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Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.

Linx posted:

It’s probably because you can’t delete gifts from your bag so people with like 3 friends would complain that their bag was full of gifts they couldn’t get rid of. I’m always amazed at niantics ability to design features with glaring design flaws which could be so easily resolved with systems already in other parts of the game, like being able to set favourite friends or use sorting

How much money did they make from this game again? Because it feels like the bare minimum is being reinvested
That can't be it because gifts don't take up bag space.

Thanks to this thread I now have a full page of eggs from various corners of the US and Canada, and one from Sweden. From Arizona to Newfoundland. Cool!

Entropist fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jun 23, 2018

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Linx
Aug 14, 2008

Pork Pro

Entropist posted:

That can't be it because gifts don't take up bag space.

Thanks to this thread I now have a full page of eggs from various corners of the US and Canada, and one from Sweden. From Arizona to Newfoundland. Cool!

Oh they don’t? Niantic’s choices continue to baffle me then

Fly with me
Aug 19, 2006

Single-handedly repopulating the Earth.

My kid is mad that she only has 2 friends, while I have 50.
Go ahead and add her so she can feel the disappointment of Error (0).
2332 4965 3238

Bunk Rogers
Mar 14, 2002

Also look for the PoGo Discords in your area. Let your local try-hards drown you in gifts.

Fly with me
Aug 19, 2006

Single-handedly repopulating the Earth.

Bunk Rogers posted:

Also look for the PoGo Discords in your area. Let your local try-hards drown you in gifts.

Yup, added there as well.

Math You
Oct 27, 2010

So put your faith
in more than steel
So my app is not displaying capture location for any pokemon anymore :confused: it just says the caught date

Noticed it while trying to trade all the mons I caught during my business trip last week, for the sweet 1mil km trade badge (lol that's ridiculous). When confirming the trade, on my screen neither poke has a location, on my wife's both do.
What gently caress.

Also niantics work around for friend progress is "do more friend stuff". We completed two raids, a full gym sweep and 20 trades today with no progress made... gently caress off lol

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Dr. Abysmal posted:

I think the opinion on the alola eggs will flip soon enough and people will be getting mad about having to clear them out and go 7 km for yet another fat Meowth

Now that alolan forms are appearing in the wild I've already flipped my opinion.

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
I cannot loving land a hit on Regice. Like, how is the circle up at the top of his loving head?

Fly with me
Aug 19, 2006

Single-handedly repopulating the Earth.

Math You posted:

So my app is not displaying capture location for any pokemon anymore :confused: it just says the caught date

Noticed it while trying to trade all the mons I caught during my business trip last week, for the sweet 1mil km trade badge (lol that's ridiculous). When confirming the trade, on my screen neither poke has a location, on my wife's both do.
What gently caress.

Also niantics work around for friend progress is "do more friend stuff". We completed two raids, a full gym sweep and 20 trades today with no progress made... gently caress off lol

You can only do one thing per day per friend to increase your friendship level.
So if you send each other gifts, only one gift will increase your friendship level.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

I hope they rebalance the items in gifts because I do not need 200 pinaps and feeding them to gyms is very tedious

hazardousmouse
Dec 17, 2010
What's this rainbow mist around raid boss faces now? Or was I just oblivious and it was always there?

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.

Math You posted:

So my app is not displaying capture location for any pokemon anymore :confused: it just says the caught date

Noticed it while trying to trade all the mons I caught during my business trip last week, for the sweet 1mil km trade badge (lol that's ridiculous). When confirming the trade, on my screen neither poke has a location, on my wife's both do.
What gently caress.
That sometimes randomly happens and can be fixed by restarting the app. Or perhaps twice. Or thrice.

Endless Trash
Aug 12, 2007


Walked over to a Regice raid when I saw a fairly large group of people in a circle. When I got closer it was clear they were already battling so I said to my girlfriend “Oh well looks like we’re too late” and I guess they heard me so they all immediately quit out of it and waited for us to join so we could participate.

People can be nice sometimes.

dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord
Whoever pod6isjerks is, thanks for the rad egg in Cyrillic. :D

Cough Drop The Beat
Jan 22, 2012

by Lowtax

Away all Goats posted:

I hope they rebalance the items in gifts because I do not need 200 pinaps and feeding them to gyms is very tedious

I'm thinking Niantic is going to heavily nerf gifts soon, unfortunately, because I'm running around with an insane amount of Ultra Balls and Max Potions without even trying.

Dr. Abysmal
Feb 17, 2010

We're all doomed

~Coxy posted:

Now that alolan forms are appearing in the wild I've already flipped my opinion.

I think it's just Rattata and Exeggutor that appear in the wild now, they're not in the egg pool (which is Vulpix, Grimer, Meowth, and Sandshrew apparently). Of course I'm 3 for 3 on getting Meowth so far.

Also the updating for the friend progress seems wonky, some random goons I have two days on but my friend that I traded gifts with as he stood right next to me is still just one day.

Math You
Oct 27, 2010

So put your faith
in more than steel

Fly with me posted:

You can only do one thing per day per friend to increase your friendship level.
So if you send each other gifts, only one gift will increase your friendship level.

Yeah that was all in an effort to get it to trigger for the day. I haven't been able to progress this particular friendship in the last 3 days :shrug:

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
Add my buddy please,he needs eggs!

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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.

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

I'm thinking Niantic is going to heavily nerf gifts soon, unfortunately, because I'm running around with an insane amount of Ultra Balls and Max Potions without even trying.

