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8-Bit Scholar posted:So my boss got this game (I haven't yet) but this was a feature I didn't know was in it and he's saying it's basically making him hate the game. He says the game is super slow, encounter rate high, and apparently enemies can just infinitely call in reenforcements? That's a dumb design decision unless you get a Mon who knows a sleep move near the start of the game. You have the option of getting a Munchlax with Yawn via Mystery Gift before you even get to your first Pokecenter to pick it up. Which is before SOS battles actually activate. That said, SOS battles are a total pain in the rear end if you're not actually looking for a HA 'mon. EDIT: And making Beldum SOS is just bullshit, I'll definitely give you that.
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Blaziken386 posted:Question: when, exactly, can you catch vulpix? I know the earliest you can get it is in Tapu Village, but when is that progression-wise? A little late, but you totally can get a Snow warning Vulpix at Tapu Village, as my Ninetails can attest to. It just can't be naturally raining or something like that. In neutral weather, Vulpix will call for other Vulpix.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:09
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8-Bit Scholar posted:So my boss got this game (I haven't yet) but this was a feature I didn't know was in it and he's saying it's basically making him hate the game. He says the game is super slow, encounter rate high, and apparently enemies can just infinitely call in reenforcements? That's a dumb design decision unless you get a Mon who knows a sleep move near the start of the game. There are plenty of mons with good status moves at the start of the game. Magnemite, Caterpie->Butterfree, Slowpoke (learns Yawn at a low level) mystery gift Munchlax with Yawn to name a few obtainable before the first trial, when the SOS mechanic starts.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:09
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I'm not 100% sure how to go about starting a trade in this one, but I have three (3) freshly hatched Mareanies to give out, two of which are female.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:10
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Eox posted:Don't make golisopod your designated false swiper, people. I loving ran away from tapu koko during the ending sequence thanks to that little bastard. Golisopod's ability makes him so annoying to use. I love his moveset and design, but his garbage speed makes his ability proc half the time I send him out.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:11
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How do the icons work as far as being able to use the pokemon in VGC/Battle Spot? If I take a gen 6 pokemon and breed it with a gen 7 ditto inside Sun and Moon, will it have the gen 7 symbol, or the gen 6 symbol? Trying to find hidden abilities with SOS battles alone seems like a gigantic kick in the pants.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:11
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A Spider Covets posted:I gave up and ran from it, it was getting ridiculous. Wish they'd implemented a limit on how many they can summon per battle though, eesh. For every pokemon that gets SOS summoned, the odds of it being a shiny goes up, and if you let it summon 30+ pokemon then four IVs are guaranteed to be maxed. SOS functions are definitely annoying for a casual playthrough but they're basically a postgame lifesaver
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Nov 21, 2016 23:11
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8-Bit Scholar posted:So my boss got this game (I haven't yet) but this was a feature I didn't know was in it and he's saying it's basically making him hate the game. He says the game is super slow, encounter rate high, and apparently enemies can just infinitely call in reenforcements? That's a dumb design decision unless you get a Mon who knows a sleep move near the start of the game. And the game starts moving faster in general once you're off the first island & you're not being interrupted by a cutscene every 5 steps.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:11
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:I think his wife knows as during the credits he has the mask hanging up behind them when they're taking the photo. I also assume he's a legit prof as he apparently funded the whole League thing for Alola. But that bit where he's posing after Meowth walks into the battle royal, she kinda thinks of Kukui and overlays his image on Masked Royal and immediately shakes her head and turns away. That has to mean she doesn't know, right?
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Nov 21, 2016 23:12
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Reik posted:How do the icons work as far as being able to use the pokemon in VGC/Battle Spot? If I take a gen 6 pokemon and breed it with a gen 7 ditto inside Sun and Moon, will it have the gen 7 symbol, or the gen 6 symbol? Trying to find hidden abilities with SOS battles alone seems like a gigantic kick in the pants. ArmyOfMidgets posted:Ending spoilers: God i loving love that HIS WIFE doesn't know! Is there any evidence towards Kukui not being a legit professor? like, he "studies" moves, but they're probably dumb wrestling training anyway, does he do any professing??
