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Ok so for those unaware in order to start the quest to get Hoopa you need to gamble on a 1/??? RNG (Random Number Generator) and hope that you A) pick the right chest and B) don't get one of the other more common rewards.

and I just wanna ask why?
Why is this not a guaranteed thing on the 100th chest for people who have never done the quest? Why should I be forced to waste game chips on a ridiculously low chance to get the right number if I want to complete my Kalos Pokedex? I understand why it's like this for people who've already done the quest, but what about those who haven't...?

I would suggest to change this to be guaranteed for first timers but it'd probably get rejected before people could even vote on it for "oversimplifying the website" or some other ridiculous, nonsensical reason; and besides that, the suggestions forum might as well be a suggestion itself considering how many suggestions sit in there collecting dust with 90% or above approval ratings.

I have obtained 98 Hoopa within 6917 Treasure Boxes opened, including both correct and incorrect guesses. 98 / 6917 ~= a 1.4% chance.

(However, that's including the chests I've opened when I already had the Hoopa Quest active / before Trainerlevel 20. Which means the chance is actually even higher)

Based of the 1.4% chance, you'd need approximately 72 Treasure Boxes (including both correct and incorrect guesses) for a Hoopa.

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500 Game Chips is worth basically nothing. You also gain back your GC spent on Treasure Boxes from other Treasure Box rewards, such as 10k GC. So you're actually profiting GC, not wasting it.