Pokémon Go Anyone?

[Homercidal]

We got Venonats around. Magikarp are common in a nearby town.

Never heard of Diglets.

I hear ghastleys are more common in the evening. My friend says they find night pokemons a lot more at night. I usually go to bed before they come out.

 

[TwistedGray]

Hatched this guy from a 10k yesterday!

Hell yah! I hatched a nearly equal pinser from a 10k a few weeks ago. All 5k eggs now.

 

[TwistedGray]

Never heard of Diglets.

They are dirt mounds or rather some animal that looks like a dirt mound that so happens to live underground.

 

[Homercidal]

Picked up a package that came to work today (Kid's Bday present) and the crib attendant said she had a Snorlax on the nearby list on her lunch time walk, but couldn't find it.

I told her that's what she gets for not helping me get into any Gyms last night!

It's the first report I've heard of a Snorlax around here. I mean, I know some people have them, but I just assumed they were hatched.

 

[TwistedGray]

Picked up a package that came to work today (Kid's Bday present) and the crib attendant said she had a Snorlax on the nearby list on her lunch time walk, but couldn't find it.

I told her that's what she gets for not helping me get into any Gyms last night!

It's the first report I've heard of a Snorlax around here. I mean, I know some people have them, but I just assumed they were hatched.

I'd be a little shocked if that were true ...

 

[Aristotelian]

I'm beginning to wonder when they're going to start releasing more features... I'm beginning to think that the game itself is woefully underdeveloped...

Here's why. The game, to me, has three aspects:

1) Catching/evolving/hatching pokemon (gotta collect 'em all).
2) Powering up pokemon for battles.
3) Battling pokemon (and holding gyms).

But it seems to me that none of these have yet had much "social" interaction. There's really almost no way to interact with other players through the game.

And battling and holding gyms seems to be a relatively weak and slow way to improve your pokemon. The XP gained from winning gym battles is nothing compared to pidgey stacking with a lucky egg. And around me, holding a gym after you beat it looks nearly impossible. Most of the gyms I see trade teams multiple times a day.

So right now I'm dutifully trying to build up my pokemon so that at some point my son can make a decent run at battling a gym. Which is hard to do when the best thing he's got are CP of 1618, 1178, and 1035, and you see a gym with a 1800 Vaporeon, 2300 Snorlax and 2800 Dragonite sitting there. So it's just a grind through the endless ratatas and pidgeys to get enough stardust and candy to power up my good pokemon and level up. But why? Just to go through a billion revive and potion to capture a gym and then have it taken away an hour later? What's the point?

At some point they're sure to start rolling out some of the more social features that MUST be in planning. But will they get around to it before I get bored? I'm almost there. Will they do so before my son gets bored? He's only 9, but eventually he'll start getting tired of catching them for no real purpose, I assume.

Wait, you mean it's all just a game and there is no real point to it??? Dude, you just ruined my life!

 

[buzd]

I caught a wild 1970 Snorlax at Logan airport. They also occasionally appear on my drive to work.

Hatched an Onix today.

 

[Aristotelian]

I caught a wild 1970 Snorlax at Logan airport. They also occasionally appear on my drive to work.

Hatched an Onix today.

You are not supposed to play while driving. You are definitely not supposed to admit to playing while driving.

 

[Newsman]

Interesting. I just checked some of my pokemon (where I had multiples) and sometimes the "biggest" wasn't always the strongest. I had a 246 CP StarYou that excited the "advisor" more than the other two, which were a lot stronger.

 

[afro_lou]

Damn! You guys are getting waaaay better snorlaxes than I... My little guy is only 819! And that's AFTER I powered him up 3 times!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Wait, you mean it's all just a game and there is no real point to it??? Dude, you just ruined my life!

Well, we all know that...

I'm just saying that it's starting to get tedious until they add some features. If the only purpose is to battle gyms, which doesn't seem to produce any tangible benefit in the game other than getting you coins and stardust, it's going to run out of steam.

 

[TwistedGray]

Well, we all know that...

I'm just saying that it's starting to get tedious until they add some features. If the only purpose is to battle gyms, which doesn't seem to produce any tangible benefit in the game other than getting you coins and stardust, it's going to run out of steam.

I think that is the point, those coins. However, it would be nice if your own pokemon get stronger when winning and weaker when losing. It should go both ways

 

[Yeastieboy]

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[Sailingeric]

. . .

