Pokémon Go |OT| As in "Go Outside"

So, the leveling system for pokemon is a bit flawed isn't it? I mean, it's heavily weighted towards the "common" pokemon, so having for example a Kabutops that is stronger than a Pidgeot seems nearly impossible? The amount of Pidgey-candies is insane.

Kabuto scales way harder when evolving though.
 
So, there is no point in keeping a gym?
Since you get the coins when you press the button, whats the point of keeping it afterwards.
Actually, if it keeps changing hands more people will get coins, including on your team, vs. your pokemon just sitting there.
 
The downtown area in Auckland is buzzing tonight. So was Aotea square. It's pretty damn impressive to see so many people out snd about at night looking for Pokemon with each other.
 
Yup. I have no pokeballs and literally have no reason to play. Theres a poke stop down the road but it's on a main road with no side walk
:( I'm sure they'll add more spots soon. Ingress in my area had a lot more portals than PokeStops/Gyms in this game.

The entire route from my place to my Gold's Gym is barren in this game, but in Ingress there's like 4 portals.
 
I'm assuming there's like hyperbeam that's stronger, but it's damn near I think.

Also.... Charmander is near. I may just go back outside >_>

Yes hyperbeam is 70 :
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Experienced my first mass lure / social event tonight. People everywhere, I even parked next to an SES crew (emergency workers) who were playing. After cleaning up big, catching a Slowpoke with my last Pokeball and levelling to 10 in the process, I drove for home. Before taking off I took a look at the map ahead, and saw 3 Pokestops clustered in a weird, quiet location.

I pulled up there, and was able to hit 2 stops from my car. The third looked like it was down in a swamp. I got out, and saw a group looking in that direction. They didn't know where it was either, so I said I was going for it. It was literally down a sketchy unlit path in heavy woods. They followed, all of us laughing, and we found it. Then they said they were completely new, and asked how to find Pokemon. I sent them back up to the lure party at the harbour to have their minds blown.

That was fucking awesome!
 
found a grey gym. and put my pokemon in it.. I can only put one of my pokemon? the other must be from other trainers of the same color?
 
I need to wander around town, being in the UK I suspect people will wonder WTF I am doing. Lots of stops around here though, who creates those stops?

Lots
of people are already playing in Europe even if the game is not officially out here yet, don't worry

Poke Stops were created by the developers with Ingress (earlier game), some were added later with the users feedback

They are usually random points of interest (churches, monuments, murals)
 
I figure this post will probably get lost in here but thought I'd ask anyway.

I live in the UK and the game isn't out here officially yet. I'm also getting a new phone (hopefully here by this Friday) - which I'll definitely play this game on.

Could I use a US account to download my game on to my current phone and get a head start and be able to sign in when I get my new phone without hassle? Kinda don't wanna get left behind while I'm waiting for the new phone to arrive.
 
found a grey gym. and put my pokemon in it.. I can only put one of my pokemon? the other must be from other trainers of the same color?

Yes, only one pokemon per person at a gym. Then the gym has to be leveled up in order to have others add more pokemon to it.


Does anyone know if someone has created a guide to what items you get at each level? I've been doing a lot of gym battles and am running pretty low on potions now. I should just camp at some stops today to restock.
 
Guys if you leave your Pokemon at a Gym, do you need to go back to it to get reward and collect the XP?

I have a nearby friendly gym but I doubt I'm returning to this place where I am right now.
 
Guys halp.

So I was playing Pokemon Go around my mall, and this cute grill comes up to me and asks me if I know where the Electabuzz was, so I told her "Yeah, I found it a bit over there by the mechanic!" And she asked me if I could take her to it.

So I took the cute grill to the Electabuzz, and she asked if she could stick around and we'd walk together. So I said sure. We walked and caught a few commons for like 40 minutes, and we talked and stuff. My battery was close to dying, so I told her I'm gonna head home. She wanted my number and she wanted us to do a date perhaps and just go catch Pokemon.

I said sure and took her number, and said goodbye.

Guys I didn't think I'd see her ever again. So I lied to her to make myself not seem like a loser. :c I told her I live in my own apartment, go to University, and I own this nice car. I live with my parents, I actually don't attend school right now, and My car is a POS and the car I was driving was my sister since mine was taken by my father to get an oils change.

GAF do I never contact this grill again? Cause I don't want her to know I'm a liar. :c

You'll never be a real boy acting like Pinocchio. If you lied to her about you, how do we know if you're not lying to us about this story?
 
Guys if you leave your Pokemon at a Gym, do you need to go back to it to get reward and collect the XP?

I have a nearby friendly gym but I doubt I'm returning to this place where I am right now.
Once you have pokemon stationed at a gym, go to the store section and you will see a shield icon at the top right hand corner.

This will show the number of pokemon you currently have at gyms, click on it and it will give you 500 stardust and 10 coins for every one. This then has a counter for 21 hours until you can collect again.
 
Guys if you leave your Pokemon at a Gym, do you need to go back to it to get reward and collect the XP?

I have a nearby friendly gym but I doubt I'm returning to this place where I am right now.
No it will have a little mark in your list of pokemon to indicate it is at a gym when another team takes that gym it will lose that mark and have no hp, you'll have to revive it then you can use it again.

To catch them do the balls actually have to hit the pokemon?
yeah.
 
Anyone else having issues with battery saver mode ?
Whenever I activate battery saver mode and put my phone upside down in my pocket it will become unresponsive and show the logo on a darkened screen just as you would expect. Sometimes when I pick up my phone again after having been in battery saver mode the screen will become active again but any touch inputs will not register.
Stuff happens on screen as expected, pokemons appear and everything, but no input is registered. It is as if the phone thinks im still in battery saver mode.

If I disable battery saver mode and use it regularly or leave it for a while it never happens.

I am on a samsung galaxy s7 and using the APK currently.
 
I'm so fucking tired of Pidgeys and Ratattas. I feel like I live in Pallet town exept it goes on for miles and miles and miles.
 
I don't usually watch Reckful but he streamed Pokemon go last night and I can't remember the last time I was that entertained on twitch. It's worth checking out the vods. I hope he does it again
 
I figure this post will probably get lost in here but thought I'd ask anyway.

I live in the UK and the game isn't out here officially yet. I'm also getting a new phone (hopefully here by this Friday) - which I'll definitely play this game on.

Could I use a US account to download my game on to my current phone and get a head start and be able to sign in when I get my new phone without hassle? Kinda don't wanna get left behind while I'm waiting for the new phone to arrive.

Absolutely, yes. Many of us have just done this.
 
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