I also got my first evolution item (up-grade) on a 7-day streak so evidence is building that way.
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Afaik you always get an evo item on the 7 day spin. Nobody has produced a screenshot that proves otherwise but of course it could be that the chance is just very high and not 100%.
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Pikachu is ready to lead the Pokémon Day celebration in Pokémon GO. From February 26 at 1:00 p.m. PST to March 6 at 1:00 p.m. PST, any Pikachu you encounter in the wild will be wearing a festive party hat! The Pikachu you catch during that time will keep its party hat forever, so be sure to look for this special Pikachu during its short time in the wild.
Bleh. Another Pikachu event.
"We know you're all excited to catch all the new Pokemon we just added, so you'll be even more excited when we replace half of them with Pikachus again! "
Side note, my 10k egg hatched into a Chancy. I'm not sure how I feel about this, because I already had several, yet this also gave me enough candy to evolve one to Blissey... So hmm...
Yeah but it could have been an aerodactyl... I mean, I could technically walk a Chansey. But oh well. Egg pokemon also tend to have great ilvls so maybe it will be a good one to evolve itself
Pikachu is ready to lead the Pokémon Day celebration in Pokémon GO. From February 26 at 1:00 p.m. PST to March 6 at 1:00 p.m. PST, any Pikachu you encounter in the wild will be wearing a festive party hat! The Pikachu you catch during that time will keep its party hat forever, so be sure to look for this special Pikachu during its short time in the wild.
Bleh. Another Pikachu event.
"We know you're all excited to catch all the new Pokemon we just added, so you'll be even more excited when we replace half of them with Pikachus again! "
Side note, my 10k egg hatched into a Chancy. I'm not sure how I feel about this, because I already had several, yet this also gave me enough candy to evolve one to Blissey... So hmm...
According to my local Pokemon Go group, Blissey is an absolute beast in gyms. Just a single 3,000 CP Blissey in a gym consistently defeated a guy with a full team of strong, diverse mons.
Anyone else's app extra crashy after the update? I get random app shutdowns all the time now. Sometimes just randomly with no inputs. Sometimes I'll tap on a Pokemon and the app closes. Sometimes when I open my bag, dex, or click on a pokestop or gym.
Ironically, for me, it's more stable. I used to have issues logging in where I had to reboot the app about a dozen times for it to finally login. But since the update it loads up immediately.
I ran out of space for Pokemon on my walk and didn't feel like doing a grindfest. Plus each storage upgrade is currently 100 coins so I took advantage of that and got 3 of them. Plus a few incubators.
So it does seem really shitty of them to not give everyone at least +50 for free. As the dex continues to expand in the future, do they really expect people to start paying for more storage space?
You get 150 for free right? That's better than most gacha games provide. Plus, currently, it's 100 coins to get 50 spots. You could get that easily by taking gyms. Or drop a dollar and get it.
Yeah, I dunno how much headway you can make against these lvl 10 gyms stocked full of 3k CP mons, when you're that strapped for box space
I ran out of space for Pokemon on my walk and didn't feel like doing a grindfest. Plus each storage upgrade is currently 100 coins so I took advantage of that and got 3 of them. Plus a few incubators.
So it does seem really shitty of them to not give everyone at least +50 for free. As the dex continues to expand in the future, do they really expect people to start paying for more storage space?
You get 150 for free right? That's better than most gacha games provide. Plus, currently, it's 100 coins to get 50 spots. You could get that easily by taking gyms. Or drop a dollar and get it.
Yeah, I dunno how much headway you can make against these lvl 10 gyms stocked full of 3k CP mons, when you're that strapped for box space
Eevees are common enough, but I get your point. I say that anything around level 6 is easy to take solo. Otherwise you'll need to partner up with a buddy and take out some gyms.
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Literally my 4th Pichu from an egg just now.... Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?????????
Literally my 4th Pichu from an egg just now.... Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?????????
It's a shame Raichu isn't very good.
My only solace here is that I haven't evolved a Santa hat pikachu yet and now I'll need to do one of these party hat pikachus too, so it's more candy I guess (I'm at like 74 right now, mostly because I think two of the Pichus were during the double candy event)
Edit: Also I spent like half my Pinap Berries on that damn Dratini that I saw at lunch but dammit I GOT those extra two candies!! (stupid things do not want to get in my ultra balls...)
So, just out of curiosity, why do we need so much space for Pokémon? The OCD collector in me was keeping a weedle, a Kakuna, and a beedrill in my collection. Then I thought, "Why am I doing this." Kakuna's and Beedrills are absolutely useless. Weedles are great for evolution XP, but then you toss them. The same can be said for the Pidgey, Rattata, Venobat, Zubat, and a bunch of other lines. Save the best 2 dozen or so Pokémon and send the rest to the glue factory.
