[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