I've seen like 2 water Pokemon
Gotta grind those out at Santa Monica one of these weekends
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Pokémon Go |OT 2| Servers...gotta crash 'em all!
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I've seen like 2 water Pokemon
Gotta grind those out at Santa Monica one of these weekends
Muku
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Actually, I go at the same time every day. That's what is baffling me.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
yeah im at 124 and getting a new pokemon is very few and far between although i did get a hypno and wartortle today i just got to keep hitting the beach every day after work
The game hasn't even officially been out for a month yet. Eventually they will release the next wave of Pokemon.
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adamantypants
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With the trajectory Niantic is on, when they release the new Pokémon they'll remove the original 151 and claim server issues.
They pretty much say they ripped the tracking out to help deal with the server overload issues and then everyone and their brother turned to these websites and scripts to get back the tracking but all it did is lead to even more "users" being logged in and pulling data from the servers, probably even more traffic then if they had just left it in to begin with. If they hadn't jumped the gun and broke the tracking to ease the traffic when they were bringing on multiple continents at once, they would probably be in a good place at this point.
There'd be some other issue going down.
toythatkills
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Pokevision et al would have existed (and possibly even did exist) even if the in-game tracking worked perfectly.
Some people weren't interesting in hunting for Pokémon, they just wanted to be told where the Pokémon were so they could go and get them.
Someone on Reddit clarified about the capture rate have not been changed after update: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRo...lysis_on_catch_rates_and_encounters/?sort=top
Personaly, I felt that the hitbox have changed and is less forgiving now than in beginning.
Personaly, I felt that the hitbox have changed and is less forgiving now than in beginning.
I haven't noticed a hitbox change, I just think the pokemon move/growl/attack more often
Muku
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Way too often. Some will do it, go to throw a ball, do it again as I throw ball. Wasted ball. Let them finish it, wait... they don't do anything, toss it, oh guess what they're doing again. If stuff starts to get too ridiculous I just run from them now. Not wasting a stupid amount of Pokeballs for that shit.
It's so hard to believe. Berry, Ultra Ball, Tiny Circle, and a 400 CP Ponyta breaks out 5 times. I went from 120 pokeballs to 40 in 10-15 minutes of playing. Having to use 10-15 balls per pokemon.
Right, but by breaking the tracking when they did it forced almost all/a pretty high percent of the user base to use one of the externals tricks and for each person that used an external it effectively doubled the user base, one account online to play the game and a 2nd account/client pinging the same spot to get the spawn info, and could be even more as some of the scripts allowed you to be in multiple places at the same time. It was a knee jerk reaction that had consequences they didn't foresee.
Renaissance Center in Detroit pre-update was only Rattata, Voltorb, and Magnemite.
Today I have caught several of each Squirtle, Doduo, Venemoth, Ghastly, Rhyhorn, Graveler, Aerodactyl, Ponyta, Diglett, Shellder, Krabby, Cubone, Sandshrew, Staryu, Magikarp, Omanyte.
I love working on top of a pokestop, that almost always has a lure on it.
Today I have caught several of each Squirtle, Doduo, Venemoth, Ghastly, Rhyhorn, Graveler, Aerodactyl, Ponyta, Diglett, Shellder, Krabby, Cubone, Sandshrew, Staryu, Magikarp, Omanyte.
I love working on top of a pokestop, that almost always has a lure on it.
They finally communicated a little bit and I'm pretty sure they disabled the tracking because they're building/testing a new system.
I had a CP 45 Pikachu bust out of 3 regular balls on my break. I'm level 15. I walked off after that and passed it up. Ha ha.
adamantypants
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Still removing features to "add" one, no?
I haven't looked into it yet, but all the distance tracking was being done with an api request right? I could tell by the way it would periodically update. I don't know why they didn't just switch to a local lat/long comparer algorithm. Sure it's "as the crow flies" but it's significantly better than nothing.
If you have at least one, just chill there for a good 15 minutes?
Damn, the XP bonuses for Nice, Great & Excellent indeed no longer give you anything. Just got an Excellent. 
