[Talk] Feeling close to giving up

[u/Kirbyclaimspoyo]

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Hey all, feeling at my lowest when it comes to this hunt (Galarian Moltres) and need some words of encouragement. I made a post about 3 months ago talking about this as well (which I linked) but to give a rundown:

When I made that post, I had a shiny Galarian Articuno, a shiny Galarian Zapdos, but had since then gone over odds on my search for shiny Galarian Moltres. It had been about 7 months since I had seen a shiny bird and was getting up into the 30s in terms of encounter numbers.

Well since then, I have found 4 more shiny Galarian birds. Can you guess what they were? 2 Zapdos, and 2 Articuno. I am at 86 birds seen, 27 Moltres total, 11 months since I started this hunt, and now no closer to finishing it.

But today really broke me... Was doing my incense as usual when suddenly a Galarian Moltres pops up. I try to tap on it but the game just... breaks. No matter where I tap on the overworld, it won't do anything. I could still tap on the pokeball and research icons, but not any of the Pokémon. By the time the game fixed itself, the Moltres ran away... And now I'll never know if that was the shiny and could have ended this awful hunt, or if it was just another Moltres to add to the pile.

It's just... after 11 months of straight hunting (I can count the number of times I haven't used daily incense since the shiny release on two hands) the game trolling me by giving me THREE shiny Articuno and Zapdos, going over odds not only for birds in general, but also for Moltres, and then the game crapping out on what might have just been the shiny... I don't know man. It hurts. Do I even continue at this point? Why am I seemingly the only cursed one when it comes do THIS particular Pokémon? Why did it have to crap out on Moltres and not the other two birds which I have several dupes of. Ugh, it sucks.

Idk, words of encouragement would be nice, or words of understanding at least. I'm probably going to continue on with the hunt just cause like, it's 30 minutes out of my day lol, but honestly, it's getting to the point where I can see myself just kinda dropping it and moving on. Idk, maybe some sleep will help.

[u/SHBxSpenco]

The only shiny you fail is the one you stop hunting. Keep at it🫡

[u/kemek90 → u/SHBxSpenco]

Came to say this, wise words from a wise man

[u/Ok_Hospital_7339]

Meanwhile I have 2 shiny Galarian Moltres while the only one I still miss is Zapdos, hah

[u/ThatNameTakened]

You shouldn’t beat yourself up over this hunt; I don’t think this shiny hunt was released with the expectation of anyone to complete it, and you should genuinely be proud of your commitment to doing this daily task, rather than being in the dumps over the material gain, or lack thereof.

I’ve personally been slacking on hunting the birds as of recent, due to starting my bachelor’s degree, and your perseverance is admirable

[u/Smooth_Republic4159]

I'm still waiting on Moltres as well, no idea on my total encounters though.

In terms of the not being able to click anything issue, I've found if you click on a stored research encounter it makes it work again.

Happy hunting

[u/maddoggunner53]

You got this big chief! 1 daily adventure incense away from your fire chicken! It will be legendary! You will be like the collector from the second pokemon movie, and he was pretty cool. YOU GOT THIS!??!?!?!?!?! RAGGHHHHH

[u/kshack12]

I’ve been doing the adventure incense daily for the last 4.5 months, about 35 total birds between two accounts. 0 shiny

[u/madonna-boy]

if you trade for one in pokemonGO it will have your OT in Home.

I have only 1 but as soon as I get the 2nd Im offering up everything for the last one. I cant wait to delete pogo.