Fachasaurus
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Great write up Hawkian. Appreciate the effort!
Pokémon Go |OT| As in "Go Outside"
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Honestly, owning a gym is practically useless. Sure you get the stardust bonus and poke coins when your capture it, but you only get a reward for holding it every 24 hours (good luck holding one that long) and you only get 10 poke coins and 500 stardust which is practically nothing. I think a bump up to 10 poke coins per hour and 100 per hour would be a lot more rewarding.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
I had the same issue earlier but the FAQ posted above answered that question.
Basically the Gym doesn't have enough "Prestige" to increase Slots for the Gym so people can drop their Pokemon in it. I suggest you train at the Gym in order to increase the Prestige of the Gym and Open up some slots for you to drop your Pokemon in it.
Beaniedude
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...nto-a-gym-causing-huge-problems-a7129756.html
I don't know why but this article made me laugh.
I don't know why but this article made me laugh.
AnythingBut
Member
Ahhh, thought thought it was meant as "Mew" type.
Today shall be interesting, work as a motorcycle courier in London, i can see journeys taking a *little* longer today with all those opportunities!
While this game is not perfect and has a lot of flaws, this game is no where close to being trash compared to many mobile games out there.
BlueSilver
Member
It's too bad that PokeStops don't give you things like Lure Modules or Lucky Eggs AKAIK. =( I don't want to spend actual money to get them and Defender bonuses seem weak from what I'm told. Haven't had a chance to try it. This leads to slower level ups, which means you get these items at a lower rate.Then again, my area is kinda bad for catching Pokemon. I don't even have Pidgeys or other similar pokemon with low candy requirements for evolving. =/
Jim_Cacher
Member
That's cool. Stay safe!
It's without a doubt the most fun i've ever had with a mobile game. So nah, I don't agree.
This game is amazing. Then again I have like 4 pokestops in my street alone, two of which I can snag from my apartment balcony. It's clearly not for everyone though.
Started yesterday, Living in a mostly rainy area surrounded by forest made me pick Charmander. Was rewarded by getting bulbasaur and Squirtle. My little me from 15 years ago would be proud of that start. Also catched an abra a golbat and a scyther. This thing is going to kill my battery, I know it.
Off-Kilter
Banned
There are two things I still don't get though. First, what does the order in the "nearby" window signify? I've seen the order of 3 paw print Pokemon constantly get rearranged. Sometimes they go from the end to the front to the middle of the pack. To illustrate:
Second, once you select a Pokemon from the "nearby" window and start tracking it, I've noticed that the tab sometimes pulses. What does that signify? I was pretty sure it pulses if you walk in the poke's direction, but I tested it out on a Pidgey and got pulses when I walked in different directions. So I'm not sure anymore.
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I never got that damn Psyduck
Second, once you select a Pokemon from the "nearby" window and start tracking it, I've noticed that the tab sometimes pulses. What does that signify? I was pretty sure it pulses if you walk in the poke's direction, but I tested it out on a Pidgey and got pulses when I walked in different directions. So I'm not sure anymore.
You started yesterday and already found the other two starters, a rare and an evolution? What level are you?
I mean, yeah, lots of trash things can be perceived as "not trash" when compared with something that's even worse like the majority of mobile games.
But compared to actually good games, yeah, it's trash.
It seems to pretty much have just two gameplay mechanics:
1) Wander around aimlessly in the hope of running into Pokemon. Which, as I've said, isn't really reasonable unless you live in a city.
2) Once you encounter a Pokemon, you throw a Pokeball at it with really bad touch controls that seem to exist solely so that you'll miss a lot and waste Pokeballs and have to buy more.
That is my experience so far, and it hasn't made me interested in experiencing the game any further.
They're ordered from closest to farthest away from you, so they shuffle around if you move closer to one/farther from another. The step icons is how far it is away from you, less icons the closer it is.
They appear outside the city in rural areas as well, unless you mean something else.
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ZombieFred
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Is it safe to download this from the UK or do I risk getting banned?
