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Oh yeah, nicknames: REALLY BAD the Entei, and Minus the Plusle. E: Crosspeice posted:
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Funky Valentine posted:The Double Battle format results in the Cipher Admins being given the most annoying goddamn strategies. Eh, I wouldn't say that...at least with Feraligator, you can sweep him away like nobody's business. The NEXT Admin, however...that was REALLY annoying  !
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Jun 11, 2018 02:33
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By the way, there's something special about the Entei you caught in this update: compared to an Entei caught in FireRed or LeafGreen, yours has actual stats. See, there's a bug in Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed and LeafGreen concerning roaming Pokemon. See, IVs (think base stats) are stored in 32-bit integers. However, when a roaming Pokemon is caught, only the first 8 bits are copied. While the HP IV is unaffected, the Attack IV can only be between 0 and 7, and every other IV is 0. Guess what was the only other way to obtain Entei in Generation III? As a loving roaming legendary in FireRed or LeafGreen. Want an Entei in Generation III that will actually break any game you trade it to? Get to Snagging it with that maximum 7% catch rate! 
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Jun 11, 2018 03:12
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Your odds of hitting a 4% chance in 5 or fewer tries is like 18%. It's not that unlikely. They'd be wise to give you better odds than that, because it leads to a really bad experience if you get unlucky, but that's true of the main series too, so who knows. FractalSandwich fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Jun 11, 2018 |
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Jun 11, 2018 03:30
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The roamers having the same piss-poor catch rate as the stationary legendaries was never not asinine and is one of the many reasons I'm glad roaming legendaries are dead and buried.
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Jun 11, 2018 04:02
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FractalSandwich posted:Your odds of hitting a 4% chance in 5 or fewer tries is like 18%. It's not that unlikely. It just really sucks for battles like this because going through Earthquake Crew every time really sucks and drains your resources.
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Jun 11, 2018 07:03
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Tried taking a look at Colosseum's catch rates due to the whole "boosted" catch rates thing. Well, the base catch rates are same as in the Gen III games. Entei has a catch rate of 3 and all that jazz. Couldn't take a look at the actual code though, so if anything boosts the catch rates, it's not handled through the Pokemon's base catch rates. XD is mostly the same, but there are a few Shadow Pokemon in that game actually have different catch rates than what would normally be applied for them. However, most of them are just the same as the ones that are already in the normal Pokemon data. Also tried to take a look into the boosted levels/stats thing for Shadow Pokemon. Well, the levels are correct in the data, so I dunno what causes enemy Shadow Pokemon to be supposedly "stronger." The trainer versions of those Pokemon have entirely randomly generated IVs and such, and their EVs are set to 0.
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Jun 11, 2018 09:57
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Saladin Rising posted:I love that Unlike your average 11-year-old protagonist, Wes is an ex-criminal and his main way of obtaining Pokemon is stealing them from others. His morals are a bit...more loose than the usual. I guess he kind of has to be more flexible to end-justifies-the-means though, Orre is not a nice place to live.
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Jun 11, 2018 14:15
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Our protagonist being an ex-member of the criminal organization in question is probably how he knows where the secret lab is, too.
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Jun 11, 2018 14:32
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Zereth posted:Our protagonist being an ex-member of the criminal organization in question is probably how he knows where the secret lab is, too. Isn't he ex-Snagem, not ex-Cipher? Both of those isn't out of the question, but...
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Jun 11, 2018 14:40
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AweStriker posted:Isn't he ex-Snagem, not ex-Cipher? Both of those isn't out of the question, but...
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Jun 11, 2018 15:00
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Snagem are the bald guys in red. Cipher are the Kamen Rider cosplayers.
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Jun 11, 2018 15:05
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Snagem would've been in this game more, but we kinda blew their base up and stopped them from stealing more Pokemon.Dr. Fetus posted:Tried taking a look at Colosseum's catch rates due to the whole "boosted" catch rates thing. Well, the base catch rates are same as in the Gen III games. Entei has a catch rate of 3 and all that jazz. Couldn't take a look at the actual code though, so if anything boosts the catch rates, it's not handled through the Pokemon's base catch rates. Interesting stuff, what does it say for Makuhita and Teddiursa, since those are 100% catches no matter what. The + in their level might be for when you encounter them again, otherwise it'd be really hard not knocking them out. If that's not the case, then I dunno what the + is for, since it's in XD as well. Edit: Oh yeah, poo poo, still got two more suggestions for Mt. Battle Area 1-2 and Plusle needs a nickname! Any other Shadow Pokemon can use nicknames since I'll use them for Mt. Battle too, so go nuts. Crosspeice fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jun 11, 2018 |
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Jun 11, 2018 16:28
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Dr. Fetus posted:Tried taking a look at Colosseum's catch rates due to the whole "boosted" catch rates thing. Well, the base catch rates are same as in the Gen III games. Entei has a catch rate of 3 and all that jazz. Couldn't take a look at the actual code though, so if anything boosts the catch rates, it's not handled through the Pokemon's base catch rates. My theory is, if it will be visible anywhere, it'll be the catch formulat itself, not the base catch rates either that or there's some other formula that gets called on between rolling the catch rate and actually catching
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Jun 11, 2018 17:01
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I bet the time with Plusle will be a Negative one.
