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Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...
Normal raids: 19
Legendary raids: 36
EX Pass: 1 on Tuesday babyyyyy

I knew I didn't have to do poo poo to earn an EX pass and I'm loving it. Didn't worry unnecessarily during the Sprint/Starbucks phase and after randomly logging in that afternoon the game just gave it to me.

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Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me
Man and I thought I was an obsessed weirdo who raided way too much.

Normal raids: 33
Legendary: 55
EX: 0

Edit: my small nest by my house has changed from mankey(yay gold fighting) to yanma is seems. Is yanmega gonna be worth anything beyond a dex entry?

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

Op, they gave out more EX passes without warning again did they?

Yeah I'm never getting a Mewtwo at this rate, guess it's just a pipe dream!

White Light fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Oct 19, 2017

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me



:crossarms:


Parrotine posted:

Op, they gave out more EX passes without warning again did they?

Yeah I'm never getting a Mewtwo at this rate, guess it's just a pipe dream!

Its especially interesting this round because no one in either of the very active raid groups I'm in got one(one for downtown Seattle and one for the neighborhood right by it, both of which have a very active raiding community, even this far into the month), but people in Bellevue(across the lake from seattle) got them apparently. I'm pretty bummed to be 0-4 but what can you do.

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow

GTJustin posted:

Your dumb theory sucks

I see that. I can't help wanting there to be some rhyme or reason behind it. It bugs the poo poo out of me. 2 of the 3 I got, I only got because I was riding with other people and they went to those gyms. It's so dumb.



Psychobabble! posted:

Man and I thought I was an obsessed weirdo who raided way too much.

Normal raids: 33
Legendary: 55
EX: 0

Edit: my small nest by my house has changed from mankey(yay gold fighting) to yanma is seems. Is yanmega gonna be worth anything beyond a dex entry?

Yanma can be a Ditto.

Psychobabble! posted:



:crossarms:


Its especially interesting this round because no one in either of the very active raid groups I'm in got one(one for downtown Seattle and one for the neighborhood right by it, both of which have a very active raiding community, even this far into the month), but people in Bellevue(across the lake from seattle) got them apparently. I'm pretty bummed to be 0-4 but what can you do.

I wanted to see what the gold number was.

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me

MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:

Yanma can be a Ditto.

And?

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...

Psychobabble! posted:

Edit: my small nest by my house has changed from mankey(yay gold fighting) to yanma is seems. Is yanmega gonna be worth anything beyond a dex entry?

No because like the geniuses they are, a good majority of bug Pokemon have wings so they make them half-flying type to ensure they have 5 weaknesses.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Now you can grind for your 100% Ditto for the inevitable introduction of breeding in somewhere near 2030.

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow

Annnd that's about the only reason to go after them after you get the dex entry.

Psychobabble!
Jun 22, 2010

Observing this filth unsettles me

Darth TNT posted:

Now you can grind for your 100% Ditto for the inevitable introduction of breeding in somewhere near 2030.

If I'm being honest, I stopped playing the games way before breeding was a thing. How does Ditto affect breeding/aka should I stop tossing all the garbage IV ones I find?

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

Psychobabble! posted:

If I'm being honest, I stopped playing the games way before breeding was a thing. How does Ditto affect breeding/aka should I stop tossing all the garbage IV ones I find?

I'm not kneedeep in breeding, so someone else will surely explain better, however here's my try:

Ditto will do it with anything that moves.
This is pretty useful if you either lack a second one of a compatible species with good genes, or if you want to give something a certain nature as natures help determine stats.
IV's are determined by both parents. So a 100% Ditto of a certain nature can help you make the best poke.

Ofcourse natures aren't in this game and I don't really expect them to ever. So all it's good for is having a higher chance of having a good IV baby without having to be bothered by egggroups.

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



MY PALE GOTH SKIN posted:

Annnd that's about the only reason to go after them after you get the dex entry.

not if you are a big fan of yanmega like i am. gonna use the heck out of him when gen 4 drops.

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
So new Halloween event not as good as last year. Double candy isn't bad, and the new mon is okay. New hat, all right?

