Losing EQ and all its other moves hurts. Oh yeah EQ is special, making it much less useful on so many things. The vast majority of Pokemon that learn it have higher physical attack, although I suppose it does slightly help out the much worse Latis and the very nerfed Kyogre up...
In this regard particularly “goal setting,”“action planning” and “providing rewards contingent on successful behavior” (i.e., the player sets the goal to complete a super-challenge that requires regular activity on several consecutive days in order to receive a special reward), as well as...