Poke men, GO!: it's coming to Apple Watch

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Dely Apple: Apr 22, 2006; Sing me Spanish Techno

My mom's town has nothing but 52000 gyms held by monsters, apparently hours away in CenCal it's nothing but cows and botters. Godspeed, cows.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 22:40

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 10:16

Acaila: Jan 2, 2011

Ok I've got a question - am I better using my candy to evolve lower tier mons while I have a lucky egg active or holding them off so I can get a second tier mon to evolve to a third tier mon?

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:30

endlessmonotony: Nov 4, 2009; by Fritz the Horse

Acaila posted:

Ok I've got a question - am I better using my candy to evolve lower tier mons while I have a lucky egg active or holding them off so I can get a second tier mon to evolve to a third tier mon?

In the case of Weedle, Caterpie and Pidgey, the first.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:31

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

Elephanthead posted:

Jiggly puff, geodude, clefairy and pikachu all one per Km. Rest are garbage min or two/3. Magikarp also one but gently caress that.

I'm guessing starters will be 1km/candy as well since that's the 2km egg list. Walking 100+km to finally get a Charizard is going to take a while though.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:32

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

Acaila posted:

Ok I've got a question - am I better using my candy to evolve lower tier mons while I have a lucky egg active or holding them off so I can get a second tier mon to evolve to a third tier mon?

There's no reason at all to evolve second tier trash (ie Pidgeotto, Metapod, Kakuna) once you've got the Pokedex entry. None of the third tier are worth poo poo for fighting with and only going 1st-2nd tier gives you 4x the XP for your candy.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:35

tap my mountain: Jan 1, 2009; I'm the quick and the deadly

Acaila posted:

Ok I've got a question - am I better using my candy to evolve lower tier mons while I have a lucky egg active or holding them off so I can get a second tier mon to evolve to a third tier mon?

Depends on if you want the third evolution for Pokédex completion or if its a poke you want for battling. If you don't need either of those then there's no reason to evolve to the third stage.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:35

Acaila: Jan 2, 2011

Generally it's for the dex entries. This is for things like Bellsprouts incidentally.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:37

Eyochigan: Dec 13, 2006; It's not rape unless I explicitly see it!

Acaila posted:

Ok I've got a question - am I better using my candy to evolve lower tier mons while I have a lucky egg active or holding them off so I can get a second tier mon to evolve to a third tier mon?

I lucky egg evolved all my uncommons, nidoran, oddish, bellsprout, gastly etc. and started to regret it around level 25. But at the same time, I'm still getting better and better evolution candidates and by the time I have the 125 candies, I may find something better.

edit: some third tier are worth it. depends on the moveset, type, you might find something that's perfect for a certain situation. I make due with a 1200 parasect, but a vileplume or victreebel could be even better. nidoking with its ground moves can demolish fire types. gengar is unfortunate due to ghost weakness to psychic.

Eyochigan fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Sep 3, 2016

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:38

endlessmonotony: Nov 4, 2009; by Fritz the Horse

I caught a Primeape. It's a 80%+ one, with Low Kick and Cross Chop.

It's also 25cp.

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:41

tap my mountain: Jan 1, 2009; I'm the quick and the deadly

Broseph Brostar posted:

Anybody know what the colored spawn points mean on the newest version of the scanner? Does that denote type or rarity, or is it just to help differentiate different ones?

I just figured this out. Blue means something will spawn there soon, green means something just spawned, yellow means it's about halfway through its spawn time, orange means it's almost about to expire, grey means it'll be a while before something spawns there.

vvv: actually it's the early 20s when you start having competitive pokemon. Not to burst your bubble but you aren't even an eighth of the way to 30

tap my mountain fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Sep 3, 2016

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:42

Houle: Oct 21, 2010

Seems to me like I should have a Pidgey friend so that I can get a crap ton of pidgey candies to mass evolve them with lucky eggs since I'm only level 18 meaning nothing I catch or raise is worth a drat for another ten levels :O

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:45

Eyochigan: Dec 13, 2006; It's not rape unless I explicitly see it!

