looneyman1
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thats alot of thought put into actually using legendaries... the only one legendary I have ever used (and ive been playing pokemon games since 1998) is mewtwo, and Ive used mew in my hacks(hes my favorite)... I always feel like Im cheating because they are really overpowered... But I guess if you enjoy using them this might be a concern. I wouldnt really even know how to fix this problem other than remove roaming legendary altogether(and make it static like the other 2)...
but like you mentioned, its not something i will worry about in this hack, but it is something i will keep in mind for my other hacks... instead of using the games roaming legendary, I will make my own (I have some cool ideas for how to make it work)
YeahI suppose I see what you mean with that, if your experiance with legendaries is limited to the how they were handled in the original red and blue that is understandable why you overlooked that for the hack. But I am glad what I said will help in a future hack I'm glad I was able to touch on this.
I THINK there might be a way around that problem with roamers using the 3rd, 4th, and 5th game engines though, if the roamer is never actually engaged in battle, but instead you encounter it's overworld sprite someplace where it then flees, and then when the time is right to engage it in battle you'll have that chance to save before you battle it, because its once a battle is initiated that the IVs and nature of a pokemon is set. Suicune was handled this way in the original Crystal (back when DVs were the method stats were calculated rather than IVs and natures, and bad luck with the right stats likewise ruined the chances of a good set for them) as well as HG/SS.
With how roamers worked until X and Y you would need to be ridiculously patient and persistent. Because of the multiple roamers since gen 4 I hardly play the 4th gen games anymore and only use them to aid in transfering pokemon from game to game. I can't really enjoy simply playing them anymore due to the mechanic at work, it was what killed any enjoyment of HG/SS for me especially since Suicune was the only example of a roamer that uses the idea I pitched above.