It's mostly how I play during the week since there's barely any stops around here and the same 5 pokemon constantly. Can't justify driving 30-40 minutes to lured pokestops every day. Had they designed the game with players in low population areas in mind then I would gladly go for random 15-20 minute walks around my neighborhood playing. I'm more into the collecting aspect than the gym battles anyways.
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Pokémon Go |OT 2| Servers...gotta crash 'em all!
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It's mostly how I play during the week since there's barely any stops around here and the same 5 pokemon constantly. Can't justify driving 30-40 minutes to lured pokestops every day. Had they designed the game with players in low population areas in mind then I would gladly go for random 15-20 minute walks around my neighborhood playing. I'm more into the collecting aspect than the gym battles anyways.
Naughty_Doge
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I think that's the python script rather than pokevision
Sadly the higher km eggs actually include the pokemon from the lower eggs too :s
Wow fuck f2p. Now I fear for my 10km egg that's about to hatch.
Just the CP of the Pokemon. Each Pokemon has about an average multiplier they'll experience when they evolve, no matter the trainer level.
EDIT: For example, when Eevee evolves into Vaporeon, the average CP multiplier is something like 2.76.
This means that a CP100 Eevee can be expected to be a CP276 Vaporeon. A CP500 Eevee can be expected to be a CP1380 Vaporeon.
Geminosity
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The most important thing is what you're evolving and what moves it gets but you wont' know what moves it'll have until you've evolved it (they're re-randomised when a pokemon evolve)
That said, if you don't want to spend a lot of stardust and candies upgrading it, a high CP helps
All your trainer level changes is the maximum level your pokemon can currently be or be upgraded to (it's your trainer level + 1.5, each upgrade is half a level :3 )
Geminosity
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oh wow! congrats!
Waylon Drums
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I'm in hour three of someone almost constantly putting lures on the Pokestop that is my office. I probably shouldn't be paid today.
Geminosity
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as majormane points out, http://ispokemongodownornot.com/ is good for working out if the main game servers and login for EU and US are up and it's very reliable. The downside is that if you're outside of EU/US then I'm afraid I've not found a reliable indicator for your login servers yet and it could be that they're down :/
anotherdoof
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Despite what the site says, PTC is actually down
Thanks! Is there a maximum CP or does it depend on pokemons? I need to find a magikarp with high CP before evolving it.
Edit: found a FAQ in the first post.
PSFan
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No it's not. It's been working fine for me for a few hours now. Just caught a Jigglypuff actually.
anotherdoof
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PTC is down, not the game itself. I and a bunch of others upthread can't authenticate.
Geminosity
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Thanks! Is there a maximum CP or does it depend on pokemons? I need to find a magikarp with high CP before evolving it.
Edit: found a FAQ in the first post.
Maximum CP depends on the pokemon species, the individual pokemon IVs and your current trainer level. E.g. a Pidgie will never have as high a CP as an equal level Vaporeon no matter what your trainer level is
PSFan
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Not in the US apparently. I've stopped and restarted the app a couple of times and got right back in no problem.
anotherdoof
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I'm East Coast and haven't been able to log into PTC since early this morning.
EDIT: and just as I type that it lets me in. Lol
Obscuritas
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These are all valid concerns. I mean, it's also illogical and pretty unnatural: put Gyarados in the middle of a freaking lake/into the wild instead of putting it near the subway tunnel entrance.
Thanks! Is there a maximum CP or does it depend on pokemons? I need to find a magikarp with high CP before evolving it.
Edit: found a FAQ in the first post.
Magikarp's highest CP is supposedly around 262, but that's probably after doing some powering up.
The highest I've found in the wild is around CP142. (Trainer level 23, can't remember when I caught it.) That's the one I'm saving up to evolve unless I find another. The good news is that you'll be catching a ton of wild Pokemon to get a Gyarados. Good luck!
PSFan
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I'm southeast and literally on the coast and haven't had any issues since it came back up around that time.
Abstrusity
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It appears that the big is due to the incorrect API key used to access Google maps. I would imagine then that the steps are leading to 0,0 or Google HQ.
When looking at the attacks a pokemon has, does the number mean how much damage it does?
So for example, if I have two pikachus:
1st pika has a normal attack with 5, and electric attack with 65 but a cp of 256
2nd pika has a normal attack with 10, and electric attack with 65, but a cp of 172
Should I transfer the 1st pika and just power up the 2nd?
So for example, if I have two pikachus:
1st pika has a normal attack with 5, and electric attack with 65 but a cp of 256
2nd pika has a normal attack with 10, and electric attack with 65, but a cp of 172
Should I transfer the 1st pika and just power up the 2nd?
Geminosity
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2nd one sounds like it has higher attack IVs, no idea what its stamina (hp) and defence IVs are with that info though. If you just care about hitting things hard then yeah, the 2nd one is better, but if you want it to be able to take some hits I'd check their IVs first via an IV calculator
edit: in a nutshell, the only things that differs between pokemon of the same species are their level and IVs. level is what you increase when you upgrade them but IVs are static and set when you catch/hatch them, not even evolution changes them.
