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Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me


Hatched out of a 10k, found the new Skarmory/Sudowoodo :argh:

edit:

Pomplamoose posted:

Don't forget to save your Luvdisc candy! You'll need 400 to evolve.




DizzyBum posted:

I'm still so angry that Gamefreak did this to us.

Can someone explain what this is all about?

Psychobabble! fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Feb 16, 2018

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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.
It looks like it should be an evolved form of luvdisc but it's not. It is a second useless pink heart shaped fish that does not evolve to or from anything.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
^^^ Yeah that. Useless beyond looking beautiful for official art and giving you ~~immersion~~ in water areas of the main game.

LumpyGumby posted:

I totally got the team rocket poo poo. I'm looking baller.

Welcome fellow Rocket grunt. :getin:

Also RIP Houndour being left out, it really does only get 100 stardust compared to the other dogs' 300. My guess is that maybe Chinese New Years' is all about luck and good tidings and having lived through how superstitious the Chinese culture gets with luck, they probably don't want a devil dog giving bonuses.

Prop Wash
Jun 12, 2010



I think something’s broke with the weather system around here. After like a week straight of freezing fog in the morning i still haven’t seen the Fog condition.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Psychobabble! posted:



Hatched out of a 10k, found the new Skarmory/Sudowoodo :argh:

It's very rare here though. I see Skarmory semi regurarly and Sudowoodo is the only rocktype that frequents my location. Chimeco however is so rare most of my group don't have it yet.

dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord

Chairman Mao posted:

It looks like it should be an evolved form of luvdisc but it's not. It is a second useless pink heart shaped fish that does not evolve to or from anything.
And it's based on the mola mola, which is itself just about the most useless fish in the ocean.

Ziddar
Jul 24, 2003

Time Travel: Not Even Once



okay maybe a few times


Willsun posted:

^^^ Yeah that. Useless beyond looking beautiful for official art and giving you ~~immersion~~ in water areas of the main game.
Hey, at least Alomomola has a bit of a fishy Chansey thing going on, having a lot of HP and support moves. Luvdisc is completely useless except as a source of heart pieces.

AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack

Darth TNT posted:

It's very rare here though. I see Skarmory semi regurarly and Sudowoodo is the only rocktype that frequents my location. Chimeco however is so rare most of my group don't have it yet.

I didn't know it existed until I saw that picture there.

DizzyBum
Apr 16, 2007


Oh wow, I hatched a Wynaut out of a 5km. Apparently it's pretty rare, too.

I like this doggo event. Fingers crossed for a shiny Poochyena!

NZAmoeba
Feb 14, 2005

It turns out it's MAN!
Hair Elf
Now that I'm getting a lot of good eevees again, is it worth walking them for the umbreon/espeon versions, or should I just roll the dice on water/fire/electric? I already have a good umbreon/espeon, but also loads of the others as well.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

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



dwarf74 posted:

And it's based on the mola mola, which is itself just about the most useless fish in the ocean.

what the gently caress the mola mola is awesome you jerk :mad:

NZAmoeba posted:

Now that I'm getting a lot of good eevees again, is it worth walking them for the umbreon/espeon versions, or should I just roll the dice on water/fire/electric? I already have a good umbreon/espeon, but also loads of the others as well.

i'd say build up enough good espeons that you can solo machamp raids and then do whatever you feel like doing.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar

NZAmoeba posted:

Now that I'm getting a lot of good eevees again, is it worth walking them for the umbreon/espeon versions, or should I just roll the dice on water/fire/electric? I already have a good umbreon/espeon, but also loads of the others as well.

It's never bad to have a few Espeon though their use tends to be limited to a few battles. Umbreon is pretty weak, so if you absolutely need something then shoot for more Vaporeon though I'd save any really good Eevee for the gen 4 evolves.

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.

NZAmoeba posted:

Now that I'm getting a lot of good eevees again, is it worth walking them for the umbreon/espeon versions, or should I just roll the dice on water/fire/electric? I already have a good umbreon/espeon, but also loads of the others as well.

Umbreons low attack stat means it'll never get much over 2000 cp. It doesn't make for much of an attacker and as a defender it's outclassed by a variety of other Pokemon that are weak to fighting. A high level high iv umbreon is nice for eevee theme gyms but not much else.

Espeon is a little more durable than alakazam but doesn't hit quite as hard. It's not a bad all around Pokemon but you can usually find other, more specialized Pokemon to fill it's niches. A 3000 cp espeon is pretty cool to have though, but you'll need a 15/15/15 eevee to get it.