The Pokedex has a list of what you caught in the weird case that you have to prove it to an 8 year old.
Because I"m OCD and I want the highest IV of each moveset for all the evolved Mons. So for most mons, that is 6 mons for that evolved one.
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So, just out of curiosity, why do we need so much space for Pokémon? The OCD collector in me was keeping a weedle, a Kakuna, and a beedrill in my collection. Then I thought, "Why am I doing this." Kakuna's and Beedrills are absolutely useless. Weedles are great for evolution XP, but then you toss them. The same can be said for the Pidgey, Rattata, Venobat, Zubat, and a bunch of other lines. Save the best 2 dozen or so Pokémon and send the rest to the glue factory.
The Pokedex has a list of what you caught in the weird case that you have to prove it to an 8 year old.
Because I"m OCD and I want the highest IV of each moveset for all the evolved Mons. So for most mons, that is 6 mons for that evolved one.
I mean, I just have a hard time throwing away Pokemon with a decent ilvl, not even accounting for movesets... And I like the idea of having a "living dex" such as it were. Plus I mean, apparently Parasect is good now? He used to suck, so if you had thrown him away for that reason, you may be regretting it. Things like that is why it's hard to get rid of them :P
Also too, a lot of it's like "I need to keep every Weedle and Pidgey so I can pop a lucky egg at some point in the future" and that eats up a lot of room too.
Literally my 4th Pichu from an egg just now.... Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?????????
It's a shame Raichu isn't very good.
My only solace here is that I haven't evolved a Santa hat pikachu yet and now I'll need to do one of these party hat pikachus too, so it's more candy I guess (I'm at like 74 right now, mostly because I think two of the Pichus were during the double candy event)
Edit: Also I spent like half my Pinap Berries on that damn Dratini that I saw at lunch but dammit I GOT those extra two candies!! (stupid things do not want to get in my ultra balls...)
Raichu is actually pretty good post update, apparently. Spark / Wild Charge hits hard. Jolteon and Magneton can do more damage with electric attacks, but Raichu certainly holds his own. Worthwhile to hold onto for training gyms at the very least.
It took 20 eggs, but I finally hatched a baby Pokémon. Togepi can be evolved, I guess I will have to make him a buddy because there is no other way to get candy for him unless I hatch more right?
It took 20 eggs, but I finally hatched a baby Pokémon. Togepi can be evolved, I guess I will have to make him a buddy because there is no other way to get candy for him unless I hatch more right?
Apparently Togetic can be found in the wild but they're rare and hard as balls to catch. One guy on Reddit said he spent like 40 ultra bulls trying to get it.
It took 20 eggs, but I finally hatched a baby Pokémon. Togepi can be evolved, I guess I will have to make him a buddy because there is no other way to get candy for him unless I hatch more right?
Apparently Togetic can be found in the wild but they're rare and hard as balls to catch. One guy on Reddit said he spent like 40 ultra bulls trying to get it.
There was a glitch that made him nigh-impossible to catch, but it was apparently fixed to a base rate of four percent, or roughly the same as the fully-evolved starters.
So are any of the Gen 2 Pokemon worth fighting with? The gym near my work is level 10 with 5 Vaporeons > 2400CP.
Electric 'mons really need a buff.
That right there is why I have determined to ignore the entire gym portion of the game. There's no balance, typing is largely irrelevant, and the meta is dominated by like 4 high HP Pokemon. And Niantic has show no interest in balancing the PVP aspect of the game. There haven't been any notable balance updates since launch. They only changes they have made is to the gameplay mechanics of how the gym battles happen.
I would be interested in gym battles and the territory control metagame if the combat were a bit deeper and more strategic, and if type matchups were more important, and also if moves were selectable or less random.
Basically, I don't like anything in the entire system and for me to want to participate, it would need a ground up overhaul.
Apparently Togetic can be found in the wild but they're rare and hard as balls to catch. One guy on Reddit said he spent like 40 ultra bulls trying to get it.
There was a glitch that made him nigh-impossible to catch, but it was apparently fixed to a base rate of four percent, or roughly the same as the fully-evolved starters.
So, yeah. Walk that Togepi.
Thanks guys!
I didn't know they were in the wild. I wasted 20+ ultraballs trying to catch a Dragonite once. It ran away and I was super pissed. I won't bother with Togetic then.
So, just out of curiosity, why do we need so much space for Pokémon? The OCD collector in me was keeping a weedle, a Kakuna, and a beedrill in my collection. Then I thought, "Why am I doing this." Kakuna's and Beedrills are absolutely useless. Weedles are great for evolution XP, but then you toss them. The same can be said for the Pidgey, Rattata, Venobat, Zubat, and a bunch of other lines. Save the best 2 dozen or so Pokémon and send the rest to the glue factory.