Unless the boxes have a Mewtwo pass in them, I'm not buying anything. Most of the people in my raid train have said the same. Why bother to keep buying poo poo when the 'test phase' seems to favor the casual rather than the money-spending player?

Fritzler
Sep 5, 2007


I love Yanmega too! Been going for good Yanmas.

https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/halloween2017

Event starts tomorrow at 3 pm eastern I think. Double candy/new ghost Pokémon. Was hoping for a sale on Pokémon inventory space, but probably won’t see that till the rest of gen 3 in December.

Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer
Nice, new Pokémon I think will cause me to play more again (I mostly just catch my Pokémon of the day right now).

I never played ruby or sapphire, are any of the new Pokémon any good?

DEEP STATE PLOT
Aug 13, 2008

Yes...Ha ha ha...YES!



Duckman2008 posted:

Nice, new Pokémon I think will cause me to play more again (I mostly just catch my Pokémon of the day right now).

I never played ruby or sapphire, are any of the new Pokémon any good?

metagross and salamance will prolly be worth using, though salamance may be super redundant depending on moves since we already got dragonite and they are statistically very similar

GonSmithe
Apr 25, 2010

Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.
Slaking will also be the new Snorlax/Blissey because I'm sure there's no way for them to give him a drawback like he has in the main games

GonSmithe fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Oct 19, 2017

Vegastar
Jan 2, 2005

Tigers will do anything for a tuna sandwich.


GonSmithe posted:

Slaking will also be the new Snorlax/Blissey because I'm sure there's no way for them to give him a drawback like he has in the main games

Sure there is. Give him a quick move called Truant that does 0 damage and only slowly builds energy, or does small damage and has a ridiculously long attack animation.

Fritzler
Sep 5, 2007


Vegastar posted:

Sure there is. Give him a quick move called Truant that does 0 damage and only slowly builds energy, or does small damage and has a ridiculously long attack animation.
Yeah. He might be really good. Maybe not. We’ll find out.

The game master list was updated with stats yesterday. His are high, shedinja’s are really low. Moves aren’t filled in yet, but candy costs for evolutions were. Most interesting note was that feebas seems to take 100 candy to evolve.

Louisgod
Sep 25, 2003

Always Watching
Bread Liar

Vegastar posted:

Sure there is. Give him a quick move called Truant that does 0 damage and only slowly builds energy, or does small damage and has a ridiculously long attack animation.

Or require the energy needed to fill the charge move be 2x more than anything else. There's a simple fix here, just have to translate things into time.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
I'm guessing we won't see any unique move Pokémon for awhile. It took them forever to come up with ditto, and we still don't have smeargle and delibird (though they would be dumb not to do a holiday event with it).

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
I just realized I should stop walking my Mewtwo for today to get ready for the event, he's at 18/20. I love double candy events making it more worthwhile to just trash Pokemons than do anything else (well that and walk )

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.

GonSmithe posted:

Slaking will also be the new Snorlax/Blissey because I'm sure there's no way for them to give him a drawback like he has in the main games

Why not just give it really slow attacks? You could even just give it variants of existing attacks like blastoise has, except these ones would actually do something different. It could be as easy as adding a short idle animation at the end of each attack. Truant is honestly one of the easiest abilities to replicate.

GTJustin
Nov 24, 2010
Have the Mewtwo passes mostly come out first in the big cities? Charleston, SC isn't the biggest but there's a ton of gyms downtown, and so far 0 Mewtwo raids.

Willsun
Dec 9, 2006

I willed too hard again...

Duckman2008 posted:

I never played ruby or sapphire, are any of the new Pokémon any good?

No.

SirBukkake
Aug 24, 2006
Idk some black dude
Look at this wrong answer right here.

...Then look at these awesome guys:



(Whether or not they're good in the game is anyone's guess, but odds are you'll only see Metagrosses, Slakings, and Salamences in Gyms in the future)

SirBukkake fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Oct 19, 2017

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
I want to see what it looks like when you have a Wailord as your buddy.

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Ralts and its evolutions might be good for murdering dragons.

yo5ty
Jun 12, 2007
Gen 3 hype is real!

