Carrot-On-A-Stick is not good. :(
<t>Hello everyone. <br/>
I'll start off by saying that I love this game very greatly. I've never had as much fun playing any other pokemon game. But I have a complaint about something that has been bothering me for a while. I feel like there are a few pokemon in this game that have too low of an encounter rate. The encounter rate is low enough for a player to go through 600 encounters or more in one login session, without seeing the species they came for. I've spent a long period of time and over 90k in a single session in johto safari wet zone without getting feebas.<br/>
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Today, I've been hunting Absol (with Membership buff active) in Mt. Silver 3F, and just hit encounter 600, still no Absol.<br/>
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I honestly feel like quitting because I've spent 30-70 hours trying to get a good Feebas or Absol, and have only caught 4-6 of each, all bad, all taking way too many encounters than is healthy for anyone.<br/>
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Everyone says "it's an mmo, you have to grind for stuff"...<br/>
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I've played World of Warcraft for 9 years. This is not wow. Absol is not a legendary Pokemon. If I get Absol, is he going to break the meta and carry me to top of ladder? I don't understand why these "extremely rare" pokemon have to have such harsh encounter rates. Mt. Silver 3F and Johto Safari Wet Zone have left a bitter taste in my mouth that is so horrible, that I dont' even want to play. I'm too stubborn of a player to give up on finding absol or feebas, so I'm going to keep trying to bite the Carrot-On-A-Stick in front of me, until I either get the carrot, or (metaphorically) starve to death due to lack of carrot acquisition.. <br/>
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Thank you for taking your time to read this Topic. I'm sorry for giving off such a negative aura, but hey, that's what Feebas and Absol have done to me. <br/>
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I'd like to know if any other players have an opinion on this topic, other than "it's an mmo deal with it bro".<br/>
I'm looking for constructive feedback. I'd like to know what you think could or should be done, to prevent players like me from quitting or losing their minds, over "EXTREMELY RARE" pokemon, like Absol and Feebas.</t>