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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire |OT| Hoenn Finally Confirmed
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Blue Ninja
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Oh, I don't need Zygarde, sorry if that was unclear. Still got me a 5IV beauty I caught in X. The shinies are more than enough.
I completely forgot! I had a 2 and a half hour class last night and forgot to check when I got back.
Aveyn Knight
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I have Zoroark
Nice. I have mine as well, but it took hours since GAME's tills were hit hard today.
I'm here for another 10 minutes or so until it's time to leave.
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EDIT: Thanks for the bacon!
Blue Ninja
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Woohoo! Muku came through once again. You're the best!
Yeah, heard about that.
I was lucky I went down early. Got the code at 8:45 then went and got Lego Dimensions. Wanted to get everything out of the way
Yeah. Hated that they announced it so far in advance.
Muku
Member
I kind of understand why they did, because seems like everyone has gotten it forever ago at this point and they didn't want to leave us in a void. But at same time, ugh. So far away.
Aveyn Knight
Member
I hear there are still a few more PAL Hoopa codes left, in case people can't make the event ; )
Yeah, I'm trying to think of something awesome I can do in it
Can't wait to see what everyone else bringsI think you have to go to GAME for it in Europe.
Tyranitar is internet and not local.
Kinda worrying now since that's two straight events that dropped local for Internet, Pumpkaboo and Tyranitar.
The last local events were of course the ones in the summer with Gyarados, Magikarp and Jirachi.
Edit: third straight event, the 7-11 repeats were also internet only.
Kinda worrying now since that's two straight events that dropped local for Internet, Pumpkaboo and Tyranitar.
The last local events were of course the ones in the summer with Gyarados, Magikarp and Jirachi.
Edit: third straight event, the 7-11 repeats were also internet only.
Bit of a pain.
I wonder why they did that.
I know they dropped local outside of Japan due to the fact that places kept not returning the carts to sell, and some stores held the distributions hostage for purchases, but in Pokémon Centers? Must just be easier
Aveyn Knight
Member
Stop foreign event farmers, maybe?
McDonalds Hoopa is the same, right? Perhaps it is easier...
By the way, is it possible to spoof the Tyranitar SSID like we did for GAME Charizard last year?
We've not been able to successfully spoof Japanese Nintendo Zones.
Muku
Member
Hm, okay. Didn't realize it was available in EU too.
Well it's anecdotal but maybe it will change back because I've seen many people being confused on the lack of local and are always asking the store staff to help them. They don't even update the instructions, for both Pumpkaboo and Tyranitar they still have Pancham as the example. Lol
Unrelated to me, but internet is more inconvenient than local.
I don't expect the movie distributions to change since in a theatre internet would be trickier.
Also the change is weird, since internet from time to time can time out, you don't really see that with local since it's instant.
We shall wait and see.
This wouldn't be so bad re: Tyranitar if it was also compatible with XY. Lmao
Edit: the last three events haven't been too popular so likely local is only for larger ones going forward? I hope so, and I should get a used ORAS, haha, I do have a farming cart but it has events I haven't redeemed yet.
Muku
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Farming cart with unfarmed things, hehe. Yeah, used one might be good. Kind of wish I picked up OR before leaving Japan. I have ORAS in ENG but kinda kicking myself for not having both in Japanese right now.
Got the shiny Xerneas and shiny Yveltal taken care of, but believe turbocat is still looking for a Hoopa.
I just wanted to say that, of all of the communities that I've been a part of, you guys are the best. Everyone here, including Muku, has been nothing but a joy to interact with. It's sometimes hard to find positivity in gaming communities, and I look forward to stopping by here every single day to see what's going on. You all rock.
Lone_Prodigy
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Ditto finally appeared in a Mirage spot. Caught 5 with a Synchronizer and only one had a matching Nature.
Edit: I'm looking for an NA event Hoopa if anyone has a spare one. Not in the US but have a NA 3DS so I can't get the event locally. :/
I still have 31/31/31/x/31/31 Dream Ball Infilitrator Zubats with Brave Bird, Defog, Hypnosis and Pursuit egg moves on offer if anyone's interested. I also now have 31/x/31/31/31/31 (and some HP ice) Quick Ball Electrike's as well. Note that I'm on UK time at the moment though, so I can only really trade at around the time of this post each day, give or take a few hours.
I still have 31/31/31/x/31/31 Dream Ball Infilitrator Zubats with Brave Bird, Defog, Hypnosis and Pursuit egg moves on offer if anyone's interested. I also now have 31/x/31/31/31/31 (and some HP ice) Quick Ball Electrike's as well. Note that I'm on UK time at the moment though, so I can only really trade at around the time of this post each day, give or take a few hours.