Incitemaybe
Member
Even more crowds of people coming together and hanging out well after dark running around neighborhood parks and museums, so fun. Even if it's just for a weekend, this has been awesome 🦄
Off-Kilter
Banned
That... makes an embarrassing amount of sense. I'm not sure why I didn't make that connection. Any theories on the second thing?
I think your mind was long made up before you started to play the game. You don't want this game to do well. That's okay. Millions of people love it.
veloxStrix
Banned
My 60-year old grandparents who live in the middle of rural Indiana don't mind wandering around finding Pokemon. They also didn't have any problems picking up on how to play the game for the most part. My grandpa did call me and ask what the CP meter was though.
I miss about 1/10 Pokeballs using the "awful" touch controls. The game has issues - servers, lack of depth in combat, barebones UX tools, etc. But touch controls aren't it. You're other issue is more you than the game. Plenty of people live in the suburbs and play the game fine. Unless by suburbs you mean >1000 people suburbs, then I can see the issues.
I think it does that whenever the list gets updated/reordered. I haven't tested it though.
FO-totality
Poet Centuriate
Alt-text:
"Still waiting for the Pokémon Go update that lets you capture strangers' pets."
I'm still happy with just gen 1, as if 151 pokemon isn't enough to get started with at the least? There's already pokemon popping up all over and it's hard enough to collect all the ones there are.
1. It's not aimless, you follow the footsteps, sometimes they'll happen to spawn right where you are also.
2. If you keep at it you get used to figuring out how to throw the balls.
You clearly want more out of the game, well then fair enough it's not for you, but it's not objectively trash.
No bannings have occurred, just be sure to get it from APK Mirror.
1. It's not aimless, you follow the footsteps, sometimes they'll happen to spawn right where you are also.
2. If you keep at it you get used to figuring out how to throw the balls.
You clearly want more out of the game, well then fair enough it's not for you, but it's not objectively trash.
No bannings have occurred, just be sure to get it from APK Mirror.
Loads of us have been playing from the UK with no bannings reported yet.
That seems to be the opposite. Sure, I would probably enjoy it still but for the people like me who only know gen 1 and a small number of gen 2 pokemon, it's way easier to get into the game this way. I'm more than happy for them to add in the newer gens later but nostalgia is what's hooking a lot of people onto the game now.
Niantec's other game specifically accepted locations because they were places of worship. Historical places were also accepted, but places like churches were accepted simply because they are churches, not because they're historical. And of course PoGo is using the same locations.
Permanently A
Junior Member
The concern about rural areas not getting enough pokemon is legitimate, and I wonder what, if anything, niantic will do about it. The pokeball system is fine though, the controls don't feel broken at all, and no one should buy pokeballs when pokestops throw them at you.
To those with more experience in mobile and free 2 play gaming:
As how aggressive do you perceive the monetization in Pokemon Go? How much is the meta economy centered around incentivising players to buy items for cash?
I got more or less hooked over the weekend, but at the end there were a lot of Pokem on left to catch, but not the balls to do so. I haven't corssed the line of buying pokeballs for real world cash and don't think I'll do so, as there are plenty of Pokestops in my town. Do you get along without spending real money, how much did you spend until now or did the Pokestops provide you with all the resources you needed?
Btw. it's incomprehensible to me, why the app doesn't run smooth - server transactions notwithstanding. It's okey-ish (still estimated in the 20fps range) when the AR rubbish is turned off, but a slightshow when it isn't. I already wondered the same about Ingress during the short while I tested it some years ago. There's not much visuals to tax the phones CPU or GPU, are there? In this case though, arena battles and catching Pokemon requires some real time interaction, and I'd rather prefer it to run smoothly. I'm on a LG G4 btw..
Depends. As mentioned above, with AR on, the game was a slideshow on my phone. That actively diminishes your chance of throwing a ball successfully, particularily if the swipe isn't registered correctly. It's still less then ideal with AR off somewhere around 20fps+/-. Or I am too cheap and should buy a more capable phone than the G4? The visuals certainly don't justify this however.
