QuentinQuonce
formerly green_typhlosion
As someone with a lucky Galarian Farfetch'd can I just say YAAAYYYY.
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I wonder if they'll keep evolving Sirfetch'd in line with the main games and add a battling requirement to the evolution. Instead of critting three times, win three gym or league battles.
I see AR Mapping has recently been added, and can actually scan the same stop over and over again for the same reward the same day though it's different for each account. Is there a list somewhere of what rewards are possible? So far I've seen 7 great balls, 3 hyper potions, max revive, a pokemon encounter (deleted it), lure module to name some.
They'll also need to come up with a new way to evolve Galarian Yamask if they also want to keep it inline with the games.
Apparently, word on the Silph Road is that you need to throw 10 Excellent Throw with it as your buddy. Not consecutive, thankfully...
November event details are out.
Rundown:
Rundown:
- Togetic is the Research Breakthrough encounter
- Weekly five-star raid bosses:
- October 23rd, 1pm PDT to November 5th, 1pm PST: Darkrai
- November 5th, 1pm PST to November 16th, 1pm PST: a familiar Pokémon
- November 16th, 1pm PST to November 24th, 1pm PST: Terrakion, Cobalion, and Virizion
- November 24th, 1pm PST to November 30th, 1pm PST: TBA
- Raid Hour every Wednesday at 6pm local time: TBA
- Weekly Tuesday 6pm Spotlight Hours and bonuses
- November 3rd: Cubone; double catch Stardust
- November 10th: Jigglypuff; double catch XP
- November 17th: Meowth; double catch Candy
- November 24th: Barboach; double transfer Candy
- Limited Research on November 28th with featured Pokémon TBA
- Other QoL stuff I guess
can't wait, i have 3 3 star wigglytuffs and i can't wait to expand my army
as an aside, is there a pokemon go discord? i was shocked to find out that there is not a pokemon go club at my college so i am turning to smogon :3
There'll be two Community Days in November!
Electabuzz Community Day
Magmar Community Day
Electabuzz Community Day
- Sunday, November 15th, 11am to 5pm local time
- Shiny Electabuzz available
- Featured move: Flamethrower when evolving Electabuzz into Electivire between 11am and 7pm
- Snapshot surprise
- Community Day Box (1,280 PokéCoins): Elite Fast TM, 3 Super Incubators, 3 Incense, 30 Ultra Balls
- Exclusive Timed Research (rewards include Sinnoh Stones) and Field Research
- "Electric for Electabuzz" Special Research story for equivalent of US$1
- Elekid hatches from 2km Eggs
- Bonus 1: 1/4 hatch distance for Eggs placed in Incubators during event
- Bonus 2: 3-hour Incense
Magmar Community Day
- Saturday, November 21st, 11am to 5pm local time
- Shiny Magmar available
- Featured move: Thunderbolt when evolving Magmar into Magmortar between 11am and 7pm
- Snapshot surprise
- Community Day Box (1,280 PokéCoins): Elite Charged TM, 3 Super Incubators, 3 Incense, 30 Ultra Balls
- Exclusive Timed Research (rewards include Sinnoh Stones) and Field Research
- "No Match for Magmar" Special Research story for equivalent of US$1
- Magby hatches from 2km Eggs
- Bonus 1: 1/4 hatch distance for Eggs placed in Incubators during event
- Bonus 2: 3-hour Incense
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Magmar and Electabuzz? I can get behind that ... I really can. OK, they are Gen I 'mons that have been around since launch day, but they've been rare since launch day, and that's what makes them interesting for a Community Day. Having a pair of bangin' evolutions certainly helps too. I could have appreciated either one for a November Community Day, but getting both is even better.
They are not game breaking addition too...
This one people can miss without getting too sunk like starters with ultimate moves.... Which means people can relax....
Also helps that their last forms are decently popular and yet sunk by their ability to catch up to meta picks, so this gives them good spotlight....
This one people can miss without getting too sunk like starters with ultimate moves.... Which means people can relax....
Also helps that their last forms are decently popular and yet sunk by their ability to catch up to meta picks, so this gives them good spotlight....
QuentinQuonce
formerly green_typhlosion
Most of the current event's spawns are pretty crap (I mean, Bulbasaur, Exeggcute, and Dratini are... okay, I guess, and another shiny Wurmple would be great so I can get shiny Pokedex entries for Cascoon and Dustox). I also still don't have a shiny Scyther so I'm cool with more of those around.
There are only a handful of Gen 1 mons left that can't be shiny - Spearow and Paras are among them and it makes sense since they're both fairly weak Pokemon that don't get a lot of exposure. With that said... I'm stumped as to why Niantic didn't take the opportunity to make either of them available during this event, since they're both boosted spawns?
Niantic has seized the chance to release some less-than-stellar shiny Pokemon as part of bigger events (Kricketot, Skitty, Dunsparce, Glameow, Bellsprout, and Woobat all spring to mind) and they seemed to be trying to rush through all the remaining Gen I shinies lately so it's odd that they didn't bother with either Spearow or Paras. Instead, they're hyping up the chance to catch a shiny Cubone, which was just featured not just in the Halloween event but also in a recent spotlight hour.
There are only a handful of Gen 1 mons left that can't be shiny - Spearow and Paras are among them and it makes sense since they're both fairly weak Pokemon that don't get a lot of exposure. With that said... I'm stumped as to why Niantic didn't take the opportunity to make either of them available during this event, since they're both boosted spawns?