I'm out of Potions as well. I'm finding Pokestops aren't giving as many as I'd like them to anymore.. Since yesterday I gained like 25 Potions, 5 Super Potions and 3 Hyper Potions. Gained likely 50 Revives.... and over 150 Pokeballs (mostly normal ones) since yesterday.
Stop giving me revives! Give me potions. Heck, you can't even buy them (not sure that I would or not though)
I'm out of Potions as well. I'm finding Pokestops aren't giving as many as I'd like them to anymore.. Since yesterday I gained like 25 Potions, 5 Super Potions and 3 Hyper Potions. Gained likely 50 Revives.... and over 150 Pokeballs (mostly normal ones) since yesterday.
Stop giving me revives! Give me potions. Heck, you can't even buy them (not sure that I would or not though)
Hippo_PRIME
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I'm a little amazed at how quickly players in my area seem to have dropped off. The past two weeks, five or six people who were clearly playing Pokemon Go could be found playing in the park during work hours, people from the nearby office buildings taking breaks. Today and yesterday, I've seen one other person at any given time when I went to the park myself.
I could definitely just be missing people, but I've also noticed the gyms in the park aren't flipping teams nearly as much, with the same people holding them all day. I don't know if it's the update pushing people away, the novelty wearing off, or me just going at the wrong times, but it certainly seems (in my limited experience) like something is up.
I could definitely just be missing people, but I've also noticed the gyms in the park aren't flipping teams nearly as much, with the same people holding them all day. I don't know if it's the update pushing people away, the novelty wearing off, or me just going at the wrong times, but it certainly seems (in my limited experience) like something is up.
Rygar 8 Bit
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agreed trainer level should matter im level 25 nothing cp 400 or under should not break should be instant capture but nah a cp level 1 rattata will take 50 ultra balls spit in your face and run away
It does matter. Higher the level, the harder it is, which makes no sense.
Rhomega Beta
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I noticed that too with the three Anthem Park Gyms. When I went to an event one Sunday evening a few weekends ago, they changed hands fairly often. When I went again two days ago, they didn't change at all.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
well the trainer level will just give you higher cp pokemon those are better and should be harder to catch but all the fodder thats lower level cp then me should be super easy to catch but its not its just as hard to catch as if i were trainer level 1
Se_7_eN
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Is this true? Even for lower CP Pokemon?
adamantypants
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I'm fairly sure it's just player base dropping off. Saturday night while in line at the Groundlings show in LA the gym outside changed hands no less than 5 times in 30 minutes. Just yesterday on the Vegas Strip I walked by a gym 3 times in 30 minutes to see it change maybe 4 times. These are densely populated areas so these gyms are always in flux. The gym at the park near my apartment changes maybe once an hour during the day/early night.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
no the game dosnt care if you are trainer level 1 or trainer level infinite a cp 1 rattata will be the same challenge to catch and i find that bullplop
Waylon Drums
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After about 2 PM the app starts having a shitty time finding and remembering my location in my office. So weird.
If this chart at the end of the reddit post is anything to go off of: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRo...lysis_on_catch_rates_and_encounters/?sort=top
Unless someone can point out that I am stupid and interpreting it wrong.
panda-zebra
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You've misread it. Trainer level has no effect on capture rate. However, higher level Pokemon are harder to catch, and the higher your trainer level, the higher level Pokemon you encounter. When you think about it, a 200 CP Pidgey is... actually a pretty high level Pidgey, hence the difficulty in catching.
You know what would be a fantastic way of improving the game for me? Making it so that you can't walk out of a Pokestop's range once you've clicked on it. It's annoying as hell when you're on the train or a bus and there's a Pokestop coming, you click it once you're in range and desperately start spinning, but you get "this Pokestop is out of range" while it loads the damn thing.
The game really isn't meant to be played on a train or a bus, I really don't have any issues with how the pokestops currently work as if you play it by walking or riding a bike it's easy to stay with in range and get it.
