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Also, untold millions of "rare" pokemon are released into the wild every day because of breeding and at this point the rarest pokemon of all other than legendaries are probably the ones that nobody bothers to breed like ratatta and sentret.
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Rare Pokemon like starters that are released are used to populate other player's Pokemon games.
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Honestly if I was Pokemon dictator and wanted to make the game closer to the 'message' I'd get rid of breeding, cut the bottlecap level requirement down to 60 or 70, and add in some way to change natures and balls. You'd be able to take any Pokemon and turn it into whatever you wanted just by training hard enough with it. But instead I'm grinding out BP so I can buy a destiny knot and engage in Ditto fuckfests. vOv fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 09:45
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vOv posted:Honestly if I was Pokemon dictator and wanted to make the game closer to the 'message' I'd get rid of breeding, cut the bottlecap level requirement down to 60 or 70, and add in some way to change natures and balls. I guess forcibly changing your friends personality is better than incestuous eugenics programs...
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You'd just teach them to act more modest rather than lazy or whatever. Still no release date for pokebank other than "January"? I think I'll do a playthrough of the other version once it drops with some dudes I like but didn't get around to using. Avalerion fucked around with this message at 10:05 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 09:59
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vOv posted:Honestly if I was Pokemon dictator and wanted to make the game closer to the 'message' I'd get rid of breeding, cut the bottlecap level requirement down to 60 or 70, and add in some way to change natures and balls. You'd be able to take any Pokemon and turn it into whatever you wanted I too would like to play on Pokemon Showdown.
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Dec 24, 2016 10:06
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For Nature they should take a page from Hyper Training and make a feature that changes the stat modifier part without changing the actual Nature, e.g., a Bashful Pokemon with the nature acting like it's Jolly.
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Dec 24, 2016 10:06
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I wish there was a way of pointing you in the direction of which which zygarde cells you were missing. I'm at 99/100 and I have no idea where the last one is.
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TFRazorsaw posted:I wish there was a way of pointing you in the direction of which which zygarde cells you were missing. I'm at 99/100 and I have no idea where the last one is. That would be nice, but since there's not you just gotta check every spot: http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/zygarde.shtml Or cannibalize another Zygrade you get off of the GTS.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:That would be nice, but since there's not you just gotta check every spot: http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/zygarde.shtml How exactly does Zygarde and trading work, anyway?
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You can simply turn zygarde's you get from trade into cells, game doesn't seem to care where you get them from.
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... I can do that with the one from my copy of Sun. It's even less complete but who cares. Thanks guys. Nodosaur fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 11:16
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Avalerion posted:You'd just teach them to act more modest rather than lazy or whatever. Well on the 12th there's that Switch Nintendo Direct, I thought they would drop the Pokebank then, for added effect with the Stars announcement.
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Going to breed a bunch of Crabminables called Krampus for tomorrow, what's a good item to give them? Was thinking just giving them each an Ultra Ball.
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Dec 24, 2016 15:42
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Or cannibalize another Zygrade you get off of the GTS. I hope you can mix in the zygarde from x/y when pokebank updates, cuz thats what I've been planning on doing
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bunch of dog-mulching frauds. I hope you're happy with your mongrel Frankenzygardes. You monsters.
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TheKingofSprings posted:IVs were a mistake Competitive Pokemon was a mistake.
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 I think this really illustrates the craziness in breeding. Getting 6 IVs starting from a non-perfect parent with no destiny knot would be (1/31)^6 or 1/887,503,681. If one IV is perfect already and you use a destiny knot it's (1/31)^5 or 1/28,629,151. For sake of completeness here's the rest of the table: 2 Perfect IVs: (1/31)^4 or 1/923,521 3 Perfect IVs: (1/31)^3 or 1/29,791 4 Perfect IVs: (1/31)^2 or 1/961 5 Perfect IVs: 1/31 6 Perfect IVs: what are you doing you're done already A shiny is 1/4,096. Using the Masuda Method and Shiny Charm it reduces down to 1/512. Hopefully this illustrates how crazy IV breeding can get since the odds of genning a shiny are actually higher than getting a 6 IV pokemon off anything less than a Pokemon that already has 4 perfect IVs. Oh and hatching an egg takes a few minutes, while most of the activities in this table take only a few seconds. If you want to legitimately get a shiny pokemon it's going to take days. axeil fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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I love this
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Holy poo poo, I just naturally picked up Pokerus. Happy Christmas Eve to me. Edit: Oh gently caress, I must've caught it last night. Its cured now, according to the icon, despite the pokemon center telling me it was infected this morning. gently caress Christmas. Dienes fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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vOv posted:Honestly if I was Pokemon dictator and wanted to make the game closer to the 'message' I'd get rid of breeding, cut the bottlecap level requirement down to 60 or 70, and add in some way to change natures and balls. You'd be able to take any Pokemon and turn it into whatever you wanted just by training hard enough with it. I agree with the gist of this. Make the bottlecap and nature things linked to game completion, like an NPC who shows up after you beat the E4 or who appears only in a postgame area, explained as "you can help your best friends who made you the champ reach their full potential!" A way to change balls is cool but I'd be fine leaving that and shinies as they are for people who want to spend 1,000 hours to get the perfect cosmetics, since they don't actually affect gameplay.