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Nov 21, 2016 23:14
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I'm pretty sure no one would miss Hau if he drowned in the middle of the Alolan sea because you summoned a Lapras and it took his away One of my favorite parts of Sun / Moon is Gladion's constant, extreme disgust of Hau
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Nov 21, 2016 23:16
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Just beat the water trial. I was kinda expecting wishiwashi to be more difficult, but with Butterfree using Poisonpowder on both it and it's friend, it wasn't hard at all.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:17
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I'm almost certainly going to be doing battle spot singles this gen, what are the rumblings from Smogon on which Tapus/Ultra Beasts are actually good so I can reset for natures on them? And which natures should I reset for?
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Nov 21, 2016 23:19
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I'm excited about my lure ball totodile
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Nov 21, 2016 23:19
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Zodack posted:One of my favorite parts of Sun / Moon is Gladion's constant, extreme disgust of Hau I didn't know I was Gladion
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Nov 21, 2016 23:20
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I can't get over Pheromosa. I'm a sucker for girly mons (probably from growing up drowning in pink Barbie poo poo as a 90s girl) and Pheromosa is both pretty AND a total beast in battle. It's also one of the few bug types that seemed feminine. I was psyched by the idea of adding it to my team with Ninetales and Milotic. Then I find out it's a roach. A loving supermodel cockroach.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:21
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Okay, how the gently caress do i get to the coast at the northwest of the first island???
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Nov 21, 2016 23:23
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Hau takes it easy and loves fried food, he seems like a fun guy
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Nov 21, 2016 23:24
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Okay, how the gently caress do i get to the coast at the northwest of the first island??? If I'm thinking of the right place, inside the meadow with the yellow flowers there's a moderately well hidden tunnel you can crawl through, leading to a cave, leading to a patch of coastline.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:24
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cheetah7071 posted:I'm almost certainly going to be doing battle spot singles this gen, what are the rumblings from Smogon on which Tapus/Ultra Beasts are actually good so I can reset for natures on them? And which natures should I reset for? Adamant on Bulu Timid/Modest on Lele I'd say Timid on Koko because it's a dope rain abuser, doesn't get physical fairy STAB, and wild charge is a bad move
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Nov 21, 2016 23:25
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Okay, how the gently caress do i get to the coast at the northwest of the first island??? Start in Melemele Meadow and crawl through the hole in the wall at the bottom left side of that area. Make your way through the cave and on the other end you'll exit out on that coast.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:25
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cheetah7071 posted:If I'm thinking of the right place, inside the meadow with the yellow flowers there's a moderately well hidden tunnel you can crawl through, leading to a cave, leading to a patch of coastline. Pakled posted:Start in Melemele Meadow and crawl through the hole in the wall at the bottom left side of that area. Make your way through the cave and on the other end you'll exit out on that coast. That is a very well hidden hole, hotdamn. Thanks! Also just found out you can select a ball by pressing y, so to catch a pokemon all you need to do is press Y twice instead of going to another button. God I love how streamlined everything else, there must have been minutes of my playtime shaved off compared to earlier games with all this stuff. MorningMoon fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Nov 21, 2016 |
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Nov 21, 2016 23:28
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^^^ I didn't even notice it til I saw a Youtuber crawl inside! By then I had Tauros, Lapras, and Stoutland so I was able to clear out much more of it on my first go. Araquanid is cool and good and my new friend. Refresh is basically the same thing as Amie but I love it so much more. Giving my dudes a rainbow bean so they jump 2 levels of Affection is a bonus. But having Lycanroc get proud or Araquanid (aforementioned new best friend) shaking off paralysis immediately after Thunder Wave lands, and then hanging on with 1 HP so he doesn't disappoint me is the absolute best. I love my water spider best friend.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:29
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Spent 20 minutes running around route 5 looking for the scald TM, only to learn that it's not on route 5, it's in brooklet hill. Why the gently caress does every guide say it's on route 5?
