Ah, what a wonderful analysis! I'm hoping that perhaps it would get something akin to Mega Launcher, but for ray or beam based moves. So Solarbeam, Flamethrower, Hyper Beam, and things of that kin would get a super boost through the (now) wilted sunflower.



Also I think Heliolisk is one of the only "viable" Pokemon to use Hyper Beam effectively, being a specially-based half Normal-type. But otherwise, it's just the move that has sentimental meaning. I kind of wish it alone was a more competitively viable move now--it's the kind of move I think should be at least one of the following:



-Stronger than all other moves--the strongest in the game if it's just Normal-type, barring Explosion et. al.

-Able to bypass stat changes

-Able to hit through resistances/types



For such a "feared" original move, it's so spectacularly lackluster in its old age.



As far as Mega evolutions go, quite honestly I want more as well. I think it does a great job of revamping the meta. However! I'm afraid that this means there will be no more natural evolutions to new Pokemon anymore, which I don't appreciate nearly as much. It feels as though it's a tentative step towards an evolution, in case it's not what people like. If they introduced some regular evolutions to say, Unova Pokemon, I think I'll be much happier first.