Items to increase species or type odds in the shelter

For players who do a lot of their shiny hunting via the shelter, I was wondering if it would be worth suggesting ways to increase the odds of these Pokemon appearing? For example, hunting Glameow is extremely difficult as it takes so long for Glameow eggs to appear in the shelter. I think the easiest method of implimenting this would be via items that increase the chance of certain Pokemon types appearing. The percentage would likely have to be somewhat low so that it doesn't get too overpowered, perhaps somewhere between 5% to 20%? Potential positives: Could encourage players to hunt unusual Pokemon. Would make obscure hunts more available to players. Would make hunting a little easier for players with other commitments. Potential negatives: Could have potential to be considered overpowered and/or unbalanced (this could be balanced through mechanics such as a cool down timer).

The only reason I would use a "type filter" would be for Type Races and maybe certain Weekly Tournaments, and I only bring that up because of the title. Even then, there are Custom CSS that Gladion compiled in this thread, not to mention the The Summary of Rejected Suggestions, as stated here: All in all, unless Niet says otherwise, I'm gonna have to say No Support

Ah, I hadn't seen that quote before. The CSS codes you're refering to only highlight the Pokemon though, not making them more or less likely to appear.

This is halfway already implemented! When you get a high enough shiny chain, (around the 50-100 mark?) the respective species' egg will appear much more frequently than normal. Also, the eggs found in the shelter are DIRECTLY from those bred by the userbase. If you cannot find eggs of a certain species you want, YOU need to be the one to breed them and fill the shelter with them! (also its common courtesy to breed what you take so the shelter continues to have those eggs for everyone who needs them ^^) Thats why you can only find certain species of eggs at a time, since if someone currently is not hunting or breeding them, they arent in the shelter at the moment!

Ah, I'm really glad you've explained this. I always assumed that there would be an element of automatic additions to the shelter. My bad! :^) I do still think it would be kind of beneficial for players to help reach these chains in the begining, but perhaps not as much as I'd first thought.

no support. they dont accept any filters for the shelter, you can use the css code, and reguardless there are usully no shinys/albinos as people sell them or trade them for delta points, people releaing specials is not common. if you want shinys/albinos you can hunt hem yourself or buy them, shiny hunting is the easiest kind of hunting here.

Do people really shiny (or other) hunt in the shelter? I always thought that was just a spot people leave unwanted pokemon for others to claim.

By "shiny hunting in the shelter" I don't think they mean literally hunting for shinies. I think they just mean using the shelter FOR your hunt as it's where you go to grab the egg for the Pokemon you're hunting. That being said though, people do sometimes release shinies and albinos to the shelter c:

its not really common but some people do. its legit a waste of time tbh considering what i said before, and the people who do release specials they get adopted very quickly. the purpose of the shelter is to get rid of pokemon, they may get adpted but if they dont they get deleted forever.

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edit: @Doduo then that would just be called hunting.. :/

This to me, basically tells me this suggestion is about making eggs easier to appear which basically is what I said before, that 'shiny hunting' in the shelter is just going in and grabbing your eggs. I've never actually heard of or seen anyone who legitimately hunt for actual shinies in the shelter, it would be a huge waste of time if you didn't know any had been released.