[X] My Assistant

[Rizu Chan]

I was thinking that, much like in the Dream Shelter where eggs of species you haven't picked before are showed as the generic egg sprite, eggs in the Shelter could have the same thing done to them. I've hatched so many by now that sometimes I just don't remember who I haven't picked and who I have -- so making them all mystery eggs would be fun.

You never know what you're getting until you get it at least once. And maybe it'd help, somehow, to bring down the egg population in the Shelters a bit. Make it more like a game. ^^

EDIT
Since people are saying the wouldn't want it as a default setting for whatever reason this could also be made into a setting -- those who want it activate it and those who don't keep with their eggs in their full color as usual. I just think it'd be very helpful, especially for users like me that use the mobile version more than the normal site -- and we can't hover over eggs there to see if we've already hatched them or not. >:

This post has been edited by Rizu Chan: Dec 29 2010, 03:43 PM

[Special K]

I already completed the eggdex so that wouldn't affect me but I feel like that would maybe be annoying to newer users who wanted certain pokemon, or were going for certain achievements/badges/exploration tasks and had to just keep guessing until they got the right pokemon there's a LOT of different eggs, so that would just seem... frustrating? I don't know. Besides, you can tell which ones you have yet to obtain by hovering over them. If it says "Mystery egg", you haven't grabbed it yet.

[Darien]

Actually, I could see this useful for both new Users an older Users that haven't completed their egg dex (Like me lol). But a good solution to this would to have it as an option in our settings. By default, I would say have it turned off as to not confuse people ^^

[Rizu Chan]

*nods* Darien has a point, it could be a setting of sorts.

Of course, if people are egg hunting specific species they shouldn't have a problem once they've gotten it at least once -- and in any case there's always the Laboratory as a last resort. Lot of people seem to forget that place exists. XDD

I think it'd be a nice implementation, make it a bit more challenging to actually get stuff from the Shelter -- since it's currently swamped from neck to feet due to most people being in Gen 5th Pokemon hype. XD

[pyreflydust]

I don't know what your problem with the egg shelter being so full is, it does help those of us who are shiny hunting. Not to mention that you could take your own advice and use the lab and a repel and you will wind up with something you absolutely have no egg dex data for.

I guess if this was an option it wouldn't be such a bad idea, it might even be fun. But I can see how it would be frustrating to someone who needs something they haven't found yet, especially if it's for an exploration as I saw a few people express that frustration with the 12 Days of Christmas since it requires two fifth gen pokemon.

[Yamper]

I guess it sounds kinda fun I suppose...

But a lil hard for the new users :P but then again... it's hard for us in the DreamWorld, right?
But even so... it would be interesting to see the mystery egg sprite in the normal shelter, but I think it would be rather annoying for the new users... and like Kristastic said, you can just hover over the egg to check if it's "Mystery Egg" or not.

[Special K]

I guess it sounds kinda fun I suppose...

But a lil hard for the new users :P but then again... it's hard for us in the DreamWorld, right?
But even so... it would be interesting to see the mystery egg sprite in the normal shelter, but I think it would be rather annoying for the new users... and like Kristastic said, you can just hover over the egg to check if it's "Mystery Egg" or not.

Luckily, though, DreamWorld still has waaaaaaaaaaay fewer species than the normal egg shelter, so its easier to complete the dex slightly quicker. Can you imagine someone who hatches & fills their dex slowly? They could just be grabbing random mystery eggs for months xD

Like Little Alien Girl said, people were frustrated enough if they were missing a lot of 5th gens & had to find the 2 for the exploration. I couldn't imagine doing that in the egg shelter with 135 different species floating around at any given time, haha. So I guess if it was an OPTION, like you guys suggested, then I'd be neutral..... but forcing it on people, I'd definitely still be against xD

[MM96180]

Isn't this why they have the little menu when you scroll over the egg? It'll tell you if it's a Mystery Egg?

[Rizu Chan]

Problem is I can't hover over eggs in the shelter -- not when I'm on the mobile site anyways, and many times I end up picking something I've hatched before due to that. If I wanted to try and go by memory I'd just go to the Lab and cross my fingers to not claim something I already had.

