Pokémon Go Anyone?

[Newsman]

Has anyone ever noticed that if you minimize Pokemon Go, it tends to restart when you go back to it? I find that highly annoying... especially if I'm keeping it in the background just to gain candies/hatch an egg.

 

[vince805]

How does the evolution work because most of the magikarp are garbage as far as CP is concerned. What were the pre-evolution and post-evolution specs?

magikarp multiplier is like ~10.55 so if you have a cp165 it will be around 1740, if you have a 200 itll be around 2110 even a 140 would be 1477. It's all about the moveset though... do whatever ritual you want and hope you don't get twister.

 

[TwistedGray]

Yes, MOST Magikarp are junk, but you only need them for candies, so you just wait until you have a GOOD Magikarp and hold onto it until you have enough candies to evolve. THat's what I'm doing on my second Gyarados.

So if you evolved a 10magikarp it would turn into a 10gyarados?

 

[TwistedGray]

magikarp multiplier is like ~10.55 so if you have a cp165 it will be around 1740, if you have a 200 itll be around 2110 even a 140 would be 1477. It's all about the moveset though... do whatever ritual you want and hope you don't get twister.

Ah, good to know...thanks.

 

[TwistedGray]

Has anyone ever noticed that if you minimize Pokemon Go, it tends to restart when you go back to it? I find that highly annoying... especially if I'm keeping it in the background just to gain candies/hatch an egg.

I thought you always had to be IN the app to get km?

 

[vince805]

I've realized that there is no reason to evolve the first step if you can't do the second one at the same time. By the time you get 100 candies to evolve your wartortle, you will probably have found a better squirtle, likely one that has a higher CP than the wartortle even.

Only speaking from personal experience of course. Stupid Haunter....

This is how I am doing it now also. I made the mistake of evolvoing a dratini once I got to 25 candies and now I've caught dratinis that are higher than my dragonaire.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

This is how I am doing it now also. I made the mistake of evolvoing a dratini once I got to 25 candies and now I've caught dratinis that are higher than my dragonaire.

Level 22 and I've never even seen a Dratini.

And Magikarp? Yeah, only time I see those is from 2km eggs.

 

[vince805]

Anybody get a pokemon go plus? I just picked one up from gamestop. Reports are that it will track distance with your phone off. I don't know if its worth the money but I like playing with gadgets so I got it.

 

[TwistedGray]

Level 22 and I've never even seen a Dratini.

And Magikarp? Yeah, only time I see those is from 2km eggs.

You're close enough to the water, don't see any over there?

 

[TwistedGray]

Anybody get a pokemon go plus? I just picked one up from gamestop. Reports are that it will track distance with your phone off. I don't know if its worth the money but I like playing with gadgets so I got it.

IF it can track distance without your screen being on then I would buy one. Go test it out for us, thanks.

Also, how much?

 

[Homercidal]

Did you get anything good in Chicago? I've been doing morning runs along lakeshore and have been getting 6-8 magikarp plus others each day. Finally got enough to evolve a Gyrados :rockin:

I did find a bunch of "eggs" one morning, and saw more the next day, but never actually got them to appear. Also finally found an Ekans. I had one on my "saw" list, but never captured.

I saw the outline of a Dewgong once, and walked all around the hotel, even back by the river, but it never popped up before disappearing.

The hotel was awesome for leveling, though. There were 2 stops within the one end of the hotel, and stuff was popping up left and right all day and night. And 2-3 more stops in short walking distance.

 

[Homercidal]

Has anyone ever noticed that if you minimize Pokemon Go, it tends to restart when you go back to it? I find that highly annoying... especially if I'm keeping it in the background just to gain candies/hatch an egg.

If the app isn't active, it won't count distance. I like the restart feature because OFTEN if I have to switch to it, it's not able to communicate properly with the servers, and I end up closing and restarting anyway. This way it works more often with less messing around.

It's not as nice as the darn thing simply working right, but better then before.

 

[TwistedGray]

I did find a bunch of "eggs" one morning, and saw more the next day, but never actually got them to appear. Also finally found an Ekans. I had one on my "saw" list, but never captured.

You haven't seen an Ekans yet? Whoa, that's kind of odd...they're quite common (?).

 

[Aristotelian]

You haven't seen an Ekans yet? Whoa, that's kind of odd...they're quite common (?).

I've only hatched them. They must be more indigenous to your area.

 

[vince805]

IF it can track distance without your screen being on then I would buy one. Go test it out for us, thanks.

Also, how much?

Played with it a bit during lunch, and yes it counts distance with the phone off, as long as the plus is synced to the app.