I don't really care how it's meant to be played; I'm stating something that would improve the game for me and break it for no one. I can't reasonably bike to another city, and I'm not endangering myself or others like people who play the game while they drive. It's especially bad because phone games are particularly good for commuters.
Thus I shall only thraw my balls only at green pokemon circle in the futur. I also wasted too many on higher Pokemons >.>
With your Google account.
toythatkills
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If you let people access Pokéstops like that, then morons will play it while they're driving, which could very very much endanger other people.
You're reading it wrong. The table is for POKEMON level not trainer level. If you encounter a level 1 pokemon you'll have the same capture rate as a level 1 trainer encountering a level 1 pokemon (assuming server doesn't do anything to factor in trainer level with capture success). It's just that at level 20+ you see a lot less level 1 pokemon relative to a level 1 trainer.
I don't think so. Unlike catching Pokemon, you have to be in very close range to access a Pokestop, which is hard enough to do when you're going at more than walking speed. If you don't time it right the game still registers it as out of range and you can't walk in (as far as I can tell).
It honestly seems that way. At level 22 I'm having crap pidgeys and ratatatas pop out left and right. I don't remember that happening at like level 7.
edit: Saw the explanation....it really shouldn't work that way.
NobleGundam
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Let me share something important to you PokeGoGaf:
1: When you see a two digit CP Pokemon just spend 1 pokeball for it just to gain more candy and experience. Plus for later evolving & XP.
2: DO NOT waste your pokeballs on three digit Pokemon Unless it's a higher CP than or close any CP Pokemon in your current inventory. Otherwise that 3 digit pokemon (which you don't really need) will have a higher chance of evading and breaking free of your pokeballs. So choose wisely and be conservative if possible.
3: I've noticed Hitboxes have changed for some Pokémon depending on their rarity and CP. Making it incredibly harder to catch. Regardless of berries and Pokeballs and Curve ball techniques.
4: Curve Balling has been slightly altered. So definitely brush up on it before wasting using your older techniques that worked much easier before this update.
5: Try to toggle your GPS tab on your phone. Sometimes it helps cause your character to randomly move around adding extra KM counts to hatching eggs or causing Pokemon in that area to spawn or perhaps there's a Pokestop further away that you're able to collect before it registers to your current location. The game is causes you to teleport this way sometimes. Remember to put your GPS on again and boot up the game to resume normal gameplay.
6: Your nearby tracking menu is still able to track that specific Pokemon based on your general direction like before. But I've noticed it's become slightly more random. So you might at times have to rely on a tracking app to help assist here and there but it's not necessary.
1: When you see a two digit CP Pokemon just spend 1 pokeball for it just to gain more candy and experience. Plus for later evolving & XP.
2: DO NOT waste your pokeballs on three digit Pokemon Unless it's a higher CP than or close any CP Pokemon in your current inventory. Otherwise that 3 digit pokemon (which you don't really need) will have a higher chance of evading and breaking free of your pokeballs. So choose wisely and be conservative if possible.
3: I've noticed Hitboxes have changed for some Pokémon depending on their rarity and CP. Making it incredibly harder to catch. Regardless of berries and Pokeballs and Curve ball techniques.
4: Curve Balling has been slightly altered. So definitely brush up on it before wasting using your older techniques that worked much easier before this update.
5: Try to toggle your GPS tab on your phone. Sometimes it helps cause your character to randomly move around adding extra KM counts to hatching eggs or causing Pokemon in that area to spawn or perhaps there's a Pokestop further away that you're able to collect before it registers to your current location. The game is causes you to teleport this way sometimes. Remember to put your GPS on again and boot up the game to resume normal gameplay.
6: Your nearby tracking menu is still able to track that specific Pokemon based on your general direction like before. But I've noticed it's become slightly more random. So you might at times have to rely on a tracking app to help assist here and there but it's not necessary.
toythatkills
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If you could hit it going past on a train, then people would definitely be trying to hit them as they drive past in a car.
Don't underestimate how fucking stupid some people are. There have been people in this thread admitting to playing the game while driving, even.
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