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MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow

Das Doppelganger posted:

Last night I had it set to only alarm when something was nearby and it was literally buzzing before things would appear on the screen. (Among all the error buzzing) If I tapped the catch button right away, it would never appear on the screen.

Obviously not the error buzzing, but the rest of this is normal operation for me. Same with the plus. One of the reasons I like the things, they catch things I would never even see.

I know someone who does Bluetooth phonecalls via an apple phone (the X now, no idea which before they upgraded) and has no issue catching in the car.

Tbh, your Gotcha sounds messed up.

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Centzon Totochtin
Jan 2, 2009
Am I the only one having frequent issues getting the GPS to work these past couple of days? Not like drift or accuracy, but just getting the game to recognize that the GPS is enabled

DeadlyHalibut
May 31, 2008
I just set up a second account on a cheapo phone. You can catch lv25 weather boosted raid bosses as long as you hit level 5.

My plan is to get 6x lv25 machamps for raid and gym assistance. Should take like 6 days.

edit: first catch is 25 1800cp gengar with hex and focus blast. At lvl 10.

DeadlyHalibut fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Dec 29, 2017

Irukandji Syndrome
Dec 26, 2008
It's so nice being the one to make or break a raid. I went to a gym, hopped into the lobby, two people IMMEDIATELY joined me like they'd just been waiting for a third person to come along.

They were both lower level and didn't have very good choices (not like mine were super specialized either, but better picks overall) and neither of us could've done it alone, but we took it down as a team. :3:

I didn't see them in person (the gym was adjacent to a couple buildings) but I hope they caught it.

Henrik Zetterberg
Dec 7, 2007

I like having a gym at work at $big_megacorp. Legendary egg pops and it’s easily 10-20 people sitting in their cubes/shitter in the first 2 mins.

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow
Ready for gen IV in 2020 or whenever

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Checked a city wide discord, it sounds like no EX passes have been distributed since two weeks ago (the ones for Christmas day). I wonder if they're getting rid of/replacing EX raids. Any other guesses?

Fake James
Aug 18, 2005

Y'all got any more of that plastic?
Buglord


:smuggo:

AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack

Pomplamoose posted:

Checked a city wide discord, it sounds like no EX passes have been distributed since two weeks ago (the ones for Christmas day). I wonder if they're getting rid of/replacing EX raids. Any other guesses?

Well they cancelled a few Christmas day EX raids so I assume they just suspended the whole EX thing over the holidays.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

AirRaid posted:

Well they cancelled a few Christmas day EX raids so I assume they just suspended the whole EX thing over the holidays.

Yeah but the invites for January 6 or 8 would have been sent out yesterday. Those aren't holidays.

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Pomplamoose posted:

Yeah but the invites for January 6 or 8 would have been sent out yesterday. Those aren't holidays.

Sounds like they follow this thread and decided no ex raids in winter.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin

Mustached Demon posted:

Sounds like they follow this thread and decided no ex raids in winter.

excellent

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.

lol you fuckin loser

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Hunting for 100% IVs is my new addiction and it feels so good when I clean out Pokemon to know I don't have to worry about judging which one to keep of that one type once I get a 100% of it.

Like everyone though I didn't know about IVs until later on so I need more 100% Eevees if I want a perfect Jolteon or Vaporeon. I'm so scared to evolve because getting a Flareon is going to make me fume.

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:

Hunting for 100% IVs is my new addiction and it feels so good when I clean out Pokemon to know I don't have to worry about judging which one to keep of that one type once I get a 100% of it.

Like everyone though I didn't know about IVs until later on so I need more 100% Eevees if I want a perfect Jolteon or Vaporeon. I'm so scared to evolve because getting a Flareon is going to make me fume.

I'd like to get a 100% IV Pokemon once ever.

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me

mastershakeman posted:

due to snow, took over an hour to get a raid setup and completed, what a loving mess. legendaries shouldn't happen during winter or at least shouldn't rotate out

mastershakeman posted:

no , my solution is not rotating out legendaries during winter where it snows. because what if it snows all month


Man I'm in a Chicago suburb visiting(homewood) and we had zero problems getting a 16 person strong raid group together. When people in actual rural areas complain about not being able to do legendary raids I have sympathy but you're in Chicago, where even the suburbs are super active. Goddamn dude just sit in your car and be warm and chill.

Edit: maybe I'm being too harsh at rolling my eyes at you about this since there's only snow on the ground and it isn't actively snowing but still. I will definitely concede that drifting downtown is insanely bad. We tried to join a raid we were theoretically right on top of with both of us ending up blocks away from it.

Psychobabble! fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Jan 1, 2018

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow
Got a perfect Gulpin. Yay.

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!


My favorite 100IV is a Gyardos. I have a couple others but none are as useful as him.

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
Caught a perfect girl Ralts. Evolved her because why not?

So what's the deal with male Ralts? You want to keep at least one unevolved?

Ziddar
Jul 24, 2003

Time Travel: Not Even Once



okay maybe a few times


Cowslips Warren posted:

Caught a perfect girl Ralts. Evolved her because why not?

So what's the deal with male Ralts? You want to keep at least one unevolved?

In gen 4 male Kirlia can use an item to evolve into Gallade instead of Gardevior.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Same with Snorunt because a female one will evolve into Froslass in gen 4.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Happy New Year's everyone, gen 4 coming 2019 just remember that.

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
𝅘𝅥𝅮

MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:

Ready for gen IV in 2020 or whenever



The best Murkrow I’ve ever caught is only ‘decent’, and I’ve caught a lot of Murkrow.

