b0geybuster:If I remember correctly we could never gift master equipment, but with that said the balls were never tier or level specific so they could be gifted to anyone.
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b0gey
Sorry, I remember how it worked now.
You could gift pro equipment (V2s, etc.), but not master equipment. That, however, is a whole 'nother animal. Back when tiers were what unlocked equipment, the reason for not allowing master equipment to be gifted was that you were giving equipment to someone who didn't "earn it" because they were not themselves masters.
There is no legitimate reason, however, for not being able to gift equipment to people who can buy that equipment from the pro shop themselves, especially something as trivial as balls.