Watch someone get a legendary by accident
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Watch someone get a legendary by accident
I dunno, I noticed pretty rubbish catch rates and I'm on Android.
That said I already felt the catch rates could be awful even before the patch. Pretty much ever since I hit level 15.
Now I'm level 20 I just catch stuff that I can make use of. All of the fodder pokemon I'm just ignoring. It's not like levelling past 20 is very quick anyway.
I am indeed... interesting. Will see how things work out when our next patch hits, I guess.
BoboBrazil
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I'm on Android and it's really obvious they made things tougher to catch. Had 2 escape earlier at work after escaping a couple of balls and then fleeing. Weak pokemon too. I gave back up and stopped playing again after it happened. Everyone I know in real life has noticed the same thing.
deanote666
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There may be a chance the tracking won't come back.
My reasoning for this is that if you KNOW the mon is past that wall or fence, people will be very tempted to go over there. If they only SUSPECT it could be over there, people may not do it. People broke into a local zoo to play a couple weeks back. They probably want to avoid more of that negative PR. One of the new messages asks players to not trespass.
I really like the gaf one that has been mentioned though. Although it did send me around a block when it was basically north of me though...
I'll vouch that the pidgy hit box is a lot smaller.
They probably raised the ball usage for the trash mobs to make it harder to power level in addition to the more common ones needing more balls to lead to more ball purchases.
Level 19 here.
My reasoning for this is that if you KNOW the mon is past that wall or fence, people will be very tempted to go over there. If they only SUSPECT it could be over there, people may not do it. People broke into a local zoo to play a couple weeks back. They probably want to avoid more of that negative PR. One of the new messages asks players to not trespass.
I really like the gaf one that has been mentioned though. Although it did send me around a block when it was basically north of me though...
I'll vouch that the pidgy hit box is a lot smaller.
They probably raised the ball usage for the trash mobs to make it harder to power level in addition to the more common ones needing more balls to lead to more ball purchases.
Level 19 here.
All that does is screw over people in rural/suburban areas even more...
People are still powerlevelling by going to pokestop clusters and luring them up.
jellies_two
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If you click on the feet icon, a link opens to apple or google maps and you get a fix.
it is sort of cheating though.
It must be tough living in a big city with tons of pokestops for unlimited refills.
Revives need to completely heal personally. Worst item in the game.
deanote666
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Thanks! Did not notice that.
I would rather be out hunting for something specific though than just hanging around the same stops with lures on them myself or wandering randomly and not finding anything special. Scanners get you to go out and explore more. The map being optional keeps some of the fun in the hunt.
I'm starting to run low on potions now... Got plenty of revives though...
Yeah. I don't think I've ever used a single one. It's such a waste of a pokestop item. :|
30 iirc. Revives are only needed after attacking a Gym, though - there's no other situation that leaves a Poke at 0HP.
More money for Niantec since people will buy lures and balls
jellies_two
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The most dense area I have seen so far is in the middle of SF, around union square.
A close second is in London near London Bridge train station.
Here are (not all) of the pokestops around the center of SF.
so basically within a short walk you can fill up your inventory.
clearacell
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Little Tokyo in LA is dense AF with pokestops.
I think my problem is that I either forget or am too lazy to use the berries
I always have over 200 berries, I wish there was a way to make them be auto used during each encounter
I also don't get how useful they are
Like whats stronger, great ball or regular ball + berry? Great ball + berry or ultra ball?
I always have over 200 berries, I wish there was a way to make them be auto used during each encounter
I also don't get how useful they are
Like whats stronger, great ball or regular ball + berry? Great ball + berry or ultra ball?
Fox Mulder
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Yeah, they fucked it. Nice bait and switch update to do after people got hooked to sell pokeballs.
FreezerGeezer
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I just hit 25 and I got 20. So seems to be 25.
I am also on Android and luckily have not been affected by this new difficulty to catch stuff just yet. I've maybe noticed it a handful of times with some Pokemon that shouldn't break out, but outside of that seems to be the same as before. Caught a Rhyhorn 650 with one Pokeball just before.
Naughty_Doge
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Lmao I'll see if I can find it on youtube tomorrow.
I think you're talking about max potions and not max revive...? I have 51 max potions but haven't seen a single max revive
Benzychenz
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A CP 59 Squirtle with a green circle just broke out of 8 ultra balls before fleeing.
I think I'm done with this game until the next update.
I think I'm done with this game until the next update.
Muku
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I'm sure if they were even going to comment they might take a page out of Blizzard's book "Working as intended."
