Hey all,
I'm still trying to avoid most story spoilers, but I did have a... question? Observation? About mass outbreaks I was hoping to get clarification on.
My question is: is there a possibility that the odds of getting a certain species to outbreak varies by species?
I'm hunting for a (female) shiny eevee, and I've seen dozens of outbreaks in the Fieldlands. I haven't been keeping perfect track, but conservatively, I can say that I've encountered the following outbreaks:
4 Outbreaks +: Ponyta, Paras, Parasect, Stantler
3 Outbreaks +: Staravia, Bibarel, Cherubi, Gastrodon, Shellos, Buneary
2 Outbreaks +: Golbat, Scyther, Abra, Bidoof, Mime Jr.
1 Outbreak +: At least a dozen others, including Zubat, Chansey, Happiny, Floatzel, Buizel, Starly, Qwilfish, Chimchar, and some others I can't exactly recall.
As I said, this is a conservative estimate. Because Ponyta is along my eevee-hunting route, I remember each ponyta swarm more than others, and I'm pretty sure I've actually had 6 ponyta swarms, not 4, but since I can't be positive I'm assuming it's four.
Am I just getting stupidly unlucky that the one outbreak I want is not showing up, while just about every other outbreak is showing up multiple times (some of them very frequently)? Or is eevee actually rarer, and paras/parasect more common?
EDIT: I decided to start keeping a list as I continue the hunt, and... the first outbreak I encounter after setting up my list was Paras
. Then I got rapidash, starly... and stantler! I definitely think that there's something to this idea that certain outbreaks are rarer than others. ...Which is really disappointing for me.