So Day 2's Comments:
1. Forgot to mention this yesterday, the map for Mauville City is not all that helpful.
2. Honestly I didn't do all that much, mainly since I beat Flannery and Norman so I got Strength and Surf so I went around to old locations. Of course I still couldn't do somethings, Meteor Falls needs Waterfall and Sea Mauville needs Dive to be fully explorable. In addition I found a dive spot on Route 107.
3. So going up to Fallarbor Town I was feeling kind of sad since I knew I'd need a Flying Pokemon yet never got the right Taillow. That's when I remember Fallarbor has Skarmory, and using the DexNav I managed to snag myself a Brave Bird Skarmory with a Adamant nature. Sadly Vigoroth had to be boxed, but he was just there as fodder anyway as I didn't want to use a Slaking. Of course he needed some special training but he caught up with my other Pokemon and is quite the teammate.
4. In addition to using Surf (on my Tentacruel) and Strength (on my Hariyama), I had to keep switching the bikes back and forth which was kind of annoying. However going to Fortree I'm sticking with the Acro Bike for obvious reasons (though my favorite is the Mach for the increased speed).
5. I was kind of worried about battling Norman, but when the battle happened it was a piece of cake. They nerfed his Slaking's moves and my Skarmory was able to wall them easily.
6. Bleh, RSing for Timid Latias was annoying. Please GameFreak, before and after battling a Legendary give us time to save and check. Actually the giving of Latias was kind of forceful, do we even have a choice to box it? Well eitherway my Hariyama is boxed now, though thinking about it maybe I should have boxed my Breloom since he's my False Sweeper and I can always return back to an old location and catch any Pokemon I missed.
7. Found Aarune, twice actually. First the initial time and then a second time in Fiery Path after beating Flannery and Norman. Haven't made a Secret Base yet, first plan on beating the game.
8. So after saving Professor Cosmo it kind of felt like the story was pushing me along to go faster. I never said no to May so first I teleported from Meteor Falls to Cosmo's House, then Cosmo's House to Mauville City, and after beating Flannery I got teleported right to Petalburg so I fought Flannery and Norman pretty much back to back.
9. Hmm, can't find the Trick Master after his 5th challenge. I have an odd feeling I'm going to need the Devon Scope. In addition I sort of found his 5th challenge odd. So far each of his challenges required you using the HM you now have access to, but his 5th challenge is an easy quiz game instead of a Surf puzzle.
