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Pokémon Go |OT 3| "No Officer, I'm a Passenger"
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WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
It's more like they want to force you to buy more coins and don't care about those who would sooner quit altogether.
But there's no limit to the coins you can get right? the daily 100 cap is gone i mean?
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I believe I saw each Pokémon has a 100 coin cap now. So if your Pokémon is in a gym longer than 100 hours it becomes worthless until someone finally boots it.
That could be false though, obviously haven't seen proof of it since it hasn't been 100 hours yet.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Um, so, like, how do I put a pokemon in a gym?
Obviously they're all full atm. Do I have to sit next to the gym and wait until a pokemon drops out or something? Cus if so then I won't ever be getting a pokemon into a gym.
Or do I have to go and attack rival gyms, clear them out, and then I can throw one in?
Obviously they're all full atm. Do I have to sit next to the gym and wait until a pokemon drops out or something? Cus if so then I won't ever be getting a pokemon into a gym.
Or do I have to go and attack rival gyms, clear them out, and then I can throw one in?
Bedameister
Member
Yeah this is so annoying.
Also feeding berries is kind of bugged for me, doesn't work a lot of times. Only gives me the error message. Bummed right now.
If your team has all six spots you can't do much about it, go hunting for rival gyms
I just realized i left one of my bests (100% Machamp) in the middle of fuckin nowhere... t' was nice knowing ya
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Oh and also whenever you use the gym pokestop held by your team it says something like 'you boosted your team'. Do we know what the crap that actually means?
Inviusx
Member
Talk about a hype killer. This update seemed so awesome in theory and yet Niantic have fumbled once again. I cannot rationalize these changes beyond them just wanting to gouge more money from their whales.
As a pretty dedicated player it hasn't been fun watching Niantic drop the ball over and over again when this game had so much potential a year ago.
As a pretty dedicated player it hasn't been fun watching Niantic drop the ball over and over again when this game had so much potential a year ago.
Guys, I need some advice.
I have a wonder (no idea exact %. How do you check that?) Clefable with Zen Headbutt and Dazzling Gleam. I wanted to use it, but it's pretty low CPwise (measly 100ish). Would it be worth the investment?
Same thing for a Steelix with Iron Tail and Earthquake (though it's no wonder).
I have a wonder (no idea exact %. How do you check that?) Clefable with Zen Headbutt and Dazzling Gleam. I wanted to use it, but it's pretty low CPwise (measly 100ish). Would it be worth the investment?
Same thing for a Steelix with Iron Tail and Earthquake (though it's no wonder).
If you're on Android just dload IV Go from the store
But if you are still a low level (100ish?) don't waste stardust up until you get to 20+ imo
Thanks! Will give it a peek.
I'm lv25. The Clefable is just very low CP =p bar almost empty.
Don't bother imo
I feel like it's a waste to power up pokemon who are not above 70 ish % of the CP cap (with some rare exceptions, like a 100% Dratini for example)
Especially considering how stingy the game is with stardust :/
clearacell
Member
feels like 1 coin per hour your pokemon is in a gym and you only get themy when the pokemon returns to you.
Bedameister
Member
I really like the update so far. Some fixing is needed but I can see it improving the game a lot.
And I think I'll probably get lots of coins from the first day already.
And I think I'll probably get lots of coins from the first day already.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
also i suggest not evolving or keeping anything unless it is amazing wow or what ever your teams version is you can hold onto it to walk it for candy if you have no other options but its a waste to evolve bad iv pokemon
im with you love this update having more interaction with the gyms is great and you get candy and stardust from it
beats just taking a gym and filling it with blissey and forgetting about it
I already do that =) I only evolve wonder Pokémon normally. Steelix was a bit of an exception, since Onix here are stupidly rare (only managed to evolve it because of the event). The exception are Pokémon I simply don't care about.
Icyflamez96
Member
Dang you gettin the better end of this new reward system now.
Bedameister
Member
Got still 7 Pokemon left that are more than 12h in. Got 13 in right now. Loving it so far
Icyflamez96
Member
ok we can stop rubbing it in now :upsidedownsmiley:
I think to satisfy everyone, the best thing to do with earning gold coins with gyms is have both the old and new systems up.
So if use the old system you get the 10 coin per gym but then your pokemon stops earning any gold from gyms for the next 21 hours.
If your pokemon gets kicked out of a gym you get the gold and then the 21 hour cooldown automatically starts stopping you from claiming any coins.
So if use the old system you get the 10 coin per gym but then your pokemon stops earning any gold from gyms for the next 21 hours.
If your pokemon gets kicked out of a gym you get the gold and then the 21 hour cooldown automatically starts stopping you from claiming any coins.
Dagobert Duck
Member
I got 3 mons in Gyms as of now. Only my Snorlax came back after 30 minutes, but well...lets see how this plays out
Dagobert Duck
Member
As far as I know for now (as in Beta) I think they will move the level down soon
Bedameister
Member
Got 60 coins in the last 14h. That's more than I ever got in a single day. I know it won't always be like that but I like that you're independant from that stupid ass timer. I hated the timer.
Dark_3nergy
Member
I hope not. Should be open to everyone IMO.
At least if they keep level caps, they ought to break it down so some raids have lv5 cap, 10, 15, 20 etc. more inclusive that way.
Dagobert Duck
Member
But you only get coins once the Pokemon come back right?
Hickbilly Deluxe
Banned
No, if they wanted to make everyone happy they would have kept the old gym system, then just added in the decaying CP where it scales over time, then toss in the feeding with diminishing returns for everyone. That way rural players that used to have gyms that never get taken can still be rewarded for being in the gyms, and the turnover rate in high player areas is increased due to CP decay. Everybody wins, TADA!
