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Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar
I think bringing back Lugia and the birds in general would be a really good move considering the weather boosts would help with things, and give newer players that are now understanding the nuances of raiding via Discord and the like a chance to build up a good team.

Anybody against this move is probably a massively boring person to be around.

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Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

seiferguy posted:

2 weeks seems like an adequate time for Lugia.

oh, that's even better. 2 week rotations ought to be a thing generally, anyway. a month of a single legendary is too long, I think. Rotate often enough and I think a lot of complaints would get toned down.

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

When does Lugia pop? I’m still seeing Rayquaza everywhere

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Ballz posted:

When does Lugia pop? I’m still seeing Rayquaza everywhere

About three minutes from now if past history is any indication.

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Another Rayquaza just popped so maybe next hour.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Steve Jorbs posted:

I was only able to run a few Lugia raids and they all ran on me. I'm happy they brought Lugia back for a bit. Not everyone has been playing the game since launch or even since Lugia was last in eggs. Congrats you have 20 of them already, not everyone does. Sure does suck that you don't have to spend $1000 on raids this month. They're going to have to cycle through old raids eventually for people.

I only have 2. :) And I want them to cycle through it. But really, I don't think the current system for legendaries is very good. At this point I'd suggest just putting all Legendaries in the pool. That's already 13 different mons that could show up and you know certain others are more popular and will draw crowds, with a chance that they will tag along with the group to the next. Maybe do theme weeks when you introduce a new one.

DizzyBum
Apr 16, 2007


Last night I had a dream where I hatched a shiny 100% IV Wynaut and I could not stop laughing.

:v:

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago

Darth TNT posted:

At this point I'd suggest just putting all Legendaries in the pool. That's already 13 different mons that could show up and you know certain others are more popular and will draw crowds, with a chance that they will tag along with the group to the next. Maybe do theme weeks when you introduce a new one.

This is a horrible idea. People with limited gyms would hardly get the spawn they want/need. And those of us who don't travel around much even in larger towns would have a pretty similar issue.

Keeping the new one by itself at least for a while, and then overlapping with one or two older ones would probably work better.

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment

Darth TNT posted:

I only have 2. :) And I want them to cycle through it. But really, I don't think the current system for legendaries is very good. At this point I'd suggest just putting all Legendaries in the pool. That's already 13 different mons that could show up and you know certain others are more popular and will draw crowds, with a chance that they will tag along with the group to the next. Maybe do theme weeks when you introduce a new one.

Orgenizing with more than one possible legendary is a pain in the rear end, the moment it hatches a bunch of people disappear if it's not what they wanted, and 45 minutes to both orgenize and travel post hatch is cutting it close most of the time.

I would be fine with it if they ditch the eggs and just have the boss show up for 2 hours like they used to. Maybe give a 10 minutes heads up so it doesn't screw over people fighting the gym.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013
Shiny Lugia has been spotted

BrainMeats
Aug 20, 2000

We have evolved beyond the need for posting.

Soiled Meat
Shiny Lugia is apparently 100% catch rate. If you hit with the ball you've got it.

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.

BrainMeats posted:

Shiny Lugia is apparently 100% catch rate. If you hit with the ball you've got it.

Weird for Niantic to miss an opportunity to troll their fanbase by not leaving it at 2%

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Hell yeah nanab berries finally getting their worth. Going to Savage season the crap out of that Lugia.

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

When do you find out if a legendary is shiny? During battle, on the catch screen, or when the egg pops?

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Ballz posted:

When do you find out if a legendary is shiny? During battle, on the catch screen, or when the egg pops?

catch screen

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago

seiferguy posted:

Hell yeah nanab berries finally getting their worth. Going to Savage season the crap out of that Lugia.

Why would you use a nanab? Pinap that thing!

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

BrainMeats posted:

Shiny Lugia is apparently 100% catch rate. If you hit with the ball you've got it.

Please tell me this is true and not trolling :pray:

jetz0r
May 10, 2003

Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. This is not a figment of the imagination, but a fact. Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing.



Parrotine posted:

Please tell me this is true and not trolling :pray:

Everything in discord and reddit is saying it's 100%. I got mine on the first throw (nice curve), and he looked closer than normal, too.

I wasn't paying attention and didn't even know I had caught a shiny until I got home and noticed that the promo pic for shiny lugias looked familiar.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
https://twitter.com/TheSilphRoad/status/974900198580174848

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Are shiny legendaries more common or something? I’ve caught more than a thousand magikarp and haven’t seen a shiny, I don’t see how y’all would have that much hope getting a shiny Lugia if you only battle them a few dozen times, tops.

