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Hey there. ^_^ Firstly, gotta say, RoL is absolutely a fantastic game, and I can't wait to finish it to start RR and LoG.
My only complaint is the encounter rate in DarkWoods. It's ridiculous. :D I can't go more than three or four steps.
My one (major) question is, what am I supposed to do with the Meteorite I got from Mt. Blaze? I'm up to Mt. Pyre by now and I still haven't figured out what to do with it. Do I just hang on to it?
And my one bug issue is, uh... I did the first six gyms, made my way to Retazo City, battled my rival, then went over to Mt. Pyre. I got the call from the ranger saying he wanted my help with SL, then instead of forwarding me to Cherrygrove City (as I've since learned it was supposed to do), it just pushed me into Mt. Pyre. Going out and back in did nothing. So I went up to the top, completed the event with Diark, came back down, and got the second call from the ranger, saying SL escaped, Blitz was recovering, etc, and that they wanted me to go to Montami, even though I never did that event.
Luckily, I use my freeze/defrost states instead of saving most of the time, so I still have an actual save file that is far enough back, I can try again. Let's see... I was riding my bike at the time I got the first call? Maybe that was what messed with the scripts? Anyways, I'm gonna try again, walking, but has anyone else heard of this problem?
EDIT: Okay, I found a reference to the same thing on page 72... seems like they had the same problem... Still gonna try it again, see if I can reproduce the problem, or at least find a way around it.
EDIT 2: Figured it out! Well, now, part of me's wondering why I even bothered posting about the problem in the first place. Other than feeling sheepish, though, I think I've confirmed a definite glitch that might want to be noted. The area at the base of mt. pyre is one of those areas where you can't fly and can't get on your bike. However, if you're already riding your bike when you go into the area, you'll stay on it. If you're going at speed when you hit the door, you'll get the call from the ranger, but you'll go into Mt. Pyre, thus enabling you to skip the Shadow Lugia event. If walking, or if going slowly on the bike when you enter the door, you'll go to Cherrygrove. My best guess is that it's a result of a built-in script for the bike, to ensure that people can keep going at speed after the text. So, yeah, easiest way to avoid it is to not be riding the bike while entering mt. pyre.
But, yeah, thanks! :)