The_Inquisitor
Member
I would hope once you hit 100 coin max your Pokémon just returns (if max exists). Otherwise that's a huge oversight.
Bedameister
Member
No, because earning coins without having to do anything is dumb. Spoofers could target rural gyms with no turnover rate and get max rewards every day.
Doctor West
Member
So one of my Pokemon just started losing 1cp a minute at one of the gyms I took. It only started happening after about half a day of holding that gym. I woke up and saw that I had taken some damage and pumped my mon back up with berries, however it got greyed out before I could fill the heart back to 100 percent. Does anybody know why it's doing that?
Edit: Figured it out. I was only allowed to give myself so many berries after being attacked, so that's why they got greyed out after a certain number. As for draining 1cp a minute, that seems to be happening to everyone in my gym, even when they still show full hearts. I just noticed it for the first time because my heart wasn't full and I was waiting until I could give berries again.
Edit: Figured it out. I was only allowed to give myself so many berries after being attacked, so that's why they got greyed out after a certain number. As for draining 1cp a minute, that seems to be happening to everyone in my gym, even when they still show full hearts. I just noticed it for the first time because my heart wasn't full and I was waiting until I could give berries again.
Hickbilly Deluxe
Banned
So, same as before then? Compared to now where rural players get nothing and spoofers target city gyms instead ruining it for everyone? Yah, sounds like a great idea.
TheChocoboCadet
Banned
So just to summarize everyone's frustration (and vent my own as well as a rural player)
From the cityfolk perspective, you spend 20 minutes taking a gym with a 1 in 3 chance that you might hold that gym for an hour, thus netting you one coin, two if you're really lucky!
From the ruralfolk perspective, I put my Pokemon in the 5 gyms in town, watch them degrade but survive there next three months, until some out-of-town red dude visiting their grandma decides to knock down all the 10cp gyms in an hour, netting me a total of (the maximum allowed) 100 coins, or an average of 1.1 coins per day, just enough to buy 2/3rds of an incubator.
Someone designed this gym system and thought it was a good idea. I'd love to hear what the hell they were thinking. If it's about Ninantic earning more money, I would have preferred ad branding the Pokemon. Have Machamp holding some deodorant. Tattoo Geico on Blissey's otherwise empty pink body. Anything but this!
From the cityfolk perspective, you spend 20 minutes taking a gym with a 1 in 3 chance that you might hold that gym for an hour, thus netting you one coin, two if you're really lucky!
From the ruralfolk perspective, I put my Pokemon in the 5 gyms in town, watch them degrade but survive there next three months, until some out-of-town red dude visiting their grandma decides to knock down all the 10cp gyms in an hour, netting me a total of (the maximum allowed) 100 coins, or an average of 1.1 coins per day, just enough to buy 2/3rds of an incubator.
Someone designed this gym system and thought it was a good idea. I'd love to hear what the hell they were thinking. If it's about Ninantic earning more money, I would have preferred ad branding the Pokemon. Have Machamp holding some deodorant. Tattoo Geico on Blissey's otherwise empty pink body. Anything but this!
Now in about 7 gyms currently. I spent an hour this morning driving around taking down / placing in pokemon in some gyms along the way to my work. Also a pokemon got knocked out this morning after being in for 15 hours, gained another 15 coins.
Also, saw a Dragonair in the most random place today! It ran away sadly. Was too high level. But at least it gave me like 10 plus tries.
Also, saw a Dragonair in the most random place today! It ran away sadly. Was too high level. But at least it gave me like 10 plus tries.
No, people have to actively participate now, even spoofers, and all those high cp 100% Pokemon the cheaters farmed are now deemed worthless. If it were like the old system, they could have sit on their asses and buy premium raid passes every day. Now they have to work for it.
Love the diversity in gyms now. Been seeing all sorts of new pokemon in gyms now. Still see occasional Gyarados & Dragonite, but those will likely become less seen over time as people realize that high CP Pokemon are now a bad idea. I try to stick around the 2000 - 2500 range now.
So, that means unlike the old system. All my top Pokemon are now always free to battle! That was always an issue for me, where if I had all my 2800+ Pokemon in gyms, I had more trouble battling, esp Blisseys. But, I look forward to how this progresses.
So, that means unlike the old system. All my top Pokemon are now always free to battle! That was always an issue for me, where if I had all my 2800+ Pokemon in gyms, I had more trouble battling, esp Blisseys. But, I look forward to how this progresses.
Looks like my Rhydon was kicked out at the 10 hour mark, giving me the Bronze Gym Leader medal and ten coins. Vaporeon is still kicking at almost 14 hours; kinda surprising, since that gym is typically Valor territory. I also got my Bronze Berry Picker medal.
Gonna wait to tackle enemy gyms until the battle-related bugs gets ironed out. It's a bit of a headache otherwise.
Gonna wait to tackle enemy gyms until the battle-related bugs gets ironed out. It's a bit of a headache otherwise.
Why are high CP pokemons a bad idea?
From the sounds of it / from what I've seen. Their motivation / CP goes down much quicker over time/battles. So Pokemon who had cp > 3000 will go down VERY quick compared to lower CP Pokemon. As it honestly should.
Ah. Well I'm level and my highest mon is in the 2.5k range
Hickbilly Deluxe
Banned
Except now it's a ton of work to take a gym while worrying about drive by boosting wasting 20 minutes of your time, just to toss in your pokemon and have them knocked out before you even get one coin. You seriously don't see the problem with this? Why put in all the work to take a gym if there is serious potential for no payoff? Why would rural players even bother when their gyms may stay for weeks for a measly 100 coins? Aside from your hard core players, this gym update is a serious downer.
Junior Asparagus
Member
There's no way to see what gym your Pokemon are in, is there? I don't remember where I put them in case I want to berry them up.