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Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Vegastar posted:

God this trade system is hot garbage. That number won't do us any good, unfortunately. We pretty much need to coordinate a time to punch in the same 4 digit code and pray that nobody else picked that one too and we get intercepted. There's no way to just say "hey I wanna trade with a specific person" or use the friends list in any meaningful way.

Ugh Christ, look IGN is Molly if you can tell me where on the card the 4 digit code is I'll give that to you and we can play fast and loose with it, is there anything in particular you want? I'll let you know on here if we make successful contact.

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Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.

Flopsy posted:

Ugh Christ, look IGN is Molly if you can tell me where on the card the 4 digit code is I'll give that to you and we can play fast and loose with it, is there anything in particular you want? I'll let you know on here if we make successful contact.

Coordinate in discord?

TheHan
Oct 29, 2011

Grind, you poor fool!
Grind straight for the stars!

Baller Ina posted:

Portraying socialism as supervillainy is a very corporate move

I feel like the villain would be more like Paul from the anime.

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Evil Fluffy posted:

Coordinate in discord?

If I could log into discord that would be great. I get an error screen everytime I try on EVERY discord.

Dienes
Nov 4, 2009

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College Slice
Trying to catch feebas and managed to get a shiny chewtle. That's certainly consolation for farming for hours.

Freakbox
Dec 22, 2009

"And Tomorrow I can get Scared Another Day..."
I have a potentially dumb pokemon question. I'm learning to breed and want some eevees; I think that two pokemon with different trainer IDs get along better? If so, does anyone have a spare male eevee or another compatible critter? I'm not doing this for competitive stuff - I just never TRIED before.

:gonk: It seemed complicated and intimidating, but I want all the eeveelutions and also want to learn to breed sssoooo I figured I'd ask around. Y'all seem really friendly.

HopperUK
Apr 29, 2007

Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

Freakbox posted:

I have a potentially dumb pokemon question. I'm learning to breed and want some eevees; I think that two pokemon with different trainer IDs get along better? If so, does anyone have a spare male eevee or another compatible critter? I'm not doing this for competitive stuff - I just never TRIED before.

:gonk: It seemed complicated and intimidating, but I want all the eeveelutions and also want to learn to breed sssoooo I figured I'd ask around. Y'all seem really friendly.

I think that just improves your chances of a shiny. But pokemon breeding is magical so who the heck knows

Dienes
Nov 4, 2009

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College Slice

HopperUK posted:

I think that just improves your chances of a shiny. But pokemon breeding is magical so who the heck knows

Different trainer IDs = More/faster eggs
Different languages = More chance of shiny

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Freakbox posted:

I have a potentially dumb pokemon question. I'm learning to breed and want some eevees; I think that two pokemon with different trainer IDs get along better? If so, does anyone have a spare male eevee or another compatible critter? I'm not doing this for competitive stuff - I just never TRIED before.

:gonk: It seemed complicated and intimidating, but I want all the eeveelutions and also want to learn to breed sssoooo I figured I'd ask around. Y'all seem really friendly.

Generally breeding with a male and female of the same type leads to friendlier relations hence more eggs but dittos allow greater consistency when essentially cloning the original parent with better IV's. It depends on what you're trying to do first and foremost. Pass down egg moves? Get hidden abilities? If you just want to breed eevees to get one of every type just shack one of em' or their evolutions up with a ditto. If you want good natures, abilities, moves etc. That's where it gets a little complicated. You're gonna need an everstone to pass down natures and a destiny knot to pass down IV's for instance.

Sirbloody
Aug 21, 2005

Don't fuck with the Rabbi!
How do bottle caps work? Makes a crappy IV to a max one for battles? I have a few 5 IV pokemon and now a 3 IV Italian Ditto for shiny breeding.

Genovera
Feb 13, 2014

subterranean
space pterodactyls

Freakbox posted:

I have a potentially dumb pokemon question. I'm learning to breed and want some eevees; I think that two pokemon with different trainer IDs get along better? If so, does anyone have a spare male eevee or another compatible critter? I'm not doing this for competitive stuff - I just never TRIED before.

That's correct-- a pair will produce eggs faster if they have different original trainer IDs. It's also faster if they're the same species. Have you beaten the story yet? If so, you can also get an Oval Charm in the ice town's left inn, upstairs, by winning a doubles battle against a trainer in there.

