and Doubles?
-So this way I get 1 set 3 Pokemon in Set 2, and 2 Set 4 Pokemon in Set 3, and every set after it.
+A: Yes.
 
-After set 2 swapping because much harder, and the reward less valuable, so I then only swap if it actually helps me win.
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 A: The AI gets progressively 'better' as the sets go.
-If priortising speed for Silver Print, I would not swap after set 1 except to improve my team, since it takes time.
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 Set 3-4 has Semi-Random AI (Will not use a move that does nothing, but otherwise choses random moves)
 Set 5 onwards, and fight 21 with Noland has Good AI (Tries to use best move in all scenarios. Some weighting is still weird, though.)
-A: No, I'm playing on a DS with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage.
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 Q: When do you do swaps?
-Q: What is your estimate time for how long this will take?
+A: Only when it actually makes the team better. Swapping is more beneficial in Gen 4 Factory than Gen 3, in Gen 3 it's not worth doing for the increase in "better pokes", and during the set if you swap, you're actually swapping for a worse IV poke.
-A: If I actually get to gold, it'll be around the 2 hour mark.
+This is because opponents have IVs of 3 for their Pokemon (excluding the 7th battle), whereas the IVs for your Pokemon are 3 in the first set, but then go up to 6 for the second, 9 for the third, etc.
 
 Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
-A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnhgssext#Battle_Factory
+A: No, I'm playing on a DS.
 
-Q: Is there any difference between Platinum and HG/SS Factory?
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-A: Yes! There are very slight changes to the teams Thorton will use. But in terms of speedrunning, the most relevant thing is that Platinum does not disable entry animations of Pokemon, so HG/SS is way way faster.
+A: See: Splits
 
-Q: Is Gen 4 Factory easier or harder than Gen 3?
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-A: Much harder to get Gold, but easier to get Silver. You get given way more information about teams you fight in the early rounds making them easier to manage, but this goes away in the later rounds. And in Gen 3, your draft Pokemon get much stronger than the opponents you fight. This doesn't happen in Gen 4, so it's comparatively harder.
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-The 7th battle of each set is also much more difficult in Gen 4, as you fight Pokemon from the "set" above, which makes them more difficult fights in general (especially fight 7 and 21)
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 Q: What is with those split icons? What does A and B mean?
-Q: What are the IVs and EVs of each Pokemon?
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-A: The EVs are built for each set - most Pokemon have 252 in 2 different stats (some do have 168 each in 3 different stats).
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-The IVs start at all 0s, and then increase by 4 for each set. The IVs are tied to the 'set' the Pokemon is from, not the set you are doing. So for example in the second set (Battles 8-14), you'll fight trainers with Pokemon from 'set 1' (i.e. Burmy) and 'set 2' (i.e. Hitmonlee). The trainer with Burmy will have all 0 IVs since it's from set 1. The trainer with Hitmonlee will have all 4 IVs since it's from set 2.
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