You are accurate that it’s barbarically simple, but there’s just a little bit more in it. CP works like level and can close a type mismatch, and inversely a type match can make up the gap of CP to a degree. However, there’s some pokemon that get a higher number than others. Either way, it’s a system that very much…

That’s incredibly perfect. That works so very well. It’s like “how do you know someone doesn’t play pokemon go?” Don’t worry, they’ll effing tell you.