Geminosity
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People have been saying that it's a reward for every 100th of that species you catch or something to that effect
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Pokémon Go |OT 2| Servers...gotta crash 'em all!
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Did you just break the game
Finale Fireworker
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Bonus is for a critical catch, a well-placed throw, or a curveball.
Durrzerker
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HOLY SHIT I JUST FOUND OUT FROM POKEVISION THERE'S A HITMONCHAN SPAWNING POINT THREE MILES EAST OF MY HOUSE I'M GONNA GO LIVE THERE
Geminosity
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Nope, those are labelled specifically on the xp screen. Hes literally talking about an additional xp thing you get that's just unhelpfully called 'bonus' and it's always 100xp
RebornYeti
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It's when you catch 100 of a type of pokemon in my experience. For example, if I catch my 200th flying type, then it gives me a 100 exp bonus just like that.
TonkatsuAddict
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This may be a dumb question, but how do I leave pokemon at a gym? Everything I see online indicates there should be a nice, obvious button to push, but the only things I can do are scroll through the list of pokemon currently in the gym and hit the nice, obvious button to train at that gym. What am I missing?
Durrzerker
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Sounds like the gym has no open spots. The gym can only hold 1 pokemon per its level, so if it's level 5 and already has 5 pokemon, you gotta train it up to level 6 by battling to add a sixth slot.
Junior Asparagus
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Yeah, no open spots, live previous poster said. The button to place a Pokemon at the gym is basically the same as the Train button, but on the left side instead of the right.
TonkatsuAddict
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That would explain it. I was thinking it wasn't full because I've found gyms with only two pokemon in them, but I didn't realize gym level accounted for anything. Thanks!
As a side note, I really wish this game did a better job explaining just about everything. This isn't the first issue that I've had to get answered on the internet that should have been easily and obviously explained in game...
Kor of Memory
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Don't be surprised if nothing is actually there.
I just had something similar with a Bulbasaur show up on my pokevision and I couldn't find a single one.
Do you remember what page it was on? Was trying to find it, but no luck. Perhaps a PM?
spindashing
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Rhomega Beta
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Ok, Pokemon Tracker is completely worthless. After the Charmander I saw earlier, i caught wind of a Jolteon and Onix near home. Went out, nothing. Reset the game. Both are gone.
Conkerkid11
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Yeah, they should focus their efforts on preventing this trivial thing from happening rather than actually fixing the problems the game has.
Because your level definitely isn't determined by the number of Pidgeys you evolve while using a lucky egg.
Because the number of Pokemon you catch isn't determined by how many lured Pokestops you're sitting near.
Because ownership of a gym definitely isn't determined by who the higher level player is, and whether or not the servers are behaving well enough to use the dodge mechanic.
"Catching them all" isn't a longterm goal that actually affects you if other players are doing it more effectively.
lol, what the hell? Why can't you guys use cellphones at work?
This. GPS spoofing is the enemy. Even if I find out there's a Mewtwo on top of Mt. Everest with the Python script, I still actually have to go to the top of Mt. Everest, versus the GPS spoofer who can be there within seconds.
Damn that sucks. My work is encouraging us to take our breaks and walk with each other in team efforts to catch them all.
PSFan
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What story? You just walk around catching Pokemon, that's it. You don't like the python script? Don't use it. It won't affect you or your "story" in any way whatsoever if someone else uses it.
I prefer them to ban first the gps cheaters because even with Python script people still have to go out themselves catch the pokemon in contrary of the guy who sit at his computer and become lvl 20 in just matter of hours and then go take gyms because outside of the collecting aspect there is nothing else to do. I would rather those cheaters go play on emulator the real pokemons games instead if they want to cheat that badly.
It's definitely dangerous. These are people on the floor and using forklifts and stuff. They shouldn't be playing at all.
But the nerd in me is just like "bruh, research it a bit before sending out a mass email to thousands of managers"
Whatever. I have in my personal experience with the game alone, heard from various people in my local community that they caught something somewhere, made a trip specifically out there for it and caught my own. It was fantastic. To me those events are stories, sometimes even literal ones I told in this thread.
I do not begrudge anyone the path of least resistance and I can especially sympathize since at the moment the in-game mechanism for tracking simply isn't working. "Don't use it" is the approach I will take due to my own sentiments about such tools. But I know exactly what he means.
It does affect the competitive pvp side of the game for sure.
In these early days, it definitely does.
However, the soft cap in this game is really harsh, and the hard cap is not too terribly difficult to obtain.
I'm not disagreeing, but it's not gonna throw the game off like some people think it will.
Oh gosh I totaly forgot! Niantics has a panel at San Franscico today! No Pokemon go fans here are planning to visit there ? http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/16/comic-con-2016-pokemon-go-panel-upgraded-to-hall-h-for-sdcc
Probaly why Niantics hasn't rolled out any launch.
Edit: nevermind it's not for today but the 24th july
Probaly why Niantics hasn't rolled out any launch.
Edit: nevermind it's not for today but the 24th july
isn't it monumentally easier to power up a specific pokemon if you know the exact location of the spawns?
the problem is python is apparently piss easy to install
For casuals probably not.
For killer-types who don't want to "cheat" it could ruin the motivation.