The other three are outclassed as attackers by kyogre, raikou and entei. And gyarados now I guess. Vaporeon is no longer the king of water types. Jolteon and flareon were always kind of middling, even when jolteon was the best electric type in the game.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
Jolt/Flareon are still the best attackers of their type in the game because they don't require walking 50km for candies to power up once or wasting a lot of rare candies. Evolving level 35 Eevees for those types would be great

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
This is the best event. Doggos everywhere :3:

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.

mastershakeman posted:

Jolt/Flareon are still the best attackers of their type in the game because they don't require walking 50km for candies to power up once or wasting a lot of rare candies. Evolving level 35 Eevees for those types would be great

20k for legendary candies but you make a decent point. Really anything except umbreon makes for an easy way to round out a team without using a lot of stardust.

I don't think using rare candies on legendaries is really a waste though. That's kind of what they're for.

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
𝅘𝅥𝅮
https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/964606687431872512

I have a Dragonair and 86 candy! :peanut:

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

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



outrage is a better move so :shrug:

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

financially racist posted:

outrage is a better move so :shrug:

Draco Meteors more metal.

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!


I wonder if we can use a TM to get Draco Meteor on an existing Dragonite?

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
𝅘𝅥𝅮

kensei posted:

I wonder if we can use a TM to get Draco Meteor on an existing Dragonite?

Nope. They specified that in the next Tweet.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
I swear to god if a 100% Dratini doesn't pop up during the community day I'll be so....mildly disappointed.

I'm gonna watch it spawn and I get to it at 1:59 and I evolve it just as it turns 2:00. At least the whole Outrage > Draco Meteor thing would give that scenario a silver lining.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

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



actually thinking about it, while outrage is a better move, it isn't better by much at all so if you can evolve a dragonite on the community day it means you can guarantee yourself a good dragon-type charge move rather than having to waste charge tms if you get the wrong move. so eh, overall a good thing i guess.

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD
I stopped walking my dratini after they announced the Community Day so I hope those things are spawning like Natu.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Willsun posted:

I swear to god if a 100% Dratini doesn't pop up during the community day I'll be so....mildly disappointed.

I'm gonna watch it spawn and I get to it at 1:59 and I evolve it just as it turns 2:00. At least the whole Outrage > Draco Meteor thing would give that scenario a silver lining.

Been playing for two years and never caught anything better than a 96% dratini. Any 100% spawns were either too far away or when I was sleeping/working/busy. I am gonna be a big babby and make internet posts if I don't get a 100% on community day.

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
2 almost maxed out Dragonites, 1 undermaxed, and 2 candy. I need to catch a fuckton of Dratini.

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!


I have two Dragonair right now, and like 60 candies. I have 12 Dragonites and was hoping I could use a TM on one but I will be looking for a really good one to evolve now.

How many of you already have your Gold Dragon badge?

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Not I. 65/200, where about half of them were gotten during August 2016 when there was a semi-close Dratini nest. Niantic nuked it before I could go back for more.

Away all Goats posted:

Been playing for two years and never caught anything better than a 96% dratini. Any 100% spawns were either too far away or when I was sleeping/working/busy. I am gonna be a big babby and make internet posts if I don't get a 100% on community day.

:same: My 8 or so 10k egg hatches with Dratini never got better than 86%.

notoriousman
Nov 18, 2007

I'M AWARE I'M
AN IDIOT
10/200. Half of those were Dratini from 10k eggs, four of them in a row.

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
I'm up to 91/200 on my badge
22/22 Dratini (hatched at least 5)
2/2 Dragonair (evolved)
25/30. Dragonite (evolved maybe 3 of them)

1 evolved seadra

10/10. vibrava (evolved 2)
1 evolved flygon
25/25 bagon
3/3. shelgon
1 evolved salamence

1 Rayquaza

Hoping to hit gold with the event finally, and since aron are fairly common here I'll finish my steel badge soon. There's a good scanner in town so I'm hoping to pick up a high level high IV Dratini to evolve.

LumpyGumby
Feb 22, 2012

"Here's the world famous hockey player sitting in the penalty box for slashing..."
-Snoopy Brown
42g - 65a - 107pts
106gp - 317PIMS
I've not yet seen any dragon type in the wild, and I think I've hatched about 15 dratinis.

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!


I'm at 228 so I have been Gold for a while, I hope the rest of you hit it next weekend!

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
I have 60ish left for gold for Dragon. It's best last gold badge left. All those Arons finally got me to gold for steel.

sebzilla
Mar 17, 2009

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


I've got like 18/200 for dragon, if I even get silver I'll be happy. Doubt it though, I'm busy during the event.

