4th Gen Honey, or using your head?

What way did you prefer to use to get Pokemon via trees?

  • Honey!

    Votes: 2 3.8%

  • Headbutting!

    Votes: 41 77.4%

  • YOU'RE KILLING THE TREESSSS

    Votes: 10 18.9%
  • Total voters
    53
Headbutting hands down. While I did enjoy slapping some honey on the trees, headbutting was by far more convenient, responsive, and faster. Plus, why wait about half a day for a Pokémon to show up (which most of the time it was something common) when you can keep smashing a tree head on?
 
Headbutt is better. Do you realize how much time, luck, and money goes into catching a Munchlax? What's worse is if you accidentally kill the darn thing while trying to catch it. No. Headbutting is better despite the brain trauma it may cause my pokemon.
 
Trees are abused...

I prefer Headbutt, by a slight margin. I pretty much forget to check, rendering it to be a complete waste of money and time. Though Headbutt was really annoying when it came down to finding the pokemon you actually wanted.
 
Oh god, headbutting all the way. I HATED they Honey method- it takes too long, and usually results in disappointment :/ Waiting several hours in the hopes of finding a Heracross yet getting a darn Wurmple :( As far as I'm concerned, it's impossible to get a Heracross from a Honey tree. And it's sure as hell impossible to get a Munchlax :/ The luckiest I ever got with a Honey tree was catching an Aipom, so.. I much prefer headbutting because of the instant result. I also prefer that in HGSS, if you headbutt a tree and nothing appears, you know that nothing will ever be in that tree- so you know not to waste your time headbutting it again and again. Headbutt all the way, for me. :)
 
Never really used headbutt tbh :/ I used honey much more.
 
Headbutting was so much better then using honey. Probably the biggest reason is that it was so much quicker. I remember having to wait ages to catch a Cherubi and Burmy. Headbutt was a bit annoying though because there was only one tree in each area and I had to carry the move.
 
Headbutting is the way to go because it would take less than 10seconds to see if you ran into a Pokemon rather than waiting a whole day for a male Combee or an even rarer Pokemon such as Heracross.


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I only used honey approximately four times. Of those four times, I remembered twice. Both of those gave me a male Combee.
I headbutt all the time while looking for hidden items on SS accidentally, and I found a Heracross in the process once - so I am definitely a big fan of headbutting!
 
Headbutting. While the idea and concept of Honey was nice and all, it was just like what have been mentioned. Honey took a while, and it becomes really disappointing if you've waiting for hours for a Pokemon to come around, and it's not a Pokemon you want (like a Male Combee). Headbutting on the other hand is much easier to do, and if you want to get all the tree Pokemon just simply take a day and just headbutt around for said Pokemon. You don't have to really wait or anything.
 
like nearly everyone else I prefer headbutting as it is instant. The only good thing about honey is catching a combee
 
Headbutting is fun. The immediacy is always good to know, especially if it becomes clear that you're wasting your time getting Pinecos when if you try a different tree, you could get a Heracross. (I know the game mechanics don't really work that way but LET ME IMAGINE IT, DAMMIT!)
 
I liked the idea of honey trees, but headbutting is so much easier.

And I just wanted to say to a certain pokemon...

giradialkia said:
it's sure as hell impossible to get a Munchlax
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...thanks for the pain, I will probably never put honey on a tree again.
 
I'm going with the general consensus ( I did it before it went mainstream shut it, Hipster EK) and say headbutt, because of the instant result. However, I am doing a pro and cons for my preferred method:

Pros of Headbutting:
  • Instant results
  • No forgetting about headbutting (Although you might eventually forget how, hitting your head over and over is not good, concussions are bad)
  • Headbutting is free

Cons of Headbutting/pros of honey:

  • 100% Pokemon seeing rate
  • Something about Honey is just cool
  • Honey seems more realistic than headbutting
  • Soft resetting
 
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Show some love for Headbutting! :D

I always loved headbutting. Loved the Pokémon that came from it, how easy it is, how immediate it is, and I even quite like the move Headbutt itself in battle.

I don't really like Honey since I never got to tend to the tree at the right time unless I pained greatly remembering and thought about it all day, and even then it wasn't one-hundred percent. On top of that, if I ever actually did get at the Pokémon, rarely would it ever be something I wanted. :(
The concept of Honey Trees was actually really quite cool, but it didn't work for me personally and I feel they could have done it better.
Idek how people get Munchlax at all. D:

On the other hand, there isn't really any problem I find with Headbutting.
 
I. Hate. Those. Freaking. Honey. Trees.

I've been placing honey on those damn trees almost every day since December of LAST YEAR, and STILL haven't found a Munchlax. Stupid 12 hour wait. With headbutting, once you headbutt a few trees, you'll find one that works every time, and you can hit it once every 10 seconds rather than once every day.
 
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I've been commonly ranting and complaining about how crappy the honey mechanic in general is in the past, and my opinion hasn't changed a bit since then. Honey belongs on bread, not on trees.
 
mondays suck said:
I've been commonly ranting and complaining about how crappy the honey mechanic in general is in the past, and my opinion hasn't changed a bit since then. Honey belongs on bread, not on trees.
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Haha this.
I never had the patience to put honey on trees and wait. Headbutting was quick, effective, and kinda neat to watch.
 
I liked honey because whenever I headbutted a tree, I got a freakin spearow -____-
 
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