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Alright, so into the Jasper Ward! I want to clarify before starting something about I sai with the myster egg. Essentially, unless it's a baby pokemon (I only know a handful of the options so I don't know if that's possible) I WILL put it in the daycare with a compatible pokemon to breed. I won't wait for a Shiny Egg, but I will check back every so often. So I may end up with an awesome Lv1 shiny in a few updates time, or it may never happen. I have to say after my main playthrouh, it's nice to pay attention to the names of the meteor grunts, particularly because I'd never noticed Simon and Tara until after Charlotte points them out later, but they're always present. Also Jalapeno? is becoming very useful because I forgot how good Nature Power is in Reborn. Now, while they took the park Dungeon away, has Malchous Forest always been a seperate area with an entrance and all? I swear it used to be attached to Jasper. Maybe I'm thinking of the place by Beryl, though. Anyway, time for the second Tangrowth Team Vs. Taka: Jackie Pan Lv22 Mozilla Lv24 Jalapeno?@Big Root Lv25 UniqueTyping Lv24 Brainfreeze Lv25 Lucky #6@Black Sludge Lv23 So, the dreaded Taka. Every run, without fail, I've always struggled a crazy amount with this battle. At first, I was doing fine,Lileep an Tangrowth only took down one pokemon between them. Then I got unlucky with Confusion and Chatot took out another four. Mozilla managed to survive though, and I win another difficult battle! Did he always only have three pokemon in this fight? My memory is really sketchy of earlygame teams, no matter how many times I've played through. Ahh, Beryl. Probably tied with Obsidia for my favourite music of all the Reborn City wards. So atmospheric. Now, I guess it's on to the third Tangrowth. Team Vs. ZEL(2) & Taka(2): Lucky #6@Black Sludge Lv24 Mozilla Lv26 Brainfreeze Lv25 Jalapeno?@Big Root Lv25 UniqueTyping Lv25 Jackie Pan Lv25 So... This is the first time I've lost a battle all playthrough.Everything hits so hard, especially Espeon and Chatot. The second try, I used the simple strategy of ignoring Taka until I'd dealt with ZEL. The main threat was Espeon, Mozilla is the only think I have that can take a Future Sight and survive. The issue arose that after dealing with ZEL, I had no good pokemon left to deal with Taka. So that's two losses. This time I accepted the loss and the exp it brought, and then attempted again. My third try was more succesful. Took out Lileep and it's confuse rays, took out all of ZEL's Eeveelutions, ook out Tangrowth... It was Lucky #6, Unique Typing, and Jalapeno? left, all just to take out Chatot. And thanks to him using Nasty Plot which let Jalapeno? get a nasty plot of his own off, I did it! FInally, third try, I beat this crazy battle. One plot thing that I've always wondered about is after this battle. It takes Heather and her Salamence that ENTIRE battle to beat the other Meteor Admin's Crobat. Now, given we battle said admin and see their levles AND given that we find out in E14 roughly how powerful Heather really is... How could that possiibly have taken that long? In fact, she didn't even win. Her Salamence is surely in the region of Level 90, after all. I mean, obviously, it has to go that way for the sake of the plot. But just a thought that came to mind. Something else I wonder, the following scene with the police and the reveal. I've never NOT saved all the police, so I honestly have no idea how this scene goes when you don't. Not to mention why Corey does what he does after the gym battle, but ah well, maybe another playthrough. Anyway, I'd just like to point out the cemetary is now on the mountain field, which I think is a nice touch. So I guess it's onwards to Corey, and then finish up for now. Huh, the new Gym Guy replacement thing says Corey's badge doesn't increase the cap. Which is weird, I was under the impression the badge did, it was just about recieving it (I think it's... Luna and Samson who's badges don't increase the cap. Although looking at my badge case, unless I misremember the order, it appears instead to be Luna and Charlotte.) Unless Ame is psychic regarding the events that are about to unfold. But either way, I have a gym leader to fight! Team Vs. Corey: Lucky #6 Lv26 Jalapeno? Lv27 Brainfreeze Lv26 Jackie Pan Lv26 UniqueTyping Lv27 Mozilla Lv28 So, much like the last battle, I also lost first try here. But this was way closer, it to crobat Vs Mozilla, and Crobat is obviously faster. Battle two went about as well, so I took some time to train. Essentially, I just ran around Beryl cemetary for a bit. Which included the discovery of team member number 7, who's going in the box for now. Although given that grinding becomes easy after Corey, I'll likely keep everyone levelled to rotate as needed. So I'd like you to all welcome aboard UniqueTyping's distant cousin, Stephen Quawking, or S. Quawking for short! So, I tried Corey again. And still lost. I can consistently get down to crobat and then get completely destroyed by it. So after a few more losses, I got frustrated and went back to training. And Evolutions appened. And I went back to face Corey. And I finally did it. Even after all the training, it was still close, but UniqueTyping was definitely the MVP here. Anyway, I'm going to train everyone at the Grand Hall before heading to Lapis, as well as hatching the Mystety Egg and putting the hatchling in the daycare. That's all for now! Shiny Collection Mozilla Brainfreeze Jalapeno? / UniqueTyping / Jackie Pan Lucky #6 S. Quawking