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me
I'm only at 74 for dragon type, and a whopping 54 of those are dratini (67 for the whole family). 2 bagon, 2 kingdra(for gender dex), and 3 Rayquaza, including my 100. So, not bad, I guess.

Edit:

mastershakeman posted:

Jolt/Flareon are still the best attackers of their type in the game because they don't require walking 50km for candies to power up once or wasting a lot of rare candies. Evolving level 35 Eevees for those types would be great

I'm gonna disagree with you here, jolt/Flareon both have super low HP compared to the legendary beasts, even when the beasts are not powered up. For an easy example, my Flareon at lvl 31.5/2460 cp has 102 HP. My Entei at lvl 20/1921 cp has 145 HP. Imo the original eeveelutions, besides vapedog, are way more fragile and don't really stand up in a raid, even when they have resistance to typing.

Besides if you do any decent about of raiding, it's pretty easy to build up enough candies to power up legendaries(sure, not to make but diminishing returns around level 30 make it not worth it anyways), and you have a whole month to do that. Plus, like someone said, that's what rare candies are for. I don't raid that much(at least compared to others in my community), and I'm still sitting on over 200, even after dumping a bunch into certain legendaries, and feebas cause I was impatient.

Tldr if you live somewhere you're able(aka have an active raiding community), you should hit those legendary raids as much as you can/want, for candy if nothing else cause most of the legendaries are kick rear end.

Except suicune
gently caress suicune*

*in pogo anyways.

Psychobabble! fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Feb 17, 2018

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
I was around 300 Dragons before gen 3.

Sitting on 1000 Dratini candy.

DeadlyHalibut
May 31, 2008

Dr Tran posted:

I was around 300 Dragons before gen 3.

Sitting on 1000 Dratini candy.

Hey me too, almost. I have 5 maxed out dragonites and 770 candy.

It's still a nice community day, dratinis are more exciting than most of other options they could've gone for.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin

Psychobabble! posted:

I'm only at 74 for dragon type, and a whopping 54 of those are dratini (67 for the whole family). 2 bagon, 2 kingdra(for gender dex), and 3 Rayquaza, including my 100. So, not bad, I guess.

Edit:


I'm gonna disagree with you here, jolt/Flareon both have super low HP compared to the legendary beasts, even when the beasts are not powered up. For an easy example, my Flareon at lvl 31.5/2460 cp has 102 HP. My Entei at lvl 20/1921 cp has 145 HP. Imo the original eeveelutions, besides vapedog, are way more fragile and don't really stand up in a raid, even when they have resistance to typing.

Besides if you do any decent about of raiding, it's pretty easy to build up enough candies to power up legendaries(sure, not to make but diminishing returns around level 30 make it not worth it anyways), and you have a whole month to do that. Plus, like someone said, that's what rare candies are for. I don't raid that much(at least compared to others in my community), and I'm still sitting on over 200, even after dumping a bunch into certain legendaries, and feebas cause I was impatient.

Tldr if you live somewhere you're able(aka have an active raiding community), you should hit those legendary raids as much as you can/want, for candy if nothing else cause most of the legendaries are kick rear end.

Except suicune
gently caress suicune*

*in pogo anyways.

I feel like I do a ton of raiding, I'm at 64 regular (only one or two at l4) and 36 legendary raids. I think the issue is I got mewtwos immediately and burned every rare candy I had on them, and now I'm going to devote my rare candy to getting new Dex entries on stuff like trapinch. In a vacuum you're right about hit points but even when I used leveled jolts and unlebeled Zapdos/Raikou vs legendaries lIke kyogre the charge move was going to kill my dude either way, no matter the bulk. I'd rather have high dps than survivability and the eeveelotions do a good enough job if that, especially since there's so many better things to spend rare candy on (kyogre, Groudon, Mewtwo, dex entries)

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.
650/200 dragons here. Most of that is from the first year of the game when I lived in a harbour district, Dratini everywhere. I still never found a 100% one until like two weeks ago when someone with a 100% scanner announced one in the city center.

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dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord

kensei posted:

I have two Dragonair right now, and like 60 candies. I have 12 Dragonites and was hoping I could use a TM on one but I will be looking for a really good one to evolve now.

How many of you already have your Gold Dragon badge?
Yeah I hatched a 98% not too long ago and he's now a Dragonair, but I'm about 25 candies short of evolving him even using all my rare candies.

Welp. Time to hit a few more raids and start walking I guess.

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