Don't know how many would be able to attend these events since they are all So. Cal based, but in case anyone is local and interested:

Friday night: 7pm-1am @ the Pike - The couple who runs the Corona feed will be doing a lure event at the Pike in Long Beach.

Saturday night: 7pm-11:59pm @ the Pike - A collaborative lure event with many of the prominent groups in the So. Cal Scene. Will be contests giveaways, free water while supplies last etc. at the Pike in Long Beach

Sunday noon-8pm @ Garden Grove Park - Perfect League's 1 year anniversary tournament. This is an all day event that will include 2 tournaments (1 open and 1 hardcore event) Currently there are 8 hardcore teams registered and over 40 players in the open pool so far. all participants will win our Legendary beasts badge. For those not interested in tournament play we will also be hosting a BBQ, face painting, social media giveaways, costume contest and mini raid boss challenges to win a chance at some of our older badges. A great way to get out and enjoy the in game event as well! At Garden Grove park in Garden Grove, CA.

If anyone interested these events are welcome for all, and a great way to enjoy the new content tease we are getting for Halloween.


Mustached Demon posted:

Ralts and its evolutions might be good for murdering dragons.


I am already excited about my future Gardevoir army.

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

flatluigi posted:

I want to see what it looks like when you have a Wailord as your buddy.

Youre gonna see this fucker on every gym once the gen drops, count on it

sebzilla
Mar 17, 2009

Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.


Does Wailord have mad hp or is it just loving huge?

Mumbling
Feb 7, 2015

sebzilla posted:

Does Wailord have mad hp or is it just loving huge?

Yes.

MY PALE GOTH SKIN
Nov 28, 2006


meow

GTJustin posted:

Have the Mewtwo passes mostly come out first in the big cities? Charleston, SC isn't the biggest but there's a ton of gyms downtown, and so far 0 Mewtwo raids.

The first three waves seemed to be almost all high population density areas. This most recent one seemed to be all smaller cities and areas on the edge of major metro areas.

Dr Tran
Dec 17, 2002

HE'S GOT A PH.D. IN
KICKING YOUR ASS!

yo5ty posted:

Gen 3 hype is real!

Don't know how many would be able to attend these events since they are all So. Cal based, but in case anyone is local and interested:

Friday night: 7pm-1am @ the Pike - The couple who runs the Corona feed will be doing a lure event at the Pike in Long Beach.

Saturday night: 7pm-11:59pm @ the Pike - A collaborative lure event with many of the prominent groups in the So. Cal Scene. Will be contests giveaways, free water while supplies last etc. at the Pike in Long Beach

Sunday noon-8pm @ Garden Grove Park - Perfect League's 1 year anniversary tournament. This is an all day event that will include 2 tournaments (1 open and 1 hardcore event) Currently there are 8 hardcore teams registered and over 40 players in the open pool so far. all participants will win our Legendary beasts badge. For those not interested in tournament play we will also be hosting a BBQ, face painting, social media giveaways, costume contest and mini raid boss challenges to win a chance at some of our older badges. A great way to get out and enjoy the in game event as well! At Garden Grove park in Garden Grove, CA.


I heard the Santa Monica loop will be lured tonight.

dwarf74
Sep 2, 2012



Buglord
Bam.

https://twitter.com/PokemonGoNews/status/921113636629651456

Mills
Jun 13, 2003

Actually you can just re-name the apps.

Space T Rex
Sep 15, 2007

Your title was so old it used HTML which isn't even allowed in titles anymore what the hell
Any word on Gen 3? I think i saw something about some sp00ky gen 3 guys are being released for halloween right? What about the rest? If this was just answered already please dont yell at me I'm delicate.

TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.

Space T Rex posted:

Any word on Gen 3? I think i saw something about some sp00ky gen 3 guys are being released for halloween right? What about the rest? If this was just answered already please dont yell at me I'm delicate.

https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/halloween2017

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

Mills posted:

Actually you can just re-name the apps.

Yeah, lol if people think this will actually stop spoofers.

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mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin
5th round of ex passes are out

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