Axell Starr said:
Spartansn1p3r said:
Shiny tip!
Use instacheck hotspot to help hatch shiny pokemon!
Link: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/instacheck-hotspot-a-fast-pok%C3%A9mon-checker-for-xy.3492531/
Installation help and download link are there
I wouldn't suggest using it. I did some poking around and all the things I read on the application it uses to work properly said it's either possible to contain a virus, has known to have viruses in the past, or questionable. I asked my fiancé to be (he's an IT guy) and he advised me not to use it since it doesn't look worth the risk.
Ive downloaded the program on two laptops (my own and another since mine was missing Firewall data and cant produce a hotspot) and on mine I have ran malware removers and virus checks and nothing has been found(in my attempt to get my Firewall working again). Also, the website of Pokemon players that uses the program vigorously now doesnt seem to have anything that I can tell that points to anything malicious.
On another note though, the Instachecker pretty much works amazingly with my method of collecting eggs and boxing them to hatch later. Yeah, you get stuck with a ton of eggs to hatch that you dont need once you pick out the good ones with the checker, but especially if you have a few friends to trade with that wont scam you, you could potentially get quite a few shinies (and ones that are flawless when otherwise they wouldnt be) out of the endeavor.
Also, a tip for collecting eggs-
Ride between the point where you can just see the breeder (that gives you the eggs) and the female artist to the left. That seems to be the minimum distance off screen that is required to get him to turn around. If you have Oval Charm (a huuuuuge endeavor but worth it) and two MM parents of the same species, you can collect 5 eggs in 2-3 minutes. Potentially, you can collect a whole box worth in less than 20, and in just an hour, have 3 or so boxes full of eggs to check with the checker. Also, riding between the shortest possible points to reveal the egg allows the RNG the least amount of time to advance, meaning you can hit spreads(eggs) that are closer together when generating, and not allowing it as much room to possibly skip over a chance for a shiny.
Another great thing about checker is, if an egg is something like 31/31/31/31/29/31, you will KNOW. This is amazing since you can use that parent over something else, where if you rely on the IV guy, he will tell you two Pokemon with those flawless stats are the same, but one has a 3 while the other has 29 in the non-flawless stat.
Edit: One more thing. lol
Label the boxes you put your Eggs into, and make sure you have at least 5 dedicated to them. When storing the eggs for later hatching, sort them into the boxes by order you picked them up. Ex: Box one, is the first egg, two the second etc etc... I do this because each egg received in the order it was has had roughly the same time added to its hatch counter. Once you start to hatch, you can pull eggs out of box 4 or 5 (all should have had practically no steps added to hatch counter) and spam hatch powers, and then alternate with boxes 1 and 2 (since they will hatch in about the same amount of time as boxes 4-5 WITH Hatch Power)every other set of 5 you decide to hatch- this way you can give your O Power time to recharge AND when you hatch eggs that were picked up in the same order they hatch almost all at once within 1-25 steps of each other. Hope that was well explained enough!
I know my methods are a bit methodical- o_0 - but I think having a decent method to hatching for shinies or ANYTHING makes things MUCH easier than just relying on dumb luck randomly.