I'm not home right now but if you're still looking later I can get you a male eevee. It's probably not necessary if you have the charm, but it doesn't hurt!

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Sirbloody posted:

How do bottle caps work? Makes a crappy IV to a max one for battles? I have a few 5 IV pokemon and now a 3 IV Italian Ditto for shiny breeding.

You exchange them for hyper training when your pokemon reach level 100. It'll fix one of your stats so it's at maximum like speed for example. They will NOT pass down through breeding though.

HopperUK
Apr 29, 2007

Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

Dienes posted:

Different trainer IDs = More/faster eggs
Different languages = More chance of shiny

I see! Thank you!

Sirbloody
Aug 21, 2005

Don't fuck with the Rabbi!

Flopsy posted:

You exchange them for hyper training when your pokemon reach level 100. It'll fix one of your stats so it's at maximum like speed for example. They will NOT pass down through breeding though.

So pretty much use them for a shiny.

Cattail Prophet
Apr 12, 2014

Sirbloody posted:

So pretty much use them for a shiny.

Or a gigantamax.

Or something that can't breed.

Or the end result of your breeding project if you haven't gotten lucky and really want your 5 IV mon to be a 6 IV mon.

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Sirbloody posted:

So pretty much use them for a shiny.

Exactly.

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014

People who want “correct” versions of the Galar fossils are all cowards.

TheHan
Oct 29, 2011

Grind, you poor fool!
Grind straight for the stars!

Nodosaur posted:

People who want “correct” versions of the Galar fossils are all cowards.

They're all suffering :(



Freakbox posted:

If so, does anyone have a spare male eevee or another compatible critter? I'm not doing this for competitive stuff - I just never TRIED before.

If you're still looking by tomorrow afternoonish, I'm tripping over Eevees. There's also a french one in there if you're doing the shiny thing.

GotDonuts
Apr 28, 2008

Karbohydrate Kitteh
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for someone who is newish to pokemon (Stopped at gen 1) and looking to actually make some progress in the battle tower. My hodgepodge team of my starter and random cool looking mons aren't exactly making progress. Suggestions for a team to build for this would be awesome, or at least some ideas on where to begin.

AlternateNu
May 5, 2005

ドーナツダメ!

GotDonuts posted:

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for someone who is newish to pokemon (Stopped at gen 1) and looking to actually make some progress in the battle tower. My hodgepodge team of my starter and random cool looking mons aren't exactly making progress. Suggestions for a team to build for this would be awesome, or at least some ideas on where to begin.

I just blew through 10 ranks using the Tough rental team. The Mimikyu on it is a goddamn house.
First turn Sword Dance.
Second turn dynamax and just spam the relevant attack until your opponents die.

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Nodosaur posted:

People who want “correct” versions of the Galar fossils are all cowards.

For not wanting an animal that's in a constant state of suffering?

Theotus
Nov 8, 2014

GotDonuts posted:

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for someone who is newish to pokemon (Stopped at gen 1) and looking to actually make some progress in the battle tower. My hodgepodge team of my starter and random cool looking mons aren't exactly making progress. Suggestions for a team to build for this would be awesome, or at least some ideas on where to begin.

Rent tough team, run Rotom, Dragapult and Snorlax. Rotom starts with choice scarf, so you can use trick to swap it with the opponent's starter if you can't burn it down with Overheat. Dragapult is extremely solid and Snorlax has a decent moveset.

Once you get your box legendary and Eternatus hyper trained they can win by themselves.

Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!
i really wish turning battle animations off turned off dynamaxing cutscenes

AngryRobotsInc
Aug 2, 2011

Countblanc posted:

i really wish turning battle animations off turned off dynamaxing cutscenes

I wish it would work with raid battles you're not soloing. I wouldn't even mind just looking at the "Communicating" message for longer. Hell, with my poo poo internet, I probably wouldn't even notice a difference.

Sockser
Jun 28, 2007

This world only remembers the results!




are there any model dumps from Swsh yet? I'd like to 3d print a Team Yell vuvuzela but I'm lazy about modeling

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014

Flopsy posted:

For not wanting an animal that's in a constant state of suffering?

I mean people were okay with infecting Porygon-2 with malware to get it to evolve in DPPt.

Kikas
Oct 30, 2012

Nodosaur posted:

I mean people were okay with infecting Porygon-2 with malware to get it to evolve in DPPt.

Hey my Digital Duck only gets stronger from it that's fine.

