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Pokémon Go |OT 2| Servers...gotta crash 'em all!
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AjNimajwalHansel
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What's the craziest place anyone has seen Pokemon Go happening?
Last night I hiked to the top of Mt. Timpanogos (Utah, elevation 11,752 feet). The easiest way to get up there is a 7.2 mile hike with 4500 feet of elevation gain. Hike took from 12:30 am to 5:30 am. While waiting for the sunrise, a few other groups showed up at the top, and believe it or not at least 5-6 people pulled out their phone at one point to see if it was a PokeStop. Even more unbelievable...it was. I don't think anyone caught anything but some people were able to get stuff despite connection being a slight issue up there. This game is crazy!
Last night I hiked to the top of Mt. Timpanogos (Utah, elevation 11,752 feet). The easiest way to get up there is a 7.2 mile hike with 4500 feet of elevation gain. Hike took from 12:30 am to 5:30 am. While waiting for the sunrise, a few other groups showed up at the top, and believe it or not at least 5-6 people pulled out their phone at one point to see if it was a PokeStop. Even more unbelievable...it was. I don't think anyone caught anything but some people were able to get stuff despite connection being a slight issue up there. This game is crazy!
This is a great doc for working out how strong your Pokemon are:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...XE5Zweq9j7kKhs/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true#
Apparently my Snorelax is up top!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...XE5Zweq9j7kKhs/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true#
Apparently my Snorelax is up top!
Yeah that Praise should go to all the Ingress users who basically "created" all the PokeStops.
If Ingress didn't happen Pokemon go would be a looot slower and deserted.
lol, I'd consider those very good egg hatches. All 3 are really uncommon in my area.
I hatched 5 2k eggs since Friday. 3 were Magikarp and 2 from today Pidgey... Oh well, at least the Magikarps gets me closer to evolving it and the Pidgey allow me to do some mass evolves to level up again soon.
PSFan
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That sounds like a load of crap. How can rarer Pokemon show at higher levels? What about pokestops? Suppose a level 20 pops a lure. Will he see Pokemon that other lower level players won't see? Doesn't make much sense to me.
Bedameister
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XOMTOR
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When this game initially launched, I was hoping for GeoCaching crossed with Pokemon. Haha not even close. The tracking (even when it works) is useless.
You still get it. Check your recent Pokemon and your dust. Crashed twice on me. Once the egg hatches it's already loaded so if it crashes during you still get it.
Raven77
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So i've literally played this game for a total of 25 minutes while at a park this weekend. While wandering I caught a Dratini. I've played every Poke main entry game ever released and I'm aware of how rare / powerful Dratini / Dragonite can be. Is Dratini pretty rare in this game and did I just get lucky? Everyone I work with is pissed off at me now.
Rhomega Beta
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Went out to the Anthem Park event where spots mostly along the street were lured. While I did get doubles of Pidgeys, Sandshrew, Geodude, Growlithe, and even Eevee, new catches are Zubat, Dodrio, Cubone, Rhyhorn, and Omanyte. Wasn't able to hatch the 5 km eggs I had, but I did cover some 2.4 km during the trip. Photos:
LambdaTeos
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I got an Ekans from an egg,
it's cool, he can join the other 53 i have/had and the Arbok i'm currently training...
it's cool, he can join the other 53 i have/had and the Arbok i'm currently training...
Bear Force One
Banned
Niantic has a lot of work to do and right now my faith in them is waning.
Shotgun Kiss
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For the most part, yes. However, with Pidgey, Weedle, Caterpie, Rattata, and other Pokemon that are common, cheap to evolve, and not particularly strong enough to warrant investing huge amounts of candy into powering them up, it's best to evolve them to the second stage before transferring them, as you get 500XP per evolution. Even better is to amass loads of them and then use a Lucky Egg before doing so. Then you get 1000XP for each.
Pidgey's are the best way of levelling up. See above.
Shellder has the best design in the game, so it was worth it.
newshinycd
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Which is why I'm not playing it anymore until Niantic gets their shit together.
I really want to like this game. I had a blast when it was released in the US. But since then I've had nothing but issues. The three step glitch means I can't find any rare pokemon that appear on the near by list (I shouldn't have to open Ingress just to locate a XM pool where the pokemon might be located). The game freezes almost every single time I catch a pokemon, so I have to restart the app constantly. I also couldn't use battery saver mode because it too would also freeze the game. pokestops sometimes never load, and occasionally they will randomly turn purple while I never get any items. Then there is the issue with the game not calculating distances correctly (I've had to walk around 3 miles for a 2km egg to hatch).
I haven't used any lures or lucky eggs because I'm afraid of running into login issues again.
Gonna see of I can find that Diglett and Pikachu from yesterday. Arrived at the spot.
But I already caught it.
AmaterasuOkami076
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Again, the ones you pick at the start are all incredibly weak. You'd be better finding one in the wild or an egg for a higher CP: the one you start with is basically your first candy fodder for that type
People have been saying that the CP of an egg is based on when you were given it rather than when you hatch them, so it doesn't look like it's worth holding out on it
Thanks for the input guys,
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I honestly couldn't care less about levelling up
All it does it is make These shit Pokemon harder to capture
Gonna see of I can find that Diglett and Pikachu from yesterday. Arrived at the spot.
But I already caught it.
More Shellder = better. I have tons of Digletts here, never seen a Pikachu though.