Woo! Got a Poliwrath by a mall today! I basically fulfilled my quota for this game already (got my Tauros and have 100 Pokes on the Pokedex). Prolly will push a bit more to power up my Poliwrath and Tauros.
Whoa, gotta visit there sometime. Get some shabu shabu as well.
Whoa, gotta visit there sometime. Get some shabu shabu as well.
FreezerGeezer
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Benzychenz
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It's so bizarre. Like, I imagine they want people to use more balls in an attempt to get them to buy more. But if I want more I can just hit up some Pokespots, I can't spend money to stop Pokemon from fleeing.
BoboBrazil
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Most people don't have the availability of multiple pokestops in close vicinity. After patch it has also supposedly lowered the number of items that drop from pokestops as well.
I don't get why Pokémon aren't returned to you with 0 HP after they're kicked out of a gym
deanote666
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I seem to be getting more than ever. Got 7 items form one stop earlier. Level 19 at the time.
I found a Stunky by my back steps but the app won't let me catch it. It's even there when the app is closed.
panama chief
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That guys ex wife was bitter as fuck. Jesus. I didn't finish the case. Did he win?
Highly doubt that's true, haven't noticed any change whatsoever and I've visited 3,500 stops so I have a pretty good idea on what they give
I tend to hit the same route often and my bag fills at pretty much the exact same rate
Whether they've changed the quality of the items, I can't comment on yet. But the amount of items rewarded has not seemed to change
Um, no. The PS3 was a good. It was sold on the promise that it could run OtherOS and consumers don't expect to have features revoked.
Pokémon Go is a service, and you're buying consumable in-app purchases. You're not buying into a promise that the game won't be updated and features added or removed as you go.
Please asking for refunds for currency they might have already spent on a service is ridiculous.
roflwaffles
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Oh I thought movesets are randomized when you evolve?
This is why you save your dust until you fully evolve
I ran out of poke balls today. It forced me to walk a few miles downtown and there were a huge amount of people of all ages playing the game. 20 to 30 people at 10:30 at night. Doesn't sound like a lot I guess but there are only about 6000 people where I live. I was able to get about 45 poke balls, but by the time I walked home I was back down to 6. Damn it.
BoboBrazil
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I seem to be getting more than ever. Got 7 items form one stop earlier. Level 19 at the time.
I found a Stunky by my back steps but the app won't let me catch it. It's even there when the app is closed.
Cool, I haven't really hit many pokestops since they changed the catch and escape rate, but I read online yesterday they were lowered to give out only 3 items. Glad they didn't change that too.
That always happens to me lmao
I run low and go do a run at the local PokéStop hotspot, and by the time I leave I've used most of them anyay
So, found my best Magmar yet despite the fact that the in-game Nearby list showed that I was moving further away from it.
IVs are only 81% but it's a far cry from my 35.6% one.
Yeah, movesets change when you evolve so you'll have to wait until the final evolution to make these decisions.
ZiggyPalffyLA
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Is anyone getting a weird glitch tonight where a Pokémon appears, but when you touch it it disappears? It usually reappears a few seconds later but disappears again if you touch it again.
I haven't but I've seen some Facebook posts about it
blankempathy
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I swear it feels like pokemon or at least rarer ones have had their spawn rate decreased. Haven't really seen anything these past few days.
This happened to me three times today. Kakuna? Nope, Pidgey. Drowzee? Wrong, Gastly. Zubat? Nooooope, Sparrow!
Nothing really great or terrible so far, just kinda confusing.
deanote666
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Was your gps glitching at the time (running around when you weren't moving, teleporting around after launching the game, continuing from it being minimized)? I've seen something similar before, before the update.
I've got 2 parks near me. 1 big one with 10 stops and NO pokemon spawns or a small park with 3 stops close together and are almost always lured.
I go to the big park for hatching eggs and stocking balls. I go to the little park to actually catch the mons.
My experience has been the opposite. I've seen a lot more rarer pokemons in my area after the patch. Before the patch I encountered basically only Doduos, Weedles, Caterpies, and Rattata's. Now it's so much more diverse. Nidoran have almost become common now.
The catch rate is still messed up tho.
Saw a Kangaskhan and the app freezed. NOOOOOOO~
I didn't even take a screenshot but I swear to God, I saw it and it's humongous.
Yes. Happened to a Zubat thankfully.
I didn't even take a screenshot but I swear to God, I saw it and it's humongous.
Yes. Happened to a Zubat thankfully.
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