Originally Posted by Unregistered

I disagree. The main constraint(resource-wise) on the number of SEG's you will seduce is focus. If you attack an EG, then that means the total sum of SEG's you can attack decreases by one.

10 people are looking for SEGs. All 10 of those encounter an EG, then use an elixir. Once more, 10 people are looking for SEGs, with 10 possible encounters.
10 other people have also encountered an EG each. 1 of them pokes and shares. 3 more people hit it, and now there are 9 EGs left untouched, and 4 people looking for SEGs.
Yes, it does require you to spend a focus to poke something, thus you only poke if you have the stamina to spare. If you are going for the EP, you rarely do, but if you are going for eliminations, the single focus for an extra encounter chance may be better.

But as I said before, if using elixir works for you, who am I to argue about it? I still think sharing the EGs give more SEGs in the long run, but can't say I've run the numbers for it.