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Nov 21, 2016 23:30
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DACK FAYDEN posted:How are you getting the gen 6 pokemon into the game before Bank comes out? Aren't the rules changing once Bank is out? It's pretty safe to say the rule that they have to be bred in a Gen 7 game will stay for both VGC and Battle Spot in general. It was the same with the blue pentagon in Gen 6.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:35
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8-Bit Scholar posted:So my boss got this game (I haven't yet) but this was a feature I didn't know was in it and he's saying it's basically making him hate the game. He says the game is super slow, encounter rate high, and apparently enemies can just infinitely call in reenforcements? That's a dumb design decision unless you get a Mon who knows a sleep move near the start of the game. I don't have anything nice to say about the mechanic. The best anyone can say is that it's easily negated by slapping an ailment on the wild Pokemon, but if your party doesn't include that you're poo poo out of luck and catching wild mons gets a second RNG hurdle to jump through. It could have been so much better if they just let you catch Pokemon with backup, or made calling for back-up count as an action.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:36
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Quick Balls still exist and still work every time 80% of the time.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:38
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The UBs all have such incredibly weird stats, what is even going on with them
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Nov 21, 2016 23:40
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I think my early rating so far is that Alola is my favorite region. it has copious amounts of personality and everything about it makes seem like its own culture rather than just existing. I'm really hoping that Sinnoh gets the same type of treatment where the setting feels alive
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Nov 21, 2016 23:41
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cheetah7071 posted:The UBs all have such incredibly weird stats, what is even going on with them the UBs are incredibly weird by design.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:42
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The Lord of Hats posted:Ahahahahahaha I read that, bred up a real quick female Litten, and put it on the GTS for that fucker. gently caress that noise so hard.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:43
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Tatum Girlparts posted:I read that, bred up a real quick female Litten, and put it on the GTS for that fucker. gently caress that noise so hard. This is my plan for several of the pokemon. edit: oohh and this bay has a 10% encounter rate on bagon, compared to the 1% on the rest of hte island, nice. MorningMoon fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Nov 21, 2016 |
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Classtoise posted:^^^ I didn't even notice it til I saw a Youtuber crawl inside! By then I had Tauros, Lapras, and Stoutland so I was able to clear out much more of it on my first go. I made it to the postgame, where in order to get access to the battle tree, you have to beat either Red or Blue. I had all of two pokemon not fainted, and then my Tsareena managed to hang on with 1 HP remaining against Red's Charizard like 5 times in a row. I threw the rest of the fight because I couldn't gain any headway against the rest of Red's team, but that was amazing.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:50
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Holy poo poo Hapu She is totally on board with her horse wanting to murder the gently caress out of these two numskulls.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:51
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Hapu is my favorite npc, if not just because she has a mudsdale and that's my favorite new poke
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Nov 21, 2016 23:55
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I think what I like about his region is that since each island is like a tiny region everything feels densely packed. Though it looks like there are still XY-style "places I can see on my map and in the world but can't go to". Like, that golf course is like 10% of that island and there's a golfer trainer class, please let me go to the golf
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Nov 21, 2016 23:56
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Decus posted:The trainer stuff is neat, but not worth the loss of frames, triples or rotations in my opinion. You're straight up wrong if you think Guzma squatting behind his Ariados with a poo poo eating grin isn't worth breaking the console.
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Nov 21, 2016 23:57
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Is there a good app in the vein of a pokedex for the iPhone?
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Nov 21, 2016 23:57
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jesus gently caress, the framedrop on the battle royal also I got knocked out in one hit because it didn't let me choose what pokemon I wanted, and just picked the pokemon I had in front, which was only up there so it could get more exp.
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loving hell where is Spheal on Route 7 e: nm
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