Yeah, they're definitely new. Shinx is still there, but we've lost Trapinch and the other one for Nidoran & Slugma, it seems. Yeah, it's likely enough that 6 before gym 2 CAN happen, but still unlikely enough that none before gym 7 isn't unreasonable either. My first Shiny in my main file wasn't until around Tanzan, I think. That's why I reset for the Fennekin, there was a risk I'd just play through a bunch of the game with no shinies. I'm glad it didn't turn out that way for the sake of the run, haha. Although it means I'm forced to use this team until I get more Shinies, and I reckon if I don't get anymore, I might start to struggle with this team around Kiki. Hopefully all goes well! If I somehow manage to just get no more shinies all the way up to Charlotte, I imagine this team would make her a total nightmare.

So, a LOT of stuff has happened while training for Florinia. Jalapeno? hatched and was indeed shiny (I decided to put the question mark in his name anyway). And so I was training him in the slums, and BOOM, team member number four. Shortly followed by number 5. Shortly followed by me trying my new luck at Voltorb Flip, winning immensely,geting 2 of the TMS, all of the pokemon and, you guessed it, BOOM. That included lucky number 6. So I hereby have a full team, which is good and bad, the bad coming from my needing to get rid of useful team members like Trubbish, and the fact that I use a Pangoro on my main file. But he'll be useful agaisnt Florinia at least, although hopefully I get to replace him soonish. Or I'll get attached to the pallette! It's also worth noting that with Brainfreeze as the only female member, my team is starting to look like Attract bait. I don't recall any time that's been a problem in Reborn before though, so it should be fine. tl;dr, I got crazy lucky and am going aginst Rini with not 2, not 3, but 6 Shinies. I did some training of course, and two of them have evolved from their base forms. So, here we are! Team Vs. Florinia Brainfreeze Lv23 Jalapeno? lv20 Jackie Pan Lv20 Mozilla Lv24 Unique Typing Lv22 Lucky #6 Lv21 So, Maractus managed to get out one layer of spikes, but I also got just lucky enough with my Icy Winds to make her eat all of her super potions. Breloom was straightforward thanks to the 4x Weakness (And it choosing to use Mega Drain instead of Spore against a flying type. gg genius Rini :x). Ferroseed was also dealt with thanks to a 4x Weakness. Cacnea met the wrath of Brainfreeze, although that was mostly me lucky because anothr hit on Pin Missile would've had me faint. Cotonnee... Has she always had a Cotonee, because I certainly don't remember it. I swear she had like... a Foongus or something. Anyway, Cotonnee also went down to Icy wind, but sand tomb had Brainfreeze taken down as well. Which just leaves the dreaded Cradily. Who was, umm... Not much of a problem, because Smack down is NVE against Pancham. So, I guess that's my second badge! Honestly, the Scraggy gang has still been my hardest battle so far, so I guess I musta gotten lucky with my team, because I usually spend ages struggling on Florinia. Only one battle, but I think I'll leave it here for now, given it was one battle and 3/4 new team members. I guess it's off to Beryl and Jasper next, and *shudder* that Chatot. The Garish Gang Mozilla Brainfreeze Jalapeno? UniqueTyping Jackie Pan Lucky #6

Well, I guess I'm getting back into Minecraft when exams are over in two weeks.