Fritzler
Sep 5, 2007


Ballz posted:

Are shiny legendaries more common or something? I’ve caught more than a thousand magikarp and haven’t seen a shiny, I don’t see how y’all would have that much hope getting a shiny Lugia if you only battle them a few dozen times, tops.
I believe shinies are more common from raids than wild encounters, just like IVs are better. IDK for sure though. Got shiny absol on my first absol raid, did 7 mawile with no shiny though.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Stupid
Bread Liar

Ballz posted:

Are shiny legendaries more common or something? I’ve caught more than a thousand magikarp and haven’t seen a shiny, I don’t see how y’all would have that much hope getting a shiny Lugia if you only battle them a few dozen times, tops.

Yes, they upped the chances for raids. Absol is something like a 1/6 chance, seems Luigia is similar. I think the Dratini shiny chance was something like 1/20.

Rich Uncle Chet
Jan 20, 2005


The Law? Law is a Human Institution.


Caught a Shiny Lugia in the first ball. I gave it a Nanab so it wouldn't move, but caught it with no isdues.

So it looks like the catch ratio is indeed 100%, at least from my experience

Ballz
Dec 16, 2003

it's mario time

Louisgod posted:

Yes, they upped the chances for raids. Absol is something like a 1/6 chance, seems Luigia is similar. I think the Dratini shiny chance was something like 1/20.

That’s actually pretty exciting. I did about 10 Rayquazas and never saw a shiny but it’s good to know that some persistence should pay off.

Edit: are there shiny MewTwos?

Crosspeice
Aug 9, 2013

https://serebii.net/pokemongo/shiny.shtml

Keep that list in mind for what Pokemon you should always click on even if you don't need to catch them. At least as the list grows there will hopefully be more shinies to find overall. I'd expect the Bulbasaur line to be added to this list next week.

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.
I was going to take a little break from raiding during this two week stretch but I had a Mewtwo raid today and one thing led to another and I ended up doing like 8 Lugias in a row. Got a red one on my second try though so I've got no regrets.

Beastyfella
Mar 5, 2008

I have lost all powers of reading comprehension and counting ability hours ago
Welp, that was a fun day. Did 4 Lugia raid with the local group up here. Kid got 3 Lugia, the 2nd was shiny. I caught 2, with the 4th being shiny. Decent IVs to boot.

A friend came in from a small town and he got 3/3 Lugia and his kid got his very first legendary today.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Yeah everyone's saying if you run into a shiny Lugia, it's 100% catch rate. Good thing I didn't post yesterday when I got mine because I was about to boast how lucky I was to get it on the first ball. Now I just feel dumb I wasted like 30 seconds making sure it attacked first before throwing and also not using a Pinap berry.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
I wanna see a guy get a shiny Lugia then miss all of their throws and have it run.

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!


Finally had a Mewtwo run on my today, so now I am only 4/5. Did get a shiny Lugia on my first raid today, so I pinapped him. 89IV too!

SeXTcube
Jan 1, 2009

Someone at the EX raid today got a 100% Mewtwo and went nuts.

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow
Went to an EX Raid, everyone was bitching about how tired they are of EX raids. They have to show up at a certain time, deal with people outside of their normal raiding circles, and they don't really need another 12/12/15 Mewtwo.

Niantic is loving up big time.

Modus Pwnens
Dec 29, 2004
Mentally unbalanced person bitches about phone game, truly it must be doomed

Prop Wash
Jun 12, 2010



MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:

Went to an EX Raid, everyone was bitching about how tired they are of EX raids. They have to show up at a certain time, deal with people outside of their normal raiding circles, and they don't really need another 12/12/15 Mewtwo.

Niantic is loving up big time.

Then why don’t they quit.

DeadlyHalibut
May 31, 2008

MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:

Went to an EX Raid, everyone was bitching about how tired they are of EX raids. They have to show up at a certain time, deal with people outside of their normal raiding circles, and they don't really need another 12/12/15 Mewtwo.

Niantic is loving up big time.

It's true, I've skipped last 3 exraids because gently caress doing those on Niantic's schedule.

They'd have so many more good ways to deal the invites but nooo.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Prop Wash posted:

Then why don’t they quit.

Or just...don't show up

AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack
Seriously. It’s an invite to the raid, not a summons.

Robokomodo
Nov 11, 2009
My son, girlfriend, and I went to an ex raid because they got passes (I didn’t.)

There was this girl loudly proclaiming that this Mewtoo better be good because she’s tired of getting less than perfect Mewtoos. I think she said she had 4? So one second before the raid starts her phone crashes and she is telling us to back out. We laughed at her and she started crying and left. It was awesome.

It would’ve been ok, but this was a grown woman probably in her late 20’s. gently caress her.

I’m reminded of this because I saw her at a Lugia raid yesterday and she saw me and left immediately. I guess I was laughing the loudest.

Robokomodo fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Mar 18, 2018

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
a lot of these stories aren't painting y'all in the best light

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Robokomodo
Nov 11, 2009

mastershakeman posted:

a lot of these stories aren't painting y'all in the best light

There is nothing wrong with laughing at adults that act like children.

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