AngryRobotsInc
Aug 2, 2011

I get the feeling hunting for Feebas is going to get old fast.

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

AngryRobotsInc posted:

I get the feeling hunting for Feebas is going to get old fast.

I found Milotic really easily just chilling in one of the lakes in the Wild Area. Just catch one of those and breed for a Feebas. I couldn't find a Feebas to save my life

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


GotDonuts posted:

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for someone who is newish to pokemon (Stopped at gen 1) and looking to actually make some progress in the battle tower. My hodgepodge team of my starter and random cool looking mons aren't exactly making progress. Suggestions for a team to build for this would be awesome, or at least some ideas on where to begin.

This battle tower doesn't ban legendaries. Get your dog and eternatus and you're pretty much set. You can take your other fav to compliment them and you'll pretty much walk over everyone.

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Nodosaur posted:

I mean people were okay with infecting Porygon-2 with malware to get it to evolve in DPPt.

I dunno it never struck me that it was in a constant state of "oh god please let me die"

Obligatum VII
May 5, 2014

Haunting you until no 8 arrives.

Nodosaur posted:

I mean people were okay with infecting Porygon-2 with malware to get it to evolve in DPPt.

I want some sort of special legendary porygon where you accidentally turn it into missingno with entirely too much malware. They'll never acknowledge missingno in any of the games though, since they seem to be ashamed of the glitch.

Dienes
Nov 4, 2009

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College Slice

AngryRobotsInc posted:

I get the feeling hunting for Feebas is going to get old fast.

Trust me, it does. Just caught one tonight, I can trade you a bred one on Friday if you like.

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

Dienes posted:

Trust me, it does. Just caught one tonight, I can trade you a bred one on Friday if you like.

This guy is right, hunting is a fools task. Seriously just trade with some goons.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


I've been trying to fill my dex in game and I'm at 343/400 but I'm finding my will breaking as I am like why the gently caress am I doing this if I don't care about doing pvp battles? But also the fact that it's kinda achievable this time has me going like I should try.

(gently caress friendship evolutions)

Genovera
Feb 13, 2014

subterranean
space pterodactyls

Eimi posted:

I've been trying to fill my dex in game and I'm at 343/400 but I'm finding my will breaking as I am like why the gently caress am I doing this if I don't care about doing pvp battles? But also the fact that it's kinda achievable this time has me going like I should try.

(gently caress friendship evolutions)

Don't do it (or take a break) if you're not having fun. But also, completing the dex lets you get the shiny charm which triples your chance of getting a shiny pokemon.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


Genovera posted:

Don't do it (or take a break) if you're not having fun. But also, completing the dex lets you get the shiny charm which triples your chance of getting a shiny pokemon.

Yeah that's why I started cause I was like well I kinda wanna breed at least some seed pokemon for next time and may as well have the chance? Pokemon is such a weird franchise in that by the time I unlock the things I find interesting, namely breeding/team building/getting eggmoves/tms, etc. the game is already over and it's useless. Like I have a lot of fun coming up with a team and setting them up for greatness but by the time I really do that with good IV's and EV's...it's the post game and since I don't pvp there's no point. It's frustrating. I wish you got the IV checker from the second you unlocked breeding....

Space Cadet Omoly
Jan 15, 2014

~Groovy~


Someone in this thread gave me some foreign 5 iv dittos for Sun and Moon and that person will forever be my hero.

They actually made breeding fun, or at least much less unbearable.

I should learn how to hack mons and spread the love, hacked mons are a blessing.

Macaluso
Sep 23, 2005

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!
Hacked mons are illegitimate and shameful :colbert:

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Soysaucebeast
Mar 4, 2008




Eimi posted:

I've been trying to fill my dex in game and I'm at 343/400 but I'm finding my will breaking as I am like why the gently caress am I doing this if I don't care about doing pvp battles? But also the fact that it's kinda achievable this time has me going like I should try.

(gently caress friendship evolutions)

This is the first time I've ever completed my Dex. I just focused on one or two Pokemon a day and swapped if I found myself getting too frustrated. The only one that made me want to gnaw on my Switch was the trapinch. I spent about 10 hours over four days before I gave up. Thankfully my boyfriend took pity on me and got one too trade me.

As for friendship evolutions, use the soothe bell and just go camping with them. Two rounds of playing and a round of curry was all my Pokemon needed before they were ready to evolve.

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