>>50667899Forgot a couple things:
OP pic is not mine, only shiny I ever found in FRLG was exeggcute. Also got this one last year, both went way over odds (~38k total) but at least I caught both.
I'm either gonna do 2x HGSS plus either 3x FRLG or 3x Emerald Johto extension. Already got a bunch of objects set up in HGSS, mainly going for Pachirisu, Chingling, Chimecho, Shuckle, Manectric, and Ponyta, but really I'd be happy with most anything other than shitmons like Pidgey and Raticate.
>>50667959The great thing about the safari zone is that the encounters go by super quickly, so even 2 games is pretty good.
>seeing as I already have attention issues I have no idea how I'll manage to keep that up hahaI feel ya. I can usually occupy myself with podcasts, streams, or shows that I don't really need to be looking at the whole time, but it can be tricky especially when the encounters are flying by so fast.
>is there any rule of thumb I'm missing as opposed to just saving before a run and then resetting if I find nothing and somehow run out of balls and/or time?Yeah, you can just reset when you run out of steps. In Hoenn, a good workaround is to get the Acro bike and hold down B so you do bunny hops in the grass, since it generates encounters without adding to your step count. Also a lot better for multitasking than moving your character.