I like it because I can be on other apps and the plus will vibrate when a pokemon is about to pop up or a pokestop is ready for spinning. So then I can switch back to pgo and take care of whatever it is. I don't have to have the app in the foreground at all times anymore. I think that will work well for when I'm at the store or out with the wife and kids so I don't get the look for staring at my phone the whole time anymore

 

[Homercidal]

Played with it a bit during lunch, and yes it counts distance with the phone off, as long as the plus is synced to the app.

I like it because I can be on other apps and the plus will vibrate when a pokemon is about to pop up or a pokestop is ready for spinning. So then I can switch back to pgo and take care of whatever it is. I don't have to have the app in the foreground at all times anymore. I think that will work well for when I'm at the store or out with the wife and kids so I don't get the look for staring at my phone the whole time anymore

I need this.

 

[brewshki]

If I can have my phone locked and have this and it will track distance, I am down.

 

[TwistedGray]

Played with it a bit during lunch, and yes it counts distance with the phone off, as long as the plus is synced to the app.

I like it because I can be on other apps and the plus will vibrate when a pokemon is about to pop up or a pokestop is ready for spinning. So then I can switch back to pgo and take care of whatever it is. I don't have to have the app in the foreground at all times anymore. I think that will work well for when I'm at the store or out with the wife and kids so I don't get the look for staring at my phone the whole time anymore

You should be able to spin the stops and catch the 'mons through the button, as I understand it. Is that not the case?

Cost?

 

[brewshki]

Nothing I am reading about it says you can have the app actually closed and still do all of this. If the only advantage is that I can leave the thing in my pocket while still on and click the button, Idk if it's worth it.

 

[vince805]

You should be able to spin the stops and catch the 'mons through the button, as I understand it. Is that not the case?

Cost?

Oh, sorry. Yes you can spin the stops and attempt to catch the pokemon all with the button while leaving the phone in your pocket. It's just that if I'm able to I like to bring the phone out to look to see which pokemon it is.

$35

 

[vince805]

Nothing I am reading about it says you can have the app actually closed and still do all of this. If the only advantage is that I can leave the thing in my pocket while still on and click the button, Idk if it's worth it.

You can. The phone can be locked and in your pocket. That's the whole point of it.

 

[afro_lou]

Have they added an Apple Watch app yet? I've got one on the way, and it'd be nice to have that "plus" functionality too...

 

[brewshki]

You can. The phone can be locked and in your pocket. That's the whole point of it.

100% down then. That is extremely cool. It will be nice to save on battery.

 

[TwistedGray]

So does the application have to be "on" but the screen "off" or can you be on Facebook and it still grabs your KMs, Stops, and 'Mon?

 

[Newsman]

So does the application have to be "on" but the screen "off" or can you be on Facebook and it still grabs your KMs, Stops, and 'Mon?

That's what I want! I would like to listen to music on my phone while playing Pokemon, but I can't, because whenever I launch PGO, it kills the music, and if I switch back to restart the music, PGO restarts when I return! Frustrating. I agree, it's nice to be able to CLOSE the app, and have it restart, but simply switching to a different app then coming back to have it restart is annoying, IMHO.

 

[vince805]

So does the application have to be "on" but the screen "off" or can you be on Facebook and it still grabs your KMs, Stops, and 'Mon?

Yes. I opened the app (pokemon go) paired the plus with it and then hit the home button on my phone. I then launched twitter, reddit, chrome, etc and the plus was alerting me when pokemon popped up. I click the button on the plus and it attempts to catch them (it only throws 1 regular ball and its either a catch or run). You're KM's get added and you will be alerted on pokestops also.

Keep in mind this doesn't work too well in a car... the response time from the app to the plus isn't immediate so with driving you will most likely not get the stops with the plus unless you are driving really slow.

 

[TwistedGray]

Yes. I opened the app (pokemon go) paired the plus with it and then hit the home button on my phone. I then launched twitter, reddit, chrome, etc and the plus was alerting me when pokemon popped up. I click the button on the plus and it attempts to catch them (it only throws 1 regular ball and its either a catch or run). You're KM's get added and you will be alerted on pokestops also.

Keep in mind this doesn't work too well in a car... the response time from the app to the plus isn't immediate so with driving you will most likely not get the stops with the plus unless you are driving really slow.

Damn it, there goes $35!

 

[Yeastieboy]

Wait, y'all spend money on Pokémon?
[emoji23]

 

[TwistedGray]

Wait, y'all spend money on Pokémon?
[emoji23]

Nothing yet

 

[vince805]

Wait, y'all spend money on Pokémon?
[emoji23]

yes.