As how aggressive do you perceive the monetization in Pokemon Go? How much is the meta economy centered around incentivising players to buy items for cash?
I got more or less hooked over the weekend, but at the end there were a lot of Pokem on left to catch, but not the balls to do so. I haven't corssed the line of buying pokeballs for real world cash and don't think I'll do so, as there are plenty of Pokestops in my town. Do you get along without spending real money, how much did you spend until now or did the Pokestops provide you with all the resources you needed?
Btw. it's incomprehensible to me, why the app doesn't run smooth - server transactions notwithstanding. It's okey-ish (still estimated in the 20fps range) when the AR rubbish is turned off, but a slightshow when it isn't. I already wondered the same about Ingress during the short while I tested it some years ago. There's not much visuals to tax the phones CPU or GPU, are there? In this case though, arena battles and catching Pokemon requires some real time interaction, and I'd rather prefer it to run smoothly. I'm on a LG G4 btw..
Depends. As mentioned above, with AR on, the game was a slideshow on my phone. That actively diminishes your chance of throwing a ball successfully, particularily if the swipe isn't registered correctly. It's still less then ideal with AR off somewhere around 20fps+/-. Or I am too cheap and should buy a more capable phone than the G4? The visuals certainly don't justify this however.
Yeah I think I will do it
I simply cannot wait to try it out!Now I feel guilty hahaha :C ahh dammit hope they launch it in more countries this week!
I live in the countryside and although stuff appear on the road outside of the development I live on (just caught an eevee there) nothing seems to spawn at my house
Disneyland is ridiculous for Pokemon Go. There are like 100 PokeStops on the park property that constantly have lures on them. I was consistently hitting a PokeStop a minute while walking. Caught Growlithe, Rhyhorn, Kabuto, Meowth, Machop, Golduck, Dratini, Drowzee, Onyx, Omanyte, Exeggcute, Tauros, Arbok, Staryu, Charmander, Squirtle and more just while walking through the park as normal with my family.
The app is crashing pretty regularly on my LG G3 if I click around on the map a bit or do stuff in the menu. Also the GPS stops working everytime I catch a Pokemon, so that I need to restart the app after every Pokemon.
I dont see this often reported by others, but I guess I am out of luck with that. Probably nothing I can do with my phone to improve that I guess, right?
I dont see this often reported by others, but I guess I am out of luck with that. Probably nothing I can do with my phone to improve that I guess, right?
It honestly doesn't seem too bad if you live around a decent number of pokestops. I was down to 40 pokeballs the other night and with a couple of runs through one area I was able to get up to 140. The only thing is that I wish the incubators showed up some, I've gotten one free one and I think that was from leveling up. I did end up buying some (mostly free survey credit) but I think 3 uses is pretty weak. Even 5 uses wouldn't be so bad. You also get tons of revives and potions through stops. Lures and incense are nice but I don't think vital unless you live in an unfortunate area.
Hopefully they do some balancing and updating fairly quick.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
It's so crazy that millions of people are enjoying it but you're the only one smart enough to see it as the complete shit that it really is.
DukeLongfellow
Member
Psychic is all I ever find around me. Drowsees, Jinxes and (sometimes) Abras everywhere. It's kind of funny since my neighborhood is famous for its psychiatric hospital so I don't know if they made that connection.
I live in the countryside and although stuff appear on the road outside of the development I live on (just caught an eevee there) nothing seems to spawn at my house
Eevees are also everywhere in my apartment
I hope they do something about it. I find kind of sad that running 10km outside of the city didn't spawn a single pokemon to catch, while walking in a busy street would net me many.
Even if I'm not affected, they should automate a process to allow most small city to have at least 1 pokestop, maybe make each city hall a pokestop.
darkmark1987
Member
Ran out of pokeballs,game seems to hate my area no Pokestop around unless I travel quite far to a city