Yeah stock up while you can because this can't possibly last.

Bikindok
May 3, 2012

Fly with me posted:

My kid is mad that she only has 2 friends, while I have 50.
Go ahead and add her so she can feel the disappointment of Error (0).
2332 4965 3238
Added!

I put my code on the spreadsheet, but just in case people aren't reading it it's 4907 2758 3618.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Do traded pokemon retain their names?


Also I've noticed all the alolan rattata I've caught so far are female. When alolan exeggutor was released I caught over a dozen of them and only one was male. Is there an uneven gender ratio or is it just a coincidence?

Jono C
Mar 28, 2007

Adam is a wonderful example of how a player should go about his business in the NRL
So thanks to the magic spreadsheet I've got over 60 names on my friends list. I managed to dish out about 40 gifts yesterday, but I normally don't play that much, so apologies in advance to everyone I disappoint in the coming days.

PS- thanks to everyone that's given me gifts, I really appreciate it.

Fly with me
Aug 19, 2006

Single-handedly repopulating the Earth.

Jono C posted:

So thanks to the magic spreadsheet I've got over 60 names on my friends list. I managed to dish out about 40 gifts yesterday, but I normally don't play that much, so apologies in advance to everyone I disappoint in the coming days.

PS- thanks to everyone that's given me gifts, I really appreciate it.

Only being able to carry 5 gifts at a time is going to limit almost everyone, so don't feel bad.

Jono C
Mar 28, 2007

Adam is a wonderful example of how a player should go about his business in the NRL
I try to dish them out as soon as I get them. The other problem is that my memory is crap and I can't see how many gifts have been given to or received from each friend, so I'm going to lose track of where they should be going. In the grand scheme of things, everything should even out I suppose.

Coolness Averted
Feb 20, 2007

oh don't worry, I can't smell asparagus piss, it's in my DNA

GO HOGG WILD!
🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

I'm thinking Niantic is going to heavily nerf gifts soon, unfortunately, because I'm running around with an insane amount of Ultra Balls and Max Potions without even trying.

Alternatively they might not, since it's not like you can buy most of the items the gifts can give, but you can buy bag space and incubators!

PathAsc
Nov 15, 2011

Hail SS-18 Satan may he cleanse us with nuclear fire

PISS TAPE IS REAL

I didn't get to spin much today, but I'll get to you all!

Chekans 3 16
Jan 2, 2012

No Resetti.
No Continues.



Grimey Drawer
I know I'm probably reaching but two months and I'm getting tired of chasing dittos. Does trading work for research?

Bunk Rogers
Mar 14, 2002

Chekans 3 16 posted:

I know I'm probably reaching but two months and I'm getting tired of chasing dittos. Does trading work for research?

It does not work for research. With the water festival gone I’ve accidentally captured five dittos this weekend. They’re out there again. Good luck!

pod6isjerks
Feb 17, 2005

Nap Ghost

dwarf74 posted:

Whoever pod6isjerks is, thanks for the rad egg in Cyrillic. :D

Glad you like it. Get ready for a Georgian one!

Heathen
Sep 11, 2001

Added all of you nerds and started passing out gifts first to those that gifted me and then to you lowly sub-30 scrubs. Hope you like church gifts!

Zombie Dachshund
Feb 26, 2016

Pomplamoose posted:

Do traded pokemon retain their names?

Yes. Yes they do.

In other news, take good care of this shiny, “WeedlordBonerHitler”.

Damienz
Sep 4, 2012

Think I added most of you now, prepare for some gifts from viking land.

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My wife’s code: 8478 8201 5954

Damienz fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Jun 24, 2018

hazardousmouse
Dec 17, 2010
Do any kraut goons want my Tangela Merkl? No one ever lets her stay in gyms :(

Linx
Aug 14, 2008

Pork Pro
Anyone else experiencing lower drop rates of gifts from stops/gyms? My girlfriend and I have both been struggling to get to 5 gifts whereas yesterday every stop had a gift

Balk
Oct 15, 2011
I was wondering if it was just random chance, but it does seem that they lowered the odds. The route that coughed up 5 gifts in no time on Friday only gave me 3 yesterday and today.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!
You can’t trade fainted Pokémon.

First couple of days, the gift limit in your inventory was like 20. Now it is only five.

One of you goons renamed your buddy to your location. Great idea.

Entropist
Dec 1, 2007
I'm very stupid.

Dr Tran posted:

One of you goons renamed your buddy to your location. Great idea.
I saw that on Reddit :v:

Yes, previously I was getting gifts off the stop near my house almost every spin, today I haven't gotten a single one yet.

Linx
Aug 14, 2008

Pork Pro

Balk posted:

I was wondering if it was just random chance, but it does seem that they lowered the odds. The route that coughed up 5 gifts in no time on Friday only gave me 3 yesterday and today.

I wish there were proper patch notes for this game
:goonsay:

The least they could do is put the max gifts back up to 20 so that I don’t have to stop and mailshot gifts whenever I get to 5

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin

Dr Tran posted:

You can’t trade fainted Pokémon.

First couple of days, the gift limit in your inventory was like 20. Now it is only five.

One of you goons renamed your buddy to your location. Great idea.

Yeah I named mine Chicago immediately

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Fire Storm
Aug 8, 2004

what's the point of life
if there are no sexborgs?
Added to the spreadsheet, slowly chewing through the list. I renamed my buddy Detroit too because why not?

Also got the Pokemon GO Plus and it was nice walking around last night just spinning stops without having to pull out my phone.


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