So I started Daybreak, and it's been weird and mysterious territory so far.
- I got a Spiritomb outbreak, and they have eagle eyes like you wouldn't believe. They were sighting me through the rain at nearly the fullness of render distance. They are also hyper-aggressive and equipped with Dark Pulse. When the dust settled I discovered, to my chagrin, none of the captures after the first count towards dex completion (Number caught: 1/1).
- What's the deal with the strange man named "???" at Obsidian Falls? I think he's new, but I haven't been able to find any information on the topic. He's standing on an island in the middle of the river, and he offers the trainer a choice between his left hand and his right. I chose the left and received a Blue Shard. Then he teased that he would never reveal what he was holding in the right and disappeared without a trace. What.
I didn't have too much problems with the Spiritomb outbreak I found, but my approach was like 4 smoke bombs to get close then throwing balls and initiating combat. Guess I dodged a bullet?
I hadn't seen the weirdo at the Falls. That's a fun event. Guessign it's just meant to be a Spoooooky Ghost.
I'm not sure I understand. Beating the stuffing out of 12-ish Zubat is enough to make an outbreak close. When it says "catch or defeat X," it means catch or defeat ALL "X" at the designated location. I thought Mai's dialogue made this fairly clear.
It was not clear at all to me, frankly. The way the dialog sounded, and the way i read the tips, it was just do something (catch/defeat) to have it "register" that you did it.
Having to clear out the outbreak to get it to count for the quest wasn't obvious to me, especially when I had the other much bigger timer hanging overhead and decision anxiety from the 12 other outbreaks around the map.
Honestly even after figuring out that i have to
clear the swarm for the investigation to finish (which is just really tedious i cannot lie) I jsut found me wondering how much time I really had because it sure seems like different swarms have different populations and clearing all 3 out can take a bit and man did i just not want to keep rolling the dice on future weather or save scumming...
Anyway that's all done but I just didn't enjoy the quests at all. It was nice finding a Rowlet swarm though. And A Magby swarm.