The Pokedex has a list of what you caught in the weird case that you have to prove it to an 8 year old.
I keep 1-2 of everything because I give each species a unique name. It's sort of a living pokedex. This is opposed to how I play the core games and only ever have ~15 caught cause I'd only catch what I use.
Yeah but it could have been an aerodactyl... I mean, I could technically walk a Chansey. But oh well. Egg pokemon also tend to have great ilvls so maybe it will be a good one to evolve itself
As someone whose 10k eggs contained 66% aerodactyls, I hate you.
So are any of the Gen 2 Pokemon worth fighting with? The gym near my work is level 10 with 5 Vaporeons > 2400CP.
Electric 'mons really need a buff.
I'm lucky enough to have a fleet of Solar Beam Exeggcutors. And a couple solid Jolteons, too. My big difficulty around here are the occasional double Snorlax gyms because I always time out against them.
So are any of the Gen 2 Pokemon worth fighting with? The gym near my work is level 10 with 5 Vaporeons > 2400CP.
Electric 'mons really need a buff.
That right there is why I have determined to ignore the entire gym portion of the game. There's no balance, typing is largely irrelevant, and the meta is dominated by like 4 high HP Pokemon. And Niantic has show no interest in balancing the PVP aspect of the game. There haven't been any notable balance updates since launch. They only changes they have made is to the gameplay mechanics of how the gym battles happen.
I would be interested in gym battles and the territory control metagame if the combat were a bit deeper and more strategic, and if type matchups were more important, and also if moves were selectable or less random.
Basically, I don't like anything in the entire system and for me to want to participate, it would need a ground up overhaul.
Types do really matter I just don't have enough Grass/Electric Pokemon high enough to make a dent in 5 Vaporeons in a row.
And a lot of times it's because I'm lazy. With Elec you can usually do two attacks before Vaporeon does one, so if you do attack -> attack -> dodge you can basically get through the fight without getting hit. But it takes time. I'd rather power through it and use a couple potions.
So, just out of curiosity, why do we need so much space for Pokémon? The OCD collector in me was keeping a weedle, a Kakuna, and a beedrill in my collection. Then I thought, "Why am I doing this." Kakuna's and Beedrills are absolutely useless. Weedles are great for evolution XP, but then you toss them. The same can be said for the Pidgey, Rattata, Venobat, Zubat, and a bunch of other lines. Save the best 2 dozen or so Pokémon and send the rest to the glue factory.
The Pokedex has a list of what you caught in the weird case that you have to prove it to an 8 year old.
Because I"m OCD and I want the highest IV of each moveset for all the evolved Mons. So for most mons, that is 6 mons for that evolved one.
I mean, I just have a hard time throwing away Pokemon with a decent ilvl, not even accounting for movesets... And I like the idea of having a "living dex" such as it were. Plus I mean, apparently Parasect is good now? He used to suck, so if you had thrown him away for that reason, you may be regretting it. Things like that is why it's hard to get rid of them :P
Also too, a lot of it's like "I need to keep every Weedle and Pidgey so I can pop a lucky egg at some point in the future" and that eats up a lot of room too.
Wait... Parasect is "good" now? For what? I mean, I've got a small team of Parasect but only because I'm a hoarder and haven't needed to purge yet. What should I be keeping them for?
I haven't seen an Exeggutor holding a gym spot in quite a long time! Here in LA, it's almost all Dragonite, Snorlax, Vaporeon, and now Blisseys. Looks like Tyranitars are sprouting up too.
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Blissey is right now broken. Stupidly powerful to take down gyms and if you pump up one to 2500cp or above extremely hard to take out in a gym in time.
wait, blissy works on attack too? I've just been powering through her attacks when trying to fight against her, since other than hyperbeam, they barely seemed to scratch my vaporeon.
Blissey is right now broken. Stupidly powerful to take down gyms and if you pump up one to 2500cp or above extremely hard to take out in a gym in time.
Tyranitar is powerful attacker
Think everyone else is about average at best.
I was unable to kill a blissey in a gym. I have taken out higher CP dragonites. I have no Pokemon that can take out that Blissey, and I have a 1700 Hitmonlee. It was all supper effective, but I couldn't survive long enough even with dodging.
I haven't seen an Exeggutor holding a gym spot in quite a long time! Here in LA, it's almost all Dragonite, Snorlax, Vaporeon, and now Blisseys. Looks like Tyranitars are sprouting up too.