Boywunda
Jun 25, 2003

First of 2018. Ya, I know it's useless, but still will be a nice collector's piece that I won't have to invest much dust into.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Still a good find. My town was nuts when we learned a 100%, level 35 Slakoth spawned and the street it was on was crowded with cars. It was 4200 something CP when I evolved it into Slaking.

I also finally got the joy of fighting with a Slaking. It did tiny damage when I tapped to do its fast attack Yawn but that was probably because there was partly cloudy weather that gave it a small boost. I guess weather tacks on a bonus instead of multiplying, otherwise it should have still been 0 damage. Because of that though, I can't tell if a non-weather boosted Yawn generates charged power or not since it's been perpetually partly cloudy where I live so I can't test it myself. Anyone know? I don't want to tap Yawn if it does absolutely nothing.

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

Yawn generates 15 charge per attack, so 3 uses of it will charge a Play Rough attack just fine

Das Doppelganger
Dec 22, 2012
Did back to back Groudon raids this morning. Both higher CPs than anything I've caught prior. First one I landed. 91% Level 25. 2nd one is higher than the first one (all ???) and I land and excellent curveball. 3 shakes and.....booted back out to the map. No way back in, doesn't even show in my journal. I got my raid pass back anyhow, but makes me wonder if I lost my first perfect.

I'll just keep telling myself it was a 93%.

Heading out for two more...-10 ain't no thang.

Das Doppelganger
Dec 22, 2012
Worked out ok.

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Das Doppelganger
Dec 22, 2012
Second.

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Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
I like their improvement on the extreme weather thing: now we can tap an "I am safe" button under a warning before we play and it continues to give us weather conditions with this warning over it.



My place is under warning for sudden rain coming even though it's absolutely dry and clear but I can appreciate that this makes me look up conditions.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
I traveled to Vegas, and was disappointed that the weather effects more or less made the spawns just like Seattle. So many Shellders.

On the bright side, my go+ somehow caught me a Miltank.

Irukandji Syndrome
Dec 26, 2008
Yeah I keep finding Shellder non-stop. I think it's the holiday spawn rates.

Does anybody know what causes Tangela to spawn? I've never seen one, but in general I guess I just never see grass types aside from a million Seedots. :( I have to specifically seek out Hoppips, but at least I see those sometimes. Oddish and Bellsprout lines are all unfilled in my Pokedex because I've never found enough to evolve them. Never found a Scyther either.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Irukandji Syndrome posted:

Yeah I keep finding Shellder non-stop. I think it's the holiday spawn rates.

Does anybody know what causes Tangela to spawn? I've never seen one, but in general I guess I just never see grass types aside from a million Seedots. :( I have to specifically seek out Hoppips, but at least I see those sometimes. Oddish and Bellsprout lines are all unfilled in my Pokedex because I've never found enough to evolve them. Never found a Scyther either.

I wish I knew. I need a Tangela of the opposite gender for my dex.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Darth TNT posted:

I wish I knew. I need a Tangela of the opposite gender for my dex.

Who cares the models are the same for both genders.

E: oh wait the evolved form has gender differences but you won't have to worry about that for another 5 years anyway.

Pomplamoose fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jan 2, 2018

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me

Pomplamoose posted:

Who cares the models are the same for both genders.

E: oh wait the evolved form has gender differences but you won't have to worry about that for another 5 years anyway.

:ssh: Some people who have completed dexes pre gen 3 are working to get both genders of all the Pokémon for a fun goal.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Irukandji Syndrome posted:

Yeah I keep finding Shellder non-stop. I think it's the holiday spawn rates.

Yeah, ice type is boosted for the event regardless of weather. So many shellders, nowhere near enough Lapras spawns. I remain hopeful that someday Lapras will be buffed again since it and ice have both been made basically irrelevant for gyms and raids. :\

as far as your grass concerns tangela are super rare but I've seen everything else recently when the weather turns right. Or in Scyther's case, a nest. So here's hoping you get a lot of grass-boost weather.

Psion fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jan 2, 2018

DeadlyHalibut
May 31, 2008

Boywunda posted:

First of 2018. Ya, I know it's useless, but still will be a nice collector's piece that I won't have to invest much dust into.


People love bashing it as useless but it's actually pretty good: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/7n0r38/analysis_slakings_role_as_gym_defender_revisited/

Willsun posted:

I also finally got the joy of fighting with a Slaking. It did tiny damage when I tapped to do its fast attack Yawn but that was probably because there was partly cloudy weather that gave it a small boost. I guess weather tacks on a bonus instead of multiplying, otherwise it should have still been 0 damage. Because of that though, I can't tell if a non-weather boosted Yawn generates charged power or not since it's been perpetually partly cloudy where I live so I can't test it myself. Anyone know? I don't want to tap Yawn if it does absolutely nothing.

For some rounding reason slakings yawn does 1 damage (which funnily enough is same that a chansey does with proper attack)

DeadlyHalibut fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Jan 2, 2018

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Pomplamoose posted:

Who cares the models are the same for both genders.

E: oh wait the evolved form has gender differences but you won't have to worry about that for another 5 years anyway.

It's what psychobabble said. At one point I had everything so to occupy myself further but not get frustrated from shiny or 100% hunting I started to collect both genders of everything. :)

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
There's plenty of differences in gen 2 for male / female. Pikachu, Scizor, and Heracross all have notable differences off the top of my head.

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Boywunda
Jun 25, 2003


I evolved it and powered it up into a 4038 Slaking with Play Rough. Will max as candies come available. Good to know it's not as useless as everyone was initially claiming it would be. I'd like to have at least 2 4000+ ones of these to go with my Blisseys and Snorlaxes to drop in Gyms.

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