Dusktildawn48
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Its pretty dumb that I've used about 25 ultra balls and haven't caught a single Pokemon with them
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That's cause cause you have use it all to even get close to level 21 due to that XP grind. LoL
Those are both quite low CP in general though- I wouldn't actually spend the stardust to power up either one unless having a competitive Pikachu asap is your #1 priority
I used to be upset that Ultra Balls are pretty damn rare, even after being high enough level. Now I just don't even use them because: 1) The ball will curve or miss spectacularly 2) They really suck in my experience.
Ultra Balls suck.
I don't understand how to get higher CP pokemon from the start. I'm level 13, but everything I've caught is in the 200 range. Last night I hatched a 10k egg and it was a magmar with 250 cp. WTF.
Kor of Memory
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Boooooooo!
First 10km egg was an 453 Onix. Cool.
Second 10km egg was an 370 Onix...
Not cool...
First 10km egg was an 453 Onix. Cool.
Second 10km egg was an 370 Onix...
Not cool...
Yup haha, I consider my goal of leveling complete, now it's just trying to max out my Pokemon that I have through new evolutions and grind out new Pokemon through more eggs and evolutions. My Pokédex is still only at 82.
Found eggs the best way to go about this game. I always have a 10k, two 5ks, and a 2k in progress. So the incubators were a nice reward.
Rock candy is delicious.
Dusktildawn48
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I've also realized I've got to stop driving 3-4 city miles for a semi rare pokemon that I saw with python script. Cause there's a good chance they'll get away and ill just waste 20 minutes.
Really? There must be a lower chance for that then. I've hatched a lot of eggs, and not once has it been for a lower tier.
paperboywriter
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So are they gonna patch this game at some point? So many problems still...
I was able to pop a Lucky Egg as soon as I hit 20 and level up to 21 in about 45 mins.
Saving up my Pidgeys and Weedles again for another evolve spree for my second egg, which should get me to 22. After that I'm screwed though, lol.
Yea, my gf got an Eevee from her 10km egg.... I fear for my own. D:
Geminosity
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The level of pokemon you catch/hatch is random but it's capped at your trainer level + 1.5 (how close a pokemon is to this cap is represented by the white arc above them on their info screen, the more full it is, the closer to max current level they are, while if it's all the way to to left and empty then they're just level 1) So... the higher your level the higher the CP of the pokemon can be.
Problem is, while trainer level ups the max level (and therefore CP) of pokemon you'll find it never changes the minimum so you'll still find lots of lower levelled pokemon no matter what. Just gotta keep catching and hatching if you want better I'm afraid :3
edit: probably not important for you at your current level but it's worth knowing further down the line that the max starting level of a hatched pokemon is 20 and the max starting level of a wild pokemon (aka the ones you catch) is 30. Max Trainer/Pokemon level is 40 so you're never going to hit absolute maximum without upgrading them eventually.
Get to level 20+
Kor of Memory
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I guess I'll be ready for Steelix whenever that comes around, since I now have 59 Onix candy.
My third day, I walked a bit more than today and jesus I've the stamina of a grandpa! I'm happy that I brough along some water but I did get hungry along the way, lol
No big catch today, met a lot of Zubats that I some point I wonered if I shall raise one and name it : BATMAN!
I'm also discoverint that my little town have a lot churches and around my house, lol I saw a bit more of players today, still didn't get the chance to say hello. ｡ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ+)ﾟ｡
I'm just happy that even after Japan launch servers weren't down all day.
No big catch today, met a lot of Zubats that I some point I wonered if I shall raise one and name it : BATMAN!
I'm also discoverint that my little town have a lot churches and around my house, lol I saw a bit more of players today, still didn't get the chance to say hello. ｡ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ+)ﾟ｡
I'm just happy that even after Japan launch servers weren't down all day.
All my 10k eggs so far have been from the 10k "tier" *shrug*
I've only been able to evolve one once so far.
I would be pissed if I got a weedle. But not a magikarp. Universe give me your magikarps plz.
My magical massive magikarp migration canal is so depressing with the nearby tracker borked. I can't find anything. ;_;
20 is the soft cap you are aiming for. I started seeing 500+ on the regular around 15 I believe, as of hitting 18 last night the ~800 range is pretty common.
Eevee is in the 10k tier. I don't see them very often and I'd be happy with one
I've only been able to evolve one once so far. I would be pissed if I got a weedle. But not a magikarp. Universe give me your magikarps plz.
My magical massive magikarp migration canal is so depressing with the nearby tracker borked. I can't find anything. ;_;
Get higher level, haha.
20 is the soft cap you are aiming for. I started seeing 500+ on the regular around 15 I believe, as of hitting 18 last night the ~800 range is pretty common.
Kor of Memory
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So is the nearby footprints thing broken for everybody right now?
Is there any kind of work around besides just walking until something falls totally off your radar?
Is there any kind of work around besides just walking until something falls totally off your radar?
Geminosity
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Not an ingress player so I don't know for sure but I believe tiny blue dots are XM which are used for pokemon spawning rather than pokestops/gyms
It's been utterly borked for everyone for a while now i'm afraid :/ Only way to find stuff with it is to restart the app, check what's about, go to a new location and restart the app to see if stuff has vanished and go back the other way if it did
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