This post made me realize I never even got a high CP Snorlax or Dragonite, and we already have Tyranitar and Blissey in the fray. I feel like I play a reasonable amount (basically, wherever I am in town I'll open it up and poke around), but I guess it's just not enough.
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Bleh. Another Pikachu event.
...but he's wearing a new hat!
"We know you're all excited to catch all the new Pokemon we just added, so you'll be even more excited when we replace half of them with Pikachus again! "
Side note, my 10k egg hatched into a Chancy. I'm not sure how I feel about this, because I already had several, yet this also gave me enough candy to evolve one to Blissey... So hmm...
Yeah but it could have been an aerodactyl... I mean, I could technically walk a Chansey. But oh well. Egg pokemon also tend to have great ilvls so maybe it will be a good one to evolve itself
According to my local Pokemon Go group, Blissey is an absolute beast in gyms. Just a single 3,000 CP Blissey in a gym consistently defeated a guy with a full team of strong, diverse mons.
Yeah, I dunno how much headway you can make against these lvl 10 gyms stocked full of 3k CP mons, when you're that strapped for box space
Eevees are common enough, but I get your point. I say that anything around level 6 is easy to take solo. Otherwise you'll need to partner up with a buddy and take out some gyms.
It's a shame Raichu isn't very good.
My only solace here is that I haven't evolved a Santa hat pikachu yet and now I'll need to do one of these party hat pikachus too, so it's more candy I guess
Edit: Also I spent like half my Pinap Berries on that damn Dratini that I saw at lunch but dammit I GOT those extra two candies!! (stupid things do not want to get in my ultra balls...)
Because I"m OCD and I want the highest IV of each moveset for all the evolved Mons. So for most mons, that is 6 mons for that evolved one.
I mean, I just have a hard time throwing away Pokemon with a decent ilvl, not even accounting for movesets... And I like the idea of having a "living dex" such as it were. Plus I mean, apparently Parasect is good now? He used to suck, so if you had thrown him away for that reason, you may be regretting it. Things like that is why it's hard to get rid of them :P
Also too, a lot of it's like "I need to keep every Weedle and Pidgey so I can pop a lucky egg at some point in the future" and that eats up a lot of room too.
Raichu is actually pretty good post update, apparently. Spark / Wild Charge hits hard. Jolteon and Magneton can do more damage with electric attacks, but Raichu certainly holds his own. Worthwhile to hold onto for training gyms at the very least.
Apparently Togetic can be found in the wild but they're rare and hard as balls to catch. One guy on Reddit said he spent like 40 ultra bulls trying to get it.
There was a glitch that made him nigh-impossible to catch, but it was apparently fixed to a base rate of four percent, or roughly the same as the fully-evolved starters.
So, yeah. Walk that Togepi.
Electric 'mons really need a buff.
Someone who managed to see a Tyranitar in a gym said he's damn powerful, but since he's pretty much the new Dragonite good luck finding/evolving him.
That right there is why I have determined to ignore the entire gym portion of the game. There's no balance, typing is largely irrelevant, and the meta is dominated by like 4 high HP Pokemon. And Niantic has show no interest in balancing the PVP aspect of the game. There haven't been any notable balance updates since launch. They only changes they have made is to the gameplay mechanics of how the gym battles happen.
I would be interested in gym battles and the territory control metagame if the combat were a bit deeper and more strategic, and if type matchups were more important, and also if moves were selectable or less random.
Basically, I don't like anything in the entire system and for me to want to participate, it would need a ground up overhaul.
Thanks guys!
I didn't know they were in the wild. I wasted 20+ ultraballs trying to catch a Dragonite once. It ran away and I was super pissed. I won't bother with Togetic then.
I keep 1-2 of everything because I give each species a unique name. It's sort of a living pokedex. This is opposed to how I play the core games and only ever have ~15 caught cause I'd only catch what I use.
As someone whose 10k eggs contained 66% aerodactyls, I hate you.
I'm lucky enough to have a fleet of Solar Beam Exeggcutors. And a couple solid Jolteons, too. My big difficulty around here are the occasional double Snorlax gyms because I always time out against them.
Types do really matter I just don't have enough Grass/Electric Pokemon high enough to make a dent in 5 Vaporeons in a row.
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Tyranitar is powerful attacker
Think everyone else is about average at best.
I was unable to kill a blissey in a gym. I have taken out higher CP dragonites. I have no Pokemon that can take out that Blissey, and I have a 1700 Hitmonlee. It was all supper effective, but I couldn't survive long enough even with dodging.
This post made me realize I never even got a high CP Snorlax or Dragonite, and we already have Tyranitar and Blissey in the fray. I feel like I play a reasonable amount (basically, wherever I am in town I'll open it up and poke around), but I guess it's just not enough.
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