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Luxury Balls do.
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:I too would like to play on Pokemon Showdown. Showdown is for cowards
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vOv posted:The Pokemon series is all about developing good friendships and being close with the Pokemon you battle with, which is why you'll have to basically throw away all the ones you start out with after the postgame because they probably have mediocre IVs/natures at best. This is my #1 problem with Pokémon.
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I feel extreme guilt every time I release a poke for a better one
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Blooming Brilliant posted:Going to breed a bunch of Crabminables called Krampus for tomorrow, what's a good item to give them? Was thinking just giving them each an Ultra Ball. If you have tools to dupe stuff you could give them Farfetch'd Sticks, Soothe Bells and Charcoals. Otherwise I'd go with vending machine drinks as a replacement for schnapps or hard stones instead to serve as coal lumps. Myself, I was inspired by a wonder traded Phantump (which turned into a spooky christmas tree) and I'm currently preparing a box of HA Phantumps. Time to give the world some Festivenants (it doubles as a belated Halloween gift!) Mierenneuker fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 18:32
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So, the stats just get better with each generation? They never go down?
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Ariong posted:So, the stats just get better with each generation? They never go down? If you're taking about early gen pokemon getting stat boosts, have you looked at their old stats? Unnecessarily lovely.
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Ariong posted:So, the stats just get better with each generation? They never go down? No, they can go down. The way it works is, by default, a pokemon will inherit 3 IVs from its parents and the remaining 3 IVs are random. Of the IVs inherited from its parents, it takes them from a random parent. You can make it so a child inherits 5 IVs from its parents by making either parent hold a Destiny Knot when they breed.
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Your Computer posted:This is my #1 problem with Pokémon. It's barely unique to pokemon. That's just how the competitive element to anything with changeable parts works. You could say that you don't form the same bond with say, magic cards. I would disagree.
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Pakled posted:No, they can go down. The way it works is, by default, a pokemon will inherit 3 IVs from its parents and the remaining 3 IVs are random. Of the IVs inherited from its parents, it takes them from a random parent. You can make it so a child inherits 5 IVs from its parents by making either parent hold a Destiny Knot when they breed. Okay, that makes sense. I'll think about getting into that once I finish the story campaign.
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ChrisBTY posted:It's barely unique to pokemon. That's just how the competitive element to anything with changeable parts works. There's no single-player Magic campaign that's all about how you can do anything if you're close enough with your Runeclaw Bear or whatever. I guess maybe Digimon would have a similar problem but I know literally nothing about the games. vOv fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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ChrisBTY posted:It's barely unique to pokemon. That's just how the competitive element to anything with changeable parts works. my bond with jace is unbreakable
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Kurtofan posted:my bond with jace is unbreakable Oh come on, nobody likes Jace. Not even as a joke.
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vOv posted:There's no single-player Magic campaign that's all about how you can do anything if you're close enough with your Runeclaw Bear or whatever. I guess maybe Digimon would have a similar problem but I know literally nothing about the games. look I can beat the biggest boss in Microprose's Magic with the power of love and 99 Runeclaw Bears
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Ariong posted:Okay, that makes sense. I'll think about getting into that once I finish the story campaign. The ability to check your IVs is something you can only unlock after doing some postgame content, so that's probably a good idea.  Is there an easy way to see whether a Pokemon's full up on EVs?
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If a Pokemon is full on one EV and you check it by pressing Y in its summary, it should sparkle by the words of whatever stat is full. Also if anyone remembers or can help, I'm still playing kinda slowly and I'm right before the Elite Four challenge, but there is absolutely nothing around for me to level up efficiently on. I spoiled myself on the Pokemon I'll be fighting and their levels, which is all around mid to high 50s, so I want my Pokemon to be around level 60, but all wild Pokemon everywhere is absolute garbage and only low level 40s at best to grind on. Did I miss a good area to grind? That snow cave sucks rear end and I can't access all the new areas until I'm a champion, and it seems like the best thing I can do is stay on Poni Island areas and fight level 43 Pelippers and Granbulls. I mean if this is the design to force you to be underleveled while fighting the Elite Four, I just want to know. Willsun fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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So is the Castform bonanza over? Trying to get an extra Solgaleo for one now and no bites overnight. Are people having better luck with anything else? Also sometime on the EV screen one is sparkling but the meter isn't actually full, what does that mean?
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vOv posted:I guess maybe Digimon would have a similar problem but I know literally nothing about the games. Nope, it's just all about efficiency in bonus point distribution or time spent. Plus Digimon actually die in some of them
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Willsun posted:If a Pokemon is full on one EV and you check it by pressing Y in its summary, it should sparkle by the words of whatever stat is full. As far as I can tell there's no place else to grind. I took them on with a slightly underleveled team, I just brought a shitload of revives/potions to heal up in between rounds.
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