Darth Ghandi
Banned
Hey gaf!
N00b trainer here. I'm just lvl 11 and I bought some extra lucky eggs.
My mates say I should wait till I have 40ish Pokemon that i can evolve before popping one.
What do you think?
Thinking about going to a park and setting a lure and evolving the 12 pokemons I have atm with the lucky egg.
I mean it will take me days to get enough candies for 40 pokemons :S
N00b trainer here. I'm just lvl 11 and I bought some extra lucky eggs.
My mates say I should wait till I have 40ish Pokemon that i can evolve before popping one.
What do you think?
Thinking about going to a park and setting a lure and evolving the 12 pokemons I have atm with the lucky egg.
I mean it will take me days to get enough candies for 40 pokemons :S
LordOfChaos
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Really wish this used the last few iPhones motion coprocessor to continuously monitor movement. Keeping the app open for walks is a non-starter for battery life, and the battery saver mode that dims the screen only does so much on a traditional LCD, not like an OLED that can turn the pixels off completely.
And out of the blue I catches a Highly puff! Fuck yeah. There's much better Pokemon here were my parents live than at home.
Congrats, very good get!
Geminosity
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Generally it seems the 'optimal' way to use a lucky egg is to spend the 30 minutes evolving the most plentiful and low cost pokemon you can find enmasse. I believe 60 pidgies (requiring 661 candies) takes the full 30 minutes the lucky egg lasts and is a common optimal route. For fun someone actually made a calculator so you can work it out XD
http://www.pidgeycalc.com/
edit: just in case it's not clear why this works: you get 500xp whenever you evolve any pokemon regardless of what it is or what stage. This is one of the highest reliable, renewable sources of XP you can get that can be spammed in a 30 minute interval. Due to it not mattering what you evolve, it's best to use the ones you find most easily and cost the least candies to evolve.
Naughty_Doge
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Hatched 2 10km eggs. One was Electabuzz (yay) and the other...Eevee, but it gave me enough candy to evolve it and now I have a beautiful Vaporeon, who is also the strongest pokemon I currently have so I'm not even mad.
I'm not sure if I follow. So first I should try to catch a big bunch of Pidgeys/etc, then I should evolve as many as possible and finally send all Pidgeottos except for the strongest one? And then rinse and repeat with the remaining, unevolved Pidgeys?
Level 20 gets you ultra balls which are nice
Level also effects what hatches in your eggs
It's actually very simple
Pop a lucky egg and evolve as many Pokemon as possible in 30 mins
Hoarding candies prior to this obviously helps
friskykillface
Banned
farming will be peoples jobs if they ever allow users to trade with each other
someone I know said they would have paid $10 for the snorlax I hatched from a 10 KM egg lol
people about to get paid $$$$$$ if they ever patch that in
someone I know said they would have paid $10 for the snorlax I hatched from a 10 KM egg lol
people about to get paid $$$$$$ if they ever patch that in
UpperCaseN
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yeah, collect a bunch of pidgeys and pidgey candy. once you've got a whole bunch, pop a lucky egg for double xp and then just evolve all of your pidgeys. rattata or any common low level pokemon will work for this as well
Waylon Drums
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I work on a college campus and had been on vacation since this came out but I'm back at work today...
...THERE ARE POKESTOPS EVERYWHERE on campus, including two that I'm at while I sit at my desk. There are like four gyms, too, and three will be MINE by the end of the day.
HUZZAH!
Edit: I also have shit service in here so my character keeps walking back and forth. I don't even have to move anymore to hatch eggs.
...THERE ARE POKESTOPS EVERYWHERE on campus, including two that I'm at while I sit at my desk. There are like four gyms, too, and three will be MINE by the end of the day.
HUZZAH!
Edit: I also have shit service in here so my character keeps walking back and forth. I don't even have to move anymore to hatch eggs.
Stormwatch
Member
It might just be coincidence, but I swear that for me certain Pokemon only started appearing regularly once I leveled up. An area that had a ton of Rattata and Pidgey at level 1 now also has Weedle, Caterpie, Spearow, and Koffing at level 15. I could be wrong, though. That was just my own personal experience.
I don't think level effects what Pokemon you see
I'm level 22 and my wife only recently turned level 10. Since she was level 1 we saw the exact same Pokemon when taking walks
Is 10 the highest?Tonight I became the gym leader of a level 10 gym. >
Nice, I pretty much shit my pants any time I see a water Pokemon
RustySpoon
Member
"Oh! Someone I haven't seen yet in 19 levels!"
Taps of Psyduck. Spinning ball. Disappears.
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Taps of Psyduck. Spinning ball. Disappears.
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The_White_Rose
Member
Caught a Tentacool and Tentacruel chilling next to each other.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
Jiggly Puff come back, After throwing my balls at her face I finally wooed her
Geminosity
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Pretty much. See my post two above yours for an explanation of what they're talking about in regards to mass pideys and the like :3
edit: note that this is for levelling yourself, if you want to 'optimally' evolve a pokemon instead the best thing to do throw all but the strongest into the grinder for candies and wait until you have enough to evolve it all the way to top stage (else you'll evolve it one stage then probably find a stronger one you could've used before it ever reaches the next one.)
While mass evolving the low ones is good for trainer XP it's not particularly candy efficient so only really do that for ones you're not fussed about and are easy to replensh.
Had that with a Slowbro earlier today.
Booker.DeWitt
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servers down again? fuck
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