LucidMomentum
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Patience, y'all. I wouldn't be surprised if most regions don't see it until tomorrow, or tonight for a couple hours at most.
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Pokémon Go |OT 3| "No Officer, I'm a Passenger"
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Robdraggoo
Member
Extra crispy please
Robdraggoo
Member
0/1 on moltres. Even had 10 balls.
Fernando Fernandez
Member
How easy was it to defeat?
We did with 7 people.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
1/1 on Moltres
Masked Man
I said wow
Took down my first Moltres with a team of 8, but it got away 
Dusktildawn48
Member
0/2 on moltres. 1/9 on legendaries. About done with this game.
Robdraggoo
Member
Didn't they increase the catch rate? Moltres is the biggest pain in the ass yet
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Did two Moltres raids. First time it got away, but I caught it the second time.
For the Articuno I went 1/9, and Lugia I went 2/5. One of those should be more fail actually, because I had one raid we couldn't complete (didn't beat it in time, and we had started the raid with only 3 minutes left, so no retries). Forget which, but I think it might have been Articuno.
Also, hatched another 2km egg a minute ago.
For the Articuno I went 1/9, and Lugia I went 2/5. One of those should be more fail actually, because I had one raid we couldn't complete (didn't beat it in time, and we had started the raid with only 3 minutes left, so no retries). Forget which, but I think it might have been Articuno.
Also, hatched another 2km egg a minute ago.
still not Cleffa T_T
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
did they change how we earn coins again?
haven't earned coins in the last couple days despite having my mons in for hours on in
haven't earned coins in the last couple days despite having my mons in for hours on in
Dusktildawn48
Member
They have to get defeated
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Dusktildawn48
Member
I didn't mean that in an asshole way. But I put a mon in a gym the other day. Was in for a few hours then got kicked out and didn't receive any coins.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
hah sorry that wasn't directed at you and thanks for the quick answer!
Really mad at Niantic now -___-
another fucking way for them to make us all earn less coins and them more money.
LucidMomentum
Member
2/3 for the first Moltres spawnings in town today.
It felt way easier than Articuno. I think the typing, coupled with having higher bonuses from living in a area with lots of fire types, and overall better expectations towards how legendaries go.
One is 90%+ IVs so I'm happy. Might do one or two more Sunday, we'll see.
Also 8-10 can easily do it. Split into teams based on team affiliation to get more damage and contribution balls.
It felt way easier than Articuno. I think the typing, coupled with having higher bonuses from living in a area with lots of fire types, and overall better expectations towards how legendaries go.
One is 90%+ IVs so I'm happy. Might do one or two more Sunday, we'll see.
Also 8-10 can easily do it. Split into teams based on team affiliation to get more damage and contribution balls.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Anyone have any advanced tips? Bc I don't think I can deal with them running much longer. I don't have tons of time to do these things.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
"Again"? They only changed it once, to this current system a month or two ago. The only other change was to the amount of time required per coin earned (when they changed it they had it at 1 coin per hour, now it's 1 coin per 10 minutes), but the way coins are earned only changed the once.
While the maximum amount of coins per day has been reduced with the new system (50 now, was 100 under the original system), it's actually much easier to hit the daily cap than before, if you can manage to find the right gyms. You just have to find a couple gyms that turn over 1-2 times per day and they'll pretty reliably get you your 50 coins.
... which has actually done a lot of harm to the gym system, since most people are only participating in a couple gyms since controlling large amounts is pointless, and low traffic gyms are completely dead since people want their Pokémon returned relatively quickly.
LucidMomentum
Member
Set circle to nice / great, lift off Pokeball. Wait for an attack warm up and throw a curveball right as attack ends, should get you a great curveball throw. Under Gold Razz Berry and all that your odds are now 20% ish.
They can't run, take your time.
Dusktildawn48
Member
I take my time. I'm always the last one done. I'm just butthurt. But thanks, I'll try that strategy.
the gyms in my area have increased the amount they change per week by like 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000%
I can keep adding zeroes if I want because it's an infinite amount as my gyms didn't change hands period for like 6 months leading up to the gym change.
so my weekly coins went from maybe 10 when i was motivated enough to beg a friend to take down a gym one peg and then build it back which I only was motivated to do like twice. to more like 100-150 per week on average which is way better.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I guess it's an area-by-area thing. Activity plummeted around here. I had two different Pokémon get stuck for over 3 weeks each, for instance.
Though it seems like since the Legendaries came about things have began ticking upwards again.
Robdraggoo
Member
I know the feels man. These legendaries are a major pain to catch. And if you don't spend extra money you get one shot a day. Which as a result I'm sure niantic is probably making more money of these raid passes than any previous micro transaction.
Dusktildawn48
Member
And on top of that it's pretty time consuming to drive to these places. Only redeeming factor for me tonight is finally the TMs starting coming in.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Well, I mean, you can still earn coins to buy raid passes, but yeah, hitting the cap daily only gets you a pass every other day.
And yeah, there's definitely been a huge surge in revenue since the Legendary raids started. It's got bumped back up to number one on the top grossing charts on the App Store and is currently sitting at 4, quite a bit higher than it had been for a while.
If it's a huge issue you could always get a friend to join another team, or make an alt account yourself and take down the gym and then rebuild it your color. After they have been sitting there for a day it's easy even for a level 16-20 account to take them down.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Everyone I know nearby who would play already is, and is the same team as me. My girlfriend and I have considered creating secondary accounts, but honestly It's kind of a shitty/obnoxious work-around.
Folks about to start getting that Urien work.
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017...ob-10-years-pursue-career-competitive-gaming/
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017...ob-10-years-pursue-career-competitive-gaming/
Robdraggoo
Member
Simply having your pokemon loose all motivation after a time and return when it reaches zero would solve the problem. Hope they come up with a fix soon.
But this is mostly a rural problem. And we know how niantic feels about rural players
LucidMomentum
Member
People play outside of San Francisco?
Made a second account on a different team and use it to kick yourself out when your CP is really low.
Benzychenz
Member
They just need to add an incentive to attack gyms *cough* stardust *cough*.
Right now the only incentive is that the more gyms you're in, the more likely it is that someone kicks one of your Pokemon out.
Right now the only incentive is that the more gyms you're in, the more likely it is that someone kicks one of your Pokemon out.
PuppetMaster
Member
Caught a Moltres on my first attempt today. Feels good. As I have failed to complete or failed to catch on all my other raids.
According to goiv, 1830cp, lvl20 and 87% IV
According to goiv, 1830cp, lvl20 and 87% IV
Played Moltres with wife this morning. The group was already quite big, everyone wants it.
I caught 2/3 and wife 1/3. We only had 9 balls all the time as the gyms were not of our color.
I have to say it looks like the easiest to defeat among birds, 6 vaporeons did an outstanding job.
I caught 2/3 and wife 1/3. We only had 9 balls all the time as the gyms were not of our color.
I have to say it looks like the easiest to defeat among birds, 6 vaporeons did an outstanding job.
Benzychenz
Member
Did two Moltres raids, caught the first, second ran.
Only 84%, need better.
Only 84%, need better.
Really wanted a good Articuno, never got one better than 84%. Was so-so on Moltres, caught the first one I battled and it turned out to be 98% with the best moveset.
Did two other raids after that and both Lugia and Moltres run away. But it's alright. Everything is good today.
Did two other raids after that and both Lugia and Moltres run away. But it's alright. Everything is good today.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
my hunt soon begins i pray to the god of critical catches all goes well
Robdraggoo
Member
What site is this?