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Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

PVE content would be cool. I'm sure Niantic is just figuring out a way they can monetize it first.

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White Light
Dec 19, 2012

Mustached Demon posted:

Counterpoint: Ludicolo is horrid.

Get bent, siesta duck is magical :colbert:

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

Parrotine posted:

Get bent, siesta duck is magical :colbert:

Fiesta Duck. He dances, not sleeps.

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Cowslips Warren posted:

Fiesta Duck. He dances, not sleeps.

The Justin Timberlake of pokemon.

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me
Supposed improvements on the ex system (just loving SCRAP IT ALREADY) incoming as well as acknowledging the bug with the last round of invites: https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/exraids-update-020718/

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Why does everyone hate my Team Rocket idea :(

I'm also very excited for Rayquaza, the most humble and cute Pokemon of them all

DaStampede
Feb 8, 2018

Even if I finally get an ex pass, it'll be in some city's airport from a connecting flight.

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.

Willsun posted:

Why does everyone hate my Team Rocket idea :(

Because it's dumb and you should feel dumb for having it. It's so bad that if they offered to get rid of regional exclusives and give everyone an ex pass and implement trading and pvp and all we had to put up with is your idiotic fuckbaloon I'd pick having nothing.

Namaste.

sebzilla
Mar 17, 2009

Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.


New pokes tomorrow

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow
New event info.

Highlights

- Starts on the 9th.
- More new Hoenn Pokemon (including Salamence, Altaria, and Metagross).
- Some may be limited, for those three, it says "unique opportunity to catch."
- Sounds like all spawns with be Hoenn from the 9th til the 13th.
- Rayquaza legendary will overlap the Fail Whale for a few days, be here til March 16th.
- New raid bosses, nothing specific.
- New poo poo in eggs, nothing specifc.
- Six hour lures til the 23rd.
- Boxes with raid passes, incubators, and star pieces til the 23rd.
- Take AR photos, blah blah who gives a poo poo.

I wanted Chanseys, I missed the Valentine's event last year. Wanted double candy too, my Pokebox is full of crap I'm hoarding for the next double candy event.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar
Done with this game, I finally won



IV is 68.9 as far as I can tell.

Louisgod fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Feb 8, 2018

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
drat yeah I was hoping to get rid of some low IV legendaries if Valentine's Day event was happening again but I guess not.

I also hate them releasing new legendaries with the old ones still in. I know the rationale is "last chance for those who haven't gotten it yet!" but that's hardly the case for anyone regardless if they're in a town with prolific players or in small towns where it's hard for them to organize enough people for a legendary raid. Maybe if it was for EX legendaries then that might make sense to spur people to try to raid more for chances at Mewtwo before it's gone, but as it stands no one is raring to go after Kyogre if Rayquaza is out.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



i'm fine with overlapping legendaries, a bunch of the people i raid with kept going after groudon when kyogre dropped in order to hopefully get better ones.

that said i doubt any of us will keep going after kyogre once rayquaza drops because fuuuuuuuck kyogre.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

financially racist posted:

i'm fine with overlapping legendaries, a bunch of the people i raid with kept going after groudon when kyogre dropped in order to hopefully get better ones.

that said i doubt any of us will keep going after kyogre once rayquaza drops because fuuuuuuuck kyogre.

raid fatigue is real, kyogre raid fatigue is the worst I've seen. Part of that is kyogre, probably, but I think part of that is how many legendaries most people have already. you can only keep trying the same trick to generate interest so many times before it stops working. I'm curious to see how much interest bounces back after kyogre leaves.

Louisgod posted:

Done with this game, I finally won



IV is 68.9 as far as I can tell.

this is way better than my 666 slowpokes, you did win pokemon

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.
Kyogre raid fatigue isn't as bad as suicune raid fatigue. Raids basically stopped around here after a few days of suicune.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
If you hated catching Kyogre, wait till Rayquaza since only hardcore folks have a gold Dragon badge.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



i thouggt badges just raised the chances of an instant catch

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar

financially racist posted:

i thouggt badges just raised the chances of an instant catch

They act as a multiplier similar to raspberries, curve balls, nice/great/excellent throws etc. Add all that up and it simply increases the probability of catching stuff.

AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack

seiferguy posted:

If you hated catching Kyogre, wait till Rayquaza since only hardcore folks have a gold Dragon badge.

I don’t even have a silver dragon badge. Stupid dratini has essentially stopped spawning near me.

Crosspeice
Aug 9, 2013

I'm at 14 Dragon types obtained. I think I might have to wait until, I dunno, Noibat, becomes common to actually make any headway, cause any other Dragon type will probably be rare as poo poo until the end of time.

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!


seiferguy posted:

If you hated catching Kyogre, wait till Rayquaza since only hardcore folks have a gold Dragon badge.

I have a Gold Dragon Badge, I didn't think they were that rare but apparently not that many people in my local discord do either. Huh.

Got my second MewTwo today on the last ball as a Critical Catch. First was 78IV this one is 87IV. I guess I know what I am doing with all my rare candies in the near future.

SirBukkake
Aug 24, 2006
Idk some black dude
I hope they bring back Dratini nests if more dragon types are going to show up soon.

...I hope a lot of things for this game.

SeXTcube
Jan 1, 2009

Don't forget that Feb 24th is the Dratini community event. That's your best chance to get a silver or gold on the dragon badge.

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
So we're looking at no valentine event?

Other than dragon and Ice what is good against the new legendary?

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.

Cowslips Warren posted:

So we're looking at no valentine event?

Other than dragon and Ice what is good against the new legendary?

Fairy and rock but ice is probably the best choice because of the double weakness.

Dr. Abysmal
Feb 17, 2010

We're all doomed
Unless they change it last minute, it takes 400 Swablu candy to evolve to Altaria. So hopefully Swablu is common.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
I get to bring back the Lapras and Piloswine army that I built for taking down Dragonites from the old gym system, hell yeah.

DaStampede
Feb 8, 2018

I'll be glad to not see Kyogre raids anymore.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
11 of my 13 evolved hariyamas have steel quick moves. what the heck is wrong with this dumb game

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar

mastershakeman posted:

11 of my 13 evolved hariyamas have steel quick moves. what the heck is wrong with this dumb game

I don’t know but you should definitely quit

SeXTcube
Jan 1, 2009

mastershakeman posted:

11 of my 13 evolved hariyamas have steel quick moves. what the heck is wrong with this dumb game

Niantic out to get you again.

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow

Cowslips Warren posted:

So we're looking at no valentine event?

Other than dragon and Ice what is good against the new legendary?

I think this is the Valentine event.

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

MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:

I think this is the Valentine event.

Damnit I wanted double candy and pink pokemon and better walking distance.

Funny how it ends right before V day though. Maybe I'll wait to hatch some eggs.

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

Has anyone actually ever tried one of those Pokemon GO Frappachinos from Starbucks?

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Crosspeice posted:

I'm at 14 Dragon types obtained. I think I might have to wait until, I dunno, Noibat, becomes common to actually make any headway, cause any other Dragon type will probably be rare as poo poo until the end of time.

Axew will probably be the first common dragon type when gen 5 comes out in 10 years.

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

We'll be old farts when they get to Alolan regional variants :corsair:

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Are there really no common dragon types until Gen 5? Guess I'll stick to using every single dragon scale to evolve Kingdras :shepface:

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!





gently caress YES

DeadlyHalibut
May 31, 2008

MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:

I think this is the Valentine event.

I think there'll be a valentines event. I mean it makes sense, the 6h lures last until 23rd and this event is only 4 days.

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Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
For anyone gearing up for Rayquaza, someone in my Discord pointed me to a useful site that helps you determine how far you need to power up your Pokemon to tip your attack's move into getting an extra point of damage. Helpful if you have something that shows your Pokemon's attack IV, that is. This way you won't need to drain yourself of unnecessary stardust.

Here's the site.

In the example below, if you have a perfect (15) attack IV Cloyster with Frost Breath as the fast attack, you can level it up to level 32 to break into 13 points of damage instead of 12. All of this is really useful for Rayquaza since ice types are glass cannons and the quick attack is important. I wouldn't bother measuring charge attacks since you just kind of fire off what few you can before you die against raid bosses.

Willsun fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Feb 9, 2018

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