Niantic has seized the chance to release some less-than-stellar shiny Pokemon as part of bigger events (Kricketot, Skitty, Dunsparce, Glameow, Bellsprout, and Woobat all spring to mind) and they seemed to be trying to rush through all the remaining Gen I shinies lately so it's odd that they didn't bother with either Spearow or Paras. Instead, they're hyping up the chance to catch a shiny Cubone, which was just featured not just in the Halloween event but also in a recent spotlight hour.
GO to HOME transfer is live for level 40s, as is Gigantamax Melmetal
It costs energy to send mons to HOME, which replenishes over time. Different costs for legendaries, shinies, etc. Apparently a shiny legendary costs a whole week's worth of energy, which you can replenish immediately for the low low cost of 1000 coins (only 20 days of gym defending if you get your full 50 coins each day!
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It costs energy to send mons to HOME, which replenishes over time. Different costs for legendaries, shinies, etc. Apparently a shiny legendary costs a whole week's worth of energy, which you can replenish immediately for the low low cost of 1000 coins (only 20 days of gym defending if you get your full 50 coins each day!
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This is. An absurdly petty method of monetisation. Holy shit. I hate this.It costs energy to send mons to HOME, with different costs for legendaries, shinies, etc. Apparently a shiny legendary costs a whole week's worth of energy, which you can replenish immediately for the low low cost of 1000 coins (only 20 days of gym defending if you get your full 50 coins each day!!)
Pokémon GO typically does this; a new feature will be released to only Level 40s and then slowly rolled out to lower levels over the next few weeks. Given the stated requirement for transfer is, uh, "catch one Pokémon", I assume that'll be the case here.
Depends on how much you grind. If you’re pretty casual, I’ve seen people who up to now are still Level 37.
If you are active often, catch a lot and make full use of Lucky Eggs and Raids, then it can take a year or less.
The 1,000,000++ XP required to get from 39 to 40 may seem pretty daunting, but nowadays with so many good places for XP gain (i.e. Raids), it should only take around a month or two to get to 40.
Just a random bit of imo information
Mmm, I see, thanks. I think I'll wait to see if this starts falling to later levels.
It's 5 million to get to 40 from 39, and it took me a year to go from 38 to 39. So lol just wait until the Home thing is rolled out for lower level players.
Besides with the IV randomization the only thing that appears to matter is shinies and even the worst case scenario (shiny mythical) should gain enough energy naturally once per week.
Seems pretty easy. Just gotta wait a few days for it to apply to lower level players.
... You know at this point I no longer criticize anyone who just hacks Pokemon...
I'm finding nothing saying you can't. But mythicals cost 2000 (so a fifth of your max energy), and that's before CP.
"When you transfer Pokémon into Pokémon HOME, the IVs are done in the same way to the Pokémon GO to Let's Go transfer. The Attack and Special Attack IVs are made up of the Attack IV multiplied by 2 and plus one. Defense and Special Defense are made up of the GO Defense IV multiplied by 2 and plus 1. HP is made up of the GO HP IV multiplied by 2 and plus 1. Speed is random"
Tldr PoGo perfect IV transfer as 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / X
Imo perfect Pokémon are much more rare in PoGo and are best kept there. However bad IV mons such as "X / X / 15" transfer as decent breedjects. Also shinies regardless of IVs are far less valuable in PoGo. Also getting mythics is easy in PoGo.
So tl;dr transfer:
Shinies.
1-2 perfect IVs as breedjects.
Mythicals.
Tldr PoGo perfect IV transfer as 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / X
Imo perfect Pokémon are much more rare in PoGo and are best kept there. However bad IV mons such as "X / X / 15" transfer as decent breedjects. Also shinies regardless of IVs are far less valuable in PoGo. Also getting mythics is easy in PoGo.
So tl;dr transfer:
Shinies.
1-2 perfect IVs as breedjects.
Mythicals.
Full details on how details of Pokémon transferred from GO are generated:-
- nature is random
- ability is randomised between the two standard ones (no HA)
- level and poke ball match what it was in GO
- OT and ID match GO
- HP, Attack/Special Attack, and Defence/Special Defence IVs are based on the corresponding GO IV multiplied by two and plus one. Speed IV is randomised.
- Moveset is just the normal moveset the Pokémon would have at that level, based on the most recent game they were in (SwSh, LGPE or USUM)
- nature is random
- ability is randomised between the two standard ones (no HA)
- level and poke ball match what it was in GO
- OT and ID match GO
- HP, Attack/Special Attack, and Defence/Special Defence IVs are based on the corresponding GO IV multiplied by two and plus one. Speed IV is randomised.
- Moveset is just the normal moveset the Pokémon would have at that level, based on the most recent game they were in (SwSh, LGPE or USUM)
I transferred a random mon over to get the G-max Melmetal gift, and I can confirm reports I was seeing that it is Brave with 0 speed IV and max IVs otherwise.
I started playing day one, and only reached level 39 a couple of weeks ago.
For the first two months of playing (Jul to Aug 2016), I was pretty hardcore, I'd say, got to level 32 within that period.
Then I moved to a more rural area, and with work 5 days a week, I pretty much only did the daily catch/task for 6 days of the week and played a little bit 1 day per week when I went out to the city. I'd still participated in every Community Day and completed every Special Research, but didn't really bother with the Raid Days or anything else. This went on for 3 years. (Aug 2016 to Jul 2019). I probably went from 32 to... 37 or 38 during this period.
Since then, I've moved back to the city, but still haven't really had the motivation to play all that much, outside of the daily catch/task and Special Researches. I don't even really do Community Day all that much anymore.