Houle posted:

Seems to me like I should have a Pidgey friend so that I can get a crap ton of pidgey candies to mass evolve them with lucky eggs since I'm only level 18 meaning nothing I catch or raise is worth a drat for another ten levels :O

That was my plan. Then I realized it's only one evolve every 12km. I think I'll do starters/pikachu/jiggly etc. and anything else that's legit rare in my area.

edit: unless the candy amounts vary per pokemon type. it may be 2 candies per 1km, 3 candies per 2km, 5 candies per 3km, etc. could be 1, 1, 1. wouldn't make much sense considering how arbitrary the numbers are. why is pikachu 1 if he's supposed to be ultra rare?

# ? Sep 3, 2016 23:47

BrianBoitano: Nov 15, 2006; this is fine

Pikachu was the first pokemon you could ever have walk behind your character, in Pokemon Yellow, and he's iconic enough that they want you to get excited for buddying up with one.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 00:02

Pomplamoose: Jun 28, 2008

no shoulder karp

# ? Sep 4, 2016 00:21

Shifty Pony: Dec 28, 2004; Up ta somethin'

I trained up a gym from level 7 to level 8. I got a error when I went to place my Lapras because some jackass plopped their vaporeon into the open slot in the 5 seconds since the fight had ended.

Why is this a thing that can happen?

# ? Sep 4, 2016 00:25

TVs Ian: Jun 1, 2000; Such graceful, delicate creatures.

Eyochigan posted:

That was my plan. Then I realized it's only one evolve every 12km. I think I'll do starters/pikachu/jiggly etc. and anything else that's legit rare in my area.

edit: unless the candy amounts vary per pokemon type. it may be 2 candies per 1km, 3 candies per 2km, 5 candies per 3km, etc. could be 1, 1, 1. wouldn't make much sense considering how arbitrary the numbers are. why is pikachu 1 if he's supposed to be ultra rare?

Somebody said it creates a journal entry when it gives you candy, and the text includes a field for the number of candies. So it's probably more than 1, and may be a random amount.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 00:26

tap my mountain: Jan 1, 2009; I'm the quick and the deadly

Have they said if the buddy system will work outside of SF?

# ? Sep 4, 2016 00:30

Elephanthead: Sep 11, 2008; Toilet Rascal

Buddy system only works if you buy leashes that last 3 km. And in SF only obviously.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 00:37

Cartouche: Jan 4, 2011

TVs Ian posted:

Somebody said it creates a journal entry when it gives you candy, and the text includes a field for the number of candies. So it's probably more than 1, and may be a random amount.

I saw on the internet that the candy has a RNG chance of appearing only good for weedles rather than the buddy you have with you. Also a RNG chance of it having pokerazors in them that will kill your buddy outright.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 00:48

Clyde Radcliffe: Oct 19, 2014

Shifty Pony posted:

Here's a thing which helps with tracking. For me it has completely changed 5the feeling of seeing something in the tracker from "dammit" to "gently caress yeah it's go time".

Go to this website: https://pokegovenn.github.io

The basic idea is that you put a green circle where the Pokemon shows in your sightings list, and a red one when it disappears. The remaining green are potential locations. Putting multiple greens also helps rule out areas because only overlapping green is a possible location. The closer to the edge of where it appears you get the red circle to more accurate it is.

Here's an example: I was on my bike stuck at a long rear end stoplight so I pulled out my phone and saw a shadow of a Persian. Game on. (I only started taking screenshots halfway through so I went back and recreated it.)

First green circle:

Went up the road a bit and it still showed. Second green circle:

A few yards later it disappeared. First red circle:

Since it didn't show up when I was at the light I went to the overlap up Palo Duro to the right. No kitty popped up but it was still showing on tracker. Third green circle:

I didn't need to but I decided to check at the corner of Palo Duro and Woodrow when I stopped to turn. No cat on tracker. Red circle number two:

Went to that intersection of circles on Koenig. Hello there...

