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Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Crosspeice posted:

My only Lotad just popped up in front of me while it wasn't raining. Wasn't even near a river, so I was very confused. Still haven't found a Feebas or Carvanha and I'm getting Whiscash and Crawdaunt by walking them.

Yeah sometimes lotad just... show up. Corphish, Carvanha and Mudkip all popped up in nests around here or else I'd have maybe one of each. Feebas appear on the scanner every couple of days and the moment it happens while I'm actually awake I'm going for it.

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AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

Is there an actual biome map? I'd be interested to see what that looks like around where I live, since I can't tell.

Crosspeice
Aug 9, 2013

Oh that's right, where the gently caress are Shroomish? I've seen zilch.

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer

Crosspeice posted:

Oh that's right, where the gently caress are Shroomish? I've seen zilch.

Hatched 2 and caught one with the Pogo Plus.
I have seen more wild Breloom than Shroomish.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar

AweStriker posted:

Is there an actual biome map? I'd be interested to see what that looks like around where I live, since I can't tell.

Where do you live? It's pretty easy to garner what biome you're in based on starter and common spawns.

For example, I live in a leaf/grass biome, so Hoppip, Bulbasaur, Nidoran, Seedot, Sunkurn, Eevee, Oddish, Bellsprout and 'mon like that are crazy common.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Crosspeice posted:

Oh that's right, where the gently caress are Shroomish? I've seen zilch.

nowhere, as far as I can tell.

Lotad spawns in great numbers when it's raining and literally not at all when it isn't. Raining is the worst time to go out and try to use a phone outdoors, but I've gotten lucky when it's been sunny and Niantic thinks it's raining - up to 100 Lotad candy now.

dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord
Hell, in my town, PoGo still has phantom roads going through a coliseum that was built 10 years ago.

I am not bullish on the accuracy of their biome maps.

AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

Louisgod posted:

Where do you live? It's pretty easy to garner what biome you're in based on starter and common spawns.

For example, I live in a leaf/grass biome, so Hoppip, Bulbasaur, Nidoran, Seedot, Sunkurn, Eevee, Oddish, Bellsprout and 'mon like that are crazy common.

Certainly not that kind - I see Seedot and Nidoran occasionally, but Oddish and Bellsprout are unheard of. Lots of Paras and Diglett. I barely ever see any starters.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar

Crosspeice posted:

Oh that's right, where the gently caress are Shroomish? I've seen zilch.

They're fairly common in grass/leaf biomes, I've seen 26 so far, along with two wild Brelooms.

AweStriker posted:

Certainly not that kind - I see Seedot and Nidoran occasionally, but Oddish and Bellsprout are unheard of. Lots of Paras and Diglett. I barely ever see any starters.

If you see Diglett I'd guess rock/ground. You usually see more Geodudes, Rhyhorn, Mankey, Cubone, etc. To a lesser extent maybe Voltorb and Magnemite.

Louisgod fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Jan 23, 2018

Dr. Abysmal
Feb 17, 2010

We're all doomed
Shroomish can nest, which is probably your best bet to catch them.

kensei
Dec 27, 2007

He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!


Dammit I think all I was missing besides regionals was Milotic and Wynaut. Now I will have more shadows in my dex.

AweStriker
Oct 6, 2014

Louisgod posted:

They're fairly common in grass/leaf biomes, I've seen 26 so far, along with two wild Brelooms.


If you see Diglett I'd guess rock/ground. You usually see more Geodudes, Rhyhorn, Mankey, Cubone, etc. To a lesser extent maybe Voltorb and Magnemite.

Yeah I get all those fairly commonly. Tons of Magnemites downtown but not so much where I actually live, though.

