6th Gen Encounters

It seems to me the encounter rate in X and Y is ridiculously high compared to other games? I only bought Y earlier today, and have noticed that I'm running in to a load of Pokemon and a strange number of them are female... This doesn't feel like it's happened before, what's changed this gen?

That's definitely one of the changes; our encounter rate. I personally wish they had not done this, though; it's troublesome.

Boynsy said:

It seems to me the encounter rate in X and Y is ridiculously high compared to other games? I only bought Y earlier today, and have noticed that I'm running in to a load of Pokemon and a strange number of them are female... This doesn't feel like it's happened before, what's changed this gen?

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Peitharchia said:

That's definitely one of the changes; our encounter rate. I personally wish they had not done this, though; it's troublesome.

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I thought these were simply pre-XY days rumors! Lol

Here's a way to counter it:
- Repels, place your highest level Pokemon on top of your Pokemon party list.
- Place a Pokemon with the Intimidate Ability on top of your Pokemon party list, as it cuts down the encounter rate, then there's also Cleanse Tag a hold item. Iirc, the effects stack up! (:

Thank you sun, for that it helped me as well on a problem I was having