Fuck, my version of Android is too old to run the game, my phone sucks (Samsung Galaxy Core LTE, 4.2.2). It's still hasn't been released in France (it was supposed to be today, people are pissed on Twitter), so I've grabbed an apk supposed to work with previous Android versions, but it runs poorly, and I can hear the Starters around me but they don't appear in AR, so what's the point
I can't afford a new phone, I'm sad.
I can't afford a new phone, I'm sad.
Those stories still happen with PokeVision / the Python script.
We spotted a rare 'mon nearby and a few of us went out to catch it. Some other people noticed our small group all on our phones and walking together asked what was up, told 'em about the 'mon and they tagged along. When we got to the area there were already a few others there catching it, and on our way back we spotted a few other players and let them know where to find it.
Similar things happened back before the script when the fucking Nearby function actually worked, and it's all still in the spirit of the game.
GPS spoofing however needs to die a fiery death.
Dusktildawn48
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eggs do seem to be tracking better now.
GPS spoofing is a completely different story and its users should simply be permanently banned. There are definite issues with spawns, distributions, and areas void of stops, but spoofing completely nullifies the simple basic premise of the game; it's even in the name.
As far as my point about using external scripts: if someone tells me where something is I would love to be able to believe that they have this knowledge because they caught it themselves or learned from someone who did. The telling people you see out part is of course 100% in the spirit of the game. Gleaning advantageous information external to the game (that not all players have access to because they aren't using such tools) is not.
In contrast to spoofing I don't think players should be banned for it, though. It just sort of makes me sad. Though with the in-game functionality broken it's completely understandable why people would seek it out.
As far as my point about using external scripts: if someone tells me where something is I would love to be able to believe that they have this knowledge because they caught it themselves or learned from someone who did. The telling people you see out part is of course 100% in the spirit of the game. Gleaning advantageous information external to the game (that not all players have access to because they aren't using such tools) is not.
In contrast to spoofing I don't think players should be banned for it, though. It just sort of makes me sad. Though with the in-game functionality broken it's completely understandable why people would seek it out.
Kor of Memory
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It's like a bad influence.
I've been trying to catch 1 last bulbasaur I need for an evolution for days now, and because of the nearby footsteps bug, I can't seem to pin one down. It gets very disheartening.
Sometimes you feel that entitlement because maybe if the game was acting right, you would already have your reward, ya know?
I'd be all for this if they'd give us rural folks a bone.
Sorry, but I'll continue spoofing when I need to restock. I'm not wasting half an hour to get to the nearest PokeStop only to sit there for 2 hours while I hope to god I get a few Poke/Greatballs instead of the hundreds of potions and revives I find.
I mean, if I get banned, I get banned. But I'm never going to be able to play this game at all if I don't spoof. I don't spoof to catch Pokemon, I don't even spoof to lured spots. But the game simply isn't playable unless I spoof every once and a while.
The Wizard
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As someone who has used them casually over the past day I feel that pokevision / Map master don't present too much of a problem. Spawn times are all short enough that you can't really game the system too much. The useful information presented is about at the level of what a functional tracking system and a solid communication network of active players spotting areas. The latter isn't always an option for people in rural areas, who are already at the disadvantage with lower spawn rates.
Acerac
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They do sell pokeballs in game.
You would have to give the devs money fairly often if you continued playing their game, this is true.
blankempathy
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I dunno if it was because it was 100 degrees yesterday but it was the first time i saw a couple of magmars.
Yep. Sucks that the nearest pokestop is 30 minutes away but its a cop out to use that as an excuse to not buy pokeballs. Get some friends and make a day out of it. Thats what I plan on doing soon.
Yep. Sucks that the nearest pokestop is 30 minutes away but its a cop out to use that as an excuse to not buy pokeballs. Get some friends and make a day out of it. Thats what I plan on doing soon.
blankempathy
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ugh why cant i delete this post.
Haha yes! This is what my park looks like but in a oval shape. But that is a great farm spot for pokestopsSpent an hour looking how much it would cost for me to move onto this block.
I mean, they just absolutely need to do something about rural players who aren't in distance of stops, using the mechanics they've already established. The Ingress data they imported just isn't sufficient for how widespread and ubiquitous this thing became. That's just a developmental necessity, and I'm sure they are aware of it.
I actually do not at all agree with the idea that you should just buy Pokeballs if you aren't in convenient distance of a stop. It's scary to think how many people must be doing that to see it offered as advice. In fact I kinda wish they didn't sell them at all, even though the rest of the stuff in the shop I'm fine with. It definitely shouldn't be a matter of where you live that determines how much money you need to spend for basic functionality.
I actually do not at all agree with the idea that you should just buy Pokeballs if you aren't in convenient distance of a stop. It's scary to think how many people must be doing that to see it offered as advice. In fact I kinda wish they didn't sell them at all, even though the rest of the stuff in the shop I'm fine with. It definitely shouldn't be a matter of where you live that determines how much money you need to spend for basic functionality.
That is definitely an interesting perspective. I think "bad influence" is sort of apt, like in this case it's justified or even borderline necessary, you want to evolve this thing and the in-game tracker won't help at all, what else are you supposed to do? But down the line I hate the idea of "well, I have 5 pokemon left to complete my pokedex, let me enter them into a script that will cross-check the map and have it tell me exactly where to go to get them."
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