in all of my years of playing pokemon, and i've played since blue,
i have never once encountered a shiny in the wild
and i have also tried for years with masuda methods and never had any luck
and i'm /still/ trying masuda method for an espurr in this gen [800 eggs so far, haha... ha...]
and i have been very patient. u vu
so i don't know, i was kind of happy that they gave us a way to get some shinies.
i caught my first ever shiny a few days ago--a shiny gyrados
and i was so excited!!!
so yeah while it's a little easier to find them now,
it's nice for people like me who never got to own one before.
besides, it's all fish pokemon. :p
other types are much harder to find.
that being said i've been in the friend safari for hours now
no luck for me.