Yeah, I am playing on Episode 15. And I can confirm that the shiny marking on the egg DOES indeed mean the pokemon inside is shiny. I'm looking forward to seeing all the updated Leader fields and everything, personally. While I've played through Earlygame a fewtimes on E14, the only time I've ever gotten past Corey is on my main file, which was done way back in Episode 12, I believe. So I have plenty to experience. On thinking about it more, I quite like the fact that the Park is now small and just with the ZEL battle, it definitely seems more reasonable. A bit weird s/he didn't have any backup, though.

So I realise this isn't really getting any interest, but no point stopping now, I'm enjoying the run. I've never really done a documented run before, so if anyone who is reading has any suggestions or critiques or requests, go for it. Anyway, onwards to the Obsidia Park stuff! So, umm... This is different There's no park dungeon anymore. Not sure how I feel about that. Less Meteors to battle means less Exp. On the one hand, it makes sense, because no matter how overgrown the park gets, it'll still be the size of a park. But on the other... my Exp... Anyway, to the ZEL battle! Team Vs ZEL: Trubbish@Black Sludge Lv19 Cherubi Lv18 Tynamo Lv18 Glameow Lv20 Brainfreeze Lv20 Mozilla Lv21 Now, I may be remembering wrong, but last time I did this battle, back when there was a whole forest-y dungeon for the Park, this was on the Forest Field. Now it's not, it's way less brutal. Which is fair, given it's still earlygame. It was always the second Tangrowth I had problems with, although forgetting the part poison on this had me waste a turn trying to poison it. Regardless, it went down pretty easily, so onwards I go. So... I THINK I have a third member to my team. Y'see, I acquired an egg, and said egg has the shiny star in the statscreen so... I assume that means it'll hatch into a Shiny. So I'm tentatively adding him/her to the squad until I know for sure. So umm... Welcome aboard Jalapeno? Anyway, after trekking through the school and an excursion to the Game Corner, it's time to face Fern! Team Vs. Fern(2): Jalapeno? Lv0 Brainfreeze Lv22 Glameow Lv21 Trubbish@Black Sludge Lv23 Mozilla Lv23 Electrike Lv21 His Servine really managed to do a number on a few of my team members, but it was smooth sailing otherwise. Although Lv25 Roselia? Was he always this strong, or has he gotten a buff in the last few episodes? Either way, that's all for now. I'll train the team up, hatch the egg, if it's shiny, train Jalapeno up, and all in all, prepare so I don't get utterly destroyed by Florinia. Team Sparkles: Mozilla Brainfreeze Jalapeno?

We're now on to the journey through Obsidia! So, we'll jump right in with my levels for the Victoria battle. Levels Vs. Victoria(2): Brainfreeze Lv16 Mozilla Lv20 Cherubi Lv16 Tynamo Lv15 Wingull Lv15 Trubbish@Black Sludge Lv15 Not much to say about this. Brainfreeze took down Ralts, Wingull tok down Makuhita, & Trubbish took down Pignite. Onwards, to the slums! In the slums, I'm going to count the Gang battle as a boss, so I guess it's time for levels before that! Levels Vs. Scraggy Gang: Ducklett Egg Lv0 Branfreeze Lv19 Trubbish Lv17 Tynamo Lv15 Cherubi Lv16 Mozilla Lv20 Surprisingly, I'd say that THIS was my first difficult battle of the run. Perhaps because my team is currently only 5 pokemon, while Brainfreeze with Icy Wind got me of to a good start, the moment Scrafty came out, swaggers were flung and I started losing pokemon after pokemon. Mozilla only narrowly survived, but I still managed to beat it first try, even if just barely. I'd call that a success! Shortly afterwards, I end up in a battle against Cain. Levels have barely changed, but may as well be consistent: Levels Vs. Cain(2): Ducklett Egg Lv0 Tynamo Lv17 Trubbish Lv17 Branfreeze Lv20 Cherubi Lv16 Mozilla Lv20 Maybe it's because I've been through Earlygame Reborn so many times [Done a buncha playthroughs which usually make it up to Corey and then I normally get distracted and start a new playthrough], but this was another uneventful battle. Anyway, that's all for now. I'll probably tackle the Park and Onyx gym later on at some point. And hopefully a new Shiny soon, but I think I used up all my luck getting Brainfreeze. The Shiny Squad: Mozilla Brainfreeze