And if you're shiny hunting this shouldn't be a problem, since you've already hatched the egg at least once (whether from lab or shelter or breeding on your own) so you'd be fie and dandy to continue.

Repels are a joke, especially for sort of new members that don't have that many coins to go around as it is. Hell, I'm still struggling to get enough coins to buy some more account perks I have my eyes on. I seriously don't see how this would inconvenience people, if anything it helps you fill all your eggdex faster -- as well as make it a bit more of a challenge.

And I have no problem with it being a setting and not a default thing, since that way people that like it can use it and those that don't (for whatever reasons) don't use it. Shouldn't be too hard, since they already have the coding in the Dream Shelter. It's just a matter of spreading it over to the Egg Shelter. Safari wouldn't count, for obvious reasons.

This post has been edited by Rizu Chan: Dec 28 2010, 08:39 PM

[Klowii is Sexy]

It could be a setting, for those of us who either
1) Want a challenge
or
2) are insane

[Jen]

They already have mystery egg written on it, but I guess with a default picture that will stop people from being biased towards certain eggs like... carnivine or whatever. (my last egg that i wouldn't get till the end. that and the hippo... and the fish... relicanth.)

I came to post against this, but then changed my mind. man, i don't even know anymore. but i was definitely biased because i thought the egg design was ugly or didn't like the pokemon. But I have Zerxer next to me who thinks he is for this idea.

[Darth Krytie]

I like the idea of using the default egg sprite for any egg which you do not have.

[The Final Pam]

I also came to post against this then you changed my mind. It is a good idea as an option so that way new people can say "no I don't want this" and they don't have it! It's frankly very simple!

[Rizu Chan]

LET THE MIND CHANGING REVOLUTION BEGIN!!! XDD

But yeah, if people are against it being a default thing it can be a setting. I just think it'd be very useful, especially now that I'm using the mobile in my i-4 a lot more than on my laptop (simplicity and non lag for the win baby) but picking eggs there -- especially since I can't hover over them to check if it's a mystery or not -- is a pain in the arse.

Picked two today that I had already previously hatched.
Dunsparce and Horsea. xDD

[Darien]

Just to comment on people saying "You can just hover over the egg and see if it's a mystery egg or not."

Well, we could spend all our time going each egg one by one to see, and by the time we get to a mystery egg, someone else may have already claimed it.

[Jen]

Just to comment on people saying "You can just hover over the egg and see if it's a mystery egg or not."

Well, we could spend all our time going each egg one by one to see, and by the time we get to a mystery egg, someone else may have already claimed it.

Not likely. The eggs in the normal shelter go pretty slow, and if that does happen, then the egg will most likely be there next stock or so.

[Rizu Chan]

That has actually happened to me quite a bit, especially with semi-rare Pokemon that don't tend to pop up in the Shelter all that commonly to begin with.

That and the odd case of novelties, when I'm stuck staring at the egg trying to figure out if I have it -- and by the time my brain tells my finger to click it's already gone. XD

[Darien]

Just to comment on people saying "You can just hover over the egg and see if it's a mystery egg or not."

Well, we could spend all our time going each egg one by one to see, and by the time we get to a mystery egg, someone else may have already claimed it.

Not likely. The eggs in the normal shelter go pretty slow, and if that does happen, then the egg will most likely be there next stock or so.

It still happens to me more often than I'd like.

Also, think of Prof Cypress breeds. If she breeds something and it gets thrown into the shelter, I'm willing to bet it'd be picked up pretty quick XD

[Pikagrue]

I have to say that I do not particularly like this suggestion, mainly because it would make it rather trivial for a person with a complete egg dex to pick out newly-released novelties. On the flip side, it would make it quite difficult for a user with an incomplete egg dex to locate any novelties at all.

Just strikes me as somewhat unbalancing.

[Darien]

Well, I've already thought about that. Most people I think would already know what the mystery egg would look like, or know of an egg they've never seen before.

The main reason I like this suggestion is simply because I find it bothersome to memorize all the eggs I already have (Or don't have) and hunt around looking at the egg pattern while it'll be a lot easier to say "Hey, there's a mystery egg" and grab it since it stands out a lot more than other eggs in the shelter.