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Pokémon GO
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You actually get more gym prestige for knocking out a pokemon with higher CP than yours when facing your own team's gym. You get 100 points for knocking out a pokemon, but you get 500 points if it has higher CP than yours. So typically you'll get like 540-ish from beating 1 pokemon, which is pretty nice imo. Only problem is that you'll drain your potions quickly.
Just got 68,500 from a lucky egg with only 1 mon being new (my Tentacruel that's 14 Atk-11 Def-14 Stamina with Poison Jab and Hydro Pump) :D
So I had to think this over like 20 times, but basically I had 220 coins and wasn't sure whether to go for the bag upgrade or just go for a lucky egg. I decided to get a lucky egg for now and maybe get the bag upgrade later, since most of the time I'm really only using Potions, Pokeballs and occasionally a berry. So I wanted to ask y'all how helpful is the bag upgrade, cause atm I feel like I could probably manage without one, but depending on what y'all say, I might actually go for it (sitting at 140 coins atm).
Just got 68,500 from a lucky egg with only 1 mon being new (my Tentacruel that's 14 Atk-11 Def-14 Stamina with Poison Jab and Hydro Pump) :D
So I had to think this over like 20 times, but basically I had 220 coins and wasn't sure whether to go for the bag upgrade or just go for a lucky egg. I decided to get a lucky egg for now and maybe get the bag upgrade later, since most of the time I'm really only using Potions, Pokeballs and occasionally a berry. So I wanted to ask y'all how helpful is the bag upgrade, cause atm I feel like I could probably manage without one, but depending on what y'all say, I might actually go for it (sitting at 140 coins atm).
It kind of depends on what you enjoy most in the game. What I personally enjoy is catching, and I don't really care about battling. Maybe I will when PvP gets released, but up until then I don't care. I do have some Revives and Max Potions lying around just in case I want to battle, but not much. The rest is just Razz Berries (around 20) and Poke/Great/Ultra Balls. Therefore I won't really need a bag upgrade. From my own perspective I'd rather get a storage upgrade, since I always end up with 70+ Pidgey for a Lucky Egg evolve session. But if you really enjoy both the battling and the catching aspect, you should get a bag upgrade. Maybe just spend $10 once. I mean, what is 10 bucks if you end up having a lot of fun from it? I haven't spent a dime on this game yet, but I'm thinking about just doing it.
When you see a Chansey but couldn't find it even after running around like crazy
We already have a Pokémon Go thread, and I think this discussion could be taken there. I'm merging the two.
Man, I feel you. I had this with a Snorlax earlier this week. Made me so freaking depressed.
EDIT: And I still feel depressed over it. I will probably never find another Snorlax again since I'm not getting any 10km eggs.
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I saw a snorlax as well the other day, but was on a tram
Wish I had that nearby list, I would love to find some more Ponytas, Geodudes, Eevees, oddish and Paras I need more of those.
Got Growlithe and Electabuzz today and had to choose between Dratini and Magikarp
chose Dratini obviously
Wish I had that nearby list, I would love to find some more Ponytas, Geodudes, Eevees, oddish and Paras I need more of those.
Got Growlithe and Electabuzz today and had to choose between Dratini and Magikarp
chose Dratini obviously
Oh, okay, sorry. my bad
I was trying to delete it sometime yesterday...but couldn't quite figure out how ^^''
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Same here
Phew, I thought it was just me or my device. I've tried reopening, relogging and even reinstalling, but nothing works. I planned to go on a PoGo trip with my friend this Thursday and Friday, but I don't think it will be fixed by then. Let's just hope :/
I often find that happens when its struggling for a signal, turn off your wifi when on PoGo as i think the random atempts to connect to local signals interupt your phones network connection and as such your PoGo connection
I remember reading that there are Pokemon that works the best efficiency in training gyms. So long, I most often train gyms with Vaporeon and gain quite great amount of prestige per session, and when I read that, Vaporeon ranks 4th for the best efficiency in training. Something with high CP but can't stay for long such as Gyarados doesn't help very much while bulky Pokemon like Laplace and Vaporeon do very well. I remember Parasect is also among top 5 for training IIRC.
The highest prestige I ever gained is beating 2 Fire types for 1200 prestige... no, 3 for 1700 prestige before Water Gun nerf. Just few times with Vaporeon and I got my spot while other things like Dragonite do very slowly due to high CP and low survivability. I was so proud of her.
Also, on coins, I have travelled a little much and got a lot of coins. For my personal opinion, I get the Pokemon box upgrade first to prepare for next generations and for these pesky things I hoard for evolve fodders (anyone ever gathered 1350 Zubat Candy?).
In other news, an Arcanine ate many balls before finally surrendering. Decent IV and already at 1800 CP. But my hyper balls for important encounters....
I'm guessing it a signal thing. I live in a studio apartment, and it's very buggy when it comes down to the aforementioned stuff. Both on Wi-Fi and 4G. When I go outside though, there's no problem anymore. Just experienced that. The weird thing is that three days ago, everything was working fine. Zero problems, both on my device and my friend's device. And now all of a sudden it's very buggy on mine, and not on hers. She is still able to spin the reachable Pokestop from my home, and I'm not because either it doesn't show or it won't load. Same for catching mons; she can see them on the radar, map, and is able to catch them. I can't see them on radar/map at all 9/10 times.
It's probably Niantic's servers too. We've been playing from my studio apartment for an hour straight now without any problem. Love these people outside putting lures in the Pokestop I can reach from here. Weird stuff anyway.
If you used an IV checker that logs in using your account or something of the like its very likely you were softbanned. Ive heard they last only 24 hours tho.
I have never used any third party stuff except for the IV checker on silphroad, so can't be that.
It seems back to normal now... Let's see for how long.
Today I spoke to a girl in the park, who happened to hatch an egg while we were talking. An Aerodactyl hatched from it, and she was disappointed because she already had 4 and she 'just wanted a Pikachu' -.-'
I have never seen one, and I also never get 10km eggs so.. yeah. Aero is among the few mons without an evolution I still need.
The first pokemon I hatched was a pikachu in a 2km egg. What winds me up is people I know who don't even like pokemon, who are just playing pokemon go because it's trending, then finding a wild gyarados or something like that.
yea it is annoying, I have only ever seen 1 pikachu and game glitched and didn't start the fight
Niantic are not banning for IV checking, unless they want to wipe nearly the entire playerbase,I do wish they would hurry up and roll out the new sightings thing over here, there is probably a charmader nest somewhere around here, as I see one daily on the list.
I did get one out of a 2KM egg, but i need the candy.
Niantic are not banning for IV checking, unless they want to wipe nearly the entire playerbase,I do wish they would hurry up and roll out the new sightings thing over here, there is probably a charmader nest somewhere around here, as I see one daily on the list.
I did get one out of a 2KM egg, but i need the candy.