It gets a little squirrelly if there are two of the same Pokemon around but it still works, just a little more complex

This is a great system that I'm sure every person who wants to catch pok�mon will adopt. Who needs in-game tracking when you can catch pok�mon with this one neat trick?

# ? Sep 4, 2016 01:35

Dahbadu: Aug 22, 2004; Reddit has helpfully advised me that I look like a "15 year old fortnite boi"

Shifty Pony posted:

Here's a thing which helps with tracking. For me it has completely changed 5the feeling of seeing something in the tracker from "dammit" to "gently caress yeah it's go time".

Go to this website: https://pokegovenn.github.io

The basic idea is that you put a green circle where the Pokemon shows in your sightings list, and a red one when it disappears. The remaining green are potential locations. Putting multiple greens also helps rule out areas because only overlapping green is a possible location. The closer to the edge of where it appears you get the red circle to more accurate it is.

Here's an example: I was on my bike stuck at a long rear end stoplight so I pulled out my phone and saw a shadow of a Persian. Game on. (I only started taking screenshots halfway through so I went back and recreated it.)

First green circle:

Went up the road a bit and it still showed. Second green circle:

A few yards later it disappeared. First red circle:

Since it didn't show up when I was at the light I went to the overlap up Palo Duro to the right. No kitty popped up but it was still showing on tracker. Third green circle:

I didn't need to but I decided to check at the corner of Palo Duro and Woodrow when I stopped to turn. No cat on tracker. Red circle number two:

Went to that intersection of circles on Koenig. Hello there...

It gets a little squirrelly if there are two of the same Pokemon around but it still works, just a little more complex

That was a cool post. Thanks, man!

# ? Sep 4, 2016 01:50

Soonmot: Dec 19, 2002; Entrapta fucking loves robots; Grimey Drawer

Broseph Brostar posted:

Anybody know what the colored spawn points mean on the newest version of the scanner? Does that denote type or rarity, or is it just to
help differentiate different ones?

Also pokestumble works again and it now shows you nearby pokes and the area they should be in.

It means how much time is left on the spawn.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 02:23

Mercedes Colomar: Nov 1, 2008; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Eyochigan posted:

Gengar is unfortunate due to ghost weakness to psychic.

It's the poison type. Ghost fucks up Psychic, but Gen 1 had terrible Ghost attack moves.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 02:51

notoriousman: Nov 18, 2007; I'M AWARE I'M
AN IDIOT

Manuel Calavera posted:

It's the poison type. Ghost fucks up Psychic, but Gen 1 had terrible Ghost attack moves.

Even funnier. There was only one ghost move in all of Gen 1 that could actually apply weaknesses and resistances (Lick, with its 20 base power), but due to a coding error psychic types were instead immune to the attack.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 03:23

foutre: Sep 4, 2011; RIP ZEEZ

Eyochigan posted:

I lucky egg evolved all my uncommons, nidoran, oddish, bellsprout, gastly etc. and started to regret it around level 25. But at the same time, I'm still getting better and better evolution candidates and by the time I have the 125 candies, I may find something better.

edit: some third tier are worth it. depends on the moveset, type, you might find something that's perfect for a certain situation. I make due with a 1200 parasect, but a vileplume or victreebel could be even better. nidoking with its ground moves can demolish fire types. gengar is unfortunate due to ghost weakness to psychic.

Basically, after mid 20s I'd definitely start making the switch to saving up.

Poliwag, Nidoran female and to an lesser extent male, Oddish and Bellsprout all have pretty competitive evolutions.

Of course, the 50 candy evolve staples (Arcanine, Exeggutor, slowbro, and sometimes clefable/wigglytuff)/Vaporeons are generally stronger than the common 100 candies so it's up to you if you think it's worth it to evolve the 3rd tiers as well/are satisfied with your gym team.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 03:31

Hrist: Feb 21, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

I found a Poliwag for the first time ever at a McDonald's on the way home today. That coding promo paying off already!