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Jun 11, 2018 17:40
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I'd like to see Noctowl. I'll leave the nickname for someone clever, I never nickname my pokes.
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Jun 11, 2018 17:58
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Plusle? I think you mean Pikachu?
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Jun 11, 2018 18:15
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How's about Pikachu? including the question mark.
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Jun 11, 2018 18:26
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Wasn't it a Pikachu? you were given?
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Jun 11, 2018 19:46
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Edited mine to be Pikachu?
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Jun 11, 2018 20:12
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Alright, sounds good, let's see how long it'll last with only Quick Attack as a damaging move. Feel free to keep other suggestions coming for nicknames for our other Shadow Pokemon, since I'll need them for Area 3-4.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:14
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Crosspeice posted:Alright, sounds good, let's see how long it'll last with only Quick Attack as a damaging move. Feel free to keep other suggestions coming for nicknames for our other Shadow Pokemon, since I'll need them for Area 3-4. It'd be nice to have a list, I can't remember exactly what Pokemon we can vote for right now.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:18
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That sounds like too good of an idea for me to think of. I'll be using Umbreoff, Pikachu?, Skiploom, Entei, Noctowl and one other for Areas 1-2 and then Umbreoff and five others for Areas 3-4.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:20
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Use Misdreavus to demonstrate how Colosseum's AI snaps in half in its presence.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:32
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I actually used Plusle on my first playthrough, and it wasn't as hard as people seem to think. First the game gives you Remoraid to practice keeping an underleveled pokemon alive on the front lines, then Plusle is actually able to contribute to a fast attacker's sweeping with Helping Hand. Sadly, I think we're past the point where Misdreavus exploits a hole in the game's AI.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:42
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Plusle is surprisingly decent in this game, mostly because it counts as a traded Mon and thus gets extra EXP.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:45
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Crosspeice posted:That sounds like too good of an idea for me to think of. I'll be using Umbreoff, Pikachu?, Skiploom, Entei, Noctowl and one other for Areas 1-2 and then Umbreoff and five others for Areas 3-4. I've always been a fan of the theory that Entei was originally a Flareon. I can't think of any other names right now.
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Jun 11, 2018 20:59
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Name Misdreavus Medea, because apparently it's a Rule Breaker.  For stuff you actually want to use: Milkweed for Skiploom, Reset for Entei, Owlton Brown for Noctowl
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Jun 11, 2018 21:13
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Crosspeice posted:Snagem would've been in this game more, but we kinda blew their base up and stopped them from stealing more Pokemon. 180 for Makuhita, same as in the Gen III games. Haven't looked at Teddiursa's data yet. I'm pretty sure any alteration would be handled through the catch rate code. Unfortunately, I have very little experience in disassembling GameCube code, so I can't really say how it's handled.
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Jun 11, 2018 21:35
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swabby the swablu feels appropriate for our pokemon piracy game
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Jun 11, 2018 21:35
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Plusle has a place in Colosseum because it's one of three (3) Electric-types in the whole game. And the third electric type isn't until the last quarter of the game.
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Jun 11, 2018 21:38
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Call the Slugma Rava (Japanese for Lava) If you remember the reference then grats! You may be as old as me! Or maybe you just peruse the LP Archive, I dunno
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Jun 11, 2018 21:45
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How about Dr. Hoot for the Noctowl? Loading savestates for catching the shadow Pokémon does make it a lot easier! A lot of my resets in-game were due to using up my healing items/revives on the tougher teams, then not having enough to stall for Legendaries. Or losing to the rest of the team then resetting again.
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Jun 11, 2018 22:10
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:Plusle is surprisingly decent in this game, mostly because it counts as a traded Mon and thus gets extra EXP. Plus, the A.I. goes nuts trying to kill it. It's OHKOed by basically everything, so if you give it Protect, it can help stall for a bit while Espeon (or someone else strong) sweeps a Mon or buffs up with X Special.
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Jun 11, 2018 22:29
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Okay, for Area 1-2, I'll use Umbreoff, Pikachu?, Dr. Hoot, Flareon, Milkweed and Medea. I'll use Umbreoff, Rava, Swabby and three others for Area 3-4.
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Jun 11, 2018 22:47
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These names are a mess and I wouldn't have it any other way. I want to see an entire team of eeveelutions that aren't related to Eevee by the end of the game.
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Jun 12, 2018 01:59
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Arcade Rabbit posted:These names are a mess and I wouldn't have it any other way. You can be sure I'll vote for the inevitable Raikou and Suicune to be Vaporeon and Jolteon. Respectively. Wouldn't want to be too predictable.
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Jun 12, 2018 03:33
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Raikou will be Vaporeon, Suicune will be Sylveon.
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Jun 12, 2018 03:36
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Crosspeice posted:Snagem would've been in this game more, but we kinda blew their base up and stopped them from stealing more Pokemon. wait hang on They only had the one snagging device? Their entire operation revolved around having at most one guy personally stealing pokemon one by one?
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Zereth posted:... One can't blame them. Wes is very competent. If he hadn't decided to go rogue, he'd probably be incredibly effective in snagging Pokemon.
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