>I didn't use this feature at all during my entire playthrough, except when finishing the dex to make egg hatching quicker and to find wild pichu a bit easier
Did I miss out? Was I supposed to be picnicking and making sandwiches the whole time?
You always carry your boxes and a pokecenter is never 'that' far away that setting up a camp site felt necessary. And I mean, its modern-pokemon, I never felt like 'oh, its getting rough out there, let me throw on some sandwich bonus effects to give me an edge'. Buying ingredients seemed like a chore at best since stores aren't exactly clear in labeling on the map, and I wasn't going to be assed to check 15 stops in town for what, exactly?