Joequel

I just did one and got a Rocket Uniform, nothing new but figure I'd drop a post. :P

10% is barely anything, and that's why I stated directly "it isn't a big deal". But you also have to remember that this game is looked to as an MMO, not a single player hand-held game. I recall another issue the game has with a queue of 1,000. Excluding the numbers you generally have online, because I don't know an exact for it, let's use the 1,000 for the calculations. That means in every 8 battles, you get 1 shiny. That's assuming there's only 1,000 players and that they only do 8 battles a day. So not only do I think lowering the shiny rate is a bad thing, I wouldn't complain if they devs INCREASED it. Now this is breaking from single fun into a more MMO community, but you need to look at a few factors in all of this. So I'm not going to go any further into it, as I'm sure there's a handful of people who want me beheaded for even suggesting a decrease in shiny appearance rates. But what you have to realize is this game lacks an end game. Once you get so far you're stuck with the VS seeker and a Pokedex. I would bet money that people get on this game simply to find Shiny Pokemon and I think it's very unfair to belittle their efforts EVEN IF by a small percentage chance for other players.

I'm gonna drop my opinion, take it as you will. I disagree with the increasing chance of shinies. Ultimately, Shiny Pokemon are the one incentive in making this game feel like an MMO. Where certain MMOs will have you able to upgrade gear or hunt down rare items, this game simply has EV training, IV/Nature hunting, and Shiny Pokemon. I feel the only real end game enjoyment to be taken from this game would be from socializing and while you do that you would probably EV or hunt for a shiny. Well there's less of an incentive to want to hunt that Shiny Pokemon if it's more easily available to other players. 10% isn't a big deal, but it is there, and it belittles the rest of the communities efforts in finding a shiny. I agree with the cosmetic changes, but disagree with the more game-changing ones.