Croccers
Jun 15, 2012

Louisgod posted:

If you see Diglett I'd guess rock/ground. You usually see more Geodudes, Rhyhorn, Mankey, Cubone, etc.
I get tons o that stuff :( gently caress Rhyhorns sitting away at max distance. So many Houndours too. It's the new Pidgy!
Then there's a teeny tiny sliver of water biome where the nearly always dry creek runs through the park.

shyduck
Oct 3, 2003


hooray whismur

kensei
Dec 27, 2007

He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!


e: nm

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013
Water pokemon everywhere where I live. I'm currently walking my second Milotic to be. I have 2 genders of Sharpedo.

I have both genders of Crawdaunt, though I was lucky that there was a mini nest nearby. Otherwise I would probably only be half way to the second.

Lotad is really weird. If it rains it's fairly common, if it's dry then there are none in sight. I now have 80 Lotad candy. :(

I also have both Breloom genders.

I have a Shiftry, because Seedot was really common for a while. Somehow however they've gone completely extinct since a few weeks ago.

The new monsters are nice, but my water biome will probably mean that no numels will ever spawn near me.
Aron is semi rare, Whismur is everywhere and Balltoy is uncommon. I don't think I've seen any other of the new Pokemon yet.

Just in case you hadn't heard yet, but all eggs now only contain Hoen pokemon. So get to hatching.

Picayune
Feb 26, 2007

cannot be unseen
Taco Defender
I somehow got a Numel despite it pouring rain both in the game and in real life, so there's always a chance! Poor little guy was hiding in a parking garage. Maybe the Lotads were picking on him.

Saw a fair number of Whismurs and Nosepasses in North Seattle, a few Arons, that one damp Numel. Also hatched my first Feebas, bonus.

Remora
Aug 15, 2010

Is it better to power up and then evolve, or vice versa, or does it matter? I'm having trouble getting a grasp of how CP works in relation to IVs and levels and poo poo.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Remora posted:

Is it better to power up and then evolve, or vice versa, or does it matter? I'm having trouble getting a grasp of how CP works in relation to IVs and levels and poo poo.

It doesn't matter. Use an IV calculator. I forget what the iphone one is called but for android Calcy IV is probably the best IV scanner.

Remora
Aug 15, 2010

Away all Goats posted:

It doesn't matter. Use an IV calculator. I forget what the iphone one is called but for android Calcy IV is probably the best IV scanner.

I am using Calcy, that's why I'm thinking about evolving this little guy at all.

So, powering up increases levels, better IVs -> more CP, higher level -> more CP, higher evolution -> more CP? Is that about the gist?

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Remora posted:

I am using Calcy, that's why I'm thinking about evolving this little guy at all.

So, powering up increases levels, better IVs -> more CP, higher level -> more CP, higher evolution -> more CP? Is that about the gist?

Generally yes but CP is highly species dependent, a Dragonite will get a much higher CP than a Raichu for example

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer

Darth TNT posted:

Water pokemon everywhere where I live. I'm currently walking my second Milotic to be. I have 2 genders of Sharpedo.

I have both genders of Crawdaunt, though I was lucky that there was a mini nest nearby. Otherwise I would probably only be half way to the second.

Lotad is really weird. If it rains it's fairly common, if it's dry then there are none in sight. I now have 80 Lotad candy. :(

I also have both Breloom genders.

I have a Shiftry, because Seedot was really common for a while. Somehow however they've gone completely extinct since a few weeks ago.

The new monsters are nice, but my water biome will probably mean that no numels will ever spawn near me.
Aron is semi rare, Whismur is everywhere and Balltoy is uncommon. I don't think I've seen any other of the new Pokemon yet.

Just in case you hadn't heard yet, but all eggs now only contain Hoen pokemon. So get to hatching.

All NEW eggs, right? Not the ones chilling in your storage?

Got two Crawdaunts, two Sharpedos, 3 Brelooms, 2 Shiftrys, 2 Milotics (did use a lot of rare candy there), but I did hit two huge nests for the first two. Currently walking my Lotad, because that fucker is more rare than Snorlax.

I really hope we get a double candy event soon, I need to turn in a poo poo ton of sloths.