I don't think so, because the time you spend running to the PC is still counting towards hatching the rest of your eggs. And then you walk outside and (usually) have a replacement egg waiting for you. I mean, the Lumiose method in comparison has you cycling around until you get six eggs, flying to lumiose tower (wasting time), hatching everything (wasting steps after first egg hatches), depositing all of them and then flying back (wasting time) to the daycare to repeat the cycle? You're wasting steps in almost every step of this process.
I use the hatching o-power, running in and doing box shenanigans wastes that. Flying to lumiose, using hatch power, finishing the batch and flying back works fine lol.
I often just hatched on the daycare route though, and now use battle resort in ORAS. Though I prefer lumiose to battle resort just because of the damned sand pits which often result in having to keep going a bit after the power runs out, when it would've otherwise been enough time. But that's pretty minor when accounting for the convenience of battle resort lol.
Is it just me, or the GTS is getting emptier? lol
Btw, less than 50 pokemons missing to complete my national dex
I don't really use the GTS so I wouldn't know haha. Nice on the dex progress, though!
Lone_Prodigy
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Let's do the math.
Assume a max of 5 Eggs at once
200 steps for an Egg to be available
2000 steps to hatch an Egg.
Starting from the moment you pick up the first Egg, it takes 800 steps to get 5 Eggs.
It'll take 2800 steps total to hatch all 5 Eggs.
With the dropping-off method, after 2800 steps you'll have 1 Egg at 800 steps, 1 at 600, 1 at 400, and 1 at 200.
With the Lumiose method, after 2800 steps you'll have 0 un-hatched Eggs.
Without time factored in, the dropping-off method is better. With time factored in, you have to consider how long it'll take to get those 2000 steps to hatch the last Egg.
Drop-off method: more time spent, more work, but next batch of Eggs is further along.
Lumiose method: less work, less time, more time for subsequent batches.
Assume a max of 5 Eggs at once
200 steps for an Egg to be available
2000 steps to hatch an Egg.
Starting from the moment you pick up the first Egg, it takes 800 steps to get 5 Eggs.
It'll take 2800 steps total to hatch all 5 Eggs.
With the dropping-off method, after 2800 steps you'll have 1 Egg at 800 steps, 1 at 600, 1 at 400, and 1 at 200.
With the Lumiose method, after 2800 steps you'll have 0 un-hatched Eggs.
Without time factored in, the dropping-off method is better. With time factored in, you have to consider how long it'll take to get those 2000 steps to hatch the last Egg.
Drop-off method: more time spent, more work, but next batch of Eggs is further along.
Lumiose method: less work, less time, more time for subsequent batches.
silenttype01
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Is it just me, or the GTS is getting emptier? lol
Btw, less than 50 pokemons missing to complete my national dex
I think it depends on what you're giving/receiving. I deposit Vivillon everyday asking for Vivillon to build up the pokemiles and I get two to three trades per day.
Unless you're going for a mixed set there's no reason to.
Oh I know, but I'm going to run multiple Hydreigons.
The elemental fangs are useless too for a special based one, but it's just to fill out the egg moves because I like them to be complete like that.
Edit: Since Dark Pulse is a TM, I think I'll forgo it in favour of Head Smash.
Lone_Prodigy
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When I use the GTS, I only deposit. Everyone is seeking Kyogre for their Zubat.
Well. If utilizing something like powersaves and keysav, you can make a backup, get X eggs, figure out which ones you want to keep via keysav, hatch those then bank 'em and restore the backup from before getting the eggs to get rid of all the extras. Of course that's a hassle in its own right, and useless when you already have the eggs =p
I just use keysav to look at what's inside the eggs. I don't want to use a backup device like that.
Aveyn Knight
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Sure.
Also, for those curious, UK Zoroark has a different ID number than US Zoroark. Only hardcore collectors will care though : P
Since I'm here, if anybody has an official and uncloned Meloetta for trade, please let me know. I think it's the only mythical I'm missing.
I can offer my own spare Darkrai, Diancie, Hoopa, Shiny Xerneas/Yveltal or Sejun's Pachirisu (VGC distribution).
Starwolf_UK
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The genies are in really short supply as are the legendary birds (when I hopelessly hoarded legendaries it felt like half the ones I got were Dream radar and gen III/IV, respectively). It feels like trends change over time. On the other hand something like Virizion has a lot of easy trades for being a legendary but it is pretty accessible from mirage spots.Is it just me, or the GTS is getting emptier? lol
Btw, less than 50 pokemons missing to complete my national dex
I remember there was a time of about 12 pages of Vivillon for Vivillon then one day it fell to about 1 page. Not checked what it is like now.
Porygon and charmander feel like they have just become a complete dump (given you have to breathe on wonder trade to end with a dozen of the latter that kills any GTS demand).
Does that only apply to rating battles?