Pokemon omega ruby: help

Paper1·Jan 16, 2015·1 votes·688 views

Hi. I have been playing Pokemon games since the first ones were released and I have enjoyed every release. However, I am not really a pro at these games. Usually I finish the main story, catch some of the legendaries and then I'm done, but I realise there is a bunch of other stuff I can do in these games and I want to be able to experience that. The problem is that there are so many things that I could do, and yet I don't know what's worth doing and if I do attempt something, I don't know if I'm wasting time.

For instance, I've finished the story and delta episode in omega ruby, caught some of the legendaries, and now I'm attempting to get a perfect surskit/get a shiny. I have about twenty one surskit with three IV's each, but I don't know how best to proceed. I have read serebii.com , and I understand it somewhat, but it would still be good if someone gave me a different perspective on the matter. I am concerned too about dealing with all of these variables e.g. After doing the breeding properly, how do I deal with evolution, how do I deal with abilities,natures e.t.c.

To sum up, I am looking for some direction on what to do next in the game. Should I grind through this daunting task of trying to build a really good team, or should I start smaller, or do I try something else first? Thanks

P.S I don't think surskit is at all a good pokemon to play with competitively, I basically picked it at random. Also to farm for honey, until I realised all I needed was a pokemon with sweet scent (face palm).

8 Comments

Drunk RummateJan 16, 20151 votes

great thing about pokemon is you can just set a goal and work towards it. you dont have to be competitive or anything, you just have to have fun.

personally im working on a full team of Eevees in alpha silver, one of each type and with very specific movesets. Is it some incredible unbeatable team? No. But it's a fun goal for me.

Obviously there's an efficient way to do anything, but a huge part of enjoying a game is the learning process which comes from messing around on your own. You'll make a ton of mistakes along the way, but that just makes your knowledge more valuable to you :)

Paper1Jan 16, 20151 votes

I suppose you're right. I don't think everything can be learnt from the game alone though. The glaring example I can think of is the items like protein, calcium e.t.c. . The game says they will boost a particular stat, but It doesn't tell you that it adds ten ev's to a stat. I think that's important to know if I want to ev train properly. I would have no idea what chaining is until I went on serebii. Not that's its a problem, it's just that like you said it's better if I discovered these things by myself, but it seems like a lot of these concepts are difficult to figure out.

Drunk RummateJan 16, 20151 votes

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I suppose you're right. I don't think everything can be learnt from the game alone though. The glaring example I can think of is the items like protein, calcium e.t.c. . The game says they will boost a particular stat, but It doesn't tell you that it adds ten ev's to a stat. I think that's important to know if I want to ev train properly. I would have no idea what chaining is until I went on serebii. Not that's its a problem, it's just that like you said it's better if I discovered these things by myself, but it seems like a lot of these concepts are difficult to figure out.

I understand what you're saying. I think that's part of the problem with checking online is that you begin to know exactly how in depth you can get. If you're into min-maxing then go ahead I guess, but that takes a ridiculous amount of effort and study to get right. I prefer to avoid thinking about the more in-depth stuff that you wouldn't know without reading what the dataminers have released for the most part, so I guess I'm just different in that sense.

Paper1Jan 16, 20151 votes

Fair enough. I guess I'll just keep playing and see what happens and I'll try not to overthink it. Thanks

Yulen XoshxiusJan 16, 20151 votes

The secret bases are pretty good if you get max rank, you can get them to power level your pokemon/EV train/give you rare items.

Paper1Jan 16, 20151 votes

Oh yeah I connected my ds to the Internet and found some randomers bases. I stole a few flags and made some of them my pals. I have no idea what it does though.

Yulen XoshxiusJan 16, 20151 votes

Each of the different people you recruit can do different tasks for you. as you level up your base they get more options.

Paper1Jan 16, 20151 votes

Ahh ok, I'll look into that then. Thanks for the help