# ? Sep 4, 2016 03:41

slicing up eyeballs: Oct 19, 2005; I got me two olives and a couple of limes

notoriousman posted:

Even funnier. There was only one ghost move in all of Gen 1 that could actually apply weaknesses and resistances (Lick, with its 20 base power), but due to a coding error psychic types were instead immune to the attack.

Holy poo poo that explains so many frustrating battles when I was younger. I just assumed I hosed up the weakness chart lol

# ? Sep 4, 2016 03:49

Marx Headroom: May 10, 2007; AT LAST! A show with nonono ~~commercials~~!; Fallen Rib

notoriousman posted:

Even funnier. There was only one ghost move in all of Gen 1 that could actually apply weaknesses and resistances (Lick, with its 20 base power), but due to a coding error psychic types were instead immune to the attack.

Was it fixed in Gen 2? I picked it up recently and my Gastly is kicking all kinds of rear end (using Hypnosis + Lick, at the pace of a legless WW1 veteran).

# ? Sep 4, 2016 04:46

Polio Vax Scene: Apr 5, 2009

Used pokestumble, got a snorlax. Thanks pokestumble!

# ? Sep 4, 2016 05:02

Cartouche: Jan 4, 2011

Manslaughter posted:

Used pokestumble, got a snorlax. Thanks pokestumble!

Is it limited to the small area of California?

# ? Sep 4, 2016 05:29

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Cartouche posted:

Is it limited to the small area of California?

Works in my poo poo hole outside Boise.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 05:36

Louisgod: Sep 25, 2003; Always Watching; Bread Liar

Cartouche posted:

Is it limited to the small area of California?

Works fine, a Snorlax spawned with one minute to spare down the street from my house. Grabbed both girls in my arms and dashed out the door and barely missed it.

Kids literally slow you down

# ? Sep 4, 2016 05:39

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

I went to Bruce Lee's grave site today (incidentally it's also a gym), hoping to find a Hitmonlee. Nothing but Zubats.

Ironically, my 10km egg hatched a Hitmonlee a hour later. Thanks Bruce!

# ? Sep 4, 2016 06:23

Rodenthar Drothman: May 14, 2013; I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

So I just evolved my strongest eevee into a vaporeon, and holy crap is it bullshit how much stronger in pure CP it is than the other evolutions. Let's compare.

CP600ish Eevee -> CP1450ish Flareon
CP580ish Eevee -> CP950ish Jolteon
CP650ish Eevee -> CP1639Vaporeon

My joteon got screwed in comparison.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 06:47

Dahbadu: Aug 22, 2004; Reddit has helpfully advised me that I look like a "15 year old fortnite boi"

Cartouche posted:

Is it limited to the small area of California?

Search for your address then click on the screen. It will do a single search where you click.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 07:29

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

Just hatched my 10k egg. I only need Lapras and Aerodactyl from 10ks.

Got an Onyx. :smith:

At least I got a Slowpoke hatched with enough candy to evolve him. Now at 124 caught and seen.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 07:34

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

I caught a 1400 Slowbro last night while I was bemoaning how I'd never encounter enough Slowpokes to evolve one, it was pretty great :v:

# ? Sep 4, 2016 08:01

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

And then this happened.

He's got a horrible moveset, and his IVs are awful, but I don't care. I have a Charizard. :3:

LumpyGumby fucked around with this message at 08:46 on Sep 4, 2016

# ? Sep 4, 2016 08:43

Afgad: Dec 24, 2006; Ask me about delicious soy products.

BrianBoitano are you going to add gym defense stats to your spreadsheet? The current tab is marked obsolete.

# ? Sep 4, 2016 10:12

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 10:16

Escobarbarian: Jun 18, 2004; Grimey Drawer

Do we know the refresh rate for calculating distance and/or showing progress of eggs?

# ? Sep 4, 2016 10:20

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