DeadlyHalibut
May 31, 2008

Cowslips Warren posted:

All NEW eggs, right? Not the ones chilling in your storage?

Yes!

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Remora posted:

Is it better to power up and then evolve, or vice versa, or does it matter? I'm having trouble getting a grasp of how CP works in relation to IVs and levels and poo poo.

Always evolve before powering up. And for multistage evolutions wait until you have ALL the candy (usually 124 since you get 1 free candy with each evolve) before evolving the first time. If you power up before evolving you may end up finding something better later and regret wasting all that dust. Evolution only consumes candy and generally candy is easier to come by than dust, which is the most limited resource in the game.

DizzyBum
Apr 16, 2007


Yesterday was a travel day for me so I got to hit a *lot* of Pokestops at both airports, plus I got the "new Pokemon spawning" news alert in-game after landing and suddenly saw Numel and Whismur everywhere, and even a wild Camerupt when I was waiting for a bus. :getin:

Also, two of my 5km eggs hatched and they were both Luvdisc. :lol:

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

DizzyBum posted:

Yesterday was a travel day for me so I got to hit a *lot* of Pokestops at both airports, plus I got the "new Pokemon spawning" news alert in-game after landing and suddenly saw Numel and Whismur everywhere, and even a wild Camerupt when I was waiting for a bus. :getin:

Also, two of my 5km eggs hatched and they were both Luvdisc. :lol:

I think this means the game loves you.

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
Today’s Dratini day, right?

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



No. Community Day happens once a month.

Dirt Road Junglist
Oct 8, 2010

We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

Away all Goats posted:

It doesn't matter. Use an IV calculator. I forget what the iphone one is called but for android Calcy IV is probably the best IV scanner.

Poke Genie is good on iPhone. CalcyIV works better because Android lets you use overlays and poo poo, so you have to use screenshots to get the data into Poke Genie. But once it's there, the app itself is great.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
I still use Nexus to check IVs and I haven't gotten any warning (granted I check maybe twice a month). I wonder if this is why I haven't gotten an EX raid invite.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar
Caught a Anorith down the street from me, guess they're crazy rare.

Niantic needs to beef up the Gen3 spawns in general. I get that they need to balance between the three generations but the common crap is drowning out the more fun stuff.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Turn down the spheal and wurmple spawns. There's so many of them, even when the weather isn't raining.

DizzyBum
Apr 16, 2007


Hatched another Luvdisc, what the hell, game? :argh:

seiferguy posted:

Turn down the spheal and wurmple spawns. There's so many of them, even when the weather isn't raining.

I'm okay with Wurmple spawns. The more 12-candy evos, the better.

But yeah, too many Spheals.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006

Louisgod posted:

Caught a Anorith down the street from me, guess they're crazy rare.

Niantic needs to beef up the Gen3 spawns in general. I get that they need to balance between the three generations but the common crap is drowning out the more fun stuff.

Anorith were all loving over for me today, I guess because it was partly cloudy. Evolved one Armaldo and caught another wild one. Loads of Whismurs around too.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
Anorith are kind of like lotad it seems - entirely dependent on weather.

TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.
I've caught a whopping one Numel and two Aron. I've also seen shadows for Nosepass and Whismur. Why can't I have your guys' dumb spawn luck?

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.
I've seen two Aron, two Baltoy (wind-boosted) and a load of Whismur. My area has lots of water and rain is definitely not a biome where rock/ground/fire types have much business hanging out. These types have always been rare (except Sudowoodo) so it makes sense that the newly released ones are rare too.

Picayune
Feb 26, 2007

cannot be unseen
Taco Defender
Someone put a shiny Absol in a gym near me and I am super jealous forever. Gonna go knock over that gym.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Aron practically grow on trees over here. Is Aggron supposed to be any good?

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Chairman Mao
Apr 24, 2004

The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious.

Away all Goats posted:

Aron practically grow on trees over here. Is Aggron supposed to be any good?

They'd be great defenders if it wasn't for that double weakness to fighting.

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