Why?? You are the equivalent of a troll

 

[HIM_Tattoos]

Why?? You are the equivalent of a troll

Naw, trolls are useless, Yeastie's got mad beer knowledge, he's apparently just got an issue with us.

 

[Yeastieboy]

Why?? You are the equivalent of a troll

Nah I just posted in the wrong thread. My bad...

 

[Zuljin]

Wow! That was some hot Pokémon action! We took three gyms. One fell. The next fell. We made our stand at the third. Wave after wave of challenger appeared. Some by foot. Some by car. There was head to head. There was sniping. We took out the solos as fast as they came. We took down another two person team by shear attrition. There is a reason to keep so many revives and potions.

And then, with 5% battery left, and no challengers in sight, we departed victorious!

All the way to the end of the parking lot.

 

[Homercidal]

Girl at work took over all the gyms in RC again this weekend. Maybe twice. And I was busy. I missed all them coins! I don't think I even turned the game on this weekend.

 

[Newsman]

I think that is the point, those coins. However, it would be nice if your own pokemon get stronger when winning and weaker when losing. It should go both ways

They do, sort of. You get experience when you battle, depending on whether you win or lose, and you can eventually use that experience to level up your Pokemon.

 

[vince805]

So a new update should be out today (or tomorrow) and I cant wait! I'm expecting the buddy system and hopefully some other cool stuff!

 

[brewshki]

So a new update should be out today (or tomorrow) and I cant wait! I'm expecting the buddy system and hopefully some other cool stuff!

Buddy system would be epic. I'll finally be able to stockpile candies for some evolutions.

 

[BGBC]

Wow! That was some hot Pokémon action! We took three gyms. One fell. The next fell. We made our stand at the third. Wave after wave of challenger appeared. Some by foot. Some by car. There was head to head. There was sniping. We took out the solos as fast as they came. We took down another two person team by shear attrition. There is a reason to keep so many revives and potions.

And then, with 5% battery left, and no challengers in sight, we departed victorious!

All the way to the end of the parking lot.

They definitely need to even out the training with the battling. You can take down a gym in a battle by 2000+ at a time, but training only improves in the 100s range and very little XP gained. I can't imagine how long it took to get a gym to Level 7 or 8.

On another note, I was in Iceland this weekend (northern lights, check!), and saw a Mr Mime in the Sightings. Couldn't track him down though, sadly.

 

[brewshki]

They definitely need to even out the training with the battling. You can take down a gym in a battle by 2000+ at a time, but training only improves in the 100s range and very little XP gained. I can't imagine how long it took to get a gym to Level 7 or 8.

On another note, I was in Iceland this weekend (northern lights, check!), and saw a Mr Mime in the Sightings. Couldn't track him down though, sadly.

That's like devastating haha. You can actually get more prestige from training using weaker pokemon. Using a pokemon with 1/2 the CP of the one you are fighting gets you about 1000 prestige I think (definitely more than 100).

 

[BGBC]

That's like devastating haha. You can actually get more prestige from training using weaker pokemon. Using a pokemon with 1/2 the CP of the one you are fighting gets you about 1000 prestige I think (definitely more than 100).

But you have to actually defeat at least 1 to get any prestige. I've had a few underdog victories, but usually like a 900 vs 1000 CP. Don't think I'd have a shot at 500 vs 1000.

 

[vince805]

If you want to get serious about training up gyms look into bubblestrat and bubblestrat++
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/bubblestrat
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/bubblestrat-possibilities

Basically you use very low level pokemon (Cp20 defender and Cp10 attacker) and make use of type differences to get 1000 prestige very quickly.

 

[brewshki]

But you have to actually defeat at least 1 to get any prestige. I've had a few underdog victories, but usually like a 900 vs 1000 CP. Don't think I'd have a shot at 500 vs 1000.

If you throw a 500 cp vapors on with two water type moves against and Arcanine, you should have a good shot. You may need to dodge some, but it's possible.

 

[TwistedGray]

They do, sort of. You get experience when you battle, depending on whether you win or lose, and you can eventually use that experience to level up your Pokemon.

Pretty sure you don't use XP to level up your Pokemon...you use Stardust.

 

[Homercidal]

Pretty sure you don't use XP to level up your Pokemon...you use Stardust.

The higher your XP the higher your Pokemon can be upgraded to. The more Gyms you beat, the more XP you get (I think...)

 

[Zuljin]

I saw a level 9 gym today. Mystic, of course.

 

[brewshki]

Popped a lucky egg today and got off a bunch of evolutions. Only one new Pokemon but it took be from under 15000 xp to about 85000