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I have an idea that is similar to the shiny hunting method of Sun and Moon. Chain Fishing. Chain fishing, for those of you who don't know, is catching the same Pokémon repeatedly to increase shiny odds, much like the safari zone.

For this site, i would propose maybe a way to check the Pokémon, like the silhouette of the Pokémon instead of a magikarp on the catch rod. That way, there's a way for people to get shinies without entirely depending on shiny bait and shiny rod.

(please keep in mind that during the Necrozma quest part for fishing, there is a popup saying its too dark to see the pokemon, and your fishing chain will be paused.).

Maybe, instead of maxing out at 40, the chain could max out at say, 100, or more to make the hunting a little harder.


Added parts:

Ok. To sum up my idea, at level 20, you can buy an item in the item shop. Then, you are able to see the silhouette of the pokemon you are GOING to catch. You can then time it out and let the mon run away, or catch the fish pokemon. Once you get a chain of 10 or more, you begin to have a "fishing chain". The pokemon you are chaining appears more frequently, and has a higher chance to be shiny. You can stack the shiny rod and shiny bait ontop of this boost, giving you a higher chance. Then, at chain 100, the chance of finding a shiny maxes out at 1.5% (2.5% for premium users). Keep in mind that the item would not work during the Necrozma quest, and it would say something like "Oh no, you seemed to have dropped your (insert the item name here, thinking about a name like "fishing lantern" or something) in the ancient cave. Maybe once this is all over, Keshi will help you find it."

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Hasn't this been suggested before?

Sorry, I didn't see that. Thank you!

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The way I understood it, this suggestion is about being able to guess the pokémon and decide whether you want to reel it in.

The linked suggestion is about always catching the same pokémon, as long as you don't leave the beach and have 'chain bait'.

While the idea is the same, the implementation and 'other uses' are different, so I approved this one independently from the other one.

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Ok. To sum up my idea, at level 20, you can buy an item in the item shop. Then, you are able to see the silhouette of the pokemon you are GOING to catch. You can then time it out and let the mon run away, or catch the fish pokemon. Once you get a chain of 10 or more, you begin to have a "fishing chain". This would work like the safari chain, where catching a new pokemon resets the chain. The pokemon you are chaining appears more frequently, and has a higher chance to be shiny. You can stack the shiny rod and shiny bait ontop of this boost, giving you a higher chance. Then, at chain 100, the chance of finding a shiny maxes out at 1.5% (2.5% for premium users). I will add this to the main post. Keep in mind that the item would not work during the Necrozma quest, and it would say something like "Oh no, you seemed to have dropped your (insert the item name here, thinking about a name like "fishing lantern" or something) in the ancient cave. Maybe once this is all over, Keshi will help you find it."

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Love this idea

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Bump!

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I support, but could we import a mechanism to flee from catching the pokemon so we dont have to wait for it to time out? for pokemon like wailmer thatd be a pain

i like this idea mush more than the other! sounds so cute and i love how deeply you thought it out! good luck, hope this becomes real! =D

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Sorry, didn't read this

@MimiPallas
Thank you!

@Soulstar
Sure, maybe like an option to flee thats located away from the pull rod button so that nobody accidently clicks flee.

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Bump!

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