Hey everyone, fairly new player here. So I would like to get into shiny breeding as I was told it would be the best way to get certain shiny mons I seek. But I am a bit confused by it and I have some questions:
Regarding the time, how much does it take on average ? Because if I consider the 1/30k chance for a shiny + the time for eggs to hatch, I only find myself needing to spend several hours a day ONLY breeding on pokeMMO, for several months, to get a shiny. Surely I must be missing something, so what are the tips and tricks to make it more efficient ? (Because then my follow up question would be, you know, how to actually have a life while breeding for shinies)
Then the matter of the cost. That many eggs require that many braces and dittos, I have seen people talking tens of millions pokedollars for this. How to get to such an amount ? Berry farming, champions farming, or tournaments maybe ? Because all of these require additional considerable time of course. Or do people simply use real money to get rich in game ?
Final confusion, how in hell do you get 3, 4, or even 5x31 IVs shines ?? (I've seen some) From what I understand it takes a whole lot of mons to get 5x31 IVS better mons. But do to it with shines you would need EVERY SINGLE ONE of these to be shiny as well. Just how ? Is it just luck, or do these only come as tournament rewards ?
So here are my questions, but maybe it is just not realistic for beginner players to go for shiny hunt ? And maybe it is a several years journey to actually get the perfect shiny + good nature + good IVs pokemon ? I'm totally in the dark here so any guidance would be most welcome ! Thank you in advance !