Without Further ado, it's time to battle Julia! Team Vs Julia: Trubbish@Black Sludge Lv15 Mozilla Lv17 Wingull Lv15 Cherubi Lv15 Munna Lv15 Tynamo Lv15 So, I began this battle as I usually do, by setting up toxic spikes. And then, an unexpected MVP emerged. I don't know when it happened, but between Morning Sun & Leech seed, at some point Cherubi became a tank capable of toppling one of Julia's Voltorbs and even her mighty Electrode. It's a real shame I'm getting so much use out of these guys, because I know I'm going to inevitably have to drop all save Mozilla, as soon as my luck picks up (Or drops, depnding on which Shinies I get.) Speaking of luck, shortly after the Julia battle,I happened upon a new team member. I admit, I did do a little bit of time fiddling to allow for me to get said pokemon, but I didn't want to wait until the Sunny weather on Tuesday to get access to one of my favourite pokemon. And when it happened to be shiny... Without further ado, introducing the newest member of our team, who has taken Munna's spot.... Brainfreeze! With solid IVs, sassy, and generally my love for Ice types, we have lucked our way into a VERY nice staple for the forseeable future. So I guess all there is to say is welcome to The Shiny Squad, Brainfreeze! Anyway, that's pretty much it for now. I may make some more progress into Obsidia and maybe Onyx tomorrow, or not, we'll just have to see. Either way, hopefully my Brainfreeze luck continues! The Shiny Squad: Mozilla Brainfreeze

My plan is to only take random stuff and not actually reset for anything, with Mozilla as the only exception, although I may breed/reset for certain Shinies if I find myself with access to a brilliant pokemon, like from the new E15 egg event, but generally, I'm looking at all random. That's the main reason I'm letting myself use normal pokemon until I get 6 Shinies, incase I get crazy unlucky, I don't wanan be stuck with only a Delphox forever, I'm not good enough for a potential Solo run. Part of me was hoping I'd find a Shiny Trubbish while training for Julia, because I love Garbodor, but it wasn't meant to be

Alright, so what I'm gonna do is just show my team composition before each important battle, and give any comments on said battle. I'll probably show statscreens with IV's of any Shiny catches, and I'll get round to Mozilla's once he evolved. Anyway, first important battle, is, of course, against Fern. Team Vs. Fern: Mozilla Lv12 Bidoof Lv11 Beautifly Lv10 Cherubi Lv10 Tynamo Lv10 Wingull Lv10 This battle was... Way easier than I had been expecting, given the rain. Despite said rain, Mozilla got lucky with some burns on Ember, Tynamo dealt with Lotad well enough... Straightforward battle. Mozilla even levelled up. That brilliant Braixen pallette is one level closer. Then some stuff with some terrorists happened, after which it was time for the Aster & Eclipse battle! Team Vs. Aster & Eclipse Mozilla Lv15 Munna Lv15 Tynamo Lv11 Beautifly Lv10 Wingull Lv10 Cherubi Lv10 Another pretty straightforward batle here. Far more importantly, though, Mozilla evolved! Have a statscreen! ...Or not, it's apparently too big of a file. Oh well, I tried. Anyway, next time I guess I'll be taking on Julia after some training! Shinies: Mozilla /

Anyway, the run has now begun! I think for the sake of differentiation at the moment, I'll be nicknaming Shiny Pokemon and not nicknaming the normal ones. So, stumbling through Peridot, We have a rather predictable team of: Mozilla (Lv8) [Yes, I know the joke's been done before] He has a calm nature, and a 28 Sp.Atk IV. Pretty damn good, especially considering I almost ended up with the worst Fennekin ever. Also Magician is a nice bonus which MAY be useful. Bidoof (Lv5) Pidgey(Lv4) Patrat (Lv2) Obviously I've only just started, and it'd be pretty crazy to already luck into a shiny. Although I have to say, this run's already off to a harder start than normal, mostly because my main offense is Ember and it's currently raining ingame. Still, I will persevere! Anyway, I'll probably keep a list of my Shinies at the bottom of the posts, I'm not sure though, I'ven ever really done a documented run before. Either way, here it is! Shinies: Mozilla

See I wasn't sure about the bred shinies sort of thing. Part of me feels like I should probably restrict breeding, but 1/100 or whatever Reborn's rate roughly is still isn't hugely likely, so breeding may still be more pain than it's worth, even if you do manage to get the charm. I don't intend to breed unless I hit a huge brick wall, but I reckon it'd probably be fine to do so if you wanted.

So, given Reborn's increased Shiny rate, I had an idea for a new sort of run I should play. Essentially, the rules are as follows: -Your team is allowed to consist of any pokemon you want at the beginning, however, as soon as you find a Shiny pokemon, it MUST occupy one of the slots. -Once you have 6 or more Shiny pokemon, your team may ONLY consist of Shiny pokemon, although it can be any combination of those you own (So if I like into some brilliant Shinies, good for me. If I find 6 shiny Woobats, less good.) -No repels may be used until you have at least 6 shinies (To ensure I don't try and avoid Shinies so I can keep my normal team) It seems simple enough, but it felt like an interesting idea that would slowly narrow my team options until I had 6 shinies, and from then on, my options would grow again. Anyway, I'm going to choose Fennekin and reset till it's shiny, partly because I've never used it, and partly because it's my favourite reborn starter shiny. After about 10 minutes I got one, but it was Jolly with 0 Sp.Atk IV, so I think I'll keep going until I get one that isn't entirely geared to be awful... This might take a while :S (Also I wouldn't mind someone telling me how I could get the Reborn Shiny sprites from my game folder into my posts, so I'm able to show what shinies i have in my posts.) EDIT: That took nowhere near as long as I thought, I guess it's time to start. I'll actually post team stuff and whatnot after I've gotten to the Name Rater.

Definitely Greninja & Ninetales. I have no idea how many times I lost to that Swalot before I decided to slap rain dance on Ninja and make a rainbow. Turns out that without the crazy regen from the field, that Swalot is WAY easier.

"I..." Angelica started, but shook her head. She had just had her life saved, twice, in increasingly bizarre manners. She wasn't about to question it and cause a need for it to happen a third time. She simply picked up her staff and ran down the street, the opposite direction to that which the sage was going, briefly looking over her shoulder to ensure he wasn't following her, despite her utter disbelief at the matter. "Bloody Onishian nutjobs..." She muttered under her breath.

"Weapon? I have a staff and a broken wrist." Angelica practically growled, briefly looking over at the now dead woman. Not having been in town long, Angelica had barely known her, and didn't intend to lose much sleep over her death. "Anyway, I owe you at least as much as following you after you just saved my life from them. Lead the way." She chirped, her usual, calm demeanour finally returning. This man was obviously very dangerous, and while she was having just the sort of day where she really wanted to shout at everyone, she was at least smart enough to know to quell the fire with a man like this. She was reluctant to drop the staff, given it didn't even close to qualify as a real weapon, but didn't have any intension of others needlessly dying, and so she simply dropped the worn heal staff and continued to clutch her wrist, made much easier thanks to her now free hand, as she stepped out in front of the group and towards the swordmaster.

This is my first time properly Roleplaying, and I've not been particularly involved, so I'm not the best judge of how you've been doing, but from what I've read of the topic before I joined, and what little I've been involved in, Storytelling seems solid and enjoyable, so to me that means you're doing a good job.

Got a Vita a few months back after a sudden urge to play Atelier games, and I haven't looked back. Between Persona, 2 Disgaea's, & 4 Atelier's... Sure, my whole Vita library is remakes of games, but doesn't make it any less awesome.These days I play it way more than my 3DS. I'll probably forget about my Vita when FE:If comes out though.